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The Sports Desk / Re: Basketball
Last post by DJC -
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
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The World Cup Qualifying series between Australia and New Zealand may not have both countries' best lineups but the results are much closer than I expected.  After a five point win in game 1, Australia won game 2 with a buzzer-beating three point bankshot
Aus were a bit disappointing I thought, had a few players out but struggled on the boards vs the Kiwi bigs and it needed the Hawks Davo Hickey to manufacture a couple of big three's in each game to secure the win.
Keanu Pinder had a good second game and hopefully he returns to Aus and my team the Cairns Taipans next NBL season.
Aus will need their NBA players available to progress vs the better countries as NZ are rated at 25 and Aus at 6 with the USA and Germany the favourites.

We certainly come back to the field without our NBA players!
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Pick our team in parts - Part 3 - 6x Starting forwards- CHOOSE 6!
Last post by kruddler -
Quote from: DJC – on
Our seven forwards, and their 2025 average goals per game  when we beat St Kilda last season were:

Motlop (0.7)  Curnow (1.8 )  Durdin (0.9)
E Hollands (0.2)  McKay (1.8 )  White (0.7)
Binns (0.2)

That's a total of 6.3 goals per game.

Our forward line, by popular vote, and with Skull thrown in to make it seven forwards:

Williams (1.2)  McKay (1.8 )  Hayward (1.4)
Ainsworth (1)  Kemp (1.4)  Moir (1.1)
O'Keeffe (0.6)

That's 8.6 goals per game.

While that's a significant improvement, we still have to find at least another six goals per game.  That should come from our midfield, improved delivery and not relying on a key forward who was terribly out of form.

Its an improvement in part because 2 of those players in the side now didn't have carlton players kicking to them. ;)

Watch those averages drop.  ::)

.....and Binns was never a forward.
In fact i'd suggest our forward line looked more like this....

Motlop (0.7) - McKay (1.8 ) - Williams (1.2)
Durdin (0.9) - Curnow (1.8 ) - Moir (1.1)
Evans (1.3)

Which is 8.8 goals a game, so we've gone backwards
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The Sports Desk / Re: Basketball
Last post by ElwoodBlues1 -
Quote from: DJC – on
The World Cup Qualifying series between Australia and New Zealand may not have both countries' best lineups but the results are much closer than I expected.  After a five point win in game 1, Australia won game 2 with a buzzer-beating three point bankshot
Aus were a bit disappointing I thought, had a few players out but struggled on the boards vs the Kiwi bigs and it needed the Hawks Davo Hickey to manufacture a couple of big three's in each game to secure the win.
Keanu Pinder had a good second game and hopefully he returns to Aus and my team the Cairns Taipans next NBL season.
Aus will need their NBA players available to progress vs the better countries as NZ are rated at 25 and Aus at 6 with the USA and Germany the favourites.
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The Sports Desk / Re: Basketball
Last post by DJC -
The World Cup Qualifying series between Australia and New Zealand may not have both countries' best lineups but the results are much closer than I expected.  After a five point win in game 1, Australia won game 2 with a buzzer-beating three point bankshot
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Pick our team in parts - Part 3 - 6x Starting forwards- CHOOSE 6!
Last post by DJC -
Our seven forwards, and their 2025 average goals per game  when we beat St Kilda last season were:

Motlop (0.7)  Curnow (1.8 )  Durdin (0.9)
E Hollands (0.2)  McKay (1.8 )  White (0.7)
Binns (0.2)

That's a total of 6.3 goals per game.

Our forward line, by popular vote, and with Skull thrown in to make it seven forwards:

Williams (1.2)  McKay (1.8 )  Hayward (1.4)
Ainsworth (1)  Kemp (1.4)  Moir (1.1)
O'Keeffe (0.6)

That's 8.6 goals per game.

While that's a significant improvement, we still have to find at least another six goals per game.  That should come from our midfield, improved delivery and not relying on a key forward who was terribly out of form.
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The Sports Desk / Re: Track and Field
Last post by DJC -
Nicola Olyslagers has been named World Athletics Field Athlete of the Year.

Congratulations and well-deserved 👏