Autopsy Round 23 vs Essendon

[pastmyprimus]

It's a lesson that Ken hasn't learned in - what is it now - 6 years?

Some slow learners are slower than others

 

[pastmyprimus]

We even managed to kick a goal from one where Neade brought it to ground and Westhoff snapped through from 50. Off a centre square clearance so relatively undirected but still.

I remember that goal thinking the opposite should have happened

 

[elee]

I maintain that Neade has been coached into oblivion buy a useless coach.

may be..i used to think Impey was just as limp/bad..

 

[GremioPower]

Final lot of midfield frequency stats for the season. If you haven't seen a previous post, this is an overall summary of how often players lined up as one of your 5 mids at bounces.

There were 34 bounces

Polec 24 (21w, 3i)
Boak 19 (13i, 6w)
Wines 19
Ebert 19 (3w)
SPP 18
Wingard 17 (1w)
Byrne-Jones 16 wing
Motlop 14 (10w, 4i)
R.Gray 13
Houston 6 wing
Watts 3 wing
Neade 1 wing
Westhoff 1 wing

Rucks:
Ryder 22
Frampton 11
Westhoff 1

Notes:
- Easily a season high for Boak in (13) analysed games this season. His previous season high was 9. The last time Boak finished as a top 6 mid, was Rd 13, 2017
- Wingard didn't start inside at all in the first and only had the 1 wing start for the term.
- The vast majority of Gray's starts were in the last - he was on 4 until late in the 3rd.
- Very odd to see 22 wing starts taken by backs given you weren't playing an extra one.

Do you have the numbers for the season?

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So, inside:
Wines 19
SPP 18
Wingard 16
Ebert 16
Boak 13
R.Gray 13
Motlop 4
Polec 3
(Total 102)

While, wide:
Polec 21
Byrne-Jones 16
Motlop 10
Houston 6
Boak 6
Ebert 3
Watts 3
Wingard 1
Neade 1
Westhoff 1
(Total 66 - shouldn't it be 68?)

Rucks:
Ryder 22
Frampton 11
Westhoff 1
(Total 34)

 

[Scholz Supremacy]

Essendon beat us by 22 points on both occasions this year

 

[Port01]

Essendon beat us by 22 points on both occasions this year

they had 26 scores on both occasions
we had 24 scores on both occasions

 

[Billy Bob65]

While, wide:
(Total 66 - shouldn't it be 68?)

Well picked up! Yes there should be 68, however on 2 occasions you didn't start with a wing. This is an infrequent occurrence but it does happen from time to time, either due to a tactical/structural decision (particularly late in terms or in close games) or simple miscommunication. Wing vacancies are more common but on very, very rare occasions teams do start with only 2 inside mids at bounces as there are time limits to how quick players have to be to notice that one. It isn't uncommon to see forwards sprinting to cover the vacant wing as the ball is bounced.

I do make an effort to pick up either who ought to be have been the wing (if its tactical/structural) or who is filling in, but sometimes this isn't possible due to quick goals from centre clearances or bounces occurring close to sirens.


As to the First Question...here are the complete breakdown of the 13 games reviewed:

Due to the Comm Games, more games were analysed in the 2nd and 3rd portions of the season than normal - I try for a ballpark 4-4-4 split per third of a season for approximately 12 games analysed per side.

* Rucks appear in order of usage rather than frequency.
** Unless otherwise stated missing numbers indicate you started without someone in a position
*** In rare occurrences not all players can be identified generally due to returning from a replay with the bounce having already taken place

Round 5 vs. Geelong (7)

22 bounces

Ebert 21
Wines 18
Polec 16 (15w, 1i)
R.Gray 15
Amon 15 wing
Motlop 11 (7w, 4i)
Wingard 7
Westhoff 4 wing
Boak 2 wing
Neade 1 wing

Rucks:
Howard 7
Westhoff 15

Round 7 vs. West Coast (Foxtel)

29 bounces - 1 player of 145 couldn't be identified

R.Gray 26
Polec 24 (16i, 8w)
Amon 21 (17w, 4i)
Ebert 20 (15i, 5w)
Barry 20 wing
Wines 20
Westhoff 7 (6w, 1i)
Motlop 3
S.Gray 2

Rucks:
Ryder 20
Westhoff 8
Dixon 1

Round 9 vs. Gold Coast (Foxtel)

