welcomebackcattogio wrote:
bluehotel wrote:
Fev is too hot and cold to keep. Look what happened with Whitnall when we could have gotten something for him two years ago.
Yep too hot and cold. Just look at his stats since 2003.
'03 63 goals
'04 66 goals
'05 49 goals (half a season played with shocking groin injury)
'06 84 goals
'07 49 goals with 5 games to play & will probably get to 70
That's 98 games for 311 goals in a pathetic side. Imagine if he wasn't hot and cold?
Let's complete this picture shall we?
'99 - 0.0 in 2 games (1.Lance, 2.Hammill, 3.Lappin)
'00 - ranked 7/35 in the club, kicking 26.29 in 14 games (1.Lance, 2.Hammill, 3.Kouta)
'01 - 5/34, kicking 25.24 in 16 games (1.Lappin, 2.Lance, 3.Kouta )
'02 - 7/39, kicking 13.11 in 9 games (1.McKernan, 2.Lance, 3.Lappin )
'03 - ranked 1/37 in the club, 5th in league, kicking 63.45 in 22 games (2.McKernan, 3.Hickmott)
'04 - 1/36, kicking 66.41 in 22 games (2.Lance, 3.Lappin)
'05 - 1/36, kicking 49.25 in 19 games (2.Waitey, 3.Lappin)
'06 - ranked 1/37 in club, 1st in league, kicking in 84.52 in 21 games (2.Eddie, 3.Waitey)
'07 - ranked 1/32 in club, 6th in the league, kicking 49.36 in 16 games (2.Fish, 3.Waitey)
You could extrapolate the part-season figures to see what might have happened and what might happen this year … but you can't allow for attitude!!!
I am one of those armchair people who spent 22 years watching Rugby League when I should have been watching this game, which means I am no expert since I only joined the club as a supporter in 2002. But statistics out of contexts show exactly what you want them to show ... one needs to look at the whole picture (see
www.footywire.com,
www.finalsiren.com, and
http://stats.afl.com.au/public/statisti ... alscorers/) ...
ubettsya wrote:
Our best player by the stretch of the Flemington straight...
What makes a good player? Consistency: disposals, rankings, attitude. Yeh he kicks goals, but he lacks in the other areas, especially the last one. Hopefully that will improve under Ratts and / or the new coach ... a colleague is suggesting that the Swines would welcome him with their record with Spida, Plugga, Barry, and the other problem-children they've tamed
Disclaimer: I am NOT an expert, but love the stats (and my armchair)