Scoring Anomalies – Round 3

Written by The Salamander on April 10 2019

Most of the time, 29 disposals (17 contested), 388 metres gained, 8 clearances, and 4 tackles would net you a pretty handy score. I can only assume that it’s the 66 percent DE (which isn’t that terrible, especially with such a high CP percentage) and 5 clangers which held Clayton Oliver back to 95 points on Friday night. It’s not a huge discrepancy, but from looking at the stats sheet, I can’t help but feel that Oliver might have been short-changed by around 10 or 15 points on the weekend.

Speaking of being short-changed, one can’t help but think that 21 disposals (10 contested) at a very impressive 86 percent DE, 6 tackles, and 5 clearances, along with completely nullifying Dustin Martin, should have earned Matt De Boer a tad more than 71 points on Saturday.

Meanwhile, in the same match, Sydney Stack racked up 108 points for 17 disposals (6 contested) at 82 percent DE, no clearances, 3 tackles, and a goal, which does seem a little high. Still, those who watched the game seemed to be very impressed with the young man, so perhaps Champion Data awarded him points for some stats we don’t have access to?

Matt Parker is getting good at this – two Scoring Anomalies appearances in a row! In round 2, he had 11 disposals (4 contested), along with 3 marks, and 5 tackles for 89 points; in round 3, he had a very similar 11 disposal (4 contested), 2 mark, and 4 tackle game, for just 47 points. He did have 2 clangers and 0 clearances on the weekend (these stats were reversed the previous week), and his disposal efficiency was down from 91 percent in round 2 to (a still pretty solid) 73 percent in round 3; even so, the dropoff in points does seem a bit sharper than you would normally expect. Perhaps Champion Data further penalized him only gaining half as much metreage as the week before (83 compared to 168)? Or perhaps it was due to him only having 2 score involvements compared to the previous week’s 5.

For our final scoring anomaly of the week, I thought I’d shed some light on Jaeger O’Meara’s 31 disposal (11 contested), 12 tackle, 9 clearance game only being awarded 86 points. At 65 percent, his disposal efficiency wasn’t awful, but a whopping 11 clangers brought his score right down. This could have been a huge score, had he just kicked the ball to his teammates instead of the opposition. It’s the second week in a row his score has been brought down this way; if he could iron this out of his game, he would elevate himself to premium status very quickly.

Did any scores seem strange to you on the weekend? Let us know in the comments below.

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11 thoughts on “Scoring Anomalies – Round 3”

  1. Great stuff Sal. Watched Matty Parker on the weekend. His DE didn’t look as high as 70% to me. A bit headless in incessant and frantic traffic/pressure. Might have expected a couple more points, but owners shouldn’t be too pessimistic. Think mid-70s is realistic from hereon.

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  2. Macrae…how he racked up 139points is amazing. Heard his named called twice in the first half. Libba was everywhere and only scored xtra 11 points. Also Won heaps of contested ball at the breakdown.

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    1. Macrae is like Lloyd in that aspect. Never see him, never hear him, but when you check the stats, they’re somehow on 40 possessions. Regardless, they’re both SC gold and must-haves this year!

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    2. Funny you should mention Macrae… I was seriously considering throwing him this week. Not necessarily because he didn’t deserve his points as such, but more the fact that Liberatore had very similar stats (including virtually identical DE and clanger figures), plus twice as many clearances, over 50 percent more contested possessions, and over a third more metres gained, and, for all this, only scored 11 (!) extra points.

      In hindsight, I probably should have thrown this one in. Oh well. It’s here in the comments now. 😉

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  3. Always interesting to see some scoring anomalies in players. Makes me always wonder how certain players score so well/bad in certain situations. Would have thought someone like Lloyd would be held back due to his uncontested game and cheap possessions.
    Will never understand the true scoring system, but it won’t surprise me when I see one of my pods in here next week. This will be because the Salamander will be wondering how he lost to me in Beat the Salamander. Will be coming up with excuses and scoring anomalies 😉
    Best of luck!

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    1. Bringing Lloyd in this week purely because he’s playing Melbourne. Their forward entries are terrible and he may well break the all-time intercept record. He’ll score 100 from intercepting Petracca’s wayward bombs alone.

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      1. Lloyd doesn’t intercept, only had 8 in 3 games – Aliir and Mills should get a fair few, averaging 7 a game each at the moment.

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        1. Yeah, more likely he’ll get fed the ball by those who’ve just taken intercept marks. Will be slapping the VC on him.

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  4. Whats everyone think about the Big O from Brisbane. Hes scoring mids 80’s no matter what he does.

    Rd1 – 84sc – 2k, 4hb, 0m, 0tkl, 1fa, 18ho, 0g, 0b.
    Rd2 – 87sc – 6k, 10hb, 6m, 1tkl, 1fa, 13ho, 2g, 1b.
    Rd3 – 86sc – 2k, 8hb, 4m, 2tkl, 1fa, 15ho, 1g, 0b.

    Must be HO to adv for sure.

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