HELLAS BLUE wrote:
true_blue3 wrote:
disposal efficiency stats are not as useful as they are made out to be.
ask any carlton supporter and they will tell you stevo is our best kick but because he gets the ball in such dangerous positions and is always kicking into a flooded 50 his efficiency is obviously going to be lower than you'd expect.
someone like judd for example wins almost half his ball in a contested situation, you can't expect his disposal efficiency to be as good as someone who gets the ball in space. we all know how good a kick and handball he is, but these stats tell otherwise and that tells you these stats aren't great indicators.
then you have someone like carrazzo, who is clearly instructed to take easy options or handball because his kicking is so crap and he gets the ball in the backline where he has heaps of teammates to kick to who are all loose and this makes his efficiency higher than he deserves it to be.
i'm not saying this stat isn't useful but it's just given a lot more value than it should have. watching a game of footy is all you need to do when judging someone's disposal.
Are you saying midfielders aren't involved in chipping the ball across the backline? I think you'll find them involved more often than not. Also Nick Stevens receives the ball in space more often than any other player mentioned so he has no excuses IMO.
yes, i am saying our mids (the likes of judd, stevo, gibbs, murphy etc.) do not waste their time chipping it around in the backline. maybe once a game this may happen. whereas players like carrazzo, waite (i.e.poor kickers) have their disposal efficiency rate a lot higher than they deserve because they have at least 6 or 7 useless chips in the backline or switches across field.
as for nick stevens receiving the ball in space, yes that's true but you neglect how he gets as much ball as anyone in the comp delivering the ball inside 50. this is amde even worse for him considering we only have 1 target and 3 or 4 defenders to beat, so it requires a kick that has to pierce through all the oppositiona nd hit fev on the chest like a bullet, which he usually can do.