AFL: The Brisbane Lions have battled against the Gold Coast Suns with a list of troops going down in the first half.
EPIC Daicos winner breaks Carlton hearts | 00:40Essendon sitting fifth after eight rounds, with a better record than Carlton, Collingwood, Port Adelaide , Brisbane and many others wasn’t exactly expected.Foxfooty.com.au
The games decided by a kick seem fair enough; expected score says the Saints should’ve won by three, the Pies should’ve won by 14 and the Eagles should’ve won by 10. Close games either way, determined by a few bad kicks for the loser or a few good kicks for the winner. But we’re also not saying the Bombers are bad; looking at pure win-loss results from expected score is useful, but it’s still binary. Should have won that close game or not? Well, the answer is always more complicated than just yes or no. Expected score just gives us more information to make a more informed decision on how we view that team going forward.And it’s not like they’re the only team who the stat helps us learn about.
Soligo on Thursday night took his breakout season to another level, winning the prestigious Showdown Medal in Adelaide’s 30-point win over Port Adelaide.The 21-year-old was in everything across all four quarters against Port and won some big contests — especially late — on his way to 28 disposals, 15 contested possessions, 10 tackles and six clearances.
“He’s had a massive impact on their clearance game since he’s been trusted with the keys to go in. They were in all sorts at the start of the year, they’d lost all their damage, all their flare from clearance. Now the results are back to where they were last year – and then the rest of their game becomes complimented by their ability to get their hands on the ball.
Power coach Ken Hinkley owned the “mistake” post-match, saying Rozee, who was subbed out in the third quarter, shouldn’t have played six days after his initial hamstring setback. “In the end, the first time you’ve done a hammy, he can’t know exactly how it’s going to operate and the coach is separate to it,” Buckley said on Fox Footy.
Buckley said the fact it was a Showdown “no doubt played a part,” adding Hinkley “probably took responsibility for his conditioning group”.“When you haven’t had a hammy before, you think you can carry it and you think you’re OK. You need advice from people who know better.”With an ageing list, Collingwood faces big calls on the future of several veterans.
Meanwhile Pendlebury is approaching 400 games and has an eye on Brent Harvey’s all-time record of 432 matches.
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