VFL R15: Richmond vs Brisbane @ Brighton Homes Arena, Fri. June 30

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Melville and a Brisbane player collided (all fair). Lions player still on the ground. Play halted.

Bradtke has the mark 55 out.

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To the line and it's rushed.

20 - 19

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Brown 75 out. Ignores our tall targets and goes up the middle to where Rioli was leading. Olden excellent tackle wins the HTB free 35 out. He misses though.

21 - 19

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What is this need to mindlessly handball instead of kick?!  .

Open goal and Lefau instead of just kicking the goal handballs towards Coulthard who wasn't expecting it and the ball is rushed through 

22 - 19

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Geez we have dumb players .

Lucky Brisbane are missing too.

22 all.

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Bauer intercepts well again but this time he kicks it straight across goal to a Lion. They miss another sitter though.

This is the standard of the game.

22 - 23

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Again wanting to handball when the option was to kick to a teammate inside 50  .

23 all.

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Idiots!

23 - 29

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Idiots!

23 - 29

HTF can you have 18 players in defence and still allow an easy hit up lead?

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Half-time

Richmond    1.1      3.5-23
Brisbane      2.6     3.11-29

Goals: Bradtke, Soldo, Lefau


Actually, we had plenty of chances that second quarter and should be in front but we have a collective IQ of 3 and a skill level to match.

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Stats to HT:

Disposals:   140 - 202
Marks:          27 - 57 .... you've got to kick to get marks  .
Clearances:   15 - 18
Inside 50s:    17 - 34
Tackles:        31 - 22
Hitouts:        25 - 11
Frees:           11 - 10


Bauer   11 disposals
Sonsie  11
Banks    9
Brown   9
Trezise  8
Bradtke 7
Dow     7
Biggie  5
M.Rioli 4
Soldo   4
Coulthard 3
Green  2

Jarryd Lyons has 26 disposals in a half for Brisbane. The Lions have the six top disposal winners.

https://www.afl.com.au/vfl/matches/5217#player-stats

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Idiots!

23 - 29

HTF can you have 18 players in defence and still allow an easy hit up lead?

Especially when Brisbane today have no tall forwards.

That play was:
- Dropped mark on the wing.
- Run over the loose ball.
- Fumble loose ball, lose feet and go to ground.
- Drag ball in to give away a HTB free.
- Have no one man the mark.
- Allow opposition small forward to lead up the centre from the goalsquare for the easy hit up despite having all 18 Tigers inside D50.

Auskick stuff  .

[Damo]

Half-time

Richmond    1.1      3.5-23
Brisbane      2.6     3.11-29

Goals: Bradtke, Soldo, Lefau


Actually, we had plenty of chances that second quarter and should be in front but we have a collective IQ of 3 and a skill level to match.

Should be in front? They have 6 more scoring shots and DOUBLE our inside 50s

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We finally get a centre clearance.

Dow -> Banks -> Olden -> Lefau inside 50. Again Lefau handballs instead of going for goal. Gets to Green who can't make the distance nor the accuracy around his body from 25 out. No score    .

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Should be in front? They have 6 more scoring shots and DOUBLE our inside 50s

Have you watched the game, Damo?

Yes they should have punished us in the 1st quarter. But in the SECOND QUARTER with all the play we had we should've been in front. We missed open goals while most of their score in that second quarter came from our idiotic decision making and unforced errors. When you have an open goal and you DON'T go for goal = brainless!