Opposition supporters believe REIWOLDT is protected...
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Opposition supporters believe REIWOLDT is protected...
Opposition supporters believe REIWOLDT is protected...when you look at the stats below its hard to deny. Roo has been given more free kicks than the greatest stager of all time (Matthew LLOYD) you have take notice.
Player Totals
Player.................. MT FF FA G Avg B SC Rat Avg
Barry Hall..............289 204 388 746 2.6 421 4897 20584 71.2
Brendan Fevola....... 204 196 234 623 3.1 402 4140 14129 69.3
Chris Grant............ 282 201 200 435 1.5 300 2910 20776 73.7
David Neitz............ 306 135 214 631 2.1 368 4154 18572 60.7
Fraser Gehrig.......... 260 158 184 549 2.1 285 3579 16410 63.1
Jonathan Brown.......210 246 242 498 2.4 283 3271 16686 79.5
Lance Franklin.........143 156 301 456 3.2 324 3060 11643 81.4
Matthew Lloyd.........270 244 265 926 3.4 424 5980 21528 79.7
Matthew Pavlich...... 257 247 251 492 1.9 305 3257 22341 86.9
Matthew Rich'on...... 282 244 266 800 2.8 551 5351 23236 82.4
Nick Riewoldt......... 220 284 101 475 2.2 317 3167 20172 91.7
Tony Lockett.......... 118 21 58 571 4.8 241 3667 9360 79.3
Tony Modra............ 157 40 39 567 3.6 297 3699 9936 63.3
Travis Cloke........... 150 131 122 226 1.5 209 1565 11449 76.3
Warren Tredrea....... 254 229 192 550 2.2 362 3662 19925 78.4
Wayne Carey.......... 212 112 141 615 2.9 379 4069 19091 90.1
SC = Total Score
R = Rating
Player Totals
Player.................. MT FF FA G Avg B SC Rat Avg
Barry Hall..............289 204 388 746 2.6 421 4897 20584 71.2
Brendan Fevola....... 204 196 234 623 3.1 402 4140 14129 69.3
Chris Grant............ 282 201 200 435 1.5 300 2910 20776 73.7
David Neitz............ 306 135 214 631 2.1 368 4154 18572 60.7
Fraser Gehrig.......... 260 158 184 549 2.1 285 3579 16410 63.1
Jonathan Brown.......210 246 242 498 2.4 283 3271 16686 79.5
Lance Franklin.........143 156 301 456 3.2 324 3060 11643 81.4
Matthew Lloyd.........270 244 265 926 3.4 424 5980 21528 79.7
Matthew Pavlich...... 257 247 251 492 1.9 305 3257 22341 86.9
Matthew Rich'on...... 282 244 266 800 2.8 551 5351 23236 82.4
Nick Riewoldt......... 220 284 101 475 2.2 317 3167 20172 91.7
Tony Lockett.......... 118 21 58 571 4.8 241 3667 9360 79.3
Tony Modra............ 157 40 39 567 3.6 297 3699 9936 63.3
Travis Cloke........... 150 131 122 226 1.5 209 1565 11449 76.3
Warren Tredrea....... 254 229 192 550 2.2 362 3662 19925 78.4
Wayne Carey.......... 212 112 141 615 2.9 379 4069 19091 90.1
SC = Total Score
R = Rating
Last edited by WinnersOnly on Wed 04 Apr 2012 7:18pm, edited 6 times in total.
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Re: Opposition supporters believe REIWOLDT is protected...
What astounds me is Buddy's frees for and against. The Umps hate him.
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Re: Opposition supporters believe REIWOLDT is protected...
Does he suffer from the same thing as Lockett? The umps reckon he's big enough to look after himself...Old Mate wrote:What astounds me is Buddy's frees for and against. The Umps hate him.
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Possibly. Hall the same.Saints43 wrote:Does he suffer from the same thing as Lockett? The umps reckon he's big enough to look after himself...Old Mate wrote:What astounds me is Buddy's frees for and against. The Umps hate him.
On another note, pretty sure Plugger played more than 118 games....Kicked a few more than 571 goals as well. I guess the data is from when they first introduced stats.
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Sorry I took Dunstall off the list for the same reason ...Old Mate wrote:Possibly. Hall the same.Saints43 wrote:Does he suffer from the same thing as Lockett? The umps reckon he's big enough to look after himself...Old Mate wrote:What astounds me is Buddy's frees for and against. The Umps hate him.
On another note, pretty sure Plugger played more than 118 games....Kicked a few more than 571 goals as well. I guess the data is from when they first introduced stats.
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It's Riewoldt.
