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Pardon my ignorance, but is the blue dots where goals were kicked, smaller points?7.15
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Has the Swans pressure acts and tackles increased since round 7?St Kilda
Strengths: Pressure, pressure, pressure
The Saints lead the AFL in pressure acts and with their employment of an aggressive forward press. They are particularly proficient at locking the ball inside their forward 50, averaging the 4th most tackles inside 50. This has protected their average defensive unit by defending higher up the ground by conceding the 3rd least inside 50s in the competition.
Rank | Team | Tackles Inside 50 (Avg)
\1st|Geelong|14.4
\2nd|Richmond|13.9
\3rd|Port Adelaide|13.7
\ 4th | St Kilda | 13.1
\5th|Melbourne|13.0
\ 6th | Sydney | 12.6
\7th|Collingwood|12.5
\8th|West Coast|12.4
\9th|Western Bulldogs|12.4
\10th|Adelaide|12.3
\11th|North Melbourne|12.1
\12th|Carlton|11.5
\13th|GWS|11.3
\14th|Brisbane|11.2
\15th|Hawthorn|11.1
\16th|Gold Coast|10.6
\17th|Essendon|9.8
\18th|Fremantle|8.1
Rank | Team | Pressure Acts (Avg)
\ 1st | St Kilda | 325.0
\2nd|Hawthorn|320.8
\3rd|Adelaide|317.9
\4th|Western Bulldogs|308.8
\5th|North Melbourne|304.8
\6th|Melbourne|304.8
\7th|Fremantle|302.0
\8th|Geelong|300.3
\9th|Carlton|300.2
\10th|Richmond|299.4
\ 11th | Sydney | 299.1
\12th|West Coast|299.0
\eq 13th|Collingwood|294.9
\eq 13th|Gold Coast|294.9
\15th|Port Adelaide|293.1
\16th|GWS|286.8
\17th|Essendon|284.9
\18th|Brisbane|283.0
Jack Steele leads the way for the Saints in this area, with his averages of 25.93 pressure acts a game (4th) and 7.71 tackles (equals 4th) elite in the AFL which was why it was so confusing that the Saints dropped him earlier in the year
Rank | Player | Tackles (Avg)
\1st|Scott Selwood (GEE)|11.80
\2nd|Rory Sloane (ADE)|8.00
\3rd|Tom Liberatore (WBD)|7.83
\eq 4th|Hugh Greenwood (ADE)|7.71
\ eq 4th | Jack Steele (STK) | 7.71
\eq 6th|Dayne Zorko (BRL)|7.50
\eq 6th|Brad Ebert (PTA)|7.50
\9th|Jack Viney (MEL)|7.43
\10th|Matt Priddis (WCE)|7.27
Rank | Player | Pressure Acts (Avg)
\1st|Tom Liberatore (WBD)|27.67
\2nd|Dayne Zorko (BRL)|27.56
\3rd|Hugh Greenwood (ADE)|26.57
\ 4th | Jack Steele (STK) | 25.93
\5th|Tom Mitchell (HAW)|24.75
\6th|Liam Shiels (HAW)|24.44
\7th|Scott Selwood (GEE)|24.40
\8th|Brad Ebert (PTA)|24.00
\9th|Rory Sloane (ADE)|23.94
\10th|Josh Kelly (GWS)|23.75
Weaknesses: Goalkicking accuracy
The Saints are the least accurate goalkicking side in the AFL, and in particular have struggled with their conversion in recent weeks. In 6 of their past 7 games they have tallied more behinds than goals (80 goals 100 behinds) with their biggest culprits in this period being Jack Steven (3.11), Jack Lonie (2.7), Jack Billings (6.11), Mav Weller (1.5), Jade Gresham (7.9) and Nick Riewoldt (7.8). The one exception has been Tim Membrey (11.2) but of course he is suspended for this game.
Last time we met
One of the concerns going into the Round 9 match this year was how the Swans were going to contain the outside game style and outside run of the Saints. The Swans ended up matching the Saints in the uncontested areas of the game - although we conceded a season high 292 uncontested possessions that day, we also racked up a season high 288 ourselves. But more tellingly we had a season high 120 uncontested marks on the day.
YesPardon my ignorance, but is the blue dots where goals were kicked, smaller points?
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Wow! the opposite of what I would have thought, given our results.Rounds 1-6
Pressure Acts 299.17
Tackles 74.67
Round 7 onwards
Pressure Acts 299.10
Tackles 64.50
That Adelaide game is what I'd be expecting to see as a more normal distribution of accuracy... Pushed wide and high 50m arc. Accuracy would drop more significantly due to angle than distance these day though (IMO) so even if they can lock it in their 50, if we can congest the first 50% angle eaither side of centre and force them to kick from the boundary line or deep pockets then I think their confidence will come into play a bit. We need to convert and put early scoreboard pressure on them though.7.15
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Wow! the opposite of what I would have thought, given our results.
You don't need to tackle when you have the ballWow! the opposite of what I would have thought, given our results.
Yeah that's what I thought too!Electric Light Orchestra.
The stats just tell the story we've known for the last couple of years really. Appreciate the work you do Grim!Game styles: Swans elite defensively, Hawks control the uncontested ball.
We take a look at the stats over the last 5 weeks, where the Hawks have a 3-1-1 record and the Swans of course have won all 5. Both teams in good form but doing it in contrasting styles.
The Hawks as well all know too well love to have control of the ball, racking up big numbers in disposals, marks and in particular the uncontested ball. They have also been particularly effective in their forward play, ranking 2nd in this 5 week period in forward efficiency and kicking the 2nd most goals.
