Richmond vs Brisbane @ GABBA Round 5

[Phil Mrakov]

10 - 15 goal win coming up. Back it up with a win against our bunnies Hawthorn and we're off and running again and all the media morons will be peeing in our pockets again. Hardwick's a great coach , Hartley is a recruiting maestro blah blah.
 The football media are the biggest joke in the AFL.

How will we beat Hawthorn without Lids? We'd have to hope for one of their stars to do a knee vs Geelong

Never ever hope for an injury to anyone, that karma thing has a bad way of turning around.

I didn't say I hoped for it, we can't beat them if they have their current side out there

[Francois Jackson]

Anthony Miles   

How Monk?

[(•))(©™]

Karma.
What a pile of crap.

[WA Tiger]

10 - 15 goal win coming up. Back it up with a win against our bunnies Hawthorn and we're off and running again and all the media morons will be peeing in our pockets again. Hardwick's a great coach , Hartley is a recruiting maestro blah blah.
 The football media are the biggest joke in the AFL.

How will we beat Hawthorn without Lids? We'd have to hope for one of their stars to do a knee vs Geelong

Never ever hope for an injury to anyone, that karma thing has a bad way of turning around.

I didn't say I hoped for it, we can't beat them if they have their current side out there

Don't even mention it, mention reports instead.

[Smokey]

8 point game

Nah, this is definitely a 16 point game - lose it and we're finished for the year and should go the tank by playing only the kids for the rest of the year.

Gee I have never heard of a 16 point game, but the call has been made and a 16 point game it is

And we need every bloody one of those 16 points.   

[one-eyed]

Preview: Brisbane Lions v Richmond
Michael Whiting 
afl.com.au
April 15, 2014 11:34 AM

SUMMARY
Two of the early-season strugglers get a chance to break free of the doldrums when they square off in this Easter Thursday contest. After winning 15 games last season, Richmond has started poorly in 2014, with just one win from the opening four rounds. The Lions have started even worse, failing to win a quarter, let alone a match, with an already inexperienced team decimated by injuries. Both teams are missing some of their best players – in Richmond’s case Brett Deledio, Ivan Maric and Alex Rance, and the Lions have to make-do without Matthew Leuenberger and Daniel Rich for now. Richmond has a great recent record against the Lions, and should have too much class in this one.

WHERE AND WHEN: Gabba, Thursday April 17, 7.50pm

LAST FIVE TIMES
R20, 2013, Richmond 14.13 (97) d Brisbane Lions 11.8 (74) at the MCG
R19, 2012, Richmond 20.12 (132) d Brisbane Lions 12.12 (84) at the Gabba
R13, 2011, Richmond 18.17 (125) d Brisbane Lions 14.10 (94) at the Gabba
R6, 2011, Richmond 18.16 (124) d Brisbane Lions 14.14 (98) at the MCG
R13, 2010, Richmond 15.15 (105) d Brisbane Lions 12.14 (86) at the Gabba

THE SIX POINTS
1. Richmond won the most recent contest between the two clubs at the MCG by 23 points, but destroyed the Lions in most statistical categories. They won disposals (424-296), scoring shots (25-15) and inside-50s (55-44).
2. No team has had less inside-50s so far in 2014 than the Lions, averaging just 40.7 per game; Richmond is ninth with 51 per game.
3. The Lions' greatest winning margin over Richmond is 77 points in round 20, 1995 at the Gabba, while the Tigers' biggest win is 82 points twice, in 1990 and again in 2006.
4. One area the Tigers have been strong so far in 2014 is clearances. They are ranked second in the League with 45.2 per game, while the Lions are 10th with 39.2 per game.
5. The clubs have met 16 times at the Gabba for eight wins apiece. Richmond has won the past four clashes.
6. With a full-time midfield role, Lion Tom Rockliff is racing up the Official AFL Player Ratings. With another 31 touches last weekend against Port Adelaide, Rockliff has risen to no.55 overall.

