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[richoatthedisco]

Goals:
1. Richo 48 (20 games)
2eq. Morton 35 (17)
2eq. Brown 35 (18)
4. Deledio 28 (22)
5. Riewoldt 18 (18)
6. Bowden 17 (18)
7. Simmonds 13 (22)
8eq. Hughes 12 (6)
8eq. Edwards 12 (16)
10. White 11 (20)

Also in double figures, Tuck & Schulz.

Behinds:
1. Richo 30
2. Brown 21 (all in one game)
3. Morton 16
4. Schulz 12
5. Edwards 11
6. Deledio 10
7. Tambling 9
8. Riewoldt 8
9eq. Polak 7
9eq. White 7
9eq. McMahon 7

Kicks:
1. McMahon 313 (22)
2. Newman 303 (22)
3. Richo 263 (20)
4. Bowden 259 (18)
5. Deledio 255 (22)
6. Brown 249 (18)
7. Tuck 229 (22)
8. Simmonds 216 (22)
9. Moore 212 (22)
10. Johnson 206 (18)

Also 200+, Tambling & Foley. I remember one year Plough got 500 kicks and not one Brownlow vote.

Handballs:
1. Tuck 318
2. Deledio 283
3. Foley 267
4. Johnson 225
5. McMahon 191
6. Tambling 182 (22)
7. Bowden 153
8. Simmonds 152
9. Newman 146
10. King 139

Richo: 7.

Nah, only joking, he had 102.

Disposals:
1. Tuck 547
2. Deledio 538
3. McMahon 504
4. Foley 467
5. Newman 449
6. Johnson 431
7. Bowden 412
8. Tambling 384
9eq. Brown 368
9eq. Simmonds 368

Contested Possessions:
1. Tuck 214
2. Foley 183
3. Deledio 157
4. Richo 122
5. Tambling 117
6. Simmonds 112
7. Newman 107
8. Brown 103
9. Moore 102
10. King 97

Cotchin was in 12th spot, with 2 more than his skipper from 3 fewer games. Schulz & Edwards were ahead of McGuane, Riewoldt, Jackson & Thursfield.

Disposal Efficiency %:
1. Thursfield 88.95
2. Polak 85.43
3. Moore 83.82
4. McGuane 82.70
5. King 82.48
6. Bowden 82.28
7. Polo 81.91
8. Hyde 80.88
9. Johnson 80.74
10. Newman 80.18

I have decided this stat is useless as defenders have a heap of unpressured kicks to a mate on his own and thus have inflated %s. Apparently Cotchin's % was better than only Riewoldt's and Cartledge's. Pfft.

Marks:
1. Richo 222
2. Deledio 155
3. Bowden 153
4. Newman 141
5eq. Simmonds 137
5eq. Moore 137
7. McMahon 130
8. Johnson 126
9. Schulz 116 (18)
10. Tambling 113

Contested Marks:
1. Richo 46
2. Polak 15
3eq. Riewoldt 14
3eq. Deledio 14
5eq. Simmonds 11
5eq. Newman 11
7eq. Schulz 10
7eq. Moore 10
9. McGuane 9
10eq. Bowden 7
10eq. Tambling 7
10eq. Thursfield 7

I just woke Roy Wright from the dead and told him our number one ruckman would play every game and take 11 contested marks for the season.

Marks Inside 50:
1. Richo 62
2. Brown 32
3. Morton 29
4. Deledio 24
5. Schulz 21
6. Simmonds 19
7. Bowden 18
8eq. Polak 17
8eq. Edwards 17
8eq. Riewoldt 17

Tackles:
1. Tuck 84
2. Foley 75
3. Tambling 72
4. White 64
5. Johnson 54
6. Deledio 48
7. Pattison 45
8eq. King 44
8eq. Newman 44
10. Moore 40

Bowden, dropped for a month for not tackling, finished one tackle behind Moore in 11th. Richo had 11 tackles, apparently.

Centre Clearances:
1. Foley 99
2. Tuck 93
3. Simmonds 59
4. Deledio 47
5. Tambling 44
6. Brown 34
7eq. Pattison 31
7eq. White 31
9. Johnson 29
10. Cotchin 28

Goal Assists:
1. Deledio 19
2eq. Riewoldt 15
2eq. White 15
4eq. Cotchin 12
4eq. Bowden 12
4eq. Brown 12
4eq. Foley 12
8eq. Edwards 11
8eq. Morton 11
8eq. Johnson 11
8eq. Tuck 11

1%ers:
1. Thursfield 105
2. Moore 104
3. McGuane 69
4. King 56
5. Newman 55
6. Schulz 49
7. Bowden 47
8. McMahon 45
9. Polak 37
10. White 34

