Re: Goal Kicking : Thu Sep 23, 2010 12:01 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

I have no idea, but over that many kicks, they would normally balance out. They are playing for the same team during those stats, so I'd bet they would even out.

The Dobson, Tickle, Sinfields of this world are still top of the stats where you would expect them to be.

Another thing this stat shows is that Paat Richards isn't even that hot with goalkicking. Mr Average.

But he's kicked far more than anyone else - he's missed nearly as many as Westwood has kicked for example, but does that make Westwood a better kicker?

Re: Goal Kicking : Thu Sep 23, 2010 12:07 pm  

We have had many different kickers throughout the season due to injuries. Richards has rarely missed any games for the pies and has kicked in all of them. he is bound to have kicked more goals than anyone and also probably missed more than anyone.

Re: Goal Kicking : Thu Sep 23, 2010 12:20 pm  

ExiledWool wrote:

But he's kicked far more than anyone else - he's missed nearly as many as Westwood has kicked for example, but does that make Westwood a better kicker?

Westwood has a better percentage. It does need a further analysis of which zone the kicks were taken from, but it's okay as an indication of relative ability. The obvious choices for the best kickers in SL like Dobson and Tickle etc are still at the top.

Re: Goal Kicking : Thu Sep 23, 2010 9:42 pm  

we have a lot of natural goal kickers at the club all seem to be outside backs,aswell...through the acadamy we have tom makinson who kicks then for fun and also adam barber

Re: Goal Kicking : Thu Sep 23, 2010 9:49 pm  

I don't think fosters goal kicking is is as good as he was billed.

He kicks the kicks that all kickers are expected to kick but is pretty avg with touchline kicks.

He's still IMO the best goal kicker at the club.

Re: Goal Kicking : Fri Sep 24, 2010 12:12 am  

St pete wrote:

I don't think fosters goal kicking is is as good as he was billed.

He kicks the kicks that all kickers are expected to kick but is pretty avg with touchline kicks.

He's still IMO the best goal kicker at the club.

He'll get better with experience. Longy was pretty good, but nothing more when he joined. After a few seasons, up until injuries started to take their toll and his confidence went, he was devastating.

Re: Goal Kicking : Fri Sep 24, 2010 12:24 pm  

Carlos Alberto wrote:

He'll get better with experience. Longy was pretty good, but nothing more when he joined. After a few seasons, up until injuries started to take their toll and his confidence went, he was devastating.

'99 Grand Final, from the touch line - no problem for schlong. It was starnge the way he "went off" the goal kicking when he was so good.

Re: Goal Kicking : Fri Sep 24, 2010 12:28 pm  

Was thinking about Saints goalkicking when discussing junior players the other day...

Widnes signed up Danny Craven who I believe you guy's let go at an earlier age? And he is an excseptional kicker (as well as a future star I must add). But then I understood why you let him go as have Eastmond, Wheeler, Lomax, Lee Gaskell, Ellis all coming through who can cover between 1/6/7 but then all of those are cracking kickers IIRC?

I wonder if this is something Saints work on with their young starlets especially in playkicking spots just to give them that added extra as they come through?

Re: Goal Kicking : Fri Sep 24, 2010 12:58 pm  

St pete wrote:

He kicks the kicks that all kickers are expected to kick but is pretty avg with touchline kicks.

He's still IMO the best goal kicker at the club.

It's a bit strange as when I first saw him at Widnes pre-season last year in a friendly he kicked 9 from 11 or something and some from both touchlines. Maybe he'll get better at the tricky ones over time like Hodgson/Tickle/Richards.

Re: Goal Kicking : Sat Sep 25, 2010 12:53 am  

I see my motivational thread worked okay tonight. I'll go away to pen my thread about Francis Meli's lack of length of the field hat tricks .