Tigers’ Flea Amigos - Rioli, Castagna & Butler - have special buzz (Herald-Sun)

[Diocletian]

Butler is the David Gower of the AFL.....

[Tigeritis™©®]

Butler can stay. I'd drop Rioli & Castagna because they've forgotten how to tackle. Bring in Stengle and Bolton.   

[Yeahright]

Cas officially THE worst kick in the AFL. I'd back Soldo running into an open goal before Cas

[Simonator]

Cas officially THE worst kick in the AFL. I'd back Soldo running into an open goal before Cas

Pretty tight with Shaun grigg

[Chuck17]

Maybe he should kick at goal doing bananas all the time

[Yeahright]

Cas officially THE worst kick in the AFL. I'd back Soldo running into an open goal before Cas

Pretty tight with Shaun grigg

At least Grigg can hit a target once in a while (even if it comes with snow on top)

Maybe he should kick at goal doing bananas all the time

I reckon he even stuffed that one up but it luckily went in

[mightytiges]

Maybe he should kick at goal doing bananas all the time

I reckon he even stuffed that one up but it luckily went in
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No left foot.

[Yeahright]

No right foot either

[Slipper]

Cas officially THE worst kick in the AFL. I'd back Soldo running into an open goal before Cas

Pretty tight with Shaun grigg

At least Grigg can hit a target once in a while (even if it comes with snow on top)

Maybe he should kick at goal doing bananas all the time

I reckon he even stuffed that one up but it luckily went in

You are not wrong lucky. Given we had Jack in the square with no one near him, and I think Ellis nearby unattended as well, I'd have dropped him for the rest of the season if he had missed it.

This bloke's decision making is a real worry for mine. Maybe it will get better with time?

[Diocletian]

No no Castagna's a great decision maker who always kicks to advantage according to OER's great footy sage ol' Mopsy Claws.....
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..saw some interesting stats on the replay that showed Rioli has been our best pressure player and was responsible for the most scores for us from turnovers this season....

[one-eyed]

The Drill podcast: AFL statistics reveal Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti, Daniel Rioli pressure numbers

Herald Sun
3 August 2017

RICHMOND forward Jason Castagna has kicked 23 goals this season, but he says he isn’t judged on that by the club.

“It’s almost like a little competition between us small forwards when we’re playing, who can get higher pressure points,” Castagna said this week after winning the Round 19 Rising Star nomination.

“It’s always good to kick goals and get some crumbs, but our main role would definitely be just putting on pressure.”

The Tigers have been questioned over the lack of a second key forward, but they have found another way to score this season via an army of small forwards applying manic pressure to the opposition.

Champion Data statistics revealed in The Drill podcast show Richmond has five players ranked elite or above average for forward-half pressure: Daniel Rioli (elite), Dan Butler (elite), Shai Bolton (above average), Castagna (above average) and full-forward Jack Riewoldt (above average).

Rioli and Castagna rank in the top five in the AFL for creating forward-half turnovers, and for points generated from those turnovers.

TURNOVERS CREATED BY GENERAL FORWARDS
1    Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti    65
2    Alex Neal-Bullen    62
3    Jeff Garlett    59
4    Daniel Rioli    53
5    Jason Castagna    52

POINTS FROM TURNOVERS CREATED BY GENERAL FORWARDS
1    Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti    93
2    Alex Neal-Bullen    62
3    Jeff Garlett    61
4    Daniel Rioli    49
5    Jason Castagna     49

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/essendon/top-afl-forwardhalf-pressure-numbers-revealed-in-the-drill-podcast/news-story/ccfa5915beec1bedf0b446e0a486b268

[tony_montana]

Interesting that melbourne have 2 small fwds ahead of our 2 in these respective stats but havent heard it mentioned in the media

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Because Butler is also very high in this stat so the three of them generate even higher numbers. Add Bolton when he is there and wow! 

[one-eyed]

Pressure acts by the 3 amigos vs Hawthorn on the weekend:

Rioli        29 .... plus 7 tackles
Butler      22
Castagna 12

Source: The Age website

[one-eyed]

Two of the three amigos - Rioli and Butler - have been named in the AFL players association's Best 22 Under 22 squad.

http://www.aflplayers.com.au/article/afl-players-22under22-voting-opens1/