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Journey Man
With goal kicking such a problem at the club this year, I thought I'd do some research and find a list of Manly's goal kickers who have kicked at least 10 goals for the club since records of both successful kicks and kick attempts have been kept (roughly 1986).
Starting from 1986 and going through until 2015, the list is (Note: Only goals kicked/attempted for Manly shown, not full career stats):
Mal Cochrane - 152 / 231 (65.80%)
Michael O'Connor - 180 / 270 (66.67%)
Ian Gately - 10 / 12 (83.33%)
Matthew Ridge - 477 / 599 (79.63%)
Ivan Cleary - 50 / 71 (70.42%)
Shannon Nevin - 52 / 83 (62.65%)
Craig innes - 11 / 17 (64.71%)
Craig Field - 44 / 86 (51.16%)
Luke Phillips - 50 / 83 (60.24%)
Adam Brown - 38 / 52 (73.08%)
Brendon Reeves - 14 / 24 (58.33%)
Ben Walker - 59 / 76 (77.63%)
Luke Williamson - 40 / 57 (70.18%)
Andrew Walker - 80 / 103 (77.67%)
Michael Witt - 62 / 78 (79.49%)
Travis Burns - 17 / 22 (77.27%)
Steve Matai - 21 / 36 (58.33%)
Matt Orford - 242 / 338 (71.60%)
Jamie Lyon - 441 / 597 (73.87%)
Daly Cherry-Evans - 28 / 50 (56.00%)
Clearly our best ever kicker has been Matthew Ridge, even if you count other kickers from before the kicks/attempts records were kept such as Graham Eadie, Bob Batty, Ron Willey and Ron Rowles. Our worst was Craig Field (he should be in gaol just for impersonating a first grade goal kicker, or player for that matter, let alone what else he's done. What was Bozo thinking when he signed him???).
From memory, Mal Cochrane and Ian Gately the only ones on the list who kicked in the older toe poke style.
Killer has actually kicked 6/6 this year, but he's injured now. Our backup kickers, DCE and Skivy have combined to kick 0/4 so far this year. And with Killer injured, even if he does play he probably won't be able to kick with a suspect groin, one or both need to improve dramatically or we are going to lose more games.
Starting from 1986 and going through until 2015, the list is (Note: Only goals kicked/attempted for Manly shown, not full career stats):
Mal Cochrane - 152 / 231 (65.80%)
Michael O'Connor - 180 / 270 (66.67%)
Ian Gately - 10 / 12 (83.33%)
Matthew Ridge - 477 / 599 (79.63%)
Ivan Cleary - 50 / 71 (70.42%)
Shannon Nevin - 52 / 83 (62.65%)
Craig innes - 11 / 17 (64.71%)
Craig Field - 44 / 86 (51.16%)
Luke Phillips - 50 / 83 (60.24%)
Adam Brown - 38 / 52 (73.08%)
Brendon Reeves - 14 / 24 (58.33%)
Ben Walker - 59 / 76 (77.63%)
Luke Williamson - 40 / 57 (70.18%)
Andrew Walker - 80 / 103 (77.67%)
Michael Witt - 62 / 78 (79.49%)
Travis Burns - 17 / 22 (77.27%)
Steve Matai - 21 / 36 (58.33%)
Matt Orford - 242 / 338 (71.60%)
Jamie Lyon - 441 / 597 (73.87%)
Daly Cherry-Evans - 28 / 50 (56.00%)
Clearly our best ever kicker has been Matthew Ridge, even if you count other kickers from before the kicks/attempts records were kept such as Graham Eadie, Bob Batty, Ron Willey and Ron Rowles. Our worst was Craig Field (he should be in gaol just for impersonating a first grade goal kicker, or player for that matter, let alone what else he's done. What was Bozo thinking when he signed him???).
From memory, Mal Cochrane and Ian Gately the only ones on the list who kicked in the older toe poke style.
Killer has actually kicked 6/6 this year, but he's injured now. Our backup kickers, DCE and Skivy have combined to kick 0/4 so far this year. And with Killer injured, even if he does play he probably won't be able to kick with a suspect groin, one or both need to improve dramatically or we are going to lose more games.