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Re: Richmond vs Carlton @ the MCG - Round 14, 2017
« Reply #15 on: June 21, 2017, 11:00:59 PM »
Match preview: Richmond v Carlton

afl.com.au
21 June 2017



SUMMARY


Richmond faces an in-form Blues outfit this weekend at the MCG with the Tigers coming off the back of a tough loss to the Swans after they gave up a six-goal lead. Carlton coach Brendon Bolton has the Blues' defensive set up firing, with Kade Simpson and Sam Docherty proving tough to shut down behind the ball in recent weeks. However, the Tigers' speedy small forward line of Daniel Rioli, Dan Butler and new addition Shai Bolton will be out to keep them honest. Dustin Martin's output was slightly down last game with 23 disposals so look out for a reply. Alex Rance will head into the clash with great confidence after blanketing Swans superstar Lance Franklin and keeping him to just one goal. If the Blues win this one, can they be talked about as a serious finals chance? The Tigers will head in as favourites in a game they should win if they want to cement themselves as a top-eight side.

WHEN AND WHERE: MCG, Sunday, June 25, 3.20pm AEST

LAST FIVE TIMES
R1, 2017, Richmond 20.12 (132) d Carlton 14.5 (89) at the MCG
R1, 2016, Richmond 14.8 (92) d Carlton 12.11 (83) at the MCG
R15, 2015, Richmond 10.11 (71) d Carlton 5.11 (41) at the MCG
R1, 2015, Richmond 15.15 (105) d Carlton 11.12 (78) at the MCG
R2, 2014, Richmond 14.14 (98) d Carlton 12.14 (86) at the MCG

THE SIX POINTS


1. Dustin Martin will be firmly on Brendon Bolton's pre-game radar. The Richmond superstar finished the club's round one clash with the Blues with 33 disposals and four goals in a best afield performance.

2. The Tigers head into round 14 ranked last for disposal efficiency, going at 70.9 per cent. The Blues sit only slightly better at 72.8 per cent, and whichever team can use the ball more effectively will go a long way to winning this one.

3. Carlton will be out to upset the trend on Sunday, with Richmond coming away victors in the last five meetings between the two clubs.

4. The Blues are ranked last for inside 50s in 2017, and they will want to give their forwards the best chance of kicking a winning score with Alex Rance patrolling the Richmond defence this weekend.

5. Carlton has found a way to win three from its four games decided by fewer than three goals this season. In contrast, Richmond hs played seven matches decided by three goals or less, winning only three of them.

6. Matthew Kreuzer started the year as the 14th-ranked ruckman in the Schick AFL Player Ratings. His recent form has seen him rise to 10th spot, and Richmond’s Toby Nankervis will have his work cut out stopping Kruezer’s influence around the ground.

IT'S A BIG WEEK FOR …
Levi Casboult
The Blues' power forward has had a lean couple of weeks, kicking just the one goal in his last two outings. Casboult will face the best key defender in the game in Rance this week and will be in for a battle. Bolton’s game-plan makes it tough for his key forward to dominate, however if his form doesn't lift soon young Harry McKay is waiting in the wings at Carlton.

PREDICTION: Richmond by 19 points

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-06-20/match-preview-richmond-v-carlton

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Re: Richmond vs Carlton @ the MCG - Round 14, 2017
« Reply #16 on: June 22, 2017, 06:47:02 PM »
Young Tiger could hold key to beating Blues

By SEN
22 June 2017


SEN footy analyst Terry Wallace has a simple message for Richmond coach Damien Hardwick as the Tigers prepare to tackle Carlton on Sunday.

“Stop Sam Docherty,” the former Tiger coach told SEN’s The Run Home.

“Carlton has been able to dictate and dominate everything they’ve wanted with a plus-one (player) in their defensive end of the ground.

“And it’s all centred around Sam Docherty, and to a lesser degree Kade Simpson.”

Wallace says tagging Docherty, who is averaging 28 disposals, is easier said than done given the Blues ability to switch pieces in order to sneak the club’s reigning best and fairest winner into different positions to break any defensive mechanism deployed to combat him.

“From a Richmond point of view they cannot allow this to happen,” he said.

“Kane Lambert, I think, is the perfect match for Docherty.”

Despite his influence in the Blues’ five wins this season, few sides have attempted to tag the former Brisbane Lion, perhaps because the thought process centres around beating the young and inexperienced Blues purely on talent.

But after upset wins over Greater Western Sydney and Gold Coast it’s likely the Tigers planning for Sunday’s MCG blockbuster takes in ways to short-circuit the Blues’ capacity to dictate the games’ tempo.

