Nico said:
Supporting Richmond is more addictive than smack.
Oh, it's such a perfect day
I'm glad I spent it with you
Oh, such a perfect day
You just keep me hanging on
You just keep me hanging on
Fitting end to the day(s) that was the Grand Final
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Richmond 2017 AFL Premiers
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Supporting Richmond is more addictive than smack.
Oh, it's such a perfect day
I'm glad I spent it with you
Oh, such a perfect day
You just keep me hanging on
You just keep me hanging on
Fitting end to the day(s) that was the Grand Final
Tigers of Old said:
Love it.
Love the soundtrack idea. For me those 3 tracks, time, lose yourself and long way to the top, already great tracks but now forever elevated and associated with the best day ever.
Big kudos to the G DJ from me.
Have enjoyed reading the club website stuff coming through. I was recently thinking ‘I wonder if Hardwick will ever publically admit he loves tigers better than his other clubs’ (which I naturally assume he would!)
When he accepted his lifetime membership award he said
“It’s a place I love, it’s become a part of me, and it’s certainly become a part of my family. I think we’re going to be Black and Yellow for the rest of our days .“
I’ll take that answering my question! ;D
When he accepted his lifetime membership award he said
“It’s a place I love, it’s become a part of me, and it’s certainly become a part of my family. I think we’re going to be Black and Yellow for the rest of our days .“
I’ll take that answering my question! ;D
Something has been bubbling away in my brain since the "drought breaking" premiership of 2017. I have been watching a lot of the games throughout the year and also watched the finals many times. I have purchased the AFL Prospectus and poured through the stats. I have read "Yellow and Black". But something in my mind was missing from the narrative.
Yes, our pressure index was very good and off the chart in the finals series, and yes Dusty had a year for the ages, and yes, our bottom six had career best years, and of course we had the best defender and the best defence in the league. On top of this the "mindfulness" worked a treat to keep us focussed. We had a good run with injuries where we managed to have almost a complete team to choose from at finals time (although we had to use 38 players during the year in comparison to Adelaide's 31, Geelong's 36, GWS's 37).
There was something else that I haven't really heard discussed and was not covered too much in Konrad Marshall's book. Our second halves, and in particular our last halves were awesome. And we got better as the year went on. We were "red-time" specialists.
Why? Fitness. I cannot remember a year where we had so few soft-tissue injuries. Peter Burge, Rob Innes, Luke Meehan and rest of the fitness and conditioning team have done a extraordinary job. Most of our long term injuries were collision related such as Conca's foot, Vlastuin's shoulder, Hammer's back, and of course Rioli's foot. This pre-season we have not had one reported soft-tissue injury that I can remember. Players that came back from injury slooted straight back in and were ready to go, and in some case were fitter than before they were injured.
All I can say is hats off to those guys. The (largely) unsung heroes.
Yes, our pressure index was very good and off the chart in the finals series, and yes Dusty had a year for the ages, and yes, our bottom six had career best years, and of course we had the best defender and the best defence in the league. On top of this the "mindfulness" worked a treat to keep us focussed. We had a good run with injuries where we managed to have almost a complete team to choose from at finals time (although we had to use 38 players during the year in comparison to Adelaide's 31, Geelong's 36, GWS's 37).
There was something else that I haven't really heard discussed and was not covered too much in Konrad Marshall's book. Our second halves, and in particular our last halves were awesome. And we got better as the year went on. We were "red-time" specialists.
Why? Fitness. I cannot remember a year where we had so few soft-tissue injuries. Peter Burge, Rob Innes, Luke Meehan and rest of the fitness and conditioning team have done a extraordinary job. Most of our long term injuries were collision related such as Conca's foot, Vlastuin's shoulder, Hammer's back, and of course Rioli's foot. This pre-season we have not had one reported soft-tissue injury that I can remember. Players that came back from injury slooted straight back in and were ready to go, and in some case were fitter than before they were injured.
All I can say is hats off to those guys. The (largely) unsung heroes.
The Mole said:
spot on, this has definitely been missed. On the morning of the GF, I said all we need to do to win was to be within touching distance at half time. Adelaide had been crazy dominant in second quarters and we had blown Geelong and GWS away in the second half in the 2 previous finals. when we went in at half time 9 points up after a 4 goal to zero second quarter, I knew we were home.
The fitness guys did a great job but I think a large reason we ran out games better is because we had so many players with speed and tanks and we exploited their strengths.
Escaping our pressure takes a toll and most sides looked out on their feet in last quarters. Geelong in particular looked shot. Duncan (who played well) looks like he is running on the spot a lot in the last.
Defenders playing on our smalls have to follow them up and down the ground and sideways all day. They just run out of gas.
If we played the sort of game plan and personnel we did in 16 we might have been as fit but opposing sides would not be as taxed.
Escaping our pressure takes a toll and most sides looked out on their feet in last quarters. Geelong in particular looked shot. Duncan (who played well) looks like he is running on the spot a lot in the last.
Defenders playing on our smalls have to follow them up and down the ground and sideways all day. They just run out of gas.
If we played the sort of game plan and personnel we did in 16 we might have been as fit but opposing sides would not be as taxed.
Great post. Also worth noting injury-prone guys like grimes and astbury have been flying. Conca the main blip, albeit i think he is cursed. Hopefully corey ellis can get a clear run at it as his body maturesThe Mole said:
Patience said:
Prestia mentioned on radio that the messaging was different after those close losses and they were instructed to play aggressively to the finish even if they were miles in front with ten minutes to go.
In fact we learned from the Crows whose strength was to do that. They won big a lot and came back from large deficits because their game plan is to gun it all day.
For us to shut them down on GF day and then to offer no mercy was a joy to behold ( and a much enjoyed although belated change of philosophy)
I'm not disagreeing with you about reasons for our second halves but....The Mole said:
A big part of performing well in second halves is maintaining good decision-making when fatigued. It's why you train so hard.
But feeding into this is the mindfulness program of not holding onto negative thoughts. Vlastuin was the big one from the GF.
Bennnny
Punt Road End. The best place to watch The Tiges.
The mindfullness is so important. Vlastuin was able to leave behind his poor start. Grimes was able to feel positive and not worry about injuries.
