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Trent Cotchin says Tigers are hungry and ready to show fight
Jon Pierik
The Age
April 8, 2014 - 12:41PM
Richmond captain Trent Cotchin says the Tigers remain hurt by last year’s elimination-final loss to Carlton and is insistent he is getting enough on-field help despite his team’s inconsistent start to the season.
With internal club expectations of the Tigers at least winning a final this season, they have slipped to 12th spot with just the one win after three rounds, and now face Collingwood on Friday night having not beaten the Magpies in their past six clashes.
The last win was in August 2007 – when Terry Wallace was coach and Brett Deledio booted five goals.
Cotchin has been in superb touch this season, and is ranked No. 1 at Punt Road for disposals, contested and uncontested possessions, goal assists and inside 50s.
He had 28 disposals, including 19 contested possessions, 11 clearances and five inside 50s in the two-point loss to the Western Bulldogs on Saturday. But this has prompted questions about whether he is getting enough help in terms of on-field leadership and inspiration, with the likes of veterans Chris Newman and Jake King, midfielder Dan Jackson and key forwards Ty Vickery and Jack Riewoldt critiqued.
As he fronted the media on Tuesday, Cotchin insisted he had not been left one out.
‘‘I know there has been a lot of press about that over the last couple of days, especially,’’ Cotchin said.
‘‘We expect every one of our players who are playing on the day to play their role. That’s as important as any form of leadership, I think. If we do adhere to our structures and the way we want to play, then we should get the result most of the times.
‘‘I think we saw a number of our players step up on the weekend. Jack had a massive second half. Granted, he would be the first to admit he didn’t play exactly as he wanted to in the first half.
‘‘There are a number of guys who are putting their hand up and playing a role for the team, whether it’s tagging, whether it’s blocking at stoppages, Jack kicking goals up forward. A lot of our senior players are still playing a role within the team. It’s just making sure it’s on a consistent basis.’’
The Tigers will need to find that consistency soon as they prepare for a potentially rugged month, playing power clubs Hawthorn and Geelong.
The return of a fit Deledio will obviously help, while Riewoldt must also maintain the groove he discovered with four second-half goals against the Bulldogs.
AFL legend Wayne Carey insists Riewoldt must be traded or left to play at full forward, rather than further up the ground as the Tigers have done in recent times, allowing Vickery to be the key marking target. Riewoldt, however, was positioned deep on Saturday and came alive in the second half.
Cotchin, though, wants the attacking 50 to have flexibility.
‘‘We saw Ty Vickery have a big game [against Carlton]. When Shaun Hampson was going down forward, he was good,’’ he said.
‘‘Jack has obviously played a role in a number of games. The good thing about our forward structure now is they can all play different roles. I think that’s important – it can’t be too obvious for the opposition.’’
While there have been claims outside the club that the Tigers were content with last year’s finish, Cotchin said the players were desperate for success.
‘‘I think we are hungry enough. Last year hurt us. We thought we were better than what we showed in the finals series,’’ he said.
‘‘We are not saying we are not disappointed with the way the results have fallen and our performances over the last couple of weeks, but we will be doing everything we can to come out and show a real sign of fight.’’
Ruckman Ivan Maric, yet to play this season because of an ankle injury, has re-signed until the end of 2016.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/trent-cotchin-says-tigers-are-hungry-and-ready-to-show-fight-20140408-zqs38.html#ixzz2yGTmflgv
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Captain Trent Cotchin says Tigers will show fight against Collingwood
Herald-Sun
April 08, 2014 11:14AM
RICHMOND captain Trent Cotchin has dismissed suggestions his team is not hungry enough, insisting the Tigers are ready to bounce back against Collingwood on Friday night.
Cotchin said the group learnt some valuable lessons out of last week’s two-point loss to the Bulldogs, and can’t wait to have a crack at the Magpies this week.
“We are hungry enough; certainly last year hurt us,” Cotchin said of the Tigers’ disappointing elimination final loss to Carlton.
“We thought we were better than what we showed in the finals series.
