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@Rab D Nesbitt There's information and crossing times on the Derwent Ferries website: https://derwentferries.com.au/timetable/

SESSION DETAILS Saturday 5 August, From 3:30pm Blundstone Arena, Bellerive TAS Gates open at 3:30pm, Enter from the Western Gate FREE ENTRY As the players are on a tight schedule preparing for the game, unfortunately there will be no player signing at the session Please note the training is now from 3:30pm not the original 3:00pm time.

Apparently 3:30 at Blundstone Arena, entry via western gates, according to a post on Facebook. No player signing as they are on a tight schedule.

Marks inside 50 rate is "marks inside forward 50" divided by "inside 50s". Melbourne is ranked a bit lower on that metric than marks inside 50 because of the high number of inside 50s. I have descriptions of many of the fields further down that page, if you're not sure about any of the other fields.

Coaches Votes for Melbourne players, 2023 https://www.wheeloratings.com/afl_stats.html Votes Matches Polled Matches Christian Petracca 86 15 19 Jack Viney 46 8 18 Max Gawn 42 8 16 Clayton Oliver 40 9 10 Steven May 26 4 17 Kysaiah Pickett 19 3 17 Jake Lever 17 4 18 Angus Brayshaw 13 4 19 Brodie Grundy 12 2 16 Ed Langdon 10 2 19 Harrison Petty 8 1 13 Kade Chandler 6 2 17 Trent Rivers 6 1 19 Lachie Hunter 5 3 18 Christian Salem 4 1 10 Michael Hibberd 4 1 9 Jake Melksham 3 1 9 Bayley Fritsch 2 1 14 Tom McDonald 2 1 6 Jake Bowey 1 1 17 Round-by-round votes Votes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 Christian Petracca 86 5 • 7 9 1 1 10 • 10 • 8 10 1 5 2 7 8 • 2 Jack Viney 46 • • • • 6 • • 7 • • • 10 3 9 • 1 4 6 Max Gawn 42 5 • 3 • 3 • • 2 • 2 • • • 10 7 10 Clayton Oliver 40 2 1 9 8 • 2 7 7 2 2 Steven May 26 • • • • • • 1 • • 8 7 • • 10 • • • Kysaiah Pickett 19 9 • • • 3 • • • • • • • • • • 7 • Jake Lever 17 9 2 • • • • • • • • 5 • 1 • • • • • Angus Brayshaw 13 • • • • • • 5 • • • 2 • • • • 1 • 5 • Brodie Grundy 12 • • 6 6 • • • • • • • • • • • • Ed Langdon 10 • • 6 • • • • • • • • 4 • • • • • • • Harrison Petty 8 • • • • • • • • • • • • 8 Kade Chandler 6 • • 1 • • • 5 • • • • • • • • • • Trent Rivers 6 • • • • • • • • 6 • • • • • • • • • • Lachie Hunter 5 • • 1 • • • • • • 2 • • • 2 • • • • Christian Salem 4 • • • 4 • • • • • • Michael Hibberd 4 • • 4 • • • • • • Jake Melksham 3 • • • • • • 3 • • Bayley Fritsch 2 • • • • • • • • • • • 2 • • Tom McDonald 2 • • 2 • • • Jake Bowey 1 • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 • • • •

Melbourne v Richmond (Round 20, 2023) https://www.wheeloratings.com/afl_match_stats.html?ID=20232007 Key Team Stats Stats highlighted purple were won by Melbourne. Stat For Against Diff Disposal Efficiency 71.1 67.4 +3.7 Kicking Efficiency 65.2 60.8 +4.4 Metres Gained 6300 5870 +430 Inside 50s 73 45 +28 Shots At Goal 33 24 +9 Shots Per Inside 50 45.2 53.3 -8.1 Contested Possessions 144 139 +5 Ground Ball Gets 93 96 -3 Intercepts 70 68 +2 Intercept Marks 18 20 -2 Centre Clearances 18 15 +3 Stoppage Clearances 31 25 +6 Contested Marks 13 6 +7 Marks Inside 50 20 10 +10 Hitouts 48 34 +14 Hitouts To Advantage 17 19 -2 Tackles 62 63 -1 Tackles Inside 50 14 10 +4 Def One On One Loss % 20.0 11.8 +8.2 Pressure Team pressure Quarter For Against 1 183 151 2 170 206 3 188 190 4 187 176 Match 181 183 Source: Herald Sun Most Pressure Points Note: pressure points are the weighed sum of pressure acts. Physical pressure acts are worth 3.75 points, closing acts are worth 2.25 points, chasing acts are 1.5 points and corralling are 1.2. ( https://www.championdata.com/glossary/afl/ ) Player Pressure Acts Pressure Points Season Average* Jack Viney 28 62 54.5 Angus Brayshaw 29 52 33.1 Alex Neal-Bullen 16 42 46.4 Jake Bowey 13 39 21.6 Ed Langdon 15 37 28.2 Christian Petracca 15 35 48.2 James Jordon 18 35 23.8 James Harmes 17 34 36.0 Kysaiah Pickett 16 30 42.3 Trent Rivers 13 29 23.5 Harrison Petty 12 26 19.9 Kade Chandler 12 25 31.2 Jake Lever 13 25 15.7 Christian Salem 12 22 28.7 Taj Woewodin 14 22 23.0 Max Gawn 10 20 22.4 Judd McVee 9 19 18.5 Lachie Hunter 11 17 22.5 Steven May 7 13 14.7 Jake Melksham 6 11 13.4 Adam Tomlinson 4 10 13.9 Joel Smith 2 6 16.5 Jacob van Rooyen 2 5 22.1 * Pressure points for rounds 4 and 6 have not been able to be sourced from the Herald Sun. Pressure points for these matches have been estimated from the number of pressure acts for each player. Source: Herald Sun Time in Forward Half Quarter For Against 1 57% 43% 2 44% 56% 3 62% 38% 4 76% 24% Match 61% 39% Source: Match total sourced from the Herald Sun; quarter values are my own calculations. Score Sources Summary Score sources highlighted purple were won by Melbourne. Category For Against Diff G B T G B T Kick-in 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 Centre Bounce 4 1 25 2 3 15 +10 Stoppage (Other) 8 3 51 7 1 43 +8 Turnover 8 6 54 6 4 40 +14 Category For Against Match Season Match Season Kick-in 0 2.6 0 2.2 Centre Bounce 25 11.6 15 7.2 Stoppage (Other) 51 24.2 43 22.4 Turnover 54 54.0 40 42.6 Chain start region Note: region is from the scoring team's perspective. Against season average represents average points conceded by Melbourne across the season, not average points scored by Richmond. Category Region For Against Match Season Match Season Kick-in D50 0 2.6 0 2.2 Centre Bounce Centre 25 11.6 15 7.2 Stoppage (Other) D50 0 0.7 0 2.3 Stoppage (Other) Centre 6 2.9 6 1.4 Stoppage (Other) Wing 32 12.5 12 6.9 Stoppage (Other) F50 13 8.1 25 11.7 Turnover D50 7 11.2 2 6.0 Turnover Centre 12 7.8 6 6.7 Turnover Wing 16 28.0 24 21.9 Turnover F50 19 7.1 8 7.9 Region For Against Match Season Match Season D50 7 14.5 2 10.5 Centre 43 22.3 27 15.3 Wing 48 40.5 36 28.9 F50 32 15.1 33 19.7 Points from defensive half For Against Match Season Match Season 13 34.8 8 24.3 Shots at goal Team Shots G B T Acc. General Play Melbourne 12 5 4 34 41.7 Richmond 15 8 6 54 53.3 Set Position Melbourne 21 15 4 94 71.4 Richmond 9 7 0 42 77.8 Centre Bounce Attendances CBAs CBA % 2023 % 2022 % Max Gawn 36 92 58.6 65.5 Jack Viney 32 82 71.3 74.6 Angus Brayshaw 29 74 31.4 16.0 Christian Petracca 27 69 62.9 74.6 James Jordon 15 38 28.0 0.2 James Harmes 9 23 26.9 14.6 Kysaiah Pickett 5 13 11.8 1.3 Jacob van Rooyen 3 8 6.4 Trent Rivers 0 0 3.6 0.0 Alex Neal-Bullen 0 0 2.7 3.5 Harrison Petty 0 0 0.8 0.0 Clayton Oliver 82.8 86.5 Brodie Grundy 55.7 83.7 Tom Sparrow 47.2 32.2 Tom McDonald 5.4 0.0 Josh Schache 0.0 13.8 Ruck Contests and Hitouts Ruck Contests Ruck Contests RC % 2023 % 2022 % Max Gawn 92 82 52.4 57.8 Jacob van Rooyen 15 13 10.9 Harrison Petty 4 4 2.2 0.0 Christian Petracca 1 1 0.1 0.1 Joel Smith 0 0 0.1 0.0 Steven May 0 0 0.1 0.0 Alex Neal-Bullen 0 0 0.1 0.0 Brodie Grundy 49.5 77.4 Tom McDonald 8.9 7.0 Josh Schache 6.7 13.4 Ben Brown 2.3 3.6 Clayton Oliver 0.0 0.0 Hitouts Ruck Contests Hitouts To Adv. To Adv. % (2023) To Adv. % (2022) Max Gawn 92 40 12 31.7 33.6 Jacob van Rooyen 15 5 4 29.8 Harrison Petty 4 3 1 25.0 Alex Neal-Bullen 0 0 0 0.0 Brodie Grundy 30.8 30.2 Tom McDonald 25.0 33.3 Ben Brown 0.0 14.3 Josh Schache 33.3 Opposition hitouts Ruck Contests Hitouts To Adv. Ivan Soldo 87 26 15 Ben Miller 11 5 2 Noah Balta 7 2 2 Marlion Pickett 6 1 0 Dustin Martin 1 0 0 Expected scores (Champion Data) 119 - 83