“Lambert can play high half forward and can play through the middle of the ground should Docherty move into the middle to break the tag,” Wallace said.

“You’ve go to be committed to send Lambert with him everywhere and also then be aware that Carlton will attempt to swing Simpson into that role behind the ball.

“It’ll be fascinating to watch.”

The Blues have lost the past five matches against the Tigers by an average of 24 points.

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2017/06/20/young-tiger-could-hold-key-to-beating-blues/

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Re: Richmond vs Carlton @ the MCG - Round 14, 2017
« Reply #17 on: June 23, 2017, 07:34:28 AM »
Can't stand Carlton, in fact I hate them so much Collingwood is my second team,  must win game :pray :pray :pray

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Re: Richmond vs Carlton @ the MCG - Round 14, 2017
« Reply #18 on: June 23, 2017, 08:21:21 AM »
Collingwood your second team? My goodness

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Re: Richmond vs Carlton @ the MCG - Round 14, 2017
« Reply #19 on: June 23, 2017, 02:47:06 PM »
CARLTON will monitor important defender Sam Docherty in the lead-up to Sunday’s clash with Richmond, as he has been battling calf soreness.

The Blues expect the All-Australian contender to play against the Tigers on Sunday, but he was very sore following a kick in the calf during last week’s win over Gold Coast.

He hasn’t done a lot on the track so far this week and will have a last hit-out on Saturday morning.

Carlton insist he will be right to play.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/panic-room-late-afl-selection-whispers-for-round-14/news-story/5252b1616632d05e4f26c609ca1099b5

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Richmond v Carlton analysis: Fast-forward Tigers versus go-slow Blues

SAM EDMUND,
Herald Sun
24 June 2017


GAMES are won and lost in the midfield, coaches constantly tell us.

Occasionally they speak of the need to contain a rampant rival forward or quell a brilliant ball winner.

But it says everything about the unique manner in which Carlton is winning games in 2017 that Damien Hardwick didn’t say any of those things.

Instead, the Richmond coach this week uttered words rarely heard in this sport.

“We’ve got to take their defence out of the game as best we can,” Hardwick said.

Come again?

The Richmond coach took only 12 seconds to raise the topic of Carlton’s defence in his weekly press conference.

“Defensively they’re very good behind the ball, they’ve got some really good movers behind the ball in (Kade) Simpson and (Sam) Docherty and they’re good players are playing really well in (Patrick) Cripps, (Marc) Murphy and (Bryce) Gibbs,” he said.

“They defend well ... they’re using a strength of theirs to then counter-attack as well and when they do get through from the back half they score heavily.”

Richmond could be destined for the top four, the improving 5-7 Blues have won their past two and a crowd of 80,000 could pack the MCG tomorrow.

But this isn’t just another Richmond-Carlton blockbuster. It is also the fast-forward Tigers against the go-slow Blues. Fire versus ice, if you will.

Rejuvenated Richmond thrives on a manic forward line, whipped into a frenzy by a mosquito fleet — Jason Castagna, Dan Butler, Shai Bolton and Daniel Rioli.

The Tigers lead the competition in creating forward-half turnovers (29.9 per game) and the scores that result from those turnovers account for an average 41 per cent of their total score — the biggest percentage of any team.

Forcing rivals into mistakes is a crucial measuring stick for Hardwick’s side. When the Tigers have created 27 forward-half turnovers or fewer this season, they’ve lost. In the seven games they’ve forced more than 27 forward-half turnovers, they are undefeated.

The challenge for Richmond this week is that it is running into a side that takes less risks than a librarian.

The Blues are the definition of safety-first coming out of defence. They average more kicks in the defensive half than any side, handball the least behind centre and take the second-most marks and uncontested marks in the defensive half.

Incredibly, Carlton still turns the ball over 26.3 times a game — ranked 15th — yet it only concedes 29.8 points from those mistakes — ranked second in the AFL.

So as quick as a clanger is committed, Blues defenders snap back into position to stop the score. It’s like getting bitten, but not copping the venom.

Carlton doesn’t do what legendary soccer manager Jose Mourinho famously termed “parking the bus”.

It presses like everyone else, but it goes slower and safer than almost everyone else. Two of Carlton’s most important players in Sam Docherty and Kade Simpson set the tempo here.

Docherty’s influence hasn’t been lost on Hardwick and amid all the talk of Ed Curnow tagging Dustin Martin, will the Tigers coach spring a negating surprise?

“He sets up really well, doesn’t he? He’s sort of like a goalkeeper there, they go back to him a lot and they use his offensive prowess to get the ball moving,” Hardwick said.

