Who is the best shot for goal at the club?

Oh When the Saints · Fri 11 Jan 2008 4:40pm

Who is the best shot for goal at the Saints?

Please don't put up statistics yet. Let the poll run for a few days and then compare the statistics to the results of the poll ... I reckon we'll be surprised.

esaint66 · Post: # 509129Post **esaint66** » Fri 11 Jan 2008 5:07pm

well it would have to be gehrig think about it how many times does he get more behinds than goals and hes the last player in the afl to kick 100 in a season

mad saint guy · Fri 11 Jan 2008 5:13pm

I've got to go with BJ since Voss is gone.

One who I think has the potential to hold that title is Jarryd Allen. I haven't seen a lot of him, but I've seen him kick some very tough goals.

i_luv_nick_riewoldt · Fri 11 Jan 2008 5:51pm

Hard decision. I chose Bj, although close behind was frase and grammy!

sax · Post: # 509157Post **sax** » Fri 11 Jan 2008 6:19pm

I'd have to say guys, C. Gardiner. He's a dead eye, craps all over our guys in that department! (even though he is one of our guys now)
I'm only going on last year in the VFL aswell!!

SaintBot · Post: # 509164Post **SaintBot** » Fri 11 Jan 2008 6:37pm

milne...

a few years back i think he was equal to or one goal off breaking tony locketts record of most goals (without behinds) in a row

Post: # 509167Post **n1ck** » Fri 11 Jan 2008 6:40pm

Yep think it was 26 or 27 goals in a row, without kicking a behind.

esaint66 · Post: # 509168Post **esaint66** » Fri 11 Jan 2008 6:41pm

SaintBot wrote:milne...

a few years back i think he was equal to or one goal off breaking tony locketts record of most goals (without behinds) in a row

yeh like you said a few years back exactly whats he done lately fat load of nothing.

milney044 · Post: # 509173Post **milney044** » Fri 11 Jan 2008 6:51pm

fat load of nothing.. stay calm alana..calm..

i would still say milneys up there.. not as accurate as he once was.. hopefully that changes this year... anyway i'll pick milney but rekon frase is up there.

Post: # 509176Post **n1ck** » Fri 11 Jan 2008 6:54pm

IMO Milney is still a very good kick for goal.

I believe his kicking for goal diminished in the last two years because he was having spells in the midfield and wasnt fit enough for the job. By the time he got to within 40m he was buggered.

esaint66 · Post: # 509179Post **esaint66** » Fri 11 Jan 2008 6:58pm

yeh spose your right but wht i meant was that his accuracy is not what i used to be

SaintBot · Post: # 509180Post **SaintBot** » Fri 11 Jan 2008 6:59pm

saint edward wrote:
SaintBot wrote:milne...

a few years back i think he was equal to or one goal off breaking tony locketts record of most goals (without behinds) in a row

yeh like you said a few years back exactly whats he done lately fat load of nothing.

like aaron fiora said in his interview on westofmoorabbin...its a bloody tough job being a small forward - their unpredictibility is what gives the team some x-factor

his "fat load of nothing" is much better than most other small forwards from other clubs

fonz_#15 · Post: # 509181Post **fonz_#15** » Fri 11 Jan 2008 6:59pm

i would not prefer anyone togoddard with a set shot at goal

SaintBot · Post: # 509182Post **SaintBot** » Fri 11 Jan 2008 7:00pm

saint edward wrote:yeh spose your right but wht i meant was that his accuracy is not what i used to be

if anyone has the stats for %age of goals from set shots id be willing to bet that milne would be #1 at the club...top 3 at very, very worst

esaint66 · Post: # 509186Post **esaint66** » Fri 11 Jan 2008 7:06pm

SaintBot wrote:his "fat load of nothing" is much better than most other small forwards from other clubs

leon davis?

milney044 · Post: # 509191Post **milney044** » Fri 11 Jan 2008 7:10pm

davis's stats for 2007 were virtually identical to milnes. however i will note that davis lays more tackles averaging 4 a game opposed to milneys 2.