Coaches Votes for Melbourne players, 2023 https://www.wheeloratings.com/afl_stats.html Votes Matches Polled Matches Christian Petracca 84 14 18 Clayton Oliver 40 9 10 Jack Viney 40 7 17 Max Gawn 32 7 15 Steven May 26 4 16 Kysaiah Pickett 19 3 16 Jake Lever 17 4 17 Angus Brayshaw 13 4 18 Brodie Grundy 12 2 16 Ed Langdon 10 2 18 Kade Chandler 6 2 16 Trent Rivers 6 1 18 Lachie Hunter 5 3 17 Christian Salem 4 1 9 Michael Hibberd 4 1 9 Jake Melksham 3 1 8 Bayley Fritsch 2 1 14 Tom McDonald 2 1 6 Jake Bowey 1 1 16 Round-by-round votes Votes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 Christian Petracca 84 5 • 7 9 1 1 10 • 10 • 8 10 1 5 2 7 8 • Clayton Oliver 40 2 1 9 8 • 2 7 7 2 2 Jack Viney 40 • • • • 6 • • 7 • • • 10 3 9 • 1 4 Max Gawn 32 5 • 3 • 3 • • 2 • 2 • • • 10 7 Steven May 26 • • • • • • 1 • • 8 7 • • 10 • • Kysaiah Pickett 19 9 • • • 3 • • • • • • • • • • 7 Jake Lever 17 9 2 • • • • • • • • 5 • 1 • • • • Angus Brayshaw 13 • • • • • • 5 • • • 2 • • • • 1 • 5 Brodie Grundy 12 • • 6 6 • • • • • • • • • • • • Ed Langdon 10 • • 6 • • • • • • • • 4 • • • • • • Kade Chandler 6 • • 1 • • • 5 • • • • • • • • • Trent Rivers 6 • • • • • • • • 6 • • • • • • • • • Lachie Hunter 5 • • 1 • • • • • • 2 • • • 2 • • • Christian Salem 4 • • • 4 • • • • • Michael Hibberd 4 • • 4 • • • • • • Jake Melksham 3 • • • • • • 3 • Bayley Fritsch 2 • • • • • • • • • • • 2 • • Tom McDonald 2 • • 2 • • • Jake Bowey 1 • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 • • • As @roy11 noted, I have them on my site and have just updated them for round 19. You can view a lot more stats under "Select statistical categories". https://www.wheeloratings.com/afl_stats.html

