Cotchin vs Dangerfield (afc site)

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Us v Them: Dangerfield v Cotchin
Katrina Gill 
afc.com.au
August 15, 2014

The careers of Patrick Dangerfield and Trent Cotchin have followed a similar path.

As teenagers, the pair played against one another and also toured South Africa as part of the same AIS-AFL Academy. They were drafted in the same year (2007), Cotchin to Richmond at pick No.2 and Dangerfield to Adelaide at No.10, and have both played 120-odd AFL games.

On Saturday night, they’ll lead their teams into battle for the crucial clash at Adelaide Oval.

Although both influential midfielders, Dangerfield and Cotchin are very different players.

Dangerfield wins more of his ball in the contest, ranked second in the competition for contested possessions, third in hard-ball gets and fifth in clearances. Like his Crows counterpart, Cotchin can win the ball in close, but is also used by his teammates to link up the play and hit a target – ranked third in the AFL for kicks and 17th in handball receives.

Dangerfield, who often endeavours to release the ball with players hanging off him, has had a near-even split of kicks and handballs. Both players have a disposal efficiency below 65 per cent largely because of the pressure they’re put under by opposition teams.

It’s unlikely the star onballers will be allowed to go head-to-head on Saturday night, but if one is able to get on top it could go a long way towards his team winning the game. 

Statistical breakdown:

2014 Games
Dangerfield – 19
Cotchin – 19

Disposals
Dangerfield – 479 (20th overall)
Cotchin – 502 (ninth overall)

Kicks
Dangerfield – 234
Cotchin – 315 (third overall)

Handballs
Dangerfield – 245 (13th overall)
Cotchin – 187

Disposal Efficiency
Dangerfield – 61.2 per cent
Cotchin – 64.9 per cent

Contested Possessions
Dangerfield – 303 (second overall)
Cotchin – 205

Hardball Gets
Dangerfield – 131 (third overall)
Cotchin – 87 (12th overall)

Handball Receives
Dangerfield – 128
Cotchin – 198 (17th overall)

Clearances
Dangerfield – 120 (fifth overall)
Cotchin – 96

Metres Gained
Dangerfield – 7,270m (37th overall)
Cotchin – 7,198 (40th overall)

Inside 50m
Dangerfield – 86
Cotchin – 59

Tackles
Dangerfield – 63
Cotchin – 76

Goals
Dangerfield – 16
Cotchin – 17

Score assists
Dangerfield – 12
Cotchin – 18

http://www.afc.com.au/news/2014-08-15/us-v-them-dangerfield-v-cotchin

[tigs2011]

Cotchin > Dangerfield on those stats.

Interestingly whilst Danger has more inside 50's, Cotch has more goals and assists 

[Phil Mrakov]

Danger has bad disposal. and I thought Cotchy was bad

[bojangles17]

pffft, I wont even dignify the article with a response....stick to the bingo danger

[tony_montana]

for someone whose supposedly had an average season, those stats aren't too shabby

[bojangles17]

Cotch's last 4-6 have been close enough to his best form, prior to that he was labouring , possibly carrying a calf if you believed the track watchers

[Andyy]

Danger did SFA all night IMO.

Cotchin's last qtr was huge.

[tony_montana]

Cotch's last 4-6 have been close enough to his best form, prior to that he was labouring , possibly carrying a calf if you believed the track watchers

Yep back to his bast the past 6-7 weeks. Machine. Easy to Forget how good he can really be when he's at his best

[Hellenic Tiger]

Stood up when we fell behind in the last and was burrowing like a beaver to get the footy. Know pi$$y little kicks in his game now. Back to something that resembles his best.

[tigs2011]

Can't believe this was even a comparison.