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Changes v Lions qualifying final
- Thread starter spook
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Spot on.
We took the foot off after half time.
They only appeared in the game when the heat was gone.
People forget it was a huge game for them. They couldve finished top of the ladder for the first time in 434 years.
They have quality but they have some very ordinary players.
The closer the game gets the more confident i am.
They will come out all guns blazing. If we see off the first 15 minutes, it should end up being a typical Richmond win 40 up at 3qtr time, come out with a 26 point win.
Not this "predator' Bullshittt
Like the bold headed bloke said in the movie..
"Richmond hasn't got time to bleed"
What I find hilarious is the media going on about how Brisbane just need to tweak a few things and that should be enough to beat us.
Do they just think we wont review the game and rock next week unprepared?
Do they just think we wont review the game and rock next week unprepared?
They were trying it on, but we rope-a-doped a fair bit.
Bakes laughing at his attempted squashing typified it.
we played like it was H&A, Lions were playing a final.
Saturday night, when we are both playing finals, I reckon it will swing things around 6 goals our way.
They should paraphrase from last year's sequel.
"Gentlemen, remember... they're small, they're fast and *smile* you up is their idea of tourism."
I hope the club doesn’t have this type of dismissive confidence.
1. Did you see any Richmond player tackle with the same intent as Brisbane’s top 5 tackles?
2. Did you see Brisbane knocking us over after every single marking contest? Watch the annoyed look on the Richmond player’s face as he appeals to the umpire every time (and proceed to kick less effectively, usually)
These are small signs, but on a spectrum from 2017 Richmond-like pressure on end end to GWS-like skills-based football in the other end, I’d like to see us closer to the Richmond end of that spectrum than where we were in Round 23.
Brisbane are further along that line than we were and they’ll go into this game confident and feeling like they’ve got us beat physically - and they’ll know they can match it on the scoreboard at the MCG, let alone the Gabba.
This fight within the fight is crucial... I wouldn’t dismiss it just because our players smiled while getting smashed.
Look at Rayner’s intent. There’s a tribal hunger amongst their group right now that will not die unless we stand up, arch out our chest, and lock horns with more ferocity than them.
These are all excuses to convince ourselves we’re naturally better than them.
Brisbane matched us for 3 quarters at the MCG, beat us in every key statistical measure (which isn’t necessarily that important for our game plan, but it’ll give them confidence), and they’ll go into this game with a highlight reel of Brisbane players smashing Richmond players while Luke Hodge is in their ears egging them on like Hawthorn of 2008.
We also had zero tackles inside our F50 by 3QT off memory.
I do believe we’re the better team, but the psychological scales are heavily in their favour going into this game.
It’ll take a lot of character for us to beat them again, so when I see pages of posts full of excuses and dismissive confidence it has me worried.
Finals experience will not be a clear advantage to us, as they’ve got Hodge and a coach harping on about finals being no more important than any other game. It’s brilliant coaching and leadership, and that’s before Brown/Matthews pop their head in the door.
Good stuff Zips.
The bald bloke.
Jessie "The Body" Ventura!
Not him.
The other bold boke.
The one that snaps the razor while in the middle of shaving.
Sorry, kid. You're posting nonsense. They threw everything they had at us - hence the intensity and intent in tackles etc. We held them at arms length, in third gear, missed half a dozen sodas, and won by five goals. There is no chance we will be complacent and won't come out with September intensity.
Rayner? Did he get a kick?
Rayner? Did he get a kick?
I am also amazed about how the Lions have a sniff, that they know they can go with us, they dominated the stats etc
They can't play much better than they did, statistically. They need to convert better but the reason they couldn't is that they haven't played a defence as good as ours. Our defence is that good that we can lose the statistical game and still win.
If there's a team that can improve it's us. We can improve the possession numbers and we can improve our conversion.
The only way we lose this game is if our defence doesnt work and that hasn't happened since the Adelaide game.
They can't play much better than they did, statistically. They need to convert better but the reason they couldn't is that they haven't played a defence as good as ours. Our defence is that good that we can lose the statistical game and still win.
If there's a team that can improve it's us. We can improve the possession numbers and we can improve our conversion.
The only way we lose this game is if our defence doesnt work and that hasn't happened since the Adelaide game.
Good stuff Zips.
The bald bloke.
Jessie "The Body" Ventura!
Mac
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