One-Eyed Richmond Forum
Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on March 23, 2023, 06:22:13 PM
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Our Round 3 away game v Collingwood is now a fully ticketed match and no GA scanning will be available.
Members with away access must upgrade to a reserved seat via @Ticketek_AU using their barcode.
https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=COLLI0323
https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC/status/1638780049548771328
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MCC members?
That is BS!
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No surprise at all
We bought reserved seats 3 weeks ago, when they went on sale and there weren't that many goods seats left then
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Only limited seats available on Level 2 goal (N2). Everywhere else public allocation has been exhausted.
https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/Show.aspx?sh=COLLI0323
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Hope we rise to the occasion and hunt the opposition
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Hope we rise to the occasion and hunt the opposition
:pray
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Buckley explaining what the Pies are doing.
A new position in footy
“We talk about quarter backs all the time and blokes that set up the play, but it’s specifically the sixth defender that plays closest to the midfield. I think that this position is redefining modern footy and the way we’re seeing the attack control defence in early stages of this year and last year.
“I think we’re seeing this position and the person who plays this be so important in any team’s makeup.
“But what Collingwood are doing with Nick Daicos or Jack Crisp or Scott Pendlebury is even playing that role periodically, they’re just another midfielder and they’re backing their back five behind them to get the job done.
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2023/03/26/the-buck-stops-here-heart-and-soul-players-the-emerging-star-its-all-come/
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GA Sold Out?
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GA Sold Out?
Yep, according to the Ticketek website.
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https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/Show.aspx?sh=COLLI0323
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Who could forget this #pressure from MJ last year..
Personnel matters less than the attitude & hungry young cubs will look to take their chance.
Whoever wears the Yellow & Black on Friday we've got to bring the heat again to beat this mob.(https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/svg/1f525.svg) (https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/svg/1f42f.svg)
#MauriceRioliJnr #DNA #Gotiges
https://twitter.com/Tigers_of_Old/status/1640272805160947715
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TICKETING
General Public tickets to this match have sold out.
There will be no General Admission access to this match.
Richmond members with away access must upgrade to a reserved seat via Ticketek using their membership barcode to attend the match. Please note, there are very limited tickets available.
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1293408/game-day-hub
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Will be huge, Pies look like the real deal, thinking we may get smashed by 10 goals, hopefully I am wrong.
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TICKETING
General Public tickets to this match have sold out.
There will be no General Admission access to this match.
Richmond members with away access must upgrade to a reserved seat via Ticketek using their membership barcode to attend the match. Please note, there are very limited tickets available.
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1293408/game-day-hub
There are NO tickets available.
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Ginnivan won't play and Mihocek is doubtful according to McRae on the AFL website. Not ruled out yet though
Mitchell has a sore back but not in doubt
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Collingwood v Richmond preview
Lachlan Geleit
SEN
29 March 2023
What a blockbuster this game is.
Perhaps the competition’s two biggest clubs under lights at the MCG on a Friday night, with both rivals yet to cop a loss this season.
While both teams are technically unbeaten, the Tigers split the points with Carlton and had to fight to hold the Crows off in Adelaide.
On the other side of Melbourne Park, Collingwood have quickly become the AFL’s hottest team with scintillating wins over Geelong and Port Adelaide to rocket into premiership favouritism.
While last year Tom Lynch and the Tigers got a hold of the Magpies, Collingwood deserve to enter this game as favourites given their early season form and they’ll say they’re a drastically different team to Round 8, 2022.
With several injury concerns at Punt Road and Craig McRae’s side clearly firing on all cylinders, Collingwood should be too strong for Richmond if they’re able to get their game going as they have in the season’s opening fortnight.
Tip: Collingwood by 20 points.
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2023/03/28/who-will-win-and-why-the-predictions-and-tips-for-round-3-2023/
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Are the 2023 Tigers Ready for Broadway
guywholikessport
guywholikessport.wixsite.com
29 March 2023
I’m not quite sure if this year’s Tigers are ready for Broadway. We’ll find out on Friday night when they play a marauding, corridor centric, heavy scoring Collingwood outfit led by Damian Hardwick’s one time grasshopper Craig MaCrae.
After a 2022 season where the Pies had a statistical profile that more closely resembled Gold Coast but for an extraordinary record in close games, the 2023 Pies look like a juggernaut early in the year. They are clearly the heaviest scoring team in footy through 2 games despite having a forward line that is densely populated with second and third bananas. They sustain this by being third in score launches (Scoring chains launched by an intercept possession, free kick, hitout-to-advantage or clearance) and inside 50s while having a number of gifted forward half players who very seldom miss when they kick at goal. As a team kicking 20.10 on the year while leading the league in shots. Put simply, if a Daicos brother gets the ball inside 50, they shouldn’t even have to bother kicking it. Just run it back to the centre. Save the ball boy a jog.
They are middle of the pack in terms of points given up, but they are so explosive going forward that it hasn’t mattered yet. All they need to do down back is hold up. The Pies have won the clearance battle consistently while also taking Richmond’s chaos ball style to its logical conclusion, apparently asking himself “what if we just played as if the wings don’t exist?” Neither he nor his staff could come up with an answer. In that sense, they have the best of both worlds. They win the clearances, but then they also prioritise the territory war.
Watching Collingwood play last year was like watching the most wrenching, absorbing average movie you’ve ever seen – think Hostage with Bruce Willis. Watching them this year is like watching Die Hard. Perfectly executed all action all the time.
The only real concerns for the Pies this year are whether their cavalcade of mediocre forwards will do them in this season? And whether they are peaking too early? A tertiary concern is whether Jordan De Goey can go 6 months without committing another crime.
Richmond, on the other hand, are still very much a work in progress. I have no concerns that the Tigers have peaked too soon. Where McRae has taken the Richmond style to its logical conclusion, Hardwick appears to be looking to zag on it. While the Tigers still clearly emphasise generating turnovers and intercepts, sitting seventh and third respectively in those categories through the first two games of the year, there has been a renewed focus on the clearance game personified by the big money signings of Taranto and Hopper.
While Richmond’s clearance stats aren’t eye popping at 9th in the AFL in clearance, their’ clearance differential is +3.5 per game which sits 7th in the AFL and should improve as they continue to refine their midfield balance. In 2019, by way of contrast, the Tigers sat last in total clearances and 16th in clearance differential.
All of a sudden, everything has flipped and the Tigers are copying Collingwood.
The other interesting change that the Tigers have made is not really a change at all, but instead a second bite at Damien Hardwick’s number 1 (on reflection maybe number 2) fetish: a third key forward. The two incumbents are obviously Tom Lynch and Jack Riewoldt. Lynch is one of the two or three best forwards in the AFL and has started the season well. Riewoldt is not the player that he once was but, despite his severely diminished athleticism, still knows where the goals are and still knows how to kick them. He’s like a truffle hog. Ground bound but valuable.
After the failed experiment last season with Noah Balta as the third forward, Hardwick brought Sampson Ryan in for his chance to be that third tall. The fact that Ryan was successful against Adelaide is beside the point. Where the Tigers’ once primary focus was pressure and tackles inside 50, through two games Richmond sits below league average in both categories. At 206cm, Samson Ryan is unlikely to be mistaken by Jason Castagna in terms of ball pressure.
