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With the expected score being 82.7 v 81.8 in our favour, inside 50’s 57 to 40 and marks inside 50 14 to 10 in our favour, this tells me we are not getting the ball to the right places inside 50. Saints also had far more kicks and marks than us, which might look like they work harder for inside 50’s and goals, but I think it tells me that they are more careful and use shorter kicks to get it to the best places to score inside 50. Is there any other way to read these stats?

With plenty of chat around expected score again (we should’ve won by 3 goals), I wanted to ask about another element of our forward line. When watching other teams, I’m always amazed at how open their forward lines are and how easily they can get a mark inside 50 compared to us. Richo was mentioning in the commentary our lack of marks inside 50. Can we still keep a high number of inside 50s with a more open forward line? I feel that shifting our players outside of the 50 will protect against the rebound game of Carlton and Collingwood, while allowing more space to lead into, hopefully resulting in more marks inside 50.

George, who was your favourite player on Friday night and why was it Jake Melksham?