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Last 4 weeks 

8–13 v blues … blues were horrible , Dees were less horrible (v6-8)

8-18 v pies … Dees dominated and should have won by 6+ goals yet won by 4 points (v9-8) 

8-15 v cats … Dees fell away to cats pressure (v11–12)

5-15 v Giants … Dees had 73 inside 50s and lost by 2 points (v7-5)

29-61 over 4 weeks. Poor.  Very poor.  Goalkicking is a physical and mental exercise.  It’s also how the entries into 50 are created.  Dumb kicks to packs are easily defended.  And stupid videos of players kicking ridiculous banana kicks doesn’t help supporters frustrated by their inability to kick goals from 25-30 metres out. 

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    Our inaccuracy / inability to kick vital goals has realistically already cost us any thoughts of top 2 and may well cost us top 4 thus any realistic thought of a premiership. 
    Surely kicking is such a fundamental skill in Australian football that we cannot continue to recruit or carry players that cannot kick straight and hit a target or a goal.   Unlike Rugby where there are few kicks, or American “Football”  where it seems only one guy kicks regularly all our players must kick accurately.  
    This is a massive challenge for all our players, and coaches.  ARE THEY UP TO THE CHALLENGE ? 

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    Accuracy from round 12-16

    Team Shots Goals Behinds No
    Score     		Accuracy
    Melbourne 104 29 51 24 27.9
    Gold Coast 103 43 41 19 41.7
    Fremantle 93 40 23 30 43.0
    Carlton 107 47 36 24 43.9
    St Kilda 97 43 29 25 44.3
    Richmond 103 48 35 20 46.6
    Brisbane 120 56 40 24 46.7
    Geelong 92 44 28 20 47.8
    Sydney 121 58 49 14 47.9
    Essendon 98 48 33 17 49.0
    Hawthorn 83 41 23 19 49.4
    Western Bulldogs 107 54 37 16 50.5
    Collingwood 112 57 32 23 50.9
    Greater Western Sydney 103 53 33 17 51.5
    West Coast 64 33 16 15 51.6
    Adelaide 136 72 42 22 52.9
    Port Adelaide 123 66 38 19 53.7
    North Melbourne 86 50 23 13 58.1

     

    Player Shots Goals Behinds No
    Score     		Accuracy
    Kade Chandler 7 0 7 0 0.0
    Trent Rivers 4 0 2 2 0.0
    Lachie Hunter 2 0 2 0 0.0
    Tom Sparrow 2 0 2 0 0.0
    Ben Brown 1 0 1 0 0.0
    Christian Petracca 16 2 8 6 12.5
    Jack Viney 5 1 2 2 20.0
    Max Gawn 5 1 2 2 20.0
    Kysaiah Pickett 16 4 7 5 25.0
    Alex Neal-Bullen 6 2 2 2 33.3
    Charlie Spargo 3 1 2 0 33.3
    Ed Langdon 3 1 1 1 33.3
    Bayley Fritsch 15 7 8 0 46.7
    Joel Smith 6 3 3 0 50.0
    Brodie Grundy 4 2 1 1 50.0
    Jake Bowey 2 1 1 0 50.0
    Jake Melksham 2 1 0 1 50.0
    Jacob van Rooyen 5 3 0 2 60.0
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    On 4/3/2023 at 5:18 PM, DutchDemons said:

    According to 

    we currently lead the league in goal kicking accuracy after three rounds. It felt like we missed so many easy set shots last year, shooting ourselves in the foot. It’s fantastic to see this has turned around!

     

    Just opened this thread for the first time, I assume things are still going this well!

