Champion Data Stats Reveals Problems !!!

[Event Horizon]

Perhaps but the only time this year the result of our match hasn't gone to the winner of CP was the Freo game (134-146) so it is a pretty important KPI for us

Probably because it simply indicates if we are on or not. And if we are, we generally win.

 

[Jay-Z]

Probably because it simply indicates if we are on or not. And if we are, we generally win.

That's my point. I don't think we have a problem with centre clearances as the OP was suggesting. The issue is the inconsistency / on or off situation.

It's a mental thing rather than a structure or game plan issue. That's why, as much as Scott gets blamed for every loss on here, I think the players need to sort this out themselves

 

[scooby1279]

Herald Sun article:

Starting games strongly has never been more important. Statistics over the last three years show sides are a 72 per cent chance of winning the game when they are in front at quarter-time.

Fifty-six times this season a team has fallen behind by 30 or more points and only one — Collingwood against Essendon in Round 6 — has come back to win.

How top 8 sides fare in the first 10 minutes

Total score differential:

1 Port Adelaide +12

2 Geelong +25

3 Gold Coast +80

4 Hawthorn +19

5 Sydney +43

6 Collingwood -2

7 Fremantle +21

8 North Melbourne -44

In North’s four losses, the Roos can’t get their hands on the ball in the first quarter.

Average differential:

Disposals -35

Contested ball -10.8

Uncontested ball -24

Marks -12.8

 

[Twinkletoes]

Geezus that's hideous reading scoob.

 

[scooby1279]

Geezus that's hideous reading scoob.

yep pretty pathetic, means the players are not switched on to play from the first bounce.

 

[Twinkletoes]

yep pretty pathetic, means the players are not switched on to play from the first bounce.

Playing in Perth with the Eagles' mob eager to wave their fake hands from the start, this week requires an urgent turnaround in our starting form, that's for sure. Must take the crowd out of it early!

 

[GarnerSmash]

yep pretty pathetic, means the players are not switched on to play from the first bounce.

Or that its too hot for them with teams knowing from last year that they need to go hard early against us.

 

[tazaa]

yep pretty pathetic, means the players are not switched on to play from the first bounce.

Youd be ropeable if that happened 4 times in the year. How many times does a team need a rocket?
They arent kids anymore. They have nothing to hide behind anymore.
For it to happen 4 times in the first 9 games is pathetic.

 

[Heaps of fun]

I feel like we were probably the best starting team in the competition for the majority of last year. I just don't understand this team.

 

[tazaa]

I feel like we were probably the best starting team in the competition for the majority of last year. I just don't understand this team.

They have found new ways to frustrate the supporter base. Bunch of primadonnas the way they perform. I hate the club that weve become. Were just an ongoing laughing stock.

 

[the big lebowski]

I feel like we were probably the best starting team in the competition for the majority of last year. I just don't understand this team.

We were literally the best first quarter team in the comp.

 

[Heaps of fun]

We were literally the best first quarter team in the comp.

Wouldn't have been far off the best 1st half either. I remember we played some amazing second quarter football before the inevitable world of hurt after half time.

 

[CharlieMortdecai]

We were literally the best first quarter team in the comp.

Yeah, but I don't think we won 72% of games where we were in front at quarter time. I remember that we were also second to Hawthorn in the stat for time in the lead, yet we were 10th for that stat when it actually mattered.

Clearly we had to do something. I just hope we can get that baby back relatively unharmed that seems to have been tossed aside with the bathwater.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Not enough of an attacking mindset from the start of the game.

We clearly go into games looking at how to stop the opposition and set up defensively, rather than trying to blow them out of the water.

 

[Zondor]

Don't worry guys. Brads Scotts has the easy fixes at hand. :stern look

 

[Long Live the King]

Got to wonder if the shift in focus from fast starts to fast finishes has messed with the players heads??

 

[scooby1279]

Not enough of an attacking mindset from the start of the game.

We clearly go into games looking at how to stop the opposition and set up defensively, rather than trying to blow them out of the water.

agree with this... Defensive mindset from the beginning yet all our loses we have been smashed so its good to see how much our defence has improved.

 

[Jay-Z]

agree with this... Defensive mindset from the beginning yet all our loses we have been smashed so its good to see how much our defence has improved.

I know you are being sarcastic but I think our defence has improved. If you just look at the raw points for/against stat (i know it's not the best measurement but it's quick):

2013:
For - 105 points per game
Against - 87 ppg

2014:
For - 84 ppg
Against - 79 ppg

The defensive game style + injuries to our midfield + the out of form forward line have had a massive negative effect on our scoring