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[greatgatsby]

100 goals a game between them? thats incredible i dont think anyone will ever beat that

Historically, Hawthorn own this due to their champion full forwards. Their best (tall and small): 201

1977 - Peter HUDSON (110) and Leigh MATTHEWS (91)

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[CapitalA]

100 goals a game between them? thats incredible i dont think anyone will ever beat that

Not bad 2400 goals a year

 

[oldgoat]

Curnow and McKay:
2024 = 106
2023 = 110
2022 = 109

202/325 = 62.15% of them are Curnow.

That's the bar then.

 

[Minz]

This will come back to haunt you Brad.

Can we get Brad to say disparaging things about other players too? Say, Quinton Narkle, Nathan O’Driscoll, and Cooper Simpson?

 

[Bradesmaen]

This will come back to haunt you Brad.

Who is Brad?

 

[poshman]

Curnow and McKay will have it for a few years.

They have kicked over 100 goals a game between them the last 3 years I think.

Fair call - I think we will give it a shake this year.

If they kick 100 goals between them it will be peak excitement.

 

[Vintage]

Fair call - I think we will give it a shake this year.

If they kick 100 goals between them it will be peak excitement.

Better yet, 150 between those 2 and Bolton

 

[Minz]

Better yet, 150 between those 2 and Bolton

I really don’t think this is infeasible

 

[fnerd]

I really don’t think this is infeasible

200 once we add kozzie

 

[Mr Cheese]

I really don’t think this is infeasible

I'd have it as just shy of even chance. Nightmare matchup up front, can't double team anyone or someone else will have a field day.

 

[poshman]

I'd have it as just shy of even chance. Nightmare matchup up front, can't double team anyone or someone else will have a field day.

Agreed - I would be surprised if Bolton kicked less than 40. In fact I would be surprised if any of the three kicked less than 40 goals each. From there they only need to find another 1.5 goals a game between them. Not an easy feat but not implausible.

 

[DMan 11]

Gussage..

Grossage


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[Dockernut]

Here you go

Lol - we need to repost this on every platform whenever Josh tears it up. Gossage is a ****wit. How’s the: “out the door” quip as well. The guy is completely clueless about WA sport. A fair indictment for someone claiming to be a sports journo.

 

[oldgoat]

I'd have it as just shy of even chance. Nightmare matchup up front, can't double team anyone or someone else will have a field day.

They three exemplify "wicked problem" for the oppo.

 

[Boomer93]

his only weakness coming into this year was not holding his marks.

i mentioned it on here end of last year, and he read that, worked hard on it over the 23/24 summer, and we saw the result this year when his marks stick more often than not, even in heavy contests.

This year, I would like Amiss to work on his runup. He normally kicks through the ball with straight momentum leading to his historically high accuracy. This year, you can clearly see early when he is going to a miss as he pulls up when almost at the mark (whether too close or feeling too close) and momentum changes and the ball moves off high in a direction he pulls off to. So, dude give yourself a bit more length if you need it and just go back to kicking straight through the ball with your body following through behind it. He doesn't miss when he kicks like that.

Amiss has never kicked set shots with momentum.

He broke records in his under 18 years for his accuracy and was the second most accurate goal kicker in the league in that 40 goal season he had. All of this was done with his minimal momentum run up.

Amiss got the yips, confidence can hit anyone. Just because his goal kicking style is unorthodox it doesn't make it the reason for his yips.

Whether Amiss should try to change his run up is up for debate, but what isn't up for debate is that run up made him one of the most accurate goal kickers in the whole of Australia across his last 5 years of football before the most recent one.

 

[oldgoat]

Who is Brad?

A former associate of the Grossage?

 

[rgauci]

Amiss has never kicked set shots with momentum.

He broke records in his under 18 years for his accuracy and was the second most accurate goal kicker in the league in that 40 goal season he had. All of this was done with his minimal momentum run up.

Amiss got the yips, confidence can hit anyone. Just because his goal kicking style is unorthodox it doesn't make it the reason for his yips.

Whether Amiss should try to change his run up is up for debate, but what isn't up for debate is that run up made him one of the most accurate goal kickers in the whole of Australia across his last 5 years of football before the most recent one.

He needs two approaches. Inside 40 and outside 40. Absolutely nothing wrong with inside 40, outside 40 he skies the ball trying for extra distance.

 

[Quay Club]

Amiss has never kicked set shots with momentum.

He broke records in his under 18 years for his accuracy and was the second most accurate goal kicker in the league in that 40 goal season he had. All of this was done with his minimal momentum run up.

Amiss got the yips, confidence can hit anyone. Just because his goal kicking style is unorthodox it doesn't make it the reason for his yips.

Whether Amiss should try to change his run up is up for debate, but what isn't up for debate is that run up made him one of the most accurate goal kickers in the whole of Australia across his last 5 years of football before the most recent one.

I think he started to get too close to the man on the mark and looped it.

Hopefully he can get back to deadly accuracy again.

 

[theGav56]

Looking at Treacy's development curve, we can apply some systems thinking to project his trajectory. The key is understanding that player development typically follows an S-curve pattern - rapid acceleration followed by a period of stabilisation and refinement.

What makes Treacy's case particularly fascinating is that his 2024 numbers (42 goals from 19 games) suggest he's still in the acceleration phase of his development curve. If we extrapolate this trajectory while accounting for typical maturation patterns of key forwards, we might expect:

2025 Projection:

• Goal-kicking efficiency should continue to improve as his game sense develops
• A full season of 22-23 games could realistically yield 55-60 goals
• Marking numbers might stabilize around 7.5-8 per game as defences adjust
• Score involvements likely to increase as his connection with midfielders strengthens

2026 Projection:

• Entry into his physical prime (age 24) suggests potential for 65-70 goals across a full season
• Development of secondary skills (ground-level work, link-up play) could see disposal numbers push toward 13-14 per game
• Leadership aspects of his game likely to emerge, particularly in forward line organisation

The fascinating aspect here is that Treacy's development pattern breaks from traditional key forward archetypes. His rapid improvement in both marking and ground-level metrics suggests we might be seeing the emergence of a new prototype - a hybrid forward whose ceiling could be higher than conventional projections would suggest.

Love your work.

I get especially excited when factoring in that:

• Amiss and Jackson both have significant growth as forwards, which will help Treacy heaps. In the past, stop Pav/stop Fremantle had some validity, but not with this line up.
• Bolton will bring his own bag of tricks, but I think has a multiplier effect for all our smaller forwards.
• he also brings a seamless midfield rotation in his bag of tricks, and Young and Serong resting forward is a very good thing.

Longmuir has the weapons. No excuses.

 

[theGav56]

Gussage..

I'maf*ckwitnotasage

 

[ilikepotatoes]

He needs two approaches. Inside 40 and outside 40. Absolutely nothing wrong with inside 40, outside 40 he skies the ball trying for extra distance.

Spot on. But he's also not as accurate as we think he just tends to take good shots.

 

[wakojako]

Amiss has never kicked set shots with momentum.

He broke records in his under 18 years for his accuracy and was the second most accurate goal kicker in the league in that 40 goal season he had. All of this was done with his minimal momentum run up.

Amiss got the yips, confidence can hit anyone. Just because his goal kicking style is unorthodox it doesn't make it the reason for his yips.

Whether Amiss should try to change his run up is up for debate, but what isn't up for debate is that run up made him one of the most accurate goal kickers in the whole of Australia across his last 5 years of football before the most recent one.

He said he is making changes so idk if that will fk with accuracy or not.