One-Eyed Richmond Forum
Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: Ox on May 15, 2004, 02:43:34 PM
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Just got it here on 3aw.
Story?
Doggies are kicking that badly ?
I noticed the Dance of the Bowden sisters is in full swing
Deliveries 12-7,Joelines way.
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LMAO@All my mates.
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HAIL MATTHEW RICHARDSON.
Good 4 you Richo.
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3 IN A ROW !!!
our season is ruined
LOL
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and in ten years time, there will be 50,000 Richmond supporters who will say they were there the day Richo kicked his first bag of 10 goals. RICHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! ;D
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Just got home from the game :) 8) . How good was the big fella! :o :) . He was fantastic all game but that last quarter he was totally unstopable. Leading and marking everything in sight. The crowd was abuzz as you knew if the ball went inside 50 Richo's big mits would be on the end of it.
We were lucky towards the end of first and the start of the third quarters when the dogs kicked point after point but they hardly had any marking targets so many of their shots were from long distance or out wide. However bad kicking is bad football so they only have themselves to blame ;D.
I'm still not convinced about us in terms of too many stupid and costly turnovers compared to a top side but I'm not going to start knocking winning games. We're playing mostly direct and quick moving footy and more importantly running for each other. It was also nice to finally kick over hundred points for a change.
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Just vicious rumours I've ever bagged Richo lol
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Julz must be in dreamland at the moment ;D
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LOL
Hands off Froars.
What a guy!!!! Sigh, sigh. I was practically wetting myself in the last quarter :-[ Neighbours must have thought I had finally lost it.
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LOL
. I was practically wetting myself in the last quarter
Too much info Gold coast girl. ::)
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If the dogs kicked straight the game would have been over by half time and we would have been flogged. We have too many dumb, unskilled and unfit players. We were flogged around the ground by one of the worst teams in the league. To kick only 15 goals when the full forward kicks 10 is a real worry. We are a long long way from being contenders. Don't get too excited tiger fans.
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Dont worry,Im not.
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Haven't watched the game yet, but that's exactly what I thought Harry. Looks like the Bulldogs wasted a ton of opportunities which kept us in the match.
I fear we are going to cop a heavy dose of reality over the next month.
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I was pretty happy that when the Bullies got back to within 2 points that we responded with goals.....that's certainly an improvement on past performances. I thought that with the 6 day break we may have run out of legs and yet it was the Doggies who did.
I'm happy with the way they're playing out 4 quarters. I know it's not pretty football, but for FS this is the Tiges we're talking about.....we're not capable of playing pretty footy.
I'll take the win any day!
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Yes the Dogs kicked a bag of behinds but goal-kicking is a skill just like any other. One, even in these days of full-time professionalism, that hasn't improved over time. If the Doggies had kicked straight then yes we would have been in trouble (especially just after half-time when they were totally on top) but they didn't. Just like we should have put Hawthorn to the sword in the second and third quarters two weeks ago but didn't. Even though the Bullies won alot of the ball they didn't have a marking target to go to well inside 50 so they had to take pot-shots from distance or out wide. No wonder they kept kicking points. Also helps when players such as Eagleton can't kick a footy on their right foot and miss from 20 metres out ;D. Skill errors that are no different to any that occur at any other point on the ground.
I have no doubts we are still a mediocre side and nowhere near premiership material but so is 3/4 of the competition. IMHO only Brisbane, St Kilda by daylight and then maybe Essendon (as long as they have at least 2 of Hird, Fletcher and Lloyd playing) are top sides. The rest of the teams in the AFL have poor depth and need their best 22 on the park or close to it otherwise they are stuffed.
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To the panel on Fox League Teams who all voted for the Bulldogs to win :P :P :P :P :P :P
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Watching the replay this morning of yesterday's game, my 4 year old son stunned me with a loud "Bowden - you idiot!" Out of the mouth of babes.
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Watching the replay this morning of yesterday's game, my 4 year old son stunned me with a loud "Bowden - you idiot!" Out of the mouth of babes.
