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AFL Round 5
RICHMOND v Sydney Swans
Friday, 14th April @ Adelaide Oval
Start time: 7:40 pm (local ACST) ...... [ 8:10 PM (AEST) ]
Odds (Sportsbet):
Richmond $2.04
Sydney $1.81
https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/4824
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What's the forecast?
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What's the forecast?
Believe it or not - showers again and windy :-\.
Adelaide weather
Friday 14 April
Min 14
Max 23
Shower or two developing.
Possible rainfall: 0 to 10 mm
Chance of any rain: 70%
Adelaide area
Cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely later in the day. Winds north to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h turning northwesterly 25 to 30 km/h later.
http://www.bom.gov.au/sa/forecasts/adelaide.shtml
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Both McCartin brothers have been taken off with concussion tonight. So, they both won't be playing against us next week.
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Well, both teams go into the Gather Round after a loss.
Swans were celebrating a kick after the siren win until the ball held up in flight late and didn't cross the line :lol. Needed a laugh after today's debacle.
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BARRETT: Defensive Hardwick facing one of his toughest tests
Two modern coaching greats, Damien Hardwick and John Longmire, will square off on Friday night with their club's seasons in the balance
By Damian Barrett
afl.com.au
10 April 2023
THE problems – and there are now many - at Richmond are real.
Revelations on Sunday of Tom Lynch's broken right foot place the Tigers in a critical state, and coach Damien Hardwick will now be required to be as cunning and masterful as at any stage of a storied 13-season career in charge of this club.
Hardwick was dealing with significant problems before the Lynch setback. A failure to win close matches, which destroyed the 2022 season, has continued into 2023. Saturday's five-point loss to Western Bulldogs was the eighth time since round 11 last year that the Tigers haven't won a match decided by six points or less.
Trent Cotchin and Jack Riewoldt, both left out of the weekend's starting 22 due to being "managed", may have decided to play one season too many, and the big-name, high-priced, long-tenured recruits Tim Taranto and Jacob Hopper may be finding plenty of footy, but impact on outcome is yet to be established.
Injury to important players Jayden Short and Robbie Tarrant and the suspension of Nathan Broad has also been causing great stress, particularly in the backline.
Hardwick is now getting bristly, evidenced in a tense post-match media conference where he angrily refuted questions linking his star full-forward Lynch to illegal contact with Bulldog Alex Keath, who was substituted out with concussion.
When AFL coaches become publicly grumpy, they're often trying to deflect, and Hardwick then had other cracks – at the host broadcasters, and the AFL.
The seriousness of Lynch's injury may not have been public at the time of Hardwick talking to the media on Saturday night, but it would have at least been feared by the club, which now provides a context to his defensiveness.
And the Keath incident, which on Sunday, not long after the Lynch injury news was being made public, was referred by the AFL's Match Review Office straight to the Tribunal, may not have been of great concern to Hardwick at that Saturday night media gathering.
Whatever the main reasons for his testiness, Hardwick sustained an attack in his Saturday media conference. "I've listened to the broadcast recently, they're not great," he said of the broadcasters. What the broadcasters have to do with his and the Tigers' season right now is anyone's guess.
Of the AFL: "We've got to name people out of the 23 for god knows what reason. It would just be nice if the AFL could do something about that so it doesn't create a big story, if that makes sense. I think it's ridiculous that we've got to do it, and we need to get it fixed. It's farcical that we've got to do it."
Hardwick is obviously entitled to his opinion, and will always seek to protect his players from any form of outside criticism. That is what strong leaders do. But it was nothing but Deflection 101 - throw up smokescreens when the pressure starts to mount. And pressure most certainly is rising at Punt Rd, with just one win and a draw from the opening four games.
Hardwick's criticism on the AFL's match selection requirements may also be valid, but there was nothing stopping him and his club volunteering a public statement on Thursday night declaring that Cotchin would be the substitute. So it was him and his club that created the scrutiny around Cotchin and Riewoldt when they used one word – "managed" – when explaining their omissions for the round four match.
Neither player has been performing anywhere near the Tigers-great status they both carry. And Cotchin, who entered play against the Bulldogs in the second quarter, managed only three kicks in wet conditions that have traditionally suited him.
Richmond will play Sydney next Friday night at Adelaide Oval, in the third match of Adelaide's Gather Round.
John Longmire and the Swans have nearly as many problems as Hardwick and the Tigers. They too will be without key backs in Paddy and Tom McCartin, who both suffered head knocks in their team's loss to Port Adelaide on Saturday night.
And they will need to devise a more functional forward line than the one that has failed to kick winning scores in the past two matches. The Buddy Franklin, Logan McDonald and Joel Amartey combination may be worth persevering with, but it hasn't worked against Melbourne (round three, 50-point loss) and Port (two-point loss).
Come Friday night, Hardwick and Longmire, with seven Grand Final appearances and four premierships between them as coaches, will go head-to-head in round five of a season that is not unfolding as they had planned.
Often, the great coaches work best under extreme adversity.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/900397/barrett-grumpy-hardwick-facing-one-of-his-toughest-tests
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Buddy out for the Swans.
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Lance Franklin will miss Friday night's match against Richmond due to a knee problem while Sam Reid has suffered a major setback in his recovery from injury and will not return until after the mid-season bye.
Franklin's absence will leave Logan McDonald and Joel Amartey to shoulder the load in the forward line, while Hayden McLean could be recalled to provide an extra tall option.
Both Paddy and Tom McCartin will miss at least this week after copping head knocks.
In good news for the Swans, Ryan Clarke has recovered from a hamstring injury and is set to play on Friday night.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/901911/franklin-to-miss-tigers-clash-fellow-tall-suffers-major-blow
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We're "officially" the away team on Friday night ..... determined via a coin toss.
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A coin toss at AFL House has determined the home teams for this weekend’s #GatherRound matches.
Home teams have the choice of jumper, change rooms and run out order.
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https://twitter.com/AFL/status/1645687693974847490
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The absence of both McCartins has been compounded by injury issues for backup defenders Aaron Francis and Will Gould who didn’t finish training on the weekend.
Longmire confirmed that 19-year-old Corey Warner, brother of midfielder Chad, would make his AFL debut in Round 5.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/its-a-concern-paddy-mccartin-still-feeling-concussion-symptoms-after-latest-head-knock/news-story/35c29e30e69a5cb55ccbea12b77e5b74
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Looks like it's going to be wet weather footy again.
Adelaide weather forecast - Friday 14 April
Summary
Min 12
Max 25
Evening showers.
