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Re: Grand Final: Who do you want us to play?
« Reply #15 on: September 21, 2019, 08:40:26 PM »
Ben Dixon just tipped us for a threepeat... :shh
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Re: Richmond vs GWS @ the M.C.G. --- 2019 GRAND FINAL
« Reply #16 on: September 21, 2019, 09:37:11 PM »
2019 AFL Grand Final

RICHMOND vs Greater Western Sydney


Saturday, 28th September @ the M.C.G.

Start time: 2:30pm AEST


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Re: Richmond vs GWS @ the M.C.G. --- 2019 GRAND FINAL
« Reply #17 on: September 21, 2019, 10:12:51 PM »
I'm guessing it's going to be like the 1974 Granny where every non-Tiger fan was going for the opposition in their first GF.

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Re: Richmond vs GWS @ the M.C.G. --- 2019 GRAND FINAL
« Reply #18 on: September 22, 2019, 03:40:46 AM »
As for matchups what we thinking guys they have a few talls up forward.There a tall side.O Keefe may stay in to help Mumford.Davis usually goes to Jack and Jack always has his measure.Can't see them bringing underdone players even the player with appendix big risks.

Can someone refresh our 2 games against them this season.

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Re: Richmond vs GWS @ the M.C.G. --- 2019 GRAND FINAL
« Reply #19 on: September 22, 2019, 04:17:00 AM »
AFL grand final 2019 preview: Tigers and Giants reach the big dance

Ronny Lerner
The Age
22 September 2019


After six months of gruelling competition, the wheat has been separated from the chaff and we are down to the final two teams. The 2019 grand final is upon us and it will be Richmond taking on Greater Western Sydney for the AFL’s ultimate prize.

And it’s fair to say that this match-up is a bit of a surprise. An all-Victorian premiership decider between two of the competition’s fiercest rivals in Richmond and Collingwood was the hot favourite heading into the preliminary final weekend, but the Giants had other ideas.

To fly down to Melbourne and defeat the Magpies without the suspended Toby Greene and sick Lachie Whitfield (appendicitis), as well as the injured Stephen Coniglio, Callan Ward, Brett Deledio and Jon Patton, in front of 77,828 screaming Collingwood supporters was a truly incredible achievement and comfortably the biggest win in the club’s eight-year history.

In fact, it was probably their 2017 preliminary final against Richmond under similar circumstances that prepared them for Saturday’s encounter with the Magpies.

There’s no doubt league headquarters would have been barracking hard for a Richmond-Collingwood grand final as well, but ironically their "baby" was the team that got in the way of that dream coming to fruition.

HISTORY LESSON


Richmond won their first five meetings with GWS by an average margin of 56 points, but since then the Giants have held sway, winning four of their last seven encounters.

They met twice during the 2019 home-and-away season with GWS winning the first of those matches by 49 points at Giants Stadium, and Richmond taking the honours the second time round by 27 points at a wet MCG in round 17.

It’s hard to know how much both teams will look into their respective defeats in those meetings. In round three, Richmond were missing Jack Riewoldt, Dylan Grimes, Bachar Houli, Josh Caddy, Shai Bolton, Ivan Soldo and Liam Baker while in the return bout, GWS didn’t have Josh Kelly, Jeremy Finlayson, Matt De Boer, Shane Mumford, Aidan Corr or Lachie Keeffe at their disposal. All of those players featured in the preliminary finals.

But the Giants would probably take more from their defeat given Coniglio hurt his knee in the opening minutes and despite that huge blow, and trailing by 26 points at quarter-time, they only got outscored by a point in the final three terms.

X-FACTOR

From a Richmond perspective it’s hard to go past the superstar that is Dustin Martin. Already in this finals series he has shown how versatile and damaging he can be.

In the qualifying final against the Brisbane Lions he spent a large portion of the game in attack and ended up being the difference, kicking six goals and becoming the first Tiger to kick that many majors in a final since Kevin Bartlett (seven) and David Cloke (six) in the 1980 grand final.

Then on Friday night against Geelong, after appearing to cop a corked thigh/knee early, he shook off that knock to have an impact up forward (two goals) but also generate drive from the midfield, too.

As for the Giants, they will welcome back Greene with open arms because he could quite literally drag his side to a maiden premiership. Like Martin, he is such a hard match-up, as he’s already shown in his first two finals, and has the uncanny ability of creating something out of nothing.

TACTICS

There’s no question that the Giants are at their best when they ramp up the physicality and aggression. Not only is their team full of exquisitely talented players, but it’s also chock-full of grunt, which is perfect for finals footy, as has been proven again this year.

But the Tigers are no shrinking violets themselves, and much of their success is built on their attack on the man with the ball. During the home-and-away season, Richmond were ranked No.1 for tackle differentials, while GWS were equal eighth.

