- Oct 9, 2013
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Correct me if I'm wrong but Percentage is a ratio. It doesn't matter how high/low scoring the game is.It will also make it harder for us to win with any decent margin, that's assuming we can win it in the first place. We need to win by about 3 goals to take the percentage issue out of it, should Carlton lose.
In the last 10 years we have managed an average of 54 points at York Park against the Hawks (4 games). That doesn't fill me with hope. Even less so if it's wet and windy.
I'm somewhat encouraged by our finals win over Essendon there but the ground was just as foreign to Essendon as it was to us. The Bombers only other game there was a 13 point win over Hawthorn, also last year.
By contrast this ground has become something of a Hawthorn fortress. They have played there 73 times for 54 wins.
You could argue it's better the game is low scoring for our requirements as the margin to gain the same amount of Percentage would be less.