Can Richmond challenge again in 2023?

[one-eyed]

https://twitter.com/triplemfooty/status/1657205622683889664

[Tiger Khosh]

We heard that last season too. Not convinced.

[WilliamPowell]

We heard that last season too. Not convinced.

True we did and if we are being honest we should not have lost the EF against the Lions

Premiership was there for the taking and we blew it

[Tiger Khosh]

We heard that last season too. Not convinced.

True we did and if we are being honest we should not have lost the EF against the Lions

Premiership was there for the taking and we blew it

Maybe not but even if we got past Brisbane, I think we would have lost to Melbourne the week after or Geelong the week after that. Just not convinced you can win from outside the top4. Doggies in 2016 was the exception not the rule.

[FooffooValve]

Maybe not but even if we got past Brisbane, I think we would have lost to Melbourne the week after or Geelong the week after that. Just not convinced you can win from outside the top4. Doggies in 2016 was the exception not the rule.

Melbourne were spent and I reckon we would have beaten them. Not sure about Geelong in a prelim, but we have a pretty good record against them in big games 

[one-eyed]

Power Rankings after Round 9

Max Laughton
Fox Sports
May 16th, 2023

10. RICHMOND (3-5-1, 99.6%)

Last week’s ranking: 12

From 1-5-1, everything was going to have to go right for Richmond to challenge for the finals. Well, beating the reigning premiers - with help from their accuracy, and the Cats’ inaccuracy - counts as that. And now the Richmond Respecters (that’s us) have logged on. They’re still going to need to win a pair of tricky games over the next fortnight, first Dreamtime against the Bombers and then hosting Port Adelaide, but these Tigers at their best are good enough. Jacob Hopper’s calf strain won’t help matters but the return of Toby Nankervis, potentially as soon as this Saturday, would be huge. They’ve got to win at least nine of their last 14 games... let’s play the fixture game. Can they beat Essendon, Port, GWS (away), Fremantle (away), Sydney, West Coast (away), Hawthorn, North Melbourne and maybe the Bulldogs (Marvel) or St Kilda (MCG)? Hmm...

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2023-power-rankings-after-round-9-analysis-highlights-every-club-ranked-ladder-predictions-contenders-latest-news/news-story/eb3bf6dd1103242ca6b214bd17306f7a

[one-eyed]

Champion Data reckons we've got the 4th easiest fixture from here onwards.

15. Richmond

R10: Essendon (MCG)
R11: Port Adelaide (MCG)
R12: GWS (GIANTS Stadium)
R13: Fremantle (Optus Stadium)
R14: St Kilda (MCG)
R15: BYE
R16: Brisbane (Gabba)
R17: Sydney Swans (MCG)
R18: West Coast (Optus)
R19: Hawthorn (MCG)
R20: Melbourne (MCG)
R21: Western Bulldogs (Marvel)
R22: St Kilda (Marvel)
R23: North Melbourne (MCG)
R24: Port Adelaide (Adelaide Oval)

The Tigers have found some form just as the fixture opens up for them. They have five remaining games against teams currently inside the bottom four, which is ranked equal-third across the competition for clashes against the league’s stragglers.

They have four matches against the current top four and two difficult match-ups at Marvel Stadium, a venue they struggle at.

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Here are the full rankings – from most difficult to least challenging run home:

1. Port Adelaide
2. Geelong
3. Brisbane
4. Fremantle
5. Carlton
6. Gold Coast
7. Hawthorn
8. GWS
9. Sydney
10. Melbourne
11. North Melbourne
12. West Coast
13. Collingwood
14. Adelaide
15. Richmond
16. W.Bulldogs
17. St Kilda
18. Essendon

https://www.codesports.com.au/afl/afl-2023-every-teams-remaining-fixture-ranked-from-hardest-to-easiest/news-story/63b415d3dfb3c0330906ea6c82bf0615

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AFL Power Ranking after Round 10

Max Laughton
Foxsports
24 May 2023

12. RICHMOND (3-6-1, 99.5%)

Last week’s ranking: 10

It’s hard to maintain our view on close games, and how heavily dependent they are on luck - which is based on decades of statistical realities across all sports - when you’ve got outliers like Collingwood and Richmond going around. We know the Magpies’ story by now but the Tigers just can’t cop a break, going winless in their last 12 games decided by a kick. And we really mean decided by a kick, after Rhyan Mansell’s on-the-full miss in the final minutes, where even a point would’ve likely ensured the Tigers couldn’t lose. Overall this year the Tigers are 0-2 with a draw in close games - coincidentally they’re two wins and a draw out of seventh. The margins are that tight this year, and now the Tigers’ margin for error to actually play finals in what should be Trent Cotchin and Jack Riewoldt’s final year is getting incredibly small. Unfortunately those close losses likely contributed to Damien Hardwick’s growing frustration and exit; as he basically conceded in his press conference on Tuesday, he effectively reached the conclusion there would be no Last Dance-style final championship. And while they could still sneak into the eight, there is a cleanliness to his sudden exit if they miss out, as a clear line of demarcation where we can say the Hardwick-led dynasty era is over.