“We’ll look a him ... make sure we negate his influence as best we can.”

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/richmond-v-carlton-a-battle-between-tigers-pressure-forwards-and-blues-icecool-defenders/news-story/1b08e79452b36427f1ebaf3b0fd743d2

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Re: Richmond vs Carlton @ the MCG - Round 14, 2017
« Reply #21 on: June 24, 2017, 04:32:07 PM »
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Re: Richmond vs Carlton @ the MCG - Round 14, 2017
« Reply #22 on: June 24, 2017, 05:58:03 PM »
Can Tigers end their last-quarter blues?

Jon Pierik
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24 June 2017


In the mixed emotions that pour forth in the grizzled hour after a defeat, Damien Hardwick has claimed a lack of courage, a "poor brand of footy", the need to win an arm-wrestle and even heart-break through his team's four losses by nine points or less over the past six rounds.

It's been one drama after another in a sometimes harrowing two-month stretch for a club which would be at least equal first on the ladder had it been able to split those losses. That's right – equal first. Here's a recount of the events so far.


R7: Western Bulldogs 11.14 (80) def Richmond 11.9 (75)


Tigers had led by 32 points early in second term.

Hardwick post match: "We probably lacked a little bit of courage towards the end of the last quarter when the game probably tightened up. In fairness, the pressure around the ball was pretty high. I think the Bulldogs' pressure rating soared through the roof that last quarter and it's why they sit where they do. We just probably couldn't get the ball out of defensive 50 cleanly enough to get a nice efficient shot on goal at the other end."


R8: Fremantle 10.12 (72) to Richmond 10.10 (70)

Tigers led by five goals at three quarter-time.

Hardwick post match: "I thought our first three quarters were pretty poor. We didn't play anywhere near as well as we would have liked. We didn't defend particularly well and you look at the last 20 seconds and there are some things we can do better in that situation, too. But the damage was done, really, in the first three quarters, where we played a pretty poor brand of footy, to be honest."


R9: GWS 11.12 (78) to 10.15 (75)

Tigers led by 25 points at three quarter-time

Hardwick post match: "It's tough. It's heartbreaking, to be honest. I thought our players gave great intent, great effort. We just couldn't close out the game. To have 61 inside 50s, win contested ball, win forward-half turnovers, win the pressure ... just didn't get the result. If you had have looked at it on face value, with our KPI indicators, we probably should have won."


R13: Sydney 12.8 (80) to 10.11 (71)


Tigers led by six goals early in second term.

Hardwick post match: "I think that [narrow margins] is what our side has to get used to. We're very competitive. We'll keep the games close. We're not going to win games by 10 goals. We're not going to lose games, hopefully, by 10 goals either. It is always going to be an arm wrestle. We didn't win today but we will learn a bit out of it and we will go forward and we attack Carlton next Sunday with vigour."



Fast forward to Sunday, and there's little doubt the Tigers will "attack" the contest against the Blues. They have done that all season. But the burning question remains – what happens if it's close come the final term?

There's every chance this will be an arm-wrestle, for the Brendon Bolton-led Blues have been built from defence, and are a far better unit than the one which took to the field in the season opener when Dustin Martin was rampant and the Tigers prevailed by 43 points.

The Blues have mastered what commentator Matthew Lloyd refers to as "parking the bus" behind the ball. That's having a free man to handball or kick to behind the ball, particularly in defence, easing the pressure when the ball has been won under pressure. Lloyd says "they never seem panicked with handball or pressure", and the Tigers will need to find a way to stop the first uncontested mark or possession, for the Blues enjoy controlling the tempo from that point.

Tigers assistant coach Andrew McQualter said his men – that being small forwards Daniel Rioli, Dan Butler and Shai Bolton – would need to negate the rebound of Kade Simpson and Sam Docherty, the latter firmly in All-Australian calculations.

"They're smart defenders. If you run into a poor spot, they'll just get where the dangerous space is and be able to defend from there. It's helping their [Carlton's] defence a lot, but also offensively. As soon as you run to a poor spot, where you can't get the ball, these guys will look to drop off and be able to defend some more dangerous space," he said.

The Blues would also have taken note of the Tigers' scoring issues. In their five defeats, they have not posted more than 75 points. Only once, against West Coast at the MCG, have they won this this year with a score in the 70s – that being 76. Bolton's message will be to keep it tight.

The Tigers' dip in scoring is a worry, for they have dropped from averaging 102.8 points per game through the opening five rounds to 76.7 since – ranked 16th. They opened the season by splurging 132 points on the Blues. Last week that was cut to 71 by the Swans.

