My issue with all this 100 point talk and on the topic of "winning ugly" is, I like seeing Freo win. Some of the most exciting and impressive footy I have seen in the last few years has been when Freo are on, and the intense pressure they put on the opposition simply suffocates them (eg. 2013 Prelim Final FR v SY). Freo only scored 99 points that night, but the whole AFL world were talking about just how impressive Freo was.
So, I'll state the bleeding obvious, that seems to be forgotten, to win, the guaranteed recipe to win is, not score 100 points or more, but to score at least 1 point more than your opposition. If you can keep your opposition to 5 goals, you only need to kick 6. If Freo average 109 points everytime they play Hawthorn, it doesn't mean they win every game does it? Now if you do some really good statistical analysis on premiers and Grand Finalists, you'll find a greater correlation to defensive teams than to offensive teams.
I think people forget that Hawthorn are a very good defensive team, at the end of Round 20, they were 2nd to us. Freo are 9th for offense, yet we are still top of the ladder. So you tell me what is most important to winning games?
If you open up your game plan to score more against Hawthorn, you are going to have to lower your focus on defense and that's when Hawthorn will score highly against you.
Hawthorn lost Buddy Franklin to Sydney, yet all their big name recruits seem to be defenders.
If you really want to increase your scoring, you can do that with good quality rebounding defenders and mids which is where your inside 50's usually come from.
