The aftermath Rd.2

[Go Richo 12]

Just finished watching the game up here courtesy of Foxtel, very dissappointed but i think we know where we are at after that, competitive but not good enough. The game could have been ours if crucial goals were kicked, and a bit more polish. Thought Newman put in a good effort in his dress rehearsal for Captaincy, and Lids was awesome. Browny,well we can`t keep using the Leg  theory for ever. Interested on your thoughts in regards to team selection, Morton or Sarge? If Polo is good enough to get a game as a Supp player then why isn`t he put on the Senior list? Why not play a senior listed player in front of him? Is Patto developing into a top liner? By the way i thought Hyde went o.k   

[Lozza]

True about Browny, just appears to be playing without confidence, after watching the game my question is "Where or who are the Richmond small forwards?". If Richo has four defenders trying to nullify him when attempting to mark why do we not get more crumbing goals. North seemed to have at least three players and the bottom of each pack in their forward line and reaped the benefits.

[bluey_21]

Dissapointing display by the Tiges

The Kangas jumped us in the 1st qtr and we just never recovered from there. Still had hope throughout the match till Campells goal late in the 4th. That last qtr rally was encouraging though.

Impressed by Lids today. Stamped himself in the 2nd half after sluggish 1st. Newman was impressive in his 1st gig as captain. Schulzy was pretty good today. Richie had his moments but had some shockers. Overall just too many passengers. Will be some big changes this week IMO.

Would like to bring Connors and Edwards in, at least they have a crack.

[Little Jackie]

Wait till Round 12.
Can anyone or any expert on here tell me this ?
Why was Jordon McMahon played as a hit up half forward for 50% of the game 
Where is Joel Bowden playing? If you know, please tell and explain to Joel as well.
And is there any remote chance of playing Brown and Lids on the ball at the same time
Today was a disgrace

[Go Richo 12]

Dissapointing display by the Tiges

The Kangas jumped us in the 1st qtr and we just never recovered from there. Still had hope throughout the match till Campells goal late in the 4th. That last qtr rally was encouraging though.

Impressed by Lids today. Stamped himself in the 2nd half after sluggish 1st. Newman was impressive in his 1st gig as captain. Schulzy was pretty good today. Richie had his moments but had some shockers. Overall just too many passengers. Will be some big changes this week IMO.

Would like to bring Connors and Edwards in, at least they have a crack.
[/I liked King even though he a Barry Crocker he keopt trying his guts out,never gave up.quote]

[bluey_21]

Kingy had a day to forget, but the good thing was, unlike many teammates, he got over it and kept trying 

[WilliamPowell]

If Polo is good enough to get a game as a Supp player then why isn`t he put on the Senior list? Why not play a senior listed player in front of him?

I am not sure what you mean about Polo - he is on the senior list. He isn't a rookie is a senior listed player

By the way i thought Hyde went o.k   

Hyde was average at best - no 2nd efforts and terrible decison making and poor disposal

[WilliamPowell]

Today was a disgrace

Yeah the Bombers were pretty insipid 

[Tigertailz]

A case of the same old situation.

Our half back line defended well on numerous occasions and created running breaks with our loose fowards who had worked way too far up the ground due to a strategy that every team in the AFL with any coach with half a brain has used for the last 10 years or so of push and pull defense and then  triple tag richo in the foward 50.

Result is the long bomb in and an easy clearance to the opposition.

Just plain dumb football and it does my head in why wallet doesnt wake up and counter this tactic.

[Hellenic Tiger]

Some good signs from today in that we never gave uphad a rally in the last quarter and were a silly chance had we had more poise and skill and executed that skill along with our decision making in a moreprecise manner.
Newman should be captain of the side plain and simple.Thought Sarge was okay in reference to the point someone made in an earlier post and the development of Thursfield is very encouraging.
On the negative
a) Our senior players let us down today Browny Bowden Pettifer who is as soft as butter with a non existent work rate and of course Johnno let the club and his team down. His prescence may not have amounted in us winning but the scoreboard would have been closer.
b) The umpiring is awful. Football has become an incidental contact sport rather than a contact sport and the number of ticky touchwood frees Corey Jones and co received up forward made a difficult task more monumental.
c) Wallace was very reactive today and even delayed making moves that would have kept us in the game eg putting Lids on the ball as once he was there he racked up the possies and persisting with Kingy on Jones then Grant. It seems he was cursed being the media darling leading up to today as he had a dirty dirty day.
Just beaten on the day by bigger bodies and a team who was better drilled and better coached on the day by a characterless club who enjoy making a habit of beating big 4 opposition.

As a postscript I can only hope that Kane puts in a stellar performance next week and inspires the team against the Skunks as he owes that to the team himself and the fans and anything less than a stellar performance in a winning team will be less than acceptable and a slur on the footy club as a whole.

[Little Jackie]

Today was a disgrace

Yeah the Bombers were pretty insipid 

Dont know why you want to talk about the Bombers, 
has nothing to do with me this year

At least you will get McMahon and possibly Polak and a few others back at the burgers

[WilliamPowell]

Dont know why you want to talk about the Bombers, 
has nothing to do with me this year

Well you talked them up last week about how good their win was compared to Richmond's I am now just comparing their loss to ours 

You should lighten up ....

[Little Jackie]

Dont know why you want to talk about the Bombers, 
has nothing to do with me this year

Well you talked them up last week about how good their win was compared to Richmond's I am now just comparing their loss to ours 

You should lighten up ....

I wont lighten up actually, i hate losing especially they way we do

[TFL]

I thought Polo was very ordinary tonight, was bought in to take Sugars spot as a run with player and was very unaccountable and continued to show no respect to his direct opponent who he was meant to be tagging.

King had a shocker, but atleast he kept at it and continued to try and give some run.

We looked slow against the Roos tonight.

Backline did a reasonable job i thought considering the supply our midfield allowed North. Our mids were pushed and bumped off the ball far too easily and that was the main reason we lost. No one was running through the middle.

Lids showed that he needs to played as a midfielder and left there, he can rest in the F50 but thats it. Play him on the ball for the rest of the year and just let him develop.

McMahon is a DUD, dont need to say anymore.

Tambling needs to start to lift his game and give the team some more drive and run around the ground. He does some good things and then lets himself down with disposal etc.

Pettifer was a disgrace and should be playing at Coburg next week, he is meant to be a leader  

Brown is very much down on confidence, maybe play him FF and leave it open and try and get him a bag to get his confidence levels up again.

Overall a very disapointing effort after the run and carry from last week, it just appeared no one wanted to do the hard work that was required.

[1965]

Today was a disgrace

Yeah the Bombers were pretty insipid 

Dont know why you want to talk about the Bombers, 
has nothing to do with me this year

At least you will get McMahon and possibly Polak and a few others back at the burgers

Does this mean you are unemployed, no wonder you are so grumpy.