I completely disagree. There is physicality and then there is breaking the rules. That was a poor 50.
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Richmond Vs GWS - Game Day Thread
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The 50 cotch gave away was for a late tackle. Last week all the 50s were for back chat, Manning the mark incorrectly. Cotch was good today. In the contest getting kicks to targets inside our 50. The whole combo in there worked well. Even Dow who I aren't a fan of. Edwards still under performing. Good to see Lynch throw his weight around again
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Have to say our fwd line looks much better without Jack now. Really should have pulled the oin last year.
Cotch wound back the clock. Legs still slow but was immense in the contest.
Finally gave Bolton centre bounce duties and we improved massively in that area. Could quick become our best player especially in Dustys absence.
Soldo needs to be at centre bounces as much as possible. We look a different unit with him taking the ruck. He either taps to our advantage or doesnt allow the opposition to swoop it out. Was massive in that area and much better than Nank. Nank excels around the ground so this is a good combo.
Gibcus going to be an absolute star. Still happy for him to play some vfl this year but he will be another freak. We are talking about a serious player here.
Dow needs to keep playing every week. His hands are elite and will only get better. Exactly what we need in the team atm.
Ross just doesnt have it. Sorry. Time to put a line through him.
George needs to be upgraded. Dont care what pressure he supposedly applies. His ball handling at critical times is just not good enough for the way the game is played now. Parker can fill that role now and seems cleaner with ball in hands.
Aarts has no place in the senior team. Not as a sub not as an emergency.
Cotch wound back the clock. Legs still slow but was immense in the contest.
Finally gave Bolton centre bounce duties and we improved massively in that area. Could quick become our best player especially in Dustys absence.
Soldo needs to be at centre bounces as much as possible. We look a different unit with him taking the ruck. He either taps to our advantage or doesnt allow the opposition to swoop it out. Was massive in that area and much better than Nank. Nank excels around the ground so this is a good combo.
Gibcus going to be an absolute star. Still happy for him to play some vfl this year but he will be another freak. We are talking about a serious player here.
Dow needs to keep playing every week. His hands are elite and will only get better. Exactly what we need in the team atm.
Ross just doesnt have it. Sorry. Time to put a line through him.
George needs to be upgraded. Dont care what pressure he supposedly applies. His ball handling at critical times is just not good enough for the way the game is played now. Parker can fill that role now and seems cleaner with ball in hands.
Aarts has no place in the senior team. Not as a sub not as an emergency.
Dow, Ralph, Gibbo and Miller games all a big highlight of today. Gibbo is Hollywood, has star written all over him. Ralph took a step forward, Dow gave us something in the guts, and Miller did his job, looked strong and had a few good moments. Pretty rapt.
Sensational win lads. Second tier backline was magnificent.
Leadership shown by Cotch and Broady was first class.
Leadership shown by Cotch and Broady was first class.
TBR, did you think the interpretation of umpire abuse had changed between Round 1 and Round 2?
Yeah mate, excellent points.
Its just frustrating for fans (and must be for umpires too) to see some rules implemented one week and not the next.
It looked at stages that we had taken the Bulldogs approach today of standing off the mark and continuing to move.
Regardless, actions by players in this round were NOT paid 50, that were last week. It's not good enough
Agree. Check the running stats and sprint stats. Works his guts out and rarely turned over today aside from this shocker that was frustrating
That was a good solid win. We looked to be putting a lot more pressure in in the middle. Even when GWS got clearances they were more often under pressure. You saw the importance of that when GWS kicked a couple of quick goals from centre clearances, must have been second or third quarter.
A few good signs from young players. I spent half the day trying to work out who was in the middle, bit hard to see from behind the goals. Sounds like Ross was a bust, can't say I noticed him much. Noticed a fair bit of Ralphsmith, he seemed to provide a fair bit of run out of the backline. If Dow was in the middle then keep him there, we were much better in clearances today. Gibcus continues to impress, clearly needs to get a bit bigger and may well need a break at times, but gee he does look good.