Melbourne v Adelaide (Round 19, 2023) https://www.wheeloratings.com/afl_match_stats.html?ID=20231906 Key Team Stats Stats highlighted purple were won by Melbourne. Stat For Against Diff Disposal Efficiency 65.3 75.2 -9.9 Kicking Efficiency 58.6 68.8 -10.2 Metres Gained 6015 5880 +135 Inside 50s 52 54 -2 Shots At Goal 29 29 +0 Shots Per Inside 50 55.8 53.7 +2.1 Contested Possessions 149 128 +21 Ground Ball Gets 96 88 +8 Intercepts 64 66 -2 Intercept Marks 12 19 -7 Centre Clearances 15 13 +2 Stoppage Clearances 24 19 +5 Contested Marks 14 18 -4 Marks Inside 50 17 12 +5 Hitouts 43 28 +15 Hitouts To Advantage 11 9 +2 Tackles 47 69 -22 Tackles Inside 50 1 13 -12 Def One On One Loss % 33.3 25.0 +8.3 Pressure Team pressure Quarter For Against 1 184 194 2 201 198 3 177 172 4 168 202 Match 183 191 Source: Herald Sun Most Pressure Points Note: pressure points are the weighed sum of pressure acts. Physical pressure acts are worth 3.75 points, closing acts are worth 2.25 points, chasing acts are 1.5 points and corralling are 1.2. ( https://www.championdata.com/glossary/afl/ ) Player Pressure Acts Pressure Points Season Average* Christian Petracca 26 63 48.9 Angus Brayshaw 25 62 32.1 James Jordon 27 58 23.0 Jack Viney 27 54 54.1 Kysaiah Pickett 20 44 43.1 Ed Langdon 16 35 27.7 Tom Sparrow 16 34 42.1 Christian Salem 14 33 29.4 Judd McVee 12 24 18.5 Alex Neal-Bullen 9 21 46.6 Kade Chandler 12 21 31.6 Jake Bowey 9 20 20.4 Taj Woewodin 9 19 23.3 Jacob van Rooyen 6 17 23.3 Max Gawn 7 17 22.5 Trent Rivers 8 15 23.2 Jake Lever 6 13 15.1 Ben Brown 6 13 12.3 Steven May 5 12 14.8 Adam Tomlinson 4 12 14.5 Jake Melksham 6 8 13.8 Lachie Hunter 5 6 22.9 Joel Smith 0 0 18.0 * Pressure points for rounds 4 and 6 have not been able to be sourced from the Herald Sun. Pressure points for these matches have been estimated from the number of pressure acts for each player. Source: Herald Sun Time in Forward Half Quarter For Against 1 46% 54% 2 44% 56% 3 50% 50% 4 59% 41% Match 51% 49% Source: Match total sourced from the Herald Sun; quarter values are my own calculations. Score Sources Summary Score sources highlighted purple were won by Melbourne. Category For Against Diff G B T G B T Kick-in 1 0 6 0 1 1 +5 Centre Bounce 2 1 13 1 2 8 +5 Stoppage (Other) 2 3 15 2 4 16 -1 Turnover 9 9 63 10 8 68 -5 Category For Against Match Season Match Season Kick-in 6 2.8 1 2.3 Centre Bounce 13 10.8 8 6.8 Stoppage (Other) 15 22.7 16 21.3 Turnover 63 54.0 68 42.7 Chain start region Note: region is from the scoring team's perspective. Against season average represents average points conceded by Melbourne across the season, not average points scored by Adelaide. Category Region For Against Match Season Match Season Kick-in D50 6 2.8 1 2.3 Centre Bounce Centre 13 10.8 8 6.8 Stoppage (Other) D50 0 0.7 6 2.4 Stoppage (Other) Centre 1 2.8 1 1.2 Stoppage (Other) Wing 14 11.4 3 6.7 Stoppage (Other) F50 0 7.8 6 11.0 Turnover D50 31 11.4 9 6.2 Turnover Centre 1 7.6 20 6.7 Turnover Wing 29 28.7 32 21.8 Turnover F50 2 6.4 7 7.9 Region For Against Match Season Match Season D50 37 14.9 16 10.9 Centre 15 21.2 29 14.7 Wing 43 40.1 35 28.5 F50 2 14.2 13 18.9 Points from defensive half For Against Match Season Match Season 66 36.0 43 25.2 Shots at goal Team Shots G B T Acc. Set Position Melbourne 18 12 5 77 66.7 Adelaide 14 4 10 34 28.6 General Play Melbourne 11 2 6 18 18.2 Adelaide 15 9 4 58 60.0 Centre Bounce Attendances CBAs CBA % 2023 % 2022 % Jack Viney 28 90 70.3 74.6 Max Gawn 27 87 55.3 65.5 Angus Brayshaw 19 61 27.9 16.0 Tom Sparrow 17 55 47.2 32.2 Christian Petracca 14 45 62.4 74.6 James Jordon 11 35 26.9 0.2 Kysaiah Pickett 4 13 11.8 1.3 Jacob van Rooyen 4 13 6.2 Trent Rivers 0 0 3.9 0.0 Alex Neal-Bullen 0 0 2.9 3.5 Clayton Oliver 82.8 86.5 Brodie Grundy 55.7 83.7 James Harmes 27.8 14.6 Tom McDonald 5.4 0.0 Harrison Petty 0.9 0.0 Josh Schache 0.0 13.8 Ruck Contests and Hitouts Ruck Contests Ruck Contests RC % 2023 % 2022 % Max Gawn 69 80 50.0 57.8 Jacob van Rooyen 16 19 10.6 Joel Smith 1 1 0.2 0.0 Ben Brown 0 0 2.3 3.6 Steven May 0 0 0.1 0.0 Alex Neal-Bullen 0 0 0.1 0.0 Christian Petracca 0 0 0.1 0.1 Brodie Grundy 49.5 77.4 Tom McDonald 8.9 7.0 Josh Schache 6.7 13.4 Harrison Petty 2.0 0.0 Clayton Oliver 0.0 0.0 Hitouts Ruck Contests Hitouts To Adv. To Adv. % (2023) To Adv. % (2022) Max Gawn 69 38 11 31.9 33.6 Jacob van Rooyen 16 5 0 23.8 Alex Neal-Bullen 0 0 0 0.0 Ben Brown 0 0 0 0.0 14.3 Brodie Grundy 30.8 30.2 Tom McDonald 25.0 33.3 Harrison Petty 22.2 Josh Schache 33.3 Opposition hitouts Ruck Contests Hitouts To Adv. Reilly O'Brien 68 20 8 Riley Thilthorpe 18 8 1 Expected scores (Champion Data) 98 - 86

Coaches Votes for Melbourne players, 2023 https://www.wheeloratings.com/afl_stats.html Votes Matches Polled Matches Christian Petracca 84 14 17 Clayton Oliver 40 9 10 Jack Viney 36 6 16 Steven May 26 4 15 Max Gawn 25 6 14 Jake Lever 17 4 16 Brodie Grundy 12 2 16 Kysaiah Pickett 12 2 15 Ed Langdon 10 2 17 Angus Brayshaw 8 3 17 Kade Chandler 6 2 15 Trent Rivers 6 1 17 Lachie Hunter 5 3 16 Christian Salem 4 1 8 Michael Hibberd 4 1 9 Jake Melksham 3 1 7 Bayley Fritsch 2 1 14 Tom McDonald 2 1 6 Jake Bowey 1 1 15 Round-by-round votes Votes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 Christian Petracca 84 5 • 7 9 1 1 10 • 10 • 8 10 1 5 2 7 8 Clayton Oliver 40 2 1 9 8 • 2 7 7 2 2 Jack Viney 36 • • • • 6 • • 7 • • • 10 3 9 • 1 Steven May 26 • • • • • • 1 • • 8 7 • • 10 • Max Gawn 25 5 • 3 • 3 • • 2 • 2 • • • 10 Jake Lever 17 9 2 • • • • • • • • 5 • 1 • • • Brodie Grundy 12 • • 6 6 • • • • • • • • • • • • Kysaiah Pickett 12 9 • • • 3 • • • • • • • • • • Ed Langdon 10 • • 6 • • • • • • • • 4 • • • • • Angus Brayshaw 8 • • • • • • 5 • • • 2 • • • • 1 • Kade Chandler 6 • • 1 • • • 5 • • • • • • • • Trent Rivers 6 • • • • • • • • 6 • • • • • • • • Lachie Hunter 5 • • 1 • • • • • • 2 • • • 2 • • Christian Salem 4 • • • 4 • • • • Michael Hibberd 4 • • 4 • • • • • • Jake Melksham 3 • • • • • • 3 Bayley Fritsch 2 • • • • • • • • • • • 2 • • Tom McDonald 2 • • 2 • • • Jake Bowey 1 • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 • •

