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

[Tigeritis™©®]

Came out with some fight which was great to see.

Not much we can do if we're not fit enough to compete for 4 quarters but that's what you get with mediocre fitness department led by a mediocre fitness department head.
If we won't invest in quality then it will reflect onto the team.

We have a few injuries and it's good to see some games into some players we might find useful to keep or trade in the future.

A lot of our players just can't run both ways and just don't have the juice or skill to get more ball.

Dow just isn't good and is probably all we will get from him. I would rather see Sonsie in there for a few weeks but maybe he isn't as fit as Dow so that might be the reason.

McAuliffe was really good in the first half and couldnt find it in the second half.

I thought Ralph-Malph do some good things tonight but he also faded in the last.

Thought our defence fought it out without the help of the mids at all in the second half. Brown soundly beaten all night by Dempsey and Vlaustin had a pretty uninspiring night by his standards.

Like most others, Graham just didn't have the legs to play more than a half of footy.

Samson did better than I expected. Great to see both rucks get some marks tonight. Nankervis dominated ruck play but repeatedly gave it the opposition mids so what's the point "winning taps"?


Overall a better performance than I expected.

[Tiger_In_Sicily]

Na was back to rubbish

[TigerLand]

Tonight wasn't a tank, tanking happens positionally. Players don't tank, as if Broad would be happy with tanking for draft picks or Nank. Players want to sing the song.

Just a tale of a young side that had a huge crack, pressure rating elite for 1st half and then took foot off the gas in 2nd. Maybe happy with effort or thought others would do it for them. Thats a lack of experience. Add that some mediocre Cats players who were shocking first half turned up in the 2nd. Bowes, Dempsey etc.

[mightytiges]

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.

Our long injury list is doing the tanking job for us. We wouldn't be 2nd last with just one win if we had close to our full list to choose from. The Swans win came about thanks to Lynch and Taranto playing amongst others. In the long term, we'll be better off for this. The cubs are getting regular games and we'll find out who is up to AFL level. Better that than doing a St Kilda and finishing just outside the top 8 in no man's land fooling ourselves into thinking we're better than we actually are.

[camboon]

Spot on MT, this way the kids get experience and the clubs sees who’s shows enough potential!

[Diocletian]

On the bright side - top 2 picks still in play.....

[one-eyed]

Team stats:

Disposals     312 - 381 ..... ( contested: 125 - 148 ; uncontested: 179 - 229 )
Efficiency%   71 - 71
Kicks          186 - 224
Handballs    126 - 157
Turnovers      72 - 70
Marks           70 - 92 ..... ( contested marks: 8 - 6 )
Tackles         62 - 66
Clearances    38 - 44 ..... ( centre: 9 - 15 ; stoppages: 29 - 29 )
Inside 50s     38 - 61
In50 eff.%    47 - 46
In50 marks    8 - 16
In50 tackles   8 - 14
Hitouts         58 - 27
Bounces         2 - 6
One %ers     53 - 47
Frees           19 - 20

Individual possies:

Baker  31
Short   22
D.Rioli  20
Balta    18
Graham 18
Nankervis 17
McAuliffe 16
McIntosh 16
Pickett   16 .... ( calf - subbed off last qtr )
Dow      15
Martin   15
Vlastuin 14
Brown   13
Ralphsmith 13
Sonsie  12
Broad   10
Campbell 10
Ryan    8
Lefau   7
Cumberland 6
Mansell  6
Miller   6
Smith  3 .... ( subbed on last qtr )

https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/5998#player-stats

[Hard Roar Tiger]

On the bright side - top 2 picks still in play.....

The biggest threat to our top 2 odyssey is Marlion pinging a calf. Thought he really brought the Cats into the game in that second qtr just when we appeared to have all the momentum

[Knighter]

On the bright side - top 2 picks still in play.....

The biggest threat to our top 2 odyssey is Marlion pinging a calf. Thought he really brought the Cats into the game in that second qtr just when we appeared to have all the momentum

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[WilliamPowell]

First half was sensational. Best footy we've played all season. Had Pur foot on their throats until Pickett with more of his selfish antics gifted them 2 goals

Held on in the 3rd as best we could with fatigue setting in

Again in the 4th held on as best we could until the dam broke and then they got junk time goals.

Will say this it isn't all doom and gloom at Punt Road, some of the Cubs are showing a bit and with that there's alot to like about the future

[one-eyed]

R12 – GEELONG V RICHMOND – WHAT CAUGHT MY EYE

https://themongrelpunt.com/afl-season-2024/2024/06/02/r12-geelong-v-richmond-what-caught-my-eye/

[one-eyed]

Richmond’s improvement in Dreamtime wasn’t a one-off

Lachlan Geleit
SEN
2 June 2024

While Richmond went down by 12 points to Essendon last week, there were clear signs of improvement after back-to-back losses of more than 90 points.

There was clearly improved effort in that clash, but many were pondering whether that was just their players getting up for a big game.

Well, after Saturday’s 30-point loss to Geelong, we can at least know that the Tigers are beginning to figure some things out.

Even though they’re now 1-11, there are signs there that this team won’t be disastrous easy beats for the rest of 2024. They even led at Geelong until the Cats snatched the lead back 24 minutes into the third quarter.

There are obviously still some talent issues with the likes of Shai Bolton, Josh Gibcus, Jacob Hopper, Tom Lynch and Tim Taranto sidelined. Still, Adem Yze is at least getting a bedrock of effort and intensity.

Once even a few of those big names return, this side will improve pretty quickly and should scare a few sides in the second half of the campaign.

It’s not all doom and gloom at Tigerland as many felt was the case just a fortnight ago.

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2024/06/02/the-big-talking-points-and-questions-out-of-round-12-1/

[Diocletian]

As long as we only scare 'em and don't actually beat 'em....but you can just see us coming home with a wet sail once the big guns start returning and winning half a dozen meaningless games that'll see us miss out on getting any of Smith/Smillie/O'Sullivan/Trainor as well as a chance to bid on the top academy players and get more high picks...

[Damo]

As long as we only scare 'em and don't actually beat 'em....but you can just see us coming home with a wet sail once the big guns start returning and winning half a dozen meaningless games that'll see us miss out on getting any of Smith/Smillie/O'Sullivan/Trainor as well as a chance to bid on the top academy players and get more high picks...

I see us winning a few late as well
Brisbane and Adelaide SHOULD win enough to keep us at bay

We really don’t want to win this week

St Kilda and West Coast are the problem .. we want them winning a couple more each

Then we can come home with a wet sail, finish the year off well and still finish second last

[Andyy]

Honourable losses.

Tank vs North.

Blood the kids, Blight & Grey included.

Hopefully Freo lose more games too.