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Once again, the response to our DIY player ratings for the Wallabies was overwhelming, with just under 1000 entries.
Really good work Roarers, and thanks for getting involved in the process. Makes it an easy decision for me about whether we keep going with it.
That said, we do have a troll. This has only been going for two weeks and I had to delete around 50 entries which were just purely 1s. I do feel sorry for that person who did that. A lot of time wasted not to be counted in the vote. Deleting rows in excel is much easier than entering them in via forms…
Anyway!
This week, we had something of a revamped Wallabies team take on the Pumas, who struggled to make an impact in attack.
The Wallabies were good, if not great, but finished off the game with lots of class, which saw the scoreline blow out to 34-9.
Here are our ratings, mean and mode, for the Wallabies.
The Roar‘s Wallabies player ratings by average:
1. James Slipper – 4.5
2. Stephen Moore – 6.7
3. Greg Holmes – 5.7
4. Will Skelton – 5.8
5. Rob Simmons – 6
6. Scott Fardy – 5.8
7. David Pocock – 8.3
8. Ben McCalman – 6.5
9. Nick Phipps – 6.5
10. Bernard Foley – 5.4
11. Joe Tomane – 6.4
12. Matt Toomua – 5.4
13. Tevita Kuridrani – 6.6
14. Adam Ashley-Cooper – 6.4
15. Israel Folau – 7.8
Reserves:
16. Tatafu Polota-Nau – 6.2
17. Scott Sio – 6.7
18. Sekope Kepu – 6.3
19. Dean Mumm – 6.9
20. Michael Hooper – 6.7
21. Nic White – 5
22. Quade Cooper – 4.4
23. Kurtley Beale – 6.1
The Roar‘s Wallabies player ratings by most selected option:
1. James Slipper – 4
2. Stephen Moore – 7
3. Greg Holmes – 6
4. Will Skelton – 6
5. Rob Simmons – 6
6. Scott Fardy – 6
7. David Pocock – 9
8. Ben McCalman – 7
9. Nick Phipps – 7
10. Bernard Foley – 6
11. Joe Tomane – 6
12. Matt Toomua – 5
13. Tevita Kuridrani – 6
14. Adam Ashley-Cooper – 7
15. Israel Folau – 8
Reserves:
16. Tatafu Polota-Nau – 7
17. Scott Sio – 7
18. Sekope Kepu – 6
19. Dean Mumm – 7
20. Michael Hooper – 7
21. Nic White – 5
22. Quade Cooper – 5
23. Kurtley Beale – 6
Mode mode
My observation, just based on my opinion after watching the game, is that our average tends to be on the low side, while our mode is pretty much on the money, though even that might be a little low.
Fox example, Quade Cooper had a 5 on his mode score, which I think is pretty fair compared to his mean of 4.4.
Ben McCalman’s mode score was 7, while his mean was 6.5. I think those are both better reflections of the games those two played. I’m happy to be disagreed with, of course.
The point is, we aren’t the most generous of scorers, but that’s what makes this interesting. I don’t look forward to the ratings when we lose though…
The one of the week:
Aside from those who thought it was funny to add in heaps of ones, others did decide to dish out the ones also.
The award for the most ones this week goes to, surprise surprise, Quade Cooper, with around 45 legitimate people giving him ones.
Still rather high, you’d say. He really wasn’t a negative on the team. Or was he? I know I’m straying outside my job description, but it seems harsh.
Perfect 10:
David Pocock!
It’s no surprise that the highest-scoring player gets the most tens, with a total of 55 for his performance. People really like the way David Pocock plays!
Israel Folau was second, with 24 tens. Guess who was third? Of course it was – Quade Cooper had 19 tens.
Geez…
Anyway Roarers, what do you make of the data?
I’ll remind everyone of my suggested ratings list.
1. Had he not played, the team would have been better off. Negatively affected the performance of the side. May God have mercy on his soul.
2. Anonymous. Was he even there?
3. Did some things that you expect a player to be able to do, but did a whole bunch of other things that sucked.
4. Was passable in patches, but not up to standard in a squad of such depth.
5. Performed his role without anything really noticeable happening.
6. Good
7. Pretty good, actually
8. Very good
9. Excellent
10. Might as well have been John Eales
Looking forward to two weeks time, and our next instalment of DIY player ratings (because we at The Roar are just too lazy to do it for you).
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