Re: Goaltracker
Reply #115 –
That's an interesting example - Port had 64 i50's and 35+shots on goal. The fact that they couldn't convert and only kicked 13 goals is more about their terrible conversion and Hawthorns extra numbers in defence rather than a lack of scoring power. They should have easily kicked 20 goals based on their numbers alone.
I'm curious at what stage you do get worried about our attack? We've been bottom 4 for scoring for the last 3 years, and dead last right now - our kids up forward have some 'potential' but none have even had a breakout game that says they can kick goals at the level. Our key forward is a 27 yo who has only played 80 game and averages a goal a game and less than 10 disposals - in a forwardline where he has no competition. Do we wait until end 2018 or 2019 before we wake up to the fact that our lack of forwards means we will never move off the bottom rungs of the ladder?
Don't you see its a subjective stat??
Three teams kicked over 14 goals for the round.
Two of them played against each other in a shoot-out with one kicking 18, the other 15.
Leigh Mathews said, first to 15 goals wins.
Adelaide's much revered forwardline was useless this week.
Don't get me wrong, I think we do need some improvement in our forwardline but I can see enough improvement in jack Silvagni and Charlie Curnow to suggest that they will do better in future. I also believe that with some different players we could kick more goals.
Why I'm not worried is that we are getting in there often enough but not hitting the scoreboard as often as we could be as we turn it over entering our fifty by hitting up speculative targets or not playing the percentages. We are trending upwards here too.
What I'm thinking is that the we don't kick enough goals is alarmist. Goals are the finishing of work. An example of why I'm not worried is that if we hit better targets inside forward fifty we could kick more goals with our current cattle. To suggest that they won't improve that is false, and that's without factoring growth or recruitment.