I would dare say a 3 way rotation through the wings with Pickett and Grover.
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GAME DAY THREAD - TIGES V HAWKS
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Yep hating this uncontested bruise free circle work that I'm seeing. The AFL is loving it.
Was seriously pissing me off how easily n often he was getting the pill. Kid looks to have a big future ahead of him.
Was on the wing. Kmac on the other and various others rotating. Pickett mainly played half back.
It was certainly a pleasure to be Able to go to the game today.
First for me since GF 2019.
And a beautiful Autumn afternoon too.
Our first daylight game since the 19 GF? Can't recall every COVId game so could wrong.
Seat being high up reminded me of the scale of the playing surface, gets compressed on TV. Also despite the endurance of players, there are still times when the ball is in open space with just a pair of players competing (though not for long)
Hawk supporters around me were pretty buoyant early until they realised the gulf They were needing to bridge. As I said they have a genius in the Coaching box, we have one on the ground.
Holding opposition to 7 goals will win us game 9 times out of ten.
Plenty were below par and three or four are imminently in danger of a spell. Without injury some tough decisions need to be made.
First for me since GF 2019.
And a beautiful Autumn afternoon too.
Our first daylight game since the 19 GF? Can't recall every COVId game so could wrong.
Seat being high up reminded me of the scale of the playing surface, gets compressed on TV. Also despite the endurance of players, there are still times when the ball is in open space with just a pair of players competing (though not for long)
Hawk supporters around me were pretty buoyant early until they realised the gulf They were needing to bridge. As I said they have a genius in the Coaching box, we have one on the ground.
Holding opposition to 7 goals will win us game 9 times out of ten.
Plenty were below par and three or four are imminently in danger of a spell. Without injury some tough decisions need to be made.
Thought it was a classic solid Richmond team performance with everyone doing thier roles and Dusty BOG, thought our bests , Skip, Bolton, Prestia, Georgie , Shedda
The attendance of 41,000 today was much less than I expected.
I think this new process of purchasing tickets is having a negative impact.
Supporters of the away clubs just don't seem to make an effort to come to games.
Having said that the Dawks supporters didn't really turn up today either.
Otherwise, are people still apprehensive about venturing out in large crowds?
Was it the 1.10 starting time on a Sunday which kept people away?
Interested in other thoughts and opinions on this.
I think this new process of purchasing tickets is having a negative impact.
Supporters of the away clubs just don't seem to make an effort to come to games.
Having said that the Dawks supporters didn't really turn up today either.
Otherwise, are people still apprehensive about venturing out in large crowds?
Was it the 1.10 starting time on a Sunday which kept people away?
Interested in other thoughts and opinions on this.
The sub rule should be.
1 team both team activation system,
Compulsory activation of the 23thrd man at 3 quatrer time if still unactivated
For us from the bush the 1.10 actually works well , after the game we went down Swan st and grabbed a feed at Grilled then back to caesars palace to grab my car and drive home , so we got hone before 8 which is great. However we are the absolute minority .
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I think all of the above.
As an away member with GA admission I would just have walked in today but had to arrange a ticket (I paid but I could have got it for free). I'm sure this would have put some off.
Hawthorn supporters? Yeah, not as many as they claim and their crowds have not been all that impressive, home crowds lower than ours even in their glory years.
Don't think the early start time helped, helped even less that I couldn't catch the train, only a bus today. Punt Rd was a car park.
Maybe some residual reluctance to go somewhere with a large crowd too.
I also suspect that non-members have the impression they won't get in at the moment so don't bother trying.
DS
I watched the replay to see if it was as bad watching it live. It does look a bit better on the TV IMHO. I don’t like the new rules and think that the new rules had a big say in the way the game was played. Little or no forward line pressure (due to the kicking in). I loath the way that the defenders can have a clear run with the ball all the way to the centre wing or middle of the ground after a point has been scored. I loath the “stand” call as it means there is absolutely no pressure on the kicker and they also can just run off the mark without oppo players even getting a look in. These two rule changes will mean we will see more of this uncontested garbage that we saw today.
lt was a lacklustre game with a lacklustre crowd and I just didn’t enjoy watching what the AFL has made of our once great game. Rant over (for now)
somewhat the first point DS, particularly after the Cats/Lions game scare.
Definitely the second, people i know aren't bothering because of the limits.
Junior footy is also back. I couldn’t make it because of this.
The earliest start time we had between last year's GF and today was 3.35 in rounds 5 and 6 last year.
Despite what they would have you believe, I still don't think there is all that many of them. Cats and dogs.
Be interesting to see what 35 years in the wilderness would do to their membership.
I couldn't get a ticket - entering my barcode only gave me access to Junior tix for a while - then when taken to ticketek to complete a purchase couldn't log in. There's a problem with my RFC account - I can login on the mobile app but using the same credentials on the website version I get a password error. Weird.
