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Goal Kicking Accuracy at it’s Lowest Point?

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Some interesting context given our recent goalkicking woes.

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Goalkicking accuracy is a talking point that consistently gets raised in the AFL — but how does 2025 compare to the years that have come before?
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    • Demonland changed the title to Goal Kicking Accuracy at it’s Lowest Point?
     

    @William , they've been reading your posts on Demonland...

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    Our goal kicking accuracy has never been great, but we have certainly dropped off this season with an league low. Interesting that maybe a percentage or two higher and our season may have been well and truly still alive.

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    Looks like GWS either didn't get the memo, or are the only club which did!

    8 goals straight to half time, against 8.10 by Brisbane.

    Annoying because GWS slipping is kind of our last gate into the finals, so it would be helpful if they kicked a little more sloppily.

    Cadman and Hogan with 3 each, I suspect we have another exhibit for the 'let forwards be forwards' campaign.

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    Hogan is 32.7 for the year

    far out

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    This should put to bed for good the excuse that in the past our lack of efficiency came from having shots from 'lower percentage areas' like the pockets. Sure that could be factored in.

    But.

    The overarching reason we are so poor in this area and bottom of this particular list is down to having a a large group of players who lack composure overall. And it'd be fair to say most of that comes from open play shots on goal. And it's been this way for years.

    Kicking ourselves out of games, literally. All over the ground but especially going inside 50 and at having shots on goal.

    Edited by Howard_Grimes

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    Our goal kicking is so abysmally dismal that it is turning us into cellar dwellers all those opportunities being wasted is appalling.🥲👎🥲

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    1 hour ago, DeeZone said:

    Our goal kicking is so abysmally dismal that it is turning us into cellar dwellers all those opportunities being wasted is appalling.🥲👎🥲

    That’s the Bottom Line

    The Forward Line is Hack & Hope at best and our results mirror exactly that

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    15 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    That’s the Bottom Line

    The Forward Line is Hack & Hope at best and our results mirror exactly that

    Our manic bombing it in is so counterintuitive given our lack of players who can take a pack mark.

    We are also missing players who used to crumb well in Spargo and Nibbler. Chin has dropped off in this area too so it's so frustrating.

    I hope we try something different with our fwd line but I have no idea what that could be. Maybe isolating Kozzie at ff for a few cameos

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    It's only in the last 2 games that we've had more scoring shots but lost.

    We have had another 6 games where we kicked from between 1 (twice) and 7 more behinds than goals, but we still had less scoring shots. Of the 5 we lost, we had between 4 and 9 (twice) less scoring shots.

    So, season 2025 has been about much more than accuracy.

    2022 to 2024 on the other hand?...

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    Our last place on the (in)accuracy ladder is skewed by just 3 of our 13 results. Had we matched the scoring accuracy of our opponents in those 3 games we would be placing second, on 163 goals 145 behinds, or 52.9%

    Edited by Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

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