In large part, Richmond’s allocation of resources over the offseason and the way they played in 2022 telegraphed this pivot in game style. Most Tiger fans, myself included, expected this and also expect that it will only get better as the team starts to embrace the shift. The real worries lay behind the ball where Richmond appeared either too old or too young, and altogether too reliant on Dylan Grimes coming off another severe hamstring injury. Thus far, however, Richmond is holding up. Through two games they are second in goals given up to opponents even despite having played Carlton’s twin towers. It should be noted, however that Richmond are 9th in shots allowed, a more sustainable indicator of defensive success than just goals kicked by opponents.
The true test, however, is not early in the season when everyone is fresh. What happens if/when Grimes misses some time, be it through injury or management? Would it be Vlastuin or Balta who slots into Grimes’ role? Put simply, are the X’s and O’s going to be good enough when the Jimmy’s and the Joe’s start to get worse? I don’t know, but I am apprehensive to find out.
While Collingwood spent the offseason refining their tweaks to the Richmond style and chopping the wings off the ground at Gosch’s Paddock, Richmond spent theirs implementing a new style. Friday night is not, therefore, a referendum on much of anything other than who is better in round 3. I don’t expect Richmond to win, and if Richmond loses this week, I don’t expect it to matter all that much.
The key takeaway is that all of a sudden the Tigers are behind Collingwood in terms of development and refinement of a game plan, and that makes Friday night’s game between master and apprentice all the more enticing.
https://guywholikessport.wixsite.com/guywholikessport/post/are-the-2023-tigers-ready-for-broadway
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"I'm confident in our brand of footy as well & we know that stacks up against anyone." - Toby Nankervis.
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/1294473/-we-know-their-style-pretty-well-nankervis
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How do you stop Nick Daicos?
Jordan Lewis & Eddie Betts share their thoughts.
Watch: https://twitter.com/FOXFOOTY/status/1641002668658401280
Luke Hodge suggested Cotch. Lewis liked that idea as he said Cotch has footy smarts. Still need to play Daicos goal side though.
Robbo said Baker but Lewis said that's still too negative. Lewis would go with Bolton hoping Shai kicks two early to force Daicos to defend and not just run into the middle.
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How are we too young behind the ball. If all are fit. Tarrant 34, Grimes 31, Broad 30, Vlastuin 28, Rioli 25, Balta 23.
The back ups have been Short 27, Baker 25, Young 24, Gibcus 20, Miller 23, Nyuon 21.Browne 19. Mansell 22, Smith 18.
Fair dinkum i reckon Grimes has been ordinary. Most of us are holding back because of how good he has been.
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How do you stop Nick Daicos?
Jordan Lewis & Eddie Betts share their thoughts.
Watch: https://twitter.com/FOXFOOTY/status/1641002668658401280
Luke Hodge suggested Cotch. Lewis liked that idea as he said Cotch has footy smarts. Still need to play Daicos goal side though.
Robbo said Baker but Lewis said that's still too negative. Lewis would go with Bolton hoping Shai kicks two early to force Daicos to defend and not just run into the middle.
Cotchin at the centre bounce, Graham around the ground. Tag him hard and let him know he's playing against seasoned men.
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Mason Cox to miss for the Pies.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/892121/pies-tall-out-of-tigers-clash-with-rib-injury-internal-bleeding
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Operation Stop Daicos: Tigers to use team approach to quell Magpies ace
By AAP
30 March 2023
RICHMOND will resist trying to tag early Brownlow Medal favourite Nick Daicos in its crunch clash against Collingwood on Friday night.
Daicos is the talk of the town after the 20-year-old's blistering beginning to his second season with Tigers coach Damien Hardwick saying on Thursday he couldn't recall a better career start.
Coaching his 300th AFL game at the Tigers, Hardwick has his hands full with injuries to key men Dustin Martin, Jacob Hopper and Jayden Short, while Nathan Broad is suspended.
In some welcome news for the club, Hardwick expects superstar Martin, who has hamstring awareness, to only sit out one game while Hopper's injury was unrelated to his history of knee trouble.
Hardwick said Richmond would likely rely on a system rather than a tag to stop Daicos at the MCG.
"He's a very good player, but Collingwood have got a lot of very good players so we generally rely on the system to take care of it," Hardwick told reporters.
"We'll have contingencies and try and manage him as best we can - he's going to get the ball, no question, so, do we allow him to play his game and try and manage it and try and exploit him the other way? Probably."
Hardwick likened the early impact of Daicos to a young Chris Judd starting out his career at West Coast.
On the back of his two dominant performances this year Daicos is equal Brownlow Medal favourite with Demon Clayton Oliver and Carlton's Patrick Cripps.
"Back when I played Chris Judd came in with the same sort of pedigree," Hardwick recalled.
"He played against us when I was playing at Port and kicked four (goals) in a game, destroyed us.
"I don't think I've seen a better first year from any player and then you think, surely he couldn't back it up, but he seems to have got better again."
While Collingwood are unbeaten, Richmond has opened with a draw and a win.
Magpies coach Craig McCrae and his assistant Justin Leppitsch have both spent time as assistants under Hardwick, who said they knew each other's game style well.
"It's whose system stands up better, and who brings great intent," he said.
"We are both territory sides, want to try and get the game played in our half whoever does that will obviously come out on top.
"We probably have got an understanding of how they're trying to move the ball, what they're trying to do with the ball but it's easy to see that and trying to stop that is the next challenge."
https://www.afl.com.au/news/892146/operation-stop-daicos-tigers-to-use-team-approach-to-quell-magpies-ace
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With a few big outs, it's a great test for our system. If we can win or run them close, we'll know we are tracking well.
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Upgrade tickets for #AFLPiesTigers have fully exhausted.
Please note: If you have not upgraded to a reserved seat via @Ticketek_AU, you are unable to scan in with your member card and will not have access to the match.
https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC/status/1641297675927838720
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Burning Questions for Round 3
Catherine Healey and Max Laughton
Foxsports
30 March 2023
Tigers’ burning question: Is it the former skipper to the rescue for Richmond?
No Dustin Martin and no Jacob Hopper for Richmond this week leaves the side “thread bare” according to Gerard Whateley and undermanned in the middle. But veteran Trent Cotchin looms as Richmond’s potential saviour. The former skipper can rotate through the middle, and four-time premiership player Luke Hodge believes there’s an even bigger role with Cotchin’s name on it – shutting down Nick Daicos. “(Play) as a defensive forward this week,” he said on SEN. “There’s a smart bloke who’s disciplined and who knows how to find the footy. (Cotchin) can play a serious role for them. All he has to do is limit (Daicos) to 12,13, 15 touches and if Cotch kicks a goal, they’d look at that as an even. There’s a role for him – limit (Collingwood’s) most attacking, best kick in the game and see if you can add value that way to the side.” Fox Footy commentator Gerard Healy agreed that a defensive forward role has worked against Daicos in the past, pointing to Swan Ryan Clarke.
Magpies’ burning question: Who can stop the ‘Flagpies’ run?
