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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on May 30, 2015, 10:34:22 PM
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Dimma's post-match presser ...
* Biggest factor in the turnaround? We were going okay but, as he said at the time, 15 min lapses were costing us dearly (eg: North). Controlling the ball better now.
* Win was another sign of maturity. Leaders are standing up and playing good footy for longer. No pretty wins but it's better to win ugly.
* Beaten around the stoppages early. Down by 7 early and at half-time. Challenged our leaders in Cotch, Ivan and Dusty to stand up and they did. We won the contested ball after half-time.
* We got outmarked in their forward 50 a lot tonight. But we contained them to 1 in the first, 2 in the third and 1 in the last. We thought if we could contain them by restricting their ball inside F50 we'd go a long way to winning the game.
* All our leaders in the same side make a big difference over the past 3 weeks.
* Lids was important again up forward. Took some important marks.
* Not many sides with 4 first year players playing in their side. We're going well.
* Brandon Ellis is growing into the player we believe he can be. Same goes for Floss who is growing into the next Brandon Ellis.
* Going too safe down the line still too much. So there's still much improvement. Coaches always seek perfection.
* Looking forward to the Freo game. They're on a streak so we look forward to the challenge over there.
* Ty is a chance. Icing his foot right now. Our VFL side had a lost so we'll go through the tape there.
* Not one of my finer moments storming out of a press conference (laughs).
* McBean will take time and he'll learn a lot from playing on Fletcher. He's similar to Joe Daniher.
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Dimma's post-match presser ...
* Biggest factor in the turnaround? We were going okay but, as he said at the time, 15 min lapses were costing us dearly (eg: North). Controlling the ball better now.
* Win was another sign of maturity. Leaders are standing up and playing good footy for longer. No pretty wins but it's better to win ugly.
* Beaten around the stoppages early. Down by 7 early and at half-time. Challenged our leaders in Cotch, Ivan and Dusty to stand up and they did. We won the contested ball after half-time.
* We got outmarked in their forward 50 a lot tonight. But we contained them to 1 in the first, 2 in the third and 1 in the last. We thought if we could contain them by restricting their ball inside F50 we'd go a long way to winning the game.
* All our leaders in the same side make a big difference over the past 3 weeks.
* Lids was important again up forward. Took some important marks.
* Not many sides with 4 first year players playing in their side. We're going well.
* Brandon Ellis is growing into the player we believe he can be. Same goes for Floss who is growing into the next Brandon Ellis.
* Going too safe down the line still too much. So there's still much improvement. Coaches always seek perfection.
* Looking forward to the Freo game. They're on a streak so we look forward to the challenge over there.
* Ty is a chance. Icing his foot right now. Our VFL side had a lost so we'll go through the tape there.
* Not one of my finer moments storming out of a press conference (laughs).
* McBean will take time and he'll learn a lot from playing on Fletcher. He's similar to Joe Daniher.
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The four first year player comment.
Lmao.
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VIDEO: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2015-05-30/round-9-hardwick-postmatch
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'It's good to win ugly': Hardwick praises Tiger turnaround
Travis King
May 30, 2015 11:40 PM
RICHMOND coach Damien Hardwick has praised his club's leaders for the Tigers' turnaround in form, which has seen them notch three consecutive wins after a rough start to the year.
The Tigers beat Essendon by 13 points in Saturday night's Dreamtime at the 'G clash, which followed strong victories over Collingwood in round seven and Port Adelaide last week.
Hardwick said he challenged captain Trent Cotchin, star Brett Deledio and ruckman Ivan Maric at half-time against the Bombers for more of an influence at stoppages in the second half. Their ability to even up in the key areas was the impetus for an important, if not scrappy, win.
"It's a great sign for our leaders to stand up. They're playing good consistent football for a longer period of time which is really important for a side pushing forward," Hardwick said.
"For us they're good wins, but they're not pretty wins. But it's good to win ugly."
He said criticism of the club's leadership group in recent times, particularly in their 2-4 start to the season, was unfair given the group of senior players had barely been in the same team through fitness concerns.
The Tigers have won four of five games Deledio has played, and they lost three of four when he was missing with an Achilles injury.
Hardwick noted his versatility as an important piece of the Tigers' mix, but said the availability of their senior players made for a more settled Richmond line-up.
"It's no coincidence that they're all of a sudden all in the same playing together that we start to win some footy games. And [it's] the same as last year (when the Tigers won the final nine games of the home and away season to push into the finals). They're really important players to us," he said.
"They give us good structure, they give us good leadership on the ground, and they're improving week by week."
Moving into that zone as one of the club's most important players is Brandon Ellis, who gathered 33 disposals and seven rebound-50s in a dominant display.
He was awarded the Yiooken Medal as the best player in the annual Dreamtime game, and Hardwick said the club was pleased with the first-round draft pick's growth.
"He's probably a player who's found what works for him, with regard to his work rate," he said.
"He covers an enormous amount of ground. His contested ball work has dramatically improved and we've been really pleased with that. He's growing into the player we thought he'd be."
The Tigers face perhaps their biggest challenge of the year next Friday night, when they travel to Perth to tackle the unbeaten Dockers at Domain Stadium.
They will take some confidence with them after winning their past two encounters at the ground (against West Coast in 2013 and 2014) and may welcome back forward Ty Vickery from his leg injury.
"It's exciting … it gives us a really good opportunity to see where we're at. They're a quality side obviously and they're very hard to beat at home, but we play well there and we travel well so we're looking forward to the challenge," Hardwick said.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-05-30/its-good-to-win-ugly-hardwick-praises-tiger-turnaround
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Gee itd be nice to be able to win pretty.
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4 points is the most important be it ugly or not. :gotigers
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I didn't think it was ugly at all. A great defensive performance.
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The four first year player comment.
Lmao.
Didn't even know McKintosh & McBean were on the list until he saw them run through the banner for the first time. Had to ask his assistants.
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The four first year player comment.
Lmao.
Didn't even know McKintosh & McBean were on the list until he saw them run through the banner for the first time. Had to ask his assistants.
i couldnt work out wtf he was on about
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He's an idiot like Frawley
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Its good to beat a team of drug cheats and hammer one more nail into Turd's coffin.
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On the other hand, it should have been an annihilation of a team on the brink of disaster but instead it was a game of inaccuracy.
22 - 19 scoring shots.
Pretty even.
Go figure