What's A Stat?

[the big bang]

just wondering a few things about what's clasased as a stat and whats not?

1. does a smothered kick go down as a kick?

2. i know it's very unlikely (and by that i mean impossible!) to happen in a league thats good enough to keep stats, but what if the full back kicks a goal from a kick out? the stat sheet could read that he didnt get a kick, and have a goal beside his name?

3.same situation, when a FB kicks it out on the full or rolls over the line with no-one touching it, that would be classed as a clanger but not a disposal? so it would be possible for someone to have more clangers than disposals?

4. same principle, a player could have 13 free kicks for, but if a teamate played on being payed advantage,he could have 0 disposals?

5. if a ruckman takes the ball from a bounce/throw in, does that count as a hit-out?

as i said, i know some of them are unlikely, but what would happen?

[Dogwatcher]

I dunno the answers to those curly questions, but I do know stats people have a very tough and probably boring job.

I witnessed the AFL stats people working at the Showdown yesterday, and no footy banter for them.

Average conversation:

Surjan - short kick
Burgoyne - mark, long kick
Tredrea - mark. long kick. goal

Brogan - tap.
mcLeod - long kick, clearance
Burton - mark, short kick
Welsh - mark, goal

and on and on and on.

Imagine doing that throughout a game???

[carey18]

I dunno the answers to those curly questions, but I do know stats people have a very tough and probably boring job.

I witnessed the AFL stats people working at the Showdown yesterday, and no footy banter for them.

Average conversation:

Surjan - short kick
Burgoyne - mark, long kick
Tredrea - mark. long kick. goal

Brogan - tap.
mcLeod - long kick, clearance
Burton - mark, short kick
Welsh - mark, goal

and on and on and on.

Imagine doing that throughout a game???

Would of only heard that once dogwatcher?

[Dogwatcher]

very true.
his goal wasn't even from a long kick (was just an example).

[Hasbeen]

I dunno the answers to those curly questions, but I do know stats people have a very tough and probably boring job.

I witnessed the AFL stats people working at the Showdown yesterday, and no footy banter for them.

Average conversation:

Surjan - short kick
Burgoyne - mark, long kick
Tredrea - mark. long kick. goal

Brogan - tap.
mcLeod - long kick, clearance
Burton - mark, short kick
Welsh - mark, goal

and on and on and on.

Imagine doing that throughout a game???

Would of only heard that once dogwatcher?

You would have heard this too
McLeod short kick
Rutten mark, short kick
McLeod mark, short kick
Rutten mark, short kick
McLeod mark, short kick
Rutten mark, short kick, ball still in goalsquare

No wonder you were watching the stats guys.

[Dr Pink]

1. does a smothered kick go down as a kick? - Its a clanger = so not a stat
3.same situation, when a FB kicks it out on the full or rolls over the line with no-one touching it, that would be classed as a clanger but not a disposal? so it would be possible for someone to have more clangers than disposals? - Its a clanger again, kick in is not clasified as a stat.

4. same principle, a player could have 13 free kicks for, but if a teamate played on being payed advantage,he could have 0 disposals? correct, but he would have got Frees For!

5. if a ruckman takes the ball from a bounce/throw in, does that count as a hit-out? NO, but he if he kicks or handball that would count has a stat.