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For years, it's felt like we've had a poor kicking team. Even through our push towards a grand final in the mid 2010s, we were a team with a handful of good kicks and it was incumbent on the rest of the team to get the ball in their hands.

But right now, it feels like the majority of players in our best 23 are above average users. Below is my impression in terms of how well players use the ball by foot, with players outside of the current best 23 in italics.

Elite kicks

Dawson

Rankine

Above average kicks

Cumming

Curtin

Fogarty

Hinge

Michalanney

Milera

Rachele

Sholl

Thilthorpe

Walker

Worrell

Cook

Ryan

Average kicks

Draper

Keane

Laird

Neal-Bullen

Soligo

Bond

Borlase

Dowling

Jones

Nankervis

Pedlar

Smith

Taylor

Below average kicks

Crouch

Keays

N. Murray

Peatling

Berry

Butts

Gallagher

Murphy

Schoenberg

Strachan

Kicking is a genuine weakness

O'Brien

Honestly, I have no idea

Burgess

Edwards

McAndrew

T. Murray

Welsh

So, by my rankings at least, that's 13 of our best 23 who are above average kicks (including 2 elite), and only five whose kicking is below average.

What are your thoughts? Disagree with where I've placed any of the players? Are there more users you would class as elite (Walker? Fogarty?) I've tried to focus on the outcome of the kicks, rather than their ability to kick. So for example I've put Murray down in below average kicks because even though his kicking is mostly fine, he often makes poor choices.