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PUNT ROAD END | Richmond Tigers Forum
The Sunday Herald Sun stats now has a disposal efficiency column in the game statistics. It will now become a very important part of MY viewing of the stats as it will definitively show up those who regularly fail to dispose effectively as we are team that is universally known as great turnovers of the ball.
Looking at it and making an efficieny rate of 75% a pass mark we had 11 players with a % under this mark.
They are:
J Bowden 72% ( now I've come to love JB over the last few seasons but I've always thought his "silky skills" has been over-rated and we are may see some facts to back it)
N Foley 64% (again Foley looks like he has beautiful disposal but yet again he's been shown up as a poor disposer. There's another article listing the best and worst kicks in the AFL and Nathan gets rated the worst!)
G Polak 64% (He's done well in his 2 games but it's no secret that his kicking can be ordinary)
P Bowden 67% (again PB lets himself down with his kicking but I think it's more a laziness in his kicking than skill)
A Krakouer 71% ( I was surprised to see Krak with a low % as I thought he was usually pretty good with his disposal)
A Pattison 67% (an awkward kicking style would probably explain this one)
L McGuane 70% (again Luke has doen well in his 2 games so far but yet another one with an awkward kicking style that needs attention)
S Tuck 46%!!!!! ( I've been a fan of Shane but if he keeps up an efficiency rate like this well it doens't bode well)
D Polo 73% (Dean did well yesterday but I noticed that one so many occasions his handballs were to teammates under pressure. He doesn't give off the right option)
C Howat 71% (again Cam has good left and right foot skills so I am surprised)
R Tambling 50% ( I've often thought Tamblings kicking was ordinary. It's ok when kicking long or for goal but yet another with an ordinary kicking style where he draws the ball upwards when kicking and this makes it hard to pinpoint the shorter type kicks)
Bottom line is we can't afford 11 players who cant efficiently dispose of the ball more than 3 times out of 4. Of the other games this weekend only Collingwood had more players with a sub 75% rate the other teams had around 6 or 7.
Looking at it and making an efficieny rate of 75% a pass mark we had 11 players with a % under this mark.
They are:
J Bowden 72% ( now I've come to love JB over the last few seasons but I've always thought his "silky skills" has been over-rated and we are may see some facts to back it)
N Foley 64% (again Foley looks like he has beautiful disposal but yet again he's been shown up as a poor disposer. There's another article listing the best and worst kicks in the AFL and Nathan gets rated the worst!)
G Polak 64% (He's done well in his 2 games but it's no secret that his kicking can be ordinary)
P Bowden 67% (again PB lets himself down with his kicking but I think it's more a laziness in his kicking than skill)
A Krakouer 71% ( I was surprised to see Krak with a low % as I thought he was usually pretty good with his disposal)
A Pattison 67% (an awkward kicking style would probably explain this one)
L McGuane 70% (again Luke has doen well in his 2 games so far but yet another one with an awkward kicking style that needs attention)
S Tuck 46%!!!!! ( I've been a fan of Shane but if he keeps up an efficiency rate like this well it doens't bode well)
D Polo 73% (Dean did well yesterday but I noticed that one so many occasions his handballs were to teammates under pressure. He doesn't give off the right option)
C Howat 71% (again Cam has good left and right foot skills so I am surprised)
R Tambling 50% ( I've often thought Tamblings kicking was ordinary. It's ok when kicking long or for goal but yet another with an ordinary kicking style where he draws the ball upwards when kicking and this makes it hard to pinpoint the shorter type kicks)
Bottom line is we can't afford 11 players who cant efficiently dispose of the ball more than 3 times out of 4. Of the other games this weekend only Collingwood had more players with a sub 75% rate the other teams had around 6 or 7.