Craig McRae and his band of merry men are simply dominating after two rounds of AFL action. The Magpies have shown their preliminary final run was no fluke as the team has improved exponentially in areas that held them back last season. After being ranked 17th in contested differential, Collingwood is now sitting first. Statistics show the Magpies are ranked No. 1 for ball movement, second for ball use and third for contest and clearance in warning signs for their rivals. “Their first two rounds were amazing. Offensive weapons everywhere and a style of play making the most of what they’ve got,” Fox Footy’s Nathan Buckley said. “We love the way they play – it’s exciting. (McRae’s) come in clearly and given them confidence to just pull the trigger,” Jonathan Brown added on On the Couch.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2023-the-blowtorch-round-3-preview-every-clubs-burning-question-fox-footy-commentators-broadcast-guide-schedule-latest-news-video/news-story/a79baaf56cbc0bfa4bc20e81daff8b7f
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Set those alarms, Tiger Army (https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/svg/1f92b.svg)
https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC/status/1641356336515432448
:thumbsup
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The umps for tonight:
3 - Leigh Fisher
12 - Andrew Stephens
29 - Andrew Heffernan
32 - Jacob Mollison
https://aflua.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Round-3.pdf
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Mollison - FMD :banghead :banghead :banghead
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Four recent moments that have further sparked the Richmond and Collingwood rivalry
Annie Ireland
zerohanger.com
March 31, 2023
Ahead of tonight's massive grudge match between Collingwood and Richmond, we've taken a look at some of the biggest moments between the two sides over the last few years.
From some thrilling contests to unprecedented outcomes, here are four moments fans of both the Magpies and Tigers might remember from recent seasons.
Grundy's match-winner, 2016
Saturday will mark seven years to the day since this iconic moment, as Collingwood stole the win from Richmond via a Brodie Grundy goal in the game's dying stages.
A second-year Darcy Moore sent the ball deep into Collingwood's forward half off a deliberate free kick, with nobody marking the pill before it spilt to the ground.
Somehow, Grundy managed to grab the ball out of the pack and kick a remarkable goal with four seconds to go and hand the Pies a one-point victory.
It was a big night for forwards at either end as well, with Tigers champion Jack Riewoldt kicking three in the final term and Alex Fasolo kicking six goals for the Magpies, including five in the second half.
The 2018 preliminary final
Richmond had won 22 games in a row, had built an MCG fortress and were searching for back-to-back premierships until Collingwood pulled off an upset for the ages, led by American Mason Cox.
The Pies won by 39 points, with Jordan De Goey starring to kick four, but it was Cox's efforts that had the MCG crowd chanting "USA! USA! USA!"
Cox kicked the first three goals of the second quarter to put the Pies 42 points up. His most memorable moment was his contested specky in attack before strutting back to kick a set shot and exposing Richmond's defence.
Another key story out of the game was Richmond's decision to play Dustin Martin. There had been talk of concerns about Dusty's corkie all week. Was he fit? Would he play? Neil Balme and Damien Hardwick had both shrugged off concerns, however, it was evident Dusty was under an injury cloud as he recorded zero clearances and was tagged by Levi Greenwood.
The 2020 season restart
The first game after the season originally paused in 2020 in front of what usually would've been 80,000 fans - except it was an empty stadium.
The strange atmosphere resulted in an even stranger outcome - a low scoring 36-36 draw was recorded, recording a tie for the second time between these two sides since 1917.
Richmond would've been wondering what could've been, leading the inside 50 count 43-32 and Tom Lynch kicking three goals.
Collingwood also had the potential to win the game, desperately rushing a behind in Richmond's forward half with two minutes to go, levelling the scores.
Higgins' 'snag' of the year
Jack Higgins won the 2018 Goal of the Year for a remarkable goal against Collingwood in Round 19.
Many had originally thought the goal wasn't actually a goal, instead suggesting that Higgins had thrown the ball before his boot made contact with it mid-air. However, the AFL confirmed it was a "clear goal."
Higgins tapped the ball upwards and somehow scissor-kicked it over his head to go through for a goal, with his teammates giving him the nickname 'snags,' delivering a memorable speech for the award at the 2018 Brownlow count.
https://www.zerohanger.com/four-recent-moments-that-have-further-sparked-the-richmond-and-collingwood-rivalry-134906/
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Will a Tiger go to Nick Daicos on Friday night?
Jack Jovanovski
zerohanger.com
31 March 2023
Three-time Richmond premiership coach Damien Hardwick, entering his 300th game as Tigers coach on Friday, has an array of headaches as he prepares his side for its blockbuster match against the in-form Collingwood, including forced changes at team selection, as well as whether he sends one of his disciples to rampaging Pie, Nick Daicos.
Entertaining the media on Thursday, Hardwick toyed with the idea of assigning one of his Tigers to attempt to curtail the damaging Daicos, surfacing the prospect of his side's "system" being the main combatant and forcing the son-of-a-gun to be accountable defensively.
"Well, he's a very good player, but Collingwood have got a lot of very good players, to be honest, so we generally rely on [our] system to take care of it.
"But, look, we'll have contingencies and try and manage him as best we can. He's going to get the ball, no question, so, do we allow him to play his game and try and manage it and try and exploit him the other way? Probably.
"So, a lot of sides have tried but not many have succeeded, so we're one of those that will give it a crack."
Richmond's forced changes, comprising of Dustin Martin (general soreness), Jacob Hopper (knee), Jayden Short (calf) and Nathan Broad (four-game suspension), replaced on Thursday night by youthful trio Jack Ross, Hugo Ralphsmith and Judson Clarke, may impact Hardwick's decision-making pertaining to choosing a desired tagger.
To elaborate, Trent Cotchin, a candidate to run with the defensively-deployed Daicos due to the Brownlow Medal winner's sojourn to the forward line this year, could be shifted back to predominantly midfield duties on Friday night because of Hopper's absence. Richmond's ex-skipper, spiritual leader, and renowned contested-ball devotee may be the perfect run-with option to stick next to the Collingwood accumulator.
The Punt Road stalwart, while he doesn't possess the same foot speed as he once did, does still possess the acumen and nous for the game that fuelled him to lead three premiership-winning Richmond outfits.
Liam Baker and Rhyan Mansell, too, are viable candidates to put the defensive clamps on the father-son prodigy from a forward position. Baker, reputable across the competition for his tenacity when approaching a contest, would undoubtedly ensure physicality if he were assigned to Daicos.
Meanwhile, on the topic of aggressiveness, fringe best-22 utility Mansell presents as an alternative option. In previous seasons, Mansell has instigated frisky encounters when shadowing Melbourne goal-threat Kysaiah Pickett and Collingwood forward Jack Ginnivan, encouraging the notion that he could be the perfect option to frustrate an otherwise-composed Daicos.
Finally, an additional consideration is Maurice Rioli Jr. A fellow son-of-a-gun, Rioli has swiftly built a repertoire of applying forward-line defensive pressure. The youngster is virtually an ambassador of Hardwick's storied forward-pressure philosophy, accumulating multitudinous pressure acts on a week-to-week basis. In 2022, Rioli ranked equal-12th among forwards in pressure acts per game (19.2) in just his second AFL season. He's certainly an option Hardwick will ponder.
Ultimately, though, Hardwick could simply put a line through the entire idea of an individual irritant, instead potentially opting to rely on that "system" we continually hear about from the yellow and black mentor.
If so, the Tigers, without a bevy of guns on Friday night, will need all the 'systematic' help they can get if they want to let Daicos wander unopposed.
https://www.zerohanger.com/tigers-tagging-plans-two-testing-derbies-tension-on-the-gold-coast-under-the-microscope-round-3-134941/
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THE 4 CERTAINTIES FOR COLLINGWOOD V RICHMOND
Lachlan Geleit & Seb Mottram
BY SEN
31 March 2023
Back for another year, the SEN.com.au team gives you an insight into how every game will play out across the weekend.