“We are not saying we are not disappointed with the way the results have fallen, and our performance over the last couple of weeks, but we will be doing everything we possibly can to come out and show a real sign of fight.
“The Pies have shown some good signs over the past couple of weeks. It will be a really good midfield battle, but also at both ends, it is going to be interesting.”
Cotchin said it was pleasing to see forward Jack Riewoldt drag himself out of a form slump with a strong second half against the Bulldogs.
“Jack had a massive second half,” he said. “He would be the first to admit he didn’t play exactly how he wanted to in the first half.
“But there are a number of guys who are putting their hand up and playing a role for the team, whether it is tagging or blocking at stoppages, or Jack kicking goals up forward. A lot of our senior players are playing a role within the team, we just have to make sure it is on a consistent basis.
“We have been ahead in all three games at some stage ... we just let ourselves down in a couple of areas on the weekend.
“We had a really poor 30 minutes in the second quarter and ultimately that cost us.”
Cotchin said he was hopeful that key playmaker Brett Deledio, who missed his first game in seven years last week, might recover from an ankle injury, depending on how he gets through training.
http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/captain-trent-cotchin-says-tigers-will-show-fight-against-collingwood/story-fndv8t7m-1226877678276
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Tigers must stem the flow during games: Cotchin
Peter Ryan
afl.com.au
April 8, 2014 11:38 AM
AFTER two losses from three games, Richmond's biggest challenge is finding a way to halt the opposition when it has momentum, according to Tigers skipper Trent Cotchin.
Twice this year, Richmond has led in the last quarter only to lose. The Tigers' only victory was in round two against Carlton, when they survived by the skin of their teeth.
Against Gold Coast and the Western Bulldogs, Richmond twice conceded four unanswered goals, while it let Carlton kick five straight after half-time to give up a commanding lead.
"We have spoken about it in the last couple of seasons but it is something we really need to nut out. Stemming the flow of opposition goals is a big focus for us going forward," Cotchin said on Tuesday.
Cotchin played a straight bat when asked about the issues dominating discussions about Richmond.
He denied leadership on the ground in tight contests was an issue, saying every Tiger was responsible for playing their role.
The skipper said he didn't care where Dusty Martin played because Cotchin said he was good in any position as long as he got the ball.
He didn't think the team's forward structure needed to change, as it had more players capable of playing different roles than it had in the past, which enabled different players to put their hands up when required.
On Saturday against the Western Bulldogs it was Jack Riewoldt's turn.
After a quiet first half, he kicked four goals after half-time to help drag the Tigers back into the contest and once again raised the question as to whether he was being used effectively.
"It just comes back to our ball movement, what sort of space there is in the forward line, Jack's leading patterns - there is a mix of different things," Cotchin said.
"It was good to see Jack jumping at the footy and taking some big grabs and going back and kicking his goals, because we know that is what Jack likes to do."
As to what caused Riewoldt [and Richmond's] metamorphosis at the long break against the Dogs, Cotchin wasn't sure.
He said Richmond's half-time discussion focused on taking up the fight to win a game after coughing up a 37-point start, rather than kicking it to Riewoldt more often.
Cotchin understands Riewoldt to be just one piece of a much larger puzzle and suggests the sort of questions that will affect Richmond most aren't the ones making the headlines, such as:
-How does Richmond stop unforced turnovers that create fast breaks that are hard to defend?
-How does Richmond stop centre breaks or boundary stoppages from becoming scores?
-How does Richmond use the talent in the midfield most effectively?
Answering those quickly will determine how Richmond performs against Collingwood at the MCG on Friday night.
Cotchin thinks the defeat to the Bulldogs was the sort of loss that might shape the season.
"I think we learnt more from losing that game than we (we would have done) from winning it," Cotchin said.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-04-08/tigers-must-stem-the-flow
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Cotchin relaxed with Tigers' start
Ben McKay
WWOS.NINEMSN
10:41 AEST Tue Apr 8 2014
With a defining month of the AFL season ahead, Richmond captain Trent Cotchin insists the Tigers are hungry enough - and good enough - to better last year's result.
