Richmond vs Melbourne @ the M.C.G. --- Round 20, 2023

[Willy]

Pathetic last qtr

Just not good enough.  Don’t deserve to play finals. They killed us since midway through the third.  Reality check against a good side. Mini has got us wins against mediocre teams.

[eliminator]

Could have won it. Should have won it. Real shame. Agree just not good enough

[JP Tiger]

It was looking like being a great contest until the umpires pulled together to kill it ….   

[Willy]

The umps didn’t lose this for us.

Gawn and their midfield destroyed our mids in the last q.

There’s ya game.

[Broadsword]

7 of the last 8 free kicks to Melbourne, the anointed ones.

[mightytiges]

Final Score

Richmond        5.4      9.7      13.8         15.8-98
Melbourne       3.5      8.5      14.5       20.10-130

Goals: Martin 3, Baker 2, Riewoldt, Soldo, Prestia, McIntosh, Bolton, D.Rioli, Taranto, Coulthard.


The last 20 minutes was 6.2 to nothing  . Had no answer to Gawn. Once that dodgy HTB free went against Taranto and Melbourne got level we didn't give another yelp.

[crackertiger]

Laughable Grimes stayed and Miller subbed. On that decision alone I don't want Mini to get the job. He keeps choosing old blokes instead of the future.

[Chuck17]

Laughable Grimes stayed and Miller subbed. On that decision alone I don't want Mini to get the job. He keeps choosing old blokes instead of the future.

Can you say that in any more threads

How about posting it in the sack mini thread

[lamington]

It was disappointing to say the least considering what was on the line and how we were in a position to complete upset round.

Our defence was bizarrely out of sorts today. I get players can have bad games but for Balta and grimes to be out of sorts and Vlastuin being a liability in the first half, we don’t have enough talent to cover that.

It’s such a shame because Martin wound the clock back and the midfield had great ascendancy for large patches of the game

[pmac21]

How can you let Petty kick 6, Melsksham 4 & Van Rooyen 4. 
Grimes, Balta Broad  & Young all trounced today. 

[TigerLand]

Few take aways.

Melbourne are best team in the comp. With Oliver, Fritsch to come back in. Load up.
Our best is still excellent. Unfortunately a lot has to go right for that to happen. When Dusty and Bolton are firing, we are top tier.
Defense who have been very good all year, were off today. Broad, Balta and Vlastuin all dropped in form massively. Grimes who has been average all year stayed average. Young did OK at times.

Ultimately, we aren't a top 4 team and went very close to beating them.

[1965]

Laughable Grimes stayed and Miller subbed. On that decision alone I don't want Mini to get the job. He keeps choosing old blokes instead of the future.

Just for Chucky

[mightytiges]

The game followed the same pattern as the Anzac game earlier in the season. We lead for most of it, but Melbourne got on top in the guts after half-time via Gawn and they suffocated and overran us.

Petty and Melksham kicking 10 goals between them is an indictment of how poorly our backline played .

Van Rooyen also says hi again to Matt Clarke for overlooking him. That's 7 goals he has kicked against us this year.

[FooffooValve]

Lot of doom and gloom on here but I thought we were miles better this week than last week, and Gawn & Petracca took over in the last and we couldn't go with them. They are a premiership contender and we clearly are not, but this wasn't our worst performance by a long shot. Riewoldt and Cotchin will announce their retirements very soon, finals are out of the question. Let's get games into a couple of kids that deserve a genuine chance: Bauer, Brown and maybe get Sonsie in.

[Gigantor]

Melbourne went up a gear and we just couldn’t follow . Our endeavour was great .
The one thing that stood out for me today was our fumbling . Great players like Grines, Floss, Prestia , Broad, fumbled at crucial times. I wonder if being a yard slower now forces panic on them