Richmond vs Geelong @ Kardinia Park --- Round 12, 2024

[mightytiges]

Marlion with calf soreness.

Lefau was jogging off with that knee  .

[Tiger_In_Sicily]

Not a fan of tanking. Game of 2 halves.. pathetic .
Tanking is a loser mentality

[pmac21]

Marlion with calf soreness.

Lefau was jogging off with that knee  .

Hopefully Lefau is ok.  Hopefully Marlion is out for a while.  Shouldn't be playing. 

[mightytiges]

Brave effort.  Not fit enough, lots of youngsters. 
No effective forwards except Lefau who's done his knee there.

Not disputing the rest of your post pmac, but this second half has been anything but brave. We just rolled over. It's been a 10 goal flip since we lead by 29 pts late in the 2nd and we've kicked just 3.2 since then. At least go down swinging.

[Andyy]

Lefau hyper extended the knee.

Hopefully no ligament damage.

[mightytiges]

Marlion with calf soreness.

Lefau was jogging off with that knee  .

Hopefully Lefau is ok.  Hopefully Marlion is out for a while.  Shouldn't be playing.

Yep, touchwood about Lefau  .

We do need Marlion to get to 100 games though in or out of form.

[Diocletian]

Seriously can't underestimate how much we miss MRJ's defensive pressure....

[pmac21]

Most of the senior players should be embarrassed by their lack of effort in the second half.

[Tiger_In_Sicily]

SONSIE is a waste of time and space. Nothing player

[The Machine]

Great first half but got smashed once again in the middle. We have many players who fumble. For me they are the ones who need to go as it costs us goals. Overall it was not a bad game.

[mightytiges]

Final Score

Richmond   4.3    7.7    10.8    10.9-69
Geelong     2.2    5.3    11.5    15.9-99

Goals: Lefau 2, Martin 2, Ryan 2, Baker, Mansell, Cumberland, Campbell


3.2 to 10.6 after half-time says it all. Add the two late goals the Cats kicked just before HT and we just caved. Can accept us tiring late given all the cubs out there, but when you come out after a 20 min HT rest and in front on the scoreboard, you should still be fresh and keen to go again. We came out asleep, timid and clueless. 

[pmac21]

Serious question.  Is there a tanking element to losses like this?
The effort particularly from the senior players just wasn't there after half time. 

[Diocletian]

SONSIE is a waste of time and space. Nothing player

Can at least hit a target unlike White Jon Dow....

[mat073]

Competitive losses are a win . First half was very encouraging.

[MintOnLamb]

SONSIE is a waste of time and space. Nothing player

How would you like it if I said you were a nothing person, waste of time and space ?!