SaintBot · Post: # 509193Post **SaintBot** » Fri 11 Jan 2008 7:15pm

saint edward wrote:
SaintBot wrote:his "fat load of nothing" is much better than most other small forwards from other clubs

leon davis?

im not sure about others but id taken milne over davis anyday...there are much better small forwards out there than davis and a few are better milne - we have one of them now in adam schneider

yes at the moment Milne isnt the best small forward around but he has great accuracy and he is doing his job just nicely

esaint66 · Post: # 509194Post **esaint66** » Fri 11 Jan 2008 7:16pm

milney044 wrote:davis's stats for 2007 were virtually identical to milnes. however i will note that davis lays more tackles averaging 4 a game opposed to milneys 2.

yeh that and plus his work ethic is more evident and hes a quicker runner but i love milney.

milney044 · Post: # 509195Post **milney044** » Fri 11 Jan 2008 7:20pm

work rate is a tough one to measure. being a big milney fan i tend to watch him more than other players and without being too biased i consider him a pretty hard worker. maybe not with pressuring the guy with the footy, but finding space and creating an option. it actually annoys me sometimes because he tends to get into the right spots and free himself, only for us to bomb it to roo with 3 opponents. then come complaints that milney's not there for the crumb when realistically he was probably the better option.

this year i hope we're not so reliant on roo especially when stats show he's not the most accurate kick. although i do remember him being quite accurate in 2004? or was that just because the side as a whole was so good?

esaint66 · Post: # 509197Post **esaint66** » Fri 11 Jan 2008 7:30pm

milney044 wrote:work rate is a tough one to measure. being a big milney fan i tend to watch him more than other players and without being too biased i consider him a pretty hard worker. maybe not with pressuring the guy with the footy, but finding space and creating an option. it actually annoys me sometimes because he tends to get into the right spots and free himself, only for us to bomb it to roo with 3 opponents. then come complaints that milney's not there for the crumb when realistically he was probably the better option.

this year i hope we're not so reliant on roo especially when stats show he's not the most accurate kick. although i do remember him being quite accurate in 2004? or was that just because the side as a whole was so good?

yeh i here what your saying but its just for me now that you see collingwood every round on the tv as well as me seeing the saints every week leon just stands out in a foward line consisting of rocca (past his prime) and cloke (up and coming star even though he won the club best and fairest.) its easier to notice leon in a poorer foward line compared to ours where milney is just one of the others and so leon would be if he was in the saints foward line. i hear you when you say there pretty much identical.

milney044 · Post: # 509199Post **milney044** » Fri 11 Jan 2008 7:34pm

yeah i see where you're coming from. davis and didak play a very important role in the pies forward line, theyre pretty much the main ingredient. whereas we pay more attention to frase and roo because well really, we'd be stupid not to.

im looking forward to seeing these stats.. bakes is actually probably pretty accurate because he rarely has a shot. he's had a few good snaps though he might actually make a pretty decent small forward.

esaint66 · Post: # 509200Post **esaint66** » Fri 11 Jan 2008 7:46pm

yeh im with you bakes has a good shot but i want to see grams accuracy rate you see him rip thos ones from outside 50 he doesnt have many setshots being backman and all

Otiman · Post: # 509206Post **Otiman** » Fri 11 Jan 2008 8:04pm

Bakes vs Freo (the siren saga) makes me not choose him, Gehrig often gets the ball outside 50 on the boundary, Roo and Milne have had a shocking 2007 in front of goal. Kosi is where it's at.

bigcarl · Post: # 509542Post **bigcarl** » Sun 13 Jan 2008 2:23am

Oh When the Saints wrote:Who is the best shot for goal at the Saints?

Please don't put up statistics yet. Let the poll run for a few days and then compare the statistics to the results of the poll ... I reckon we'll be surprised.

does anyone have access to the stats? i wouldn't know where to start

Oh When the Saints · Sun 13 Jan 2008 2:43am

Stats will surprise ....