Clangers:
1. Tuck 67
2. Simmonds 64
3. Richo 63
4. Foley 61
5. McMahon 57
6. Tambling 54
7. King 44
8. Moore 40
9eq. Bowden 39
9eq. Newman 39

Hit-outs:
1. Simmonds 359
2. Pattison 127
3. Tuck 33
4. Cartledge 14
5. Tambling 6
6eq. Riewoldt 5
6eq. Deledio 5
8eq. Polak 3
8eq. Richo 3
10eq. Cotchin 2
10eq. Johnson 2

Frees For:
1. Tuck 30
2. King 29
3. Foley 28
4. Simmonds 25
5. Johnson 23
6eq. Richo 22
6eq. Tambling 22
8. Pattison 21
9. Moore 19
10. Newman 18

Frees Against:
1. Simmonds 36
2. Tuck 30
3eq. Foley 29
3eq. Richo 29
5. Moore 25
6. Thursfield 24
7. Tambling 22
8. Hyde 19 (not bad in what, 3 games!)
9eq. King 18
9eq. McGuane 18
9eq. McMahon 18

Inside 50s:
1. Deledio 91
2. Tambling 69
3. Newman 66
4. Tuck 63
5. McMahon 60
6. Brown 56
7. Johnson 54
8. Simmonds 53
9. White 52
10. Foley 50

Rebound 50s:
1. McMahon 82
2. Newman 63
3. Moore 50
4. Bowden 42
5. King 36
6. McGuane 35
7. Schulz 34
8. Deledio 31
9. Thursfield 30
10. Brown 29

And my tip for the B&F:
1. Deledio
2. Tuck
3. Richo
4. Moore
5. Foley
6. Brown
7. Simmonds
8. Johnson
9. McMahon
10. Bowden

 

[mattdwyer]

so according to that jordy and richie had pretty good years
yeppp just as i suspected ... i hope that shut's you jordy baggers up ...

 

[rocklovelive]

Stats are one thing. The game is another.

 

[Haggard H]

so according to that jordy and richie had pretty good years
yeppp just as i suspected ... i hope that shut's you jordy baggers up ...

Hmm. Jordy was in the disposals, but not the contested disposals, the marks but not contested, and the rebound/inside 50's - which is sort of his job (but not in the top for disposal efficiency - also supposed to be his job).

He was also in the clangers and the frees against, but not the frees for.

I was surprised to see him in the one percenters. Presumably the stats guy thought this was for when "a player gives one percent of effort".

No, Jordy's not all bad, but these stats do nothing to make him look any better.

Richie is a lot better, but then I think we all know that already.

 

[Top_4_Tiger]

A "contested" possession is the most misleading stat going around.

Did you know that a free kick FOR is classed as a "contested possession" won?

Joke stat, although you're right that Jordy, who's job is to receive, did receive the ball a fair bit.

Matt White didn't feature in contested marks and Richo didn't feature in tackles either.

Why?

They benefit the team in other ways

 

[sante]

Tambling up there in contested possessions and tackles. Good to see. He just needs to kick goals in 2009

 

[Calcium Man]

Tambling up there in contested possessions and tackles. Good to see. He just needs to kick goals in 2009

And 2nd for inside 50's.

 

[sante]

And 2nd for inside 50's.

5th in Hit-Outs

 

[tucker777]

Tambling 5th for hitouts eh?

Maybe we do have another ruckman in the wings lol

 

[thegrach]

I would be interested to see Foleys numbers compared to last year. I don't think he had as much of it as last year.

 

[Richo Man]

I would be interested to see Foleys numbers compared to last year. I don't think he had as much of it as last year.

One year wonder?
He should know how to break a tag. Hopefully they teach him.

 

[eays]

interesting read... always take stats with a grain of salt but the 2 things that screams out as us needing are

1). Another player that can take contested marks, especially in the forward 50. Richo wont be around forever. Not sure if this will ever really be Jack's go. Questions over Hughes. Gourdis still untested. We should look to recruit for this. Young KPF.

2). A midfielder whose preferred method of disposal is by foot, preferably one who can win contested ball as well as that is always a plus. Obviously one of our youngster's might step up, but you can never have too many mid's. We should look to recruit, maybe even look at Prismall in a trade.

The other thing we need desperately is a dominant ruckman.

These should be our 3 draft/trade priorities.

 

[thegrach]

I think Foley struggled a bit with the No. 1 tagger this year, but on the plus side it freed up Lids to have a pretty good year. Tables will probably turn next year.

 

[Top_4_Tiger]

I think Foley's body was just wearing down as the season went on, he played some terrific games early.

Remember Coughlan at Foley's age?

 

[thegrach]

Yeah, fair point. I do remember Coglan at Foley's age, I think he had a blinder and then got OP, follwed by the dreaded double ACL!! God only knows how many more goals Richo would have if that man had stayed fit!