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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on August 14, 2016, 07:32:33 PM
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Overpowered Tigers ‘blew it’: Hardwick
SAM EDMUND
Herald Sun
14 August 2016 7:00pm
RICHMOND coach Damien Hardwick was on Sunday night left to concede his team was overpowered by the better side after the Tigers were rundown by Geelong.
Richmond led by 35 points at three quarter-time, but couldn’t hang on in the face of a Cats onslaught that produced 6.9 from 19 inside 50s in the final half hour.
“They just beat us around the ball. They won contested ball, they won tackles, their workrate and intensity lifted and we just couldn’t match it,” Hardwick said.
“You look at (Patrick) Dangerfield’s influence, (Joel) Selwood’s influence; they just rose to the occasion and there’s a reason they’re a top-four side.
“We blew it. We didn’t take a couple of chances when it went inside 50m and when we didn’t take those chances they got three goals from the back end. But in fairness they had 19 inside 50s to five (seven) in the last quarter. You’re always going to be in a bit of trouble when you give up that many entries.”
Geelong won the inside 50m count 66-39 and also dominated in the air, taking 21 contested marks to eight. Clearances were also 32-24 in the Cats’ favour to complete a set of numbers that eventually overwhelmed the Tigers.
“It wore us down. Defensively they tightened up a little bit and we were forced to kick long down the line,” Hardwick said.
“We were kicking to monsters down there and just didn’t have the cattle to combat against that, that’s why we tried to control the ball a bit.
“It was a disappointing finish. The first three quarters were commendable, but the reality is it’s a four quarter game. They, at the moment, are a better side than us and they found a way.”
Jack Riewoldt could have completed the dream ending in his 200th game, but only just failed to grasp a spectacular high mark inside 50m in the dying seconds.
“He’s disappointed. He’s an emotional guy as you can imagine,” Hardwick said.
“It would have been great to win for Jack. It would have been a nice little fairytale in the end if he’d have marked that one and got the goal, but life’s not about fairytales.”
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/damien-hardwick-says-missed-chances-inside-50-cost-richmond-an-unlikely-win-over-geelong/news-story/63193a11874c01daec546c9c865f8a24
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You stuffing blew it as much as anyone, you stuffing stunned mullet...
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Went back to the ole fave gameplan in the last quater and whata ya know.
God he's a poo truck.
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tempo footy lads :lol
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Nope.
This...
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Yeah look, Geelong are a top side...... :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead
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Always knows what went wrong.
Can never do anything about it.
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Richmond coach Damien Hardwick was disappointed in the Tigers' finish, after what he considered a "commendable" first three quarters.
He thought his side failed to match Geelong's intensity around the ball in the last half hour, beaten for contested balls and tackles and unable to stop them scoring.
"We've got to look at some players, once again," he said.
"We came in with a strategy we thought would work and it worked pretty well, they only got four goals in the first three quarters so we managed to stifle that pretty well.
"We probably gave up the ball a little bit in the last. We couldn't win those long down the line contests, the guys probably went into their shells and weren't brave enough at stages.
"They battled, our boys, but fell short. They just rose to the occasion and there's a reason they're a top-four side.
"When you have 19 inside 50s, we just couldn't win any ball across half forward and it's disappointing, we're disappointed, but at the end of the day the better side won," Hardwick said.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/tiger-heartache-as-cats-claw-back-a-win-20160814-gqsa97.html
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Dimma's post-match presser:
VIDEO: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2016-08-14/round-21-hardwick-postmatch
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'The better side won': Hardwick on heartbreaking loss
AFL.com.au
15 August 2016
RICHMOND coach Damien Hardwick sensed his side was in trouble as the Cats' landslide of inside 50 entries began to take their toll in a pulsating final quarter at the MCG on Sunday.
With his team up by 35 points at three-quarter time, Hardwick knew the job was not done and he told his players to steel themselves for a desperate Geelong fight back in the final quarter.
The Cats booted six goals to Richmond's one in the final quarter to pinch a four-point victory in a game that should have been in the Tigers' keeping.
"When you [concede] 19 inside 50s (in the final quarter) you're battling against the dam wall. We just couldn't win any ball across half forward. We're disappointed but at the end of the day the better side won," Hardwick said.
Asked whether his side had blown the opportunity or whether they were powerless to stop the Cats' run on, Hardwick was equivocal in his response.
"A bit of both. We didn't take a couple of chances when we went inside 50 and when we didn't take those chances they got three goals from their back end (their defence)."
"We were always going to be in a bit of trouble when you give up that amount of entries."
Geelong's inside 50 dominance (19-5) was just one of the issues facing the Tigers in the final term, as the Cats got on top in the clearances (11-6) and in the contested ball (40-26) count.
Another problem Hardwick had to contend with was identifying the right matchups for Harry Taylor and Lachie Henderson, who were thrown forward in the final term.
"They stretched us that way. We were undersized up the other end. We knew that going into the game," Hardwick said.
"They had 21 contested marks (to the Tigers' eight) and we just didn't have the cattle to combat against that.
"That's why we tried to control the ball a little bit and use it, but eventually it wore us down. Defensively they tightened up (in the final term) and we were forced into kicking long down the line."
Hardwick said a number of the club's young players again showed positive signs. However he warned Oleg Markov, Ben Lennon, Daniel Rioli and Nathan Drummond and Jayden Short would be carefully managed through the final fortnight of the season.
"Oleg is playing some good footy. We've got to be careful because the fatigue factor will creep in. Rioli was touch and go this week, he missed a fair bit of training," Hardwick said.
"Oleg will be the same next week. We've just got to manage those guys a little bit. Realistically there's not a lot to play for so we've got to make sure those guys come through unscathed in their first seasons."
Even with Geelong's final quarter dominance, Richmond had one last chance to win the game when Jack Riewoldt, playing in his 200th game, fell excruciatingly short of hauling in an unbelievable attempt at a pack mark with just 10 seconds remaining on the clock.
"He's disappointed. He's an emotional guy, as you can imagine. It would've been great to win for Jack. It would've been a nice little fairytale in the end, but life's not about fairytales just ask some of the Olympians," Hardwick said.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-08-14/the-better-side-won-hardwick-on-heartbreaking-loss