A few years ago, I made a comment on here regarding Nick's marking, dismissed by the usual suspects and ignored by most. It was that people should take the opportunity to enjoy his skill, because, from what I had seen, there has never been a better marker of the football. The laws for most of his career (since modified) were the strictest in terms of the length of time a ball had to be held for a mark to be paid, no specky two touches for him. He was so good, that a number of tactics were, if not invented, then taken to a new level. Most commonly it was the strike on the arm, but also the bump just before the jump. The first has been outlawed, hence the number of frees that he gets. The second hasn't. Of course, he is now nowhere near the player that he was in the last eight years. But get a hold of a video from 2004 - 2009 and just watch him. We have been privileged. He should now be moved to CHB for the last three years of his career, otherwise there may not be another three years.
A few years ago, I made a comment on here regarding Nick's marking, dismissed by the usual suspects and ignored by most. It was that people should take the opportunity to enjoy his skill, because, from what I had seen, there has never been a better marker of the football. The laws for most of his career (since modified) were the strictest in terms of the length of time a ball had to be held for a mark to be paid, no specky two touches for him. He was so good, that a number of tactics were, if not invented, then taken to a new level. Most commonly it was the strike on the arm, but also the bump just before the jump. The first has been outlawed, hence the number of frees that he gets. The second hasn't. Of course, he is now nowhere near the player that he was in the last eight years. But get a hold of a video from 2004 - 2009 and just watch him. We have been privileged. He should now be moved to CHB for the last three years of his career, otherwise there may not be another three years.
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More than the odd infringement is overlooked too.
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Hahahahaha.... Plugger.... He'd have to be shot with an elephant gun to earn a free kick.
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Opposition players have to cheat more to beat him. Thus he was awarded more frees.
You cant beat him on a lead and if do stay with him the long arms are out of reach so need to be chopped.
You cant beat him on a lead and if do stay with him the long arms are out of reach so need to be chopped.
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I wish his knee was protected.
Roo launches himself in spectacular and unprotected fashion - if he gets upended it always looks like its outside the rules.
Roo launches himself in spectacular and unprotected fashion - if he gets upended it always looks like its outside the rules.
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erm..so what..Roo usually plays from in front so that may be a reason but your anti Roo agenda is pathetic and weak.WinnersOnly wrote:Opposition supporters believe REIWOLDT is protected...when you look at the stats below its hard to deny. Roo has been given more free kicks than the greatest stager of all time (Matthew LLOYD) you have take notice.
Player Totals
Player.................. MT FF FA G Avg B SC Rat Avg
Barry Hall..............289 204 388 746 2.6 421 4897 20584 71.2
Brendan Fevola....... 204 196 234 623 3.1 402 4140 14129 69.3
Chris Grant............ 282 201 200 435 1.5 300 2910 20776 73.7
David Neitz............ 306 135 214 631 2.1 368 4154 18572 60.7
Fraser Gehrig.......... 260 158 184 549 2.1 285 3579 16410 63.1
Jonathan Brown.......210 246 242 498 2.4 283 3271 16686 79.5
Lance Franklin.........143 156 301 456 3.2 324 3060 11643 81.4
Matthew Lloyd.........270 244 265 926 3.4 424 5980 21528 79.7
Matthew Pavlich...... 257 247 251 492 1.9 305 3257 22341 86.9
Matthew Rich'on...... 282 244 266 800 2.8 551 5351 23236 82.4
Nick Riewoldt......... 220 284 101 475 2.2 317 3167 20172 91.7
Tony Lockett.......... 118 21 58 571 4.8 241 3667 9360 79.3
Tony Modra............ 157 40 39 567 3.6 297 3699 9936 63.3
Travis Cloke........... 150 131 122 226 1.5 209 1565 11449 76.3
Warren Tredrea....... 254 229 192 550 2.2 362 3662 19925 78.4
Wayne Carey.......... 212 112 141 615 2.9 379 4069 19091 90.1
SC = Total Score
R = Rating
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It's not anti Roo you tosser quite the contrary!
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Re: Opposition supporters believe REIWOLDT is protected...
Riewoldt plays significantly differently to those other players. It's difficult to give away frees when you are on the lead and ahead of your opponent every time.
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Kosi 167 for 205 against
Milne 171 for 280 against
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Kosi 167 for 205 against
Milne 171 for 280 against
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Assuming these stats are correct (and Plugger's and Modra's certainly dont look right), then the main thing they seem to show is what a clean player Riewoldt is: an incredibly low number of frees per game.
