Nagging question

[ROK Lobster]

Why was Davo on the bench for the last 7 minutes of last year's GF?

He had been one of the better players during the game. He was certainly kicking better than any of the rest of them. Even if he was spent, why wasn't he sitting in a pocket or based in the goal square. I am not saying that we would have won had he been there, but surely, if ever there was a time for individual brilliance, it was in the dying moments of '06.

[Slick Swans]

I'm pretty sure it's because Roos hates him and Kirk told Roos to bench him.

[ROK Lobster]

I'm pretty sure it's because Roos hates him and Kirk told Roos to bench him.

No seriously, it has been nagging away at me. Was he completely spent? Or was he not considered the right option?

[stellation]

I think it came down to a mix between poor player management (that is directed at the coaching staff in general, not just a snipe at Roos) and also just how intense the final few minutes were. Davo was up and waiting to come on the field for a few minutes before he finally got on, the runner was gone for a long time trying to get the other player off the field then, and I can't remember who it was who came off, the player took an eternity to get off the field (it wasn't just little ol' Davo infatuated me that noticed it, our entire bay was watching this and going nuts)- in all fairness to both the runner and the player who needed to come off it seemed to be more the game being non stop intensity (no opportunity to leave their man) than either of them being inept.

[stellation]

Going over it, the only Swans with less time on ground were Doyle, Jolly, LRT and Ablett (injury). This old post of mine from bf has the TOG stats from the GF.

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This was more for my curiosity than anything, I realize that the ratings are a little flawed as they are just based on stats and don't take, for example, beating your direct opponent into account - Hall rated better than Glass originally! The ratings scores are from finalsiren.com) but if anybody is interested here they are (logic is based on a per48 minutes stat that is used with NBA stats, which is again a little flawed )... anyway... Easy to see the Eagles dominance.

	Player		No	Tog	Rating	Per minute	Per 123
1	Kirk		31	110	118	1.072727273	131.9454545
2	Cox		20	102	96	0.941176471	115.7647059
3	Waters		8	109	99	0.908256881	111.7155963
4	Embley		32	109	97	0.889908257	109.4587156
5	Braun		10	107	92	0.859813084	105.7570093
6	Goodes		37	121	104	0.859504132	105.7190083
7	Selwood		37	115	98	0.852173913	104.8173913
8	Stenglein	5	118	99	0.838983051	103.1949153
9	Butler		26	81	66	0.814814815	100.2222222
10	Jones		38	99	77	0.777777778	95.66666667
11	Ablett		20	39	29	0.743589744	91.46153846
12	Hansen		29	99	72	0.727272727	89.45454545
13	Davis		2	91	66	0.725274725	89.20879121
14	Kerr		4	103	74	0.718446602	88.36893204
15	Fosdike		12	109	78	0.71559633	88.01834862
16	Judd		3	119	85	0.714285714	87.85714286
17	O'Keefe		5	115	82	0.713043478	87.70434783
18	Hunter		39	123	87	0.707317073	87
19	Buchanan	32	98	68	0.693877551	85.34693878
20	Cousins		9	108	74	0.685185185	84.27777778
21	Fletcher	7	116	78	0.672413793	82.70689655
22	Bolton		24	99	65	0.656565657	80.75757576
23	Schneider	13	107	67	0.626168224	77.01869159
24	Richards	25	120	73	0.608333333	74.825
25	O'Loughlin	19	110	65	0.590909091	72.68181818
26	Wirrpanda	44	92	53	0.576086957	70.85869565
27	Doyle		15	65	34	0.523076923	64.33846154
28	Banfield	6	82	42	0.512195122	63
29	Kennelly	17	115	56	0.486956522	59.89565217
30	Malceski	9	99	48	0.484848485	59.63636364
31	Mathews		4	110	53	0.481818182	59.26363636
32	Chick		17	98	46	0.469387755	57.73469388
33	Lynch		21	120	55	0.458333333	56.375
34	Roberts-Thomson	30	68	31	0.455882353	56.07352941
35	Barry		21	123	51	0.414634146	51
36	Armstrong	35	66	27	0.409090909	50.31818182
37	Dempster	26	103	42	0.40776699	50.15533981
38	Glass		23	118	48	0.406779661	50.03389831
39	Hall		1	123	50	0.406504065	50
40	Bolton		6	120	48	0.4	        49.2
41	Jones		18	100	38	0.38	        46.74
42	McVeigh		3	108	31	0.287037037	35.30555556
43	Jolly		16	62	10	0.161290323	19.83870968
44	Seaby		14	32	4	0.125	        15.375

[giant]

I'm pretty sure it's because Roos hates him and Kirk told Roos to bench him.

I suspect it may have been because Banfield had given him a bath for the first 15 mins of that qr.

[cruiser]

[QUOTE=ROK Lobster;307709]No seriously, it has been nagging away at me. [QUOTE]
For 8 months?

[alison.z]

this one's been nagging me - why does he always stand at the end of the line (furtherst away from roos-could be an answer?) when lining up for the national anthem ?!?!? is it superstition or something else ...

[Claret]

this one's been nagging me - why does he always stand at the end of the line (furtherst away from roos-could be an answer?) when lining up for the national anthem ?!?!? is it superstition or something else ...

The guy at the end of the line gets the most time on camera. (Much to Stella's delight)

At least that why I've always thought he does it.

[ROK Lobster]

[QUOTE=cruiser;307732][QUOTE=ROK Lobster;307709]No seriously, it has been nagging away at me.

For 8 months?

Off and on. I meant to post it here a while ago, but it has not been a persistent nag.

[Carolyn]

this one's been nagging me - why does he always stand at the end of the line (furtherst away from roos-could be an answer?) when lining up for the national anthem ?!?!? is it superstition or something else ...

Maybe, away from Kirk as well...

[ScottH]

I thought you had wife problems, ROK.

He was being beaten by Chick(?) in that last qtr, maybe that was why. They were a number of one on ones where Chick beat him.

[NMWBloods]

It was Banfield - beat him in two one-on-ones I seem to recall. Still, he was providing a dangerous option up there there and it's not like anyone else in the forward line looked likely to kick a goal.

[ScottH]

It was Banfield - beat him in two one-on-ones I seem to recall. Still, he was providing a dangerous option up there there and it's not like anyone else in the forward line looked likely to kick a goal.

That was the one. From memory there wasn't anyone else in the forward line.