Yes I know we have a light year to rebuild but please Richmond can we at least stop doing the following.
Marking the ball and just hand passing to someone without looking whats around you, 9 times out of 10 their is an opposition player either on the mark or on the tail of the receiver. To many times we took a mark and just hand passed to someone within 2 meters away that was put under pressure immediately to make the next disposal. You've taken the mark and earned the right to make a disposal whilst not being under pressure. Need to assess situations better. This will improve some efficiency.
Leaving the disposal out of the backline up to Thursfield or McGuane. I don't see enough of Deledio and Newman on our last lines. Name the last game McGuane has not being caught holding the ball in the back 50 trying to do something he should not be doing and thats taking on the opposition small forwards.
Standing still when the ball is delivered to you. Too many times are our players standing still waiting to receive the ball. It takes to long to wait for the ball to come to you and then get into 1st and 2nd gear to gt the ball moving. Start moving as soon as the ball trajectory is realised, you meet the ball sooner and your already on the move cutting out the vital seconds wasted waiting for the ball. This will help having more time to dispose of the ball which this year it seems we just have none.
Just simple simple simple 1 percenters that are so hard to watch us continually fail in.
Finally, a team low on confidence does this and it just sends me crazy. When there is pressure and no easy target upfield we are filled with players that just "handball the problem". Eg: Rance of McGuane have the ball in the back 50 and no easy options to kick to. They want to keep possession and not bomb away so they and just wait hoping an option will produce. It seldom doesnt. Umpire calls play on and they start to back away towards goal and just handpass it 2 metres to a team mate stationary who now has the burden of the problem and pressure of the opposition bearing down. 8 times out of 10 results in a trun over. Happens far to often and shows poor team work.
We wont win many games but ge I'd love by Round 16-17 that some of these really poor qualities we consistantly show are out the window by then.