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    5 minutes ago, WheeloRatings said:

    Accuracy from round 12-16

    Team Shots Goals Behinds No
    Score     		Accuracy
    Melbourne 104 29 51 24 27.9
    Gold Coast 103 43 41 19 41.7
    Fremantle 93 40 23 30 43.0
    Carlton 107 47 36 24 43.9
    St Kilda 97 43 29 25 44.3
    Richmond 103 48 35 20 46.6
    Brisbane 120 56 40 24 46.7
    Geelong 92 44 28 20 47.8
    Sydney 121 58 49 14 47.9
    Essendon 98 48 33 17 49.0
    Hawthorn 83 41 23 19 49.4
    Western Bulldogs 107 54 37 16 50.5
    Collingwood 112 57 32 23 50.9
    Greater Western Sydney 103 53 33 17 51.5
    West Coast 64 33 16 15 51.6
    Adelaide 136 72 42 22 52.9
    Port Adelaide 123 66 38 19 53.7
    North Melbourne 86 50 23 13 58.1

     

    Player Shots Goals Behinds No
    Score     		Accuracy
    Kade Chandler 7 0 7 0 0.0
    Trent Rivers 4 0 2 2 0.0
    Lachie Hunter 2 0 2 0 0.0
    Tom Sparrow 2 0 2 0 0.0
    Ben Brown 1 0 1 0 0.0
    Christian Petracca 16 2 8 6 12.5
    Jack Viney 5 1 2 2 20.0
    Max Gawn 5 1 2 2 20.0
    Kysaiah Pickett 16 4 7 5 25.0
    Alex Neal-Bullen 6 2 2 2 33.3
    Charlie Spargo 3 1 2 0 33.3
    Ed Langdon 3 1 1 1 33.3
    Bayley Fritsch 15 7 8 0 46.7
    Joel Smith 6 3 3 0 50.0
    Brodie Grundy 4 2 1 1 50.0
    Jake Bowey 2 1 1 0 50.0
    Jake Melksham 2 1 0 1 50.0
    Jacob van Rooyen 5 3 0 2 60.0

    They are some beautifully horrifying stats... imagine when we regress back to the mean 👌😇

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    14 minutes ago, WheeloRatings said:

    Accuracy from round 12-16

    Team Shots Goals Behinds No
    Score     		Accuracy
    Melbourne 104 29 51 24 27.9
    Gold Coast 103 43 41 19 41.7
    Fremantle 93 40 23 30 43.0
    Carlton 107 47 36 24 43.9
    St Kilda 97 43 29 25 44.3
    Richmond 103 48 35 20 46.6
    Brisbane 120 56 40 24 46.7
    Geelong 92 44 28 20 47.8
    Sydney 121 58 49 14 47.9
    Essendon 98 48 33 17 49.0
    Hawthorn 83 41 23 19 49.4
    Western Bulldogs 107 54 37 16 50.5
    Collingwood 112 57 32 23 50.9
    Greater Western Sydney 103 53 33 17 51.5
    West Coast 64 33 16 15 51.6
    Adelaide 136 72 42 22 52.9
    Port Adelaide 123 66 38 19 53.7
    North Melbourne 86 50 23 13 58.1

     

    Player Shots Goals Behinds No
    Score     		Accuracy
    Kade Chandler 7 0 7 0 0.0
    Trent Rivers 4 0 2 2 0.0
    Lachie Hunter 2 0 2 0 0.0
    Tom Sparrow 2 0 2 0 0.0
    Ben Brown 1 0 1 0 0.0
    Christian Petracca 16 2 8 6 12.5
    Jack Viney 5 1 2 2 20.0
    Max Gawn 5 1 2 2 20.0
    Kysaiah Pickett 16 4 7 5 25.0
    Alex Neal-Bullen 6 2 2 2 33.3
    Charlie Spargo 3 1 2 0 33.3
    Ed Langdon 3 1 1 1 33.3
    Bayley Fritsch 15 7 8 0 46.7
    Joel Smith 6 3 3 0 50.0
    Brodie Grundy 4 2 1 1 50.0
    Jake Bowey 2 1 1 0 50.0
    Jake Melksham 2 1 0 1 50.0
    Jacob van Rooyen 5 3 0 2 60.0

    disregarding total misses which are bad in itself we are the only side with more behinds than goals and by an incredible differential.

