Nick Riewoldt ge's bagged with his kicking. But I thought I would put this up, for all those haters, or those stupid commentators that bag his kicking. (PAV JUDD MAIN) (Stats from before this round) Nick Riewoldt = 14 goals (50% 2.0 This Week Lance Franklin= 35 goals (51% 4.2 This Week Adam Goodes = 14 goals (48% 0.4 This Week Dean Cox = 9 goals (47% 1.0 This Week Luke Hodge = 8 goals (47% 0.0 This Week Joel Selwood = 7 goals (47% 0.2 This Week Ryan O'Keefe = 5 goals (33% 1.0 This Week Matthew Pavlich= 6 goals (32% 3.1 This Week Lindsay Thomas= 10 goals (31% 2.2 This Week Chris Judd = 4 goals (29% 0.1 This Week And we thought these guys were good kicks? Aaron Davey = 4 goals (40% DNP This Week Daniel Rich = 9 goals (50% 1.1 This Week I'm not bagging out any of these players, because they are champion players, but I just think that it's unfair to Roo on his kicking, as there are just as good players out there with worse kicking. And I'm not disrespecting these players as I said before.
Sainter love the stats but a better snapshot would be a tally from the last 3 or 4 seasons, as reiwoldt has had the tag for a while not just this year! Dont get me wrong hes a champ but his kicking and grandfinal appearances will always be a black mark against his name.
Right about Juddy though. Awesome week in week out, but consistently lets himself down in front of goal. Missed another set shot this week, in the 1st Q when blues could have got off to a fast start. Hope it doesn't cost us the flag when he misses one in the dying minutes of the GF this year
Here's a couple from that list Nick Riewoldt 2009 78.47 (62% Lance Franklin 2009 67.46 (59% Chris Judd 2009 12.19 (38% Matthew Pavlich 2009 28.16 (63% Dean Cox 2009 8.7 (53% Luke Hodge 2009 10.5 (66% Adam Goodes 38.17 (69% Aaron Davey 2009 9.8 (52% Daniel Rich 2009 14.17 (45% Nick Riewoldt 2010 39.34 (53% (Hamstring inj) Lance Franklin 2010 64.42 (60% Chris Judd 2010 14.11 (56% Matthew Pavlich 61.35 (63% Dean Cox 10.9 (52% Luke Hodge 2010 15.12 (55% Adam Goodes 2010 44.41 (51% Aaron Davey 2010 8.9 (47% Daniel Rich 2010 6.14 (30% BOTH SEASONS PERCENTAGE Nick Riewoldt/117.81 (59% Lance Franklin/131.84(60% Chris Judd /26.30 (46% Matt Pavlich/ 89.51 (63% Dean Cox/ 18.16 (52% Luke Hodge/ 25.17 (59% Adam Goodes/ 82.58 (58% So on, have to go, post the rest tomorrow.
IMO. The guy's a superstar but he can't kick for goal. Throw any stat up that you want but my eyes don't lie. Those ones that he totally shanks from 45m that remain in the field of play don't appear in these stats. Out-on-the-full don't appear in these stats either. As a Pie supporter in comparison, Cloke's stats look much better this year - but I still don't reckon he can kick. (Despite his 6.1 today) If you watch the games, (I reckon) Cloke has kicked more goals inside 10-15m than anyone else in the competition. Stats lie. I repeat, the bloke (Roo) is a dead-set superstar. He gut runs, he's as courageous as anyone I've seen play the game (that mark against Sydney is the best I've seen), he has great hands, he's a brilliant clubman. Most importantly he plays the game in the spirit that all champions should aspire to. But he can't kick for goal.
Hey Sainter, are you seeing a professional about you Lenny issues? Roo's great buy Whips is right. You can defend the indefensible with damned lies and statistics.
whips has hit the nail on the head. Stats are not always correct. certainly when i see Roo lining it up i laugh everytime and expect a miss. sorry sainter he is a gun, no doubt in that, but he can not kick. He needs some tips of his cuz J roo i reckon he is unbeleivable in front of the big sticks
Definitely Roo is a crappy kick for goal and can't kick, the aim of this Forum was not to try and say that Roo is a good kick, it was to say that there are other players out there too that have woeful kicking, like Judd, another thing with Roo, is one week he kicks 3.0 the next he kicks 1.3, than he kicks 0.1, and so on, he's inconsistent in front of goals. St Kilda need to look for another key forward, someone like K.Tippett. Roo leads too far up the ground to be our only gun forward, Kosi just goes missing, it should work like this. Riewoldt marks up the ground 60-70m >>> kick to (e.g K.Tippett) >>> (e.g K.Tippett) marks 20-30m>>Kicks Goal Therefore Roo doesn't end up kicking into space in the pocket so Milne/Schneider can kick miracle goals every I50, just doesn't work. But on Friday Night I thought Roo's ball drop was getting better. I don't think he should get tips from Jack Riewoldt though, I say, get him down to Arden St to have a chat with Aaron Edwards
This year he is getting slammed more than in the past because he has a new kicking style which was meant to fix his already criticised old kicking style. The only problem is that when he now missing, he misses badly! Running 500m flat out to get the ball before having a shot for goal probably wouldn't help him either.
i dont think you can compare roo and buddy with judd hodge cox and co. Ones a key forward compared to a midfielder or ruck. You need to compare with the likes of a kennedy j brown and co. As the others aint really paid to kick goals as there primary job if they are in the possition to kick one well go right ahead but its usually tight under presure out a ruck contest compared to a lead up mark and a set shot for goal.
He misses set shots a champion of his ilk should get. Bit part of his game is needs to improve. I still think he should be moved onto a wing permanently to play the rest of his career out there a la Matthew Richardson. He has the tank to run anyone into the ground and it much more effective as a link up man passing it to fwds rather than having a shot at goal.