'They were angered by the use of strong language that questioned Lynch’s character.'
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Game Day Tigers v Suns
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That was my first impression - Castagna being upended deliberately. Replay shows the hand on the shoulder so it was a good decision.
Didn't think the umpiring was bad at all compared to some recent neutral games.
They did say injuries, so haven't counted Edwards or 7 of Houlis games (missed one with the calf I think)
Didn't count Nank as best 22
Didn't count Caddy (3) (maybe fair enough)
Vlas missed 1
Dusty missed 1
Astbury missed 8
No, George - because of that free / goal he gave away - has to change Kamdyn’s nappy.
If it's Champion Data stats I think they count the top 22 according to their ratings, regardless of the club pecking order.
Yeah couldn't believe Lachie Weller would have the audacity to question Lynch's character for leaving when he bailed on Freo after a couple of years.
Hypocrite much?
One word: relief.
Clearly not a good effort. I don't think Richmond were disinterested, just a bit off. Not dissimilar to Port in some ways. For all that Port beat us fair and square, that was one hell of a game, fast and furious. The prospect of us, the reigning premiers, coming up against last year's wooden spooners might have been a bit of a let down after the Port game.
Some good signs from Markov, I reckon he should hold his place.
Castagna has a lot of credit but I reckon he has pretty much spent it all, Rioli the same.
Chol had a bad night, didn't seem to be able to leap in the ruck and was never in the right place to mark. I figure he has been good enough recently to hold his place.
Soldo would be on very thin ice, you would have to favour Nank.
Cotchin was a very welcome addition, geez at times I don't know how we can win without him.
Dusty a little quiet, almost a bit average which is well under par for him. He does seem to just create space around him when he gets it though.
Not sure what to do about Stack. Seems to get a bit of the ball but can't create at the moment. I suspect they will persist but he really needs to get it together.
2 absolutely woeful umpiring decisions tonight: no 50 for Grimes when poked in the eye well after taking a mark; Riewoldt whacked across the face, blood streaming from his nose and a cut near the eye, caused by an opposition player, apparently does not get you a free kick when you are Jack Riewold. Needless to say neither of these got any outrage from the commentariat. They would have been jumping out of the box for those if we were one of their favoured teams.
Gold Coast clearly an improved team. They played well and their defensive strategy was good. How many intercept marks did they take? Some of this was due to our deficiencies in getting the ball inside 50, but a fair bit of it was their positioning and reading of the play.
Richmond have many things to work on but 2 stand out from tonight:
1) Clearances from the middle: the number of times there would be no clean possession in the middle and the ball was bouncing around, players competing for it, lots of tackling and a Gold Coast player would grab it and clear it their way. We have to get better at this.
2) Delivery inside 50: we need to get it in to better positions, we need to be spreading opposition defences, we also need more of the manic forward pressure which has dropped off.
This was not a game to take the points and burn the tape. This was a game to take the points and take a serious look at how we can combat the well set up defence we saw tonight and to work on the centre clearances.
DS
Clearly not a good effort. I don't think Richmond were disinterested, just a bit off. Not dissimilar to Port in some ways. For all that Port beat us fair and square, that was one hell of a game, fast and furious. The prospect of us, the reigning premiers, coming up against last year's wooden spooners might have been a bit of a let down after the Port game.
Some good signs from Markov, I reckon he should hold his place.
Castagna has a lot of credit but I reckon he has pretty much spent it all, Rioli the same.
Chol had a bad night, didn't seem to be able to leap in the ruck and was never in the right place to mark. I figure he has been good enough recently to hold his place.
Soldo would be on very thin ice, you would have to favour Nank.
Cotchin was a very welcome addition, geez at times I don't know how we can win without him.
Dusty a little quiet, almost a bit average which is well under par for him. He does seem to just create space around him when he gets it though.
Not sure what to do about Stack. Seems to get a bit of the ball but can't create at the moment. I suspect they will persist but he really needs to get it together.
2 absolutely woeful umpiring decisions tonight: no 50 for Grimes when poked in the eye well after taking a mark; Riewoldt whacked across the face, blood streaming from his nose and a cut near the eye, caused by an opposition player, apparently does not get you a free kick when you are Jack Riewold. Needless to say neither of these got any outrage from the commentariat. They would have been jumping out of the box for those if we were one of their favoured teams.
Gold Coast clearly an improved team. They played well and their defensive strategy was good. How many intercept marks did they take? Some of this was due to our deficiencies in getting the ball inside 50, but a fair bit of it was their positioning and reading of the play.
Richmond have many things to work on but 2 stand out from tonight:
1) Clearances from the middle: the number of times there would be no clean possession in the middle and the ball was bouncing around, players competing for it, lots of tackling and a Gold Coast player would grab it and clear it their way. We have to get better at this.
2) Delivery inside 50: we need to get it in to better positions, we need to be spreading opposition defences, we also need more of the manic forward pressure which has dropped off.
This was not a game to take the points and burn the tape. This was a game to take the points and take a serious look at how we can combat the well set up defence we saw tonight and to work on the centre clearances.
DS
You can afford to throw away pick #2 for a handy player like Weller if you know the governing body is going to give you freebies.
Been a blizare season with so many bizarre results, bottom line keep banking 4 points , don’t worry about which position you finish in the 8 just make sure you make it and then it’s game on.
Huddo was the most annoying, constantly trying to pick out frees for the Suns.
"Did he ride him into the ground there?"
No you numpty, it was great tackle that turned him on his side.
Yep *smile* me to tears. I can avoid the *smile* on the TV shows by just not watching them but I’m rooted when they are also talking it in the commentary.
Didn't hear one complaint about Kings non holding the ball in the opening few minutes. They goaled from it too. Not a single comment on how the big lig didn't get a handball off.
Hudson probably thinks that if we make it we’re the biggest threat to his Cats.
I reckon our premiership defence starts the week after next V west coast. (Well, next week)
Tune up and build some system against essendon,
Then launch the campaign
The only way we can make top 5 from here is to win all the games. Otherwise its near impossible based on the final fixture as the top 5 teams have similar runs - if anything we have the hardest run home having to face Eagles + Cats, but also travel to Dawrin.
Top 4 will be important as any rest from here on in will be worth gold.
I don't know why everyone seems to think we won't win every game from this point in. It's what we do.