Here are the top 20 players with 15+ defensive 1v1 contests. McVee is ranked 9th, Quaynor 6th. Melbourne rank second at 19.6% and the league average is 24.9%. Defensive 1v1 contests, 15+ contests, 2023 Rank Player Team 1v1s Losses % 1 Jimmy Webster St Kilda 17 1 5.9 2 Ryan Lester Brisbane 16 1 6.2 3 Ben Long Gold Coast 16 1 6.2 4 Ed Richards Western Bulldogs 15 1 6.7 5 Sam Taylor Greater Western Sydney 38 3 7.9 6 Isaac Quaynor Collingwood 20 2 10.0 7 Jacob Weitering Carlton 60 6 10.0 8 Aidan Corr North Melbourne 29 3 10.3 9 Judd McVee Melbourne 17 2 11.8 10 Jake Bowey Melbourne 16 2 12.5 11 Jack Henry Geelong 15 2 13.3 12 Brodie Smith Adelaide 15 2 13.3 13 Ethan Hughes Fremantle 15 2 13.3 14 Max Gawn Melbourne 22 3 13.6 15 James Sicily Hawthorn 36 5 13.9 16 Tylar Young Richmond 49 7 14.3 17 Nathan Broad Richmond 21 3 14.3 18 Jack Payne Brisbane 40 6 15.0 19 Connor Idun Greater Western Sydney 38 6 15.8 20 Darcy Moore Collingwood 44 7 15.9 https://www.wheeloratings.com/afl_stats.html Defensive 1v1 contests, 10+ contests, Melbourne 2023 Rank Player Team 1v1s Losses % 1 Brodie Grundy Melbourne 13 0 0.0 2 Judd McVee Melbourne 17 2 11.8 3 Jake Bowey Melbourne 16 2 12.5 4 Max Gawn Melbourne 22 3 13.6 5 Adam Tomlinson Melbourne 14 2 14.3 6 Steven May Melbourne 56 10 17.9 7 Trent Rivers Melbourne 20 4 20.0 8 Jake Lever Melbourne 35 8 22.9 9 Harrison Petty Melbourne 26 8 30.8 10 Michael Hibberd Melbourne 18 6 33.3

You didn't miss it, I forgot to include that. We lost expected scores 76-90.

Melbourne v Brisbane (Round 18, 2023) https://www.wheeloratings.com/afl_match_stats.html?ID=20231806 Key Team Stats Stats highlighted purple were won by Melbourne. Stat For Against Diff Disposal Efficiency 71.3 73.1 -1.8 Kicking Efficiency 59.4 67.8 -8.4 Metres Gained 6095 5907 +188 Inside 50s 51 56 -5 Shots At Goal 26 28 -2 Shots Per Inside 50 51.0 50.0 +1.0 Contested Possessions 146 125 +21 Ground Ball Gets 82 86 -4 Intercepts 66 72 -6 Intercept Marks 17 18 -1 Centre Clearances 17 12 +5 Stoppage Clearances 28 20 +8 Contested Marks 14 13 +1 Marks Inside 50 12 17 -5 Hitouts 47 34 +13 Hitouts To Advantage 22 8 +14 Tackles 56 53 +3 Tackles Inside 50 14 10 +4 Def One On One Loss % 26.9 9.1 +17.8 Pressure Team pressure Quarter For Against 1 169 158 2 150 164 3 181 207 4 174 192 Match 168 180 Source: Herald Sun Most Pressure Points Note: pressure points are the weighed sum of pressure acts. Physical pressure acts are worth 3.75 points, closing acts are worth 2.25 points, chasing acts are 1.5 points and corralling are 1.2. ( https://www.championdata.com/glossary/afl/ ) Player Pressure Acts Pressure Points Season Average* Jack Viney 23 54 54.1 Kysaiah Pickett 21 43 43.0 Max Gawn 12 36 22.9 Christian Petracca 15 35 48.1 Alex Neal-Bullen 20 35 48.0 Tom Sparrow 17 32 42.6 Taj Woewodin 14 28 25.5 Lachie Hunter 13 28 23.9 Trent Rivers 11 28 23.7 Angus Brayshaw 15 27 30.3 Jake Lever 12 26 15.2 Steven May 10 26 15.0 James Jordon 13 24 20.3 Ed Langdon 8 19 27.2 Christian Salem 8 18 29.0 Ben Brown 8 15 12.2 Jake Melksham 5 14 14.6 Charlie Spargo 8 13 24.9 Jacob van Rooyen 8 13 23.8 Jake Bowey 7 11 20.4 Harrison Petty 7 10 19.4 Judd McVee 6 9 18.2 Joel Smith 3 7 21.0 * Pressure points for rounds 4 and 6 have not been able to be sourced from the Herald Sun. Pressure points for these matches have been estimated from the number of pressure acts for each player. Source: Herald Sun Time in Forward Half Quarter For Against 1 47% 53% 2 50% 50% 3 40% 60% 4 64% 36% Match 50% 50% Source: Match total sourced from the Herald Sun; quarter values are my own calculations. Score Sources Summary Score sources highlighted purple were won by Melbourne. Category For Against Diff G B T G B T Kick-in 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 Centre Bounce 1 2 8 0 1 1 +7 Stoppage (Other) 7 4 46 6 0 36 +10 Turnover 8 3 51 10 7 67 -16 Category For Against Match Season Match Season Kick-in 0 2.6 0 2.4 Centre Bounce 8 10.7 1 6.7 Stoppage (Other) 46 23.2 36 21.6 Turnover 51 53.5 67 41.2 Chain start region Note: region is from the scoring team's perspective. Against season average represents average points conceded by Melbourne across the season, not average points scored by Brisbane. Category Region For Against Match Season Match Season Kick-in D50 0 2.6 0 2.4 Centre Bounce Centre 8 10.7 1 6.7 Stoppage (Other) D50 7 0.8 6 2.2 Stoppage (Other) Centre 1 2.9 0 1.2 Stoppage (Other) Wing 18 11.3 18 6.9 Stoppage (Other) F50 20 8.2 12 11.3 Turnover D50 6 10.2 19 6.1 Turnover Centre 0 7.9 7 5.9 Turnover Wing 32 28.6 34 21.2 Turnover F50 13 6.6 7 8.0 Region For Against Match Season Match Season D50 13 13.6 25 10.6 Centre 9 21.5 8 13.8 Wing 50 39.9 52 28.1 F50 33 14.9 19 19.3 Points from defensive half For Against Match Season Match Season 28 34.2 50 24.2 Shots at goal Team Shots G B T Acc. Set Position Melbourne 15 8 4 52 53.3 Brisbane 15 9 5 59 60.0 General Play Melbourne 11 8 2 50 72.7 Brisbane 13 7 2 44 53.8 Centre Bounce Attendances CBAs CBA % 2023 % 2022 % Max Gawn 32 91 52.5 65.5 Angus Brayshaw 28 80 25.6 16.0 Jack Viney 26 74 68.9 74.6 James Jordon 20 57 26.2 0.2 Christian Petracca 15 43 63.6 74.6 Tom Sparrow 11 31 46.6 32.2 Kysaiah Pickett 5 14 11.7 1.3 Jacob van Rooyen 3 9 5.7 Trent Rivers 0 0 4.2 0.0 Alex Neal-Bullen 0 0 3.1 3.5 Harrison Petty 0 0 0.9 0.0 Clayton Oliver 82.8 86.5 Brodie Grundy 55.7 83.7 James Harmes 27.8 14.6 Tom McDonald 5.4 0.0 Josh Schache 0.0 13.8 Ruck Contests and Hitouts Ruck Contests Ruck Contests RC % 2023 % 2022 % Max Gawn 83 84 47.9 57.8 Jacob van Rooyen 15 15 10.0 Ben Brown 1 1 2.6 3.6 Harrison Petty 0 0 2.0 0.0 Steven May 0 0 0.1 0.0 Alex Neal-Bullen 0 0 0.1 0.0 Christian Petracca 0 0 0.1 0.1 Brodie Grundy 49.5 77.4 Tom McDonald 8.9 7.0 Josh Schache 6.7 13.4 Clayton Oliver 0.0 0.0 Hitouts Ruck Contests Hitouts To Adv. To Adv. % (2023) To Adv. % (2022) Max Gawn 83 39 17 32.3 33.6 Jacob van Rooyen 15 7 5 27.0 Ben Brown 1 1 0 0.0 14.3 Harrison Petty 0 0 0 22.2 Alex Neal-Bullen 0 0 0 0.0 Brodie Grundy 30.8 30.2 Tom McDonald 25.0 33.3 Josh Schache 33.3 Opposition hitouts Ruck Contests Hitouts To Adv. Oscar McInerney 86 33 8 Joe Daniher 13 1 0