Possible rainfall: 1 to 10 mm
Chance of any rain: 90%
Adelaide area
Sunny morning. Very high chance of showers, most likely in the evening. Winds northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h turning northerly in the late morning and early afternoon.
http://www.bom.gov.au/sa/forecasts/adelaide.shtml
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Driving up today. First time back at Adelaide Oval since Port Adelaide Prelim. One of my fav ever wins.
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Driving up today. First time back at Adelaide Oval since Port Adelaide Prelim. One of my fav ever wins.
How wonderful, safe trip mate.
My last time there was the losing EF to Port. FML never wanna go back.
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Only match that isn't sold out.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/902717/eight-gather-round-games-sold-out-sa-premier-s-cheeky-dig
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Richmond v Sydney preview
Andrew Slevison
SEN
13 April 2023
There is carnage on the injury front for both Richmond and Sydney.
The Tigers have lost key forward Tom Lynch, co-captain Toby Nankervis and the hard-tackling Jack Graham from last week’s close loss to the Western Bulldogs.
The Swans will be without defensive brothers Tom and Paddy McCartin as well as veteran forward Lance Franklin on the back of their narrow defeat at the hands of Port Adelaide.
This will be the second time in four seasons the Tigers and Swans have faced off on neutral territory after Richmond’s 34-26 snoozer triumph at the Gabba in 2020. Since then, the Swans have won two on the trot, the most recent being the dramatic six-point result at the SCG in Round 11 last year.
Sydney, who holds a 2-2 record, missed a golden opportunity to go 3-1 last week when enjoying 22 more inside 50s only to go down to the Power by two points.
Richmond faltered to 1-2-1 when conceding 16 more inside 50s and 29 scoring shots to the Dogs having played just one quarter of serious footy on the night. It was their second game in a row in the wet and the Friday forecast in Adelaide doesn’t look all that pleasant. The Tigers could have some sore bodies.
While Sydney has two major holes in defence, Richmond might just have too many key pieces missing overall to win this one.
The wounded Tiger has in the past been able to find a way to win with their backs to the wall, but you just get the feeling the Swans have the personnel required to get the job done on the Friday night of Gather Round.
Tip: Sydney by 10 points.
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2023/04/12/who-will-win-and-why-the-predictions-and-tips-for-gather-round/
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Decent crowd turn-up by the look of it at our Captain's Run in Glenelg this arvo.
https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC/status/1646419968312119296
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Rampe out for the Swans.
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MUST WIN GAME
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They just said on the Seven coverage that our game is close to being sold out.
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Huge game tonight. With the Dees likely to beat us next week this is a must win. Sydney’s backline has been decimated so our forwards have an opportunity to capitalize if we can give them enough looks. Carn.
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MUST WIN GAME
Understatement much?
:lol
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Expecting a big game from Tim Taranto this week.
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What Adelaide pubs are Tiger fans going to today/tonight??
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Game is now sold out.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/903457/all-nine-gather-round-games-sold-out
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Five burning questions: How do Tigers, Swans cover key injuries?
Damien Ractliffe
The Age
April 14, 2023
Are the Tigers all but finished for 2023?
It’s too early to write off Richmond given they made the finals last year and appear to have a more talented list this season. But recent injuries to Tom Lynch and Toby Nankervis put a lot more emphasis on winning games in this half of the season, so it doesn’t feel like the Tigers have to play catch up in the second half of the year. This week is a big one, given the Demons are next for them, before matches against the Gold Coast and West Coast that the Tigers must win. If they win three of their next four, they’ll have 18 points from eight rounds which will see them keep in touch with the top eight.
What can the Tigers do in the ruck with so many injuries?
Damien Hardwick said on Thursday that Ben Miller will be tasked with the ruck duties in Nankervis’ absence. He played as Richmond’s second ruckman in the elimination final loss to Brisbane, and also played in round one against Carlton, but hasn’t played since. It will be a tall order for the 23-year-old who stands at just 195cm and was drafted as a key defender.
Samson Ryan is expected to play as a permanent key forward, alongside the returning Jack Riewoldt, but the Tigers are more than comfortable having a mostly small forward line around those two. Ivan Soldo remains sidelined for the short term with a foot injury.
Who needs to lift?
The Tigers really just need a five per cent lift from every player across the board. Daniel Rioli has been terrific, while Liam Baker’s last two weeks have been very good. But apart from those two, there’s a lot of room for growth. Dion Prestia is averaging his lowest number of kicks since his debut season in 2011, and he’s a barometer for the side when up and going.
Shai Bolton is on par with his past few seasons, barring a drop in clearances which correlates with Jacob Hopper and Tim Taranto coming into the side. Taranto is having his worst season from a scoring perspective, so there’s an option there for him to spend more time forward and get Bolton up around the ball a bit more. Dustin Martin has also had just four clearances from three games, well below his career average of four a game.
Is there something wrong with the Swans?
It’s not panic stations for Sydney after two losses, given one of those was against a rampant Demons outfit and the other came in a nail biting loss to Port Adelaide when both of their key defenders - Paddy and Tom McCartin - were concussed. Like the Tigers, the Swans also have a difficult next four weeks, with Geelong, GWS Giants and Collingwood over the next month. If they win two of their next four, they’ll be 4-4 after eight rounds and in a position to strike through the middle of the season. A worrying trend for the Swans is their contested possession numbers. They’ve lost the count on that measure in three of their four games this year, and their pressure appears shy of 2022. That was their one wood last year, so they must find that again.
Are the Swans better off without Buddy?
A fit Lance Franklin must be selected in the Swans line-up every single time. The real question is whether they’re too reliant on him. He’s kicked four goals from three matches this season. Last year he averaged better than two a game, while Isaac Heeney also averaged just shy of two a game and has kicked just four goals in four games. It’s a small sample size, but the Swans are definitely going through a transition period, with Logan McDonald (10 goals) taking greater responsibility and Joel Amartey warranting senior selection.
Could Buddy play as a winger, like Matthew Richardson did late in his career, or as a higher half-forward, to make the Swans less predictable going inside-50? That’s something the Swans coaches will have to look at when Franklin returns after knee soreness.
Tip:
Swans to bounce back. Sydney by 16 points.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/five-burning-questions-how-do-tigers-swans-cover-key-injuries-20230413-p5d0at.html
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THE CERTAINTIES FOR FRIDAY NIGHT GATHER ROUND - Richmond v Sydney
Andrew Slevison & Charles Goodsire
SEN
14 April 2023
Riewoldt to kick 2+ goals
Jack Riewoldt simply has to step up for Richmond on Friday night.
