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Title: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: one-eyed on August 21, 2025, 07:42:02 PM
AFLW Round 2

RICHMOND vs Western Bulldogs


Sunday, 24th August @ IKON Park (Princes Park)

Start time: 12:35 pm


Broadcast:

Fox Footy
Kayo
Binge
Casey Radio 97.7FM
WARF Radio

https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/matches/7877
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: one-eyed on August 21, 2025, 07:47:26 PM
In: Beth Lynch, Sierra Grieves, Lauren Brazzale, Charli Wicksteed

Out: Ally Dallaway (omitted)

---------------------

Extended squad.

RICHMOND

B:              Laura McClelland              Katelyn Cox

HB:   Beth Lynch          Gabby Seymour            Rebecca Miller

C:  Maddie Shevlin         Grace Egan                Kate Dempsey

HF:  Emelia Yassir          Paige Scott             Montana Beruldsen

F:                   Katie Brennan        Caitlin Greiser 

R:   Poppy Kelly           Monique Conti             Ellie McKenzie

Int (from):  Libby Graham      Lulu Beatty      Sierra Grieves     Lauren Brazzale
                  Isabel Bacon    Mackenzie Ford   Charli Wicksteed     Jodie Hicks


The final team will be announced at 5pm on Friday night.

https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1869081/four-changes-in-round-2-extended-squad
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: Tigeritis™©® on August 22, 2025, 10:36:57 AM
Kelly, Shevlin and Cox still in?  :help  :rollin

This club is a joke.
Not serious at all.
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: WilliamPowell on August 22, 2025, 11:17:16 AM
Kelly, Shevlin and Cox still in?  :help  :rollin

This club is a joke.
Not serious at all.

Cox playing her first game in nearly 600 days should be dropped because she was thrown to the wolves due to the ineptitude of our Coach?

Kelly is our only real ruck option while McKinnon comes back from her ACL. I get that she's your favourite whipping girl but she could BOG and you'd still want her dropped. Will say it again she is the least of our problems

Shevlin was like a number of players last = MIA. She's banked a few credits so deserves to hold her spot this week
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: Knighter on August 22, 2025, 11:30:47 AM
Kelly, Shevlin and Cox still in?  :help  :rollin

This club is a joke.
Not serious at all.

Shevlin and Kelly are fine.  Cox is a complete dud. 
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: Hard Roar Tiger on August 22, 2025, 11:31:40 AM
Why play Cox again if she was thrown to the wolves? Are we saying that we have no better selection options?
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: WilliamPowell on August 22, 2025, 11:36:27 AM
Why play Cox again if she was thrown to the wolves? Are we saying that we have no better selection options?

No, what I'm saying is she should never have been matched up on Molloy. That she was is on the coach.

Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: Chuck17 on August 22, 2025, 11:39:13 AM
Why play Cox again if she was thrown to the wolves? Are we saying that we have no better selection options?

No, what I'm saying is she should never have been matched up on Molloy. That she was is on the coach.

Yep worse coaching decision he has ever made (and there is quite a few), why put a small player like Cox on a strong player like Malloy, and worse why persist with it when it was so obviously a bad coaching error
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: Chuck17 on August 22, 2025, 11:41:07 AM
Kelly, Shevlin and Cox still in?  :help  :rollin

This club is a joke.
Not serious at all.

Shevlin and Kelly are fine.  Cox is a complete dud.

Shevlin is representative of the general lack of speed we have in the side, and she is playing on the wing.

