Free Kick Differential 2020

[Demonland 73,495]

All square. 

 

[RalphiusMaximus 6,103]

So for once the MFC is setting the example for the rest of the sides? 

[Gawndy the Great 9,011]

Is #FreeKickHawthorn officially retired?

[RalphiusMaximus 6,103]

5 minutes ago, CYB said:

Is #FreeKickHawthorn officially retired?

Just in isolation for COVID.  It'll be back soon.

[david_neitz_is_my_dad 4,084]

Need a goals from free kick count

[MT64 1,144]

Interesting West Coast figure but then they didn't play many matches at home.

[napster 191]

We won the free kick count versus Cokers in the first round, a freak of nature. I doubt our luck would have held if we had made it to the finals. As this table shows, there’s no team more likely to enjoy the umpire’s good favours than their pet Pies, so in this regard there should be at least a level playing field for their final.

[NeveroddoreveN 1,034]

6 hours ago, david_neitz_is_my_dad said:

Need a goals from free kick count

How about goals against in last 30 seconds of a quarter.  Would put money on us being frontrunner there!!

Edited September 22, 2020 by NeveroddoreveN

[Demonland 73,495]

1 hour ago, napster said:

We won the free kick count versus Cokers in the first round, a freak of nature. I doubt our luck would have held if we had made it to the finals. As this table shows, there’s no team more likely to enjoy the umpire’s good favours than their pet Pies, so in this regard there should be at least a level playing field for their final.

To be fair there was no crowd at the Eagles game to influence Margetts. 

[Clintosaurus 7,926]

Umpires have been looking after Collingwood ever since mid-2018 when the Channel 7 boss said he would like them to be 'up and about'.

[Deemania since 56 6,763]

7 hours ago, david_neitz_is_my_dad said:

Need a goals from free kick count

Yes, these are the ones that cruel us often, and quite often close in to opposition goals if we are ahead at any stage of a game. Some of these are really shonky decisions to 'keep a match alive', depending on the umpires concerned.

 

[Flemo56 409]

As far as I’m concerned, this tells me that we didn’t apply pressure or tackle enough!

[leave it to deever 17,592]

How does a wooden spooner get so many free kicks.

Crows fans are shockers. So are the umps this year.

[Demonland 73,495]

8 hours ago, david_neitz_is_my_dad said:

Need a goals from free kick count

I want to see an objective count of free kicks not paid.

My subjective count is off the charts.

[napster 191]

2 hours ago, Demonland said:

To be fair there was no crowd at the Eagles game to influence Margetts. 

Yes, so although the lack of crowd influence might explain the WC losing some of their natural free kick advantage this year, we see the Pies still doing very well. Despite the decreased threat (at least on match day) of being bitten by an angry rabid Pie fan (albeit a largely toothless bite), higher influences on the umpires such as referred to by Clintosaurus continue to play a dominant role.

As for North doing so well despite being such a rubbish team, maybe the pattern of the jumper sets off an automatic reflex in the umpire’s, and they pay the free kick, before realising that the blue isn’t black.

[Demonland 73,495]

2 minutes ago, napster said:

Yes, so although the lack of crowd influence might explain the WC losing some of their natural free kick advantage this year, we see the Pies still doing very well. Despite the decreased threat (at least on match day) of being bitten by an angry rabid Pie fan (albeit a largely toothless bite), higher influences on the umpires such as referred to by Clintosaurus continue to play a dominant role.

As for North doing so well despite being such a rubbish team, maybe the pattern of the jumper sets off an automatic reflex in the umpire’s, and they pay the free kick, before realising that the blue isn’t black.

Pies played a lot of games in Queensland and had a lot of local support from ex-pat feral pies.

[spirit of norm smith 16,617]

2 hours ago, NeveroddoreveN said:

How about goals against in last 30 seconds of a quarter.  Would put money on us being frontrunner there!!

Absolutely.  We gave up goals too easily in the last minute of every game. Last game v bombers, they scored two goals after the siren  for qtr time and 3/4 qtr time. Ridiculous. 

[Fritta and Turner 4,675]

We have been robbed again.

Unfortunately we didnt play enough from in front or behind...

 

[george_on_the_outer 7,843]

3 hours ago, Demonland said:

To be fair there was no crowd at the Eagles game to influence Margetts. 

and no Nichols for "free kick Hawthorn"