West Coast (first quarter), Melbourne (fourth) and Gold Coast (second and third) all went goalless in at least one term at the weekend.
As a Friday Night prime time match, the game was a fizzer. The consensus being that the parochial home support is ultimately what has given the Eagles an edge at home. In fact its dimensions of 165 m x 130 m represent almost the boundary point between short & wide and long & narrow football grounds.
It was the day he and Cyril Rioli sprinted along the MCG wing and into footy folklore. But as Ellis suggested, some of the numbers reflect player improvement and list demographics as much as ground characteristics. How can the same group of players decline so quickly? "Optus Stadium is currently a bit of an anomaly, in that we just say it can only have half capacity, which is 30,000 people," Mr McGowan said.
"If it went to the 2-square-metre rule then it could have 36,000 people or so.
The Eagles have won just six of 24 matches at the home of football across the past decade, although one of those came this year over Carlton in round five – albeit somewhat unconvincingly. Sunday Afternoon, 20th May 2018 at Optus Stadium. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Since the start of 2016, the Eagles have won 66.7% of all their matches on long & narrow grounds, with their wins coming against quality opposition in Adelaide, Port Adelaide and GWS. The Demons also won inside 50s, clearances, contested possessions, tackles and hit-outs that day, earning the dishonour of being only the ninth side in 78 games to go down in that scenario. Simpson said playing regularly at Optus Stadium had helped the team get used to playing on wider grounds, while the Lathlain development was a smart investment. Entering the 2018 season, Champion Data had de-rated the Eagles to the 12th best list in the league. In Round 4 of the 2016 season, the West Coast Eagles gave Richmond an absolute spanking. As prime examples, both the Bulldogs and the Tigers seemingly turned mediocre lists into premiership winning teams in rapid time and suddenly they were praised for their depth of talent.
Collingwood's list manager Ned Guy talks to Fox Footy after the Trade Period. The WA government may raise the number of fans allowed at Optus Stadium to 36,000. “Playing at home (at Subiaco) had so many advantages of a skinny, long ground that you couldn’t help but flip into that mode a little bit. That was ruled out because of the need to play cricket at the multi-purpose venue. All that sort of stuff is gone now.”. Subiaco has been reconfigured to near Optus Stadium dimensions, with the goalposts brought in at each end and the boundary line pushed up close to the fence on the wings to create a shorter, fatter ground. While bittersweet, the Eagles passed that test with flying colours after defeating the Magpies by 35 points, despite losing star ruckman Nic Naitanui to another knee injury before half-time.
"Playing on a wider ground allows players to practice the game style that will transfer to the MCG," Ellis told AFL.com.au. In fact its dimensions of 165 m x 130 m represent almost the boundary point between short & wide and long & narrow football grounds.
So with Optus Stadium still relatively new to the Eagles, this weeks match represents as close we can get to a match on neutral territory between the two teams (home crowd notwithstanding). Field of play dimensions will be 165m along the east-west axis and 130m on the north-south axis.
“We trained there pre-season, we feel more comfortable on the bigger ovals.
Throw in the more youthful and quicker nature of West Coast's list, minus the likes of retired Brownlow medallists Matt Priddis and Sam Mitchell, and it's almost a perfect storm.
Pellentesque ornare sem lacinia quam venenatis vestibulum. It was the day he and Cyril Rioli sprinted along the MCG wing and into footy folklore. It is even closer to Etihad Stadium, which measures 160m by 129m. July 15 was the pivotal day of West Coast’s campaign.
Simpson said playing regularly at Optus Stadium had helped the team get used to playing on wider grounds, while the Lathlain development was a smart investment.
The final 68-point winning margin undersold the level of Eagles dominance. All that sort of stuff is gone now.”. "As good a champions as Priddis and Mitchell were in the midfield, replacing their ageing legs with younger players and more leg speed has allowed West Coast to spread out and create more overlap and run and options through the corridor.". Defender Lewis Jetta, who was part of Sydney’s triumph over Hawthorn in 2012, is the only Eagle to have experienced winning an AFL premiership. Quite simply, the Tigers game plan wasn’t working and the Eagles made them pay.
