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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on February 24, 2017, 05:07:53 PM
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Gameplan changes according to Leppa & Dimma ....
Leppitsch, who is Richmond’s forwards’ coach this year, has been working diligently with his group of players on increasing the pressure they apply to the opposition.
“We haven’t been a team that’s turned over a lot in the front half, and it’s been a real focus for us,” he said.
“We’ll pick our team accordingly, in that part of the ground.
“So, it’ll be a bit of a different look, I think, the forward line, than what we’re used to in the past.”
Leppitsch paid tribute to fellow Tiger assistant coach Blake Caracella for his productive work during the pre-season period.
“Blake’s taken over a lot of our ball movement stuff . . . He obviously brings a really good bit of IP from Geelong and what they do there,” Leppitsch said.
“He’s a very smart guy and really astute in this area . . .
“I think there have been some great things done there. I won’t give too much away . . .
“It’s not all about moving it fast, and it’s not always slow . . . It’s moving the ball smart. And I think Blake’s brought that right blend.”
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2017-02-22/its-time-for-action
Dimma in the Herald-Sun ...
GAME STYLE
“There were various stages where we did some things well, but we did a lot of things poorly also. The big one for us is our connection from our half-back to our half-forward line — we didn’t execute it as well as we would have liked.”
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/richmond-coach-damien-hardwick-says-dustin-martins-contract-wont-be-a-distraction-this-year/news-story/5ce02ed514c6b6b74722a54a3e7f34e7
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Richmond has found a winning style
While their round one win against Carlton needed to be taken with caution, Thursday night's result showed there is reason to be excited about the Tigers this season after starting 2-0 for just the second time since 1997. The Tigers had a fresh look in round one, with a small and quick forward line that forced turnovers and converted them into scores. After an AFL-high 88 tackles in the opening week, the tackle count was much lower on Thursday night (56) but it was a different game. There was still significant forward pressure, and it was no more evident than when captain Trent Cotchin desperately lunged for two goal-saving tackles in the last five minutes. "That's something we can control, the opposition can't take that away from us," coach Damien Hardwick said of the tackling focus pre-game. It looks like a winning style.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-03-30/five-talking-points-richmond-v-collingwood
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A few stats to show how much the new gameplan has changed the way we're playing this year:
2016 2017
Kicking backwards 7th 18th in AFL
Long kicks 10th 1st
Rebounds from D50 12th 1st
Inside F50s 17th 2nd
Intercept marks 7th 3rd
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Ball movement inside 50 and pressure on the opposition midfield have improved this year against poor opposition- let's see these stats over the next month....
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Ball movement inside 50 and pressure on the opposition midfield have improved this year against poor opposition- let's see these stats over the next month....
Agreed. I'm all for this new look tiger outfit but let's see how we really stack up before jumping to conclusions
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Some of us here have been asking for this style of play for 4 years! I give Dimma no credit for 'seeing the light'. The introduction of Leppa and Caracalla has been key to the change in game philosophy and don't underestimate Balmy's influence on recruitment and team selection. I want us to snare Blake as our senior Coach before someone else does....goodbye Dimma.
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I wouldn't call eagles and pies poor opposition.Both will be pushing for top 8 and both won against last year grand finalist.
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Colonwood about the only side with no decent KP players
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Colonwood about the only side with no decent KP players
But claw said they're miles ahead of us....
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Some of us here have been asking for this style of play for 4 years! I give Dimma no credit for 'seeing the light'. The introduction of Leppa and Caracalla has been key to the change in game philosophy and don't underestimate Balmy's influence on recruitment and team selection. I want us to snare Blake as our senior Coach before someone else does....goodbye Dimma.
In what universe is this true ??
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Some of us here have been asking for this style of play for 4 years! I give Dimma no credit for 'seeing the light'. The introduction of Leppa and Caracalla has been key to the change in game philosophy and don't underestimate Balmy's influence on recruitment and team selection. I want us to snare Blake as our senior Coach before someone else does....goodbye Dimma.
In what universe is this true ??
Reality....I tell you what, lets play the 'Scientific Method'...your turn.
