I had a dream that Cloke had improved his kicking

AN_Inkling · Joined: 06 Oct 2007

... then I woke up, and it was true!

Up to and including the 2010 season Cloke's goal kicking accuracy was a woeful 49.5% Shocked

Since 2010 he has been going at 59.1% a marked improvement.

Not up there with Shulz (67.4%), Gunston (66%), Hawkins (64.8%), Kennedy (63%), Pavlich (62%), Roughead (60.9%), Reiwoldt (60.7%), Tippett (60.7%), or T.Walker (60.4%) but better than Buddy (58%), S.Reid (56.6%), Casboult (55.8%) and Howe (55%)

He is still less accurate than most other major key forwards, but I don't think his kicking can any longer be fairly called terrible, just inconsistent.

* These figures are for overall goals and points not only set shots and do not include kicks that go out on the full.

Bob Sugar · Joined: 11 Feb 2010 Location: Benalla

Pitty he can't get the ball anymore.

makri · Joined: 29 Oct 2005 Location: Clifton Hill

"but he takes the best defender".....

didick · didick Joined: 17 Jun 2009 Location: Brisbane

mattys123 · Joined: 07 Jul 2009 Location: Narre Warren, VIC

Mugwump · Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Location: Between London and Melbourne

Thanks Inky, I always love your statistical work. If footy journalists were as thorough as you are, newspapers would be worth the cover price.

I guess the thing that kills us all is the frequency with which he sprays low degree-of-difficulty shots from 20m or less. It doesn't feel as though that has improved at all, but his shots from 50m or so are often very good. My hunch would be that this is the bit that's improved. As you noted, he's still a long way from the leading converters.

inxs88 · Joined: 17 Aug 2014

doesn't count for his out of bounds. Am sure that would stuff up his average!

piedys · Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 12:07 am

RudeBoy · Joined: 28 Nov 2005

swoop42 · Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 1:59 am

Haven't you learned your lesson Ink?

You mozzed us once already during the season with a thread now this.

Expect Cloke to kick 20 goals 40 behinds next year.

LOL.

E · Joined: 05 May 2010

i think the problem with cloke is not his overall efficiancy. i think his problem is the same as Sav Rocca's was. he can miss goals that he just shouldnt miss. And sadly, that undoes the fact that he kicks goals he has no business kicking - 50 metres from the boundary is basically his sweet spot.

I think that makes him seem A LOT worse than he actually is because those easy misses drive us insane (and from a team perspective have become momentum killers for us)!!!!!!

E · Joined: 05 May 2010

i think the problem with cloke is not his overall efficiancy. i think his problem is the same as Sav Rocca's was. he can miss goals that he just shouldnt miss. And sadly, that undoes the fact that he kicks goals he has no business kicking - 50 metres from the boundary is basically his sweet spot.

I think that makes him seem A LOT worse than he actually is because those easy misses drive us insane (and from a team perspective have become momentum killers for us)!!!!!!

think positive · Side By Side Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Location: somewhere

think positive · Side By Side Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Location: somewhere

qldmagpie67 · Joined: 18 Dec 2008

Take it too the bank now. Cloke will kick 100+ goals next year

*disclaimer it will be for the Mt Mee meat ants in the upper gallanganbah 5th division. Most teams struggle to field more than 12 players and scores generally are around 350 v 340. His 100 goals will come from 762 shots on goal and he will set a new league record for missing over 500 goals from less than 30m out.