The veteran forward is back in the side after being managed last week and it couldn’t come at a better time with Tom Lynch (fractured foot) set for an extended stint on the sidelines.
While Riewoldt doesn’t have an overly flash record against Sydney in recent years, kicking three goals in his last three outings, the opportunity is there to improve that output given the Swans will be without defensive trio Tom and Paddy McCartin and Dane Rampe.
As one of Richmond’s main avenues to goal, the stage is set for Riewoldt to have a decent night out at the Adelaide Oval where he returned 2.2 against the Crows just a few weeks ago.
Martin to have 20+ disposals and kick 1+ goal
Dustin Martin has been playing an important role so far in 2023.
He is spending the majority of his time as a high forward, often used as the linkman between defence and attack, but did go through the middle at stages against the Bulldogs last week.
The Tigers star has had 23 touches in two of his three appearances so far this season, while he was on target for at least 20 before he was subbed out against Adelaide in Round 2 with hamstring awareness.
An undermanned Richmond team will need Martin to have a massive impact in the Friday night clash with the Swans.
Dusty has also kicked at least one goal in 18 of his last 19 games, so we’ll throw in one major for good measure.
Chad Warner to have 25+ disposals and a goal
Chad Warner has remarkably become the most important cog to the Sydney Swans machine.
Warner dined out against Port Adelaide when his teammates largely struggled. He ended the night with 30 touches and two sensational goals including one on the run.
Expect him to deliver again on the Friday night stage at the Adelaide Oval.
Sydney's inside 50 scoring efficiency to be over 55%
The Swans were deplorable moving the ball forward against Port Adelaide in Round 4. The three-pronged attack of Lance Franklin, Logan McDonald and Joel Amartey struggled to work together with McDonald the only member to kick a major.
The Swans 67 inside 50s for just 19 scoring shots which equates to an efficiency of 40.3%. Sydney was well below the league average for 2023 at 48.1% and below their season average of 51.5%.
You can bet the Swans have learnt their lesson and will be more methodical against Richmond when entering their attacking 50 and make the most of their opportunities.
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2023/04/14/the-8-certainties-for-friday-night-gather-round/
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“HE COULD KICK SIX”: WHY DEPLETED SWANS COULD BE IN TROUBLE AGAINST TIGER FORWARDS
By Lachlan Geleit
SEN
14 April 2023
Sydney coach John Longmire faces some matchup headaches ahead of Friday night’s Gather Round clash against Richmond at the Adelaide Oval.
With the likes of Tom McCartin, Dane Rampe and Paddy McCartin all out injured, the Swans head into the big game with a makeshift defence.
Currently in their named backline, Nick Blakey is the tallest player at 196cm, but the 23-year-old isn’t expected to play on a key Tiger and instead fill a running half-back role.
With Blakey on a flank, Robbie Fox is the second-tallest Sydney defender at 185cm.
This lack of height prompted Kane Cornes and David King to discuss what if anything the Swans could do when it comes to containing Richmond’s talls inside 50 on SEN Breakfast.
Cornes: “I look at Sydney’s outs, (Dane) Rampe, (Paddy) McCartin, (Tom) McCartin and (Lance) Franklin, but I want to focus on the defensive set-up, who do they play?
“I’m looking at their named team … this gives you an indication.
“They’ve got (Braeden) Campbell, Robbie Fox who might be 190 (cm) at a stretch, (Harry) Cunningham who is smaller than Campbell, (Ollie) Florent who is smaller than that, (Jake) Lloyd is tiny and (Nick) Blakey is a skinny, running player.
“Who are Sydney going to play in defence, is it (Joel) Amartey? Is it (Hayden) McLean?”
King: “Amartey has to go back.”
Cornes: “He has to. Has he ever done it?”
King: “They’ll find a way to score, won’t they, it’ll just be going back.
“You’re going to have ask Robbie Fox to play as a key post, he can do that.”
Cornes: “You’ll probably have to ask Blakey.”
King: “No, you can’t play Blakey (as a key defender), his role is perfect (for him).
“I’m looking at it from the other angle, if I’m Jack Riewoldt and I’m desperate for a big performance I’m saying, ‘Hey, they’ve got no one, I could really fill my boots tonight’.
“He could get his season back on track, kick five or six goals.”
Cornes: “The other one as well, Dustin Martin, he has got that glint in his eye.”
King: “Who do they play on Dusty?”
Cornes: “He could kick six, it could be Lloyd it could be Cunningham.
“Like the other game (between Fremantle and Gold Coast), it’s not as significant for the loser, but if Richmond goes one win from their first five games with Melbourne at the MCG next week and their best player (Tom Lynch) out for an extended period, they’re in all sorts of trouble.”
Sydney may hope that Friday night’s weather in Adelaide quells the effect of Richmond’s talls in the air with a high chance of showers set for the evening.
The Swans enter the clash with a 2-2 record while the Tigers come in with one win, one draw and two losses to their name.
The bounce for Friday’s clash is set for 8:10pm (AEST) at the Adelaide Oval.
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2023/04/14/he-could-kick-six-why-depleted-swans-could-be-in-trouble-against-tiger/
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What Adelaide pubs are Tiger fans going to today/tonight??
Not sure TL but the bold part below was mentioned on the SA Tigers supporter group's facebook page.
ps. The SA Tigers pregame function at the British Hotel is sold out.
Hi Tigers, are there any other functions/ get togethers happening over the w/e? I'm over from WA. I missed out on ticket for pre-game function.
Cheers
Roz Burge Hi Roz. Welcome to SA firstly. Unfortunately there are no other official Tiger partys. I would suggest you could try the AFL live site or there will be plenty of Tiger supporters at the Cathedral Hotel or Strathmore Hotel. Enjoy the game!
https://www.facebook.com/SArichmondsupportersgroup (https://www.facebook.com/SArichmondsupportersgroup/posts/pfbid0rSE85XWCe6XPHkNjNiVRChRhkZcXsS37ZupAaPVJqFmv2YzaxCxApFxshpXwcZVpl?comment_id=924273808891358)
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It's going to be a little bit wet tonight especially in the second half again :-\.
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https://twitter.com/rfcswallace/status/1646766610970193920
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God if it gets wet I hope to dear god they remember what happened when they were handball happy
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Goal Mansell :gotigers
6 all.
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Dumb overpossessing again :banghead.
It's called FOOTball for a reason Tiges :banghead.
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Sheesh, anyone see the random free kick paid to Sydney in our forward line after we tackled a player and he dropped it? I’ve rewound the video and still can’t see what the free was for. Clearly incorrect disposal. Umpire said free kick for ‘after the disposal’ but there was nothing high, late, or in the back.