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Some of us here have been asking for this style of play for 4 years! I give Dimma no credit for 'seeing the light'. The introduction of Leppa and Caracalla has been key to the change in game philosophy and don't underestimate Balmy's influence on recruitment and team selection. I want us to snare Blake as our senior Coach before someone else does....goodbye Dimma.
In what universe is this true ??
Reality....I tell you what, lets play the 'Scientific Method'...your turn.
Is that like the rhythm method?
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Some of us here have been asking for this style of play for 4 years! I give Dimma no credit for 'seeing the light'. The introduction of Leppa and Caracalla has been key to the change in game philosophy and don't underestimate Balmy's influence on recruitment and team selection. I want us to snare Blake as our senior Coach before someone else does....goodbye Dimma.
In what universe is this true ??
Reality....I tell you what, lets play the 'Scientific Method'...your turn.
Reality ??
You honestly believe we have a spineless yes man as senior coach who is being dictated to by Balme , Caracella and Leppitch.
I'm not saying that the new acquisitions haven't reinvigorated the joint , they obviously have - but senior coaches aren't puppets.
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Some of us here have been asking for this style of play for 4 years! I give Dimma no credit for 'seeing the light'. The introduction of Leppa and Caracalla has been key to the change in game philosophy and don't underestimate Balmy's influence on recruitment and team selection. I want us to snare Blake as our senior Coach before someone else does....goodbye Dimma.
In what universe is this true ??
Reality....I tell you what, lets play the 'Scientific Method'...your turn.
Reality ??
You honestly believe we have a spineless yes man as senior coach who is being dictated to by Balme , Caracella and Leppitch.
I'm not saying that the new acquisitions haven't reinvigorated the joint , but senior coaches aren't puppets.
Yes.
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Some of us here have been asking for this style of play for 4 years! I give Dimma no credit for 'seeing the light'. The introduction of Leppa and Caracalla has been key to the change in game philosophy and don't underestimate Balmy's influence on recruitment and team selection. I want us to snare Blake as our senior Coach before someone else does....goodbye Dimma.
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Some of us here have been asking for this style of play for 4 years! I give Dimma no credit for 'seeing the light'. The introduction of Leppa and Caracalla has been key to the change in game philosophy and don't underestimate Balmy's influence on recruitment and team selection. I want us to snare Blake as our senior Coach before someone else does....goodbye Dimma.
In what universe is this true ??
Reality....I tell you what, lets play the 'Scientific Method'...your turn.
Reality ??
You honestly believe we have a spineless yes man as senior coach who is being dictated to by Balme , Caracella and Leppitch.
I'm not saying that the new acquisitions haven't reinvigorated the joint , they obviously have - but senior coaches aren't puppets.
Don't know about puppets but I know where the muppets are
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Some of us here have been asking for this style of play for 4 years! I give Dimma no credit for 'seeing the light'. The introduction of Leppa and Caracalla has been key to the change in game philosophy and don't underestimate Balmy's influence on recruitment and team selection. I want us to snare Blake as our senior Coach before someone else does....goodbye Dimma.
In what universe is this true ??
Reality....I tell you what, lets play the 'Scientific Method'...your turn.
Reality ??
You honestly believe we have a spineless yes man as senior coach who is being dictated to by Balme , Caracella and Leppitch.
I'm not saying that the new acquisitions haven't reinvigorated the joint , but senior coaches aren't puppets.
Yes.
look at whats changed this year compared to any of his previous.
Dimwit has a say, thats true, but i give him very little credit to whats happened this year or he would have thought of it himself.
Since Balme and other assistants have arrived.
dud assistant coaches that dimwit loved- gone
entire new game plan which most people have been asking for
dud recruitment personnel changed. Jury is out if the current is even better
jack in the leadership group and blokes like edwards out
jack playing to his strengths instead of this floating player, and into the leadership group
stringent team selections.
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Lol 4 years ago we all wanted to send the money truck to Rossy Lyons house . Defensive genius. Has anyone noticed that Rossy has decided to start copying us now and suddenly the Dockers look a different proposition.
Short memories.
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Didn't the club have a comprehensive review after the disastrous 2016 ....and have acted accordingly.
Why aren't Benny Gale and Peggy getting any recognition for the change of fortune ??