The defence was very good. I looked at the scoring percentage from inside 50 entries at quarter time and we were scoring (admittedly behinds) over 50% of the times we went inside 50, GWS were on 15% which is truly terrible. Some good spoiling by the defenders which was quite effective.
That Cotchin 50 I think is an issue. I reckon Cotchin was going to spoil the ball, so there was no malice. But, he was late and clearly hit the GWS player in the face. So, a penalty, yes, but I still reckon 50 metres is too much for a non-deliberate incident. As for the second 50, no way, Cotchin was running to the mark after the 50 was given, the GWS player clearly and deliberately impeded his progress. You do the right thing and run to the spot where the mark is going to be after the 50m penalty and an opposition player deliberately gets in your path, that simply should not be another 50. I will add that a quarter later a Richmond player got a late whack after taking a mark, but no 50 - was a little less late but still not seeing consistency.
I will actually compliment the umps on a few free kicks given to forwards who were getting held when setting up for a marking contest. Not sure, as I haven't looked at other games, but more of this please. I don't care who they play for, holding forwards as the ball comes in has been rife for years. If they actually enforce the rules on this it will be much better for the game.
As for the free kick count, always a bit of a mystery with GWS as they get reamed by the umps regularly too, never so worried when we play them.
DS
A few good signs from young players. I spent half the day trying to work out who was in the middle, bit hard to see from behind the goals. Sounds like Ross was a bust, can't say I noticed him much. Noticed a fair bit of Ralphsmith, he seemed to provide a fair bit of run out of the backline. If Dow was in the middle then keep him there, we were much better in clearances today. Gibcus continues to impress, clearly needs to get a bit bigger and may well need a break at times, but gee he does look good.
The defence was very good. I looked at the scoring percentage from inside 50 entries at quarter time and we were scoring (admittedly behinds) over 50% of the times we went inside 50, GWS were on 15% which is truly terrible. Some good spoiling by the defenders which was quite effective.
That Cotchin 50 I think is an issue. I reckon Cotchin was going to spoil the ball, so there was no malice. But, he was late and clearly hit the GWS player in the face. So, a penalty, yes, but I still reckon 50 metres is too much for a non-deliberate incident. As for the second 50, no way, Cotchin was running to the mark after the 50 was given, the GWS player clearly and deliberately impeded his progress. You do the right thing and run to the spot where the mark is going to be after the 50m penalty and an opposition player deliberately gets in your path, that simply should not be another 50. I will add that a quarter later a Richmond player got a late whack after taking a mark, but no 50 - was a little less late but still not seeing consistency.
I will actually compliment the umps on a few free kicks given to forwards who were getting held when setting up for a marking contest. Not sure, as I haven't looked at other games, but more of this please. I don't care who they play for, holding forwards as the ball comes in has been rife for years. If they actually enforce the rules on this it will be much better for the game.
As for the free kick count, always a bit of a mystery with GWS as they get reamed by the umps regularly too, never so worried when we play them.
DS
this win has cheered me up so much. No smart ass "tigers lose, australia wins comments this week !
every single week on facebook if we lose. Someone says the same thing and gets 100s of likes. People hate us.
Liked Miller's game. He was composed.
Dow, Gibcus, Hugo and Balta.
Great bunch.
Our outs were a blessing in disguise.
Balta is a freak.
Could be anything.
Hate to say it but fwd line functioned better without Jack.
When back hope he plays a high half fwd flank. A Stevie J type role.
Cotch was imperious.
Rioli will be a gun by end of year of half back. Rarely wastes it.
Pickett would be leading JDM at this stage.
Another great game.
Dow, Gibcus, Hugo and Balta.
Great bunch.
Our outs were a blessing in disguise.
Balta is a freak.
Could be anything.
Hate to say it but fwd line functioned better without Jack.
When back hope he plays a high half fwd flank. A Stevie J type role.
Cotch was imperious.
Rioli will be a gun by end of year of half back. Rarely wastes it.
Pickett would be leading JDM at this stage.
Another great game.
Good the more the better it means we are still in their heads.
The trauma is real for these people
