Fiora kicked 0.5 for the match ...

[Oh When the Saints]

Really, this guy has developed into a very consistent player for us, and his 5 shots on goal showed that.

We really needed him to kick 2-3 of those, and 2-3 were VERY gettable.

X. Clarke 0.2
S. Birss 0.2

[Darren]

He would've been one of the best players today if he had not kicked all those behinds

[eppo67]

Agree if he could kick straight he he would easily be in our top 10 this year.

His set shot % must improve it is just not acceptable. In fact it is a disgrace and it better improve over the pre season.

[Saints Premiers 2008]

our kicking will improve over the pre-season

A sign of a quality team is to make the most of their chances

[Gilbert The Great]

X Clarke has a very poor kicking technique and something needs to be done about it. He consistently misses easy goals.

[st_Trav_ofWA]

its a sign of our poor fitness we are too stuffed to kick the ball properly

[evertonfc]

X Clarke has a very poor kicking technique and something needs to be done about it. He consistently misses easy goals.

Very true - but the kicking for goal technique of Milne is just as bad. He drops the ball from such a height, no wonder 2/3 of his shots either miss, fall short, go out of bounds or are compete mis-hits.

[aussierules0k]

[Otiman]

Looks to me like he caught the Carlton Tank-Flu.

[Saints-06-Premiers]

It's not as a bad return as Lance Franklin. There's a positive.

Someone mentioned Milne, while his technique isn't that great, he does manage to kick most of his shots.....could be somethign to do with his strange kicking action.

[mad saint guy]

Fiora has gradually been working bugs out of his game since he was drafted.

200-2001 he would duck his head and pull out of contests. You don't see that anymore.

2002-2004 he just struggled to get enough of the ball to consistently make an impact. He has lifted his disposal average from 10 to 15.

2006 his disposal was inconsistent and his defensive pressure not good enough. He is now usually very damaging with the footy and his defensive pressure is above the average for most outside midfielders

2007 he is struggling in front of goal. 12.19 isn't good enough. Hopefully in 2008 he can kick something like 20.12.

[hAyES]

Our midfielders shouldn't do anything but practice kicking for goal all summer. With Frase gone we need our midfielders to kick more goals.

I can just see this costing us matches next year.

[nicko016]

He's had a much improved year and for him it's just a good result to play all 22 games. Hopefully he can have a bit more gradual improvement next year and had he got rid off all those little isolated things like missed goals, bad turnovers and poor decisions he would have been a very good player this year.

[To the top]

As I said on "Fill the holes" thread, Fiora could be our half-forward goal kicker given attention to a couple of areas.

One I highlighted was goal kicking, and I said he needed to be a five kick, five goals player.

Well, he got the five kicks!

And that is a start!!

[evertonfc]

Fiora has gradually been working bugs out of his game since he was drafted.

200-2001 he would duck his head and pull out of contests. You don't see that anymore.

2002-2004 he just struggled to get enough of the ball to consistently make an impact. He has lifted his disposal average from 10 to 15.

2006 his disposal was inconsistent and his defensive pressure not good enough. He is now usually very damaging with the footy and his defensive pressure is above the average for most outside midfielders

2007 he is struggling in front of goal. 12.19 isn't good enough. Hopefully in 2008 he can kick something like 20.12.

To be fair, this is very true.

Each time he raises his game to a new level, he never gets there comfortably. For every hurdle he leaps, a new one pops up.

However, I've been pleased with his progress and if he can become a 25-goal midfielder next year, that would be a real tick for his progress.

[FullMonty]

IMO Fiora struggled a bit kicking for goal yesterday because it was against his old club.
To be fair to him, he has had a good year and normally would have been 3.2 or 2.3 from 5 shots.
Lets not bag a guy who has stepped up well at our club.

[The_Dud]

if he and X Clarke could kick straight, we'd be a much more damaging team

must be two of the worst kicks for goal in the league

[stinger]

if he and X Clarke could kick straight, we'd be a much more damaging team

must be two of the worst kicks for goal in the league

after this afternoons dees and scummers match, you can add fat boy to that list.......if he had kicked straight, it would have been all over red rover to the tanking argument.......

[casey scorp]

if he and X Clarke could kick straight, we'd be a much more damaging team

must be two of the worst kicks for goal in the league

Their kicking for goal can be improved, but a player who can't get the ball isn't all of a sudden going to becomea ball magnet.

So we are way in front - at least they get plenty of the ball.

[killa_gram]

That was a good chest mark he didn't take, which the Tiges rebounded for a goal at a crucial time.

[saint66au]

That was a good chest mark he didn't take, which the Tiges rebounded for a goal at a crucial time.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

When that happened, a fellow poster and I looked at each other and remarked "someone will come on the Forum and bag him for that". How right we were!!

Nice to see those blinkers are still welded on tight

Trust Thommo enjoyed his send off? Gutsy effort to make it and great of RL to let him. Was so obvious he wasnt anywhere near 100% and those who screamed for him to be playing if it was a live game must feel a bit silly now.

[killa_gram]

That was a good chest mark he didn't take, which the Tiges rebounded for a goal at a crucial time.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

When that happened, a fellow poster and I looked at each other and remarked "someone will come on the Forum and bag him for that". How right we were!!

Nice to see those blinkers are still welded on tight

Trust Thommo enjoyed his send off? Gutsy effort to make it and great of RL to let him. Was so obvious he wasnt anywhere near 100% and those who screamed for him to be playing if it was a live game must feel a bit silly now.

Lol, you know me couldn't miss an opportunity. Maybe next year I should cut him some slack?

The boys all ended up round at Rooey's house until the small hours of the morning.

[FullMonty]

Give the guy a break!
He would have been in our best players if he kicked 4.1
He's been far better this year and IMO the innacuracy at the weekend was due to playing his old club.
Probably trying tooooo hard.