Review Good/Bad/Ugly vs Richmond, R5 2022

[GreyCrow]

To be fair I didnt want to start a 'pick them all ' mentality

 

[CrowBloke]

Now that I've caught up - Time to visit the salt factory on the Richmond board, and the squealy little biatches lunch table on the Port board.

Don't stay too long, or you'll return salt-dessicated, like this:

 

[Pugsley]

Don't stay too long, or you'll return salt-dessicated, like this:
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Off to the Port board

 

[Pugsley]

On page 119 of their sack Hinkley thread. Delicious

 

[CrowBloke]

The complaining on their board is hilarious to read.
They shouldn't complain for a team who barely travels away from the MCG.

The most unfairly entitled complain the most when their entitlement is disrupted.

 

[Moonwatcher]

Don't stay too long, or you'll return salt-dessicated, like this:
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This is Grotto enjoying the Port board.

 

[Mutineer]

One of these got 3 weeks (2 with a guilty plea....you decide?

 

[CrowBloke]

Hypothetical: if Berg continues with this form for the season, would you trade him to GWS, Gold Coast, WB etc for one of their emerging quick mids?

It would be a brave call, not one we're prone to make, but given we have RT, I probably would.

Good question; interesting. Tough call .

If EH continues with this form he could actually get even better. I don't think he's peaked yet.
Doesn't look like Fog is gonna make it (I could be wrong).
Thilthorpe is the obvious eventual replacement for Tex, which would make EH/ Thilthorpe/ Gollant our main forwards.

I never thought I'd say this --- never --- but I'd stick with EH on current form.

 

[Mutineer]

Hypothetical: if Berg continues with this form for the season, would you trade him to GWS, Gold Coast, WB etc for one of their emerging quick mids?

It would be a brave call, not one we're prone to make, but given we have RT, I probably would.

These emerging "quick mids" got names?

And by emerging you mean young right?

The only "emerging quick mid" I can see that would get us in that Himmelberg discussion is Xavier O'Halloran and Jeremy Sharp and that would be on the proviso Himmelberg has a pretty reasonable season 2022?

 

[CrowBloke]

It is human nature to make more comments and analyse the things we see are negatives than positives.


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I dunno that it's 'human nature' to pay more attention to negatives.
Positive reinforcement is a powerful developing tool. Praise is more effective than criticism, well, generally.

But the thread is Good/Bad/Ugly and has 2 negative components, enabling people to make negative comments; even better if they justify them with supporting facts/observations.

 

[CrowBloke]

How many times do our midfielders get drawn into the contest all at once and leave 1 or 2 opposition mids alone just off the contest only to have the ball either 1) squirt out of the contest, 2) be handballed by one of that opposition players team mates out to him or 3) even worse have one of our own mids dish it straight out to him!!..

Plenty.
Your complaints about the Crows mids are justified.

I'd add a 4).
How many times does RoB actually tap the ball to our mids' advantage?
It was exasperating watching his ruck-touches sharked by or worse, go straight to Richmond mids.

Bring in Strachan.
However, Nicks waxed lyrical about RoB's fitness, so it won't happen, even if "fit" does not = "effective".

 

[Geoffa32]

Good question; interesting. Tough call .

If EH continues with this form he could actually get even better. I don't think he's peaked yet.
Doesn't look like Fog is gonna make it (I could be wrong).
Thilthorpe is the obvious eventual replacement for Tex, which would make EH/ Thilthorpe/ Gollant our main forwards.

I never thought I'd say this --- never --- but I'd stick with EH on current form.

You look at EH and see a guy who should grab everything in the air and if not mark it cause a contest.

Frustrating seeing that not happen at times, but maybe he has reached that maturity where he knows how to use that body.

Took Harry McKay till last year to be consistently good.


Plus quicker ball movement.

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[MRB37]

Hypothetical: if Berg continues with this form for the season, would you trade him to GWS, Gold Coast, WB etc for one of their emerging quick mids?

It would be a brave call, not one we're prone to make, but given we have RT, I probably would.

At this stage probably not because we can't rely on Tex forever and Fogarty is a stop-gap at best ATM. If you could develop 'Berg, Thilthorpe and Gollant as your 3 talls, that'd be something I bet.

If we're taking chances in the draft, i'm taking one I can find a good midfielder more often than I can find a good tall forward. Or you use picks to trade for a midfielder like we did with Dawson or Hawthorn with Mitchell or O'Meara, Carlton for Cerra for example.

 

[SydCrow]

Ugly free count if you are Richmond. 33:13 is crazy.

 

[NTRabbit]

Ugly free count if you are Richmond. 33:13 is crazy.

Watching them whine about having to fight against umpire bias since the start of 2017 is something else

 

[BRL121]

Are we doing Dwaynisms?

When Tex kicked his first goal and he put his serious voice on to say “and no one can condone what he said”

Totally uncalled for.

 

[Sanders]

My podcast has been getting a steady stream of anti Tex trolls for the past six months on YouTube. It's pretty pathetic.

With your figures can you afford to be picky?

 

[Sanders]

I’m finding myself coming on this board a lot less due to that, used to be more rounded discussions.

Lol. Irony will never die

 

[Sanders]

There is nothing wrong with the idea of trading out of an excess of KPF for a player in a position of need.

There is something very wrong with thinking we have an excess of KPF.

Very wrong indeed

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Good - it's been a while (5 years) since we have had 4 players averaging 2 or more goals per game.

4.5 Walker (9 in 2 games) - leading AFL in averages.
2.4 Rachele (12 in 5)
2.0 Himmelberg (10 in 5)
2.0 McAdam (2 in 1)

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

They predict a $2000 fine for Cotchin on Fox Footy. Low impact and to the body which equals fine

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

They predict a $2000 fine for Cotchin on Fox Footy. Low impact and to the body which equals fine

If roles had been reversed they would be calling for huge number of games.

Cotchin has form as a dirty player.

Do the AFL really want to encourage this behaviour?

 

[Slippery Pete]

Ugly free count if you are Richmond. 33:13 is crazy.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Ugly free count if you are Richmond. 33:13 is crazy.

Some of their supporters still think it's the main reason why they lost... as they still haven't realised their premiership window has shut.

 

[MRB37]

Yep, just a fine.