The aftermath Rd.2

[Stripes]

Thought Schultz was one of the only shinning light in an otherwise dark day for our playing list.
Lead well, kicked beautifully and marked strongly. I also saw Richo and Jay actually work together during one passage of play!

Tambling was the our only midfielder who even looked like getting the ball around the centre bounces and recieved little to no support from those around him. There was numerous passages where he was able to dance around the opposition and break the lines which I rarely saw from anyone else in the team for the whole match. Yes he made a few clangers but that was because he had no one to pass off to or shepperd for him so he was faced time after time with a wall of opposition. Was our best midfielder on the day and is improving each week.

Thursty was terrific and continues to improve. Lids was great in the middle and has the finishing skills which are almost unique in our team. Cleve was very nervous but showed a bit.

Kingy had a dog of a day but never gave up and kept fighting. TW should have made the move with Moore earlier as every forward who he played on isolated him in the square and exposed his height.

Petts went missing, Browny was disappointing and maybe finished, Hyde should not play again, Polo was unaccountable, Foley blanketed, Raines is on the improve but was injuried, Simmonds thoroughly beaten, Tuck was only their for his size and Patto looked clumsy and slow.

Overall though, we never gave up and in the last quarter we showed our fitness and almost ran them off their feet like we did to Carlton last week. If only players like Tambling had more support during this period we may have put more scoreboard pressure on the Roos.

Stripes

[bluey_21]

Richie is increasingly looking like the 2nd coming of Foley. Got lots of clearances yesterday, too bad he had no one to kick to

[Go Richo 12]

Tell you what gives me the Sh-its about Schulz, they way he carries on after a goal, we are eight goals down and he kicks a goal and good on him, but to celebrate the way he does you would think we were 10 goals up
Dont see the G-Train carry on like a ""pork chop"" when he kicks a goal do you ???

That`s because the G-Train doesn`t care

[DallasCrane]

Hyde was average at best - no 2nd efforts and terrible decison making and poor disposal

Hyde should not play again
Stripes

Enough of the Chris Hyde bashing!
He only made one mistake yesterday. All but one of his possessions hit the target and that is a trait that has been sorely lacking at RFC for a long time.
Some people forget that this guy fractured his skull having a dip for our club.

[rogerd3]

lazy and dumb unaccountable football we get you all the time. 

[one-eyed]

Up there at last
Geoff McClure
The Age, April 1, 2008

AND no wonder Richmond fans are feeling a little pleased with themselves despite their 41-point loss to North Melbourne on Sunday. The Tigers are still in the eight, albeit just, having made it there in round one, ending what was a 30-round streak in the bottom half of the ladder.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/where-were-you-bucks/2008/03/31/1206850811035.html

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To have clangers you have to get the ball. So Tambling got the ball = positive.

Have a look at some of the clangers, they were caused by having no support from his teammates.

At least he gave us something out of the centre unlie a few others that were thrown in there.

No one has mentioned Jackson - thought he was poor yesterday, was wondering if almost losing his head had some after effects this week

Tell you what gives me the Sh-its about Schulz, they way he carries on after a goal, we are eight goals down and he kicks a goal and good on him, but to celebrate the way he does you would think we were 10 goals up

Trying to lift his teammates Jack aint no sin.... as for Fraser ...  no team player there 

Seems our players can't win either way. Get criticised for not showing enough emotion & passion get whacked if they do 

totally agree wp

[Mr Magic]

Tell you what gives me the Sh-its about Schulz, they way he carries on after a goal, we are eight goals down and he kicks a goal and good on him, but to celebrate the way he does you would think we were 10 goals up

lol. EVERYTHING gives you the Sh-its about Schulz.
He doesn't play well and kicks no goals you get the Sh-its.
He kicks goals and plays well you get the Sh-its.

You must be on the toilet a lot Jacky.



Agree re the sentiments about Tambling. I too thought he toiled hard and he and Lids were our best mids.
If you want to find whipping boys for last week look at Tuck, Jackson & Polo.
They gave us very little but hey have a crack at the guy who's trying..

[wayne]

One thing that really stood out for me was the centre square clearances.

I thought we got our hands on it enough, but we don't spread from the contest very well, try to bust through tackles, then try to handball as we're getting tackled. You sometimes have to go backwards to go forwards!! 

We get it from a ball-up and go back into the congested area! 

The Kangaroos get hands to the ball, then through a chain of 3-4 handballs the ball is with a half back or winger running by and they're away.

This isn't a talent problem, this is either:

a) a coaching problem; or
b) our players are too dumb to understand what they're being taught.

We could make do with what we have in regards to midfielders, they do get enough of it, the quality that will be injected into the middle is still too young.

It's a crime that a forward line with a fair bit of talent and marking power doesn't get the ball often enough.

Collingwood have O'Bree, Burns and Johnson, not Daniel Kerr's, not by a long shot, but they can get the ball and are not DUMB FOOTBALLERS. All this talk about speedy midfielders is a myth, you do need some speed, but first and foremost it's footy smarts, experience and brains!

We were smashed out of the middle, the reason why is because we're DUMB!

[1965]

One thing that really stood out for me was the centre square clearances.

I thought we got our hands on it enough, but we don't spread from the contest very well, try to bust through tackles, then try to handball as we're getting tackled. You sometimes have to go backwards to go forwards!! 

We get it from a ball-up and go back into the congested area! 

The Kangaroos get hands to the ball, then through a chain of 3-4 handballs the ball is with a half back or winger running by and they're away.

This isn't a talent problem, this is either:

a) a coaching problem; or
b) our players are too dumb to understand what they're being taught.

We could make do with what we have in regards to midfielders, they do get enough of it, the quality that will be injected into the middle is still too young.

It's a crime that a forward line with a fair bit of talent and marking power doesn't get the ball often enough.

Collingwood have O'Bree, Burns and Johnson, not Daniel Kerr's, not by a long shot, but they can get the ball and are not DUMB FOOTBALLERS. All this talk about speedy midfielders is a myth, you do need some speed, but first and foremost it's footy smarts, experience and brains!

We were smashed out of the middle, the reason why is because we're DUMB!

Jackstar, come on I know you can't resist an opportunity...

 

[Little Jackie]

I can resist, lol
NO I CANT!
lol.
All I will say is that as soon as North gained possesion at the clearnances, they spread extremely well with OUR onballers trailing some 15 metres behind them, or in some instances standing in the centre square.
Way to combat this is not have the player from the side of the square run all the way in, now thats not hard is it Wallet

[one-eyed]

Simmo was on SEN today saying they know they depend too much on Richo up forward. Well at least they get the message midweek  . The proof will be when they finally get the message gameday  .

[wayne]

The question is will Richo play a team game, or just try to mark everything that comes into the forward line whether or not it's meant for him.

[Tigermonk]

Richo will play his normal game cause he always seems to make a contest in the forward line & has the best set of hands. He is very strong & beats most backmen one on one/sometimes 2 players  its his dropping the ball onto his foot thats his problem from set shots. l think its going to be a miserible day weather wise so who knows anything could happen  maybe the wet ball will slip onto his boot properly 

[Hellenic Tiger]

Not wet on Sunday TM.
Fine Sunny Dry 21.
Hopefully he just has a day out of the box and kicks a bag of 7 or 8.