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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on March 12, 2014, 10:00:51 PM
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Terry Wallace, the list manager, takes a look at his former side, Richmond:
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Summary:
* Losing to Carlton was a bitter pill to take but in a strange quirky way the 7th placed finish benefits them with the 2014 draw. Expects us to get off to a strong start in the first 10 rounds. You don't finish with 15 wins by accident and they were only one game off the top 4. It's time for the Tigers to strike.
* Added layers each year to their list via trades and free agency. Got top end youngsters to begin with in Cotchin, Martin and Deledio then added layers. Francis Jackson has nailed the first picks 100% since he got there.
* Line up will have a new look. Hampson in the ruck, Thomas as a tagger/run with player. Added size with Astbury down back and Griffiths up forward. So 4 changes to last year's line-up.
* Back line still developing but the addition of Chaplin and Morris has helped. Rance has gone to another level. Their best 1-1 tall defender; Morris best 1-1 small defender. Use of Martin off half-back has been a success over summer and combined with Houli provides a lot of run and carry. Tigers will be hoping Astbury's body holds up as the third tall. Grimes still to come back and McDonough has played some strong footy over the preseason (doubts he'll play round 1 though).
* Moving Martin to half-back allows Ellis, Conca, Edwards and Vlastuin more game time in the midfield. They can still move Dusty into the midfield as required.
* Can't have Cotchin and Deledio finishing 4th & 5th in B&F. Need the stars to lead the way to finish top 4.
* Grigg and Ellis provide outside run. Need Foley to find his best footy and confidence as well as Jackson back from his hammy.
* Liked Hampson over the preseason and Griffiths as the 2nd ruck. Believes both can hold up the ruck until Maric comes back.
* Up forward need consistency from Riewoldt and Vickery.
* 21 goals from your best small forward (King) isn't enough. Newy has gone forward as well as Cotchin resting there to help that out and boost their goal numbers.
* Has Richmond with 11 wins plus eight 50/50 games. So Plough is tipping 16 wins and a 3rd-5th finish.
* 2014 won't be another false dawn for Richmond.
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aaaarrrrgggghhhhh quick cut the wrists. were in for a shocker yr. when has he ever got anything right about our club.
peeing myself at rance being best 1v1 defender. does he even watch games.
hampson failed for 7 yrs in the ruck will transform us. so will thomas another 7 or 8 yr hack at afl level.
ill give terry one thing hes prepared to put his optimistic balls on the line.
the martin to h/b comment is especially golden. just when has edwards. and conca recently played at hb. . and where does that leave houli surely we dont need two very outside hb in martin and houli.
i dunno im disappointed in myself for even reading the garbarge that comes out of journos mouths yet alone wallaces.
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aaaarrrrgggghhhhh quick cut the wrists. were in for a shocker yr. when has he ever got anything right about our club.
:bow :lol
Hasn't the club practically named McDonough for this week? Yet Tezza says he probably won't play haha
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Wallet was always a good analyst and list manager. He was just what the Dogs needed with their mature list that just need restructuring and re-motivating. The problem he had when he came to Richmond though is that he couldn't teach. He just didn't know how to develop young players and didn't have the fund from the club to bring in staff that could.
When he speaks about the club and its direction I, unlike some, actual respect his opinion because I think he knows what he's talking about.
As long as he is discussing our team, like David King, as a member of the media rather than as a member of our staff, I'm OK. :shh :lol
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Crawley is the worst in recent times by far.
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Crawley is the worst in recent times by far.
Funny - Wallace still seems to have a soft spot for the Tigers. Whether its some sort of delusion that he has had an influence somehow in our current success or just because he still knows some of the current players and staff. Has even said that he still follows the side the most out of all the sides in the comp. :-\
Spud on the other hand appears to have a genuine loathing for the club and rarely has a kind word to say about the place or side. :wallywink
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Wallet was always a good analyst and list manager.
Say no more........
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Wallace had no support, footy department was non existant, whatever you think of the bloke, he was on a hiding to nothing, any coach was prior to us building the right way under B.Gale. I don't hold him solely responsible
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Wallace had no support, footy department was non existant, whatever you think of the bloke, he was on a hiding to nothing, any coach was prior to us building the right way under B.Gale. I don't hold him solely responsible
Maybe he shouldn't have taken all the money. Big Tezza :clapping
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Wallace had no support, footy department was non existant, whatever you think of the bloke, he was on a hiding to nothing, any coach was prior to us building the right way under B.Gale. I don't hold him solely responsible
He had one thing - a large bank account courtesy of the RFC.
And he had one other thing - Richard Tambling!!!
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Isnt it ultimately up to the employer to decide how much they want to pay an employee? We have 30 years of crap and gone through a dozen coaches but it was all the coaches fault.. Even if Wallace took half his 600k per year wage and we put it towards a couple of assistant we would have still been under resourced. When the GM and head coach are required to also be recruiters I choose not to blame them for everything, pretty obvious the club as a whole wasn't in a good place.
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the martin to h/b comment is especially golden. just when has edwards. and conca recently played at hb. .
He doesn't say that Edwards or Conca have recently played at half back.
But I would have thought that moving Martin to half back means he isn't in the midfield, therefore freeing up a spot there for the others to rotate etc.
Just sayin
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peeing myself at rance being best 1v1 defender. does he even watch games.
Wallace is clearly correct. Do you even watch games ?
