We're the kings of kicking out.

[dazzledavey36 55,456]

Good little article and analysis by David King (Still annoys me) which explains about the importance of our kick outs by Steven May.

I think this has frustrated fans by being so one dimensional but seems to be another of our key stat that's working well for us.

 

Edited May 17, 2023 by dazzledavey36

[Little Goffy 14,668]

My wife is at this very moment considering how to write a personal apology letter to Steven May.

[deanox 10,025]

I suspect this is one of the parts of the game that we deliberately targeted two top tier ruckman for.

Edited May 17, 2023 by deanox

[Demons1858 1,772]

I would love to hear an interview with our Performance Data Scientist Robert Younger ... l am almost certain our kick in strategy, kicks inside 50, and many other parts of our game plan are heavily influenced by his analysis. 

https://www.figuringfooty.com/2016/06/29/goal-kicking-accuracy-maps-expscore/

Edited May 17, 2023 by Demons1858

[Kozzie4PM 765]

Thanks for posting. Very interesting.

[Adam The God 30,541]

Interesting that King comes out with this article a week after we were discussing the lack of MFC coverage despite being in the top 4 scores from stoppages, scores from turnovers and scores from kick outs.

He's probably chosen the scores from kick outs as he can undertake a crude analysis of them and point to derpy derp May kick outs.

Can you tell I don't rate King's analysis? :P The Diamond Defence is about the only analysis of his I've liked.

[binman 44,195]

6 hours ago, Demons1858 said:

I would love to hear an interview with our Performance Data Scientist Robert Younger ... l am almost certain our kick in strategy, kicks inside 50, and many other parts of our game plan are heavily influenced by his analysis. 

https://www.figuringfooty.com/2016/06/29/goal-kicking-accuracy-maps-expscore/

I was thinkin exactly the same thing @Demonland

[Kozzie4PM 765]

3 minutes ago, A F said:

Interesting that King comes out with this article a week after we were discussing the lack of MFC coverage despite being in the top 4 scores from stoppages, scores from turnovers and scores from kick outs.

He's probably chosen the scores from kick outs as he can undertake a crude analysis of them and point to derpy derp May kick outs.

Can you tell I don't rate King's analysis? :P The Diamond Defence is about the only analysis of his I've liked.

From what I read he didn't account for the fact that teams like hawthorn are kicking out a lot more than us. But maybe that happened on the show.

[old55 23,800]

7 hours ago, Demons1858 said:

I would love to hear an interview with our Performance Data Scientist Robert Younger ... l am almost certain our kick in strategy, kicks inside 50, and many other parts of our game plan are heavily influenced by his analysis. 

https://www.figuringfooty.com/2016/06/29/goal-kicking-accuracy-maps-expscore/

Interesting. As I was reading it I wondered how he defined a "shot" to get the percentages and it was good that he recognised the issues there at the end with shots that don't either score or go out of bounds not being counted.

A kick to the top of the square - how do you know if that's a shot that has fallen short or an attempt to generate a high quality shot from that area?

Edited May 17, 2023 by old55

[layzie 34,147]

Two things we would have asked for at the start of the year.

- Better kick-out strategy

- Improved set shot accuracy.

 

We're doing something right.