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Gee that was pathetic by Hugo
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Seriously Hugo :banghead
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Geez we're a dumb team at the moment :banghead.
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Struth that looks ghastly - Jack Riewoldt
That's 2 really poor efforts (non efforts) by Cotch
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Jack with blood all over his face. Hopefully, it's just superficial and looks worse than it is :-\.
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We cannot stop handballing to a player under more pressure!
Been doing it all season
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Sheesh, anyone see the random free kick paid to Sydney in our forward line after we tackled a player and he dropped it? I’ve rewound the video and still can’t see what the free was for. Clearly incorrect disposal. Umpire said free kick for ‘after the disposal’ but there was nothing high, late, or in the back.
Yeah saw that too. Ridiculous. Then doesn't pay the HTB in front of our goal.
Even so, we are a bottom 6 team. We really really suck this year, and it starts with our shocking use of the football -- by hand and foot.
The umpires aren't helping, but we are playing unwatchable football at the moment. Our 'brand' -- whatever it is -- sucks.
Edit: I'd be clearing out the assistants again at years end and starting the footy department from scratch.
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We cannot stop handballing to a player under more pressure!
Been doing it all season
totally agree
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Our first thought is to handball even when it's not on. Just dumb!
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What is with the skills, or lack thereof. Very frustrating.
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Tigga :banghead
Hugo :banghead
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Yes the ball use is absolutely disgraceful. Shows a huge lack of confidence.
But the intent isn’t there anyway, aren’t looking hungry
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When you can't do the basics then you make it so easy for the opposition. Can't hit open targets, can't kill a long high ball, etc. :banghead
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This could end up a 100 points. We're playing that badly :help.
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Who is our defence coach?
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Dumb Mansell.
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Yep, agreed, assistant coaches, line coaches, game plan. It’s just wash rinse repeat every week.
Terrible skills, getting flogged in clearances.
We used to win the turnover and get it forward and lock it in. We get flogged in territory and inside 50 numbers every week these days.
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Why are our skills so bad?
Clearly players didn’t use a ball until season started. :help
Haven’t seen skills this bad since 2016 :help
Even Vlaustin fumbling easy chest mark in our forward half and gets turned over :banghead
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For God's sake don't drop Cumberland. He could easily have an assist too if Cotch had goaled. Might be the only fit natural forward on our list atm.
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Bolton made that. Dusty to Cumberland's advantage finishes it off :gotigers
Rich 2.0-12
Syd 4.3-27
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Terrible kick Dusty. That's another chance wasted.
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Zero free kicks to us. 3 minutes out from QT.
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Very lucky Cumberland with the first one. Hits the post.
14 - 28
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Garbage defensive pressure there from Cumberland. Selfish. Send him back to the 2's. :whistle
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Zero free kicks to us. 3 minutes out from QT.
Yeah it's just straight up cheating really. Such a corrupt game.
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Our senior players are the worst culprits with the skills.
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Quarter time
Richmond 2.2-14
Sydney 4.4-28
Goals: Cumberland, Mansell.
Well, that was rubbish. Our own worst enemy. Lucky to be just 2 goals down.
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While I’m bitching about everything, how many times can we let the ball get over the back in marking contests… can we just half a contest and reset or give a big fist to spoil and get the ball moving forward.
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Hopper has been our best by a mile.
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While I’m bitching about everything, how many times can we let the ball get over the back in marking contests… can we just half a contest and reset or give a big fist to spoil and get the ball moving forward.
Basically everything is wrong right now.
The only positives I can find are that Riewoldt is courageous and Pickett is beautiful to watch when he plays AFL. So, so gifted. Apart from that: Disaster. Bottom 6 season.
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Stats to 1/4 time:
Disposals: 96 - 87 ... ( contested: 30 - 36 )
Clearances: 6 - 10 ... ( centre: 2 - 5 )
Inside 50s: 11 - 17
Tackles: 14 - 13
Hitouts: 7 - 5
Frees: 1 - 4
Hopper 12
Taranto 10
Baker 9
Prestia 7
Balta 5
D.Rioli 5
https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/4824#player-stats
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Jack patched up and back on the ground.
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Not playing the percentages again. We have it deep in our forward line and can force a stoppage yet we just allow it out to the opposition :scream.
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Yes the ball use is absolutely disgraceful. Shows a huge lack of confidence.
But the intent isn’t there anyway, aren’t looking hungry
Don't think it is a lack of confidence reck9n it is what they've been told to do
Chaos, Chaos and more chaos
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Poor Cotch lol. Not much run left in the champ's legs. Good on him for not giving up though.
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Cumberland don't drag your man to the contest when Jack has a 1-on-1.
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Bad kicking is bad football. Terrible.
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AFL amateur hour but thankfully so. Saved by the loose padding.
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Seriously, Tigers! :facepalm :banghead
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Worst defending I’ve ever seen. :rollin :scream :banghead
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That was under 10s stuff
How the hell was that allowed to happen
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Our defence is terrible
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Why do we look just so uncoordinated.
I am becoming more of a believer that we need to say goodbye to a great era. Might be time
To hear some new voices around the club
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I put that on par with the failed rushed behind in the EF. That was Auskick stuff in defence! :banghead
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Who’s out ball movement coach?
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Why do we look just so uncoordinated.
I am becoming more of a believer that we need to say goodbye to a great era. Might be time
To hear some new voices around the club
Yeah i think so too. Clear out at season's end.
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Finally, a decent kick to advantage inside 50. Prestia to Jack 30 out. Goal! :gotigers
Rich 3.3-21
Syd 5.5-35
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Forward pressure forces the error. Mansell intercepts and goes in board to Taranto 35 out. Misses :P.
22 - 35
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We are a shadow of the team we were.
Our ball movement. Our defensive structure. Our skills. Our defence. Our inside 50’s.
It’s been a massive drop in all areas.
Standards have clearly dropped and isn’t getting relayed to the young players in VFL.
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How was that a high tackle on Heeney?
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How was that a high tackle on Heeney?
Easily first contact was over the shoulder unfortunately
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How was that a high tackle on Heeney?
Easily first contact was over the shoulder unfortunately
We are so undisciplined with our tackles and 50’s
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How can you leave space in the corridor? Half asleep in defence again Tigers.
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Forgot to mention
Our tackling is atrocious.
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Tim Taranto doesn't do himself any favours with his kicking
Shocking miss
It is really hard at times watching Cotch this year
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Terrible miss by Cotch
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Sack our goal kicking coach :thumbsdown
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Cotch too clever and sucked him in. Gets the 50.