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    29 minutes ago, WheeloRatings said:

    Accuracy from round 12-16

    Team Shots Goals Behinds No
    Score     		Accuracy
    Melbourne 104 29 51 24 27.9
    Gold Coast 103 43 41 19 41.7
    Fremantle 93 40 23 30 43.0
    Carlton 107 47 36 24 43.9
    St Kilda 97 43 29 25 44.3
    Richmond 103 48 35 20 46.6
    Brisbane 120 56 40 24 46.7
    Geelong 92 44 28 20 47.8
    Sydney 121 58 49 14 47.9
    Essendon 98 48 33 17 49.0
    Hawthorn 83 41 23 19 49.4
    Western Bulldogs 107 54 37 16 50.5
    Collingwood 112 57 32 23 50.9
    Greater Western Sydney 103 53 33 17 51.5
    West Coast 64 33 16 15 51.6
    Adelaide 136 72 42 22 52.9
    Port Adelaide 123 66 38 19 53.7
    North Melbourne 86 50 23 13 58.1

     

    Player Shots Goals Behinds No
    Score     		Accuracy
    Kade Chandler 7 0 7 0 0.0
    Trent Rivers 4 0 2 2 0.0
    Lachie Hunter 2 0 2 0 0.0
    Tom Sparrow 2 0 2 0 0.0
    Ben Brown 1 0 1 0 0.0
    Christian Petracca 16 2 8 6 12.5
    Jack Viney 5 1 2 2 20.0
    Max Gawn 5 1 2 2 20.0
    Kysaiah Pickett 16 4 7 5 25.0
    Alex Neal-Bullen 6 2 2 2 33.3
    Charlie Spargo 3 1 2 0 33.3
    Ed Langdon 3 1 1 1 33.3
    Bayley Fritsch 15 7 8 0 46.7
    Joel Smith 6 3 3 0 50.0
    Brodie Grundy 4 2 1 1 50.0
    Jake Bowey 2 1 1 0 50.0
    Jake Melksham 2 1 0 1 50.0
    Jacob van Rooyen 5 3 0 2 60.0

    That is so horrifying that heads have to roll. The Eagles just suffered the 4th biggest loss in AFL history, and they’ve still scored more goals than us over the last 6 weeks.

    Please let the media come after us hard over this. That is pathetic.

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    Should have won the game today by 6+ goals on expected score. This will, or might have already cost us a top 4 spot!

    They need to get their act together it’s truly swung too far the other way in comparison to early in the season.

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    3 hours ago, The heart beats true said:

    That is so horrifying that heads have to roll. The Eagles just suffered the 4th biggest loss in AFL history, and they’ve still scored more goals than us over the last 6 weeks.

    Please let the media come after us hard over this. That is pathetic.

    Could someone gather it and post it all here (un-paywalled), please?

     

    p.s. JVR's distant/angled, and gather/blind-turn VFL goals today...

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    On 7/2/2023 at 8:50 PM, WheeloRatings said:

    Accuracy from round 12-16

    Team Shots Goals Behinds No
    Score     		Accuracy
    Melbourne 104 29 51 24 27.9
    Gold Coast 103 43 41 19 41.7
    Fremantle 93 40 23 30 43.0
    Carlton 107 47 36 24 43.9
    St Kilda 97 43 29 25 44.3
    Richmond 103 48 35 20 46.6
    Brisbane 120 56 40 24 46.7
    Geelong 92 44 28 20 47.8
    Sydney 121 58 49 14 47.9
    Essendon 98 48 33 17 49.0
    Hawthorn 83 41 23 19 49.4
    Western Bulldogs 107 54 37 16 50.5
    Collingwood 112 57 32 23 50.9
    Greater Western Sydney 103 53 33 17 51.5
    West Coast 64 33 16 15 51.6
    Adelaide 136 72 42 22 52.9
    Port Adelaide 123 66 38 19 53.7
    North Melbourne 86 50 23 13 58.1

     

    Player Shots Goals Behinds No
    Score     		Accuracy
    Kade Chandler 7 0 7 0 0.0
    Trent Rivers 4 0 2 2 0.0
    Lachie Hunter 2 0 2 0 0.0
    Tom Sparrow 2 0 2 0 0.0
    Ben Brown 1 0 1 0 0.0
    Christian Petracca 16 2 8 6 12.5
    Jack Viney 5 1 2 2 20.0
    Max Gawn 5 1 2 2 20.0
    Kysaiah Pickett 16 4 7 5 25.0
    Alex Neal-Bullen 6 2 2 2 33.3
    Charlie Spargo 3 1 2 0 33.3
    Ed Langdon 3 1 1 1 33.3
    Bayley Fritsch 15 7 8 0 46.7
    Joel Smith 6 3 3 0 50.0
    Brodie Grundy 4 2 1 1 50.0
    Jake Bowey 2 1 1 0 50.0
    Jake Melksham 2 1 0 1 50.0
    Jacob van Rooyen 5 3 0 2 60.0