Steele was very impressive too - top rated player on the ground (by Player Ratings) and clearly the number 1 pressure player on the ground. May has now picked up 25 votes (of his 26 season votes) in the last five matches. Coaches Votes for Melbourne players, 2023 https://www.wheeloratings.com/afl_stats.html Votes Matches Polled Matches Christian Petracca 76 13 16 Clayton Oliver 40 9 10 Jack Viney 35 5 15 Steven May 26 4 14 Jake Lever 17 4 15 Max Gawn 15 5 13 Brodie Grundy 12 2 16 Kysaiah Pickett 12 2 14 Ed Langdon 10 2 16 Angus Brayshaw 8 3 16 Kade Chandler 6 2 15 Trent Rivers 6 1 16 Lachie Hunter 5 3 15 Christian Salem 4 1 7 Michael Hibberd 4 1 9 Bayley Fritsch 2 1 14 Tom McDonald 2 1 6 Jake Bowey 1 1 14 Round-by-round votes Votes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 Christian Petracca 76 5 • 7 9 1 1 10 • 10 • 8 10 1 5 2 7 Clayton Oliver 40 2 1 9 8 • 2 7 7 2 2 Jack Viney 35 • • • • 6 • • 7 • • • 10 3 9 • Steven May 26 • • • • • • 1 • • 8 7 • • 10 Jake Lever 17 9 2 • • • • • • • • 5 • 1 • • Max Gawn 15 5 • 3 • 3 • • 2 • 2 • • • Brodie Grundy 12 • • 6 6 • • • • • • • • • • • • Kysaiah Pickett 12 9 • • • 3 • • • • • • • • • Ed Langdon 10 • • 6 • • • • • • • • 4 • • • • Angus Brayshaw 8 • • • • • • 5 • • • 2 • • • • 1 Kade Chandler 6 • • 1 • • • 5 • • • • • • • • Trent Rivers 6 • • • • • • • • 6 • • • • • • • Lachie Hunter 5 • • 1 • • • • • • 2 • • • 2 • Christian Salem 4 • • • 4 • • • Michael Hibberd 4 • • 4 • • • • • • Bayley Fritsch 2 • • • • • • • • • • • 2 • • Tom McDonald 2 • • 2 • • • Jake Bowey 1 • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 •

It will be a day earlier next week 😉

St Kilda still finished with the top 5 players in ground ball gets, but Melbourne had a better spread with 15 players with 4+ compared to 12 St Kilda players.

I have just posted the Stats Files update - we lost the ground ball gets by 8. Melbourne's season average differential is +3.6 (ranked 3rd) but St Kilda's is +4.1 (ranked 1st).