When Richmond get a full head of steam going, as they’ve shown against the Lions and Cats this September, they’re almost impossible to stop, especially with their damaging handball game, which demands the ball surges forward as quickly as possible at all costs.

The Tigers are arguably the most efficient and well-drilled team in the AFL, but even still, given GWS are ranked first and second for uncontested and contested possessions respectively, compared to Richmond who are 12th and 16th, those are definitely areas the Giants will try to exploit.

PREDICTION

The Giants have been fantastic in this finals series so far, winning three games, including two on the road, to finally reach their first grand final after three consecutive failures in the finals. Becoming just the third team ever to reach the premiership decider from sixth place on the ladder or lower is no mean feat either.

But this will be their third consecutive trip interstate, while the Tigers have had to leave Melbourne once since round 16. Richmond have been tested by the Lions and Cats in the first halves of their respective finals, but both times they’ve responded like a champion team to extend their winning streak to 11 matches.

Richmond have now won 34 of their last 37 games at the MCG and while the Giants won’t go down without a fight, the Tigers should be too good and draw level with Melbourne on 12 premierships.

Richmond by 25 points.


https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/afl-grand-final-2019-preview-tigers-and-giants-reach-the-big-dance-20190921-p52tke.html

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Re: Richmond vs GWS @ the M.C.G. --- 2019 GRAND FINAL
« Reply #20 on: September 22, 2019, 08:46:56 AM »
if we win on Saturday and Im not taking anything for granted, I will consider 2019 the greatest Premiership victory in the modern history of the club better than 1967 and even better than 2017. It will be a premiership based on courage and sacrifice and one so worthy that I will cry from happiness. One win please, just one more win.

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Re: Richmond vs GWS @ the M.C.G. --- 2019 GRAND FINAL
« Reply #21 on: September 22, 2019, 09:00:14 AM »
They’re going to send de boer to go really hard on Martin. I hope the boys can get ascendency in the midfield. I agree that this will be one of the greatest premierships if the tigers can just jag one more win. To face the adversity of the injuries and to unearth some real talented kids, to cap it off with a premiership would be out of this world

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Re: Richmond vs GWS @ the M.C.G. --- 2019 GRAND FINAL
« Reply #22 on: September 22, 2019, 09:13:37 AM »
Why can't someone put a hard tag on de boer?

Sick of this bloke thinking he can scrap dusty and get away with it ( which he will as it's a GF)

Hopefully someone runs right through at the first bounce

This is the match up that wins us the GF
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Re: Richmond vs GWS @ the M.C.G. --- 2019 GRAND FINAL
« Reply #23 on: September 22, 2019, 09:36:16 AM »
It will be an incredibly tough game. Need to nullify the aggression of Mumford and support Dustin to max to help him deal with De Boer.

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Re: Richmond vs GWS @ the M.C.G. --- 2019 GRAND FINAL
« Reply #24 on: September 22, 2019, 09:46:24 AM »
To negate De Boer, negating Dusty and to ensure he Dusty doesn't get sucked in at the first bounce I'd actually start Dusty at FF.

That starts the game on our terms and gives Dusty a early chance to win the first contest
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Re: Richmond vs GWS @ the M.C.G. --- 2019 GRAND FINAL
« Reply #25 on: September 22, 2019, 09:59:29 AM »
Towner in to do a Yeats on the prick

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Re: Richmond vs GWS @ the M.C.G. --- 2019 GRAND FINAL
« Reply #26 on: September 22, 2019, 10:30:44 AM »
I have a feeling that this game will go down to the wire

Will be a tough, no holds barred encounter and GWS will look to impose themselves early on in the contest.

Need to do what we've been great at all year- Follow the process and take every opportunity

I thought I would be less nervous this time around, but how can you be?
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Re: Richmond vs GWS @ the M.C.G. --- 2019 GRAND FINAL
« Reply #27 on: September 22, 2019, 10:58:53 AM »
Astbury to Finlayson
Grimes to Cameron
Broad to Green

Tipping Lynch and Jack to be big.

Need to stick a sniper on de Boer and Green, wear a double suspension for 2020 but get them properly sorted out.

Dusty will need to lift.

Soldo will be fine vs Mumford.

Balta for 2nd ruck instead of Nank. Strong enough to compete in the ruck but will absolutely run circles around that iceberg Mumford outside of the ruck duels.

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Re: Richmond vs GWS @ the M.C.G. --- 2019 GRAND FINAL
« Reply #28 on: September 22, 2019, 11:06:35 AM »
Giants looked shagged in that last quarter, Mumford looked like he was gonna die for most of the second half, reminded me of our Tross and the full body cramp at one stage...ahh good times..,  but yeah they must be pretty buggered after three hard finals games
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Re: Richmond vs GWS @ the M.C.G. --- 2019 GRAND FINAL
« Reply #29 on: September 22, 2019, 11:20:07 AM »
Have a feeling that if Dusty goes forward they will tag Prestia, he has been our prime mover in the middle along with Sheds.