The loser of this game this week could well make an early exit in September for mine, .possibly at the hands of the RFC if they are switched on and ready to rumble.
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2022 - March to the finals
- Thread starter Tigerfan
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The number 1 thing we need to fix is our pressure. It has been consistently poor over the last few weeks.
They will be trying for truck to respond to last week but I think we can bust them open.
As long as we get our game going and get the W I’ll be happy.
4 wins going into an elimination final is good form
As long as we get our game going and get the W I’ll be happy.
4 wins going into an elimination final is good form
It relates to the ease the opposition can move the ball and cause scores on goal. I have no idea how they measure it though.
The biggest alarm bell for me was David King saying last week, "Richmond ranked dead last for 1 v 1 wins in D50 over the last six rounds."
That used to be our strength. As @Dyer'ere pointed out, we are run and gun. We still bring pressure but we aren't the same side as the last four years. And that's fine, we've tweaked a style to suit what we have. It's got Richmond DNA but it's not our original brand.
That used to be our strength. As @Dyer'ere pointed out, we are run and gun. We still bring pressure but we aren't the same side as the last four years. And that's fine, we've tweaked a style to suit what we have. It's got Richmond DNA but it's not our original brand.
Is that because of having Balta play more up the ground, Grimes out and Vlastuin missing games?
Hmm, I don't think so he said it the week before the Hawthorn game, we had Grimes, Vlastuin and Balta back for most of that period.
I was shocked to hear the stat. I almost think just like we didn't care all that much about clearances for a large period of time, we have designed a game plan that now might not structure up to make sure we are getting third man up or numbers to a defensive contest. I could be completely wrong and we aren't playing to instruction the last six weeks. But I know that those in the four walls, don't give a fat rats clakka what outsiders think about certain stats.
We value what we value, to hell with everything else.
Sounds like a lot of nonsense to me and I suspect the club gives zero credence to it.
I think one of the main reasons for this is the loss of some serious gut running power across the HBF and middle of the ground.
We lost Rance, then Ellis, and then we lost Houli and Lambert. That is some serious pressure inflicting running ability gone.
I think it also underlines why some people have such an unrealistic expectation on the kids we draft. To develop the sort of running ability those guys had must surely take 3-4 good preseasons of hard work.
You are probably right. But without needing stats we do need to tighten up on our defensive work. Across the entire year teams have had the ability to get easy run of goals against us.
Whatever the cause is, our points against shows we've let too many goals in this year.
We've tightened in recent weeks though - 67, 71, 97, 52, in past four games.