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Probably because they had stuff all to do with it....
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This is the same game plan we have tried to implement multiple times and is the style Hardwick has wanted to play for nearly 5 five years. To say it's all him wouldn't be fair though as he spent a lot of time blaming the players at his disposal when it was in fact the assistant coaches (to be fair was a bit of both). We now have some assistants that know what they're doing and we're playing the type of footy Dimma has always wanted :shh
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This is the same game plan we have tried to implement multiple times and is the style Hardwick has wanted to play for nearly 5 five years. To say it's all him wouldn't be fair though as he spent a lot of time blaming the players at his disposal when it was in fact the assistant coaches (to be fair was a bit of both). We now have some assistants that know what they're doing and we're playing the type of footy Dimma has always wanted :shh
100% correct
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Disagree
4 years ago we were playing fast aggressive footy, then we lost a final to Carlton got spooked and changed our game style to a defensive style. And we purposely played that way till this season. To say we were trying to play attacking footy over the past 3 seasons but couldn't is completely wrong and smh that some posters actually think that.
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Not a case of thinking it but knowing it. Every time we tried to implement that style we were absolutely shyte and just reverted back to our "safe" style of play.
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Not a case of thinking it but knowing it. Every time we tried to implement that style we were absolutely shyte and just reverted back to our "safe" style of play.
Sorry i forgot you know everything. LMFAO.
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Not a case of thinking it but knowing it. Every time we tried to implement that style we were absolutely shyte and just reverted back to our "safe" style of play.
We were absolutely shyte whenever we tried to play more attacking bc to play a certain way takes a preseason of refining, you can't just stuff a switch and go from ultra defensive setup to a gang ho approach, not to mention the cattle we have out there playing this style as opposed to our old style. Even the very elite sides have a distinct style and stick to it
We played our safe style bc that is how dimma wanted us to play. That's what poos me about him, he can obviously coach and is a very effective coach to borrow a line from Brad Scott, bc the side plays exactly how he wants them to play. He's proven this 3 times now going from ultra attack to ultra defensive back to ultra aggressive. He poos me bc he chose to play safe defensive footy and I feel we've wasted 3 years of football following that garbage mantra.
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I have it on extremely good authority that Dimma was opposed to the defensive style of play but was coerced into it due to the club wanting to play back to back finals.
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This is the same game plan we have tried to implement multiple times and is the style Hardwick has wanted to play for nearly 5 five years. To say it's all him wouldn't be fair though as he spent a lot of time blaming the players at his disposal when it was in fact the assistant coaches (to be fair was a bit of both). We now have some assistants that know what they're doing and we're playing the type of footy Dimma has always wanted :shh
100% correct
Sounds like a gigantic cop out to me. Head coach blames his assistant coaches because they can't implement HIS game plan. He is the HEAD COACH!
Give me a spell.
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I hope that's not true chuck, for me, that is the absolute worst thing that could happen to our club if true - I thought we as a club were past those days where people could go over the head of the coach and call the shots on field
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Some of us here have been asking for this style of play for 4 years! I give Dimma no credit for 'seeing the light'. The introduction of Leppa and Caracalla has been key to the change in game philosophy and don't underestimate Balmy's influence on recruitment and team selection. I want us to snare Blake as our senior Coach before someone else does....goodbye Dimma.
In what universe is this true ??
Reality....I tell you what, lets play the 'Scientific Method'...your turn.
Reality ??
You honestly believe we have a spineless yes man as senior coach who is being dictated to by Balme , Caracella and Leppitch.
I'm not saying that the new acquisitions haven't reinvigorated the joint , they obviously have - but senior coaches aren't puppets.
Sorry Mat you lose...
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Not a case of thinking it but knowing it. Every time we tried to implement that style we were absolutely shyte and just reverted back to our "safe" style of play.
You have to be taking the pee.....
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Some of us here have been asking for this style of play for 4 years! I give Dimma no credit for 'seeing the light'. The introduction of Leppa and Caracalla has been key to the change in game philosophy and don't underestimate Balmy's influence on recruitment and team selection. I want us to snare Blake as our senior Coach before someone else does....goodbye Dimma.
In what universe is this true ??