It was a marked improvement on last season when the Eagles had a 3-7 away record. Yet unlike Subi, the Optus Stadium dimensions (165m x 130m) are almost identical to both major Melbourne venues — Etihad Stadium and MCG (both 160m x 129m) — especially in width. In contrast, West Coast’s senior players all have losing MCG records across their careers. "You feel like you're running on the top of the ground and it's often hard to slow yourself down with the ball movement, because the ball's going to bounce up to you.". PREMIERSHIP contender West Coast may finally have the cure to its giant MCG headache. Yet unlike Subi, the Optus Stadium dimensions (165m x 130m) are almost identical to both major Melbourne venues — Etihad Stadium and MCG (both 160m x 129m) — especially in width. Forward Liam Ryan has never played at the MCG, Daniel Venables just once and Willie Rioli and Tom Cole just twice each. Melbourne seems to be doing so much right this year in the stats that matter, but ultimately only one truly matters – the scoreboard. There are negligible differences in kicks (particularly long ones), uncontested possessions, contested marks, inside 50s, stoppage numbers, disposal efficiency, free kicks and scoring. The Eagles have a 5-6 record at the MCG under Simpson, but have not won a final there since the thrilling 2006 decider against Sydney. Simpson told Fox Footy’s On The Couch he, originally, favoured having Subiaco Oval-like dimensions at Burswood — but his attitude had quickly flipped. Within 8 weeks, the perception of the club from the wider football public has changed drastically.
Figure-2: West Coast’s record on Long & Narrow Grounds. So what affect does Optus Stadium have on the contest? Rather than study their playing lists, what the Bulldogs and Tigers have really taught us, is that a confident well-coached playing group is ultimately what brings on-field success to a club. Forward Liam Ryan has never played at the MCG, Daniel Venables just once and Willie Rioli and Tom Cole just twice each. Optus Stadium - 165m - 130m. West Coast’s third training venue is the new stadium itself, which they aim to get on at least once in the lead-up to all home games. And as for the Eagles, within that same period their premiership window was considered to have closed and a re-build was now required.
And so it is, that West Coast has waved off the doomsayers and has 7 wins on the board after 8 rounds. (2016). Champion Data Pty Ltd. Cras mattis consectetur purus sit amet fermentum. They were just the 12th team to lose with 20 or more inside 50s out of 133 tries since 2015 against Geelong in round one. At 165m long and 130m wide, Optus Stadium is 10m shorter and 8m wider than Subiaco Oval, and is closer in dimension to most other grounds, including the MCG. At 165m long and 130m wide, Optus Stadium is 10m shorter and 8m wider than Subiaco Oval, and is closer in dimension to most other grounds, including the MCG. Since then, West Coast have played four MCG finals for four losses. It was a marked improvement on last season when the Eagles had a 3-7 away record. From four visits to the two Melbourne venues this season, the Eagles boast a perfect record. Figure-3 presents a comparison of the dimensions of Subiaco (Domain Stadium), Optus Stadium and the MCG. That was ruled out because of the need to play cricket at the multi-purpose venue. "The ground is rock hard and from my experience of playing on a hard ground it generally means the speed of the game goes up five, six, seven per cent," he said. The four states in the running for the showpiece event will make pitches to the AFL this week. However, the truth is potentially not so simple. "The Optus Stadium dimensions will help, but more so the (increased) ability of the players to cover the ground will make it much easier come their time on the MCG. Inevitably, the concept of rating a playing list is intrinsically linked with on-field performance. Optus Stadium represents the perfect middle ground between the dimensions of Subiaco and the MCG.
From 2019, fans will no longer be able to subscribe to AFL Live Pass through the AFL website. The main contrasts are teams tend to handball more often at the MCG – it was the opposite at Subiaco – and the kick-to-handball ratio is higher at Optus Stadium.
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