Lyon started off saying the poor skills of years past reared their ugly head again on Saturday night when you thought Richmond were past that.
Lloyd said if you stop Houli delivering the ball out of the backline and put pressure on their defence, you know Richmond will continually turn the ball over. Close down Deledio and you beat Richmond. As an opposition you would have loved to have seen Deledio's reaction earlier in the year to a tag.
They then put up a graphic of Lids, Cotch, Dusty and Jack's average numbers when we win and when we lose. Effectively the 3 mids have 6 less possies per game (26 -> 20) and Jack's goal output is halved (5 -> 2.3) when we lose. Lloyd said Richmond can't win without all of their top 4 players playing well. That's a reflection that their list isn't good enough yet.
They asked the question whether with our trades we've created a list that can finish 8th rather than one that can win a flag? Lyon said you've got to learn to crawl before you can walk. Many a club has made the mistake of jumping too high (ed. reckon he was thinking of his own Dees).
Hutchy still believes with our draw we'll finish 6th or 7th. Lloyd doesn't see us playing finals with Caro basically in agreement saying Saturday night was a major step back for Richmond. She said as a Richmond supporter you'd be bitterly disappointed. The dreamtime game was set up for Richmond with a record crowd, $$$ for the club and all but sadly Richmond on the big stage again were tentative and terrible. They got smashed in the midfield [they showed clip after clip of us being outmuscled and out-contested off the ball]. Caro added that Jack Riewoldt looked like he was up for a big game but they just didn't get the ball down to him enough. Instead of going forward quickly to Jack, the Tigers went sideways and backwards.
