Tigers picked on form: Frawley
5:34:40 PM Fri 15 August, 2003
Jordan Chong
afl.com.au
The inclusion of Kayne Pettifer and Adam Houlihan to the Richmond squad selected to take on Essendon this Sunday at the MCG is, according to coach Danny Frawley, a reward for good form.
Both have starred for the club’s VFL side Coburg in recent weeks, particularly in front of goal, which is an area the Tigers have struggled of late.
In Coburg’s eight-point win over Springvale last weekend, Pettifer and Houlihan each booted five goals and Frawley is hoping the pair can help the team apply scoreboard pressure against the Bombers.
The 21-year old Pettifer hasn’t been sighted in the senior side since round 12, while Houlihan’s last match was against Geelong in round 15.
“We want to reward good form. Kayne’s form in the last two weeks – as with Adam Houlihan, I think they’ve kicked something like 17 goals between them,” Frawley said before training at Punt Road on Friday.
“Obviously the scoreboard wasn’t ticking over last week so that was a bit of a good sign from those two players.”
“We want to try to get the scoreboard ticking over if we can and we were able to do that the two weeks previous and we went back into something that wasn’t good enough last week.”
“We realise that Wellman, Fletcher, Jacobs, Solomon are quality defenders and we’ve got to make sure our forwards can win their fair share of the ball. For that to happen we’ve got to make sure we first and foremost get the ball in there.”
Arguably Richmond’s best win of the season came when the last time the two teams met in round seven.
But Frawley concedes the circumstances are quite different now and wants a team-orientated performance this weekend.
“We’ve got to make sure we get an even contribution from everyone in our team. We did that two weeks previous for a couple of weeks and then fell away last week miserably.”
Mark Chaffey, one of the club’s best ball-winners this season, was not present at training and is believed to have the flu, but should be in the team when the squad is trimmed to 22 on Friday evening.
Meanwhile, Frawley has dismissed any suggestion the team did the wrong thing by staying on the ground for Nathan Burke’s farewell last week.
“That’s their opinion. We did it with Silvagni, we did it with Paul Kelly and Andrew Dunkley. I think some of those people commenting on that probably haven’t played a lot of football.”
“We were devastated with the loss but at the end of the day, humility in defeat and victory has got to be foremost in everyone’s mind and that’s the way we treat every contest.”
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5:34:40 PM Fri 15 August, 2003
Jordan Chong
afl.com.au
The inclusion of Kayne Pettifer and Adam Houlihan to the Richmond squad selected to take on Essendon this Sunday at the MCG is, according to coach Danny Frawley, a reward for good form.
Both have starred for the club’s VFL side Coburg in recent weeks, particularly in front of goal, which is an area the Tigers have struggled of late.
In Coburg’s eight-point win over Springvale last weekend, Pettifer and Houlihan each booted five goals and Frawley is hoping the pair can help the team apply scoreboard pressure against the Bombers.
The 21-year old Pettifer hasn’t been sighted in the senior side since round 12, while Houlihan’s last match was against Geelong in round 15.
“We want to reward good form. Kayne’s form in the last two weeks – as with Adam Houlihan, I think they’ve kicked something like 17 goals between them,” Frawley said before training at Punt Road on Friday.
“Obviously the scoreboard wasn’t ticking over last week so that was a bit of a good sign from those two players.”
“We want to try to get the scoreboard ticking over if we can and we were able to do that the two weeks previous and we went back into something that wasn’t good enough last week.”
“We realise that Wellman, Fletcher, Jacobs, Solomon are quality defenders and we’ve got to make sure our forwards can win their fair share of the ball. For that to happen we’ve got to make sure we first and foremost get the ball in there.”
Arguably Richmond’s best win of the season came when the last time the two teams met in round seven.
But Frawley concedes the circumstances are quite different now and wants a team-orientated performance this weekend.
“We’ve got to make sure we get an even contribution from everyone in our team. We did that two weeks previous for a couple of weeks and then fell away last week miserably.”
Mark Chaffey, one of the club’s best ball-winners this season, was not present at training and is believed to have the flu, but should be in the team when the squad is trimmed to 22 on Friday evening.
Meanwhile, Frawley has dismissed any suggestion the team did the wrong thing by staying on the ground for Nathan Burke’s farewell last week.
“That’s their opinion. We did it with Silvagni, we did it with Paul Kelly and Andrew Dunkley. I think some of those people commenting on that probably haven’t played a lot of football.”
“We were devastated with the loss but at the end of the day, humility in defeat and victory has got to be foremost in everyone’s mind and that’s the way we treat every contest.”
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