Reality....I tell you what, lets play the 'Scientific Method'...your turn.
Is that like the rhythm method?
Unlike the former this method is problematic.
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Not sure we were shyte whenever we tried to play attacking footy...thought our best performance last year was actually the narrow loss to Footscay when we did exactly that.....
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Not sure we were shyte whenever we tried to play attacking footy...thought our best performance last year was actually the narrow loss to Footscay when we did exactly that.....
You're right, we weren't always shyte but we had big issues implementing it at times and it did cost us games early in the year. It's funny though because that is the first example that popped into my head when TM said ...
Disagree
4 years ago we were playing fast aggressive footy, then we lost a final to Carlton got spooked and changed our game style to a defensive style. And we purposely played that way till this season. To say we were trying to play attacking footy over the past 3 seasons but couldn't is completely wrong and smh that some posters actually think that.
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This is the same game plan we have tried to implement multiple times and is the style Hardwick has wanted to play for nearly 5 five years. To say it's all him wouldn't be fair though as he spent a lot of time blaming the players at his disposal when it was in fact the assistant coaches (to be fair was a bit of both). We now have some assistants that know what they're doing and we're playing the type of footy Dimma has always wanted :shh
So for five years he couldn't get his players to play the brand he wanted? Or was he forced by others to implement a brand that he didn't want?
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Hardwick's assistants were hand picked by himself until last year when Balme had a say in it.
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Not sure we were shyte whenever we tried to play attacking footy...thought our best performance last year was actually the narrow loss to Footscay when we did exactly that.....
You're right, we weren't always shyte but we had big issues implementing it at times and it did cost us games early in the year. It's funny though because that is the first example that popped into my head when TM said ...
Disagree
4 years ago we were playing fast aggressive footy, then we lost a final to Carlton got spooked and changed our game style to a defensive style. And we purposely played that way till this season. To say we were trying to play attacking footy over the past 3 seasons but couldn't is completely wrong and smh that some posters actually think that.
Lets not try and rewrite history here - occasionally we played it but i very much doubt it was at the behest of dimma or the coaching staff, moreso the players imho, given the comments dimma made post game after the collingwood game a few years back(where we played some great attacking footy) when he mentioned "thats not what richmond football is all about, we don't want to play that type of footy" but yeah lets run with the theory that thats how he wanted to play all along ::)
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Okay mate, you have your opinion and I'll keep my facts ::)
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Okay mate, you have your opinion and I'll keep my facts ::)
TM is factual when he quoted Hardwick after the Collingwood game. I also remember that distinctly. So your opinion coupled with "facts" is no better than his.
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Okay mate, you have your opinion and I'll keep my facts ::)
Are they similar to the "facts" you made in your comments about Bo? :wallywink
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Okay mate, you have your opinion and I'll keep my facts ::)
TM is factual when he quoted Hardwick after the Collingwood game. I also remember that distinctly. So your opinion coupled with "facts" is no better than his.
Chill out bro, I was obviously having a laugh with that comment
Okay mate, you have your opinion and I'll keep my facts ::)
Are they similar to the "facts" you made in your comments about Bo? :wallywink
Fact is that is what he told me. Unless you're secretly Bo then I'm not sure how you would know nor why you care so much :wallywink
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On trend: Stats that show how your team is playing
Nathan Schmook
afl.com.au
27 April 2017
RICHMOND
The biggest change in the Tigers' game this season has been their ability to press up the ground and force turnovers in their own forward half, rather than setting up attacks from half-back like they were forced to in 2016.
The key to this change has been the impact of small forwards Dan Butler, Jason Castagna and Daniel Rioli, as well as the willingness of all other forwards to tackle and chase. Across the first four rounds, the Tigers ranked fourth for time in forward half (up from 15th in 2016), and seventh for forward half stoppages (16th in 2016). They were No.1 for forward-half intercepts (16th in 2016), converting those into an average of 43.5 points a game, also No.1 in the League.
The method Richmond is using to get the ball forward has also changed significantly, taking a gung-ho approach to their ball movement and playing on instinct. It results in occasional turnovers, but the risk is outweighed by the reward at this stage of the season and the coaches are excusing turnovers when the players have the right mindset.