Labelling something a ‘certainty’ in any sport is fraught with danger.
But we’ll attempt to find some anyway.
Here is what we consider certainties for Friday night's blockbuster between Collingwood and Richmond.
Tom Mitchell 20+ disposals
Collingwood recruit Tom Mitchell has started the 2023 season on fire in his new colours.
While he’s not racking up the astronomical numbers he did as a Brownlow winner with the Hawks, he’s having a big impact for the Magpies who have been crying out for a clearance player like the 29-year-old.
Across two games, Mitchell is averaging 24 disposals and 1.5 goals a game while ranking elite in contested possessions, ground ball gets, centre clearances and clearances.
Against a Richmond side that aren’t afraid to let the opposition pick up plenty of footy, expect Mitchell to get his hands on and dispose of the ball at least 20 times on Friday.
Daniel McStay to kick at least one goal and take 4+ marks
With Mason Cox out and Brody Mihocek under an injury cloud/ruled out, Daniel McStay looks like he’ll be asked to play as Collingwood’s main target inside 50.
While he didn’t play that role often at Brisbane, McStay showed he could do it for the Magpies with a starring three-goal performance in the practice match against Carlton and he’ll hope to have a decent impact on this game for Collingwood’s forward line to operate successfully.
Expect plenty of football to head the recruit’s way inside 50.
Shai Bolton to have 15+ touches and kick at least one goal
Since Round 5 last year, Shai Bolton has remarkably gone goalless just twice in almost 20 games.
In those two games he missed out, Bolton kicked a combined seven behinds. He’s become a weapon forward of centre and has won enough of the ball in years gone by to consistently show off his tremendous talent.
In his last two games against the Magpies, Bolton has gathered a total of 47 disposals and booted three majors.
Being a player who thrives on the big stage – and there are few bigger than Richmond vs Collingwood at the MCG – it’d be a shock if Bolton doesn’t have a say on Friday night’s result.
Tom Lynch to kick multiple goals
Speaking of good records against specific teams, Lynch’s against Collingwood is nothing to be sneezed at.
Last time the 30-year-old played Collingwood he booted six majors to set up a strong victory over the Magpies.
There’s no doubt Craig McRae will do his homework heading into Friday night, but Lynch has got the runs on the board, booting 12 goals in his last three games against the Pies.
He’s also fired up at the right times so far in 2023 kicking six goals across the opening two rounds. He’s another player expected to thrive in front of the 85,000+ at the ‘G.
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2023/03/31/the-4-certainties-for-collingwood-v-richmond/
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WHY COLLINGWOOD COULD “REALLY GET HOLD” OF RICHMOND
By Andrew Slevison
SEN
31 March 2023
David King is expecting Collingwood to beat Richmond comfortably on Friday night.
The Magpies are up and running in 2023, winning their opening two matches of the season and kicking big scores of 125 and 135 to boot.
They impressed against Geelong in Round 1 and Port Adelaide in Round 2 with a mix of defensive and attacking football that is pleasing on the eye.
King explained why Craig McRae’s Pies are so effective in the early stages of 2023.
“I’m in awe of the way they’re hand-in-glove defending and attacking,” King said on SEN’s The Picks.
“The way they defend is complementing the way they move the ball.
“If it’s a fast turnover, they’re off and gone through the corridor. It’s a slow turnover and the opposition are set, no matter where the ball is on the ground, they play wide.”
Sam Edmund added: “They’re breathtaking at the moment.
“The only query you’ve got is how long can they possibly stay this white-hot for? Because it’s an unbelievable tier of football they’re playing.
“It will be a real test for Richmond.”
King says it’s an exciting time to be a Pies fan due to the belief McRae is instilling in his playing group.
“If you ask the coach, this is just the start,” King added.
“This is the messaging. I keep coming back to the messaging. ‘Are we playing well are we? Ok, we still think we’ve got so much scope for improvement’.
“Instead of worrying about the last 20 weeks, he’s saying, ‘We’re not there yet, we are not at our best version just yet’.
“It’s exciting for a Collingwood fan.”
Richmond will be without Dustin Martin, Jacob Hopper, Jayden Short and Nathan Broad for the Friday night blockbuster which is enough to tip this fixture firmly in the favour of the Maggies, according to King.
“Just with the outs (at Richmond), I think Collingwood could really get hold of them here and put another show and kick another 120 points,” he said further.
“It could be 40-plus (points). There will be a point in the game where that (Collingwood by 40+) will be $2 instead of $3.45.”
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2023/03/31/why-collingwood-could-really-get-hold-of-richmond/
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K.I.S.S. principle tonight in the wet conditions. Hard in first at the contest, don't overuse the ball by hand (especially NO backward handballs), get the ball moving forward to win the territory battle, and our forwards need to play in front.
:gotigers
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This media love in with Collingwood acting as though they are certainties to win the flag :chuck.
Checks Calendar: Yes, it's still only March. They don't hand out premiership cups after round 3 ::).
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Bolts magic :gotigers
Rich 1.0-6
Coll 0.2-2
Just get it into our forward line Tiges.
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Pies scragging from behind and no frees ::)
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You are allowed to punch ::).
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That ball had to punch defensively over the line. Mind you after two deliberate calls in the wet our players were probably hesistant ::).
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Dumb mistakes trying to play dry weather footy :banghead.
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Grimes fmd.
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AGAIN going short and overpossessing in the wet :banghead
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Nank copping continually over the shoulder or held in the ruck and no free.
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Geez we're playing dumb in the wet. No footy basics! No Tiger front and square defensive side of the marking contest :banghead.
Great spoil by Balta btw. Saved a certain goal.
The Pies are keeping us in it with these misses. Should be 4 goals up.
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Clarke looks great
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Poor decision again. Juddy those kicks are for a dry day. Go for goal or top of the square in the wet!
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Disgusting kick by MRJ there. Real momentum killer.
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No Tiger defensive side front and centre again at the contest :banghead. Just gifting them easy transition out of our forward line into their open F50.
Thick as planks tonight!
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Terrible kick my Maurice, zero pressure and Jack was 30 meters clear with Lynch on his own in the goal square!
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Really hard quarter to watch that.
Pies working very hard and making us look lazy.
Our captains look like a pair of goose's at times.
Lucky not to be getting belted by 30 points already.
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Terrible kick my Maurice, zero pressure and Jack was 30 meters clear with Lynch on his own in the goal square!
Unacceptably poor.
Followed by his failed torp which went about 25m straight to a Pie.
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Terrible kick my Maurice, zero pressure and Jack was 30 meters clear with Lynch on his own in the goal square!
Yup! Kicked it straight to the pies player again at the end there. Love his tackling/pressure, but his kicking needs work and that’s putting it nicely.
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Quarter time
Richmond 1.0-6
Coll'wood 2.6-18
Well that was utter crap. Trying to play dry weather footy in slippery conditions. I could handle losing if they were dominating winning possession through their own doing but bloody hell we are making it so easy for them playing utter dumb footy gifting them the ball goal side. Where's the defensive basics especially from our smalls/crumbers, Tigers? Is being FRONT AND SQUARE at the fall of the ball such a difficult concept! Is kicking long in the wet a foreign concept too.