As for Kelly, the sooner our injured ruck is playing the better

Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: WilliamPowell on August 22, 2025, 09:10:23 PM
Final Team

RICHMOND

B:              Laura McClelland              Katelyn Cox

HB:   Beth Lynch          Gabby Seymour            Rebecca Miller

C:  Maddie Shevlin         Grace Egan                Kate Dempsey

HF:  Emelia Yassir          Paige Scott             Montana Beruldsen

F:                   Katie Brennan        Caitlin Greiser 

R:   Poppy Kelly           Monique Conti             Ellie McKenzie

Int:  Libby Graham      Lulu Beatty    Isabel Bacon    Mackenzie Ford      Jodie Hicks

Emg: Sierra Grieves,  Lauren Brazzale, Charli Wickstead
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: one-eyed on August 23, 2025, 03:41:29 PM
Superstar midfielder Monique Conti will hit another career achievement on Sunday, playing her 75th career AFLW game.

https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1871683/magnificent-mon-hits-75-games

Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: mightytiges on August 24, 2025, 12:42:18 PM
First goal to the Dogs. We couldn't get it out of our back half. Free against Lynch who held her ground and took the mark but was pinged for a push.

0 - 6
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: mightytiges on August 24, 2025, 12:42:41 PM
We get the centre clearance. McKenzie kicks a point.

1 - 6
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: mightytiges on August 24, 2025, 12:43:49 PM
Beruldsen wins the HTB free from the Dogs' kick-in on the boundary. Shot misses narrow side.

2 - 6
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: WilliamPowell on August 24, 2025, 12:47:37 PM
No Fwd 50 structure at all :banghead
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: mightytiges on August 24, 2025, 12:52:04 PM
The umpiring up to its usual crap standard  ::).

Frees  2 - 7

Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: mightytiges on August 24, 2025, 12:53:25 PM
No Fwd 50 structure at all :banghead
Yep. We have no structure nor system at all. Ferguson is such a dud coach.
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: WilliamPowell on August 24, 2025, 12:55:37 PM
We're in front at qtr time through sheer luck.

Pathetic qtr.

And always pleasing to see the standard of umpiring continues to go backwards  :clapping
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: mightytiges on August 24, 2025, 12:57:06 PM
Excellent chase down by Scott. Wins the HTB free. Set shot from 35 after the siren. Goal!  :gotigers

Quarter time

Richmond   1.2-8
Bulldogs     1.1-7

Goal: Scott


Sums us up. It takes out of the ordinary individual efforts for us to score rather than functioning as a team with a clear system of play and connection.
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: WilliamPowell on August 24, 2025, 12:59:33 PM
You know I've been so supportive of our women's program but as I sit here today I continue to question why?

So disappointed
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: one-eyed on August 24, 2025, 01:00:32 PM
Stats to QT:

McKenzie   5
Conti       4
Kelly       4
Beruldsen 3
Egan     3
McClelland 3


Disposals     43 - 54 .... ( contested: 24 - 26 )
Efficiency%  54 - 63
Marks            9 - 11
Tackles        10 - 24   
Clearances     7 - 5
Inside 50s      7 - 7
Hitouts          5 - 9
Frees             5 - 7

https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/matches/7877#team-stats
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: mightytiges on August 24, 2025, 01:02:31 PM
Didn't realise the 'Richo rule' was back and you're not allowed to use your arms to hold your ground to try and take the mark  ::).
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: Tigeritis™©® on August 24, 2025, 01:07:15 PM
Poppy Kelly already doing better than Nankervis by taking a contested mark in defence.  :clapping

 :shh
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: mightytiges on August 24, 2025, 01:08:25 PM
Brennan inside 50 to a 1-on-1 and Greiser is held 35 out. Goal!  :gotigers

Rich   2.2-14
Dogs  1.2-8

 
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: mightytiges on August 24, 2025, 01:09:59 PM
Ballwatching in defence :facepalm. Dogs get it straight back.

14 - 14
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: mightytiges on August 24, 2025, 01:12:17 PM
Got to love this "gameplan" of always handballing half a metre to a teammate with an opponent right behind them :facepalm.
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: WilliamPowell on August 24, 2025, 01:13:20 PM
Right now we are a rabble
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: Tigeritis™©® on August 24, 2025, 01:13:35 PM
Our skill execution is deplorable.  :help
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: mightytiges on August 24, 2025, 01:15:25 PM
Another goal to the Dogs. Yes we are a rabble. Broken record but there's no system, so no one knows what to do or how to set up in any situation be it attacking or defending.