Poster :scream
That's now 5 straightforward goals we've left on the table :banghead.
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It’s hard to watch this.
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Yet again zero defensive pressure from Cumberland. That's what Dusty's in the side for. :whistle
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Pickett is wasted on this side. He deserves to be playing for a top 4 club.
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Can we stuff up simple targets any worse?! :banghead
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It’s hard to watch this.
yep yep yep
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FFS we should be in front
Missed absolute sitters
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1.6 ::)
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3 times in a row Bolton missed the target.He needs to do the simple things first.
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Bolton gone from being on the cusp of becoming the best player in the competition to becoming a spud. Not remotely worth what we're paying him atm.
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You reap what you sow
Turn over by Bolton with 30 seconds to go and it results in another gift
We should hang our heads in shame
It is simply embarrassing
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DISGRACEFUL
DUMB
DUMB
DUMB
HOW RIDICULOUS CAN YOU BE?
BOTTOM 4 TEAM WE ARE
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We can’t kick.
Awful.
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Bereft of all confidence. The thing I takeaway is I have no faith in our young players. I don’t think we have any genuine A grade players coming through besides maybe Gibcus. We’ve traded our picks for two A trades in Taranto and hopper and that’s a trade I’d make every day if we had a healthy list and could make a push for a flag, but that’s not the case and all of a sudden our list looks pretty poor.
But a little confidence goes a long way, look at the saints. We are just mentally not there
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Gotta head to bed here in western Canada. Normally I'd stay up and watch the second half but no point here. The players aren't showing any respect for the football so I won't pay them the compliment of watching them play.
I wish the rest of you the best of luck watching them repeatedly shoot themselves in the foot for an additional hour.
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We should be capitalising on Sydney’s injuries but instead we are just complacent and simply dumb
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Pathetic!
Just laziness and not switched on as illustrated by Bolton's kick off one step straight to a Swan with 30 secs to go that gives up a goal :scream.
This is schoolboy stuff :banghead
We had the game on our terms that quarter but we are disjointed, clueless and with U10s skills. So instead of being level or even in front, we're 3 and half goals down. I can handle losing if we're being outplayed but when we are our own worst enemy under no pressure then it does your head in :banghead.
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Bleurgh. :-\
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Scaring thing is the rain is due within the next 30 minutes or so
Can't afford to be 4 goals down like we are
Reckon we are cooked
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We can’t kick.
Awful.
Our kicking, making, handball and first touch has been atrocious all season so far. It’s been clearly the worst it’s ever been.
What is the reason for this. Clearly haven’t touched a footy all preseason. What else could it be?
Our senior players are some of the worst culprits out there.
It’s so bad.
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Half-time
Richmond 2.2 3.8-26
Sydney/Richmondy 4.4 7.5-47
Goals: Riewoldt, Cumberland, Mansell.
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Thing is… this game is so winnable….
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We’re just not good enough.
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There is a lot of players that are just playing ordinary
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Mansell is a superstar deadset... 🤣
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We need to find a ruckman who can mark a footy.
We don’t have one currently.
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There is a lot of players that are just playing ordinary
Yep, too many horribly out of form
Split the 1.6 to say 3.4 or 4.3 and we are either in front or a goal down
We should be in front
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I'd just leave Miller in the ruck and either leave Ryan forward or sub him out for MRJ
We need to do something
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Stats to 1/2 time:
Disposals: 184 - 193 .... ( contested: 61 - 62 )
Marks: 49 - 63
Clearances: 13 - 14 .... ( centre: 5 - 5 )
Inside 50s: 28 - 27
In50 eff.%: 39 - 52 :thumbsdown
Tackles: 23 - 25
Hitouts: 13 - 9
Frees: 6 - 6
Hopper 18
Taranto 15
Balta 15
Baker 15
Prestia 14
Martin 10
D.Rioli 9
Miller 9
McIntosh 9
Bolton 9
Hugo 8
Mansell 7
Vlastuin 6
Pickett 6
Young 5
Sonsie 5
Cotchin 5
Ryan 4
Grimes 4
Cumberland 4
Clarke 4
Riewoldt 3
M.Rioli 0 ... ( sub not used )
https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/4824#player-stats
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Willy gets it :thumbsup
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Hopper has been our best player. The only one that looks like he has any skill by hand or foot.
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Who’s on Blakey?
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Who’s on Blakey?
He started on Ryan then went onto Cumberland
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Clueless then by Miller
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Where is my fork?
And not just for this game
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Another high ball and we're ballwatching in defence :banghead. Poor by Miller too against the shorter Heeney.
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Clueless then by Miller
Had a mare tonight. Mind you he's had a few mates.
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Clueless then by Miller
And Vlaustin. He’s there as th third man over the top. Just watched him mark it. That’s his job.
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Prestia has been very disappointing
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Great kick Jack
We get one back
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Taranto to Jack 35 out. Goal! :gotigers
Rich 4.8-32
Syd 8.6-54
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Again another high ball and nowhere near it :banghead.
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Tylar Ypung had to go then also poor by Grimes
Felt for Balta only one trying
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That smother is almost the best thing Grimes has done in the last 3 weeks
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Nice Pickett! :gotigers
Rich 5.8-38
Syd 8.7-55
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Taranto fumbled a couple of crucial times
We get the centre clearance then and momentum was building
Alas
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I just don’t see the point in carrying Cotch. 5 possessions in 2.5 quarters. 1 tackle.
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If I was Juson Clarke I'd be wanting the ground to swallow me up after that
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I just don’t see the point in carrying Cotch. 5 possessions in 2.5 quarters. 1 tackle.
Not to mention that pathetic miss.
Our backline is also disgusting. That goal to Papley just now fmd just walks through those weak pricks.
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Clarke won't want to see that again :P.
But that all starts because we fumbled, stumbled the ball to allow it and keep it in their F50.
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Nice goal from Noah
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We get it straight back. Cumberland around the body :gotigers.
Rich 6.8-44
Syd 9.8-62
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Clarke off for Maurice surely?
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Cumberland is the only guy who looks like kicking a goal when he has ball in hand. Everyone else lacks time and composure.
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Good forward pressure. Need to make the most of it.
Baker goal :gotigers
Rich 7.8-50
Syd 9.8-62
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Bit of defensive pressure across the ground and look what happens
MRJ subbed in
Cotch out
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Maurice on for Cotch (subbed off).
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Who the effing eff is on effing pap???
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We have to fight for our goals and then we give them easy ones the other way :banghead.
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Grimes just cost us a goal.