The Swans on the other hand have been average offensively, being handicapped by our awful goalkicking accuracy which ranks last since Round 13. However the Swans have owned the defensive end and their average conceded goals of 9.4 is almost a goal ahead of 2nd placed Adelaide on 10.2
Following stats from R13 onwards
Table 1: Uncontested possession rate = uncontested possessions / total possessions
Rank | Team | Uncontested possession rate
\ 1st | Hawthorn | 66.29%
\2nd|Brisbane|66.17%
\3rd|St Kilda|65.63%
\4th|Collingwood|64.91%
\5th|Essendon|64.57%
\6th|Gold Coast|63.79%
\7th|Fremantle|63.31%
\8th|Richmond|63.10%
\9th|GWS|62.85%
\10th|West Coast|62.72%
\11th|W. Bulldogs|61.91%
\12th|Geelong|61.18%
\13th|N. Melbourne|61.17%
\14th|Carlton|60.84%
\15th|Adelaide|60.79%
\ 16th | Sydney | 60.53%
\17th|Melbourne|60.53%
\18th|Port Adelaide|60.33%
Table 2: Average Goals Scored
Rank | Team | Avg Goals
\1st|Essendon|15.6
\ 2nd | Hawthorn | 14.6
\3rd|Adelaide|14.2
\4th|Geelong|13.6
\eq. 5th|Port Adelaide|13.4
\ eq. 5th | Sydney | 13.4
\7th|N. Melbourne|13.2
\eq. 8th|Brisbane|13.0
\eq. 8th|GWS|13.0
\eq. 10th|Collingwood|12.6
\eq. 10th|St Kilda|12.6
\eq. 10th|West Coast|12.6
\eq. 13th|Melbourne|11.8
\eq. 13th|W. Bulldogs|11.8
\15th|Richmond|11.4
\16th|Gold Coast|11.2
\17th|Carlton|10.4
\18th|Fremantle|9.6
Table 3: Avg goal per inside 50 rate = Total goals / Total inside 50s
Rank | Team | Avg goal / I50 (%)
\1st|Brisbane|28.51%
\ 2nd | Hawthorn | 28.08%
\3rd|Essendon|27.37%
\4th|Adelaide|27.31%
\5th|St Kilda|25.61%
\6th|West Coast|25.20%
\7th|N. Melbourne|25.10%
\8th|Geelong|25.09%
\ 9th | Sydney | 24.54%
\10th|Port Adelaide|23.93%
\11th|Melbourne|23.79%
\12th|Gold Coast|23.53%
\13th|GWS|23.47%
\14th|Collingwood|22.91%
\15th|Carlton|22.13%
\16th|W. Bulldogs|21.15%
\17th|Fremantle|20.00%
\18th|Richmond|19.86%
Table 4: Goalkicking accuracy = Total Goals \ (Total Goals + Total Behinds). This is not quite accurate as it doesn't count shots that don't score but we don't have access to those stats.
Rank | Team | GK accuracy (%)
\1st|Melbourne|64.84%
\2nd|GWS|61.90%
\3rd|Geelong|61.82%
\4th|West Coast|60.58%
\5th|N. Melbourne|60.55%
\6th|Adelaide|60.17%
\7th|Collingwood|58.33%
\8th|Brisbane|57.52%
\ 9th | Hawthorn | 57.03%
\10th|Essendon|56.93%
\11th|Carlton|55.91%
\12th|Fremantle|55.81%
\13th|Gold Coast|55.45%
\14th|Port Adelaide|53.60%
\15th|W. Bulldogs|52.68%
\16th|Richmond|51.82%
\17th|St Kilda|51.64%
\ 18th | Sydney | 47.52%
Table 5: Average Goals Conceded
Rank | Team | Avg Goals
\ 1st | Sydney | 9.4
\2nd|Adelaide|10.2
\3rd|Port Adelaide|10.8
\4th|Richmond|11.0
\5th|Geelong|11.4
\eq. 6th|Essendon|11.8
\eq. 6th|GWS|11.8
\8th|Fremantle|12.0
\ eq. 9th | Hawthorn | 12.2
\eq. 9th|W. Bulldogs|12.2
\11th|West Coast|12.4
\eq. 12th|Melbourne|12.6
\eq. 12th|St Kilda|12.6
\14th|Carlton|13.4
\15th|Collingwood|15.0
\16th|Gold Coast|15.2
\eq. 17th|Brisbane|17.0
\eq. 17th|N. Melbourne|17.0
Player watch: James Sicily
Since the mid-season bye, when they came off a loss to the Suns at the MCG, the Hawks have switched things around by throwing players into different positions all over the ground. Jack Gunston starred last week across half back, Shaun Burgoyne has been playing more midfield than usual and Duryea has been spotted around the forward 50 area but perhaps the most successful move has been James Sicily into defence. In that 5 week period Sicily ranks highly in the following defensive categories (min 2 games):
Stat | Value | AFL Rank | Nearest Swan | Swan Stat | Swan Rank
\Avg. Intercept Marks|4.40|3rd|Callum Mills|2.00|eq. 33rd
\Avg. Intercept Possessions|9.20|4th|Heath Grundy|7.80|eq. 9th
\Avg. Contested Marks|2.80|eq. 7th|Sam Reid|2.00|eq. 13th
\Avg. Rebound 50s|4.60|eq. 11th|Jake Lloyd|3.40|eq. 53rd
and he still averages 23 disposals a game.With Sicily and Hodge patrolling the backline and aiming to start scoring chains from Swans' forward turnovers, our forwards will have to be more effective than they have been recently.
Awesome
That was an awesome read. Cheers Grim.
Gee that's a surprise.........What the Swans are bad at
- Goalkicking accuracy - dead last in the AFL
Gee that's a surprise.........
Not!