Houli on RSN this morning

[Go Richo 12]

* Disappointing effort on Saturday night, lacked defensive pressure

* Too many turnovers in the defensive half, plan was to control the ball and deny the Bombers opportunities from turnovers but this did not work

* Tigers played safe and structured football but lacked the ability to adapt to other styles once this system falls down

* Not enough pressure in the middle, on ballers needed to adapt to their ruckman getting first hands on the ball. Struggled in the ruck as we only had one genuine ruckman compared to their two.

* It was mentioned pre game by the group that they needed win these big games, five clubs vying for bottom two spots of the eight so we need to start winning these games.

* Missed Ellis ( will return after the bye) as he is the fittest bloke on the list, also miss Conca (probably right to go this week but play it safe till after the bye)

*Injuries have not allowed the team to play consistently with the same players even though our depth is good

* Houli happy with his own form, has been working on the defensive aspect of his game

I think that is all of it.

[Smokey]

* Not enough pressure in the middle, on ballers needed to adapt to their ruckman getting first hands on the ball. Struggled in the ruck as we only had one genuine ruckman compared to their two.

Wow.  I wonder what stroke of coaching genius you would need to pull to combat this?   

[Go Richo 12]

The whole interview was full of bleeding obvious'.

[WilliamPowell]

The whole interview was full of bleeding obvious'.

Do the RFC do any other type of interview than "the bleeding obvious" 

[gerkin greg]

More like the bleeding orifice

eyes, ears

 

[Phil Mrakov]

I heard that they just let the tape play when Houli is doing interviews. He doesn't even have to show up.

[Stripes]

* Too many turnovers in the defensive half, plan was to control the ball and deny the Bombers opportunities from turnovers but this did not work

* Tigers played safe and structured football but lacked the ability to adapt to other styles once this system falls down

* Not enough pressure in the middle, on ballers needed to adapt to their ruckman getting first hands on the ball. Struggled in the ruck as we only had one genuine ruckman compared to their two.

These are the interesting points for mine. So they tried to chip it around to maintain possession and deny them additional turnovers but basically only achieved in delaying the turnovers and hindering our own natural game in the process. That was a poor mistake tactically. Coach/s have to take the blame here.

'On ballers needed to adapt to their ruckman getting first hands on the ball' - if this is not an admission that Maric and Vickery are under performing at present I don't know what is. I have a sneaky suspicion that the Big O might receive a recall this week.

[tigs2011]

Whackity whack whack Tyrone. 

[one-eyed]

Here's the audio of Houli's interview:

http://www.rsn.net.au/audioplayer/1369785646.mp3

[Smokey]

More like the bleeding orifice

eyes, ears

 

 


Edit: text inside quote edited

[unplugged]

Missed Ellis is the fittest bloke on the list??????????????????????

A 19 year old 2nd year player is the fittest bloke on the list. 

If this was true, you would want to sack all the fitness staff and the coach and start fresh immediately.  What an embarrassing statement.

[Stripes]

Missed Ellis is the fittest bloke on the list??????????????????????

A 19 year old 2nd year player is the fittest bloke on the list. 

If this was true, you would want to sack all the fitness staff and the coach and start fresh immediately.  What an embarrassing statement.

Is true unplugged. Recorded all the fastest times for distance races over the preseason.

[gerkin greg]

Missed Ellis is the fittest bloke on the list??????????????????????

A 19 year old 2nd year player is the fittest bloke on the list. 

If this was true, you would want to sack all the fitness staff and the coach and start fresh immediately.  What an embarrassing statement.

you were the one that though Ellis lacked a tank LMFAO

[Coach]

Houli should worry about Frawley

[unplugged]

you were the one that though Ellis lacked a tank LMFAO

Funny.

If you see a 19 year old constantly jogging slowly behind the ball without an opponent, never getting to contests and struggling to kick 20 meters with any accuracy, it makes sense to question their tank. 

The alternative which is true of many Richmond players is that he was cruising around looking for cheap kicks, scared of the contest and can't kick. 

Good to see he was able to turn that around a bit against "Melbourne" but he has a long way to go before you could possibly say "we missed him".  Something seriously wrong with a football club if they are using the absence of 2nd year players as an excuse for their poor performance.  As serious a concern as 19 year old being the fittest player on the list.