So far this year, Richmond has led all three of their games in the final quarter but has only held on against Carlton, giving them a 1-2 start.
Despite saying early wins were important, a relaxed Cotchin said there was plenty to take from their two point loss to the Bulldogs on Sunday.
"I think we learnt more from losing that game from winning it," he said.
According to the 24-year-old skipper, there's always time to learn - and even the very best in the business would be studying up at this time of year.
"I think all football clubs are in a learning phase," he said.
"If you spoke to players at Hawthorn, Freo, Geelong, they're always learning about themselves, the opposition, game trends."
At Richmond, the focus is on stemming momentum flows - something which has cost them in all three matches so far.
Against the Western Bulldogs, Cotchin said basic skill errors in the first half marked their card.
"On the weekend we had a really poor thirty minutes in the second quarter and ultimately that probably cost us the end result," he said.
The Tigers can ill-afford similar lapses in concentration with a tough month ahead.
Going into a round eight bye, the Tigers face three of last year's finalists - including premiers Hawthorn - and take a tricky trip north to face Brisbane at the Gabba.
Richmond might see two wins as a pass mark from those four games; at 2-5, or worse, one win and six losses could be a bridge too far for the finals aspirants.
But Cotchin insists the club is hungry enough to turn their tight matches into wins - based on last year's finals experience.
"I think we're hungry enough," he said.
"Last year hurt us. We thought we were better than what we showed in the finals."
"I don't think you can be content with last year's result."
"We'll be doing everything we can to come out and show a real sign of fight."
http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8826752
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STFU.
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"I think we're hungry enough,....ummmmmmmm" he said.
He thinks.....
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Ooh dear
Friday night is going to be a massacre and if lids has a suspected Achilles on channel 10, as was reported we are finished for 2014
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Did the entire stuffing club forget our 1st qtr was as bad in deficit as our 2nd qtr? Seriously these blokes are living in a fantasy land - 1st half was useless boys
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Did the entire stuffing club forget our 1st qtr was as bad in deficit as our 2nd qtr? Seriously these blokes are living in a fantasy land - 1st half was useless boys
Hardwick binned the first quarter. Only the 2nd was bad. ;D
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"I think we're hungry enough,....ummmmmmmm" he said.
He thinks.....
"I think Damien is a great coach....ummmmmmmmmm"
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Did the entire stuffing club forget our 1st qtr was as bad in deficit as our 2nd qtr? Seriously these blokes are living in a fantasy land - 1st half was useless boys
Punt Road spin machine in full flight, a putrid 1st half becomes "just 30 mins of bad football that cost us"
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"I think we're hungry enough,....ummmmmmmm" he said.
He thinks.....
"I think Damien is a great coach....ummmmmmmmmm"
Some of your best work, dooks. Hilarious.
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"I think we're hungry enough,....ummmmmmmm" he said.
He thinks.....
"I think Damien is a great coach....ummmmmmmmmm"
"I like motorbikes.......ummmmmmmmmmmmm ....ummmmmuuuuummmmm .......ummmmmuuummmmm....MUUUUUUUMMM MUUMMMMM MUUUUM!"
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"I think we're hungry enough,....ummmmmmmm" he said.
He thinks.....
"I think Damien is a great coach....ummmmmmmmmm"
"I like motorbikes.......ummmmmmmmmmmmm ....ummmmmuuuuummmmm .......ummmmmuuummmmm....MUUUUUUUMMM MUUMMMMM MUUUUM!"
"Damien rides motorbikes. Motorbikes ride Damien............ Where am I?"
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What a rude person!
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ffs when will this mob just learn to shut their freakin mouths until they learn to walk the walk. talk is freakin cheap cotch especially when its verbal rubbish and i for one am sick and tried of it.
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ffs when will this mob just learn to shut their freakin mouths until they learn to walk the walk. talk is freakin cheap cotch especially when its verbal rubbish and i for one am sick and tried of it.
On verbal rubbish you are an expert :bow
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Dermott has written an article for tomorrow's paper about our lack of overall leadership .... Good !
Fire up tiges !
:gotigers
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Actions speak louder than words Tigers. :shh