Hack of the week

[Legs Akimbo]

Been a while since the Grand final and I am now ready to move on with life. Specifically, I am ready to start bagging the crap out of selected players who don't meet my exacting standards. Overall, the level of positive vibes on this site has reached vomitous proportions and it is time to do something about it (Footyhead, where are you?)

Let's start with a player who is a new member of the premiership team (oh, life is sweet).

Paul Chambers, come on down...

Check out these stats

Hack file

This guy has been playing AFL footy for 4 years and his highest possession tally is 9! Not only that, Geelong fans call him unco. Second round draft pick material????????????????

He averages 5.0 disposals a game and in his four years at Geelong, having been elevated from the Rookie list, he has played the grand total of 32 games out of a possible 88 or only 36%. He has kicked the ball 52 times in his four year career (average 13 kicks a year) and pulled down a whopping 32 marks (8 per year). Go get 'em tiger!

Question - would have Geelong delisted him if they didn't trade him to us!

Welcome Paul - Legs Akimbo's hack of the week.

PS - Paul, if you read this, welcome to R&W online. I am sure you are a lovely bloke and please don't take any offense from the above. Other former hacks such as LRT and Ben Matthews will tell you that R&W online is a wonderful source of motivation to get better. Best thing to do is get better so you can pass the Hack of the Week award to someone else.

[Charlie]

Jeez... we even gave Spriggs a game or two first.

[Legs Akimbo]

Originally posted by Charlie
Jeez... we even gave Spriggs a game or two first.

Yeah, but Spriggs is good looking.

[Bleed Red Blood]

Originally posted by Charlie
Jeez... we even gave Spriggs a game or two first.

We sure did!

http://redandwhiteonline.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7185&highlight=Spriggs

[swans_premiers]

Jolly only averaged 7.7 possesions a game so????

[Schneiderman]

Re: Hack of the week

Originally posted by Legs Akimbo
Paul Chambers, come on down...

Check out these stats

Settle Tiger

Pick the Premiership player. It aint easy, and thats the truth.

[Sanecow]

And this:

http://www.footywire.com/fw/web/ft_player_compare?tid1=17&pid1=409&tid2=10&pid2=231

Note: Hitouts Per Game

[Schneiderman]

Originally posted by Sanecow
And this:

http://www.footywire.com/fw/web/ft_player_compare?tid1=17&pid1=409&tid2=10&pid2=231

Note: Hitouts Per Game

I must admit though, that Doyle would make a pretty good FF. Stick the likes of Hall, MOL, ROK and Davis around him, and his 2 goals per game from the goal square would be quite handy.

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by Sanecow
And this:

http://www.footywire.com/fw/web/ft_player_compare?tid1=17&pid1=409&tid2=10&pid2=231

Note: Hitouts Per Game

It's the hitouts per game that is important...after all he is a ruckman!!!

Legs akimbo, you can make stats say anything and for a ruckman a low possession count is not unusual...be caereful these threads seem to have a tendency to come back to haunt people

[Legs Akimbo]

Re: Re: Hack of the week

Originally posted by Schneiderman
Settle Tiger

Pick the Premiership player. It aint easy, and thats the truth.

Yeah except that LRT outpoints him in most areas

[RogueSwan]

Homer: "Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything. 14% of people know that."

[Legs Akimbo]

[i]...be caereful these threads seem to have a tendency to come back to haunt people [/B]

I share your concern that Paul Chambers will be haunted by this thread.

[Ruck'n'Roll]

Originally posted by Sanecow
Note: Hitouts Per Game

That's a very high hitout rate for a relatively short and inexperienced ruckman. I'm intrigued, perhaps I shall focus on the kid during the preseason. Can we assuming that these statistics are reliable 'Cow?

[CureTheSane]

Re: Hack of the week

Originally posted by Legs Akimbo
Been a while since the Grand final and I am now ready to move on with life. Specifically, I am ready to start bagging the crap out of selected players who don't meet my exacting standards. Overall, the level of positive vibes on this site has reached vomitous proportions and it is time to do something about it (Footyhead, where are you?)

Let's start with a player who is a new member of the premiership team (oh, life is sweet).

Paul Chambers, come on down...

Check out these stats

Hack file

This guy has been playing AFL footy for 4 years and his highest possession tally is 9! Not only that, Geelong fans call him unco. Second round draft pick material????????????????

He averages 5.0 disposals a game and in his four years at Geelong, having been elevated from the Rookie list, he has played the grand total of 32 games out of a possible 88 or only 36%. He has kicked the ball 52 times in his four year career (average 13 kicks a year) and pulled down a whopping 32 marks (8 per year). Go get 'em tiger!

Question - would have Geelong delisted him if they didn't trade him to us!

Welcome Paul - Legs Akimbo's hack of the week.

PS - Paul, if you read this, welcome to R&W online. I am sure you are a lovely bloke and please don't take any offense from the above. Other former hacks such as LRT and Ben Matthews will tell you that R&W online is a wonderful source of motivation to get better. Best thing to do is get better so you can pass the Hack of the Week award to someone else.

haha, great post.
Thanks for the laughs

[cruiser]

The stats are flawed because they dont indicate the amount of time he spent on the field. And 12 hitouts aint bad for a 2nd or 3rd string ruckman.