Hardwick's press conference / New Tigers style will take some adjustment: Dimma

[one-eyed]

Dimma's press conference today:

VIDEO: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2017-03-22/hardwick-press-conference-march-22

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Hardwick says new Tigers style will take some adjustment

Andrew Tate
The Age
March 22, 2017

Richmond coach Damien Hardwick says the club's fans will see a new-look team against Carlton on Thursday night but warns that it's going to take some time for the new game style to reap rewards.

Hardwick said the recruitment of new midfielders would enable to Tigers to be more dangerous up forward.

"They'll certainly look different obviously with the addition of (Toby) Nankervis, (Josh) Caddy and (Dion) Prestia," he said. "Three players straight away. (Dan) Butler will play. (Josh) Castagna is a very good chance to play in that as well, so there are players that we haven't sort of seen a lot of before who will come in and play roles.

"So we're really excited about that. We are looking forward to putting on something different that we haven't seen as of last year and those players will certainly help that."

Castagna, who played five games with the Tigers last year, has been upgraded from the rookie list.

The coach said he expected more goals with Dustin Martin and Trent Cotchin free to play bigger forward roles.

"Martin and Cotchin will play forward. You know Josh is a bit of a weapon up there as well, together with Nick Vlaustin, we haven't had that for a number of years, ever since the retirements of (Shane) Tuck and (Daniel) Jackson ... So to bring those two players in has really complemented our midfield and allows us to put another weapon up forward at various stages, which we are really excited about.

"Leppa (assistant coach Justin Leppitsch) has done an amount of work with those guys to get an understanding to how it is going to work and how it is going to look ... so that is something that we haven't had last year that we are looking forward to this year. "

Hardwick was effusive in his praise of Carlton, saying the Blues had a dynamic young team that was raw, but developing all the time.

"You look at their side, they are a well-drilled side and while the scoreboard will say otherwise ... there are some things in their game that is really solid. Defensively they are very good behind the ball. They set up very well from a structure point of view. Offensively they will get better as the game goes on. We are very wary of the Blues, when they play their best footy they can beat anyone in the competition, make no doubt about that.

"We are under no illusions that it is going to be tough. Round one, any game is up in the air."

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/damien-hardwick-says-new-richmond-style-will-take-some-adjustment-20170321-gv3had.html

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So we're really excited about that. We are looking forward to putting on something different that we haven't seen as of last year and those players will certainly help that."


So.....

[one-eyed]

More from Dimma's presser:

Tigers fit and ready to fire

richmondfc.com.au
March 22, 2017

Richmond coach Damien Hardwick has revealed that the Club's pre-season was built around getting the side off to a strong start to the year, after poor beginnings to the past three seasons.

The Tigers won the season-opening meeting with Carlton last year, before losing their next six games, and Hardwick is hoping a shift over summer will pay off.

“We probably, over the course of the last four or five years, have had indifferent starts . . . We did go back and look at some figures, and we felt our best start to the season may have been 2013. It was four practice matches and the majority of our list played two-and-a-half or three games,” Hardwick said on the eve of Richmond kicking off its 2017 campaign against the Blues at the MCG.

“We tried to get more minutes into our guys this year, hoping it then transfers into the regular season.

“We have adjusted that, so, once again, we'll get to see the dividends of that, hopefully, on Thursday night.”

The Tigers also enter the contest with the fittest list of Hardwick's time at the Club, with the coach saying 43 players were available for Round 1 selection.

“Our fitness and strength and conditioning staff have done a wonderful job in getting those guys available, and it's been a really tough process at match committee. The magnets have been flying around non-stop, and it's a great place to be,” he said.

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2017-03-22/tigers-fit-and-ready-to-fire

[Hard Roar Tiger]

So we're really excited about that. We are looking forward to putting on something different that we haven't seen as of last year and those players will certainly help that."


So.....

I'm assuming you won't be watching

[Go Richo 12]

So we're really excited about that. We are looking forward to putting on something different that we haven't seen as of last year and those players will certainly help that."


So.....

I'm assuming you won't be watching

Only if we are losing....

[Harry]

As supporters we need to show patience for once

[🏅Dooks]

As supporters we need to show patience for once

Lol

[sdc01]

just enjoy what will be a rare victory this year...

[Hard Roar Tiger]

just enjoy what will be a rare victory this year...

I wouldn't assume that

[Tigershark]

Already preparing us for the worst.........

[Chuck17]

Looking forward to the draft this year

[🏅Dooks]

Already preparing us for the worst.........

Exactly.

[yandb]

Maybe Hardwick was referring to himself when he was talking about getting used to the new game style.

Fast ball movement is something foreign to Hardwick and has avoided using it in his previous game plans.

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Looking forward to the draft this year

Naish Jnr