Richmond vs Freo match thread

[bluey_21]

hanging in

[mightytiges]

Tambo to Richo and goals. Back to 2 goals.

eff Grant Thomas

What did he say?

[bluey_21]

5 minutes max left, c'mon Tiges

[Moi]

I posted a thread about it earlier in the week.  Said he wasn't a team player, but more interested in his own performance.  Played a pretty good team game today 

[bluey_21]

Blingers extremely good this qtr

[mightytiges]

Edwards gets his 3rd off the ground. 15 points.

Back to 21. 8 goals to 5 this quarter. Game opened up as everyone tired. Our running pressure dried up about 20 minutes into the second. Not having Simmo has killed us again as we got smashed in the clearances in the second half.

Another narrow defeat  .

[bluey_21]

Simmo please come back next round 

[Ramps]

Polak, Foley, Deledio, 

were all excellent

Tambling played his best game for us- hes contribution was spread over the entire game. He has to be signed by the club. The boy will be a player!

the rest were good

we lost coz we make silly mistakes that dont need to happen. Ie- Deledio from the kick in in the last.

Anyway we need the picks. This was another honorable loss. 

[bluey_21]

Just felt that the decision making and skills fell away, got to do with the lack of experience and years in the system

[Ramps]

yeah i agree some of it is very bad at the moment, but thats what you get from young players sometimes when they try and do stuff. Overall today wasnt a bad effort.

[Hellenic Tiger]

Good effort by the lads today. The committment was there and I thought the spirit of the team considering results was admirable. I thought the youngsters today showed that with a bit more experience under their belts they could develop into very serviceable AFL players. Its galling to lose narrowly again but there were plenty of positives. Scored 100 points for the second time this season. I wonder if Terry mentioned that in his post match press conference.

[mightytiges]

If we want to be harsh we should have kicked 7 goals in the first quarter which probably would have set up a win. 4.5 was a poor return from the number of shots we had and twice the possession. We nailed the tough and flukey shots but the missed set shots.

Overall it wasn't a bad effort. Probably the best we've played since the Adelaide game. A mostly team effort with a better style of play. Just too young and lack the class to finish off games when they are up for grabs.