https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2023-power-rankings-after-round-10-analysis-highlights-every-club-ranked-ladder-predictions-contenders-latest-news/news-story/d6024c0849c36ed4b650f26db3af60d6

[one-eyed]

Power Rankings after Round 11

Max Laughton
Fox Sports
May 30th, 2023

13. RICHMOND (3-7-1, 98.4%)

Last week’s ranking: 12

At some point you have to listen to what coaches are saying - even if it’s mostly just platitudes and cliches. But Damien Hardwick’s exit and Andrew McQualter’s post-match press conference suggested the same thing; this team just isn’t playing finals. Yeah, they’re still competitive against good teams. But they know the mountain is too high for them to climb from here, even if mathematically they’re still in the hunt (though they’d really need to beat GWS in a 50-50 game this Sunday). That’s fine; they’ve got plenty of champions to celebrate over the second half of the season, including hopefully Hardwick himself at a game. But even we, the Richmond Respecters, have to log off.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2023-power-rankings-after-round-11-highlights-every-club-ranked-ladder-predictions-contenders-latest-news/news-story/9f31f0abb6f91c46a58a69c23f363c0b

[one-eyed]

Power Rankings after Round 12

Max Laughton
Foxsports
6 June 2023

13. RICHMOND (4-7-1, 99.2%)

Last week’s ranking: 13

We would like to thank the Tigers for finally proving teams aren’t either completely and utterly cursed in close games or magically going to win all of them forever. You could almost see the lessons from their recent painful losses in action on Sunday - most notably with Jack Riewoldt not belting it forwards and instead playing brilliantly in a few centre square contests in the final minute, allowing the run of play to continue capped off by Marlion Pickett’s winner. Remarkably it’s the first time the Tigers have won a game decided by a kick since Round 9 two years ago... which was also against the Giants. (That was the Dusty-bowls-over-the-goal-umpire game... and the Dimma-hates-Marvel game.) They’re not going to recover and play finals, but they’re at least half in the conversation for another few weeks.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2023-power-rankings-after-round-12-highlights-every-club-ranked-analysis-ladder-predictions-contenders-latest-news/news-story/9e29f2ca7510ff671bc0a9affda3b99f

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Power Rankings after Round 13

Max Laughton
Fox Sports
June 14th, 2023

12. RICHMOND (5-7-1, 100.7%)

Last week’s ranking: 13

The few wins the Tigers have recorded this year have all been pretty good in their own ways - we’d still put the Geelong upset at No.1 - but going on the road and knocking off an in-form Fremantle was quite the statement from this group. Though really, it doesn’t change a huge amount about our view of this group. They were a solid, middle-of-the-pack team under Damien Hardwick who lost a few tight games (14 points to Collingwood, 18 points to Melbourne, 1 point to Essendon). Since Andrew McQualter took over they’ve lost to Port Adelaide by 10, beat GWS by 6 and beat Fremantle by 15. Their actual performances just aren’t that different... but the very binary nature of grading a team on their win-loss created a view the Tigers they weren’t bad. They are what they are, and they’re totally capable of beating St Kilda this Saturday night. They need to if they’re to keep their slim finals hopes alive.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-news-2023-power-rankings-after-round-13-highlights-every-club-ranked-analysis-ladder-predictions-contenders-latest/news-story/1dc6a3d1c352b9ddea225a9877163582

[Broadsword]

List our results and rank us at our ladder position -- some exceptional insight here.

[one-eyed]

FINALS FLURRY?

Cotchin’s 300 games includes 16 finals. Could he play a 17th final in 10 weeks? Could he play on in 2024? Is Andrew McQualter making a Paul Roos-like charge for the senior job if he wants it? Those were the pertinent questions Cotchin’s milestone celebration posed.

The Tigers head to the bye sitting ninth and have games against Sydney (MCG), West Coast, Hawthorn, St Kilda and North Melbourne to come.

Source: HeraldSun.

[Francois Jackson]

FINALS FLURRY?

Cotchin’s 300 games includes 16 finals. Could he play a 17th final in 10 weeks? Could he play on in 2024? Is Andrew McQualter making a Paul Roos-like charge for the senior job if he wants it? Those were the pertinent questions Cotchin’s milestone celebration posed.

The Tigers head to the bye sitting ninth and have games against Sydney (MCG), West Coast, Hawthorn, St Kilda and North Melbourne to come.

Source: HeraldSun.

 yes and those games against saints and north are at Docklands

add buldogs at Pooiad as well.

lets not get too excited.

[WilliamPowell]

Would need to win more than the 5 games mentioned to make it

One week at a time