Tigers must review standing orders (Age)

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Tigers must review standing orders

    Michael Gleeson
    The Age
    April 29, 2013

Had the goal umpire stood somewhere else and not been struck by a football, Richmond would have kicked a goal and, who knows, might have won a game.

That was what infuriated coach Damien Hardwick after Friday night's match against Fremantle.

Had Bachar Houli stood somewhere else - for instance, in front of Hayden Ballantyne and not behind him boundary-side - and had two or three Richmond forwards stood somewhere else - perhaps in front of the Fremantle goals - then the Dockers may not have kicked the goal that put them back in front of Richmond and, who knows, the Tigers might have won the game.

This is the issue lost in the reaction to the avoidable situation when, late in the match, the ball hit the goal umpire and stayed in play before being rushed through for a behind. And it is an issue that must be addressed.

But for Richmond really, that was a rogue issue. Its inability to close out tight games is not a rogue issue but a common theme.

There was one minute and 59 seconds to go when the ball was bounced in the centre after Matthew White had kicked the goal to put Richmond in front. From there, most teams would contrive to hang on and close the game down.

When Freo eventually hit the front, its players instinctively knew to hit the back line, clog space and try to shut down the game. They still nearly conceded a score and, given a few seconds more, Richmond might have won the match.

But Richmond did itself little favour in this. At the centre bounce after White's goal, the Tiger forwards were still forwards, the mids were in the middle and there was no urgency to push back. When the ball then went forward for Fremantle, there was no loose Richmond player to cut it off. Alex Rance did well to spoil and force a boundary throw-in.

Houli then set up behind and boundary side of Ballantyne, ensuring he would be towed along behind to the contest and unable to impede the smart forward. Game over.

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[WilliamPowell]

Fair enough call

At that throw in allowing Ballantyne the freedom he had to run around basically free was unforgivable

But so too was the goal umpiring howler 

[Yeahright]

Fair enough call

At that throw in allowing Ballantyne the freedom he had to run around basically free was unforgivable

But so too was the goal umpiring howler 

Yet Jackson keeps copping the blame for it 

[tigs2011]

Fair enough call

At that throw in allowing Ballantyne the freedom he had to run around basically free was unforgivable

But so too was the goal umpiring howler 

Yet Jackson keeps copping the blame for it 

Easier to hang poo on Jacko. 

[tdy]

I thought it was Vickerys fault myself.  Being the tall, he should have been on the back line in the goal square to touch a long range kick, especially given Chaplin wasn't there.  Ballantynes kick should have hit him in the chest.

[Chuck17]

That has to be a gee up

[dwaino]

AFL Insider showing we made the same mistakes against Gold Coast last year (showed four Tigers attacking the bloke on the boundary but not affecting while leaving Hunt in a dangerous spot on his own). Eade and King showing how it's structural and not mental and it can be taught. As much as the trolls like to hang it on Dimma, an AFL coach isn't going to keep making the same elementary errors. Freo put in place a set play in 15 seconds and our on field leadership is either not experienced enough or good enough to read it and act.