Richmond vs Geelong @ the MCG --- Round 8, 2021

[pmac21]

That’s hands down the worst half of footy we’ve played in 5 years. I’d say that we need to make changes, but to be honest, the cupboard is extremely bare. Bolton and Nank the only guys who had a crack. We seriously need to find some tough mids as our best guys are nearly done.

Yes agree there's nothing in the 2s except a ruck

[Andyy]

Scoreline similar to Melbourne game.

Concerning.

Are we figured out/done? Struggling to maintain pressure for 4 quarters week in week out?

The diehard in me wants to believe that we identified Dees and Cats as contenders so we tried our game plan on them for 1Q and then threw the game to give them a false sense of security for the business end of the season...

[Tigeritis™©®]

Scoreline similar to Melbourne game.

Concerning.

Are we figured out/done? Struggling to maintain pressure for 4 quarters week in week out?

The diehard in me wants to believe that we identified Dees and Cats as contenders so we tried our game plan on them for 1Q and then threw the game to give them a false sense of security for the business end of the season...

[WilliamPowell]

We dropped 13% from tonights "effort"

[one-eyed]

We conceded 20+ marks inside D50 .

[Andyy]

We conceded 20+ marks inside D50 .

That's insane. Effectively 20 shots at goal.

[one-eyed]

Team stats:

Disposals:    308 - 439 .... ( contested: 115 - 147 ; uncontested: 193 - 284 )
Efficiency%:   72 - 78
Kicks:          160 - 248
Handballs:    148 - 191
Turnovers:      63 - 59
Marks:           70 - 122 ..... ( contested: 6 - 6 )
Tackles:         60 - 75
Clearances:    30 - 39 ..... ( centre: 18 - 12 ; stoppages: 12 - 27 )
Inside 50s:     43 - 55
Eff. in50:        37 - 62 
Marks in50:      6 - 20 
Tackles in50:    4 - 19 
Hitouts:          39 - 25
Bounces:        12 - 4
One %ers:      37 - 46
Frees:            11 - 21 

Individual possessions:

Short    22
Bolton   21
Martin   21
Baker    20
Houli     20
Edwards 19 ..... ( subbed out last quarter )
Ross      18
Graham  15
RCD       14
McIntosh 14
Astbury   13
Pickett    13
Balta      12
Broad     12
Rioli       12
Vlastuin  12
Aarts     11
Mansell  10
Nankervis 10
Castagna  7
Lynch      7
Riewoldt  4
Naish      1 .... ( subbed in last quarter )

https://www.afl.com.au/matches/3082#player-stats

[one-eyed]

More stats (via Fox Footy):

2.2-14 to 13.8-86 after half-time.

We kicked just one goal (1.1) after the 4 minute mark of the 3rd quarter.

Richmond                   
                                      Q1      Q2-4
Contested possessions:    +5       -38
Disposals efficiency:       81%      63%
Scores from turnovers:    +18      -34

Geelong:

They kicked 8.1 transitioning from D50 .... ( i.e. 8 goals out of our forward line ).

4 of those goals were from kick-ins and going coast to coast.

3rd quarter contested possessions:   +23
3rd quarter scores per Inside 50:      50% ......... so every second time the Cats went inside F50 they scored.

[Tigeritis™©®]

I’m not going to watch the replay of this game.

It was bad enough seeing Rohan standing by himself inside 50 once let alone 6 times.

I don’t want to ever see that again. 

[Fluffy Tiger]

Heads dropped and very little effort once the game was gone. Didn't like seeing that.

[FooffooValve]

Scoreline similar to Melbourne game.

Concerning.

Are we figured out/done? Struggling to maintain pressure for 4 quarters week in week out?

The diehard in me wants to believe that we identified Dees and Cats as contenders so we tried our game plan on them for 1Q and then threw the game to give them a false sense of security for the business end of the season...

Wait and see I reckon. We had virtually a starting midfield watching from the stands last night, plus our most important defender. We'll be better.

[georgies31]

I have noticed a drop in skills this year to many mistakes.Our system has stacked up over time , but need to further involve  for me look to static.

[Willy]

Our form has been super patchy this year. The contrast between our second half v the dogs last week compared to our second half v the cats last night was astronomical. Like two completely different teams. It’s hard to draw conclusions. Are we an aging team that is declining and only capable of flashes of our old self, or are we just getting through the season and leaving some gas in the tank for the business end? I hope it’s the latter. Time will tell.

[Diocletian]

Gonna move Soldo to the LTI list.....tanking for the mid season draft...#cunningplan

[Francois Jackson]

Dusty is not having the output he normally does. I feel he goes missing in games for large chunks.

Something doesnt seem right