Which weaknesses must your club address ahead of 2015? ...... (afl site)

[one-eyed]

Training day: Which weaknesses must your club address ahead of next year?
Jennifer Phelan
afl.com.au
November 15, 2014

RICHMOND
The obvious one is how they get past being bundled out of the finals at the first hurdle in consecutive years. Damien Hardwick has already indicated the coaches will consult other sporting organisations – nationally and abroad – to discover ways they can help the players move on from how the past two seasons have ended. On the field, a long and hot summer on the training track has been predicted and they'll enter the NAB Challenge with a different philosophy to this year, where most of their blue-chip players were involved in most games. The Tigers' clearance-to-score percentage was ranked 15th in the competition this year, although it has to be noted their No.1 ruckman Ivan Maric only played 14 games. And, they'll want to work their defensive side after a poor showing in that area in the final against Port Adelaide.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-11-15/your-clubs-big-weaknesses

[WA Tiger]

The weakness is actually getting into the finals in the first place, without having to kill ourselves both physically and mentally. Do that and the rest should take care of itself.

[the claw]

to many to list, both list wise and the way we play.

we have been bully boys in the main and that is going to change because sides below us are actually addressing needs and weaknesses.
we scrape into finals for a reason and we get bundled out unceremoniously for reasons none of which have been addressed, and wont be because those in charge dont think theres too much wrong
and foolishly thinks things can be fixed from within. or put another way   the list we have is capable of top 4 just with simple improvement from within.

cmon we all see the weaknesses.  to name a few. the worst tackling side in the comp. the one way running , the pea hearts, the lack of polish  the total lack of depth in key areas and the inordinate amount of battlers getting games. im sure others can name plenty more.

then theres the gaping holes in the list.
chronic shortage of decent mids  both inside and out. the lack of both a kpf and a tall fwd. the lack of a back up ruckman, no sml fwd of note in fact not even a med fwd of note.
just one tall defender and the total lack of cover in the area. the lack of sml and med def who are well rounded and can provide both defence  rebound and dont panic under pressure.

ffs lets not forget exactly where and what we are atm. that is a middling side who can go either way which has lots of weaknesses that have to be addressed..

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stupidity

[The Big Richo]

Coaching.

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Coaching.

that's what i meant.

[Go Richo 12]

Negative fans.

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Negative fans.

Yep. The difference though they just have opinions. In years gone by those opinions were like a virus which infected the clubs decision making through coteries

[eliminator]

To start with: Lack of Depth; Need leg speed; tagger(hopefully Hunt is the answer) and quality small forward.

[tdy]

A really calm and good kick out of defense.

[tony_montana]

get fitter, run harder both ways and have several 50/50 players cement themselves as 150 game players ie the likes of batchelor, Dea, Griff, Astbury, Grimes

[Francois Jackson]

Tim Clarke
Adding a descent assistant in the mix
Francis Jackson

[Mr Magic]

Consistency of performance. Turn up to play every quarter of every week like good sides do.

[Go Richo 12]

Consistency of performance. Turn up to play every quarter of every week like good sides do.

Totally agree. I want to see a Richmond team that can lose but still play with hardness and effort.

[Fluffy Tiger]

then theres the gaping holes in the list.
chronic shortage of decent mids  both inside and out. the lack of both a kpf and a tall fwd. the lack of a back up ruckman, no sml fwd of note in fact not even a med fwd of note.
just one tall defender and the total lack of cover in the area. the lack of sml and med def who are well rounded and can provide both defence  rebound and dont panic under pressure.

So we dont have Mids, inside or out, Kp forwards, back up ruckman, Small fowards, Med fowards, enough tall backs, capable med backs or small backs. 

Looks like we need a list of 60 then to get all these extra players. Im not saying the the quality of all the players is top notch or that we shouldnt look at improving but really claw. There is a difference between how you see this list and how I do. Not every player will be top class player on any list, that's by shear definition. You don't rate anybody hardly and you don't get to the finals without more than half a dozen reasonable players. Going by the list above we only have about half a dozen.  Its getting really old.