If Richmond used their forwards the way they meant to be used, They would be the most dangerous combination in the league. Play long & direct football & use these guys marking the ball. 200 cm men are a huge advantage in any side. Vickery & Griffiths can both kick the ball good. Griffiths at CHF kicking goals outside the 50 & Vickery at FF with Riewoldt roaming the forward line with Lloyd, Rioli, Edwards, Martin can't be any sweeter. Have faith in the players ability to beat their opponent & RFC will see a huge improvement.
Going long works if your tall forwards can be mobile and also have strong marking ability in packs. Griffiths and particularly Vickery fall down in the strong contested marking area...sadly
At training they have no problem so l can't see why they can't play like they train. Our problem is when we play long & direct we score freely. But if you got dummies like Bellis playing circle work down the halfback line or going backwards with his mates
Our forwards are useless. Riewoldt spends far too much time down the ground & when they need to move the ball fast guess what. No-one is in the forward 50 in fact they are so far pushed up each others asses down the other half of the ground, That the people paying to watch football at the other end need to watch the screens
They may as well stay home & pay for fox footy & get access to all games
l really hate how football is played in the modern way. l like one on one biffs bumps & brawls anyday