Richmond vs Melbourne @ the MCG --- Anzac Eve, Round 6, 2021

[torch]

Our game plan is obsolete. Either Dimma evolves or we die

This is 100% the case!

[Francois Jackson]

Will say it again

Can accept losing if you walk way knowing everyone had a go and left nothing on the paddock

But tonight there were so many that just didn't give a yelp

That's what grates

correct.

1 handed tackles, dropped marks and no intensity from the usual suspects like rioli and to be honest even aarts.

We had losers all over the park.

[FooffooValve]

Selection will be interesting this week. There are some blokes that need to be dropped but with Lambert and Martin out it might be hard to make changes that are really necessary. And does Hardwick have the cods to drop some guys that he's shown such faith in?
Personally I'd go:

Out: Martin, Lambert, Aarts, Lynch.
In: Ross, RCD, M Rioli, CCJ.

Can't drop Lynch, CCJ is a ruck first and a poor forward second. Lynch plays every week as we have no other real forward options.

Nobody is undroppable. We won a flag without him in the forwardline. He needs a rest, he looks like he's playing injured. Play Chol, I dunno. We need a selection rocket to put everyone on notice.

Chol should never play seniors again. He doesn't have it in him to be competitive for 4 quarters. Lynch plays every week.

Gotta call a spade a spade. Lynch has been very very very ordinary this year. Ranking points aren't everything but in 4 out of 6 games he's scored less than 50 pts, and he just looks slow and is wearing iron gloves. Give him one more game, but this is a trend.

[Willy]

It’s hard to stay at the top people.

The dip will come eventually.

[Tigeritis™©®]

Had no plan b

Bookmarked

[Tigeritis™©®]

Dees to finish 5-8 and bow out after w1 finals

Bookmark it

Bookmarked

[Tiger Khosh]

I don’t have anything nice to say about anyone not named shai Bolton or Toby nankervis so I won’t say anything at all.

[Rampsation]

Selection will be interesting this week. There are some blokes that need to be dropped but with Lambert and Martin out it might be hard to make changes that are really necessary. And does Hardwick have the cods to drop some guys that he's shown such faith in?
Personally I'd go:

Out: Martin, Lambert, Aarts, Lynch.
In: Ross, RCD, M Rioli, CCJ.

I would agree with those changes

[one-eyed]

Team stats:

Disposals:     353 - 447 .... ( contested: 155 - 167 ; uncontested: 187 - 263 )
Efficiency%:    62 - 69
Kicks:           197 - 222
Handballs:     156 - 225
Turnovers:       92 - 87
Marks:            56 - 80 ..... ( contested: 7 - 14 )
Tackles:          80 - 69
Clearances:     34 - 35 ..... ( centre: 9 - 10 ; stoppages: 25 - 25 )
Inside 50s:      60 - 56
Eff. in50s:        42 - 46
Marks in50:      11 - 8
Tackles in50:    15 - 9
Hitouts:           20 - 42
Bounces:           9 - 1
One %ers:       51 - 49 
Frees:              17 - 24

Individual possessions:

Bolton  28
Baker   27
Edwards 24
Houli   24
Nankervis 22
Short  22
Pickett 21
McIntosh 20
Graham 17
Lambert 15 .... ( subbed off 3rd qtr )
Broad  14
Grimes 13
Rioli   13
Astbury 12
Cotchin 12
Lynch  11
Mansell 10
Riewoldt 10
Castagna  9
Ross   9 .... ( subbed on 3rd qtr )
Martin 8 .... ( off 3rd qtr )
Aarts  7
Balta  6

https://www.afl.com.au/matches/3020

[Diocletian]

Poor tackling, forward entries/conversion and centre bounces are the three main issues atm.....

[Tigeritis™©®]

We only used 49 interchanges for the match.

A team averages 17 interchanges / quarter. Apparently we did not make an interchange in the last quarter

We still managed to have more possession, more inside fifty’s, more tackle and more contested possessions.

I guess that’s a positive even though we played poo.

[georgies31]

Our biggest issue this season is we're carrying to many passengers in our losses a few out there coasting and few senior players.We need another genuine tall in that side to we're lacking height.l have noticed our skills have gone downhill to and we're turning it over way to much.

[crackertiger]

I think we need to address the Cotchin Elephant in the room.

He has credits in the bank and we love him but....... effort.

[Diocletian]

Nothing wrong with Cotchin's effort but age is starting to catch up...alas Martyn & RCD aren't going to be an improvement on him at this stage...

Our biggest issue this season is we're carrying to many passengers in our losses a few out there coasting and few senior players.We need another genuine tall in that side to we're lacking height.l have noticed our skills have gone downhill to and we're turning it over way to much.

We've always turned it over - the difference this year is that we're not winning it back....

[eliminator]

Poor tackling, forward entries/conversion and centre bounces are the three main issues atm.....

Forward entries is a real problem. We dominated the first quarter and basically got nothing for it.