Plough's aftermatch media conference / It's footy, not handball: Wallace

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Plough on MMM after the game:

* 4 quarters against Sydney and last 2 quarters today not acceptable.

* We changed up our structure after the Collingwood game and that seemed to work in terms of improved performance. Gave some another chance the past couple of weeks and they didn't take it. Will have to look to changing up the structure again.

* (If I heard this right) he was pleased with Browny and Cotch's efforts but thought Lids and Foley got possessions without doing much with them.
 

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It's footy, not handball: Wallace
richmondfc.com.au
By Mic Cullen
 6:44 PM Sat 07 June, 2008

IT'S CALLED football for a reason.

That was the message from Richmond coach Terry Wallace after the Tigers slid to a second consecutive defeat to a team that put the clamps on them and won the clearances from the stoppages.

Last week it was Sydney that did it from the start of the game, but this week the Tigers got off to a good, if somewhat wasteful start, before the Crows took over in the second half.

"We really didn't make the most of our chances," Wallace said bluntly after the game.

"I remember deep into the first quarter a score line of six (goals) to two, and probably having lost two or three real opportunities at that stage, to come in six to five at quarter time was a major disappointment, because I thought we'd completely controlled the quarter.

"If you start hitting a score line of eight to two, all of a sudden it becomes a different game and different tactics come into play.

"In saying that, we were able to win both the first two quarters, and that was a pleasing aspect. But even late in the second quarter I thought we had chances to be further in front than what we were.

"We didn't take our chances, and obviously when the game broke and they took control in the second half, they took their opportunities."

But it was the way the Tigers used the ball after half time that got the coach fired up.

"After half time, we were murdered out of the middle of the ground. I think the score line was three goals to 11 from stoppages for the match. That's non-competitive.

"I thought the other factor was early in the game we kicked the ball, when we had blokes in the middle of the ground that actually wanted to use it by foot, we controlled how the game was played.

"Later in the game we had too many blokes playing through the midfield whose kick-to-handball ratio was askew. As good players as they are, we can't have blokes like (Shane) Tuck, (Nathan) Foley and (Brett) Deledio getting three handpasses for every kick that they get, because it just puts other blokes under pressure.

"I think we had something like 11 goals from turnovers again, but it's that overuse of hands that gets you into the trouble.

"When we were using our feet early in the game we didn't have similar problems."

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/6301/Default.aspx?newsId=61025

[jackstar]

We wont have to put up with this clown coaching much longer

[tigersalive]

It's footy, not handball: Wallace
richmondfc.com.au
By Mic Cullen
 6:44 PM Sat 07 June, 2008

IT'S CALLED football for a reason.

That was the message from Richmond coach Terry Wallace after the Tigers slid to a second consecutive defeat to a team that put the clamps on them and won the clearances from the stoppages.

Last week it was Sydney that did it from the start of the game, but this week the Tigers got off to a good, if somewhat wasteful start, before the Crows took over in the second half.

"We really didn't make the most of our chances," Wallace said bluntly after the game.

"I remember deep into the first quarter a score line of six (goals) to two, and probably having lost two or three real opportunities at that stage, to come in six to five at quarter time was a major disappointment, because I thought we'd completely controlled the quarter.

"If you start hitting a score line of eight to two, all of a sudden it becomes a different game and different tactics come into play.

"In saying that, we were able to win both the first two quarters, and that was a pleasing aspect. But even late in the second quarter I thought we had chances to be further in front than what we were.

"We didn't take our chances, and obviously when the game broke and they took control in the second half, they took their opportunities."

But it was the way the Tigers used the ball after half time that got the coach fired up.

"After half time, we were murdered out of the middle of the ground. I think the score line was three goals to 11 from stoppages for the match. That's non-competitive.

"I thought the other factor was early in the game we kicked the ball, when we had blokes in the middle of the ground that actually wanted to use it by foot, we controlled how the game was played.

"Later in the game we had too many blokes playing through the midfield whose kick-to-handball ratio was askew. As good players as they are, we can't have blokes like (Shane) Tuck, (Nathan) Foley and (Brett) Deledio getting three handpasses for every kick that they get, because it just puts other blokes under pressure.

"I think we had something like 11 goals from turnovers again, but it's that overuse of hands that gets you into the trouble.

"When we were using our feet early in the game we didn't have similar problems."

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/6301/Default.aspx?newsId=61025

Errr Terry, you've been coaching these boys for 4 years, if you cant get them to stick to learn and stick to a gameplan for 4 quarters, when will you?