    It’s actually 29-61 and 24 no score 

    that 29/114 = 25.4%  … that’s abysmal 

    lucky to get home for wins v blues and pies given we Dominated both games 

     

    Last 4 weeks 

    8–13 v blues … blues were horrible , Dees were less horrible (v6-8)

    8-18 v pies … Dees dominated and should have won by 6+ goals yet won by 4 points (v9-8) 

    8-15 v cats … Dees fell away to cats pressure (v11–12)

    5-15 v Giants … Dees had 73 inside 50s and lost by 2 points (v7-5)

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    Our accuracy at the start of the season was unsustainable. And there was a game we were lucky to win this year against Richmond where we shot the lights out while Richmond fell apart in the last quarter.

    I'd like to think this 5 week patch is also a compete outlier and our woes will turn around shortly. There's going to be a game soon where we'll be a tidy 11.2.68 at half time.

    GWS have been lucky. In 3 of their wins this year they have been outscored by the opposition which suggests to me that their record of 7-8 is a little flattering.

     

     

     

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    2 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    It’s actually 29-61 and 24 no score 

    that 29/114 = 25.4%  … that’s abysmal 

    lucky to get home for wins v blues and pies given we Dominated both games 

     

     

    Last 4 weeks 

    8–13 v blues … blues were horrible , Dees were less horrible (v6-8)

    8-18 v pies … Dees dominated and should have won by 6+ goals yet won by 4 points (v9-8) 

    8-15 v cats … Dees fell away to cats pressure (v11–12)

    5-15 v Giants … Dees had 73 inside 50s and lost by 2 points (v7-5)

    The figures I posted exclude rushed behinds, so it's purely shots at goal.

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    JVR is reasonably accurate and Jefferson is super accurate.   Jefferson's body is filling out and often kicks 3 or 4 goals at casey when he is the main man (no brown and no TMac).  He also has a great pair of hands and is around the 200cm mark.   I think they might both be in the side before the year is out.

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    On 7/2/2023 at 8:50 PM, WheeloRatings said:

    Accuracy from round 12-16

    Team Shots Goals Behinds No
    Score     		Accuracy
    Melbourne 104 29 51 24 27.9
    Gold Coast 103 43 41 19 41.7
    Fremantle 93 40 23 30 43.0
    Carlton 107 47 36 24 43.9
    St Kilda 97 43 29 25 44.3
    Richmond 103 48 35 20 46.6
    Brisbane 120 56 40 24 46.7
    Geelong 92 44 28 20 47.8
    Sydney 121 58 49 14 47.9
    Essendon 98 48 33 17 49.0
    Hawthorn 83 41 23 19 49.4
    Western Bulldogs 107 54 37 16 50.5
    Collingwood 112 57 32 23 50.9
    Greater Western Sydney 103 53 33 17 51.5
    West Coast 64 33 16 15 51.6
    Adelaide 136 72 42 22 52.9
    Port Adelaide 123 66 38 19 53.7
    North Melbourne 86 50 23 13 58.1

     

    Player Shots Goals Behinds No
    Score     		Accuracy
    Kade Chandler 7 0 7 0 0.0
    Trent Rivers 4 0 2 2 0.0
    Lachie Hunter 2 0 2 0 0.0
    Tom Sparrow 2 0 2 0 0.0
    Ben Brown 1 0 1 0 0.0
    Christian Petracca 16 2 8 6 12.5
    Jack Viney 5 1 2 2 20.0
    Max Gawn 5 1 2 2 20.0
    Kysaiah Pickett 16 4 7 5 25.0
    Alex Neal-Bullen 6 2 2 2 33.3
    Charlie Spargo 3 1 2 0 33.3
    Ed Langdon 3 1 1 1 33.3
    Bayley Fritsch 15 7 8 0 46.7
    Joel Smith 6 3 3 0 50.0
    Brodie Grundy 4 2 1 1 50.0
    Jake Bowey 2 1 1 0 50.0
    Jake Melksham 2 1 0 1 50.0
    Jacob van Rooyen 5 3 0 2 60.0

    Ironically, the only player on the list with >50% accuracy is playing for the Casey Demons this weekend.