And rightly so: he is just about the cleanest player I've ever seen play the game. He always tries to outposition his opponents and he rarely initiates contact. He probably gets around half the free kicks he should get: the umps are embarassed to give him more and treat his opponents more leniently than they should.
The same thing happened to Lloyd, for different reasons. The umps eventually decided he was a stager and he needed a better case to get a free kick than most. I reckon his free kick stats would have looked better half way through his career than they did by the end. But, like Riewoldt, Lloyd was a great player unfairly maligned by fans from other clubs and even some from his own club.
Plugger was a thug. I loved him, but the way he played he was never going to win a competition for who gets the best free kick stats. Likewise Hall and Gehrig. Did these guys absolutely have to play footy that way? Riewoldt shows there is another way. But personality comes into it too: some guys feel they need to terrorize their opponents and get on top psychologically. Riewoldt largely ignores his opponents.
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And rightly so: he is just about the cleanest player I've ever seen play the game. He always tries to outposition his opponents and he rarely initiates contact. He probably gets around half the free kicks he should get: the umps are embarassed to give him more and treat his opponents more leniently than they should.
The same thing happened to Lloyd, for different reasons. The umps eventually decided he was a stager and he needed a better case to get a free kick than most. I reckon his free kick stats would have looked better half way through his career than they did by the end. But, like Riewoldt, Lloyd was a great player unfairly maligned by fans from other clubs and even some from his own club.
Plugger was a thug. I loved him, but the way he played he was never going to win a competition for who gets the best free kick stats. Likewise Hall and Gehrig. Did these guys absolutely have to play footy that way? Riewoldt shows there is another way. But personality comes into it too: some guys feel they need to terrorize their opponents and get on top psychologically. Riewoldt largely ignores his opponents.
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I think those stats show how the umpire's interpretation of the 'rules' have changed, and softened the game.
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Plays in front......simple as that....And is a ball player
Held, high, in the back and chopped arms.....4 ways he can get a free....and defenders often have to resort to on of those and hop they get away with it....otherwise they would just watch him take marks....
over the past five years opposition coaches have allowed opponents to give away frees to nick high up the ground, just to slow him down as his biggest weapon is his running power, so the more contact he received the better....which resulted in frees
Held, high, in the back and chopped arms.....4 ways he can get a free....and defenders often have to resort to on of those and hop they get away with it....otherwise they would just watch him take marks....
over the past five years opposition coaches have allowed opponents to give away frees to nick high up the ground, just to slow him down as his biggest weapon is his running power, so the more contact he received the better....which resulted in frees
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BigMart wrote:Plays in front......simple as that....And is a ball player
Held, high, in the back and chopped arms.....4 ways he can get a free....and defenders often have to resort to on of those and hop they get away with it....otherwise they would just watch him take marks....
over the past five years opposition coaches have allowed opponents to give away frees to nick high up the ground, just to slow him down as his biggest weapon is his running power, so the more contact he received the better....which resulted in frees
This sounds correct to me. Heard Dermie last night said he would love to have played in todays game with the arm chop rule.
FWIW Cam Mooney recently opined that Riewoldt was the most courageous player he had seen in an opposition who was just an out and out ball player.
His engine and mobility are he great strengths. As BM said held (stops mobility, high (defender outpaced and tryign to spoil), in the back (not so much, seems to get outpointed in a marking contest when not on a lead), and chopped arms (similiar to high).
Really it is a lame call to say he is protected more than any other player. protected by the rules as they stand, but ALL players play under those rules.
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Re: Opposition supporters believe REIWOLDT is protected...
At the end of the day Riewoldt receives about one free kick per match on average (same as Franklin) -so BIG DEAL.
I'm surprised he doesn't receive more.
Obviously Franklin gives away more free kicks (as you'd expect) as he chases and tackles and throws his weight around a lot more.
Conclusion - umpires should start paying Riewoldt more free kicks as he does get infringed against a lot more often than once a match !
I'm surprised he doesn't receive more.
Obviously Franklin gives away more free kicks (as you'd expect) as he chases and tackles and throws his weight around a lot more.
Conclusion - umpires should start paying Riewoldt more free kicks as he does get infringed against a lot more often than once a match !
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Re: Opposition supporters believe REIWOLDT is protected...
Well look who's calling who a tosser..WinnersOnly wrote:It's not anti Roo you tosser quite the contrary!
Oh please explain genius how this is not an anti Roo thread?
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Re: Opposition supporters believe REIWOLDT is protected...
Roo = one of the greatest ball players the game has ever seen.
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Re: Opposition supporters believe REIWOLDT is protected...
Since when as Saints fans, do we care what opposition supporters think?
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