14 - 20
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: mightytiges on August 24, 2025, 01:17:55 PM
Paige Scott down. Right leg injury - ankle or even a knee. Chaired off by the trainers.
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: Tigeritis™©® on August 24, 2025, 01:18:31 PM
It doesn't look like the team knows what it is doing in any way shape or form.

Some of the girls don't look like they've touched the ball all preseason ie. Eagan

And the here seams to be a heck of a lot of pushing opposition players in the back.


It looks terrible and it looks as though there's no system at all. I think the development has actually gone backwards.
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: mightytiges on August 24, 2025, 01:20:57 PM
Just to show how bad we are, this Dogs team last week lost by 8 goals and only kicked one goal.
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: Tigeritis™©® on August 24, 2025, 01:21:27 PM
We constantly kick to an outnumber its excruciating to watch.
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: mightytiges on August 24, 2025, 01:22:40 PM
Half time

Richmond   1.2     2.2-14
Bulldogs     1.1     3.3-21

Goal: Scott, Greiser.


Sack this dud coach now  ::)  :thumbsdown.
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: WilliamPowell on August 24, 2025, 01:23:47 PM
Just to show how bad we are, this Dogs team last week lost by 8 goals and only kicked one goal.

And they only won 1 game last season

But at least they had the courage to sack their cosch

But hey according to ours we've improved
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: WilliamPowell on August 24, 2025, 01:30:23 PM
We constantly kick to an outnumber its excruciating to watch.

You should be here.

Players in the clear and we kick to the opposite side

If we manage to clear from D50 we look up and there's no one forward of centre.



Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: one-eyed on August 24, 2025, 01:34:08 PM
Stats to HT:

The Tigers controlled the uncontested game in the second quarter, being plus 11 in uncontested possessions and plus four in handball receives, but were unable to move the ball out of their defensive half, just acheiving one inside 50 from 12 chains.

After losing the clearance count 7-5 in the first quarter, the Bulldogs responded in the second, winning clearances 10-7 and outscoring the Tigers 2.1 (13) - 1.0 (6) from the source.

Isabelle Pritchard (Bulldogs) has been incredible in the second quarter, having seven disposals, five contested possessions, three clearances and two score involvements.


Conti     9 disposals
Egan     9
McClelland 9
Seymour   9
McKenzie   8
Ford       6
Hicks      6
Kelly       6
Brennan  5
Dempsey  5
Greiser   5
Bacon    4
Miller     4
Beruldsen 3
Lynch     3
Cox       2
Scott     2
Yassir    2
Beatty  1
Graham 1
Shevlin  1


Disposals    100 - 111 .... ( contested: 49 - 59 )
Efficiency%  61 - 56
Marks          18 - 16
Tackles        29 - 49  :help
Clearances   13 - 16 ..... ( centre: 2 - 2 )
Inside 50s   13 - 21
In50 eff.%   39 - 33
Hitouts        12 - 21
Frees           11 - 16

https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/matches/7877#team-stats
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: mightytiges on August 24, 2025, 01:38:21 PM
Just to show how bad we are, this Dogs team last week lost by 8 goals and only kicked one goal.

And they only won 1 game last season

But at least they had the courage to sack their cosch

But hey according to ours we've improved
Yep. He's deluded as much as he is a dud coach.
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: mightytiges on August 24, 2025, 01:39:15 PM
Bacon thought she had kicked a goal but the ball bounced on the goal-line and then hit the post.

15 - 21
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: mightytiges on August 24, 2025, 01:40:36 PM
Shevlin from 45 just went bang and it bounced through with no one in the goalsquare  :gotigers.

Scores level.

Rich    3.3-21
Dogs   3.3-21



Scott is back on by the way.

Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: Tigeritis™©® on August 24, 2025, 01:41:38 PM
Besides Conti I don't think one player has been able to win a one on one contest.

We are really poor team and as I've says before we are actually worse and have not improved one iota.

This whole women's program is an absolute joke.

