Official team vs Cats - Round 5

[one-eyed]

What's happened to Foley, not named in the 2's

Knee soreness 

Knee

 

That is what the club twittered tonight.....

"Nathan Foley (knee soreness) will not feature for either Richmond's senior or VFL side this Saturday"

https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC/status/593722967994933248

[WilliamPowell]

Fair enough

Not what I heard at dinner on Tuesday evening 

But if that's what they reckon then that's what it is

[tdy]

I don't mind the changes. Experienced half forward for injured half forward. A new kid replacing a new kid. Half back comes back and Grimes,Gordon and Foley were injured so no choice there. All pretty sensible really. I don't know what people are whining about. We still have a couple of young players getting games.

[lamington]

tdy it's the concept of stability. if you want players to play attacking, bust the game open type of football you want them to make educated risks. If you enforce a culture of if you are short of sublime then you get dropped even after a week from the get go players are going to chip sideways and play what's perceived to be safe. McDonough and Arnot didn't set the world on fire that is true. But to omit them when Morris did nothing and Sam Lloyd did nothing I think is quite stiff

[DCrane]

There are too many defenders in the team. There are so many that Morris has spilled over to the forward line even though we know it's not working. If he gets sent to the backline again who are they going to swap him with? Chaplin? Batch? None of our defenders are versatile enough to go forward. The backline looks slow, and none of them are great kicks. McDonough is stiff, he could offer the backline some ground level support and run and he can actually get a kick.

[Diocletian]

There are too many defenders in the team. There are so many that Morris has spilled over to the forward line even though we know it's not working. If he gets sent to the backline again who are they going to swap him with? Chaplin? Batch? None of our defenders are versatile enough to go forward.

Astbury can go forward.

[Tigeritis™©®]

Besides the goal Arnot was useless last Friday. For a fellow starved of senior opportunity he finally gets his chance and he falls like a soggy biscuit.
He's not a kid in his first season anymore.  When your small & limited you've got to do it the hard way. Overcompensate for your deficiencies, work your arse off & play your next game like its your last.
He was a major disappointment & I don't blame the coach for dropping him again.

McDonough was way out of his depth & looked completely lost in the tempo of the game I'm wondering if he will make it so it was an obvious drop.

That said, how Morris is still in the team is beyond comprehension.

[Phil Mrakov]

Fair enough

Not what I heard at dinner on Tuesday evening 

But if that's what they reckon then that's what it is

Achilles

[Chuck17]

There are too many defenders in the team. There are so many that Morris has spilled over to the forward line even though we know it's not working. If he gets sent to the backline again who are they going to swap him with? Chaplin? Batch? None of our defenders are versatile enough to go forward.

Astbury can go forward.

What will he do up there?

[Diocletian]

Forwardy type things that forwards do...

[Chuck17]

Forwardy type things that forwards do...

Our forwards or other teams forwards ?