Melbourne v St Kilda (Round 17, 2023) https://www.wheeloratings.com/afl_match_stats.html?ID=20231708 Key Team Stats Stats highlighted purple were won by Melbourne. Stat For Against Diff Disposal Efficiency 75.4 75.7 -0.3 Kicking Efficiency 70.4 68.9 +1.5 Metres Gained 5409 5364 +45 Inside 50s 46 52 -6 Shots At Goal 18 21 -3 Shots Per Inside 50 39.1 40.4 -1.3 Contested Possessions 130 138 -8 Ground Ball Gets 93 101 -8 Intercepts 76 76 +0 Intercept Marks 23 20 +3 Centre Clearances 9 11 -2 Stoppage Clearances 23 21 +2 Contested Marks 9 11 -2 Marks Inside 50 11 13 -2 Hitouts 39 18 +21 Hitouts To Advantage 6 5 +1 Tackles 57 65 -8 Tackles Inside 50 7 14 -7 Def One On One Loss % 12.5 15.4 -2.9 Pressure Team pressure Quarter For Against 1 176 173 2 174 169 3 178 186 4 158 172 Match 172 175 Source: Herald Sun Most Pressure Points Note: pressure points are the weighed sum of pressure acts. Physical pressure acts are worth 3.75 points, closing acts are worth 2.25 points, chasing acts are 1.5 points and corralling are 1.2. ( https://www.championdata.com/glossary/afl/ ) Player Pressure Acts Pressure Points Season Average* Angus Brayshaw 27 65 30.6 Jack Viney 23 59 54.1 Kysaiah Pickett 26 56 43.1 Charlie Spargo 24 49 26.0 James Jordon 20 36 20.0 Alex Neal-Bullen 19 34 49.0 Christian Petracca 15 34 48.9 Tom Sparrow 15 33 43.3 Jake Lever 15 32 14.5 Jake Bowey 13 29 21.1 Christian Salem 8 24 30.6 Taj Woewodin 12 23 23.0 Ed Langdon 11 21 27.7 Lachie Hunter 13 20 23.7 Max Gawn 11 20 21.9 Brodie Grundy 7 19 26.5 Judd McVee 9 18 18.8 Trent Rivers 8 15 23.4 Harrison Petty 7 15 20.4 Steven May 6 15 14.2 Ben Brown 9 15 11.6 Jake Melksham 7 13 14.7 Joel Smith 3 8 23.8 * Pressure points for rounds 4 and 6 have not been able to be sourced from the Herald Sun. Pressure points for these matches have been estimated from the number of pressure acts for each player. Source: Herald Sun Time in Forward Half Quarter For Against 1 31% 69% 2 42% 58% 3 64% 36% 4 39% 61% Match 46% 54% Source: Match total sourced from the Herald Sun; quarterly values are my own calculations. Score Sources Summary Score sources highlighted purple were won by Melbourne. Category For Against Diff G B T G B T Kick-in 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 Centre Bounce 2 1 13 1 1 7 +6 Stoppage (Other) 3 2 20 1 1 7 +13 Turnover 7 4 46 6 8 44 +2 Category For Against Match Season Match Season Kick-in 0 2.8 0 2.5 Centre Bounce 13 10.9 7 7.1 Stoppage (Other) 20 21.8 7 20.8 Turnover 46 53.6 44 39.6 Chain start region Note: region is from the scoring team's perspective. Against season average represents average points conceded by Melbourne across the season, not average points scored by St Kilda. Category Region For Against Match Season Match Season Kick-in D50 0 2.8 0 2.5 Centre Bounce Centre 13 10.9 7 7.1 Stoppage (Other) D50 0 0.4 0 2.0 Stoppage (Other) Centre 6 3.0 6 1.2 Stoppage (Other) Wing 13 10.9 0 6.2 Stoppage (Other) F50 1 7.5 1 11.3 Turnover D50 14 10.5 1 5.2 Turnover Centre 12 8.4 13 5.9 Turnover Wing 20 28.4 23 20.4 Turnover F50 0 6.2 7 8.0 Region For Against Match Season Match Season D50 14 13.6 1 9.8 Centre 31 22.3 26 14.2 Wing 33 39.3 23 26.6 F50 1 13.8 8 19.3 Points from defensive half For Against Match Season Match Season 51 34.6 8 22.6 Shots at goal Team Shots G B T Acc. General Play Melbourne 7 4 3 27 57.1 St Kilda 8 2 5 17 25.0 Set Position Melbourne 11 8 2 50 72.7 St Kilda 13 6 4 40 46.2 Centre Bounce Attendances CBAs CBA % 2023 % 2022 % James Jordon 17 71 22.8 0.2 Jack Viney 16 67 68.4 74.6 Angus Brayshaw 15 62 21.1 16.0 Max Gawn 14 58 48.3 65.5 Christian Petracca 12 50 65.3 74.6 Tom Sparrow 12 50 48.0 32.2 Brodie Grundy 10 42 55.7 83.7 Kysaiah Pickett 0 0 11.4 1.3 Trent Rivers 0 0 4.5 0.0 Alex Neal-Bullen 0 0 3.3 3.5 Harrison Petty 0 0 1.0 0.0 Clayton Oliver 82.8 86.5 James Harmes 27.8 14.6 Tom McDonald 5.4 0.0 Jacob van Rooyen 5.3 Josh Schache 0.0 13.8 Ruck Contests and Hitouts Ruck Contests Ruck Contests RC % 2023 % 2022 % Max Gawn 44 54 44.8 57.8 Brodie Grundy 36 44 49.5 77.4 Alex Neal-Bullen 1 1 0.1 0.0 Ben Brown 0 0 3.0 3.6 Harrison Petty 0 0 2.3 0.0 Steven May 0 0 0.1 0.0 Christian Petracca 0 0 0.1 0.1 Jacob van Rooyen 9.6 Tom McDonald 8.9 7.0 Josh Schache 6.7 13.4 Clayton Oliver 0.0 0.0 Hitouts Ruck Contests Hitouts To Adv. To Adv. % (2023) To Adv. % (2022) Max Gawn 44 21 4 30.6 33.6 Brodie Grundy 36 17 2 30.8 30.2 Alex Neal-Bullen 1 1 0 0.0 Harrison Petty 0 0 0 22.2 Ben Brown 0 0 0 0.0 14.3 Tom McDonald 25.0 33.3 Jacob van Rooyen 16.7 Josh Schache 33.3 Opposition hitouts Ruck Contests Hitouts To Adv. Rowan Marshall 65 15 4 Mitch Owens 5 2 1 Anthony Caminiti 9 1 0 Expected scores (Champion Data) 61 - 68

Sorry I should clarify that those figures relate to where we're kicking to when we're going inside 50, but not necessarily resulting in a shot at goal. Here are the locations of our shots at goal by round. Shots at goal location, Melbourne 2023, by Round Round Corridor Pocket 0-20m 20-35m 35+ 0-20m 20-35m 35+ 1 16.7 10.0 20.0 10.0 20.0 23.3 2 28.6 4.8 14.3 0.0 9.5 42.9 3 3.0 30.3 18.2 6.1 9.1 33.3 4 12.5 21.9 25.0 6.2 12.5 21.9 5 4.0 8.0 28.0 4.0 12.0 44.0 6 11.5 19.2 15.4 0.0 7.7 46.2 7 13.3 13.3 23.3 6.7 16.7 26.7 8 7.7 15.4 34.6 3.8 15.4 23.1 9 10.3 24.1 27.6 0.0 10.3 27.6 10 13.0 17.4 30.4 8.7 13.0 17.4 11 0.0 11.5 42.3 7.7 15.4 23.1 12 11.1 0.0 22.2 7.4 25.9 33.3 13 3.6 7.1 32.1 7.1 7.1 42.9 15 22.7 27.3 4.5 0.0 22.7 22.7 16 7.7 15.4 26.9 7.7 26.9 15.4

Yes, that is true! I'd need to look at chains following a stoppage to see the eventual outcome, but yes, you are more likely to score a goal from a shot in the corridor compared to the pocket: Result Corridor Pocket 0-20m 20-35m 35+ 0-20m 20-35m 35+ Goal 79.8 58.3 48.2 53.8 42.3 36.6 Behind 14.6 29.3 37.0 31.9 39.5 39.6 No Score 5.6 12.4 14.8 14.3 18.2 23.7

