Richmond vs Carlton - Round 1, 2017

[Jackstar 1960]

They all can't play well each week
Vlaustin only worrying sign
Seems lost
Everyone else played there role

[WilliamPowell]

They all can't play well each week
Vlaustin only worrying sign
Seems lost
Everyone else played there role

Vlaustin looked a lot better when they sent him back in the final quarter

Player who I was most disappointed in was Astbury. talk about a momentum killer. Throw in poor decision making and poor skill execution and you have a massive chink in the backline.

He also had at least 4 though I think it was 5 score assists .......to Carlton

[Damo]

Sing Nank. Enjoy it mate

[Chuck17]

Heaps of improvement to come from that game.

Cotchin, Rance and Riewoldt were all down on their best form.

A lot of players had poor performances; Astbury, Griffiths, Lloyd, Houli, Grigg, Hunt

I hope we get a KPF and KPD from our two first round picks this year or in two years time we will be stuffed.

[🏅Dooks]

Very happy with the result. I didnt realise how bad Carlton are. Particularly their defence. I guess the real test will come next week.

Best game ever for Martin. Castagna wow could have ended up with a bag of 4-5 if he kicked straighter.

NANKERVIS 

Prestia is quality.

Houli instructed to handball. Less turnovers.

Vlastuin 12 tackles.

Rioli 

[Tigeritis™©®]

Captain Cotchin was very poor.
Vice Captain Rance was beaten by another youngster.
Vice Captain Reiwoldt was also very poor IMO.


One positive is that we were able to win convincingly even though these three leaders had pretty poor games by their own standards that said we were only playing the cheats who most punters have finishing bottom 2.
These guys are going to have to play to a higher standard than the rubbish they dished up last night.

[FooffooValve]

A lot of players had poor performances; Astbury, Griffiths, Lloyd, Houli, Grigg, Hunt

Grigg? Not my favourite player, but thought he was good last night. Much better than 'poor' anyway.

[Chuck17]

A lot of players had poor performances; Astbury, Griffiths, Lloyd, Houli, Grigg, Hunt

Grigg? Not my favourite player, but thought he was good last night. Much better than 'poor' anyway.

He is a squib and does not lower his eyes when kicking, numerous times last night had players in his line of vision and what did we see; a great big floating stuffing helicopter kick that went 50 metres in the air for 30 metres gained.

[Gracie]

Just on Cotchin he had 21 disposals at 81% DE

Had 12 contested possession (2nd most for us)
8 Clearances (most for us)
8 tackles (2nd most)
5 inside 50s (3rd most)

Named 3rd best for us in official game results

So not bad for someone who apparently played so poorly or was not sighted.

[Dougeytherichmondfan]

Okay performance for mine (although I was tipping us to lose). We held momentum for most of the game but leaked goals which kept them in it until about halfway through the last.

Happy with the recruits.
Liked what I saw from Castagna, just need to work on his finishing - perhaps a little overawed by the crowd?
Happy with the A graders, Dusty obviously had one of the great BOG performances. Cotch - did what he had to, Jack lead well down forward. Rance probably had the quietest game of our fab 4, but still proved he was AA standard player on a number of occasions. Weitering didn't kick 3 on Rance, he kicked 3, 2 of which his direct opponent was Astbury - whom I was very disappointed with.

They all can't play well each week
Vlaustin only worrying sign
Seems lost
Everyone else played there role

Could it have been the knock he took in the first Q?
Thought he did a lot of good things in the 3rd and last Q particularly.

[mat073]

They all can't play well each week
Vlaustin only worrying sign
Seems lost
Everyone else played there role

Vlastuin took a great mark . Very courageous.  Resulted in a goal too .

[mat073]

We missed a couple of easy goals through lairising or showboating which was disappointing.  To make things worse Carlton whisked to ball up the other end to make the classic 12 point play .

But overall very happy .

The chemistry between Butler, Castagna and Rioli was a real stand out for me . Exciting times ahead.

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Very satisfied to get a win by 7 goals.
That's a tick.
Carlton are woeful, a really poor team.

I think our season will start next Thursday night.

[mat073]

The only disaster last night was my bloody digital recorder failed to record the game . Can you believe it !!! Dying to sit back and watch a replay.  Any one help a brother out ??

[Dougeytherichmondfan]

The only disaster last night was my bloody digital recorder failed to record the game . Can you believe it !!! Dying to sit back and watch a replay.  Any one help a brother out ??

If you want something a little better than the rubbish they put on replay at afl.com.au then try finding a torrent of the replay in a few days?