Melbourne leave the field after the massive loss to Essendon. Source: Herald Sun
Cartoon by David 'Macca' McArthur. Source: Herald Sun
EVEN at first glance it blows the mind.
How does a football side have 190 fewer disposals, 44 fewer contested possessions and still lay 26 fewer tackles?
Hint: The answer comes in red and blue.
But the latest disastrous numbers to emerge from Melbourne's hellish Saturday night against Essendon tell only half the story.
A deeper examination of the 148-point humiliation reveals something far more alarming - the Demons applied the least amount of pressure of any side in a match for more than two years.
With plain, old tackle numbers not always a true reflection of a team's defensive intent, Champion Data created the pressure factor in 2011 to better gauge the average amount of pressure applied on opposition disposals.
With Essendon monopolising possession, Melbourne applied physical pressure just 64 times - the least in the competition.
Teenager Jack Viney, playing only his second game, was responsible for a team-high eight of the 64. Another kid, Jimmy Toumpas, had six. What does that say?
The Demons physically hit the Bombers only 13.9 per cent of the time - 4.2 per cent less than any other club and 15.6 per cent less than pressure maniacs Fremantle.
It was a cakewalk.
Jobe Watson, Brendon Goddard and co. strolled around for 229 "no pressure disposals" - 53 more than any other club for the round. Nearly half of Essendon's 452 possessions came under zero pressure.
Paul Roos, whose Sydney sides were renowned for defensive discipline, said he believed most Demons did not have the appetite to get their hands dirty.
"There's effort and there's maximum effort and I talked about this a lot with our players. I don't think any player goes out there and doesn't give effort, but what you don't see with Melbourne is maximum effort and that's what those stats show," Roos said.
"Maximum effort is working both ways. Players coming into the game now, the majority can find the ball and they know where to go to get it, but do they want to work and stop someone else from getting it?
"Not many want to do that initially. You have to teach them. Everyone wants to run and get the ball and it's fun and part of the game and it's what we loved as a kid, but the not-so-sexy part is tackling, spreading, running and picking someone up.
"I think Melbourne players give effort, but they don't give maximum effort.
Probably some of them don't have a clue what maximum effort is."
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