I missed the boat in the pregame thread to respond to @A F, so I'll respond here. Yes, this is something I have access to. I have looked at the locations of the result of kicks inside 50 and categorised them according to distance (0-20m, 20-35m, 35m+) and corridor v pocket. To determine the corridor, I extend the centre square to the 50m arc and then draw a line from that point to the goal posts. Melbourne has gone to the 'hot spot' (20-35m out in the corridor) about 26% each of the time the last three matches, up from 20% for the season. We are far more likely to go to the hot spot in the third quarter. The last table below shows that you are more likely to turn the ball over kicking to 20+ metres out in the corridor than kicking to the pocket, which is something that @binman has spoken about quite a bit. Location of Kicks Inside 50, Melbourne 2023, by Round Round Corridor Pocket 0-20m 20-35m 35+ 0-20m 20-35m 35+ 1 9.4 22.6 5.7 3.8 28.3 30.2 2 15.9 18.2 15.9 6.8 18.2 25.0 3 6.0 28.0 8.0 4.0 28.0 26.0 4 19.6 25.5 9.8 3.9 23.5 17.6 5 5.0 17.5 30.0 2.5 22.5 22.5 6 8.5 14.9 14.9 6.4 23.4 31.9 7 17.6 9.8 21.6 3.9 21.6 25.5 8 8.3 33.3 18.8 4.2 6.2 29.2 9 21.4 12.5 19.6 3.6 17.9 25.0 10 7.1 19.0 31.0 0.0 14.3 28.6 11 12.5 18.8 22.9 4.2 22.9 18.8 12 5.7 7.5 13.2 7.5 32.1 34.0 13 13.2 26.4 17.0 0.0 17.0 26.4 15 15.2 26.1 13.0 4.3 10.9 30.4 16 9.7 25.8 14.5 3.2 21.0 25.8 Location of Kicks Inside 50, Melbourne 2023, by Quarter Period Corridor Pocket 0-20m 20-35m 35+ 0-20m 20-35m 35+ 1 11.6 15.1 13.4 4.7 24.4 30.8 2 9.3 19.8 16.3 3.5 19.8 31.4 3 12.4 27.8 18.0 2.6 19.1 20.1 4 13.6 18.4 18.4 4.9 19.9 24.8 Location of Kicks Inside 50, 2023, by Team Team Corridor Pocket 0-20m 20-35m 35+ 0-20m 20-35m 35+ St Kilda 8.0 27.8 19.4 2.0 19.8 23.0 Essendon 10.7 26.5 19.1 4.0 18.5 21.1 Greater Western Sydney 10.6 24.4 21.2 3.9 18.1 21.8 North Melbourne 7.5 24.0 25.1 4.4 18.9 20.1 Gold Coast 11.2 23.9 18.8 4.4 20.0 21.7 Port Adelaide 9.0 23.4 23.7 3.6 17.4 22.8 Sydney 11.7 23.3 23.3 4.6 15.4 21.6 Fremantle 7.0 22.5 22.3 4.1 22.3 21.7 Hawthorn 9.3 22.0 21.7 4.3 21.2 21.5 Collingwood 12.5 21.2 17.7 5.5 16.5 26.6 Western Bulldogs 9.9 20.6 13.8 5.7 23.3 26.8 Adelaide 9.6 20.5 20.7 3.4 18.6 27.2 Melbourne 11.8 20.4 16.7 3.9 20.7 26.5 Geelong 7.4 20.2 19.9 4.0 21.0 27.4 Carlton 9.3 19.9 16.6 5.4 20.5 28.2 Richmond 9.4 19.7 18.6 5.6 22.9 23.8 Brisbane 9.8 18.4 15.2 6.6 23.6 26.4 West Coast 8.0 17.4 19.0 5.2 24.7 25.8 Location of Kicks Inside 50, 2021-2023, by Chain Result Result Corridor Pocket 0-20m 20-35m 35+ 0-20m 20-35m 35+ Score 51.7 33.9 33.2 44.7 29.3 30.0 Stoppage 11.6 12.5 9.6 24.3 25.2 19.9 Turnover 36.7 53.5 57.2 31.0 45.5 50.1

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

Oh sorry, that was buried in my original post. Here it is again below - Melbourne had 5 'no scores' from general play, GWS 0; Melbourne 2 'no scores' from set shots, GWS 1. Melbourne went at 12% accuracy from general play (2 goals from 17 shots, GWS 3 goals from 6 shots)! Team Shots G B T Acc. General Play Melbourne 17 2 10 22 11.8 Greater Western Sydney 6 3 3 21 50.0 Set Position Melbourne 9 3 4 22 33.3 Greater Western Sydney 6 4 1 25 66.7 The circles in the left half of the following field map are Melbourne's shots from general play. Melbourne's only set shot within 30 metres was Melksham's on the tight angle.

Is this what you had in mind? Set Shots Team Shots Goals Behinds No score Accuracy Fremantle 194 114 48 32 58.8 Geelong 244 142 66 36 58.2 Essendon 191 109 60 22 57.1 Melbourne 219 124 68 27 56.6 Brisbane 229 129 74 26 56.3 North Melbourne 169 95 50 24 56.2 Greater Western Sydney 200 111 63 26 55.5 West Coast 155 86 45 24 55.5 Western Bulldogs 219 120 73 26 54.8 St Kilda 184 100 53 31 54.3 Richmond 192 104 52 36 54.2 Collingwood 214 115 67 32 53.7 Adelaide 221 118 68 35 53.4 Sydney 217 113 72 32 52.1 Carlton 228 118 70 40 51.8 Gold Coast 197 99 76 22 50.3 Port Adelaide 240 118 87 35 49.2 Hawthorn 183 89 57 37 48.6 General Play Team Shots Goals Behinds No score Accuracy Collingwood 186 90 54 42 48.4 North Melbourne 140 62 50 28 44.3 Adelaide 219 96 75 48 43.8 Port Adelaide 204 88 73 43 43.1 Sydney 193 82 76 35 42.5 Brisbane 202 85 71 46 42.1 Geelong 152 63 58 31 41.4 Essendon 196 81 75 40 41.3 St Kilda 183 73 55 55 39.9 Fremantle 166 66 55 45 39.8 Gold Coast 179 71 66 42 39.7 Greater Western Sydney 177 69 66 42 39.0 Melbourne 185 72 68 45 38.9 Hawthorn 162 61 63 38 37.7 Richmond 178 66 72 40 37.1 Western Bulldogs 152 55 68 29 36.2 West Coast 133 44 48 41 33.1 Carlton 152 46 64 42 30.3