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We get ourselves back into the game and they get another soft one straight away :scream
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Ryan finally marks one and goals :gotigers
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Just turned into a team of ball chasers with no accountability for the opposition player.
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Samson mark 30 out. Goal! :gotigers
Got it back.
Rich 8.8-56
Syd 10.8-68
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You owed us that one Juddy :gotigers.
Rich 9.8-62
Syd 10.8-68
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Well done Judson makes up for the poor effort early that gifted Papley a goal
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Another brainfade gifts them a soft goal :facepalm
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Are you kidding me Balta :banghead :banghead :banghead
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It starts with us not protecting the defensive side of stoppages. It's been going on for 3 years.
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And again, how many times this year have we had the silly over the top handball smothered or picked off. I’ve never seen it happen so often in every game.
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Well done Shai and Pickett.
Dusty misses.
63 - 74
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Like the Jack of old , what a mark
Goal :gotigers
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Good tackle Clarke wins the HTB. Hopper to the hot spot and a great pack mark by Jack 20m out. Goal! :gotigers
Rich 10.9-69
Syd 11.9-75
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Can't believe how many dumb goals we are conceding.
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Undisciplined Shai.
Unnecessary brainfades :banghead.
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The Sonsie turn over was lucky it didn't gift them another goal
But a much better qtr.
Actually can't believe we are back in it if I'm being honest
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Can we play 1 quarter of semi tidy footy and win this… TBC!
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3/4 Time
Richmond 2.2 3.8 10.9-69
Sydney 4.4 7.5 11.10-76
Goals: Riewoldt 3, Cumberland 2, Ryan, Pickett, Mansell, Clarke, Baker.
Better overall but geez our brainfades are the difference and why we are behind.
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Bolton is seriously so dumb
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Bolton is seriously so dumb
Yep zero self control. Too much ego.
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Bolton is seriously so dumb
+1
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OK, less bleurgh. Still a lot of dumb though.
Did I see Beaker doing defensive stuff that quarter? Hmm, surely not...?
And if anybody here gives any grief to Jack this week I'll fight them!*
*Well, with words. :)
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Stats to 3QT:
Disposals: 273 - 271 .... ( contested: 100 - 101 )
Marks: 67 - 73
Clearances: 23 - 29 .... ( centre: 9 - 13 )
Inside 50s: 44 - 43
In50 eff.%: 43 - 51
In50 marks: 11 - 8
Tackles: 38 - 40
Hitouts: 25 - 20
Frees: 12 - 11
Baker 27
Taranton 25
Hopper 22
Balta 18
Prestia 16
Vlastuin 14
D.Rioli 13
Martin 13
Bolton 13
https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/4824#player-stats
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Hugo on the run from 50 misses.
70 - 78
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Bolton snap misses.
71 - 78
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Too easy again. Poor by Hugo in the end. It's the difference in the game.
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Panic by Hugo, crap handball and turnover
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That was HTB! Where was the handpass ump ::)
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Front and square Cumberland. Our small forwards are clueless.
Rushed point.
72 - 84
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Finally, we get a deliberate.
Bolts on the boundary. Misses everything :P.
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Game done, season done.
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Game over!
Winnable game but basic errors have cost us gifting the Swans so many easy goals.
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Papley gets another compliments of another Hugo turnover
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Most definitely isn’t game over
But sure not looking good
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Wow our backline is such a disgrace.
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So bloody disappointing
Our season so far in a nutshell games we should win we find ways to lose :banghead
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Well that's a gift for us. Jack's 4th goal :gotigers.
Rich 11.12-78
Syd 13.12-90
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Drops an uncontested mark and gifts a goal to Papley. Just new ways to puke on ourselves.
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Most definitely isn’t game over
But sure not looking good
Pretty close to it
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Maybe another draw?
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Had to do better with that kick Judson
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The signs were there last year and they’re even more obvious now. Our list is in serious trouble
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It’s embarrassing
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Most definitely isn’t game over
But sure not looking good
Wanna change your mind?
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Game over, no one man’s the mark and we let Sydney stroll into scoring range and slots it.
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Basics again! No one minding the mark.
Swans just sit back and wait for our mistakes.
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That’s it - I’m going to bed
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Over now
We need 4 goals now and our turnovers started by Sonsie trying to be to cute shows why we won't do it
Gut wrenching
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Vlastuin has been horrible this year, just horrible :banghead
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Ours season is on the brink, on life support
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Yep game over
Backline is leaking like a sieve.
Heeney and pap killing us all night.
Actually don't think we missed Nank though tbh.
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It's going to be a lonnnnnnnnnnnnng season :P.
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Imagine what Melbourne are going to do to us on Anzac Eve :help.
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Everything that made us good is gone. Our senior players are our worst culprits
We won’t make finals
We can’t tackle. We can’t pressure. It’s terrible.
The Richmond way is only a memory now.
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Basics again! No one minding the mark.
Swans just sit back and wait for our mistakes.
Not a single player hasn't made a stupid play tonight. Don't think we would have a best on ground maybe a "not the worst on ground"
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It's going to be a lonnnnnnnnnnnnng season :P.
Disagree. It’s going to be a lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng season
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Basics again! No one minding the mark.
Swans just sit back and wait for our mistakes.
Not a single player hasn't made a stupid play tonight. Don't think we would have a best on ground maybe a "not the worst on ground"
Hopper has been our only consistently good player.
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Everything that made us good is gone. Our senior players are our worst culprits
We won’t make finals
We can’t tackle. We can’t pressure. It’s terrible.
The Richmond way is only a memory now.
I have to agree. It’s time for some big changes
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Can hardly wait to hear the excuses in the presser tonight
But simply there are currently too many passengers, too many horribly out of form
We should have won this game, we lost it in the 1st half
Yet again one good qtr isn't going to win you games
Hang your heads in shame Tigers, just embarrassing
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We've capitulated like we used to a decade ago
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Aside from the obvious and constant fumbling, lack of cohesion with linking up due to basic skill errors, what’s our game plan? Clubs have stopped our 1-wood of the forward handball / overlap run. We have no plan B.
We’ve actually quit this game, and our arrogance and discipline is atrocious.
That starts at the top. What’s your move Dimma and co.
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People understandably want our younger cubs playing and gaining gametime given our injuries but don't be surprised when they tire, get exposed and make mistakes.
This is getting ugly. We didn't make them pay on the scoreboard when we had the game on our terms in the 2nd & 3rd quarters and now we've dropped off our intensity and discipline with the game gone. Poor to not finish off the game: 7.4 to 1.3 in the last.
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2.9 and multiple non-scores to the Cathedral end. Bad kicking is bad footy as they say. Just add to the long list of things that are going wrong :P.
