Forward line

[the claw]

We were no more inaccurate than most sides. 8 teams kicked more behinds than us leaving us mid table in that category. Surprise surprise we finished mid table.

What is scary is when you look at how many goals our PERMANENT FWDS KICKED.
Only JR kicking any decent amount and he is now retired. A very heavy reliance on mids who go fwd were next, trouble is we dont have two dusty,s or Bolton,s and they are needed in the midield.The Midfield looks absolutely pedestrian and devoid of class when they are not in there.

Jr 32 for the year the only permanent fwd who kicked a reasonable amount of goals.
Bolton 31 a more a mid and he kicked plenty of those goals as a mid.
Dusty 25 goals same as Bolton
Taranto 19 goals.
Where are the permanent fwds.

In a moon boot till recently

That's the worry just one proven permanent fwd. With the retirement of JR we are in exactly the same boat as this year. A huge reliance on one player to kick goals regularly.

Our midfield actually demands we use Martin and Bolton in the midfield  most of the time for much needed pace and class along With just about the only prolific  big inside ball winner we have in Taranto.

A lot of people blaming poor delivery inside 50 for our woes and while it can be better the real issue are those inside 50 who are not natural fwds knowing where and when to go to make it easy for the mids delivering inside 50.

I actually think if we did not recruit Taranto last year we would have gone very close a spoon this year but that is  another topic altogether.

[Francois Jackson]

No claw its the same topic. Without TT we are bottom 2 next year. Imagine an injury to he and a few more to dusty.

Said it many times but the older players are just making up the numbers now till they finish up. We need to find replacements and fast.

[tdy]

Ok this is going to sound heretical but I don't think it's the list that matters so much. I actually think it's coaching. I think it's what the coaches can get out of your existing list that matters. Of course you do need some talent in the list but all the lists have some talent. The coaches must maximise the results from the players. I hope Yze is relentlessly positive in his outlook, like Fly, and not one of those horrible negative people like Mark Neeld.

I'll give you judgement on Yze once I hear him speak.

[one-eyed]

List analysis: Which club has the most goalkicking firepower?

By Dejan Kalinic
afl.com.au
17 December 2023



Most goals: Tom Lynch (456)

Players with 100-plus career goals: 4 (Tom Lynch, Dustin Martin, Shai Bolton, Daniel Rioli)

Players with 50-plus goal seasons: 1 (Tom Lynch - 3 times)

Leading goalkicker in 2023: Jack Riewoldt (32)

Average goals kicked in 2023: 11.5 (equal 13th most)

Players with 20-plus goals in 2023: 3 (Jack Riewoldt, Shai Bolton, Dustin Martin)


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                                                                                       No. of players with
                                                                                      100-plus career goals
Collingwood                                                                              9
Brisbane, Melbourne                                                                  8
Geelong, Greater Western Sydney                                               6
Carlton, Essendon, Gold Coast, Port Adelaide, St Kilda, Sydney   5
Hawthorn, Richmond, West Coast, Western Bulldogs                     4
Adelaide, Fremantle, North Melbourne                                         3
    
                                                                                    No. of players who have
                                                                               kicked 50-plus goals in a season
Essendon, Geelong, Hawthorn, Melbourne                            3
Brisbane, Carlton, West Coast                                             2
Adelaide, Greater Western Sydney, North Melbourne,
Richmond, St Kilda, Western Bulldogs                                  1
Collingwood, Fremantle, Gold Coast, Port Adelaide, Sydney   0
    
                                                                                No. of players who kicked
                                                                                   20-plus goals in 2023
Brisbane, Sydney                                                                      7
Adelaide, Melbourne, Port Adelaide                                             6
Collingwood, Fremantle, Geelong, St Kilda                                   5
Carlton, Gold Coast, Greater Western Sydney, Western Bulldogs   4
Essendon, North Melbourne, Richmond                                        3
Hawthorn, West Coast                                                                2

                                 Average goals kicked in 2023
Adelaide                             13.9
Brisbane                             13.8
Collingwood, Geelong           13.3
Port Adelaide                       13.2
Melbourne, Sydney              12.8
Greater Western Sydney      12.7
Western Bulldogs                12.0
Carlton, Fremantle              11.8
Essendon                           11.6
Gold Coast, Richmond         11.5
St Kilda                              11.3
Hawthorn, North Melbourne 10.6
West Coast                          8.9

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1070544/list-analysis-which-club-has-the-most-goalkicking-firepower