Richmond vs Geelong @ the MCG --- Round 15, 2022

[wayne]

Completely left field question. Is Soldo mobile enough to go body on body with Hawkins to stop him clunking marks?

No, but Soldo can clobber him as payback for the knee and get a few weeks. 

[one-eyed]

Geelong v Richmond Preview

Luke Hodge
SEN
22 June 2022

“Geelong have snuck under the radar, but I’ve got Richmond, with the form they had last week, to take on the Cats.

“Last week was only one game, but if they can continue that again, teams in that top eight are going to be sitting back going, ‘uh oh, we’re worried about this Tiger Army again’.”

Hodge’s tip: Richmond

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2022/06/22/luke-hodges-tips-for-a-massive-round-15/

[one-eyed]

Snippets from Dimma's presser this morning (via SEN):

* We like the metrics/KPIs we're seeing. However, there's still areas in our game that need improvement (eg: 76 inside 50s for just 81 pts).

* We're playing a system based game at the moment which we like.

* Most clubs know how Geelong play. But they're so well drilled and structured it's hard to stop. If we allow them to play that structured way where they control the ball then we'll struggle. We know to win we will need to bring that pressure to upset their structure.

[pmac21]

Don't just bomb it long and high into the forward 50 like we do every week would be a start

[one-eyed]

Geelong v Richmond Preview

Alex Zaia
SEN
22 June 2022

Geelong and Richmond lock horns in a Saturday twilight blockbuster at the MCG.

The fourth versus sixth clash will shape the top eight come the end of Round 15.

The Cats jumped back into the top four thanks to an 18-point win over lowly West Coast in Perth last time out.

Chris Scott’s side are on a run of four consecutive wins and are positioning themselves for an all-important double chance come September.

The Tigers jumped from ninth to sixth courtesy of a 15-point victory over Carlton without superstar Dustin Martin.

With the three bye rounds now done and dusted, Richmond is one of four sides locked on eight wins and five losses.

The race for the finals spots is heating up.

A win for Damien Hardwick’s troops would see them draw level with Geelong on nine wins and significantly boost their top four chances.

Not much separates these two teams.

The midfield battle will be crucial in giving their star forwards enough supply to kick a winning score.

Tip: Geelong by 7 points.

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2022/06/22/who-will-win-and-why-the-predictions-and-tips-for-round-15/

[one-eyed]

So who gets the job on Cameron?

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A 6ft 5 Dusty’: AFL champ declares big Cat ‘clearly the best player in the game’

Fox Footy’s David King believes Jeremy Cameron is “clearly” the best player in the competition, and warns Richmond faces a tough task stopping the star Cat.

Cameron hasn’t missed a match in 2022, sitting second in the Coleman Medal race with 39 goals while averaging more than 15 disposals a game.

According to Champion Data statistics, Cameron is ranked first in the competition for both field kicking and score involvements this year.

He is also the best kick in the competition, sitting at 13% above the AFL average.

Describing Cameron as a “six-foot-five Dustin Martin”, King said the milestone man was the “most difficult match up in AFL footy”.

“I think he is clearly the best player in the game right now,” he said on AFL360.

“He’s going to take us to places we don’t want to go.

“We talk a lot about midfielders that go forward. This is a forward that goes in the midfield – it’s the reverse.

“He glides across the ground. His coasting speed holds and maintains a gap on his opponent.”

Cameron will play his 200th AFL game when he runs out against the Tigers on Saturday night.

And while King said there were areas of Cameron’s game lacking, like contested marking, he easily made up for it with his foot skills.

“He’s not a great contested marker, but the fact he’s always back at the coalface opens up opportunities for him,” King praised.

“Particularly as that midfield roaming type, that roaming high half forward type, for a six foot fiver it’s quite remarkable.

“He’s the number one score involvement player in the competition from round 2 onwards. Round 1 he got injured – he had two goals in the first 20 minutes that day.

“I just think we have to start appreciating what this guy does.”

Cameron has taken 40 marks inside 50 already this season, and sits second to only Melbourne’s Bayley Fritsch for players hitting the scoreboard from targeted entries inside 50.

“I think he’s the biggest challenge in this game on Saturday afternoon,” King said.

“He is the complete package.

“Good luck matching up on him, and good luck stopping him.”

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/a-6ft-5-dusty-afl-champ-declares-big-cat-clearly-the-best-player-in-the-game/news-story/c5a52f907d7b99c86c3d75c2e2b805a8

[Francois Jackson]

Has to be Grimesy doesn’t it, with Broady as the loose man?

[Knighter]

Captain Snooze will put him to sleep all game.

[MaccaDacca]

Will be Grimesy I reckon

[one-eyed]

Out of curiosity, in the games where Cameron kicked 7 for GWS (R3, 2019) and 6 for Geelong (R8, 2021) against us - Grimes didn't play.

https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/J/Jeremy_Cameron.html#20210

[one-eyed]

No Dangerfield according to 7news.

[the claw]

Out of curiosity, in the games where Cameron kicked 7 for GWS (R3, 2019) and 6 for Geelong (R8, 2021) against us - Grimes didn't play.

https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/J/Jeremy_Cameron.html#20210

Grimes did play in rnd 19 2021 though and we lost by 38 points.
Interesting for me any way was Cameron did not play and Ratogulea and Hawkins kicked 4 each.

Just going back 5 or so years it is quite clear they have gone taller in recent years. It has not just been Cameron they have played Ratogolea in a lot of games and he has kicked goals in most. They also now have Blicavs freed up to go with Stanley so they have the scope to go very tall on us.

[camboon]

 I hope we don’t play Geelong like Brisbane played Melbourne. So stagnant and soft

[Tigeritis™©®]

No rain forecast for Saturday afternoon. 

[Broadsword]

Out of curiosity, in the games where Cameron kicked 7 for GWS (R3, 2019) and 6 for Geelong (R8, 2021) against us - Grimes didn't play.

https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/J/Jeremy_Cameron.html#20210

Grimes did play in rnd 19 2021 though and we lost by 38 points.
Interesting for me any way was Cameron did not play and Ratogulea and Hawkins kicked 4 each.

Just going back 5 or so years it is quite clear they have gone taller in recent years. It has not just been Cameron they have played Ratogolea in a lot of games and he has kicked goals in most. They also now have Blicavs freed up to go with Stanley so they have the scope to go very tall on us.

They were lucky SHocking was able to fundamentally change the rules of the game before leaving the building or they would be nowhere now. Watching their H&A kick-mark possession game routinely wilt under finals pressure was a delight. Now the game has been manipulated to be less pressurized and 1/3 'contests' are decided by the umpires' whistle they are set up to play their geriatric kick-mark game ad nauseam.

They are the great exponents of poo 'modern' football.