Richmond vs W.Bulldogs @ MCG - Round 2, 2015 / Discuss loss here.

[tdy]

at least 5 players who played today aren't up to finals AFL standard. they can play for bottom clubs but not clubs who want to contend. you cant play 5 or 6 players short and when you have a couple of outs like deledio and Edwards ... then losing almost becomes a certainty. should have had a million bucks on the bullies today, dooks was right.

I really wonder about Lloyd, he is pretty so so to me. Maybe he'll come good but there were some pretty awful shots at goal by him today. For a small forward he should be a good kick at goal and he is average.  If he had goaled a couple of extra times we'd have been in the game and who knows.

Jack missing early and late didnt help either

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Claw was right. Thomas should have come in.

[DCrane]

Dogs played a harassing zone and we fell for it. Refused time and again to get numbers to the ball and move it quickly. Hunt tried to do it a few times but no one ran wirh him. Run and carry we did not do today. We looked like a Malthouse special team with zimmer frames.

Yes, life is like a Scanlens footy card for some, who think they have all day to line up a nice handball for the cameraman. Meanwhile the rest of the league is going a million miles an hour getting the pill to their forwards. 

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Dogs played a harassing zone and we fell for it. Refused time and again to get numbers to the ball and move it quickly. Hunt tried to do it a few times but no one ran wirh him. Run and carry we did not do today. We looked like a Malthouse special team with zimmer frames.

Yes, life is like a Scanlens footy card for some, who think they have all day to line up a nice handball for the cameraman. Meanwhile the rest of the league is going a million miles an hour getting the pill to their forwards.

The Scanlen Tigers. 

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Leadership is simply, something gone supporters can feel.

We've felt none for decades.

[tdy]

How many times today did we go forward  by first chipping the ball around,going from one side of the ground to the other.The doggies just waited and picked us off when the keystone cops turned it over.
Me I think our backline is fine and so is our midfield ,but unfortunately our forward line is disfunctional and has let us down now for  quite a few years.With Lids out martin and cotch couldn't rest up forward as much thus we became impotent.
Griff is just ok,but he doesn't crunch packs and bring the ball to the ground for the crumbers,mind you neither does lazy bones Vickery.is it worth giving astbury a shot up forward

It wasnt just the forwards failing to take their opportunities it was the slow movement forward that allowed the dogs to get numbers back in a good defensive zone that we couldnt penetrate. If th opposition do this you have to move it quickly before their zone gets set up. 

[tdy]

I hope Hardwick tears srrips off the team today.

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I hope someone tears strips off him.

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Panic stations 

Whoa

[Gigantor]

Sat with Bo at the footy today..now theres a man who disected the game with  the precision of Dr Christian Barnard..Quite an eye opener to sit with the great man

[Yeahright]

Our lack of leadership continues to be our biggest issue IMESHO

Indictment that it was Chaplin at 3qtr time trying to fire us the troops

Troops are fired up by putting ones head over the ball and trying very hard.

Not shouting imho

Disagree, reckon you need someone who can say the right things and pump the boys up and THEN put their head over the ball and do what needs to be done

Also WP, out of curiosity, who's your ideal captain if anyone?

[bojangles17]

Forward line none existent today, put Tony locket or Gary ablett into the team and guess what you WIN, how can a team have 80 more possies, 10 more marks I50, 6 more i50s and stuffen we'll lose .
We had 6 players flapping their arms like Sammy the seal out there today, I'm bloody ropeable we let we let a golden op slip 

[WilliamPowell]

Also WP, out of curiosity, who's your ideal captain if anyone?

Luke Hodge but we don't have Luke Hodge

Form our current list right now it would be Ivan Maric

Hopefully in a few years it will be Nick Vlaustin

[🏅Dooks]

How many times today did we go forward  by first chipping the ball around,going from one side of the ground to the other.The doggies just waited and picked us off when the keystone cops turned it over.
Me I think our backline is fine and so is our midfield ,but unfortunately our forward line is disfunctional and has let us down now for  quite a few years.With Lids out martin and cotch couldn't rest up forward as much thus we became impotent.
Griff is just ok,but he doesn't crunch packs and bring the ball to the ground for the crumbers,mind you neither does lazy bones Vickery.is it worth giving astbury a shot up forward

It wasnt just the forwards failing to take their opportunities it was the slow movement forward that allowed the dogs to get numbers back in a good defensive zone that we couldnt penetrate. If th opposition do this you have to move it quickly before their zone gets set up.

Both of you are spot on.

In regard to Hardwick tearing strips, he would do that. Too many favorites in the team

[Gigantor]

gee Bo kept the Sammy the seal comment well hidden today