I also forgot to mention that I am dumb about football.
Never played it at the elite level.
The nuances/tactics/strategies/etc of the game today have passed me by.
I can only assess what I see with my eyes, and even they are pretty dodgy nowadays!
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I also forgot to mention that I am dumb about football.
Never played it at the elite level.
The nuances/tactics/strategies/etc of the game today have passed me by.
I can only assess what I see with my eyes, and even they are pretty dodgy nowadays!
The Lynch bashing is embarrassing.
He is being double teamed each time. When he does get on the leas we kick it on his toes or out wide.
Look up field before having a crack at Lynch.
He is being double teamed each time. When he does get on the leas we kick it on his toes or out wide.
Look up field before having a crack at Lynch.
He's not a whipping boy, but we've lost some depth as a club because of the $$$ we're paying to our top line players. On par, Lynch isn't earning his. He needs to lift, and
show what he's actually capable of. He is in part responsible for the drop in talent.
He's also partly responsible for winning our last 2 premierships.
Yeah, he's not playing his best but dumping the ball on top of his head while surrounded by 4 opposition players isn't exactly utilising him the best way either.
Rubbish (I agree with the last 2 premierships stuff). The rest.....I'll acknowledge defensively he was good in the first quarter today. But we need more from him when we're in attack. Did you ever see Nick Reiwoldt wrestling, or just standing there letting 3 players crash him? No, he kept moving. Running. Working his opponent into the ground. Same with the other great HFs.
Lynch's workrate isn't high enough without the ball. It's really hard to double or triple team a moving target. And the space he'd create if they did.....
We dump it on his head as thats what he's calling for, the one out the back. He rarely leads up away from his defender.
I posted in the game thread that he is engaging his opponent too much. For some reason he's not strong enough to push them off, they outmuscle him and then he gets caught behind. Other times he hangs goal side of his man and they try and kick it over him but rarely works.
Lycnh has played his best footy as a lead up forward but rarely does it any more.
We don't help him by seperating Jack and Lynch, but he's also not helping himself.
One on one he ate May for breakfast,. He gets unfairly treated by the umps when double.and triple teamed. Gets held out of the contest at every opportunity
Both of these things.
He needs to work harder and create some space. It is true he gets pushed around and shoved all the time, often he should get a free but never does. But, this is precisely why he needs to be moving around a lot more. Run the defender off his feet, create some separation. If 2 players are on you then run towards the pocket and leave space for the rest of the forwards (they will stop double teaming you if you do this). A big forward being opposed by 2 or 3 defenders should be able to contribute to an outnumber or a 1 on 1 elsewhere in the forward line.
If he can do this and the players upfield know it then we should be able to improve our inside 50 entries.
DS
2 meters Pete upstaging our big key forward. 9 marks today. Has Tom taken 9 marks for the season yet!
Watch the replay & focus on Lynch vs his opponents. Have a look at how often he gets held or blocked in a contest. It may surprise you..
He gets NOTHING.
He gets NOTHING.
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Yes, I totally agree that our forwards get blocked etc like all forwards but get way way less free kicks.
But we know this is the case so we need to control what we can control, and I reckon that means Tom needs to be running around more. He is behind too often he needs to find some space, make some space or drag a few defenders away so we can hit a different target to lose the crowd around him.
DS
I remember in Toms defence Dimma said last year that he needs to play on the edge, do those little things that make him look like he’s crossed the line. The media don’t like it, and it isn’t the best look, but if Tom needs to do that to get the best out of himself then so be it. He’s not doing it this year, it’s noticeably absent. We need angry Tom back.
He is either getting on his head or his toes based on posts above. Therefore should the offenders be named or is not Richmondy to point the finger at the individuals who deliver it in such untidy fashion to our spearhead?
