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Wallace hails 'great win'
richmondfc.com.au
By Mic Cullen
10:36 PM Sat 26 July, 2008
RICHMOND coach Terry Wallace has hailed his side's three-point victory over Brisbane at the Telstra Dome on Saturday night as "a great win".
The Tigers were ahead at half time despite playing some ordinary footy, but fell in a hole in the third term to give up six goals and fall behind by 31 points.
But the last goal of the third and the first six of the last saw them lead by two goals. Brisbane then kicked a couple to go back into the lead before two Tiger goals in the last four minutes saw them win another nail-biter and keep their finals hopes alive.
Wallace sounded just like Geelong coach Mark Thompson on Friday night after his side got over Hawthorn when he praised the spirit of his troops as the defining factor.
"It was a great win in the fact that it was probably nearly gone a couple of times," he said. "That's why I thought it was a great win – the blokes just refused to allow it to be gone, and to me that's the most pleasing aspect of the win.
"The spirit was great. We played in the game last week where we just got over the line but in different circumstances – we probably controlled the game last week for most of the game, where this week we looked out of it, probably on a couple of occasions.
"To be able to come back and get ourselves back into the game, having a seven-goal or so turnaround, to work our way back into the match, and then to lose that sway again, and then be able to come back again, is really pleasing."
Wallace admitted he was unhappy with the first three terms, despite the Tigers being well in it at half time, saying it wasn't just the third term that let the side down.
"To be honest, I didn't think it was one quarter, this one. I didn't think we played well for the first three quarters.
"I clearly wasn't pleased at all going to any of the quarter time, half time or three-quarter time huddles, with the group.
"I just didn't think we had played a great game of footy."
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/6301/Default.aspx?newsId=64218
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Tigers flirt with finals
Nick Sheridan | July 27, 2008
RICHMOND's three-point win over the Brisbane Lions at Telstra Dome last night may have put them just two points outside the eight, but coach Terry Wallace insisted that the Tigers were not yet ready to entertain thoughts of a berth in September.
"I think you come back to earth pretty quickly when you're playing Geelong the next week, so I think that's sort of a fair reality check for everyone," he said after the game.
While the Tigers prevailed courtesy of a thrilling eight-goal final quarter, during which the lead changed three times — the last time with just 20 seconds left on the clock when Joel Bowden put Richmond in front — Wallace said he was not pleased with his team's overall performance.
"I didn't think we played well for the first three quarters," he said.
"I clearly wasn't pleased at all going into the quarter-time, half-time, three-quarter-time huddles with the group.
"In a perfect world you don't want to be playing in games where you're sort of down to the wire … that's not ideal, clearly, but I think sometimes when you're a young team trying to get maturity you're going to have a few of those ups and downs.
"Clearly we've got to work on it and if we want to be any sort of side in the competition, that four-quarter basis has got to be there."
Brisbane Lions coach Leigh Matthews rued his side's inaccurate goalkicking, which yielded 16 goals from 34 scoring shots.
"They took their shots really well, kicked really accurately, we generated the shots but we missed too big a percentage — that was probably the single most reason why they won and we didn't," he said.
Matthews also marvelled at how his team managed to stay in the contest when it was hammered in clearances — 24 to Richmond's 41.
"Somehow we were two points behind at half-time but we actually were getting killed in the stoppage, bounce, congested areas," he said.
Wallace paid tribute to Bowden who, for the second week in a row, was the difference for the Tigers, kicking three goals in the final term.
"The one thing with Joel is you know he's a cool, wise head. I mean, the goals that he kicked he never looked like missing," he said.
And he also gave a huge wrap to Richard Tambling, who gathered 27 touches and eight inside 50s.
"I though it was his best game for the club. I thought that when we were struggling he was one bloke that was at least keeping us in the game," he said.
"It's nice to actually be able to go to a young bloke and say that to him at the end of the game, which I did."
http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/tigers-flirt-with-finals/2008/07/27/1216492823328.html
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And he also gave a huge wrap to Richard Tambling, who gathered 27 touches and eight inside 50s.
"I though it was his best game for the club. I thought that when we were struggling he was one bloke that was at least keeping us in the game," he said.
"It's nice to actually be able to go to a young bloke and say that to him at the end of the game, which I did."
:clapping
well done ritchie :clapping :clapping :clapping
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And he also gave a huge wrap to Richard Tambling, who gathered 27 touches and eight inside 50s.
"I though it was his best game for the club. I thought that when we were struggling he was one bloke that was at least keeping us in the game," he said.
"It's nice to actually be able to go to a young bloke and say that to him at the end of the game, which I did."
:clapping
well done ritchie :clapping :clapping :clapping
And on the same weekend that his nemesis almost single-handedly cost his team the game against Geelong. Wonder if any of the media knockers will care to point that out - I'll bet not!