The club does NOT take it seriously.

Conti really should do herself a favour and find a team that serious about building a winning team if she ever wants a chance to win a premiership.

She won't be at Richmond.

Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: mightytiges on August 24, 2025, 01:51:21 PM
Dogs goal again from us being absolutely clueless.

21 - 28
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: mightytiges on August 24, 2025, 01:58:29 PM
3/4 time

Richmond   1.2     2.2     3.3-21
Bulldogs     1.1     3.3     4.4-28

Goal: Scott, Greiser, Shevlin.


Not sure why the commentators are saying the Dogs winning would be an upset. We are hopeless under this dud coach.


Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: WilliamPowell on August 24, 2025, 02:00:09 PM
Fortunately for us Mon won't leave

Loves the Club

For the list we have we should be better than this.

We have 2 players who are easily in top 10 of the comp.

There are multiple players who would be walk up starts at other teams so this crap that we are dishing is unacceptable and TBBH embarrassing

But while we have the person in charge of the program and the coach we do we are going nowhere very quickly.

I'm embarrassed to actually be sitting here watching
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: Tigeritis™©® on August 24, 2025, 02:00:45 PM
Poppy Kelly 3 marks more than Nankervis had yesterday.  :clapping
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: mightytiges on August 24, 2025, 02:02:14 PM
Besides Conti I don't think one player has been able to win a one on one contest.

We are really poor team and as I've says before we are actually worse and have not improved one iota.

This whole women's program is an absolute joke.

The club does NOT take it seriously.

Conti really should do herself a favour and find a team that serious about building a winning team if she ever wants a chance to win a premiership.

She won't be at Richmond.
Conti has a premiership medal with the Dogs before she crossed to us.

Sheerin though left last year for likely those reasons. Imagine having to listen to our clueless coach and play a way you know is going to lose you games.
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: WilliamPowell on August 24, 2025, 02:02:20 PM

Not sure why the commentators are saying the Dogs winning would be an upset. We are hopeless under this dud coach.

Because we played finals last season and they won the spoon

With their young squad most were expecting them to struggle to win game...they are total rebuild mode

I have no idea what mode we're in
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: Tigeritis™©® on August 24, 2025, 02:02:43 PM
Fortunately for us Mon won't leave

Loves the Club

For the list we have we should be better than this.

We have 2 players who are easily in top 10 of the comp.

There are multiple players who would be walk up starts at other teams so this crap that we are dishing is unacceptable and TBBH embarrassing

But while we have the person in charge of the program and the coach we do we are going nowhere very quickly.

I'm embarrassed to actually be sitting here watching

There's no hope when the club aren't serious about the women's comp WP.

The whole club mindset has to change.
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: mightytiges on August 24, 2025, 02:05:08 PM

Not sure why the commentators are saying the Dogs winning would be an upset. We are hopeless under this dud coach.

Because we played finals last season and they won the spoon

With their young squad most were expecting them to struggle to win game...they are total rebuild mode

I have no idea what mode we're in
That's true WP, but we lost one of best mids in Sheerin, our few rated players are getting older, and anyone who has watched us so far this year knows we will finish bottom 4.
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: mightytiges on August 24, 2025, 02:06:41 PM
Our player gets tackled to the ground without the ball and then we get pinged for HTB. These umps :facepalm.
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: Tigeritis™©® on August 24, 2025, 02:08:08 PM
Grieser is a massive disappointment.

She is massive woman but has absolutely no clue in how to use her frame to her advantage.

For some unknown reason I counted about 6 clear push in the backs our players using to take a mark.

Whoever is our key position player coach should be sacked.

It's a useless sorry excuse of domination in the air that we should have had if we had any idea how to utilise that to our advantage.
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: Tigeritis™©® on August 24, 2025, 02:11:15 PM
Poor skill execution time and time again.