What has been of particular concern has been a lack of scoreboard impact in the final quarters. They managed 2.2 against the Dogs, just five points against the Giants and 1.4 against the Swans. It was only against the Dockers (5.5) that they enjoyed a run on.

In their wins over the past fortnight, the rebuilding Blues have held the potent Giants to 70 points and the Gold Coast Suns to 73. Little wonder the Tigers, ranked last in disposal efficiency, have worked diligently on their work inside 50 this week. Reclaiming the zest which led to high-volume scoring from turnovers – particularly the manic defensive pressure by their small forwards – is also a must.

Some would argue too much has been made of the Tigers' narrow defeats, amid claims from former coach Danny Frawley they are mentally fragile. They have won three games by 15 points or less. Did they handle the pressure on those days more because of clear coaching instructions or were the players already drilled in what to do?

Conversely, how much blame should the players or coaches take for the defeats? Surely, the leadership group was to blame for not having their teammates set up properly in the corridor for what proved to be a long Giants' kick in which led to Jeremy Cameron's match-winning goal inside the final minute? Should similar circumstances arise against the Blues, will the Tigers have learnt their lesson?

Even the greatest of teams can lose a string of tight games, with Hardwick pointing out through the week that the Brisbane Lions had four defeats by eight points or less between rounds 11 and 17 in 2003 – before going on to claim a third-straight flag. However, the credits in the Lions' bank at that stage were immense.

In the Tigers' case, a tumble from the top eight and another September vacation would almost certainly spark another round of rumblings.

Sunday's clash shapes as the most anticipated between the traditional rivals since the elimination final of 2013. On that Sunday afternoon before 94,690 fans, the Tigers led by 26 points at half-time. We know what happened from there. They would lose by 20.

Hardwick was typically upbeat at his weekly media conference this week, again declaring he was proud of his men.

"Out of 11 of the 12 games, we've been in them and we've won seven, lost five. I'm prepared to take that," he said.

But should there be more fourth-quarter woes, the chill in the air will surely return as it did on that September evening more than three years ago. That's something Hardwick would not be prepared to take.

WHERE HAS THE TIGERS' SCORING FURY GONE?


                                               Rds 1-5  Rank   Rds 6-13  Rank

Pts for:                                       102.8      5th       76.7         16th

Pts from Turnover Diff:             +19.6      3rd      -1.7        10th

Pts from Clearances Diff:          +8.2       6th      -0.8         9th

Marks Inside 50 Diff:                  +2.6     2nd       +1.3         6th

Inside 50 Diff:                              +5.2     6th        +4.7        6th

% Scores Times Inside 50:        +9.4     2nd        -5.2        16th

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/richmond-v-carlton-can-tigers-end-their-lastquarter-blues-20170623-gwx9mh.html

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Re: Richmond vs Carlton @ the MCG - Round 14, 2017
« Reply #23 on: June 24, 2017, 07:24:02 PM »
Who edits these articles - like seriously.

This is the Age, they should get poo like this correct 

R8: Fremantle 10.12 (72) to Richmond 10.10 (70)

Tigers led by five goals at three quarter-time.

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Re: Re: Richmond vs Carlton @ the MCG - Round 14, 2017
« Reply #24 on: June 24, 2017, 08:15:47 PM »
No one edits fairfax articles anymore they've all been fired.

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Re: Richmond vs Carlton @ the MCG - Round 14, 2017
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Re: Richmond vs Carlton @ the MCG - Round 14, 2017
« Reply #26 on: June 25, 2017, 01:39:42 PM »
lol
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Re: Richmond vs Carlton @ the MCG - Round 14, 2017
« Reply #27 on: June 25, 2017, 02:05:36 PM »
NO LATE CHANGES

FINAL INTERCHANGES

Richmond: Shane Edwards, Jayden Short, Shai Bolton, Connor Menadue

Carlton: Sam Petrevski-Seton, Blaine Boekhorst, Jed Lamb, Nick Graham

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-06-25/final-teams-sunday-geelong-v-fremantle

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Re: Richmond vs Carlton @ the MCG - Round 14, 2017
« Reply #28 on: June 25, 2017, 03:12:41 PM »
Stevic umpiring  :thumbsdown
“I find it nearly impossible to make those judgments, but he is certainly up there with the really important ones, he is certainly up there with the Francis Bourkes and the Royce Harts and the Kevin Bartlett and the Kevin Sheedys, there is no doubt about that,” Balme said.

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Re: Richmond vs Carlton @ the MCG - Round 14, 2017
« Reply #29 on: June 25, 2017, 03:20:48 PM »
C'mon Tiges! 4 qtr effort today.
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