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Followed by his failed torp which went about 25m straight to a Pie.
True but with 20 seconds to go in the quarter that was probably the call from the bench.
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Our defence hasn’t looked good since the 2020 grand final. Both structurally and in terms of individuals. Balta having a ripper game so far but other than that they are their own worst enemies out there. Grimes 2 turnovers on kicks from def 50 and also left the ball behind him one other time, almost cost us 3 goals. Grimes’ form in particular has been worrying for a second season now.
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Staring at a 10 goal loss at the moment. Let's see if we change anything in this quarter.
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Not a good decision keeping Samson in this weather
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Outnumbered in out forward line, outnumbered in the middle and then outnumbered in our defensive end…. Just flat out being out worked!
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Followed by his failed torp which went about 25m straight to a Pie.
True but with 20 seconds to go in the quarter that was probably the call from the bench.
Nothing wrong with a torp in fact I'd like to see more of them on a night like tonight but a professional footballer should be able to get one to go 40-50+ metres. I know he shanked it but damned he's been terrible by foot.
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Pin the arm or ball Tiges in the tackle. Failing in the basics again!
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Embarrassing.
We are so slow reactive which has been the case for a long time now.
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Headless chooks tonight :banghead.
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Staring at a 10 goal loss at the moment. Let's see if we change anything in this quarter.
Make that 15
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Baker would normally mark that. Yet punches it. We've just lost our minds!
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Bring in Cumberland
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Throw-in. Taranto around the body snap misses.
7 - 28
Only our 2nd score 42 mins after our first :P.
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Seeing the result of playing average players as forwards to keep them in the 22
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Bring in Cumberland
yep. Pull the trigger now
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Just not switched on at all. Completely lazy and brainless.
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Why is it we keep falling over but the opposition don’t
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We kinda suck.
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Jack's reverse torp float over everyone for a point.
8 - 28
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Unpopular opinion, thought I system held up ok that quarter. Just could not get a clear scoring shot, even though we had chances to do something around half forward.
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Team just doesn’t want it anymore. Players not following their opponents run resulting in pies being able to chain handball after handball. Then on the flip side no spread on the rare occasions we do have the ball. Just laziness, lack of desire.
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Finally get a mark inside F50 with 40 secs to go. Kmac 35 out misses the set shot though.
Sums up our half. Can't execute anything properly with the ball :help.
Half-time
Richmond 1.0 1.3-9
Coll'wood 2.6 3.10-28
Goal: Bolton
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Unpopular opinion, thought I system held up ok that quarter. Just could not get a clear scoring shot, even though we had chances to do something around half forward.
If that’s our system holding up, then our system sucks.
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I don’t understand why the umpires are calling play on for us?
What’s happened to our clearances?
it’s like we are waiting to get beaten!
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It's like there are more of them than us.
Bleurgh. :(
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Embarrassing 1st half.
VFL level skills at the moment
Have to say I'm worried about Dylan Grimes a shadow of the player he was.
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Ryan better in the ruck than nank. Grimes’ performance on a steady down tread. If it’s because they are captain then take it off them.
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Only positive is we're "only" 19 points down. Should be 10 goals down. That first half was simply embarrassing. Apart from our backline who have stood up so far under immense pressure and a stack of Collingwood inside 50s, this has been miles from basic AFL standard. Time for a rocket for our mids and especially our lazy half-forwards and small forwards who are always out of position at contests.
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Our leaders are our worst players.
Grimes - rubbish
Prestia - worse game I’ve seen
Taranto - rubbish
Cotchin - too old
Lynch - rubbish and slow
Reiwoldt- old slow
Nankervis - Dinosaur
Vlaustin - terrible
Our youngsters are doing ok considering the leaders are playing like poo.
Too lazy and not working hard enough
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Very hard watch.
Think the defense has been excellent (bar a couple of shocking kicks)
Work rate in middle isn't matching Pies. Our forwarding is a mess. Cumberland just needs to play I don't want any replies. There I no dangerous option on lead except for Lynch. Too easy to defend. Jack is too slow, which is fine but we need a better number 2 so Jack can be 3rd key forward.
Nankervis can't be captain anymore. I'm sorry but his leadership is junk. I'd almost make Liam Baker captain.
Can't be having 34 and 35 yo dominating possessions in the wet. Unacceptable.
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MRJ does not know what to do with the ball in his hands, unless he is within 30m of goal where he can have a shot. Just fumbles, hesitates and either turns it over or gets run down.
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MRJ does not know what to do with the ball in his hands, unless he is within 30m of goal where he can have a shot. Just fumbles, hesitates and either turns it over or gets run down.
This in a nutshell.
I'm very concerned of our lack of forwards for some time. George went backwards. Maurice has a tick bag but is constantly confused. Cumberland burst on scene and throw away. We've thrown Balta up there, Baker, Graham, Cotchin. I'm honestly clueless as to what our forwarding stands for..
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Embarrassing 1st half.
VFL level skills at the moment
Have to say I'm worried about Dylan Grimes a shadow of the player he was.
I am also worried about Grimes. His decision making this year has been horrible and his one on one work has dropped off a cliff.
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Balta backing up last week. Thank goodness.
Hugo in the last 10 mins was very good as that defensive sweeper/quarterback. Actually, one Tiger showing a steady head.
I didn't think Grimes or Floss were bad. Our back six have been under continually the pump thanks to the easy way the ball is coming into the Pies' forward line. Actually, think our back six have done reasonably well considering.
Sure the Pies have missed a few but we're not losing and playing crap because of our backline. If you said the Pies would only have 28 points at half-time you'd take it. It's our mids and forwards that have been headless chooks that need the rocket and criticism with and without the footy. Been pathetic! Amateur hour :banghead.
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MRJ does not know what to do with the ball in his hands, unless he is within 30m of goal where he can have a shot. Just fumbles, hesitates and either turns it over or gets run down.
Actually MJR has been one of our better players. Certainly at ground level that's what it looks like. Only bloke offering any defensive pressure in our F50
And yes I'm being serious
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Sub out Jack, get Bolton around the footy, keep applying pressure. We might limit this to a 50 point drubbing.
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Unpopular opinion, thought I system held up ok that quarter. Just could not get a clear scoring shot, even though we had chances to do something around half forward.
If that’s our system holding up, then our system sucks.
The last 10 mins we balanced up general play. We started to get more of the ball and even some inside 50s. But our decision making and execution was still crap.
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One team is playing like they've won three flags recently. We need to keep the kids in, they actually look hungry.
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We're going at just 25% efficiency inside F50 :help.
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How bad is our disposal and skills in general and we're talking experience players simply not clean enough and to many players one paced.
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Agree Wayne. Lots of half effort complacency out there. I just wish somebody would tackle SideBottom.
And smash his bald head into the turf..
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One team is playing like they've won three flags recently. We need to keep the kids in, they actually look hungry.
This is so true.
You can see the effort from guys like Cotchin and Jack, the skill and smarts too, but you can also see there's no desperation or willingness to put their body in harm's way (mostly Jack).
I reckon it's time to go for both of them sadly.
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I thought we fixed the midfield doesn't look like it.
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Very hard watch.
