Cats backing Kersten as their 'Gunston factor'

[Ricochet]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-10-14/kersten-the-geelong-gunston-factor

GEELONG has earmarked young forward Shane Kersten to play a Jack Gunston type role in the club's new-look attacking set-up next season.

[JBs-Hawks]

Theres only one Jacky Gunston!

[Mailman the 2nd]

Considering Gunston got two hide behind two massive forwards and Kersten only has an injured Hawkins now I wouldn't be so sure

[JBs-Hawks]

Lets not kid around now,  Gunny had two massive forwards hiding behind him!

[CrowsFan]

Nice to see they are earmarking him for a spot next year. Certainly deserves a go since he dominates at VFL level!

[tbagrocks]

Theres only one Jacky Gunston!

True, most aren't so soft they need their mummies after two years ;)

[Ziplock]

Theres only one Jacky Gunston!

True, most aren't so soft they need their mummies after two years ;)

haha, he's being played to pay football, not carry the crows.

when it comes down to it, pretty sure he kicked more goals than adelaides top two goal scorers combined :P

#beast

[My Chumps]

Theres only one Jacky Gunston!

True, most aren't so soft they need their mummies after two years ;)

Hahaha, quality call Teabs.

[silloc]

Nice to see they are earmarking him for a spot next year. Certainly deserves a go since he dominates at VFL level!

When you say dominated, what were his stats?

[CrowsFan]

Nice to see they are earmarking him for a spot next year. Certainly deserves a go since he dominates at VFL level!

When you say dominated, what were his stats?

41 goals, 11 behinds from just 13 games (average 3.15 goals a game). Placed him 6th for goals scored in the VFL, but the top 5 all played a minimum of 18 goals. Was held goalless just once.

Other stats were - average of 7.4 kicks, 3.2 handballs, 3.6 marks, 1.6 tackles and 63.3 DT per game.

Yeah his other stats weren't amazing, but playing as a key forward you can't expect much, and he had a couple of games where he went missing completely (not sure if due to early injury or not). But if they play him in the Gunston role he will get up the ground more and pick up more touches. :)

[Ziplock]

so nearly half his kicks were goals :P

[silloc]

Nice to see they are earmarking him for a spot next year. Certainly deserves a go since he dominates at VFL level!

When you say dominated, what were his stats?

41 goals, 11 behinds from just 13 games (average 3.15 goals a game). Placed him 6th for goals scored in the VFL, but the top 5 all played a minimum of 18 goals. Was held goalless just once.

Other stats were - average of 7.4 kicks, 3.2 handballs, 3.6 marks, 1.6 tackles and 63.3 DT per game.

Yeah his other stats weren't amazing, but playing as a key forward you can't expect much, and he had a couple of games where he went missing completely (not sure if due to early injury or not). But if they play him in the Gunston role he will get up the ground more and pick up more touches. :)

Ty, Well i'd have anyone before Hawkins.

Out of curiosity where do you get those stats from?

[silloc]

oh and FYI daniher got 2 more scoring shots off one less game, kid just needs to work on his accuracy 29.25. 41.11 is stupid accurate

[CrowsFan]

Nice to see they are earmarking him for a spot next year. Certainly deserves a go since he dominates at VFL level!

When you say dominated, what were his stats?

41 goals, 11 behinds from just 13 games (average 3.15 goals a game). Placed him 6th for goals scored in the VFL, but the top 5 all played a minimum of 18 goals. Was held goalless just once.

Other stats were - average of 7.4 kicks, 3.2 handballs, 3.6 marks, 1.6 tackles and 63.3 DT per game.

Yeah his other stats weren't amazing, but playing as a key forward you can't expect much, and he had a couple of games where he went missing completely (not sure if due to early injury or not). But if they play him in the Gunston role he will get up the ground more and pick up more touches. :)

Ty, Well i'd have anyone before Hawkins.

Out of curiosity where do you get those stats from?

http://www.sportingpulse.com/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&round=-1&client=1-118-0-253880-0&pool=1#
You can then view the stats for any of the rounds, or select the specific team and go to their player list to get individual stats for a plyer, e.g Kersten's stat page is here - http://www.sportingpulse.com/team_info.cgi?action=PSTATS&client=1-118-10583-253880-18717703&pID=194408933&pname=Shane%20Kersten&news_task=DETAIL

Yeah 41.11 is crazy accurate, scoring a goal from 78.8% of his scoring shots! To compare that to the top 5 goal scorers in the AFL:
Roughy scored a goal with 67.9% of his scoring shots
Cloke - 57.1%
Cameron - 69.7%
Kennedy - 72.3%
Franklin - 61.9%

So better than all of them, but obviously not as much pressure trying to score in the VFL.

[silloc]

Sick, how'd you know his DT stats but?