Hardwick's post-match media conference

[one-eyed]

Dimma post-game:

* Effort and intensity was there but there was a period in the second quarter where we gave up 4 goals in quick succession and that iced the game for them. We've still got to find that consistency and one game doesn't resolve that.

* Geelong's pressure was very good. Leads to inferred pressure.

* 5 behinds to start the game means you can't put on scoreboard pressure.

* More handballs than kicks? Partly due to Geelong pressure and their back six holding their shape. So you hold onto possession to control the footy and there's a risk with that you can turn over the ball.

* Last year we where 1st (least) in opposition centre bounce goals but this year we are 18th (most). Carlton had 5 against us in round 1; Geelong kicked 3 in the last which sealed the game.

* We've just got to get clean going inside 50. I thought today we had open players but just simply botched our entries. We'll keep training at it until we clinch it.

* Lids did running this week so he's in the running. Conca played today in the VFL.

[pmac21]

Wish the guy would stop quoting stats.  Only the score matters.  I think he puts so much effort into winning kpi s he forgets other fundamentals

[TigerLand]

Excuses excuses.

Poor decision making to an unstructured forward line was the problem. Failure to make loose defenders accountable.. List goes on.

KPIs are pointless without composure

[Lozza]

He is trying to be a modern coach who goes solely on stats hence we all see different things to what he sees. Stats are meaningless if you cant use the ball once you have it yourself. I think at one point we had 8 inside 50s to the Cats 4 and they scored 3 goals and we scored 1 goal. Tells the story this season, if you dont have a clue with the ball then stats will show plenty of possession but with no reward. If the Hawks had a Riewoldt in their forward 50 do you think he would be trying to take pack marks and continually chasing tail. No, he would be receiving the ball into his leading path and taking chest marks. Our method of entry into our 50 would rate amongst the worst in the league at the moment so no good looking at stats, look at the method.

[Tigeritis™©®]

But how was our trampolining in the forward 50 vector quadrant?

[Phil Mrakov]

He's a madman

[(•))(©™]

Sounds like an accountant at tax time.

[Gigantor]

SCOREBOARD STAT

[(•))(©™]

I'm sick of the idiot.

[Gigantor]

Maybe Dimma needs to listen to lethal Leigh who described Richmonds ball movement as crab like

[(•))(©™]

The astbury on Hawkins stat.

[tony_montana]

Stfu dumma

[WilliamPowell]

The astbury on Hawkins stat.

That may have to go down as the most horrendous match up in the last 6 years and that's saying something

[Yeahright]

Stats are meaningless
 I think at one point we had 8 inside 50s to the Cats 4 and they scored 3 goals and we scored 1 goal.

[YellowandBlackBlood]

The astbury on Hawkins stat.

That may have to go down as the most horrendous match up in the last 6 years and that's saying something

I think that he played very well on him last year and that is why they went that way. Trouble is that Astbury 2014 vintage was in much better form and shape than the 2015 vintage.