Centre Bounce Attendances

[deelusions from afar 1,776]

Potentially had a little too much time on my hands to do this... but I was keen to see whether what I noticed re centre bounces was correct - i.e. Petracca was given less time in centre bounces earlier in the game to allow him to have greater impact later in the game.

I was partially right - he had 3 CBA in the first quarter and 6 in each quarter after that.  Though I think it was more to do with the timing of the centre bounces rather than a tactical reason.

However going through this process I did notice a few things:

• Trac never started a quarter in the middle (quite different to last year) - potentially because he can be more impactful as the other players get tired during the quarter?
• There is a far greater spread compared to last year - with Jordan and Sparrow not a long way behind Trac / Viney and some cameos from ANB and Rivers.  But no attendances from Brayshaw.
• Oliver and Grundy only missed one per quarter (other than in the first where Oliver missed two in a row - I suspect 2 goals in quick sucession and for Grundy the last two of the last quarter when the game was over).  They are machines!
• Sparrow seems to have a licence to charge through and get the ball on the run every so often (it came off a couple of times) whereas Jordan seems to have more defensive roles.
• Rivers seems to be thrown in to get a taste and develop - is that similar to what Jordan / Sparrow got in 2020/2021?
• As unfair as it is, subject to any injuries my gut feel is that for Kozzie to come in, Jordan will be the one to make way as he also plays a mix of forward mid and unless he has a specific role, appears to offer slightly less than the others.

 

[jnrmac 20,053]

Great work thanks!

 

Maybe Sparrow has a licence to break up the centre pack to get separation for Oliver etc.

Edited April 4, 2023 by jnrmac

[Little Goffy 14,434]

Imagine the horror of being a midfielder in the last quarter of a game and realising that you're squaring off against Petracca and he is 20% fresher than you are and has been given instructions to go all-out attack.

[layzie 33,733]

2 hours ago, deelusions from afar said:

Potentially had a little too much time on my hands to do this... but I was keen to see whether what I noticed re centre bounces was correct - i.e. Petracca was given less time in centre bounces earlier in the game to allow him to have greater impact later in the game.

I was partially right - he had 3 CBA in the first quarter and 6 in each quarter after that.  Though I think it was more to do with the timing of the centre bounces rather than a tactical reason.

However going through this process I did notice a few things:

• Trac never started a quarter in the middle (quite different to last year) - potentially because he can be more impactful as the other players get tired during the quarter?
• There is a far greater spread compared to last year - with Jordan and Sparrow not a long way behind Trac / Viney and some cameos from ANB and Rivers.  But no attendances from Brayshaw.
• Oliver and Grundy only missed one per quarter (other than in the first where Oliver missed two in a row - I suspect 2 goals in quick sucession and for Grundy the last two of the last quarter when the game was over).  They are machines!
• Sparrow seems to have a licence to charge through and get the ball on the run every so often (it came off a couple of times) whereas Jordan seems to have more defensive roles.
• Rivers seems to be thrown in to get a taste and develop - is that similar to what Jordan / Sparrow got in 2020/2021?
• As unfair as it is, subject to any injuries my gut feel is that for Kozzie to come in, Jordan will be the one to make way as he also plays a mix of forward mid and unless he has a specific role, appears to offer slightly less than the others.

 

Stunning work! Wheel O Ratings does a similar thing with centre bounce attendance % but this is kind of cool to see the sequence of things. 

[FritschyBusiness 1,478]

I am a big fan of the Grundy, Oliver, Trac and Sparrow combo

[YesitwasaWin4theAges 6,679]

That Sparrow kicks like a mule and is a dead eye [censored] from 50+ set shots.

[Sir Why You Little 36,954]

Superb work DFA

It just shows that players may be given Coaches instructions that do not show up on the stats.

Sparrow does a heap of work in the middle, and that is not often seen by many. 
It’s a team game. Our Players work for The Melbourne Football Club 

[Rodney (Balls) Grinter 10,797]

7 hours ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

That Sparrow kicks like a mule and is a dead eye [censored] from 50+ set shots.

He's a decient 50+ kick for goal off one step too - as in bang No.2 in the Bang Ban Bang.

Immortal moment.

Love the Tommy Sparrow.

[biggestred 5,009]

theres more analysis in this thread than there has been on any afl show in the last week combined.