Author: Matt Burgan
11:13 PM Sat 03 May, 2008
richmondfc.com.au
Wallace said the club was disappointed with the nail-biting loss after young Tiger Jack Riewoldt had a shot at goal after the siren which was unable to go the distance from outside 50m.
"It's always hard to see through the trees when you play in those types of games and come out with superlatives and positives," he said.
"We've been here now, twice in the last three weeks, and been in games where we've had winning chances in both games and really the opportunity to seal the game and in both games we've come away with two points against some pretty good sides.
"So you can look at that a number of ways. We clearly look at it with disappointment."
Wallace said St Kilda had "1000 more games" experience than Richmond, which proved telling in the final result.
"Just little portions of the game, that comes into play," Wallace said.
"They've kicked eight goals to one in 19 minutes of footy and that was the difference between winning and losing the game at the end of the day … in reality it was their experience in the early part of the quarters that probably cost us."
As for Riewoldt's shot at goal and Kelvin Moore’s effort that hit the behind post just moments earlier, Wallace said their efforts would be no less scrutinised than other incidents by other Richmond players throughout the match.
“Every single action in the game has an impact on the result of the game,” he said.
"I don't have anything to say to those guys [Kelvin Moore and Jack Riewoldt] apart from you'd hate to be in their shoes this evening – you feel for them."
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