Strange how Collingwood's draw to date is ranked 10th, and their remaining draw is ranked 16th?? Last year it was Richmond who got a bottom 6 team draw after playing in a GF, this year it's Collingwood's turn. Is anyone really surprised though......
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https://m.afl.com.au/news/2019-06-05/whos-had-the-hardest-draw-whos-got-the-best-run-home
Found this article interesting.... bodes well for a team to be 8-3
Fair effort by Geelong to have had the 4th easiest run to halfway and the 2nd easiest run home
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Strange how Collingwood's draw to date is ranked 10th, and their remaining draw is ranked 16th?? Last year it was Richmond who got a bottom 6 team draw after playing in a GF, this year it's Collingwood's turn. Is anyone really surprised though......
The Eagles are over performing in accuracy given the quality of chances we’ve created. That’s good, but also has the potential to regress. What is good full stop though is the quality of chances we’re creating.
Basically, of all the teams this year, our shots at goal have been from the fifth easiest according to this formula, meaning we’re getting the ball into good areas for our shots.
https://coupler.foxsports.com.au/ap...r/news-story/c20bfe594092e767cfd3b67162092796
The Eagles are over performing in accuracy given the quality of chances we’ve created. That’s good, but also has the potential to regress. What is good full stop though is the quality of chances we’re creating.
Basically, of all the teams this year, our shots at goal have been from the fifth easiest according to this formula, meaning we’re getting the ball into good areas for our shots.
https://coupler.foxsports.com.au/ap...r/news-story/c20bfe594092e767cfd3b67162092796
The thing that gives me confidence though is we won a flag doing that exact thing. Number 1 in the AFL for scores per inside 50 in 2018 (Not sure on the stat for this year). Just shows how good our forward line is when it’s on, and our mids, despite not always winning the supply battle, deliver it to them on a platter when it goes in there. Efficiency is a lot of the reason we are so good, so I don’t expect it to drop off any time soon.Someone on the Squiggle thread posted up W-L on scoring shots rather than goals and points and it had us tumbling down the ladder. We've stayed relevant by our elite conversion off minimal opportunities. Simmo will know this and is no doubt pushing to boost our supply because our forwards will have an off day eventually.
https://m.afl.com.au/news/2019-06-05/whos-had-the-hardest-draw-whos-got-the-best-run-home
Found this article interesting.... bodes well for a team to be 8-3
It's typical Geelong though. They will be boosted up from a soft draw and their home game advantage, only to fall short in finals like they did in 2016 and 2017 (I think they might've gone out in straight sets in 2014 too).My take from all that is how soft a draw Geelong got. How did they manage that - a birthday present for Scott, perhaps.
It's typical Geelong though. They will be boosted up from a soft draw and their home game advantage, only to fall short in finals like they did in 2016 and 2017 (I think they might've gone out in straight sets in 2014 too).
Problem is the draw is done based on the previous season's results. So there was expectation that Richmond, Melbourne and Essendon would be top 4, if not close to, this season.Strange how Collingwood's draw to date is ranked 10th, and their remaining draw is ranked 16th?? Last year it was Richmond who got a bottom 6 team draw after playing in a GF, this year it's Collingwood's turn. Is anyone really surprised though......
I'm fairly certain the AFL have said if Geelong match up against a non-Vic they'll get to host the final on their own dung heap. Wondering if that stance changes if it's the reigning premier they come up against and the potential crowd the game draws may exceed the heaps capacity..
Nup. You watch - if its against us then the AFL will trot out the "Geelong have played well all year and deserve a home final" bit.
AFL House will be torn. Ticket sales and money or Melbourne club premiership chance.
The Eagles are over performing in accuracy given the quality of chances we’ve created. That’s good, but also has the potential to regress. What is good full stop though is the quality of chances we’re creating.
Basically, of all the teams this year, our shots at goal have been from the fifth easiest according to this formula, meaning we’re getting the ball into good areas for our shots.
https://coupler.foxsports.com.au/ap...r/news-story/c20bfe594092e767cfd3b67162092796
Based on those grades we should be top of the ladder in the AFL and WAFLSome pretty generous grades in there it has to be said.
How the f you get a c when you havnt played a game for the a team is astoundingSome pretty generous grades in there it has to be said.
The AFL media can be a voracious beast at times, always searching relentlessly for the next great narrative to devour.
Sometimes there just aren't that many stories around, particularly during the bye rounds, and that chase becomes even more difficult. It means some fairly long bows can be drawn. Like this supposed crisis or that.
And this week's, along with the usual band of AFL coaches under pressure, appears to be the state of Victorian clubs, eight out of 10 of whom are currently consigned to the bottom half of the ladder, the top eight comprising six non-Victorian teams along with Geelong and Collingwood.
Monday's Herald-Sun summed it up thus. "Makes for worrying viewing". "It is a real concern". "It amounts to one sick state of football". I'd sum those sweeping generalisations up thus: No it doesn't. No it isn't. And no it doesn't.