Think the defense has been excellent (bar a couple of shocking kicks)
Work rate in middle isn't matching Pies. Our forwarding is a mess. Cumberland just needs to play I don't want any replies. There I no dangerous option on lead except for Lynch. Too easy to defend. Jack is too slow, which is fine but we need a better number 2 so Jack can be 3rd key forward.
Nankervis can't be captain anymore. I'm sorry but his leadership is junk. I'd almost make Liam Baker captain.
Can't be having 34 and 35 yo dominating possessions in the wet. Unacceptable.
I've said this before. Same with D Rioli. Guys who guaranteed with go back with the flight etc.
Nank and Grimes were poor choices unfortunately.
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Team stats to 1/2 time:
Disposals: 183 - 210 .... ( contested: 69 - 89 ..... = SOFT! )
Turnovers: 52 - 37
Marks: 40 - 31
Tackles: 28 - 26
Clearances: 25 - 16 .... no that is not a misprint. We've just been butchering them and turning them over easily to the Pies :banghead.
Inside 50s: 21 - 29
In50 marks: 1 - 7 :help
Hitouts: 21 - 16
Frees: 13 - 11
Individual possies:
Taranto 15
D.Rioli 14
Kmac 14
Cotch 14
Floss 13
Ross 13
Baker 13
Prestia 11
Bolton 11
https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/4804#player-stats
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Cumberland subbed on.
Samson off.
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Cumberland wins the free at 50 and finds Mansell who marks 20 out. Goal! :gotigers
Rich 2.3-15
Coll 3.10-28
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Cumberland subbed on.
Samson off.
Lol called it.
I'm just glad they did it at half time and not wait until there's 5-10m left in the 3rd.
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It's that sort of soft crap on the wing there that is killing up. Loose ball, 3 vs 1 and we can't work together and give away a soft free to De Goey.
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Oh look, Cumberland with a goal assist.
Fmd
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Cumberland again across HF. Breaks the tackle and finds Pickett 40 out. Hands off riskily to Clarke who goals! :gotigers
Rich 3.3-21
Coll 3.11-29
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Pickett is having a mare tonight.
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Cumberland appears to be making things happen.
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Getting better in middle, Prestia and Taranto becoming more obvious.
Bad kicking is bad football from Pies. Make em pay.
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Jack very clever and wins the free for holding the man 25 out. Goal! :gotigers
Rich 4.3-27
Coll 3.12-30
How the hell are we only 3 pts down! :gobdrop
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Cumberland has changed the game. Should have been in from the start of the season
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Baker been excellent too.
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Who is off?
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Grrrr! :banghead
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Who is off?
Samson Ryan.
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Turnovers :banghead
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We're our own worst enemy. Last two Pie goals from our stuffed up F50 entries :banghead.
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Back to dumb soft footy.
FFS! Kicking short to a contest is schoolboy stuff!
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Who’s our tackling coach? :rollin
We need a new one.
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Balta off HB to Ross to Cumberland who hits up Lynch 35 out directly in front. Misses. Poor kick.
28 - 50
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It's 50 if you don't return the ball on the full ump ::).
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Lynch misses again :P.
29 - 50
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Half our tackles aren’t effective.
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Grimes worst game I’ve seen him play. Terrible for a captain of the club.
Not good enough.
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Ballwatching on the wing while a Pie takes an uncontested mark :facepalm.
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Honeypot again leaving free Pies on the outside goal side again :banghead.
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We've been smashed tonight in every way.
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This is terrible display of tackling I’ve seen since 2016. :banghead :banghead :banghead
Sack the tackling coach he isn’t teaching them properly.
45 tackles only 10 effective IMHO
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Seriously if Cumberland doesn't play next week we have NFI.
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And that sums us up. Open target inside F50 and we kick it OOTF! :P
As I said, poor Marlion has had a mare. Worst game he's ever played.
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Change your boots Tom.
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Grimes worst game I’ve seen him play. Terrible for a captain of the club.
Not good enough.
It’s tough to watch a champion decline right before our very eyes. Has been horrible.
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3/4 time
Richmond 1.0 1.3 4.5-29
Coll'wood 2.6 3.10 7.15-57
Goals: Riewoldt, Bolton, Mansell, Clarke.
5 mins of decent footy at the start of the 3rd and we kick 3 goals and then back to dumb, lazy, skill-less crap! :banghead
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We blew it :banghead
Back in the game and we let them waltz out of the middle.
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Agree Wayne. Lots of half effort complacency out there. I just wish somebody would tackle SideBottom.
And smash his bald head into the turf..
:snidegrin
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The mids have been smashed tonight.
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Pickett is having a mare tonight.
He has his lower calf strapped
Another carrying a niggle?
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Much better footy in 3rd but just too much unacceptable stuff.
1. Picking 3 slow tall forwards in the wet. With no Dusty why isn't Noah playing from start.
2. Laird and now Sidebottom have just absolutely carved us up in the middle.
3. Too many passengers tonight. Lynch was hopeless on a reject Crows defender and not in Pies Best 22. Pickett shocking. Maurice continues to look very lost when he has the ball. Compared to Cumberland who everytime had the ball knew exactly what he was doing, weaving through traffic to free himself up on his left and lowered his eyes every time.
4. No ball users. When Rioli isn't run and carrying we don't have anyone with good enough skills to hit targets so we kick to contests and we got absolutely smashed when ball hit the ground. Judson Clarke looks to be the next best, maybe Bolton but he too often doesn't use it well, but ge this is really disappointing to have an entire list of AFL players and not any elite ball users. Collingwood have an absolute plethora.
Yeah missed Tarrant, Broad, Dusty and Hopper but we are absolutely miles off the best. Need to change things if we don't want to just make up numbers like last year. If Pies can turn Sidebottom into a elite wingman again we can do the same but need be better in many areas.
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Agree Wayne. Lots of half effort complacency out there. I just wish somebody would tackle SideBottom.
And smash his bald head into the turf..
:snidegrin
Can’t happen as he is way too smart for that
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And that sums us up. Open target inside F50 and we kick it OOTF! :P
As I said, poor Marlion has had a mare. Worst game he's ever played.
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Our senior players have been really really poor.
They have Pendlebury Sidebottom Mitchell Adams all playing like they are young bucks but ours are playing like they should have retired two seasons ago.
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Well, Beaker coming on after half time and being instantly instrumental in two goals was a plus. As one of the vom-entators said (sorry if it was you, Richo), he plays better at AFL level than VFL - as many here have also observed.
C'mon Tiges, big last quarter, please?
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The mids have been smashed tonight.
Yep very little pressure in there
To allow deGoey to stand on hid own at centre bounces is pathetic
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This reminds me of the Melbourne Anzac Eve game last year. We've been just substandard and are only 'close-ish' on the scoreboard because the opposition were inaccurate. Only difference is we've won the clearances which makes tonight even worse. We are getting our hands on the ball first but just coughing it up so meekly or just plain butchering it.
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Nank pushed in the back and no free ::).
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How long have the umps giving Pies players to dispose
2 tackles in the last. De Goey in middle gave up and sat on ball.. finally giving holding the ball. Then Bolton tackle in F50 was ball every day of the week. Daicos had like 4 steps lol
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Anyway, we get it back and Mansell marks 25 out. Misses :P.
30 - 57
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How long have the umps giving Pies players to dispose
2 tackles in the last. De Goey in middle gave up and sat on ball.. finally giving holding the ball. Then Bolton tackle in F50 was ball every day of the week. Daicos had like 4 steps lol
It's laughable.
