One-Eyed Richmond Forum
Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: mightytiges on June 19, 2015, 10:42:10 PM
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All credit to the Eagles but the worse thing about losing tonight was we weren't mentally switched on from the start. Like chalk and cheese from the pressure, intensity & skills of Freo game and the past 4 wins. So many Tigers fumbling, missing tackles, off their direct opponent by 10m+, poor decision making, etc. Back to the crap of the first six rounds. We simply failed the pressure of expectation test once again :damnpc. The side reading too much of their own press over the pass fortnight thinking it was just going to happen :banghead.
We play like tonight against the Swans and it'll be a 10+ goal flogging. The irony is now we'll be written off again and no one will expect us to win next week, so we'll probably win :pullhair
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Stupid is as stupid does
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I don't think we have a side that is good enough to win ugly OT win whilst playing poorly.
When 22 players are 'pumped' up and up for the fight we are very good. But when we are off we can't win ugly or 'get the job done'.
We need our B Graders to be flying for us to win. Can't happen every week unless you have an elite coach.
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I think the leaders were still on holiday and didn't come to play.
Embarrassing effort and all the leaders deserve to be kicked all week for that insipid display.
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Just so disappointing
And sadly not unexpected
I think the leaders were still on holiday and didn't come to play.
Embarrassing effort and all the leaders deserve to be kicked all week for that insipid display.
Totally agree with this ^
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I don't think we have a side that is good enough to win ugly OT win whilst playing poorly.
When 22 players are 'pumped' up and up for the fight we are very good. But when we are off we can't win ugly or 'get the job done'.
We need our B Graders to be flying for us to win. Can't happen every week unless you have an elite coach.
Thanks Pope
Your last comment is spot on.
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So disappointed, will it ever change?
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Spoilt, soft babies who always get ahead of themselves, then poo in their pants
in public
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anyone can have a bad game. last night was a bad loss but the train is still on the rails. lets see where it all ends up at the end of the season.
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anyone can have a bad game. last night was a bad loss but the train is still on the rails. lets see where it all ends up at the end of the season.
Yep fair call Ramps
Still disappointed but not season ending. Let's see how they respond
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Was always going to happen guys. Don't let it get to you
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anyone can have a bad game. last night was a bad loss but the train is still on the rails. lets see where it all ends up at the end of the season.
There's a few imminent sharp bends though. Maybe the train isn't good enough for this track:-
Sydney, GWS, Freo again, Hawthorn, Adelaide, Coll again and Norf
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Drinking our own bath water again
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Was always going to happen guys. Don't let it get to you
You said we would win. You told us so. Too bad for you Alex re signed and made you look even more of a dunce. Keep the bs credibility coming. :thumbsup
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Sadly it is our B graders that are letting us down.
Thought our better players on the list were ok last night but blokes the like Hunt and Chaplin and a few others let us down at critical times.
I'm hoping if Ellis misses he is replaced by a kid and not Newman.
I would play Menadue again and give McIntosh another go even though I think he has struggled in the last few weeks. The exposure against Sydney and their discipline, hardness and toughness in the long run will teach the kids more than playing Newy right now ever will.
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I would play Menadue again and give McIntosh another go even though I think he has struggled in the last few weeks. The exposure against Sydney and their discipline, hardness and toughness in the long run will teach the kids more than playing Newy right now ever will.
Really good point Don, absolutely agree
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I would play Menadue again and give McIntosh another go even though I think he has struggled in the last few weeks. The exposure against Sydney and their discipline, hardness and toughness in the long run will teach the kids more than playing Newy right now ever will.
Really good point Don, absolutely agree
Absolutely WP. The odds are against us and given the form the Swans are in atm they are the likely winners. At least playing the kids in the side already and replacing a kid for a kid will teach the kids more and provide us more importantly with a long term win and some first hand practical experience for the kids.
A win under that scenario will be the best possible result for both short and long term club prospects.
Newy needs a send off at the G v Gold Coast round 21. The next and only time he should be selected.
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I'm more upset about losing he Melbourne and bulldogs games. Last night sucked but you can't win them all and fair enough we were off our game and rightfully lost to a decent side. Those other games we should have still won playing poorly as that's what good sides do.
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Tigers can't handle expectation
Author: Ben Hocking, Bradley Dawson and Glenn Valencich
Sportsfan
June 23, 2015
Five minutes into Friday night's game, Damien Hardwick and all Richmond fans knew which Tigers had turned up to play – and it wasn't the sure-footed, precise team that tore Fremantle apart the fortnight before. The 'bad' Richmond butchered the ball numerous times early, missing targets and/or kicking it to West Coast players while under little or no pressure, setting the tone for a lacklustre night. The Eagles' defence completely stifled the home side's supposedly dangerous forward line, and with Nic Naitanui dominating in the centre plus around the ground the Eagles never looked like losing a game they had every right to: it was their third match in 13 days, which included trips to Hobart and Melbourne, their best defender Jeremy McGovern was still proppy, and the Tigers had had an extra week's rest. But then again, it was no surprise to see the boys in yellow and black fail to handle being favourites yet again. If there is one thing you can predict about this unpredictable Tigers side it's that they will struggle with expectation and, conversely, they frequently play better when no one gives them a chance. The bye came at just the wrong time for the Tigers, too. If they had played the Eagles the week after beating the Dockers, who knows how they might have fared. And with a game next week against the mighty Swans and everyone tipping against the Tigers, you just know the boys from Punt Road are probably half a chance. Who'd be a Tiger supporter?
http://www.sportsfan.com.au/era-of-irrelevance-at-an-end/tabid/91/newsid/165267/default.aspx?cid=SF_LOWDOWN_AFL_article_eraofirrelevanceatanend_220615
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Sadly it is our B graders that are letting us down.
Thought our better players on the list were ok last night but blokes the like Hunt and Chaplin and a few others let us down at critical times.
I'm hoping if Ellis misses he is replaced by a kid and not Newman.
I would play Menadue again and give McIntosh another go even though I think he has struggled in the last few weeks. The exposure against Sydney and their discipline, hardness and toughness in the long run will teach the kids more than playing Newy right now ever will.
Agree. Good test for the younger players. Gives them a bench mark to aspire to.
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Don't tell Damien Houdini.
He'll spin the stuff out! :shh