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Thank God that is over
I'm just gutted, not because we lost but how we lost
Embarrassing
Pathetic
Insipid
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Final Score
Richmond 2.2 3.8 10.9 11.12-78
Sydney 4.4 7.5 11.10 18.14-122
Goals: Riewoldt 4, Cumberland 2, Ryan, Pickett, Mansell, Clarke, Baker.
:help
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The worst performance for many a year. The backline apart from Young is woefully inept
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Thank God that is over
I'm just gutted, not because we lost but how we lost
Embarrassing
Pathetic
Insipid
They gave up. Watching pap hanging out the back free as a bird for another cheap goal just :chuck
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Young Samson looks like Bambi out there... Staring at oncoming headlights.
At least if the pattern stands we'll play a top notch final quarter next week.
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Personally, I don’t think we should have subbed Cotch.
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Our backline apart from Young have been absolutely putrid this year. Our midfield coach needs to change things up. Week after week we get belted.
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People understandably want our younger cubs playing and gaining gametime given our injuries but don't be surprised when they tire, get exposed and make mistakes.
This is getting ugly. We didn't make them pay on the scoreboard when we had the game on our terms in the 2nd & 3rd quarters and now we've dropped off our intensity and discipline with the game gone. Poor to not finish off the game: 7.4 to 1.3 in the last.
I'm not too angry about the kids, but Vlaustin, Grimes, Balta, and Bolton were disgraceful.
Grimes needs to be stripped of the captaincy.
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Personally, I don’t think we should have subbed Cotch.
Had no issue with it myself. He was incredibly poor while he was out there. Posted it earlier bloody hard to watch him out there TBBH
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HTF do you let an average team kick 7 goals in the wet. Disgusting
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We need a response at selection this week. Balta, Vlastuin & Grimes in the gun. And for f...ck sake get Baker out of defense. Plenty of it but butchered it all night
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Personally, I don’t think we should have subbed Cotch.
Cotchin needs to retire next week. Gone on 1 year too many
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Cotch was giving us absolutely nothing. No issue with the sub but Maurice isn’t the difference maker we needed. I still think on pressure and chasing alone he should be starting 22 and let him develop. Playing 1.5 quarters a week isn’t helping hm.
Unfortunately with all our injuries the cupboard is bare and it will be more of the same for the foreseeable future.
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Our backline apart from Young have been absolutely putrid this year. Our midfield coach needs to change things up. Week after week we get belted.
Problem starts up the ground. We don't protect the defensive side at stoppages and our small forward and mids don't stand defensive side front and square at aerial contests. Just allows the opposition to burst through out the front of stoppages as well as rebound with ease out of our F50 gifting them soft goals. It's been going on for the past three years and it's never been fixed. Tonight, it was so obvious and the Swans ripped us to shreds. The new rules allow for more old school footy yet we still haven't adjusted. Perhaps it's time for a clean out of our assistant coaches and bring in some new faces with new ideas a la 2016-2017 that suit the way the game needs to be played and defended across the ground under the new rules.
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We need a response at selection this week. Balta, Vlastuin & Grimes in the gun. And for f...ck sake get Baker out of defense. Plenty of it but butchered it all night
And play bring in who?
We had 4 AFL blokes playing VFL tonight.
We have 13 blokes on the injured list
There isn't much available
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What's going on with Dion? Doesn't look like the same player.
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I'm not surprised Cotch is looking the way he is, it was a shock that he decided to play on this year, but to see how quickly Grimes and Vlastuin look absolutely cooked is a bit of a surprise. Can't get Broad back quickly enough, and Short believe it or not.
But we are done for this year. We might win a few in the back half when we get a few troops back, but we are done.
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What's going on with Dion? Doesn't look like the same player.
You could ask that same question to most of the list
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What's going on with Dion? Doesn't look like the same player.
You could ask that same question to most of the list
Yeah guess so, some showed signs last year, Like Cotch & Grimes. But he's really dropped off.
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What's going on with Dion? Doesn't look like the same player.
Been saying for a while, he's clearly not fit. We are much better off playing Ross or Dow. Time for some hard decisions at selection, even with very few to choose from.
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Our skills and disposal is amateur stuff below afl standard the worse by a mile of any team.We got alot of senior players killing us on the ground not performing and doing stupid things put the blowtorch on them bigtime !.
Not seen anything that Taranto and Hopper has improved us in the guts we look worse.
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Personally, I don’t think we should have subbed Cotch.
Had 7 possessions at 43%. And was tying to chase a player but lost metres at every stride.
I’m not sure there’s a spot for him other than midfield but he’s not getting the ball like he used to.
Love the Cap but I don’t think this season is looking like it was necessary.
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Our heaviest defeat since Round 8, 2021 against Geelong (63 pts) and our third heaviest across the past 4 years.
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45 vs 81 pts scored from turnovers. That’s your ballgame.
https://twitter.com/rfcswallace/status/1646878576002891778
:P
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Unsure if anyone is here is Adelaide but have tickets to just about every game this weekend. It's been good apart from tonight's result.
My biggest issue for this if it continues for years is the amount of neutral supporters who have attended games just attending to cause trouble. Last night, first half of Freo v GC and tonight's game Ive seen about 6 busy ups cause by random idiots trying to like fun at supporters for no reason.
Much better control in Vic.
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Team stats:
Disposals: 381 - 366 .... ( contested: 140 - 150 ; uncontested: 234 - 208 )
Efficiency%: 71 - 72
Kicks: 217 - 238
Handballs: 164 - 128
Turnovers: 82 - 79
Marks: 85 - 88 .... ( contested: 11 - 10 )
Tackles: 49 - 54
Clearances: 36 - 42 .... ( centre: 11 - 19 ; stoppages 25 - 23 )
Inside 50s: 56 - 64
In50 eff.%: 50 - 52
In50 marks: 12 - 10
In50 tackles: 16 - 13
Hitouts: 33 - 32
Bounces: 3 - 12
One %ers: 52 - 44
Frees: 15 - 17
Individual possies:
Baker 35
Taranto 34
Hopper 32
D.Rioli 22
Prestia 22
Bolton 22
Vlastuin 20
Balta 20
McIntosh 19
Ralphsmith 18
Martin 17
Sonsie 15
Miller 15
Pickett 14
Mansell 12
Young 11
Clarke 11
Grimes 9
Ryan 8
Riewoldt 8
Cumberland 7
Cotchin 7 .... ( subbed off )
M.Rioli 3 .... ( subbed on )
https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/4824#player-stats
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Glad I’m overseas and have missed the last 2 weeks. Seems like Groundhog Day where we can blitz teams for 1-2 quarters and do nothing for the rest.