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    On 7/2/2023 at 8:50 PM, WheeloRatings said:

    Accuracy from round 12-16

    Team Shots Goals Behinds No
    Score     		Accuracy
    Melbourne 104 29 51 24 27.9
    Gold Coast 103 43 41 19 41.7
    Fremantle 93 40 23 30 43.0
    Carlton 107 47 36 24 43.9
    St Kilda 97 43 29 25 44.3
    Richmond 103 48 35 20 46.6
    Brisbane 120 56 40 24 46.7
    Geelong 92 44 28 20 47.8
    Sydney 121 58 49 14 47.9
    Essendon 98 48 33 17 49.0
    Hawthorn 83 41 23 19 49.4
    Western Bulldogs 107 54 37 16 50.5
    Collingwood 112 57 32 23 50.9
    Greater Western Sydney 103 53 33 17 51.5
    West Coast 64 33 16 15 51.6
    Adelaide 136 72 42 22 52.9
    Port Adelaide 123 66 38 19 53.7
    North Melbourne 86 50 23 13 58.1

     

    Player Shots Goals Behinds No
    Score     		Accuracy
    Kade Chandler 7 0 7 0 0.0
    Trent Rivers 4 0 2 2 0.0
    Lachie Hunter 2 0 2 0 0.0
    Tom Sparrow 2 0 2 0 0.0
    Ben Brown 1 0 1 0 0.0
    Christian Petracca 16 2 8 6 12.5
    Jack Viney 5 1 2 2 20.0
    Max Gawn 5 1 2 2 20.0
    Kysaiah Pickett 16 4 7 5 25.0
    Alex Neal-Bullen 6 2 2 2 33.3
    Charlie Spargo 3 1 2 0 33.3
    Ed Langdon 3 1 1 1 33.3
    Bayley Fritsch 15 7 8 0 46.7
    Joel Smith 6 3 3 0 50.0
    Brodie Grundy 4 2 1 1 50.0
    Jake Bowey 2 1 1 0 50.0
    Jake Melksham 2 1 0 1 50.0
    Jacob van Rooyen 5 3 0 2 60.0

    and JVR isnt playing his week Go figure

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    6 minutes ago, Leopold Bloom said:

    Ironically, the only player on the list with >50% accuracy is playing for the Casey Demons this weekend.

    Beat me to it leo🤪

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    On 7/6/2023 at 6:08 PM, stinga said:

    JVR is reasonably accurate and Jefferson is super accurate.   Jefferson's body is filling out and often kicks 3 or 4 goals at casey when he is the main man (no brown and no TMac).  He also has a great pair of hands and is around the 200cm mark.   I think they might both be in the side before the year is out.

    The Duke 2.0 is developing very nicely ty.

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    I know some people dislike the idea of expected scores, however...

    @ crow_data_sci over on Twitter has posted the raw data from his updated Expected Score model, including roughly 27,000 shots at goal since the beginning of 2021. If anyone is interested in downloading the raw csv file, I have included his tweet at the bottom of this post.

    This is a better way to look at goal accuracy as it takes into account the estimated difficulty of the shot. The expected score for a particular shot takes into account distance to goal, angle and context (set shot, handball receive, hard ball get, etc). It's only a model and won't be perfect (e.g. it doesn't take into account weather conditions or actual pressure on the player) but it's better than raw accuracy.

    In the following tables I have looked at average points scored per shot (raw measure of accuracy), average expected score (difficulty), and the difference (improved measure of accuracy), sorted by the difference.

    While Petracca is comfortable the least accurate player this season for players with 30+ shots, the difficulty of his shots (average expected score) is third hardest (similar to Stringer, Rachele, Martin and Papley). He's still the second least accurate player taking into account difficulty ahead of Jade Gresham, but it does add context to his accuracy.

