Tiges vs Freo

[Moi]

Can't knock the Tiges endeavour but that one might be the nail in the coffin 

[mightytiges]

Freo aren't disguising their deliberate out of bounds very well and getting away with it 

Not surprising with umpires interstate 

Richo another miss although a fair way out this time  .

Freo get the sealer on another rebound out of our forward line . 6PR say it should have been a free to Gas against McPharlin . Now Gas gets a free. A bit late umpire :rolleyes

Tiges 9.12-66
Freo 12.13-85

[Moi]

Bad luck Tiges - you tried really hard - just not good enough with your skill errors 
Lots more work over summer me thinks, but i'm happy with what you've achieved this year.

Go Tiges!

[julzqld]

 

Hello?  Krakoeur - were you even there?  Tambling seems to be picking up some of Kraks bad habits - back to Coburg.  Lids is a champion in the making.  Foley looks good.  Moore -    Even I got frustrated at Simmo tonight.  And at one stage Richo looked to be the only person in our forward area.
Hitting the post 3 times and Simmo's disallowed goal didn't help matters.

[one-eyed]

Tigers down to Freo at Subi
10:27:51 PM Sat 6 August, 2005
Mic Cullen
Exclusive to richmondfc.com.au

Richmond's finals prospects have taken a serious hit with the Tigers going down to Fremantle by 27-points at Subiaco Oval on Saturday night.

Richmond was top four earlier in the year while Fremantle was hovering towards the foot of the ladder, but the 13.15 (93) to 9.12 (66) result means a club-record-equalling five consecutive wins for the Dockers.

Brett Deledio continues to demonstrate why he was the top pick in last year's NAB AFL Draft, showing poise and class beyond his years, and he got good support through the middle from skipper Kane Johnson, Mark Coughlan and Shane Tuck.

Matthew Richardson worked hard all night for little reward as the midfield kept kicking it on top of his head, Chris Hyde constantly put his body on the line and Joel Bowden did well on Des Headland.

Headland was reported for contact with Wayne Campbell during a second term melee which developed after Headland cannoned in to Mark Coughlan late after Coughlan had marked.

Josh Carr proved that you don't need to win a lot of the ball to be effective, collecting 10 touches for three goals.

Brother Matthew continued his steadying influence in the middle, David Mundy provided class and Aaron Sandilands played one of his best games for the club. Matthew Pavlich had a good tussle with Ray Hall and finished with four goals.

The Tigers fielded a very young side with a third of the team being first or second year players, but having Darren Gaspar back was a bonus, while Jeff Farmer was back from a hamstring injury for Fremantle.

A virtually skill-free first quarter saw Fremantle get the first goal through Pavlich, but Richmond replied through Hyde and Richardson, and the Tigers led by five points at quarter time.

Justin Longmuir marked and goaled in just over a minute, but just as in the first term, the Tigers kicked the next two when Deledio slotted one from 45 metres, and then Richardson got a free for Shane Parker hanging all over him.

But Fremantle responded when Farmer snapped, then David Mundy hit one on the run from 50 before Pavlich nailed his third from outside 50, and the hosts went to the long break five points to the good.

Fremantle dominated the third term, but only increased its lead by 13 points. Joel Bowden goaled first for the visitors after a terrific pass from Richardson, but Pavlich replied with one from 50.

Josh Carr then kicked three of the next four before Bowden got his second of the term. Headland got Fremantle's last of the term, and Kane Pettifer had a shot from 40 after the siren but hit the right-hand stick for just a minor score.

Heath Black got the first of the last for Fremantle, but Pettifer slotted two in a minute to get the margin down to 10 points, but several behinds and a major to Luke McPharlin restored the margin to more than three straight kicks.

Richmond coach Terry Wallace said his side didn't do as well as it should have in the first half.

"Look, we had our opportunities early in the game and really didn't make the most of our chances," he said.

"I thought certainly in the first quarter in particular we had a lot more inside-50s than the opposition. We were pummeling the ball down there, but we weren't able to get a structure that was able to hurt them.

"I was really disappointed with our guys at half-time to come in behind - I just thought we had missed opportunities."