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Glad I’m overseas and have missed the last 2 weeks. Seems like Groundhog Day where we can blitz teams for 1-2 quarters and do nothing for the rest.
It's back to the lean years where my old Richmond brain is kicking in and saying things like, "we've been in every game we've played so far up until 3 quarter time."
Which means we are rubbish. :rollin
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Our skills and disposal is amateur stuff below afl standard the worse by a mile of any team.We got alot of senior players killing us on the ground not performing and doing stupid things put the blowtorch on them bigtime !.
Not seen anything that Taranto and Hopper has improved us in the guts we look worse.
Spot on. Disposal woeful and amateur. Sydney killed us because of their disposal. Got no chance of winning games with disposal like that.
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that was our worst match since 2016 … disinterested, disconnected, dumb and undisciplined Richmond football … our brand is bottom 4 material …
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that was our worst match since 2016 … disinterested, disconnected, dumb and undisciplined Richmond football … our brand is bottom 4 material …
April 3, 2021 was worse, and you will find was the start of our demise for this group.
Blind Freddy could see our issues after that point.
Making finals last year covered the cracks much like it did with the hawks with some of their straight set exists from September.
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"I thought their performance was a reflection of Damien Hardwick's media conference the previous week."
@kanecornes calls out the Tigers' lack of discipline, with the club headed for the 'end of an era'.
Watch here: https://twitter.com/FootyonNine/status/1647400135364861952
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Richmond are their own worst enemy
Lachlan Geleit
SEN
17 April 2023
Richmond coach Damien Hardwick was filthy at his team following their 44-point loss to Sydney on Friday, and it was warranted.
With the margin fairly tight until the midway point of the last term, it was the Tigers’ own undoing that continually cost them getting their noses in front with ill-discipline and sloppy free kicks letting the side down.
While the Tigers probably got an edge on their opponents in recent years by playing on the line, it’s beginning to cost them now as they’re seemingly getting in their own way week after week.
At 1-1-3 now through five rounds, Richmond are at a point where they simply must change their attitude if they’re to turn their season around.
There’s no doubt injuries are costing them at this point, but discipline is something that is well and truly in their control and you can be sure Hardwick will be drilling his players to ensure those standards rise.
All eyes will be on their huge Anzac Day Eve clash with Melbourne, if they don’t change much there they could be in for another tough day at the office.
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2023/04/16/the-big-talking-points-and-questions-out-of-gather-round/
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Report Card: Round 5
Ben Cotton, Catherine Healey, David Zita, Jono Baruch and Ben Waterworth
Fox Sports
April 17th, 2023
RICHMOND
A 44-point defeat to Sydney marked Richmond’s third-straight loss, sitting with just one win through five rounds as its season dwindles. The Tigers produced blistering patches where they liked like a top eight side – and despite their injury woes, still have ample talent – but also key stretches where Damien Hardwick’s side let itself down including being wasteful with its possession – most notably the delivery inside 50. It comes ahead of a testing Anzac Day eve meeting with Melbourne.
In the votes
Liam Baker might be Richmond’s best player now, racking up 35 touches and kicking a goal running off half back. Jack Riewoldt booted 4.1 in a prolific role up forward without Tom Lynch, while Jacob Hopper (32 disposals) and Tim Taranto (34 possessions) found plenty of the ball inside.
Room for improvement
As highlighted above, Richmond’s wasteful kicking efficiency – particularly forward of centre – really hurt it. The Tigers’ inside 50 efficiency was just 41 per cent against the Swans – getting 23 shots from 56 entries – and without Lynch in there, it’s an area of their game they must correct moving forward.
Grade
D
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https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-news-2023-round-5-report-card-highlights-grades-gather-round-analysis-every-club-reviewed-best-and-worst-video-stats/news-story/fe2df74a4baf7e168dede2cfde4b8cff
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Coaches' votes (Hardwick & Longmire)
Richmond v Sydney
10 Tom Papley (SYD)
8 Nick Blakey (SYD)
5 Isaac Heeney (SYD)
5 Chad Warner (SYD)
2 Liam Baker (RICH)
https://www.afl.com.au/news/907285/coaches-votes-r5-pies-gun-extends-lead-five-perfect-10s
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OVERREACTIONS, POSITIVES, NEGATIVES & UNDROPPABLES FOR ALL 18 AFL TEAMS IN ROUND 5
Andrew Slevison
SEN
17 April 2023
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The Key Takeaway: Is it as bad as everyone is saying?
Things aren’t quite going to plan for Richmond in 2023.
The injury list is long and has plenty of important players on it which has opened the door for the club’s youth.
Nine players had 21 games or less of experience heading into the Sydney game and aside from a 10-minute patch when blown away late, the Tigers were largely competitive.
While the big guns are out, the inexperienced get the chance to develop and learn in the cutthroat AFL environment.
Looking at it through a positive lens, the Tigers are seven points off holding a 3-2 record and if that was the case the narrative would be fairly different.
However, that’s not the case, so they have to deal with the criticism for now.
But is it as bad as it seems? The next few weeks will tell.
The Overreaction: Sold the farm for Taranto and Hopper
Already in 2023 there has been a fair bit of talk around Tim Taranto and Jacob Hopper.
And most of it hasn’t been positive.
The Tigers gave up plenty to recruit the pair from GWS and given the club’s current position, it’s easy to sink the boots in.
But it’s not their fault the Tigers are sitting 15th. They would be two of the top four or five players at Richmond this season.
Yes, it might have been a lot to part ways with to get them in, but they should be given more time to prove themselves.
It will be a different story if Richmond misses finals this year, however.
The Negative: Playing in fits and spurts
For the second week in a row, Richmond basically played just one quarter of good footy.
Last week it was the second term when kicking eight goals against the Dogs, this week it was the third quarter against the Swans when they kicked seven.
In the last two games, Richmond has kicked 15 goals in two quarters, and just eight in the remaining six terms.
That’s not enough of a spread to win games in the AFL in 2023.
What they need to tweak for next week: Discipline must improve
The Tigers were quite undisciplined against the Swans.
There were silly free kicks, inexplicable 50-metre penalties and general carry on from some of the players that Damien Hardwick admitted was not good enough.
At the moment in large portions, it’s Richmond killing Richmond.
If the Tigers can rid themselves of those frustrations and avoid such glaring mistakes, they might just be able to turn things around sooner than later.
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2023/04/17/overreactions-positives-negatives-and-undroppables-for-all-18-afl-teams5/