VFL PF: Richmond vs Port Melbourne @ Adcon Stadium, Sat. Sept. 14

[pmac21]

Them by 6.  One way traffic. 

[mightytiges]

Finally get it out of our defence and forward. 3 Tigers collide at HF. But Butler swoops and gets an ugly kick forward. Just keeping the ball moving forward via Weller to Aarts who snaps a goal  .

Rich 7.4-46
Port 7.5-47

19 min Q2

[mightytiges]

Towner wins the 1 vs 3 contest a HB. Pickett keeps it at HF for a throw-in. RCD good tackle and wins the free 50 out. Too close to the man on the mark and chips it to the goalsquare. Thumped through by Port.

Scores level.

47 - 47

[mightytiges]

Some poor 50/50 contests and mistackles in the last 2 min allowing Port to get the ball forward.

47 - 48

[pmac21]

One point down. Jarrod Blair killing us.  32 mins gone.  Markov having a shot..........

Point....
Level

[mightytiges]

Crappy kicks inside 50.

Luckily one lands in Markov's lap 30 out. Misses.

Score level nearing half-time. 48 all.

[pmac21]

Pretty close to cheating from the umps with some of the decisions out there. 

We will run over the top of them second half.

[pmac21]

Half time melee. 
Good start to second half coming up

[mightytiges]

Half-time

Richmond   5.3    7.6-48
Port Melb.   3.2    7.6-48

Goals: Menadue 2, Butler, Chol, Weller, English, Aarts.

[mightytiges]

Port wanting a dirty niggling close in contested game. Drag it down to a scrap. Think Swans mid-2000s.

We've got to match them on the inside and then hurt them on the outside. That was an ordinary quarter by us. Didn't win enough of the ball because we lost and are behind on every key contested stat badly.

Disposals 138 - 146
Contested  75 - 92
Tackles     36 - 31
Clearances 23 - 28

[one-eyed]

Stats to half-time:



Source: VFL app.

[mightytiges]

I can't see us making any changes to the senior side based on what we've seen so far.

Balta has been playing defence so he's not going to come in as 2nd ruck.
Chol has been ordinary. Being pushed aside too easily. Not using his athleticism and leap.
Our mids have been well beaten in the contested footy and when we have the ball we've butchered it.

[mightytiges]

Run forward in a wave. CCJ tackled as he kicks and it's a point.

Scores back to level. 49 - 49.

2 min Q3

[mightytiges]

Free to Moore 40 out. Misses badly. Just scrapes in for a point.

We'll we're in front.

50 - 49

[mightytiges]

Geez we've had so many mistackles today .

Goal to them.

50 - 55