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Re: The Elephant in the room

Reply #60 –
I was just looking at some stats...

Patrick Cripps has had nearly twenty more tackles than the next best (Cripps 80- SPS 61)
He has twice as many as every other player on our list except SPS (61) and Ed Curnow (49)

Next best after those three is Gibbons on 38.

Re: The Elephant in the room

Reply #61 –
Quote from: Lods – on
I was just looking at some stats...

Patrick Cripps has had nearly twenty more tackles than the next best (Cripps 80- SPS 61)
He has twice as many as every other player on our list except SPS (61) and Ed Curnow (49)

Next best after those three is Gibbons on 38.

That’s a disgusting stat.
It says a lot about the culture of the group.
I don’t understand why that is accepted by the coaching or leadership group.

I bet effective tackles would make the picture even worse.
Fast players like Dow, Fisher, Cunningham and OBrien should be embarrassed

Re: The Elephant in the room

Reply #62 –
Quote from: Lods – on
I was just looking at some stats...

Patrick Cripps has had nearly twenty more tackles than the next best (Cripps 80- SPS 61)
He has twice as many as every other player on our list except SPS (61) and Ed Curnow (49)

Next best after those three is Gibbons on 38.

He spends more time in the middle than anyone which easier to get tackles.
2012 HAPPENED!!!!!!!

Re: The Elephant in the room

Reply #63 –
Quote from: JonHenry – on
That’s a disgusting stat.
It says a lot about the culture of the group.
I don’t understand why that is accepted by the coaching or leadership group.

I bet effective tackles would make the picture even worse.
Fast players like Dow, Fisher, Cunningham and OBrien should be embarrassed

Indeed, given they're the quickers ones too, allegedly....
Finals, then 4 in a row!

Re: The Elephant in the room

Reply #64 –
Quote from: madbluboy – on
He spends more time in the middle than anyone which easier to get tackles.

Exactly.

Its easier to tackle someone who has the ruckman tap the ball directly to a bloke standing one foot in front of you. Ball up, repeat.

Re: The Elephant in the room

Reply #65 –
Quote from: Lods – on
I was just looking at some stats...

Patrick Cripps has had nearly twenty more tackles than the next best (Cripps 80- SPS 61)
He has twice as many as every other player on our list except SPS (61) and Ed Curnow (49)

Next best after those three is Gibbons on 38.

I think the taper off in the rest of the group is Lods main point.

It's obvious midfielders should be high on this as confirmed by the stats.
https://finalsiren.com/AFLPlayerStats.asp?SeasonID=2019&Round=&Sort=Tackles%20Desc

The damning thing is there are only two Carlton names in the first page, and only one on the second page!
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

Re: The Elephant in the room

Reply #66 –
Quote from: LP – on
I think the taper off in the rest of the group is Lods main point.

It was the point that struck me...but after a little further investigation I'm not so sure it's a relevant as I thought.
Have a look at West Coast.
They have a similar drop off after the top 3.

Re: The Elephant in the room

Reply #67 –
Quote from: Lods – on
It was the point that struck me...but after a little further investigation I'm not so sure it's a relevant as I thought.
Have a look at West Coast.
They have a similar drop off after the top 3.

Maybe, but if your team is on the bottom of the ladder and not in the top half that suggests you probably spend more time without the football. The measure might be teams around us not comparing us to the top few clubs!
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"