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wayne:
Herald-Sun 14/09/07
Richmonds End of Season Review
compiled by Michael Horan

The List

Untouchables
Matthew Richardson
Brett Deledio
Nathan Brown
Nathan Foley

Trade Potential
Andrew Krakouer
Jay Schulz

Going, going?
Patrick Bowden
Brent Hartigan
Danny Meyer

Gone
Darren Gaspar
Ray Hall
Kent Kingsley
Trent Knobel

B&F Favourite
Nathan Foley

What went right
A final four weeks full of promise suggested there is a bit to look forward to next season. Nathan Brown showed he's still got it and Jake King was a find as a 23-year-old rookie.

What went wrong
Injuries, especially to ruckmen Troy Simmonds and Trent Knobel, and several narrow defeats early conspired to turn 2007 into the season from hell.

What they need
Having found the makings of a couple of good key defenders in Will Thursfield and Luke McGuane, the Tigers would do well to build up their midfield rotation. The return of knee victim Mark Coughlan will help.

Draft picks
2, 18, 19, 35, 51

The Good
Richmond was the second-best ball user of the competition :o with a disposal efficiency of 80.5 percent. It kicked the ball short more often than any other side.

The Bad
They won a hitout from only 29 per cent of stoppages - the fewest in the competition, and conceded the second most goals from stoppages.

Sheahan's Verdict
Richmond finished last. How can it be anything less than an embarrasing year? Yet the Tigers finished the season with gusto. With Browny fit and hungry, Simmonds to return and significant progress from Foley, Deledio and Thursfield, the signs are promising.

mightytiges:
Thanks for posting that wayne  :cheers


--- Quote from: wayne on September 14, 2007, 02:43:41 PM ---The Good
Richmond was the second-best ball user of the competition :o with a disposal efficiency of 80.5 percent. It kicked the ball short more often than any other side.

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This is more a bad than good IMO. Any team will have a good disposal efficency when it's playing too safe kicking short and wide and overpossessing with handball like we did most of the year. Looks good on the stats sheet but does stuff all for trying to win a game of footy. We didn't play proper footy until the last month of the year when we straightened up and played more direct and through the corridor. No coincidence that in the four times we kicked more than 100 points we won 3 games and 2 of those were in the last month.

There should be more names in the "going, going?" column but our "untouchables" is pretty much on the money.

Hellenic Tiger:
We actually kicked 100 points or more 7 times this year including our 3 wins.
Round 4  Richmond 14 16 100 W Bulldogs 20 12 132
Round 11 Freo 18 15 123 Richmond 15 12 102
Round 12 Richmond 18 16 124 Melbourne 11 9 75
Round 13 St Kilda 17 15 117 Richmond 15 10 100
Round 16 Richmond 15 10 100 Port Power 24 11 155
Round 19 Richmond 18 8 116 Scumwood 14 12 96
Round 21 Essendon 13 14 92 Richmond 17 17 119

mightytiges:

--- Quote from: Hellenic Tiger 74 on September 14, 2007, 06:56:59 PM ---We actually kicked 100 points or more 7 times this year including our 3 wins.
Round 4  Richmond 14 16 100 W Bulldogs 20 12 132
Round 11 Freo 18 15 123 Richmond 15 12 102
Round 12 Richmond 18 16 124 Melbourne 11 9 75
Round 13 St Kilda 17 15 117 Richmond 15 10 100
Round 16 Richmond 15 10 100 Port Power 24 11 155
Round 19 Richmond 18 8 116 Scumwood 14 12 96
Round 21 Essendon 13 14 92 Richmond 17 17 119

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I was being sneaky by saying "more than 100 points" lol  ;)

Hellenic Tiger:

--- Quote from: mightytiges on September 14, 2007, 10:39:32 PM ---
--- Quote from: Hellenic Tiger 74 on September 14, 2007, 06:56:59 PM ---We actually kicked 100 points or more 7 times this year including our 3 wins.
Round 4  Richmond 14 16 100 W Bulldogs 20 12 132
Round 11 Freo 18 15 123 Richmond 15 12 102
Round 12 Richmond 18 16 124 Melbourne 11 9 75
Round 13 St Kilda 17 15 117 Richmond 15 10 100
Round 16 Richmond 15 10 100 Port Power 24 11 155
Round 19 Richmond 18 8 116 Scumwood 14 12 96
Round 21 Essendon 13 14 92 Richmond 17 17 119

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I was being sneaky by saying "more than 100 points" lol  ;)

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Clever MT I'll give you that much lol. :cheers

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