NAB 3 - Richmond vs North Melbourne, Sat. March 21 @ Etihad

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Hmmm. Maybe ....the club need another ruckman?

[1965]

Couple of points...

11 goalkickers 

Ignoring the supergoals score was

14 16 100
16 15 111

Three tall forwards didn't work (again)

 

[No More]

Norf were having a red hot dip today with there best team and they only won by 14 points. I thought there was a lot to like for us today. Griffiths is way in front of Vickery for the 2nd tall forward spot, I wouldn't play Vickery against Carlton, Id rather Lloyd play coz he will kick 2 or 3 goals, McIntosh did some nice things in the first half but still needs more time, If Knights is fit Id play him in R1 on a half forward flank, thought Lennon was good at his role today, if we can limit our mistakes in defensive 50 we will slaughter Carlton in R1. Bj will probably be unhappy but that's just the truth of it all 

[mightytiges]

Stats:

Disposals:   334 - 371 ..... (cont. 128 - 135)
Kicks:         184 - 208
Hballs:        150 - 163
Clearances   35 - 36  ........ ( centre clear. 15 - 18 )
Inside 50s:  55 - 50
Marks In50: 18 - 14
Tackles:       42 - 63
Hitouts:       33 - 38 ......... ( Maric 28)
Frees:          14 - 27 


Dusty    28
Deledio  23
Ellis       23
Grigg     23
Houli      21
Cotch    20 ... from 61% gametime (subbed off 3/4 time)
Rance    17
Edwards 17
McIntosh 17
Jack        16
Chaplin    15
Conca     14
Griffiths   14
Maric       13
Lennon    12
Hunt       11
Lambert  10
Vlastuin    8
Grimes     6 .... subbed off half-time
Astbury   5
Batch      4 .... subbed on 2nd half
Vickery    4
Lloyd       3 .... subbed on last qtr

[Jackstar is back!!!]

Don't think the three forwards work ?
Ivan would be very clean tonight
Was given a bath today, especially in centre clearances

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How many dud kicks did Cotchin do?

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Don't think the three forwards work ?
Ivan would be very clean tonight
Was given a bath today, especially in centre clearances

Needed a  fellow ruckman 2 years ago.
stuff this developing crap.
The club are way behind in this field.
Ivan will suffer this year.

[Loui Tufga]

How many dud kicks did Cotchin do?

Not as many as Martin.
We just wern't clean with the footy, our disposal across the board was pathetic.
Just shows what happens to our game plan when the opposition puts on a bit of pressure.
I'm not sure how long we're going to persevere with Morris in the forward line but if he doesn't start converting goals it's going to be compleat waste of time....

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The emancipation of Steve Morris from defensive restriction is due to ZERO OPTIONS. ...but we're gonn b top four this year ....somehow.

[Jackstar is back!!!]

Vickery couldn't possibly play Round 1 either
Useless today

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Vickery couldn't possibly play Round 1 either
Useless today

Worst player on memory.

[MintOnLamb]

TRADE VICKERY, DELIST MORRIS, DELIST NEWMAN

[one-eyed]

PICS:

AFL photos: http://www.aflphotos.com.au/galleries/results/?q=collection:AFL%202015%20NAB%20Challenge%20-%20Richmond%20v%20North%20Melbourne

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[YellowandBlackBlood]

Best thing - no injuries!

[mightytiges]

Best thing - no injuries!

+10000000000. The most important thing to come out of the game today. 

Cotch got through 3/4ers fine and will be right for round 1.
Miles to comeback into the midfield for round 1.


Losing today should at least mean we'll go into round 1 not thinking it's just going to all happen like we did at the start of last year after a couple of big preseason wins. You don't win too many games losing all the possession, contested footy and clearances counts, applying little team pressure for large potions of the game, the whole team applying just 40 tackles (less than 2 per player), and missing so many gettable shots at goal. Add on top of that giving away twice as many free kicks.