Next week Richmond is at Telstra Dome to play the resurgent Bulldogs.

FREMANTLE: 1.4, 5.6, 10.9, 13.15 (93)
RICHMOND: 2.3, 4.7, 7.9, 9.12 (66)

GOALS – Fremantle: Pavlich 4, J Carr 3, Longmuir, Farmer, Mundy, Headland, Black, McPharlin
Richmond: Pettifer 3, Richardson 2, Bowden 2, Hyde, Deledio
BEST – Fremantle: J Carr, Mundy, M Carr, Schammer, Sandilands, Cook
Richmond Deledio, Richardson, Bowden, Johnson, Hyde, Tuck
INJURIES – Fremantle: None
Richmond: Tambling (hamstring), Hyde (head)
CHANGES – Fremantle: None
Richmond: Graham replaced in selected side by Hilton
REPORTS - Headland (Fremantle) reported by umpire Stevic for striking Campbell (Richmond) in the second quarter
UMPIRES - Stevic, Nicholls, Goldspink
CROWD - 36,026 at Subiaco Oval

http://richmondfc.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=220621

[WilliamPowell]

Not a good week to give up smoking lol 

Well I almost took up drinking after the game Foreign land and stupid local supporters. What a lovely night at Subiaco Oval

As I posted somewhere else - we were the better team up until half time. Should have been 3-4 goals up. Forget about hitting unmarked targets 20 metres away - poor goal kicking is worse.

I was pleased with Foley's game thought he did Ok on Bell - at least Bell knew he was in a contest. Also having weatched teh replay this morning while enjoying breakfast  I must say that the TV certainly didn't do Axle's "bottom of the pack" stuff any justice at all.

I think they should rename Tim Gosage: Tim Gooseage because his biased commentary makes Eddie McEverywhere looked balanced

Hello? Krakoeur - were you even there?

Well he was on the bench for long periods but didn't have any inluence when he was on. Horribly out of form at the moment IMO

 Tambling seems to be picking up some of Kraks bad habits - back to Coburg.

Patience Julz Struggling for fitness a bit I reckon. I sometimes think he is trying to hard

Lids is a champion in the making.

Yes very good last night - would almost have the Rising Star Award in the bag. Would be the highlight of what's turning into another disappointing season (I'll explain the disappointing bit in a minute)

Even I got frustrated at Simmo tonight.

His set shot kicking for goal is currently pathetic having been upgraded from woeful

And at one stage Richo looked to be the only person in our forward area.

Just want to add - poor Patto made some good leads and got ignored but hell at least he contested well when we had no choice but to kick to him

Now just on my disappointing season comment.

I know we have improved and I really glad that we have because 2004 was the pits...

But my expectations changed after our start to the season. And it doesn't matter which way I look at it, it appears at the moment we may have let a massive opportunity slip and for that I cannot help but be extremely disappointed.

[julzqld]

Yes it is disappointing, especially when we were 7-2 at one stage.  You do wonder how different it would all be if Browny hadn't broken his leg.

[Tiger Spirit]

We may well have won some extra games had Browny played, but as good as the experience could be for the players, it might also give an over-inflated view of things and do more long term harm than good.  The reality is that until we can add some real depth to our list then we’re going to get found out once injuries start to mount.

Even though it looks like we’ll miss out on the finals, and the air seems to have gone out of the tyres a bit, at least we don’t seem to be just limping our way to the end of the season, as happened the last couple of years.

[mightytiges]

Yes it is disappointing, especially when we were 7-2 at one stage.  You do wonder how different it would all be if Browny hadn't broken his leg.

Agree with TS. We could have turned narrow losses into narrow wins say against the Eagles, Port and Freo with Browny in the side but we still would killed in winning uncontested footy as well as our pitiful disposal and decision making. We don't have enough pace and skill through the midfield and we lack depth. Recruiting 3 quick and skilled midfielders with our first 3 picks was the right way to go but that won't pay off for another couple of years.

Kellaway also has been a huge loss. We knew at the start of the year we couldn't afford any of our talls in our defence to miss games. Losing him has hurt our backline structure.