20 bounces - 1 player of 100 couldn't be identified

SPP 18
Ebert 17 (11i, 6w)
Polec 15 wing
Wines 14
Westhoff 9 wing
Motlop 8 wing
Rockliff 7 (played forward)
R.Gray 5
Boak 5
S.Gray 1 wing

Rucks:
Ryder 17
Westhoff 3

Round 11 vs. Hawthorn (Foxtel)

22 bounces

Polec 21 wing (1i)
Rockliff 17
Wines 15
SPP 14
Ebert 12 2w
Westhoff 10 wing
Boak 9 (6i, 3w)
Motlop 7 wing
Wingard 3 (2w, 1i)
R.Gray 2

Rucks:
Ryder 20
Watts 1
Westhoff 1

Round 12 vs. Richmond (7)

Bounces 21 - 1 player of 115 couldn't be identified

Wingard 17
Ebert 17 wing (2i)
Polec 16 wing
Wines 14
SPP 14
Rockliff 9 (1w)
Motlop 9 wing
R.Gray 8
Boak 1 wing

Rucks:
Ryder 18
Westhoff 3

Round 13 vs. Western Bulldogs (7)

34 bounces

Polec 31 wing
Wingard 27
SPP 25
Wines 25
Motlop 21 wing
Ebert 16 wing
R.Gray 13
Rockliff 12 - predominantly back of square predominantly then general mid

Rucks:
Ryder 27
Westhoff 7

Round 14 vs. Melbourne (7)

22 bounces

Wines 19
SPP 18
Polec 17 wing
Ebert 14 wing
Motlop 12 (8i, 4w)
Wingard 8
Rockliff 7 - low gametime
Westhoff 6 wing
R.Gray 6
Boak 2 wing

Rucks:
Ryder 16
Westhoff 3
Dixon 3

Round 15 vs. Carlton (Foxtel)

26 bounces

Polec 24 wing
Wines 21
Wingard 17
SPP 16
R.Gray 14
Ebert 12 wing - predominantly back of the square then general mid
Motlop 12 wing
Rockliff 10
Westhoff 4 wing

Rucks:
Ryder 20
Westhoff 6

Round 17 vs. Fremantle (Foxtel)

19 bounces - 1 of 90 players couldn't be identified

Amon 15 wing
Wingard 15
Wines 13
Polec 13 wing
Rockliff 10
SPP 10
Ebert 7 - back
Motlop 4 wing
Boak 2 wing

Rucks:
Ryder (inj) 4
Westhoff 6
Dixon 8
Wines 1

Round 18 vs. GWS (Foxtel)

20 bounces

Wingard 15
Polec 15 wing
Wines 14
R.Gray 12 (1w)
Trengove 10 wing
SPP 10
Rockliff 10 (1w) - back of square then general mid
Amon 9 wing
Ebert 5 (4i, 1w) - forward
Byrne-Jones 4 wing
Boak 3
Westhoff 1 wing

Rucks:
Dixon 8
Westhoff 8
Howard 6

Round 19 vs. Western Bulldogs (7)

18 bounces

Polec 15 wing
Wines 12
Ebert 10 (1w)
Wingard 9
R.Gray 9
SPP 8
Rockliff 7 - back of square then general mid
Westhoff 6 wing
Pittard 6 wing
Byrne-Jones 5 wing - forward/tagging Johannissen
Motlop 3 wing

Rucks:
Ryder 13
Westhoff 5

Round 21 vs. West Coast (Foxtel)

21 bounces - 1 of 105 players couldn't be identified

Polec 18 wing
Ebert 17
Wines 15
Wingard 13
Rockliff 10
Westhoff 9 wing
Motlop 8 wing (1i)
S.Gray 4 (3w, 1i)
R.Gray 4
Boak 4 (2w, 2i)
Watts 1 wing

Rucks:
Ryder (inj) 13
Westhoff 7
Howard 1

Round 23 vs. Essendon (7)

Bounces 34

Polec 24 wing (3i)
Boak 19 (13i, 6w)
Wines 19
Ebert 19 (3w)
SPP 18
Wingard 17 (1w)
Byrne-Jones 16 wing
Motlop 14 wing (4i)
R.Gray 13
Houston 6 wing
Watts 3 wing
Neade 1 wing
Westhoff 1 wing

Rucks:
Ryder 22
Frampton 11
Westhoff 1