Well, y'all are welcome ... I just went through a video of all of his goals from last year. I separated them in to 5 categories ... Contested Marks, Marks in Space Solo Efforts, Over the Back and Free Kicks ... I was pretty harsh on the Contested Marks - ruled anything that didn't involve body contact before the mark as a mark in space, as there were a handful that he was in space, and then a defender got to him as, or after he got first touch on the ball, but had no effect.
17 goals came from Marks in Space
15 goals came from Free Kicks - I'd say 40% he got mugged, 30% where there, but not a huge amount in them and 30% where shocking umpiring calls
6 goals came from him getting Over the Back of the defence to run into an open goal
5 goals came from Contested Marks - tho it's important to note, 1 of these was against Cam Guthrie, and 2 were against little Gold Coast kids.
4 goals came from Solo Efforts.
That probably answers why he was given licence to roam up the ground, as he was kicking a lot of goals working back inside 50 and finding space, but for us, is that now just space for someone else to be in and kick the goal? And for Freo, are they able to play a game style that will move the ball quick enough to create it?
17 goals came from Marks in Space
15 goals came from Free Kicks - I'd say 40% he got mugged, 30% where there, but not a huge amount in them and 30% where shocking umpiring calls
6 goals came from him getting Over the Back of the defence to run into an open goal
5 goals came from Contested Marks - tho it's important to note, 1 of these was against Cam Guthrie, and 2 were against little Gold Coast kids.
4 goals came from Solo Efforts.
That probably answers why he was given licence to roam up the ground, as he was kicking a lot of goals working back inside 50 and finding space, but for us, is that now just space for someone else to be in and kick the goal? And for Freo, are they able to play a game style that will move the ball quick enough to create it?