Prediction: Richmond by 21 points

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-04-15/preview-brisbane-lions-v-richmond

[Phil Mrakov]

10 - 15 goal win coming up. Back it up with a win against our bunnies Hawthorn and we're off and running again and all the media morons will be peeing in our pockets again. Hardwick's a great coach , Hartley is a recruiting maestro blah blah.
 The football media are the biggest joke in the AFL.

How will we beat Hawthorn without Lids? We'd have to hope for one of their stars to do a knee vs Geelong

Never ever hope for an injury to anyone, that karma thing has a bad way of turning around.

I didn't say I hoped for it, we can't beat them if they have their current side out there

Don't even mention it, mention reports instead.

The hawkers never get suspended. Family club

[one-eyed]

Just go for it, Lions players are told
Michael Whiting 
afl.com.au
April 16, 2014 11:13 AM

THE BRISBANE Lions must free the shackles and just "go for it" against Richmond on Thursday night, head of coaching and development Peter Schwab says.

The Lions are winless after four rounds, and with injuries to key trio Daniel Rich (season), Matthew Leuenberger (12 weeks) and Pearce Hanley (two weeks) are facing a bleak future.

Despite the poor outlook after back-to-back hidings from Gold Coast and Port Adelaide, Schwab said the Lions had a strong chance against the out-of-sorts Tigers, who have only won one match this season.

However he intimated the Lions – set to field an extremely young team - must stop being conservative with ball movement, and adhere to coach Justin Leppitsch's game-plan.

"It's a confidence thing with our game-plan," Schwab said.

"We've just got to take the game on regardless of the personnel and try and do what Justin's been coaching them throughout the summer.

"(We) try to tell the boys, just go for it, do the things we want you to do, there's no punishment for effort or trying to do it.

"Hopefully that'll create a difference this week."

Schwab said winning would still come down to the basics of efficient ball movement, good defensive set-ups and winning clearances.

"In the end it's up to the players when they're out here to take it on themselves, to just go for it.

"As a coaching group, I think we can win tomorrow night.

"I think the players deep down might have some doubts because they haven't won, but they know it's an opportunity for them."

Leppitsch was an assistant coach to Damien Hardwick for the past four years, and Schwab expects his intimate knowledge of the Tigers' players to be an advantage.

One of those players is midfielder Trent Cotchin, who was the subject of much scrutiny after last week's loss to Collingwood following the tight tagging of Brent Macaffer that limited him to just 13 touches.

Schwab said the Lions would be likely to try a similar tactic.

"I think the unfortunate thing for Trent is he's always going to be the number one player for Richmond's midfield that you look to, so he will get the attention," he said.

"He would expect that. Up the other end, (Jack) Riewoldt is the number one forward for them, so you try and stop Riewoldt. They're probably the two key players in Richmond's team at the moment."

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-04-16/just-go-for-it

[Rampstar]

Anthony Miles   

they not smart enough to put him on the senior list. if he was in against Footscray we would have won for sure.

[tony_montana]

But we needed Big O as cover for Hampson - made such a difference

[Diocletian]

Anthony Miles   

they not smart enough to put him on the senior list. if he was in against Footscray we would have won for sure.

Who needs him when we have Thomas the Tank - named so because you pick him when you're tanking.

[one-eyed]

The bookies and media 'experts' have us overwhelming favourites despite our terrible form ..


Richmond   $1.22
Brisbane    $4.30

Line at 26.5 pts.

Source: TAB



Media experts' tips:

The Age    20-4 .... Cameron Ling and BT are tipping Brisbane.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/expert-tipsters

[Judge Roughneck]

Two goal win

Pettatd grigg houli Chaplin safe for another six weeks ffs

[cub]

And then beat the hawks, lmfao  no chance in hell the way were going.

Anything under a 10 goal win is unacceptable, if we can do that then we may get something mental back and only if then it might be game on next week.

[one-eyed]

FINAL INTERCHANGES

Brisbane Lions: Tom Cutler, Lewis Taylor, Ryan Lester
Substitute: Brent Moloney

Richmond: Shane Edwards, Bachar Houli, Matt Thomas
Substitute: Nathan Gordon

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-04-17/final-teams-lions-v-tigers