Carlton v GWS Giants 20130601 @ Etihad Stadium from 1345 - hopefully with vision on #7mate from 1330

Some interesting numbers trying to find the balance between the two sides tomorrow afternoon:

Carlton				GWS Giants
team stats				team stats
2	Players over 30		-	2	Players over 30
1	Players under 20		-8	9	Players under 20
8	Players w/100+ games		7	1	Players w/100+ games
2	Players w/200+ games		2	-	Players w/200+ games
4	Players w/up to 10 games		-	4	Players w/up to 10 games
86.320	Average games		50.0283	36.2917	Average games
24.673	Average age		2.7414	21.9317	Average age

These are simply numbers that I generate every week to give some indication of the stronger team. You'll see them on my weekly summary of the game on Facey, Twitter, and Google+ after each match. 

1. Carlton only has one player under the age of 20 years, being Troy Menzel, but he may not even get a Guernsey, having been named as an emergency player (he may be used to replace an injured player as late as first-bounce)
2. Carlton has seven players with in excess of 100 games’ experience: two of them (Chris Judd and Heath Scotland) have more than 200 games’ experience- the most experienced player from GWS is Dean Brogan with 189 games, and he’ll be starting on the bench
3. On average, the current Carlton side (including the emergencies) has more than 50 games’ experience than the GWS side

The only balanced stats are older-players (two each over 30), younger players (4 each with 10 games’ experience or less) and age (Carlton averages 24y 9mo, GWS averages 21y 340days)

There is so much else tipping the scales without becoming Tom Waterhouse, but given Carlton’s recent performance with teams toward the bottom of the ladder (even while they were down there themselves earlier this year) it will be an interesting game! It should also be on FTA tele!!

peterg
31/5/13 15:43 AEST