VFL R9: Richmond vs Essendon @ MCG, Sat. 20th May

[pmac21]

Defence leaking like a siv
 

[Knighter]

Young has cost 2 goals with turnovers already.

Make that 3.

[one-eyed]

Young has cost 2 goals with turnovers already.

Make that 3  .

Missed handball to Faimalo's feet who fumbles again and Essendon get another goal from our turnovers.

20 - 30

[one-eyed]

Banks long and Biggie marks 20m out (free for being held anyway).

Misses a sitter  .

21 - 30

[one-eyed]

Olden kick from 52 falls short and rushed.

22 - 30

The decision making is unbelievably poor .

[one-eyed]

Quarter time

Richmond   3.4-22
Essendon   5.0-30

Goals: Cumberland, Nyuon, White.


Behind on the scoreboard thanks to a quarter of fumbling, dropped marks, woeful decision making, missed chances and poor defending  .

[one-eyed]

Stats to QT:

Disposals:   85 - 85 ..... difference is we are handballing as much as we are kicking it.
Marks:        17 - 26
Tackles:      11 - 11
Clearances:   7 - 7
Inside 50s:  13 - 12
Hitouts:        4 - 10
Frees:           5 - 4


Cumberland  6 disposals
Biggie  5
Banks  4
Young  4
Miller   3
Sonsie  3
Bradtke  3
Green   2
Bauer   1

https://www.afl.com.au/vfl/matches/5173#player-stats

[one-eyed]

Start of 2nd. Needless free at HB. Goal to them.

22 - 36

[one-eyed]

There is some brainless footy out there from us. Doing our best to give the Bombers the ball  .

22 - 38

[one-eyed]

Cumberland marks 60 out and gets 50. More like "40" but Noah gets the goal anyway  .

Rich  4.4-28
Ess   6.2-38

n.b. "extra" behind at QT corrected.

[one-eyed]

Messy initially but eventually Cumberland sees Johnson in the clear at the top of 50 and he kicks the goal 

Rich  5.4-34
Ess   6.3-39

11 min Q2

[one-eyed]

Amazing how many modern players are allergic to just picking up the ball and going for the obvious option of the sticks  .

[one-eyed]

Street long. Bradtke playing behind and should have been an easy mark to his opponent. However, it's dropped. Cumberland front and square gathers 25m out but sprays it. Had a free man in the goalsquare too but should have nailed what was really a sitter.

35 - 39.

[one-eyed]

Good transition from defence. Green to Faimalo to Bradtke but the latter misses on the run from 40.

36 - 39

[one-eyed]

50 against Olden for a heavy bump. Gifts the Bombers a goal against the run of play.

36 - 45