    I have included tables for the following:

    • Melbourne players this season;
    • Melbourne overall by round, including the opposition's difference between actual and expected score;
    • Melbourne players since the beginning of 2021; and
    • All players this season.

    Melbourne Expected Scores, 2023, 10+ shots

    Player Shots Goals Avg
    Score     		Exp.
    Score     		Diff.
    Tom Sparrow 10 6 4.0 3.0 1.01
    Charlie Spargo 15 10 4.3 3.4 0.86
    Tom McDonald 11 8 4.6 3.8 0.86
    Ben Brown 14 9 4.0 3.1 0.86
    Jacob van Rooyen 24 17 4.4 3.6 0.81
    Kade Chandler 28 15 3.6 3.1 0.46
    Brodie Grundy 16 10 4.0 3.6 0.42
    Bayley Fritsch 56 29 3.5 3.1 0.38
    Jack Viney 13 6 3.1 2.9 0.15
    Alex Neal-Bullen 21 10 3.2 3.2 −0.03
    Kysaiah Pickett 50 22 3.0 3.3 −0.25
    Ed Langdon 13 3 2.0 2.3 −0.27
    Max Gawn 18 7 2.7 3.1 −0.41
    Christian Petracca 45 12 2.0 2.7 −0.67
    Trent Rivers 11 2 1.5 2.8 −1.36

     

    Melbourne Expected Scores, 2023, by Round

    Round Shots Goals Avg
    Score     		Exp.
    Score     		Diff. Opposition
    1 30 17 3.7 3.4 0.30 0.04
    2 21 13 3.9 3.1 0.79 0.51
    3 33 21 4.0 3.2 0.86 −0.16
    4 32 19 3.9 3.4 0.53 −0.22
    5 24 11 3.2 2.8 0.37 0.08
    6 25 15 3.8 3.3 0.58 0.01
    7 30 22 4.5 3.4 1.07 0.10
    8 26 13 3.4 2.9 0.50 0.08
    9 29 15 3.4 3.1 0.27 −0.16
    10 23 11 3.2 3.0 0.15 −0.37
    11 26 10 2.7 3.0 −0.34 0.71
    12 27 8 2.3 2.9 −0.68 −0.01
    13 28 8 2.2 3.1 −0.91 0.21
    15 22 8 2.6 3.3 −0.64 0.26
    16 26 5 1.7 2.9 −1.18 0.38

     

    Melbourne Expected Scores, 2021-2023, 20+ shots

    Player Shots Goals Avg
    Score     		Exp.
    Score     		Diff.
    Jacob van Rooyen 24 17 4.4 3.6 0.81
    Bayley Fritsch 237 143 3.9 3.2 0.66
    Tom Sparrow 45 20 3.0 2.6 0.43
    Kade Chandler 29 15 3.5 3.1 0.39
    Tom McDonald 100 56 3.7 3.3 0.38
    James Jordon 35 17 3.2 2.9 0.37
    Kysaiah Pickett 204 103 3.3 3.1 0.26
    Ben Brown 118 64 3.5 3.3 0.25
    Ed Langdon 63 29 3.1 2.9 0.22
    Charlie Spargo 82 38 3.2 3.1 0.06
    Sam Weideman 30 16 3.5 3.6 −0.05
    James Harmes 50 20 2.8 2.8 −0.06
    Jake Melksham 54 25 3.1 3.2 −0.06
    Clayton Oliver 56 21 2.7 2.9 −0.13
    Luke Jackson 56 27 3.3 3.4 −0.15
    Jack Viney 43 18 2.8 3.0 −0.20
    Alex Neal-Bullen 90 34 2.7 3.0 −0.33
    Christian Petracca 184 60 2.3 2.7 −0.39
    Max Gawn 97 36 2.6 3.0 −0.42
    Angus Brayshaw 25 5 1.6 2.6 −0.96

     

