I did some quick stats looking at our contested marking that might be of interest . Blind freddy could see that it was a good game for us in that regard, but I just wanted the cold comfort of the numbers.
I crunched the team averages for contested marking for the last 5 years. Individual weekly totals would've been great but i couldn't find them/didn't have time to look:
2017 so far - ave11.14 contested marks/game
2016 - ave 10.22 cm/g
2015 - ave 11.12 cm/g
2014 - ave 10.8 cm/g
2013 - ave 10.08 cm/g
So we generally get 10 or 11 per game. Last game we got 18.
Big Marking Forwards:
Matt Taberner - 7 'the most by any player in a game this season and the equal-most by any Docker since 1999' - AFL match centre (Suck on that McGovern!?)
Shane Kersen - 2
Cam McCarthy - 1
So, Yeti, you may need to recalibrate your recall!
Nat Fyfe - 2
and 6 more singles
So anyway, I'm no stats guru, but 18 contested marks seems like a significant stat and it would be surprising if freo have topped it many times, if ever, in their history.
Contested marking obviously controls possession and is a great team lifter, and if snaring more around the ground turns into a trend at freo I'd expect to see a major uptick in all round performance.