Richmond vs Adelaide - first JLT preseason game, Feb 24 @ Etihad

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Richmond will seek to field its strongest possible line-up in each match throughout the JLT Community Series.

General Manager of Football, Neil Balme, provided an explanation of Richmond’s philosophy with this year’s pre-season series.

“Because we’ve got rounds two, three and four, we’re just going to try and pick best available side each time,” Balme told the Club’s official podcast, ‘Talking Tigers’.

“But best available will mean some bloke might need to be rested because he’s a bit sore.  Or they might only play a half.  Or we might want to particularly look at someone . .  .

“It’s not (play) a heap of young kids, leave a few (older players) out and rest them.

“It’ll be virtually play the three (games), I think, mostly.”

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2017-02-21/tigers-adopt-best-available-approach

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[Hard Roar Tiger]

My only hope is that the experts picked us as close to top 4 last year......
Now they're picking us as bottom 4.....

Hope we can play guys like Lennon, Bolton, Stengel, Burler, Moore and Chol and play reasonably well. We need to set up a future and the new guys can do that. The old guys have had their chance and fluffed it.

Hope ain't a strategy....

[YellowandBlackBlood]

My only hope is that the experts picked us as close to top 4 last year......
Now they're picking us as bottom 4.....

Hope we can play guys like Lennon, Bolton, Stengel, Butler, Moore and Chol and play reasonably well. We need to set up a future and the new guys can do that. The old guys have had their chance and fluffed it.

Hope ain't a strategy....

No it isn't, but playing youth is.