Hayden Slalomtime - The AFL's Quintessential Down-hill Skier

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Joining in on the stats fun, look how shit your forwards are compared to this champ:

Marc LeCras
Home - 60 games - 135 goals (2.25 av) - 13.92 av disposals
Away - 60 games - 144 goals (2.4 av) - 13.37 av disposals
I'm glad you brought him up.

Finals - 6 games - 7 goals (1.1 av) - 9.83 av disposals.

He's much worse on the big stage than the other two.
 
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Lets compare him with Norf's best small forward, Divesey Thomas.

Home - 70 games - 120 goals (1.7 av) - 11.13 av disposals
Away - 68 games - 108 goals (1.6 av) - 11.30 av disposals
Finals - 2 Games - 0 goals (0 av) - 8 av disposals

Zero career goals in finals. Thomas has his measure in this category.
Fantastic work but would you accept that away from home, Ballantyne is a downhill skier.

We'll start with small steps....
 

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I think I'd take LeCras over Slalomtime considering his absolutely putrid GF performance.
He still got 14 touches in the GF but couldn't convert.

LeCras has been average in finals, can't argue against that, but he's so far managed to not be a detriment to the team.
Did you guys win all those finals he played poorly in? How can anybody playing bad not be a detriment to the team unless you win?
 

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He still got 14 touches in the GF but couldn't convert.


Did you guys win all those finals he played poorly in? How can anybody playing bad not be a detriment to the team unless you win?
It's ok, you probably didn't see the finals LeCras played. Unfortunately for everybody (and footy itself) we all had to watch Ballantyne play the GF.
 

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Fantastic work but would you accept that away from home, Ballantyne is a downhill skier.

We'll start with small steps....
I don't think you understand what downhill skiing is, it doesn't matter home or away, it matters about the opposition you are playing. Bender_ can give you some pointers since he watches it every weekend. Saints this weekend, looks like downhill.
 
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I don't think you understand what downhill skiing is, it doesn't matter home or away, it matters about the opposition you are playing. Bender_ can give you some pointers since he watches it every weekend. Saints this weekend, looks like downhill.
Well to use the analogy, when he's at home he skies down but when he's away he uses the ski chair lift.

But a comparison to the downhill skier.

Pavlich - home 146 games 306.184, 63 Brownlow votes ,18.75 disposals in 89 wins.
Away- 146 games, 272.174, 59 Brownlow votes, 17.15 possessions in 97 losses.

Finals 11 finals, 31.14 and 14.82 disposals.

Not much of a difference for Pav as against the chairlift boy...
 
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