We are so poor.  :help


This is embarrassing.
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: mightytiges on August 24, 2025, 02:13:27 PM
Had to switch the play then as that side was open but we continue to kick down the line to the Dogs numbers. What a genius of a coach  :lol.
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: Tigeritis™©® on August 24, 2025, 02:13:43 PM
44 marks to 26 marks in favour of the dogs.
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: mightytiges on August 24, 2025, 02:14:50 PM
Dogs seal it.

21 - 35


Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: Tigeritis™©® on August 24, 2025, 02:15:34 PM
SACK THE COACH!

Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: WilliamPowell on August 24, 2025, 02:17:22 PM
They say "You reap what you Sow"

Never has a truer word been spoken.

We are getting what we absolutely deserve

We are a rabble
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: Tigeritis™©® on August 24, 2025, 02:18:42 PM
SACK KATE SHEEHAN!
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: mightytiges on August 24, 2025, 02:19:41 PM
Katie was showing signs of slowing down last year due to age. Reckon this will be her last year especially as the team has gone backwards under this spud coach.
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: Tigeritis™©® on August 24, 2025, 02:22:07 PM
......meanwhile every bottom feeder club AFL assisted handout club has a VFLW program.  :rollin
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: WilliamPowell on August 24, 2025, 02:23:07 PM
Grieser is a massive disappointment.

She is massive woman but has absolutely no clue in how to use her frame to her advantage.

For some unknown reason I counted about 6 clear push in the backs our players using to take a mark.

Whoever is our key position player coach should be sacked.

It's a useless sorry excuse of domination in the air that we should have had if we had any idea how to utilise that to our advantage.

Our forwards coach is Fev. He was bought in for all the reasons you mentioned.

But let's be honest it wouldn't make one iota of difference with the diabolical game plan ( if you can call it that) we have
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: mightytiges on August 24, 2025, 02:25:35 PM
Final Score

Richmond   1.2     2.2     3.3    3.3-21
Bulldogs     1.1     3.3     4.4    6.5-41

Goal: Scott, Greiser, Shevlin.


What excuse is the dud going to give for this loss?  ::)

#SackFergusonNow
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: Chuck17 on August 24, 2025, 02:26:32 PM
What a terrible game and spectacle for women’s footy

There was a lot to hate but the umpires continually blowing the whistle in just about every contest destroyed the game

If the club had any balls they would sack Fergie and anyone else in control straight after this game

Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: WilliamPowell on August 24, 2025, 02:26:41 PM

That's true WP, but we lost one of best mids in Sheerin, our few rated players are getting older, and anyone who has watched us so far this year knows we will finish bottom 4.

Yep but the question has to asked why was Sherrin let go?

The reasons the club gave don't wash

So her going for the deal we ended up falls on Sheahan

We are a rabble
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: WilliamPowell on August 24, 2025, 02:27:30 PM
What a terrible game and spectacle for women’s footy

There was a lot to hate but the umpires continually blowing the whistle in just about every contest destroyed the game

If the club had any balls they would sack Fergie and anyone else in control straight after this game

The change in HTB rule has created a whistle feast
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: Tigeritis™©® on August 24, 2025, 02:29:39 PM
Grieser is a massive disappointment.

She is massive woman but has absolutely no clue in how to use her frame to her advantage.

For some unknown reason I counted about 6 clear push in the backs our players using to take a mark.

Whoever is our key position player coach should be sacked.

It's a useless sorry excuse of domination in the air that we should have had if we had any idea how to utilise that to our advantage.

Our forwards coach is Fev. He was bought in for all the reasons you mentioned.

But let's be honest it wouldn't make one iota of difference with the diabolical game plan ( if you can call it that) we have

You may be right but you may have missed the amount of times our players clearly pushed the player in front of them in the back. Some were paid by the umpires and most were missed.

That is a clear instruction from someone. I noticed it last week and it was even more noticeable this week.

Grieser hasn't improved one iota at Richmond she's gotten worse because unlike other clubs our club does NOT take this competition seriously.

