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Welcome to another wonderful season... I will do as I did, for those that don't like stats - they don't tell the whole story, but they are a decent comparison to other teams and I would like to use it to chart progress over time. The previous thread illustrated starkly the decline under Bailey and was useful in pointing out how far back we had travelled in contested possessions and clearances. As is my want I have changed this year's KPI slightly - I have removed the clanger differential in favour of a disposal efficiency total and differential (this will be in percentage terms), and have included a Marks inside 50 differential. Neither is definitive but the former will allow a slight insight into how we are keeping the footy compared to the opposition (something supposedly important to Neeld from reports) and the latter providing a comparison of how we deliver the ball forward compared to our opponents. I have added an analysis header so I can add my two cents and shape your thinking... rpfc KPI Contested Possession Differential 2010 > -1.2 2011 > -5.5 2012 > 2 BL: 2 Inside 50 Differential 2010 > -7.2 2011 > -6.2 2012 > -8 BL: -8 Clearance Differential 2010 > -2 2011 > -2.8 2012 > -12 BL: -12 Disposal Efficiency (%) & Differential (%) 2011 > ??? 2012 > 65 (-8) BL: 65 (-8) Marks Inside 50 Average & Differential 2011 > ??? 2012 > 5 (-10) BL: 5 (-10) Scores Against average 2010 > 89.6 2011 > 105 2012 > 119 BL: 119 Percentage 2010 > 94.5 2011 > 85.3 2012 > 65.5 Analysis And haven't we started well? Smashed in the clearances, I50s, Marks I50, and disposal efficiency. It was haphazard and meek at times. The only stat to bely that fact were the contested possessions being even.