LMAOO Jewlz.
They say the children know !!
Although she played pretty good DID JOELINE.
I just watched the 2nd half -
Richo LMAOO.
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Mightytiges - I agree that kicking for goals is a skill like everything else - but is it only me that is concerned about our inability to get enough of the ball and our inability to link up and run to support and attack in a dangerous fashion. The bulldogs had much more of the play and were by far the more attacking and creative team. Take Richo out of our team and put him in the buldogs team then it would have easily been a 10 goal thumping for them. Put him back in our side and it was only a 4 goal win for us.
This is where we really are at.
If supporters want to rejoice at every little scraggy win, then its OK with me. But I for one am concerned with our huge deficiencies and am expecting us to fall in a heap. Just remember that injuries have been kind to us so far.
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While I agree Harry that it's far to early to cancel our September holidays ;D a win is a win.
I thought we were very lucky to be in front at half time and should have been at least 3 goals down haf way through the 3rd. The Dog's kicking was shocking and for that I am grateful but there were still some positives to come out the win coupled with a few more questions as well.
Obviously, Richo kicking 10 was great but my concern with that was the fact that our 15 goals came from 4 people. Not enough. What happens when the big bloke has a shocker?
The most pleasing thing for me was the fact they didn't drop their heads. Rewind back to the Geelong game and they kicked 4 or 5 behinds in row and the heads dropped and we got thrashed. Saturday they didn't do it - would that have different if the Dogs had kicked the goals that they should have?
Seeing Gaspar get a few freebie kicks in the first quarter and he looked like he was slowing coming back into form - that's got to be a positive.
Seeing Schulz hip 'n' shoulder Johnson and then see Johnson hobble off was a delight - good old fashion football - more of it I say ;D ;).
The test comes in the next 2 weeks - interstate - then we will definitely have a better idea of where we are at.
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You’re not alone in your concerns Harry H. For the amount of play the Bulldogs had, they just never took advantage of their opportunities. I guess you could say we did.
Might as well enjoy the wins that come along though, because you never know when the next one will be.
And it’s not every day you get to see a player (and a Richmond one at that) kick 10 goals in a game. The atmosphere was sensational, leading up to and after Richo’s 10th goal. Something to remember. Might as well enjoy it.
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Im in no delusion on where we're at,and after the Adelaide game was convinced that we weren't gonna win another match!
Happy to take the wins as lm sure it'll be a long cold winter ahead
Then the really pressing issues(De-listings, Admin & Board posts Recruiting & Drafting results)
will determine which way we head as a club
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but is it only me that is concerned about our inability to get enough of the ball and our inability to link up and run to support and attack in a dangerous fashion.
I don't disagree with what you're saying Harry. We still make far too many goal-costing unforced errors through lack of skill and/or decision making and the peripheral vision of some of our blokes is often poor. That lack of running and linking footy Harry has been a MASSIVE deficiency over the years especially under Danny where over the past few years that style of footy is a necessity in modern footy. On the other hand the last couple of weeks we've been ok in this area earlier on in our games IMO (not great but at least satisfactory). Problem is as we tire the run from behind or to the side to receive a dished off handball dries up noticably. Fortunately we are continuing to play on and run to space to provide options so we can get the ball on quickly into our forward line. We've finished the last two games on strongly fitness wise.
But I for one am concerned with our huge deficiencies and am expecting us to fall in a heap. Just remember that injuries have been kind to us so far.
As I said in an earlier post we are way off from being top side standard. Our core is pretty good and we have some promising youngsters but still no depth. The thing is so does IMO 3/4 of the comp. As Collingwood, Hawthorn and now Port have found out if you can't get your best side on the park performing then you're stuffed. We are no different and I agree we have been lucky the past couple of weeks (although Cambo and Cogs are out). A few injuries to KP players and bottom 4 here we come.
The pleasing thing is by the sound of it Miller and finally now Danny (see Browny's comments in the media a week or so ago) are under no illusions of where we still are at either.