I do agree that our coach   :wallywink  is rubbish and the girls have no idea out there.
Off the top of my head there was about 5 clear times we kick to an out number.  :help
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: Tigeritis™©® on August 24, 2025, 02:30:44 PM
What a terrible game and spectacle for women’s footy

There was a lot to hate but the umpires continually blowing the whistle in just about every contest destroyed the game

If the club had any balls they would sack Fergie and anyone else in control straight after this game
:clapping  :clapping :clapping
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: Tigeritis™©® on August 24, 2025, 02:49:42 PM
We also have very very poor skills. Beside the obvious player there isn't many that can mark a footy or kick or handpass the ball effectively.

I'd say one of the major culprits is Eagan, she is a terrible example of skill.

She consistently misses an easy handpass and she regularly kicks to an outnumber not to mention she is slow as treacle.
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: mightytiges on August 24, 2025, 02:50:15 PM
......meanwhile every bottom feeder club AFL assisted handout club has a VFLW program.  :rollin
I've asked the Club online at our past 3 AGMs why we don't have one and have always got a nothing answer. That was when we still had Port Melbourne as our affiliated VFLW club, but we've even dumped them this year and have no ressies whatsover now.

15 years ago, we were told the men's team 30 years of failure was due to not having our own standalone VFL side to properly develop our younger players and have them learn at VFL level the same gameplan used at AFL level. So, where's our standalone VFLW team?!

We were also told 15 years ago that not investing both personnel wise and financially in a recruiting team and leaving it to one person was why we had so many misses year after year in the men's draft. So, why is Kate Sheahan who has failed year after year still there and where is the investment in a proper recruiting team?!

All up this shows that the Club treats our women's program with contempt. The Club is now reaping what it has sowed as WP said.

IMO, it feels like the Club has sacrificed the women's program as part of cost cutting to fill the $$$ gap for the delayed Punt Rd redevelopment. They've gotten away with it because "it's only AFLW". If this was done to the men's program, heads would roll - not just the dud coach & recruiter but also at management and Board level.
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: Tigeritis™©® on August 24, 2025, 02:57:21 PM
Bring back Peggy!


Benny and Neil too would be a great idea.


We've gone backwards in all facets.
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: WilliamPowell on August 24, 2025, 04:05:24 PM

IMO, it feels like the Club has sacrificed the women's program as part of cost cutting to fill the $$$ gap for the delayed Punt Rd redevelopment. They've gotten away with it because "it's only AFLW". If this was done to the men's program, heads would roll - not just the dud coach & recruiter but also at management and Board level.

See this where I can't agree and to suggest we have cut spending in the women's program is simply not true.

We pay in FULL, the soft cap and the salary cap.

So for me at least the question is where is the money going? Clearly not in the areas it needs to.

I believe there are other AFL clubs that may have pulled the pin on their VFLW sides as well but I haven't been stuffed to research that. Will do sometime in the next week.

The answer I got early this AFL season (Club XIII season lainch) when I asked was that the VFLW season and AFLW season don't align so the majority of our list either (1) wouldn't be allowed to play under the CBA and (2) if they did it would only be 2 games. While part of me understands that argument part of me reckons it's a cop out

All I know is after today's embarrassing effort I feel cheated.

I'd argue There is no one on this site who has been more supportive, passionate about our Club's Women’s program than me. Hell I was there for our very first women's praccy game down at a wet, freezing Williamtown when we launched our VFLW side (the 2 season before got our AFLW licence) but right now that passion and support is bordering on being non existent.

Today I'm embarrassed to say I was a foundation member of our women's program.

And I'm equally relieved I'm no longer a player sponsor.

Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: one-eyed on August 24, 2025, 05:23:55 PM
Tigers fall to 0-2

By Sarah Black
AFL Media
Aug 24, 2025


RICHMOND                    1.2     2.2     3.3     3.3  (21)
WESTERN BULLDOGS     1.1     3.3     4.4     6.6  (42)

GOALS
Richmond: Scott, Greiser, Shevlin
Western Bulldogs: Grigg, McDonald, Stephenson, Gavalas, Woodley, Pritchard

BEST
Richmond: Conti, McKenzie, Kelly, Seymour
Western Bulldogs: Pritchard, Grant, Fitzgerald, Wilcox, Grigg, Kimber

INJURIES
Richmond: Scott (ankle)
Western Bulldogs: Nil

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The Western Bulldogs have consigned finals hopeful Richmond to a 0-2 start, out-working the Tigers in a 21-point win at IKON Park on Sunday.