Can I suggest you take a look at ( for eg ) Richmond vs Hawthorn last year. One of the best man on man performances you'll see by Rance against Buddy Franklin. He slaughtered him.
You seriously have NFI dude !
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You seriously have NFI dude !
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Plough was on SEN this arvo reiterating what he said on Sportsday. He sees us being 8-2 after our first 10 games.
His Final Eight prediction is:
Freo
Hawks
Swans
Richmond
Geelong
North
Coll'wood
Eagles.
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One of the few that doesn't have the bombres in the 8 :clapping
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peeing myself at rance being best 1v1 defender. does he even watch games.
Wallace is clearly correct. Do you even watch games ?
Can I suggest you take a look at ( for eg ) Richmond vs Hawthorn last year. One of the best man on man performances you'll see by Rance against Buddy Franklin. He slaughtered him.
You seriously have NFI dude !
oh deary me.
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Wallace is a gimp. Not sure I have seen Frawley bash us to be honest. I do know that the players loved him. At least he coached us to finals. Wallace will pump up any player that was drafted when he was coaching
Rance probably is our best 1v1 defender out of our talls. Astbury has no runs on the board, Chaplin can't even go 3rd man up without pooting his pants and Grimes has hardly played on a good tall in recent times. Not sure overhead marking is Lance Franklins strength, dicey ;D
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Wallace is a gimp. Not sure I have seen Frawley bash us to be honest. I do know that the players loved him. At least he coached us to finals. Wallace will pump up any player that was drafted when he was coaching
Rance probably is our best 1v1 defender out of our talls. Astbury has no runs on the board, Chaplin can't even go 3rd man up without pooting his pants and Grimes has hardly played on a good tall in recent times. Not sure overhead marking is Lance Franklins strength, dicey ;D
good summation.
on rance while OUR so called best 1v1 tall defender . Is he a good 1v1 defender over all. or is he just the best of a poor lot in this one facet of the game. i know what my eyes tell me.
unbelievable that people cant acknowledge this bloke has had huge problems 1v1 and continues to do so.
then again i suppose those of us who criticise him just imagines all the slipping over, the mistimed punches. the regular outbodying. the constant being caught out of position yep we dont really see those things thats just our imagination. thats not to say he doesnt do these things well at times.
even i admit hes a good player in certain areas but 1v1 is not one of them.
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Wallace is a gimp. Not sure I have seen Frawley bash us to be honest. I do know that the players loved him. At least he coached us to finals. Wallace will pump up any player that was drafted when he was coaching
Rance probably is our best 1v1 defender out of our talls. Astbury has no runs on the board, Chaplin can't even go 3rd man up without pooting his pants and Grimes has hardly played on a good tall in recent times. Not sure overhead marking is Lance Franklins strength, dicey ;D
good summation.
on rance while OUR so called best 1v1 tall defender . Is he a good 1v1 defender over all. or is he just the best of a poor lot in this one facet of the game. i know what my eyes tell me.
unbelievable that people cant acknowledge this bloke has had huge problems 1v1 and continues to do so.
then again i suppose those of us who criticise him just imagines all the slipping over, the mistimed punches. the regular outbodying. the constant being caught out of position yep we dont really see those things thats just our imagination. thats not to say he doesnt do these things well at times.
even i admit hes a good player in certain areas but 1v1 is not one of them.
Exacto mundo, Mr. C. (http://r26.imgfast.net/users/2615/50/25/04/smiles/925640149.gif)
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Wallace is a gimp. Not sure I have seen Frawley bash us to be honest. I do know that the players loved him. At least he coached us to finals. Wallace will pump up any player that was drafted when he was coaching
Rance probably is our best 1v1 defender out of our talls. Astbury has no runs on the board, Chaplin can't even go 3rd man up without pooting his pants and Grimes has hardly played on a good tall in recent times. Not sure overhead marking is Lance Franklins strength, dicey ;D
good summation.
on rance while OUR so called best 1v1 tall defender . Is he a good 1v1 defender over all. or is he just the best of a poor lot in this one facet of the game. i know what my eyes tell me.
unbelievable that people cant acknowledge this bloke has had huge problems 1v1 and continues to do so.
then again i suppose those of us who criticise him just imagines all the slipping over, the mistimed punches. the regular outbodying. the constant being caught out of position yep we dont really see those things thats just our imagination. thats not to say he doesnt do these things well at times.
even i admit hes a good player in certain areas but 1v1 is not one of them.
Pretty well spot on. Except 1 v 1 doesn't only cover under a high ball. He's gotten better but he's still never going to beat a Cloke/Pavlich monster type whose strength is the high ball. We just need to find someone to take those so Rance doesn't get abused doing it.
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Rance is one those defenders who plays better the further away from goal he is. Kelvin Moore was another one. Between the arcs rebounding tall backs - almost like oversized 3rd HBF's.
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Rance's best asset in terms of defensive quality is running in a straight line at the contest, he can keep up with Buddy and Reiwoldt on the lead, fantastic closing speed which is why I prefer him on a leading fwd. The problem is most of the FF's understand his main weakness is under a high ball so they play him that way. Its no coincidence that 2 of the stronger more physical power fwds in Pav and Cloke give him a bath(throw in Petrie too) each time they play him. Roo and Buddy not so.
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That's why Astbury is being developed to play on these guys. Did a good job in the preseason.
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Wallace is a idiot. l dont know why there is a topic on what he thinks.