The new style is summed up best when Dustin Martin is isolated inside 50 and given chances to win one-on-one contests because of the rapid ball-movement.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-04-26/on-trend-the-stats-that-show-how-your-team-is-playing
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Okay mate, you have your opinion and I'll keep my facts ::)
TM is factual when he quoted Hardwick after the Collingwood game. I also remember that distinctly. So your opinion coupled with "facts" is no better than his.
I'm also in violent agreement - I remember being completely aghast at Dimma comments. I also remember Jack comments on the game plan change in 2014 which made Dimma prickly...
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Disagree
4 years ago we were playing fast aggressive footy, then we lost a final to Carlton got spooked and changed our game style to a defensive style. And we purposely played that way till this season. To say we were trying to play attacking footy over the past 3 seasons but couldn't is completely wrong and smh that some posters actually think that.
I heartily concur. The current plan is not the plan of the last 3 years
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The new gameplan is mirrored at VFL as well:
STATS CENTRAL: Tiger tackle train
VFL website
27 April 2017
Would you believe it? Richmond’s AFL and Peter Jackson VFL teams are both undefeated to start 2017.
The 2016 AFL Tigers struggled after three consecutive elimination-final losses to finish 13th, while last year’s VFL Tigers started poorly before reeling off six consecutive wins to end the season in ninth position. But in 2017, the Tiger Train is rolling – the AFL team is 5-0 and the VFL team 2-0.
The key to the change in fortune is in the numbers.
Earlier this year, Richmond AFL senior coach Damien Hardwick began preaching pressure, pressure, pressure. The AFL Tigers had been one of the league’s poorer tackling teams for several years, while the VFL Tigers were ranked 12th in the competition for tackles per game in 2016.
The club’s VFL senior coach Craig McRae hinted at a trickle-down effect from the very top earlier this year.
“Our pressure around the football was something we finished last year really strongly with,” McRae said. “There have been some changes in philosophy, if you like, at AFL level and we’ll look to mirror those at VFL level, in relation to our pressure around the contests.”
That change in philosophy was evident in Richmond’s 25-point victory over Sandringham in Round 2.
The Tigers had fewer clearances, disposals and marks than the Zebras but pressured their opponents into error to generate more inside-50s and, subsequently, scoring chances. Corey Ellis and Jacob Townsend led the way with seven tackles each, while former Frankston hard-nut Brandon Wood had six and promising VFL-lister Tom Silvestro five.
In Richmond’s big Round 1 win against North Ballarat, Nathan Drummond – who unfortunately suffered an ACL injury against Sandringham – racked up nine tackles and the experienced Jacob Ballard (pictured, tackling) had five.
While the AFL Tigers rank 17th in the league for disposals per game and 18th for marks this year, they rank fourth for tackles. Hardwick’s game plan is built on desperate pressure in the contests and then quick, direct ball movement into an open forward line.
It’s a big change in style from what we’re used to seeing from Richmond – and McRae clearly has his players buying into it too.
http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-118-0-0-0&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=54820810
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Footy Forensics: Your club's trend II
by Matt Cowgill
06/01/17
RICHMOND - GO TO GOAL, GO DIRECTLY TO GOAL
Most teams rack up a lot more uncontested than contested possessions. Most sides average somewhere between 1.6 and 1.8 uncontested possessions for every contested possession they accrue. The 2017 Richmond Tigers are not most teams.
The Tigers are only recording 1.35 uncontested possession for every contested possession, easily the lowest ratio in the league and the lowest ratio for several years. This is a dramatic U-turn from last year, when the Tigers were middle of the pack on this measure. They're no longer chipping the ball around in space - Richmond only records 0.3 uncontested mark for every kick they make, again the league's lowest.
Richmond are playing a dramatically different brand of football than the one they trotted out in 2016. It's more direct, with the Tigers seeking to move from the contest to goal without chipping around into space first. They've arguably been a better team than their record suggests, with narrow losses denting their win total - it will be interesting to see if their new style continues to work for them.
(http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2017/0530/r214110_1295x863_3-2.png)
http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/19501873/footy-forensics-your-afl-club-key-game-trend-part-ii