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And that sums us up. Open target inside F50 and we kick it OOTF! :P
As I said, poor Marlion has had a mare. Worst game he's ever played.
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Our senior players have been really really poor.
They have Pendlebury Sidebottom Mitchell Adams all playing like they are young bucks but ours are playing like they should have retired two seasons ago.
This is bang on. Leadership and accountavility has been crap post Cotchin captaincy. Nank been crap too.
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MRJ can't kick.
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Lazy kicks like that (Maurice then) have killed us tonight.
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How many times have we slipped over in the contest? :P
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Great kick by Jack. Goal! :gotigers
Rich 5.6-36
Coll 7.15-57
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Maurice finally got away with the fancy footwork. Long kick and Lynch marks 20 out. Goal! :gotigers
Rich 6.6-42
Coll 7.15-57
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Easy misses by Lynch and Mansell might cost us but it's not like Collingwood has missed chances either.
Too little too late.
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Lynch in the tackle misses.
43 - 57
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Our kicks inside 50 have been crap all night and our smalls have been nowhere front and square to crumb. Another Pie goal rebounding out the front from our F50 :banghead.
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Balta has been good tonight but when you can kick it 60m why do a crap little off the side of the boot kick?
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Silly to say not taking out chances cost us with Pies accuracy awful tonight but the game was there for us if we were 10% better. Lynch and Mansell misses hurt.
Captain not following McStay is inexcusable.
Hate our short kicking game. Where is our forward handball game gone. We invented chaos ball cause we didn't have good enough kickers on our list. We still don't.
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Great goal Rossy think he needs to play all year, replaces Cotch full time.
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Nice kick Ross. Goal! :gotigers
Rich 7.7-49
Coll 8.15-63
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Liked Ross tonight
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I know he was trying to get the game moving but Maurice had to have the awareness of Pies around him. It was our free.
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Umpires have no idea. Arseholes.
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Our captains are rubbish.
Should never have been made captains. Cotchin should have just stayed captain like Pendlebury and Selwood.
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We played terribly, had a few handy players out and lost by 14 points, missed some sitters too. I know they were inaccurate, but it's not all doom and gloom. We'll be better.
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Played out the game and got close playing the worst game in many a year.
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Final Score
Richmond 1.0 1.3 4.5 7.7-49
Coll'wood 2.6 3.10 7.15 8.15-63
Goals: Riewoldt 2, Lynch, Bolton, Mansell, Clarke, Ross.
Only positive is we played crap and got smashed in contested footy but didn't give up and kept the margin low. Won the second half 6.4 to 5.5. Damage was done in the first 1.5 quarters when our mids were soft and uncompetitive. See how we go later in the year against them with Hopper, Dusty, Broad and Short in the side.
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Cotchin needs to make a choice. Play at full pace as he needs to at AFL level or retire.
This 70 to 80% pace rubbish has to stop. Play a young Midfielder like Dow or Sonsie instead of an old bloke playing at half pace. Love him but it's over.
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I know he was trying to get the game moving but Maurice had to have the awareness of Pies around him. It was our free.
Goes back to my comment earlier. Does not know what to do with ball in hand. Majority of the time will either turn it over or hesitate and get run down. Even his assist to lynch was a bad kick to the defenders advantage, lynch just managed to beat him to it.
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Agree that we stayed with probably the best team in comp at the moment, whilst playing awful and 4 from our best 22 out.
8.15 could have been 15.8 and we lose by 9 goals. Lots to work on, I'm still not happy with our forwardline. Not enough guys are goal kickers. Maurice doesn't hit scoreboard enough. Mansell set shot says enough. 3 talls I don't think works. I like Lynch Riewoldt and Cumberland. Graham up forward doesn't work he also doesn't hit scoreboard. So keep Lynch quiet and we won't score much. Gotta find more avenues to goal.
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A positive is Young and Balta.
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Pies awarded another March premiership. Lid is off.
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What's happen to our skills and disposal under 10 stuff sometimes not clean enough and will hold us back bigtime that and brain fades has been holding us back for the last 2 seasons to many players for my liking.
Dimma needs to do what's best for our club we are carrying to many veterans that are one paced now.
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Team stats:
Disposals: 356 - 400 .... ( contested: 139 - 161 ; uncontested: 198 - 220 ) :P
Efficiency%: 70 - 67
Kicks: 219 - 229
Handballs: 137 - 171
Turnovers: 81 - 71
Marks: 76 - 65 .... ( contested: 7 - 9 )
Tackles: 62 - 61
Clearances: 42 - 37 .... ( centre: 7 - 11 ; stoppages: 35 - 26 )
Inside 50s: 40 - 59 :P
In50 Eff.%: 40 - 39
In50 marks: 9 - 10
In50 tackles: 7 - 9
Hitouts: 48 - 31
Bounces: 1 - 4
One %ers: 53 - 75 :P
Frees: 27 - 20
Individual disposals:
Baker 32
Taranto 29
D.Rioli 25
Ross 23
Cotchin 23
Bolton 22
Vlastuin 20
Prestia 20
Nankervis 20
Pickett 19
McIntosh 19
Graham 14
Ralphsmith 12
Clarke 12
Grimes 11
Balta 11
M.Rioli 8
Mansell 8
Lynch 7
Cumberland 7 .... (subbed on at half-time)
Young 6
Riewoldt 6
Ryan 2 .... ( subbed off at half-time)
https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/4804#player-stats
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Maurice and the boys will probably keep this in the memory bank. Not tough pushing someone already on the ground.
https://twitter.com/AflGlicko/status/1641769240742232070
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Maurice and the boys will probably keep this in the memory bank. Not tough pushing someone already on the ground.
https://twitter.com/AflGlicko/status/1641769240742232070
That’s what we use to do. The pies are the real deal.
Problem is we aren’t tough anymore. :banghead
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Maurice and the boys will probably keep this in the memory bank. Not tough pushing someone already on the ground.
https://twitter.com/AflGlicko/status/1641769240742232070
Please!
A little nothing push, ::)
I think our blokes should have bigger things to concern themselves with than that
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Maurice and the boys will probably keep this in the memory bank. Not tough pushing someone already on the ground.
https://twitter.com/AflGlicko/status/1641769240742232070
Please!
A little nothing push, ::)
I think our blokes should have bigger things to concern themselves with than that
More wondering what the 50 was for
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Riewoldt and Cotch are both spent. Cotch can’t get from contest to contest, has zero outside run and can’t close players down. He was so slow to react to a few balls that spilled out in the open and he was in the box seat. Riewoldt… don’t get me started: zero leads, can’t read the fall of the ball any more, wants to play volleyball or soccer more that footy. NEVER runs hard to provide a contest on the wing or even half forward. Defenders just sit all over Lynch because Jack can only get gift wrapped possessions these days.
Nankervis is a lazy plodder, as soon as the ball leaves his space he just walks everywhere. Doesn’t push hard forward or back and is never a marking option down the line.
Grimes has lost that electric closing / shutdown speed, he looks a real worry to me.
We served up hospital pass / handball time after time that got our players smashed as soon as the ball arrived. Also can’t remember how many handballs and kicks got smothered last night. We had zero run / options from behind the ball and I can’t recall us once taking a chance through the corridor.
Dow should be a mainstay in our midfield right now, same with Sonsie.