It was a tightly fought contest for most of the day in near-perfect conditions, until the Dogs put the foot down in the final term while holding the Tigers scoreless, securing the 6.6 (42) to 3.3 (21) victory.

Fierce tackling was the order of the day, with the Bulldogs especially making sure their defensive efforts hit the mark.

Both sides had plenty of opportunities early, locking the ball inside their attacking ends for large periods of the first term, but just couldn't find the middle of the sticks, with a number of shots dribbling out of play and not scoring at all.

Paige Scott kicked their first goal in Richmond colours after a strong chase-down tackle, showing composure to slot the shot after the quarter-time siren.

Scott's game appeared to have finished less than a quarter later when their ankle collided with Lauren Ahren's leg at high speed, but they re-emerged after the main break.

Sarah Hartwig found a rare bit of space in the second term, taking two bounces, until her third didn't quite come back to her – it was that sort of game, with a lot of full-hearted efforts from both sides that didn't quite come off.

Western Bulldogs sent defender Liz Georgostathis to Monique Conti (21 disposals, six clearances) at the opening centre bounce, and while it wasn't a completely hard tag, the tenacious Dog made life difficult for the superstar in her 75th game around the contest.

The Dogs took a seven-point lead into the final break after Ellie Gavalas took advantage of a scrap in front of her side's goals, pouncing accordingly.

They had all the running in the final term, with Heidi Woodley sealing the game with five minutes left.

Reigning Dogs best and fairest Isabelle Pritchard (19 disposals, seven clearances) was superb in her second game back from a knee injury, working well in tandem with Jess Fitzgerald, while Isabelle Grant patrolled the backline and quelled Katie Brennan.

Richmond's forward line question mark

The Tigers failed to take a single mark inside 50, despite the presence of Brennan, Caitlin Greiser and Scott. Full-back Bec Miller was again thrown into attack on occasion to provide a marking target, but it's the second game in a row where the forward line has struggled to land a proper blow.

Up next

The Tigers now travel to the Top End, taking on Essendon in Darwin to open the two-week Indigenous Round celebrations on Friday night.

https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/1401198/western-bulldogs-big-finish-leaves-richmond-tigers-waiting-for-a-win
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1874179/tigers-fall-to-0-2
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: one-eyed on August 24, 2025, 05:32:23 PM
Team Stats:

Richmond were unable to move the ball out of their back half today, achieving an inside 50 from just one of their 54 defensive half chains and being unable to score from the source, whereas the Bulldogs scored 2.0 (12) from their defensive half chains.

The Bulldogs took control in the second half, having 29 more uncontested marks and 33 more uncontested possessions and outscoring the Tigers 2.0 (12) - 0.0 (0) from intercepts.


Disposals     196 - 242 ..... ( contested: 102 - 117 ; uncontested: 87 - 119 )
Efficiency%    58 - 60
Kicks           115 - 164
Handballs      81 - 78
Turnovers      65 - 58
Marks           28 - 55 ..... ( contested marks: 5 - 5 )
Tackles         62 - 82
Clearances    24 - 30 ..... ( centre: 4 - 5 ; stoppages: 20 - 25 )
Inside 50s     21 - 36
In50 eff.%     33 - 42
In50 marks     0 - 3
In50 tackles    9 - 11
Hitouts          23 - 34
Bounces          1 - 4
One %ers      26 - 20
Frees            25 - 37

Individual possies:

