lamb22 said:
Are you kidding? 6 possessions. 50% DE. no clearances, we lose clearances 30 - 28, meanwhile his opponent gets 23 possessions and 4 clearances
Plus the comedy capers of him being useless in spoiling (note Lion's first goal) and his hilarious goal attempt.
How low do we really want to set the bar for this guy?
Just hilarious. Once again, you charge in with a response to my post to someone else, which was actually only about alternative players to Hampson, given he's under an injury cloud. I didn't even mention his name. Do you have some sort of PRE alert button that sounds Code Red when myself or someone else mentions Hammer? Are you like a death adder sitting idle and harmless on your PC until it sounds, before striking into lethal attack mode, with your keyboard fangs PRE-loaded with stats?
I can hardly be bothered because it's like attempting a dialogue with some cross between a data-fixated robot and a brick wall. Firstly, I wonder if you actually attend games and watch closely, but will assume you did rather than sit back and devour a telecast, replays etc. Anyway, it's hardly any use my trying to say anything to you because your mind is closed. However, Hammer's tap-work was often superb in that game. He often demonstrates why a team is best off with a top HO ruckman. There was a goal, think it was the 3rd Q (will have to go back to the replay and locate it for you exactly if you didn't notice it because I vividly remember seeing it live) which was a thing of beauty that Jack kicked and the Lions hardly saw, let alone touched, that started from one of his HOs. But just some additional points to inflame, ... I mean, amuse you:
- Commetti describing him as 'an unsung hero' during the radio coverage (dedicated to you I think)
- Robbo also saying his tapwork is elite in today's HUN. [Please don't trouble yourself to tell me you have no respect for these media people; nor do I necessarily. It's just other views distinct from mine. Plus they might have watched as much footy as you FWIW]
- Stef Martin is an impressive player that I respect, although about 5cm shorter that Hammer, almost weighs the same, and averaged 32.5 hit outs and 21 disposals from 20 matches in 2015. So he's a seriously good player, not the conventional tap giant, more you're all-rounder. However, you seemed to miss, despite your stats mastery, his 4 clangers to H.'s 1. Subtract those, that brings him down to below his 2015 average. Hammer's 4 marks included 2 contested too; Martin none! But Stef M does this most weeks to most opponents is the point.
- But if Martin was so great, and effective, how come he did not get included in his team's best? Not on the Lions website either, nor the Age, or HUN(?) Could it be that for all his disposals, Martin didn't really influence the game that much? Many wasted, turned over?
- Also, not one coach's vote, even from Leppa! What gives?
- Will not bother disputing the clearance issue with you any more; no-one can get through to you.
Edit: noticed your alert must be malfunctioning so came back to add a couple of points.
- You might have missed it because not a data matter, but Shaun stated re his injury that it should be ok because he had just stirred up an existing one, a problem with his medial ligament. Thus, he has been playing with that for quite a while. Not easy probably against a bull like SMartin. I noticed he worked his way back into it against Hammer by his sheer aggression; he just barged into H more and more until H started to fade as the game went on. Martin is a seriously vigorous unit. Furthermore, Hampson had no Griff for a chop-out; only your man TV. But finally TV started to actually contest at the CBs after initially trying his 'dodgehim' act. Think the runner might have been sent out.
- Also, re Hammer's goal attempt, as another poster stated, thought the back-heel was pretty smart actually; would have been a ripper goal. BTW, if you'd like a quick list of 10 absolutely shocking goal misses over the week's matches, just let me know. Just some from this game: Jack's first attempt, BEllis's second, Conca's dribble=miss from directly in front on his own. See e.g. Motlop's for cats.
- Overall H won the HOs comfortably, we won the game. BE HAPPY!
It's like a red-rag to a bull, I know, but I'm just replying.
