geelong as they have done all yr won another game just by playing 25 minutes of real good umpire assisted footy
Yep some of those decisions were mindboggling (pinning us for deliberate out of bounds
and throws when Ablett was allowed to dispose the ball any old how when tackled
). Mind you we got the rub of the green in the first half IMO.
You're right about Geelong just playing 25 minutes. In that period they did an infomerical job on us. They cut, sliced and diced their way through us by playing on quickly after taking possession which freed up space for them. Geelong pulled out their A-game and we couldn't go with them or shut them down. We are still too slow in moving the ball on against the good sides. There were often Richmond players free if the ball had been passed to them quickly but by the time we finally decide to kick the footy they are manned up. A lack of awareness and footy smarts. The difference between each side's kick-ins was glaring. Geelong would get it to the wing with 2 kicks without a Richmond player in cooee while us after the first kick or two were scratching our heads still trying to get it outside defensive 50 because those upfield weren't running hard into space to free themselves up and offer up options.