Here are the points from defensive chains, forward chains and centre bounces for the last three seasons, and for each round this season. The percentage of points from the defensive half is higher this season than the previous two season, but has only been above our 2023 season average in two of our last eight matches (Carlton & Collingwood). We average 33.5 points per match from the defensive half this season, but have only scored 15 points in total over the past two weeks. Points scored from chain origin Season Round Opposition Defensive % Forward % Centre Bounce % 2021 716 31.9 1164 51.8 366 16.3 2022 748 35.9 1021 49.0 314 15.1 2023 503 37.4 681 50.6 161 12.0 2023 Round 1 Western Bulldogs 78 67.8 25 21.7 12 10.4 2023 Round 2 Brisbane 38 46.3 38 46.3 6 7.3 2023 Round 3 Sydney 43 32.1 70 52.2 21 15.7 2023 Round 4 West Coast 50 39.7 69 54.8 7 5.6 2023 Round 5 Essendon 32 41.6 30 39.0 15 19.5 2023 Round 6 Richmond 27 28.1 57 59.4 12 12.5 2023 Round 7 North Melbourne 55 39.6 59 42.4 25 18.0 2023 Round 8 Gold Coast 21 23.3 60 66.7 9 10.0 2023 Round 9 Hawthorn 32 31.1 70 68.0 1 1.0 2023 Round 10 Port Adelaide 20 26.3 43 56.6 13 17.1 2023 Round 11 Fremantle 17 23.6 36 50.0 19 26.4 2023 Round 12 Carlton 47 77.0 12 19.7 2 3.3 2023 Round 13 Collingwood 28 42.4 26 39.4 12 18.2 2023 Round 15 Geelong 4 6.3 58 92.1 1 1.6 2023 Round 16 Greater Western Sydney 11 24.4 28 62.2 6 13.3 Here is a further disaggregation of defensive chains, separating turnovers, kick-ins and stoppages (limited to where Melbourne won the clearance). We score from roughly 13% of defensive half stoppages and defensive half clearances, but has been much lower in the last two weeks. Defensive half chains by category Season Round Opposition Chains Scored % Score Points / Chain Turnover 2021 1268 154 12.1 554 0.44 2022 1177 148 12.6 553 0.47 2023 744 95 12.8 350 0.47 2023 Round 1 Western Bulldogs 55 13 23.6 58 1.05 2023 Round 2 Brisbane 53 5 9.4 20 0.38 2023 Round 3 Sydney 40 5 12.5 25 0.62 2023 Round 4 West Coast 42 7 16.7 32 0.76 2023 Round 5 Essendon 49 5 10.2 20 0.41 2023 Round 6 Richmond 56 7 12.5 27 0.48 2023 Round 7 North Melbourne 50 6 12.0 31 0.62 2023 Round 8 Gold Coast 48 5 10.4 20 0.42 2023 Round 9 Hawthorn 52 9 17.3 24 0.46 2023 Round 10 Port Adelaide 50 4 8.0 14 0.28 2023 Round 11 Fremantle 44 6 13.6 16 0.36 2023 Round 12 Carlton 38 6 15.8 21 0.55 2023 Round 13 Collingwood 45 7 15.6 27 0.60 2023 Round 15 Geelong 57 4 7.0 4 0.07 2023 Round 16 Greater Western Sydney 65 6 9.2 11 0.17 Kick-in 2021 191 19 9.9 59 0.31 2022 219 10 4.6 40 0.18 2023 140 9 6.4 44 0.31 2023 Round 1 Western Bulldogs 11 2 18.2 12 1.09 2023 Round 2 Brisbane 9 1 11.1 6 0.67 2023 Round 3 Sydney 12 0 0.0 0 0.00 2023 Round 4 West Coast 9 0 0.0 0 0.00 2023 Round 5 Essendon 14 2 14.3 12 0.86 2023 Round 6 Richmond 12 0 0.0 0 0.00 2023 Round 7 North Melbourne 7 2 28.6 12 1.71 2023 Round 8 Gold Coast 7 0 0.0 0 0.00 2023 Round 9 Hawthorn 6 0 0.0 0 0.00 2023 Round 10 Port Adelaide 14 0 0.0 0 0.00 2023 Round 11 Fremantle 7 1 14.3 1 0.14 2023 Round 12 Carlton 8 1 12.5 1 0.12 2023 Round 13 Collingwood 8 0 0.0 0 0.00 2023 Round 15 Geelong 12 0 0.0 0 0.00 2023 Round 16 Greater Western Sydney 4 0 0.0 0 0.00 Stoppage (Other) 2021 310 28 9.0 103 0.33 2022 300 45 15.0 155 0.52 2023 184 24 13.0 109 0.59 2023 Round 1 Western Bulldogs 9 3 33.3 8 0.89 2023 Round 2 Brisbane 18 2 11.1 12 0.67 2023 Round 3 Sydney 7 3 42.9 18 2.57 2023 Round 4 West Coast 12 3 25.0 18 1.50 2023 Round 5 Essendon 15 0 0.0 0 0.00 2023 Round 6 Richmond 12 0 0.0 0 0.00 2023 Round 7 North Melbourne 11 2 18.2 12 1.09 2023 Round 8 Gold Coast 14 1 7.1 1 0.07 2023 Round 9 Hawthorn 11 3 27.3 8 0.73 2023 Round 10 Port Adelaide 11 1 9.1 6 0.55 2023 Round 11 Fremantle 10 0 0.0 0 0.00 2023 Round 12 Carlton 15 5 33.3 25 1.67 2023 Round 13 Collingwood 16 1 6.2 1 0.06 2023 Round 15 Geelong 11 0 0.0 0 0.00 2023 Round 16 Greater Western Sydney 12 0 0.0 0 0.00 All defensive half chains Season Round Opposition Chains Scored % Score Points / Chain 2021 1769 201 11.4 716 0.40 2022 1696 203 12.0 748 0.44 2023 1068 128 12.0 503 0.47 2023 Round 1 Western Bulldogs 75 18 24.0 78 1.04 2023 Round 2 Brisbane 80 8 10.0 38 0.47 2023 Round 3 Sydney 59 8 13.6 43 0.73 2023 Round 4 West Coast 63 10 15.9 50 0.79 2023 Round 5 Essendon 78 7 9.0 32 0.41 2023 Round 6 Richmond 80 7 8.8 27 0.34 2023 Round 7 North Melbourne 68 10 14.7 55 0.81 2023 Round 8 Gold Coast 69 6 8.7 21 0.30 2023 Round 9 Hawthorn 69 12 17.4 32 0.46 2023 Round 10 Port Adelaide 75 5 6.7 20 0.27 2023 Round 11 Fremantle 61 7 11.5 17 0.28 2023 Round 12 Carlton 61 12 19.7 47 0.77 2023 Round 13 Collingwood 69 8 11.6 28 0.41 2023 Round 15 Geelong 80 4 5.0 4 0.05 2023 Round 16 Greater Western Sydney 81 6 7.4 11 0.14