Richmond vs Freo

[WA Tiger]

Rubbish effort. Freo wanted it more.

What a waste of an opportunity

In one!!!

[WA Tiger]

Off to see the Wallabies now....stuff they better win.

[1965]

Could have done with Matty White in the side today.

 

[georgies31]

Didn't rock up to play today simple.Credit to Freo they were fantastic and there defence was awsome.We didn't adapt to wet weather footy first half and we were trying to be to cute.Thought Dimma and his team got outclassed in the box today.The team was poohouse besides a few. .

[Hank44]

Several players need to hand their paycheck back for today's effort.

Deledio, Martin and co.

Over Nahas - cant kick, take a mark or bring others into the team. How many times did this bloke stick one hand out to receive a hand ball to play for a free kick. Bloody hell, they are only going to tackle you, not hit you with a plank of wood...Coward!

Will give Jack benefit of the doubt because he may be injured. But, as a team, wouldn't you be aware and look for other options other than the injured guy???

We need someone who can take a contested mark (or a chest mark) in the back half. Rance was out marked by Pavlich all day.

So flat and disappointed about today's effort.

[Penelope]

eff this, i'm off to get drunk

poor performance, with the frustration enhanced by the umpiring. how many holding and high hits on tigers did those green slime miss. they cant be that incompetent, so are they cheats?

beer, mmmmmm.

[hyperlite]

a disgusting game of football to watch from start to finish.
Would have been more exciting watching sheep run around a paddock.
The bombs we were sending forward were way too easily read and punched away.
We looked tired by halftime.
umpiring was its usual crock.
ballantyne is the new #1 as most hated footballer in the AFL.
Steve Morris can hold his head high, really gutsy in almost every one of his contests.

[1965]

Could have done with Matty White in the side today.

 

I agree, O'Hanlon went at 38% effectiveness (lowest in the side).

Matt White's run would have helped at both ends of the ground.

 

[dwaino]

The Freo zone and wet weather footy just equaled probably one of, if not the most disgusting game of football I have ever seen. Burleigh vs Maroochydore in 2 foot of water about 4 years ago had better skills and more entertainment.

Good bye finals.

[dwaino]

Time to put the heater on and play Diablo 3 for the rest of the weekend  /devo

[WilliamPowell]

Rubbish effort. Freo wanted it more.

What a waste of an opportunity

In one!!!

Summed up perfectly

We got strangled by a far desperate team.

And why we tried to play dry weather footy in the rain was simply staggering

[WilliamPowell]

Where is Vicker? All these long kicks into the F50 and his no where.

Did you see him smiling at half time and making fun of an injured player?

What a stuffen idiot..

Needs to be dropped for 5 weeks.

And replace him who?

Miller 

[Phil Mrakov]

Where is Vicker? All these long kicks into the F50 and his no where.

Did you see him smiling at half time and making fun of an injured player?

What a stuffen idiot..

Needs to be dropped for 5 weeks.

And replace him who?

Miller 

lol at the moment Miller is better than Vickery

[georgies31]

Jack need to stop whingeing at the umpires to and play his game.

[Hellenic Tiger]

I'm slightly more philosophical.

Yep Freo wanted it more but I felt the conditions played their role. Wet day wet ball meant the game was going to be a slog. A Ross Lyon coached side prides itself on this type of slog.

Thought Dimma got outcoached too. Dry weather footy on a wet day. Reminds me of the Nought game two years ago when Cotch got reported.

Should have moved Lids to FF and moved Crowley there. Kept Crowley out of the middle and opened it up for us a bit at the stoppages.

De Boer and Griffin stifled our centre clearance work and it was almost a blessing for them Sandilands got injured. Brett O'Farrell rule applies here. Big Maric was very ineffectual and we really missed Foley's extraction and explosiveness today. Would have opened the game up a bit and his pace on a day like this well who knows maybe we'd be talking about playing badly but winning.

Furthermore they got 6 from Pav and a couple from that rat and other snaps that just went in whereas Cotch's scrapes the Post in the last and others that would normally go in.

Batch made two critical mistakes handball missing target in the last set up Pav's 5th and from the bounce Pav got his 6th and going up in the third as an extra man when Rance had it covered left noone on ground level and Mzungu finds De Boer to put them in front just before 3 qt time. Furthermore in the 2nd what was Bachar thinking going across to the other flank in the wet when he had a link in the chain running past cost us another goal. Like last week we manufactured our goals yet we gifted goals to the opposition through awful errors.

Don't get me started on the umps who adjudicated the game with no logic at all. I don't think I have ever seen a game umpired as badly as it was in the second quarter. That Vickery head high tackle paid holding the ball in the last I won't go as far as saying it may have cost a draw or a win but there you go we had the members side open. May not have won if we got that one but how can you miss it. The guy is 2 metres tall and was standing erect.

These are the games we need to win which leads me to my next point. We beat sides that possibly are better or have performed better than us in the not too distant past ie Hawks and St Kilda last two weeks which is what possibly is being drummed into the team ie respect competitiveness results a sense of belonging in this comp but maybe just maybe our mental preparation and development has left us short when we play sides we should win ie Freo today Port and GC last year. I hope this mental failure against poorer sides is not a habit but just a coincidence and not the norm. Given Carlton's loss last night this certainly was missed opportunity.

I expect us to get back on track next week and all today did was give us a reality check and ensure that now assuming results go as expected in our games against opposition lower to us on the ladder that we beat one of Adelaide at AAMI, Carlton, Freo in Perth or Essendon in Round 22 to make it.