We are asking Maurice to carry too much load, he is playing high half forward and is chasing and tackling and pressuring his arse off in the midfield and can’t impact the scoreboard because he has spent all his petrol tickets by the time he gets forward. Plus, at the moment, he is a little slow between the ears / with vision and this gets him caught a lot. He’ll be a ripper in another 12 months.
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Maurice and the boys will probably keep this in the memory bank. Not tough pushing someone already on the ground.
https://twitter.com/AflGlicko/status/1641769240742232070
Please!
A little nothing push, ::)
I think our blokes should have bigger things to concern themselves with than that
More wondering what the 50 was for
Mouthing off I reckon, not MJ someone else
Or perhaps the remonstrating after when the Pies players decided to have ago Lynch
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Maurice and the boys will probably keep this in the memory bank. Not tough pushing someone already on the ground.
https://twitter.com/AflGlicko/status/1641769240742232070
Please!
A little nothing push, ::)
I think our blokes should have bigger things to concern themselves with than that
More wondering what the 50 was for
Mouthing off I reckon, not MJ someone else
Or perhaps the remonstrating after when the Pies players decided to have ago Lynch
It was weak IMO.
Cheap frees like that don't seem to come out way
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I would have taken a 14 point loss pre game .
We are still tinkering with our best version.
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"There will be plenty of lessons to carry into the Bulldogs next week."
📹 @tcotchin9 in the rooms post-match.
https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC/status/1642326740579000324
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Report Card: Round 3
Ben Cotton, Catherine Healey, Ben Waterworth and David Zita
Foxsports
3 April 2023
RICHMOND
The Tigers were fortunate not to be “absolutely belted” by the Pies in a “messy” MCG blockbuster. Losing Nathan Broad (suspension), Dustin Martin, Jacob Hopper and Jayden Short (all injured) didn’t help heading into the clash, but it was a meek first half performance. The Tigers hit a 68-year low against Collingwood when they registered just 1.3 (9) to half time. But Richmond did rally in the second to mount two comebacks against the in-form Pies. Richmond won both the hit out (+17) and clearance count (+5) but couldn’t use it to their advantage in the 14-point loss.
In the votes
Liam Baker threw himself at absolutely everything against Collingwood. The ball was camped out in the Magpies forward half but Baker showed his class in the early wet conditions to rack up 32 disposals, a game-high 12 intercepts and seven score involvements. Noah Balta had multiple goal saving moments in the under-siege Tigers backline. Skipper Toby Nankervis gave his all as he finished with 39 hitouts, 20 touches - 11 of them contested and seven tackles.
Room for improvement
The three talls forward line just didn’t work for Richmond in the conditions. Jack Riewoldt, Tom Lynch and Samson Ryan didn’t have an impact in the first half before Ryan was subbed out. Lynch found the footy in the second half but his wayward goal kicking really cost his side. He finished the match with a disposal efficiency of less than 29% from his seven touches. He kicked just the 1.3 against Collingwood. Dylan Grimes was showing his age in defence as he struggled to have an impact. His night ended with 11 touches and just one mark.
Grade
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https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-news-2023-round-3-report-card-highlights-grades-analysis-every-club-reviewed-best-and-worst-video-stats/news-story/0948e6d9afbaac093ad03f251dabafb2
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SEN Breakfast’s Kane Cornes and Nathan Buckley went through each of the games and discussed which team the result said more about.
Cornes: “Richmond, because we know everything we need to know about Collingwood.
“Are Richmond top four worthy? Probably not. Are they a bit sluggish through the midfield, are they a bit slow? Probably.
“And do they have the upcoming talent under the age of 24 that some of the other teams do? I’ll probably say no.
“I think the result says more about the Tigers.”
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2023/04/03/winners-and-losers-the-result-of-each-round-3-game-and-who-it-says-more/
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Lynch had only a goal and seven touches against the Magpies, while Riewoldt had two goals from his six touches and one mark. Riewoldt, in what shapes as his final season, has five goals in three games, and his form may be debated at match committee.
“We didn’t play very well at all, and we still only got beaten by 14 points. We are still confident that if we get it right, we will be pretty strong,” Balme said.
Source: The Age (https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/blues-kangaroos-challenge-bans-at-tribunal-martin-hopper-in-line-to-return-as-tigers-face-major-test-20230403-p5cxmy.html).
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The Key Takeaway: Dimma knew his side’s limitations
Damien Hardwick knew his Tigers side was down on personnel so went about making it a tough night for the Magpies.
He set up to thwart Collingwood’s system which had kicked massive scores in Rounds 1 and 2.
The strategy worked for some of the night and gave the Tigers a sneaky chance when they got within a goal in the second half.
While it didn’t end in a win, and the Pies were inaccurate, it showed that the current (equal) flag favourites can be tamed within games.
The Positive: Baker brilliance
Liam Baker’s beginning to the season has been superb.
He was comfortably Richmond’s best player against the Pies, providing constant drive from the back half.
Baker finished with a team-high 32 disposals and a game-high 12 intercepts, plus 10 rebound 50s while impacting forward of centre with seven score involvements and three inside 50s.
He sets the tone with his attack on the ball and is frequently one of the Tigers’ most consistent performers.
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2023/04/03/overreactions-positives-negatives-and-undroppables-round-3/
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Coaches' votes (Hardwick & McRae)
Collingwood v Richmond
10 Jordan De Goey (COLL)
4 Billy Frampton (COLL)
4 Liam Baker (RICH)
3 Nick Daicos (COLL)
3 Josh Daicos (COLL)
2 Nathan Murphy (COLL)
2 Steele Sidebottom (COLL)
1 Toby Nankervis (RICH)
1 Scott Pendlebury (COLL)
https://www.afl.com.au/news/896708/coaches-votes-r3-pies-mid-into-lead-as-six-players-get-10s
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Coaches' votes (Hardwick & McRae)
Collingwood v Richmond
10 Jordan De Goey (COLL)
4 Billy Frampton (COLL)
4 Liam Baker (RICH)
3 Nick Daicos (COLL)
3 Josh Daicos (COLL)
2 Nathan Murphy (COLL)
2 Steele Sidebottom (COLL)
1 Toby Nankervis (RICH)
1 Scott Pendlebury (COLL)
https://www.afl.com.au/news/896708/coaches-votes-r3-pies-mid-into-lead-as-six-players-get-10s
Dimma gives 4 to Bakes and 1 to Nank and McCrae gives all his votes to his own players? I didn't think I'd ever dislike McCrae after his time with our VFL program but FM the guy is showing his true colours now.
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Richmond 'unrecognisable' from premiership three-peat
Altogether the Tigers had 81 turnovers and took just nine marks inside 50. Garry Lyon said the current team look "unrecognisable" to the one that won three flags in four years.
“It could have been a lot worse,” Lyon said of the 14-point margin. “I don’t think they are the Richmond of (the past), they’re not going to maintain the standard of when they won three premierships in four (years). Some of their guns, their most influential players are getting older and that’s just life.
"It’s going to happen to Jack (Riewoldt), it’s happening to Trent (Cotchin), Dylan Grimes. They’re not the players they once were.”
https://au.sports.yahoo.com/richmond-under-fire-over-terrible-detail-in-afl-loss-to-collingwood-231816451.html
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Glad I was at this game to witness Collingwoods March premiership.