Conti       21
McKenzie 17
Egan       16
Kelly       15
Seymour 14
Dempsey 12
McClelland 12
Bacon     11
Hicks      11
Brennan   9
Shevlin    9
Ford        8
Greiser    7
Graham   6
Lynch      6
Beruldsen 5
Miller      5
Scott      4
Cox        3
Beatty    2
Yassir     2

https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/matches/7877#player-stats
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: one-eyed on August 24, 2025, 05:35:54 PM
(https://resources.richmondfc.com.au/photo-resources/2025/08/24/39b59de6-839c-4943-95ac-3de6742499d1/FSZbqxwz.jpg?width=500) (https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/1874499/aflw-round-2-ferguson-post-match)
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/1874499/aflw-round-2-ferguson-post-match

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Mental strength a worry for Tigers

By Sarah Black
afl.com.au
Aug 24, 2025


RICHMOND coach Ryan Ferguson has said his side needs to be mentally stronger, as the Tigers wobbled to a 0-2 start after falling to a young Western Bulldogs side by 21 points on Sunday.

The Tigers – who made an elimination final last year – were out-hunted around the ball, and most damningly, lost the tackle count by 20 despite being second to the footy for most of the match.

"It was tough only because it just didn't feel like we ever got anything going – the plans we went in with for the game, we either didn't execute consistently or didn't have opportunities to execute because of our fundamentals," Ferguson said.

"Way too many free kicks (conceded), we dropped marks, we fumbled and then we didn't have the chance to use the space. It just felt like we never really got anything going.

"That contested ball, post-clearance – in the end, I feel like you can go to the stories or the whys, versus stay on task, stay the course. Ultimately, they were more consistent over four quarters, their mental game as well as their footy game. That's what we've get to work with, being mentally strong, and hold consistent for four quarters and every moment – I think that's a sign you're not on task.

"We looked like a team that was low on confidence, that's what it looked like. But the fact is, we've got what we need, we've got the weapons that we need, we've got the game that we need and we just need to take accountability for ourselves and for our team. We're in this together, and we can turn it around really quickly, but we just need to make sure we commit to that.

The forward line failed to take a mark inside 50 after losing the same count 4-12 in last week's loss to Sydney.

"The reality is we didn't have much supply. It was played between the arcs a fair bit, but I think we were over minus-10 inside 50s," he said.

"We only had maybe 21 inside 50s, so we didn't get much supply. When we did, it was either poorly executed, or the wrong decision or we weren't in the right spot."

Paige Scott will be monitored after a heavy collision between their leg/shin and that of Lauren Ahrens, with the Tiger spending some time off the field for treatment. They returned to play out the game.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1402105/dogs-tigers-coaches
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: WilliamPowell on August 24, 2025, 05:46:08 PM
Yet again he takes no responsibility

Passes the buck to the players
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: Tigeritis™©® on August 24, 2025, 09:00:15 PM
Yet again he takes no responsibility

Passes the buck to the players

I really think you should email your last post to the club.

Club needs to hear it.
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: one-eyed on August 25, 2025, 10:58:30 PM
Coaches votes:

Richmond v Western Bulldogs

9 Isabella Grant (WB)
5 Monique Conti (RICH)
5 Isabelle Pritchard (WB)
4 Britney Gutknecht (WB)
3 Alice Edmonds (WB)
2 Elaine Grigg (WB)
1 Elisabeth Georgostathis (WB)
1 Ellie McKenzie (RICH)

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1403457/coaches-votes-r2-swans-jumps-ahead-which-roo-nabbed-the-perfect-ten
Title: Re: AFLW: Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ Princes Park --- Round 2, 2025
Post by: Chuck17 on August 27, 2025, 03:58:07 PM
We also have very very poor skills. Beside the obvious player there isn't many that can mark a footy or kick or handpass the ball effectively.

I'd say one of the major culprits is Eagan, she is a terrible example of skill.

She consistently misses an easy handpass and she regularly kicks to an outnumber not to mention she is slow as treacle.

Yep this does my head in, Handball 101 is handball to the advantage of your team mate, the number of times I see handballs to where a player was is so frustrating

So much basic stuff that a majority of our girls cant do has to be on the coaching staff or low football IQ players