In case you assume Collingwood is bringing extra warmth than different groups, assume once more.However the Pies is perhaps doing one thing very totally different in how they measure strain in video games.Champion Knowledge analyst Daniel Hoyne busted the Pies strain fantasy on this week’s episode of Pure Footy.“Everybody says to us their strain is manic, it’s via the roof and it’s one thing we haven’t seen earlier than – it’s really not,” he mentioned.WATCH A NEW EPISODE OF PURE FOOTY ABOVE“Their strain utilized on the opposition ranks twelfth within the competitors, however what’s fascinating to notice is you possibly can’t lay a glove on them going again the opposite method, in order that they obtain the second-least quantity of strain within the competitors.“I simply surprise if the best way they measure strain is totally different to how nearly all of us measure strain.“Their strain differential is by far and away the very best within the competitors, and it is among the finest strain differentials we’ve seen by a membership at spherical 10 in a season.”North Melbourne champion David King mentioned Collingwood’s strain when it was utilized was elite to power essentially the most turnovers within the competitors between the 50m arcs.“As soon as they hit the primary handball they’re out and gone, then it turns into uncontested footy,” he mentioned.Of Champion Knowledge’s core 4 premiership pillars, the Pies rank first for clearances and post-clearance contest, third with the footy and sixth with out the footy.“That’s the explanation why you have to be excited if you happen to’re a Collingwood supporter,” Hoyne mentioned.“Come preliminary closing day, come grand closing day, you’ve acquired a number of modes in which you’ll be able to beat the opposition.”In one other massive episode, King and Hoyne clarify why Zak Butters is the subsequent Gary Ablett Jr and Melbourne isn’t getting the very best out of Max Gawn, Steele Sidebottom’s unimaginable worth to the Magpies and title the gamers with the most important distinction in efficiency between wins and losses. Initially printed as Pure Footy: Stats gurus David King and Daniel Hoyne on the massive traits forward of spherical 11
AFL 2023 Pure Footy: Stats show Collingwood’s unique pressure
