Better to have our deficiencies shown up now rather than in a Prelim or GF. Some of our guys were getting a bit arrogant this year like flossy in the change rooms with Chol and yesterday in the captain's run he was mucking about trying to stir up Jack but Jack ignored him. May be nothing in it but could also be signs of disunity in the group due to the long season, hub life, who knows.
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Game Day - Richmond vs Brisbane - QF 2020
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Highly disappointing all year. Head scratcher as he has been mr reliable week in week out three years prior. Think his kms are still high but everything else is patchwork.
.i dont think asto should play next week....no spring, agility or acceleration...basically his legs have lost condition.
.likewise prestia for that matter....
.loose opposition destroys the morale of ur stars....exhibit A dusty after half time.
We had similar periods throughout season dominance but not scoring. Got away with it v lowly teams. Not tonight.
Dweebly might want to look at the free kick stats for Richmond in 2013 and 2020 so that comprehension may dawn in his puny brain.
We usually do that? Why did it change tonight? Not one of Dimma's finer games I believe; both pre and during the match.
2003 - Brisbane 2005 - Sydney 2006 - West Coast 2015 - Hawthorn
Cause or effect? How many balls got spilled into situations they can create chances from?
Not many. Any high balls forward were either marked by the opposition or Andrews punched to the boundary.
A simple swap of Tom for the paltry Mabs is all that's needed to keep the 3 smalls up front that is needed. Now is not thew time to throw out a formula that has worked for 4 years because of a pathetic aerial tall performance.
Only silver lining tonight was no more injuries and some game time into Prestia. If we play the Saints, not playing Chol means Lynch has to pinch hit in the ruck or Nank plays 100% in the ruck. This could work against the Dogs, but tough against the Saints two rucks. Hard to keep Cholly after tonight though, uncompetitive. Urgh. Really want a crack at the Port maggots over here, aint gonna be easy next week though... maybe they beat the sh*t out of each other tomorrow, that would help.
I pointed out we had become a poor marking team long time ago. Dimma and club went OTT on SFs and now they are nowhere to be seen ... except the best one we gifted to the Aints. (Now we might off-load Higgins too who we took when T.Kelly was still there to get the Moggs 2 x 1st rounders. The excess in SFs has really cost us and will cost us further).
Other sides SFs seem much harder at it than ours anyway.
Couldn't agree more. Feel short-changed even when watching neutral matches on TV. By Round 1 it'll be 18 months since I've attended a game and I just may decide it's easier (safer ?) to keep following on TV. Don't mess with it, Gil.
Yeah, but Gil wants you to watch on the TV, more money in TV rights than gate takings.
Sometimes I feel like decoration for the TV coverage when I go to games.
Trouble is, you stop getting the big crowds and you end up like the NRL, too reliant on TV just for survival.
DS
Well he can keep his fake crowd noise turned on and I'll frighten the neighbours instead. If you're alienating the rusted-ons, you're doing it wrong. The game can't survive without live spectators.
Many thousands have forfeited their membership fees this year, and if he shortens the game then I'd consider it stealing from the public. You can only push people so far.
Round 1 was the highest-scoring round of the year, followed by Round 2. The coaches have adjusted and focused their pressure, making scoring tougher. If you multiply this year's scores out to compensate for shorter quarters, the average is 151ppg, down from 160, 166, 178 the past three years. Get down to 140 and it'll be the lowest scoring since the 1920's. Maybe it's the northern conditions, but the play itself isn't better for it.
We're already back to mid-60's scoring when John Peck won a hat-trick of Colemans on muddy grounds with tallies of 69, 68, 56.
Problem for the end of the season, but he had better not do this. Sack Hocking instead.
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Yep, I agree, the TV rights won't be worth much if all the fans turn off.
Must stop the morons in the AFL shortening the game. To be honest I don't get how they can argue not enough goals but we should shorten the game. Idiocy.
DS
I think the hope was that shorter quarters would "concentrate" the action and lead to higher scoring (pro rata) and more exciting play. Round 1 173ppg, Round 2 166ppg, all good. But it's been downhill from there. Round 11 onwards - 145ppg.
After a horrible sleepless night with the wind howling I’ve come to the thought that this is the game to lose.
Reminds me of the last round against the Dogs in 2018 where we just got over the line. Needed a wake up call then. We got ours last night. Hope the boys learn from it.
The opposition will scrap with us and umps will pay it against us 90% of the time. Don’t get me started on gifting Lions a PF for QLD saving the season BS...
Short quarters need smarter footy. We played dumb and undisciplined last night.
Reminds me of the last round against the Dogs in 2018 where we just got over the line. Needed a wake up call then. We got ours last night. Hope the boys learn from it.
The opposition will scrap with us and umps will pay it against us 90% of the time. Don’t get me started on gifting Lions a PF for QLD saving the season BS...
Short quarters need smarter footy. We played dumb and undisciplined last night.
We lost on the back of no scoring options.
Cotchin goes inside 50 and kicks it to space,
I lost count how many times Pickett absolutely butchered it.
Flappers and Edwards disappeared after qtr time.
Prestia looked rusty.
Can't understand why we needed Arts Rioli Castagna Lambert and Bolton.
Cotchin goes inside 50 and kicks it to space,
I lost count how many times Pickett absolutely butchered it.
Flappers and Edwards disappeared after qtr time.
Prestia looked rusty.
Can't understand why we needed Arts Rioli Castagna Lambert and Bolton.
Reckon I said that 3 or 4 times tonight. Would love to know how many HTB we’ve received all year. Just don’t seem to get them.
