It was mentioned during the TV broadcast tonight that St.Kilda have a greater average losing margin than us this year including that horrendous 157 point drubbing. Interesting statistic that I am sure that most Saints fans won't want to claim.
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Losing Margins
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RoyceHart said:
Winning margins dont enter the equation Roycey. Its just that we've lost more games and by smaller margins (with the exception of that Geelong match) than St Kilda.
Here's a rundown. We've lost by margins of 17, 16, 25, 32, 23, 157, 40 & 9 for an average losing margin of just under 40pnts.
The Saints till before last nights game had losing margins of 52, 31, 53, & 28 for an average losing margin of 41pnts!!!
After last nights game they kept that average up!!!
Interesting to note if you dont include that loss to Geelong our average losing margin in the other games is 23 pnts.
Correct me if I am wrong but doesn't that just mean that when the Saints lose they lose big, whereas while we are competitive we can't win. I am not sure that is a positive thing. You could put a VFL team in the competition and coach them to not lose by very much but I doubt you could coach them to a win.
The only thing that gives me hope when I compare our list to the Saints is that they appear to be a much older team who have missed thier opportunity, but Gherig, Harvey and Hammill's retirement will drag their average age back a fair bit.
The only thing that gives me hope when I compare our list to the Saints is that they appear to be a much older team who have missed thier opportunity, but Gherig, Harvey and Hammill's retirement will drag their average age back a fair bit.
Teams with high average losing margins generally have very poor seasons, but there have been a few polar opposites, e.g. Port in 2004 (avg 51) and Carlton in 1995 (64).
in the geelong game and the first half of the port game we lost 6 quarters in a row by an average of nearly 6 goals
Won't be such a big difference in wins between Tigers and Saints by the end of Round 16. In their next 7 games, Saints have to play 6 of the current top 7 teams, the other is against the Tigers. Could get messy for the Saints, although they have been completely ravaged by injury, the latest being their stalwart Robert Harvey.