    AFL Expected Scores, 2023, 30+ shots

    Player Shots Goals Avg
    Score     		Exp.
    Score     		Diff.
    Taylor Walker (Adel) 71 46 4.1 2.9 1.21
    Jaidyn Stephenson (NM) 35 23 4.1 3.2 0.93
    Logan McDonald (Syd) 30 22 4.6 3.7 0.89
    Michael Walters (Frem) 38 25 4.1 3.3 0.80
    Oscar Allen (WC) 56 37 4.2 3.4 0.78
    Cody Weightman (WB) 36 21 3.8 3.1 0.74
    Darcy Fogarty (Adel) 44 26 3.8 3.1 0.71
    Nick Larkey (NM) 61 42 4.4 3.7 0.68
    Jeremy Cameron (Geel) 69 39 3.7 3.1 0.61
    Todd Marshall (Port) 36 21 3.8 3.2 0.60
    Luke Pedlar (Adel) 35 19 3.5 3.0 0.56
    Jye Amiss (Frem) 44 29 4.1 3.6 0.55
    Joe Daniher (Bris) 66 39 3.8 3.3 0.52
    Dan Butler (St K) 40 24 3.9 3.4 0.50
    Charlie Curnow (Carl) 80 44 3.7 3.2 0.50
    Archie Perkins (Ess) 30 15 3.3 2.8 0.48
    Kyle Langford (Ess) 46 29 4.1 3.6 0.48
    Luke Breust (Haw) 49 28 3.7 3.3 0.47
    Tom Hawkins (Geel) 67 37 3.6 3.1 0.46
    Michael Frederick (Frem) 31 17 3.5 3.1 0.44
    Bobby Hill (Coll) 34 20 3.8 3.4 0.43
    Brody Mihocek (Coll) 54 32 3.8 3.4 0.43
    Bayley Fritsch (Melb) 56 29 3.5 3.1 0.38
    Jack Lukosius (GC) 48 26 3.7 3.3 0.37
    Toby Greene (GWS) 66 37 3.6 3.3 0.34
    Zac Bailey (Bris) 38 19 3.3 3.0 0.33
    Shai Bolton (Rich) 38 19 3.3 3.0 0.32
    Oliver Henry (Geel) 40 22 3.6 3.3 0.31
    Tom Papley (Syd) 55 25 3.0 2.7 0.29
    Izak Rankine (Adel) 66 30 3.0 2.8 0.27
    Eric Hipwood (Bris) 52 28 3.5 3.2 0.27
    Mitch Lewis (Haw) 42 24 3.7 3.5 0.20
    Charlie Cameron (Bris) 59 37 4.0 3.8 0.18
    Jake Stringer (Ess) 47 19 2.9 2.7 0.17
    Ben King (GC) 54 33 4.0 3.8 0.16
    Lachie Schultz (Frem) 35 19 3.5 3.4 0.10
    Errol Gulden (Syd) 32 13 2.9 2.8 0.10
    Aaron Naughton (WB) 51 28 3.7 3.6 0.08
    Josh Rachele (Adel) 42 16 2.8 2.7 0.07
    Sam Powell-Pepper (Port) 41 17 3.0 2.9 0.06
    Jack Riewoldt (Rich) 43 23 3.6 3.6 0.05
    Jeremy Finlayson (Port) 60 29 3.2 3.2 0.03
    Junior Rioli (Port) 31 14 3.1 3.1 0.02
    Tim Taranto (Rich) 30 13 3.0 3.0 −0.01
    Cameron Zurhaar (NM) 46 20 3.0 3.0 −0.01
    Jamie Elliott (Coll) 40 17 2.9 2.9 −0.06
    Jack Higgins (St K) 56 27 3.1 3.3 −0.13
    Mitch Owens (St K) 38 19 3.3 3.5 −0.15
    Charlie Dixon (Port) 37 18 3.2 3.4 −0.16
    Jye Menzie (Ess) 30 16 3.5 3.6 −0.17
    Luke Jackson (Frem) 36 16 3.1 3.2 −0.18
    Cam Rayner (Bris) 32 15 3.1 3.3 −0.19
    Kysaiah Pickett (Melb) 50 22 3.0 3.3 −0.25
    Jesse Hogan (GWS) 46 24 3.5 3.8 −0.31
    Dustin Martin (Rich) 39 13 2.4 2.7 −0.34
    Max King (St K) 30 14 3.0 3.4 −0.36
    Jack Darling (WC) 34 14 2.9 3.3 −0.41
    Malcolm Rosas (GC) 31 11 2.6 3.1 −0.45
    Isaac Heeney (Syd) 42 15 2.5 3.0 −0.49
    Will Hayward (Syd) 30 13 3.0 3.6 −0.52
    Jamarra Ugle-Hagan (WB) 58 20 2.5 3.0 −0.54
    Harry McKay (Carl) 62 23 2.6 3.1 −0.55
    Ben Keays (Adel) 32 11 2.6 3.2 −0.62
    Christian Petracca (Melb) 45 12 2.0 2.7 −0.67
    Jade Gresham (St K) 37 13 2.4 3.1 −0.70

