Our kick-ins and clearing the ball out of defence

[mightytiges]

Can someone explain to me why on the kick-ins you would continually kick long to the opposition ruckman when it continually didn't work and when we had free players on the opposite side of the ground? It happened under Plough and it happened again today.

Add also when we go short to the pocket from a kick-in we try these dinky 15m kicks  that land at the feet of teammates which puts us under a heap of pressure and we turn over the footy so easily from our own stupidity and lack of basic skills.

Both these problems explain why we got smashed in the 2nd and 4th quarters today. We get into this kick-in rut and trap ourselves in our own defensive 50 because we can't think our way out. It looked like we were kicking into the breeze those quarters and our defenders just don't have the footskills and confidence to break out of the backline with longer penetrating kicks to teammates on the spread. The midfield being stagnant didn't help our backline either.

[crackertiger]

Simple fix. Ban McMahon!

[the claw]

still infested with far to many clueless players and poor kiks perhaps. na wash the mouth out it cant possibly be.

[Danog]

It was all McMahon's fault.  I'm 100% serious.  Webberly took 1 kick-out (not sure why it was only 1) and drilled it down the throat of Post.

[Tigermonk]

maybe just maybe Hardwick was hanging him 
showing everyone in a practice match how mcmahon should never wear a senior jumper again

[crannyvegas]

maybe just maybe Hardwick was hanging him 
showing everyone in a practice match how mcmahon should never wear a senior jumper again

Now thats what i call constructive use of a practice game! LOL

[jackstar is back again]

The kick ins had me confused today.
Dont know why we kick 15 metres to a player who hasn got support on that side of the ground, something aint right.

[Tigermonk]

The kick ins had me confused today.
Dont know why we kick 15 metres to a player who hasn got support on that side of the ground, something aint right.

Kick in have had me confused for years 

[jackstar is back again]

The kick ins had me confused today.
Dont know why we kick 15 metres to a player who hasn got support on that side of the ground, something aint right.

Kick in have had me confused for years 

Today was bad.
They are practising making it even worser

[Judge Roughneck]

Our kicking out of the backline is so bad I would almost play Deledio as a half back flank.

[Hellenic Tiger]

McMahon kicking to one Richmond player opposed to four opponents is one reason. He took 12 of 13 in the last quarter.

Simple don't let McMahon take the kickouts.
Meatloaf sang a song about 2 out of 3 aint bad but 0 out of 12 is just garbage.
He shouldn't take kickouts at Coburg either.

[Mr Magic]

Newman is our best kick in from defence. He can drill a pass as well as anyone in the AFL.
Problems start further up the field with who he's kicking to. That's what we need to get sorted.

[Ramps]

our kicks have been bad for - Id reckon 3 years maybe longer, we seem completely hopeless at getting the ball out of d50. Newman should take the kick ins, whether its the short first pass or the long bomb into the centre or a huddle, at least Newman could orchestrate that properly.

[tiger101]

maybe just maybe Hardwick was hanging him 
showing everyone in a practice match how mcmahon should never wear a senior jumper again

We can only hope.

[Smokey]

Newman is our best kick in from defence. He can drill a pass as well as anyone in the AFL.
Problems start further up the field with who he's kicking to. That's what we need to get sorted.

Agree totally.