This week's stats vs Lions

[Mono 455]

Stats:

For everyone's info. CM (contested marks) remains a huge problem.

[Eastie Boyz 0]

How many CM are in the modern game though?

Unless you're Anthony Rocca they basically don't exist

[dees_rule_4eva 22]

Mark Jamar with 7 clangers. FARK.

Bell 3 free kicks against ... all of them when he got run down because of his lack of awareness.

On a more positive note:

White with 11 contested possessions is a good sign.

Bruce ... 33 possies, 5 tackles, 6 contested possessions. Soft my clacker.....

[Axis of Bob 11,852]

Actually that's Jamar with 7 Clearances and 11 contested possessions. He led our clearances with his excellent follow up work.

[dees_rule_4eva 22]

Ah my fault. I still stand by my analogy.....FARK.

And that makes Bell's game look even worse.

[FitZ 0]

7 kicks 5 clangers for Bartram, nice!

[Dannyz 2,851]

Moloney was class. Good to see him hitting a little bit of form aint it lads!

[Rampaging Demons 1]

also seems to me that 1%ers are low too!! these i would have thought are easy - shepherds, spoils, blocks, goal assists (not so easy), etc....

no sign of the inside 50's there but no need to see the stats for me to know that they were shyte!!

thought that our ruckman were competitive for the first time in a while - both in the centre and around the grounds...

why not give daniel bell a run up the ground on a wing? and spare with lynden dunn being a backman!!

also, warnock not to play in the red and blue again...

[Yze_Magic 3]

Bruce ... 33 possies, 5 tackles, 6 contested possessions. Soft my clacker.....

And dont forget the most important stat -

Zero impact.

[Eastie Boyz 0]

Like 21 other players

[dees_rule_4eva 22]

And dont forget the most important stat -

Zero impact.

Bruce, Aussie, Jones and maybe Green were the only players who I think would scored pass marks on the day. Get over yourself YM and for once gain some respect by admitting that Cam Bruce is one of the few players at the club doing his job.

[Hards 2]

Apparantly we set records for the most touches in our own defensive 50, and had a few guys get more than 10 touches in just the back 50.

That to me is the most worrying of all the stats.

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,939]

Nathan Jones - 21 touches and 4 goals.

I've said it before and I'll say it again : Jones > Pendulbury

[Hards 2]

At times he seems like the only one not to have lost his confidence.

Not sure how effective having the ruckman deep behind the ball is either. White may have ended up with 23 touches, but its where he gets them that counts.

10 man defense does not make a Premiership.

[Eastie Boyz 0]

How very wrong you are.

I despise Collingwood and think Pendles is overrated but even then I'd take him over Jones

[Keepin up with the Joneses 48]

Nathan Jones - 21 touches and 4 goals.

I've said it before and I'll say it again : Jones > Pendulbury

I love Jonesy but FFS I hope someone gives him a football and a friend (Preferably Clint Bartram) over the summer and gets them to play kick to kick for 8 hours a day.

The kid could be anything if only he cleaned his disposal up!

[Yze_Magic 3]

I love Jonesy but FFS I hope someone gives him a football and a friend (Preferably Clint Bartram) over the summer and gets them to play kick to kick for 8 hours a day.

The kid could be anything if only he cleaned his disposal up!

I was amazed he got it through the big sticks 4 times.

Great effort, and perhaps his kicking is improving

[RickyBobby 0]

Bell 3 free kicks against ... all of them when he got run down because of his lack of awareness.

This could well be attributed to a lack of talk out on the field as well, defenders should back themselves to run the ball out of defence as Belly is doing, his teammates should be letting him no if he's in danger of getting tackled.

The problem is lack of confidence usually results in little to no talk out on the field.

[Eastie Boyz 0]

Agreed. Bit hard to see someone behind you.

In a perfect world someone would've laid a shepherd against the person chasing

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,939]

How very wrong you are.

I despise Collingwood and think Pendles is overrated but even then I'd take him over Jones

Jones is a better player than Pendles. Pendles just gets all the media hype.

[the pearl 36]

I was amazed he got it through the big sticks 4 times.

Great effort, and perhaps his kicking is improving

...perhaps.

[Eastie Boyz 0]

Jones is a better player than Pendles. Pendles just gets all the media hype.

Pendles is

- taller

- quicker in leg speed and mind

- better kick and handball

- better at dishing out in traffic

Jones is

- harder at it

Bit like comparing apples and oranges cos they're different styles but I would take Pendlebury