     

     

     

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    On 7/2/2023 at 8:50 PM, WheeloRatings said:

    Accuracy from round 12-16

    Team Shots Goals Behinds No
    Score     		Accuracy
    Melbourne 104 29 51 24 27.9
    Gold Coast 103 43 41 19 41.7
    Fremantle 93 40 23 30 43.0
    Carlton 107 47 36 24 43.9
    St Kilda 97 43 29 25 44.3
    Richmond 103 48 35 20 46.6
    Brisbane 120 56 40 24 46.7
    Geelong 92 44 28 20 47.8
    Sydney 121 58 49 14 47.9
    Essendon 98 48 33 17 49.0
    Hawthorn 83 41 23 19 49.4
    Western Bulldogs 107 54 37 16 50.5
    Collingwood 112 57 32 23 50.9
    Greater Western Sydney 103 53 33 17 51.5
    West Coast 64 33 16 15 51.6
    Adelaide 136 72 42 22 52.9
    Port Adelaide 123 66 38 19 53.7
    North Melbourne 86 50 23 13 58.1

     

    Player Shots Goals Behinds No
    Score     		Accuracy
    Kade Chandler 7 0 7 0 0.0
    Trent Rivers 4 0 2 2 0.0
    Lachie Hunter 2 0 2 0 0.0
    Tom Sparrow 2 0 2 0 0.0
    Ben Brown 1 0 1 0 0.0
    Christian Petracca 16 2 8 6 12.5
    Jack Viney 5 1 2 2 20.0
    Max Gawn 5 1 2 2 20.0
    Kysaiah Pickett 16 4 7 5 25.0
    Alex Neal-Bullen 6 2 2 2 33.3
    Charlie Spargo 3 1 2 0 33.3
    Ed Langdon 3 1 1 1 33.3
    Bayley Fritsch 15 7 8 0 46.7
    Joel Smith 6 3 3 0 50.0
    Brodie Grundy 4 2 1 1 50.0
    Jake Bowey 2 1 1 0 50.0
    Jake Melksham 2 1 0 1 50.0
    Jacob van Rooyen 5 3 0 2 60.0

    We have been by far the most inaccurate side in the league. We need to weed out the repeat offenders and target them on their technique and footy IQ.

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    3 minutes ago, samcantstandya said:

    We have been by far the most inaccurate side in the league. We need to weed out the repeat offenders and target them on their technique and footy IQ.

    Wtf does that even mean? 😆🤷‍♂️

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    On 6/25/2023 at 7:55 PM, Superunknown said:

    Wonder if it’s still the least of Goodwins worries

     

    has cost 2 games now - arguably 3 with port

    good kicking is good footy

    good kicking and kicking goals is core business for a professional team 

    fix it pronto

    i remember as a junior golfer spending hours and hours and hours on the short game - putting especially but chipping in particular 

    not saying they don’t practice but they need to get stone cold on this. Like Cameron smith on the greens in round 4 at St. Andrews last year. Stone cold killa

     

    Not sure this is what Goody ever said. Happy for you to cite your source though.

    He said forward connection at the time was the least of our worries.

    And frankly, forward connection is not our issue at the moment, although we could always do better at everything.

    We are generating enough shots on goal, we are not converting them. 

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    19 scoring shots - and a nice little regression back to the mean. 63.15% and 3(?) posters

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