Youngsters' skills

[NMWBloods]

Originally posted by barry
Are you serious ?
Defenders stats from dogs games in order of possessions: (kicks, hb, poss, marks)

Tadhg Kennelly 13 4 17 2
Craig Bolton 9 6 15 4
Lewis Roberts-Thomson 5 7 12 3
Ben Mathews 9 3 12 3
Jared Crouch 2 9 11 0
Matthew Nicks 5 5 10 2
Paul Bevan 3 6 9 2
Sean Dempster 6 2 8 4
Leo Barry 3 3 6 4

Dempster not getting enough of it.

What's also funny about this comparison (which is a waste of time, but since you brought it up...) is Dempster's career possessions are 8.9 per game in 7 games, while LRT's are 6.0 per game in 31 games.

[BonBon]

Originally posted by punter257
bevo is doing it tough at the moment

He had a shocker game!

[barry]

Originally posted by sharpie
Hey Barry, for someone so eager to promote LRT's cause, I would have expected you'd steer clear of possession stats for defenders.

I "stand up for LRT from unwarranted critisism" thats all. Not what I'd call "promote his cause". Roos is doing that nicely.

Merely showing the stats nuts here who were using stats all last week to prove LRT wasnt up to it, that he had a good game "stats wise" this week. Yet they still dont "see" an improvement.

[Tuesday]

Originally posted by Wardy
I always become anxious when Mathews gets the ball - due to his incapablility to make a decision - and now he's wearing the white shoes - obviously getting ready for his turn at Captain.

Ahhh, right. So that's the reason behind the white shoes... It's a captain thing. I just thought it was a fashion suicide...

http://redandwhiteonline.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9249

[Tuesday]

Originally posted by SimonH
And one other thing worth noting- Sean Dempster is playing absolutely sensational footy. Given the hyperanalysis that all players (and especially youngsters) get on RWO, the fact there have been so few posts about him speaks volumes. (He won't catch up to the posts that Hyphen already has, in his whole career, at this rate.

I think he is one of the Swans' most consistent players this year. He does his job well, almost mater-of-factly, and seems to be one who slips under the radar quite easily because he's neither flashy nor sucky.

And something MUST be mentioned re the pout

[Nico]

Maybe the great Benny has decided he had better look and act like a footballer if he is going to get 2 games as captain. Would be embrassing for one of the leaders to get dropped before he gets his turn.

[SimonH]

Dempster not getting enough of it.

Wot everyone else said. To cannibalise from an earlier post of mine, Stevie Nicks' stats in the WCE final last year were 8 kicks, 2 h/b, 2 marks (plus 1 h/o, 5 tackles, 1 FF and 0 FA). But nobody could convince me that he wasn't BOG, in the sense that no Swans player did their allocated job in such an outstanding manner, and contributed as much to the team's performance, as him on the night.

[Nico]

Dempster not getting enough of it!!! Lets not start delving into their personal lives.

[Benevolent Ert]

Originally posted by SimonH
The stats nerds will have the exact figures, but his goals:behinds ratio across his career is not pretty at all.

10.18

Stats nerd out....

[Tuesday]

Originally posted by Nico
Dempster not getting enough of it!!! Lets not start delving into their personal lives.

Ahhh, we have discovered the reason for the pout!