Review Dees v the Blood-Stained Angels: the Good, Bad & Downright Fugly

[Biffinator]

Friends, I remember the Lake Oval; Graeme Tesdale and his velvet suit; Bobby Skilton and the last round of 1976; Gerard Healy; the 1987 Qualifying; the tie of 1992; the debacle of 1994 at the MCG; Kevin Dyson; Pale Cale Morton and his moment of glory again Adam Goodes in 2010; Bruce telling us that "The Dees are going to be something!" or words to that effect. Tonight will add to the litany of woe: Swans by 20 points

 

[Bluelegs]

Interested to know what Bandwagon2010 thinks.

 

[Biffinator]

Bandwagon 2010 was last seen at the Sphinx in Geelong.

 

[schmuttt]

Form genuine concern now. We're well down across the ground and Brisbane really should be favourites this week. Need the bye badly.

 

[Crimson Azure]

Trolls are going to have a field day with this pathetic performance.

And fully deserved.

And the crowd for our home game was poor, way better for the swans.

Dominated on all parts of the field.

 

[DemonZombie_001]

I don't mind the loss it is just the bog average performance the team put in that annoys me the most.

 

[CWaffles]

Gawn, Brayshaw and Petty can hold their heads up, the rest need a wake up call.

 

[Proper Gander]

We look tired or something. And sort of tentative, and once that happens decision making goes to pieces.

 

[Dory_77]

We look tired or something. And sort of tentative, and once that happens decision making goes to pieces.

Definitely looks like lots of blokes are carrying niggles, and there are some doubts creeping back in to our play.

 

[PerfectFooty]

Fritsch was the only forward with any presence tonight. Shit kicks inside 50 and forwards doing **** all

 

[rhaz]

2019 Richmond lost in Round 11, 12 and 13. Bad losses too, 37 points, 67 points and 33 points. They never lost again and won the GF by 89 points.

I'm not saying that'll be us, and I'm not saying everything will be fine, but even the best teams cop losses and lose form.

 

[Charlie_s123]

Good: We started well
Bad: I had the feeling although we started well it wasn't going to be ok
Ugly: There were some shit decisions, but as we say that doesn't decide th4e match. Trac was unseen, just can't happen for us to win. Our backline is looking thin which negates one of our biggest avenues for scoring. And I'm sorry but Sparrow just sucks to me, whatever he's involved in turns to shit, there's got to be someone better.

Edit: Forgot the super fugly, all the articles / segments talking about how the Dees have been 'found out'

 

[Jamurp]

...we’re kinda crap to watch even we when we win is the most disappointing thing.

Only caught the last quarter, crap forward 50 entries and horrific shots on goal, same thing really.

Put your house on the Pies next week.

 

[Charlie_s123]

Trolls are going to have a field day with this pathetic performance.

And fully deserved.

And the crowd for our home game was poor, way better for the swans.

Dominated on all parts of the field.

Yeah, have to say I'm really disappointed at how low energy the crowd sounds at the G compared to the home crowd.

 

[Dark Avenger]

Trac stubbed his toe before the game & wasn't going to play. Goody thought it might be a good idea to play him to see how he went just in case it happened before a final.

 

[Crusty Demon]

Burgess factor. We look cooked. Lack of pressure. We can't sustain it like we did last season. Not running games out anywhere near as strong. Bottom 6 or 7 for pressure this year suggests we're not working hard enough or haven't got the petrol tickets. I think we've all said we haven't played overly well this season, yet we'd been winning. Now we play good teams fit with strong pressure and we crumble.

And wtf is with our forwards? Deplorable. Ben Brown

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Ben Brown

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31

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200cm

Wt

100kg

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10.7

3star

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7.7

3star

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3.0

3star

M

4.8

5star

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1.2

3star

G

2.2

5star

D

7.9

2star

K

6.3

3star

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1.6

1star

M

3.7

4star

T

0.9

2star

G

1.0

4star

D

8.0

2star

K

4.6

2star

HB

3.4

3star

M

4.4

4star

T

1.4

4star

G

1.2

4star

waste of space for 3 weeks. Small forwards no impact at all. We look in real trouble. I picked the Swans tonight and I'll be picking the Pies next week. We're in real danger of dropping out of the 4 I reckon. Lots of learnings though

 

[Dory_77]

Trac stubbed his toe before the game & wasn't going to play. Goody thought it might be a good idea to play him to see how he went just in case it happened before a final.

Your av just reminded me that we haven't seen emo stats guy for a while. We're obviously missing his insights

 

[schmuttt]

Yeah, have to say I'm really disappointed at how low energy the crowd sounds at the G compared to the home crowd.

Was the same vs Freo too honestly.

 

[Dark Avenger]

Your av just reminded me that we haven't seen emo stats guy for a while. We're obviously missing his insights

The last time I recall seeing him was early last season. (Peering through his bathroom window.)

 

[schmuttt]

As frustrating as Gawns kick inside 50 late was he had a superb game.

 

[Proper Gander]

I liked that thing we used to do where we won lots of games.

I’m not worrying too much at this point. We were going to have a form slump at some point or other, and there’s no doubt we can play a lot better than this. Lack of pressure and horrid decision making for a good portion of the game which made it pretty hard viewing.

God I will be glad to see Steven May

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Steven May

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32

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193cm

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101kg

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14.7

4star

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10.5

4star

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4.2

3star

M

5.1

5star

T

1.5

3star

MG

307.3

4star

D

15.5

4star

K

12.1

5star

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3.4

2star

M

3.4

3star

T

0.5

1star

MG

378.4

5star

D

12.4

4star

K

8.8

4star

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3.6

3star

M

3.2

4star

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1.8

4star

back. And I’m going to assume that Salem improves because the poor bloke can’t go worse than that. Probably a case of being a bit off the pace after a fair old break, nothing went right for him at all.

 

[Dory_77]

God I will be glad to see Steven May back. And I’m going to assume that Salem improves because the poor bloke can’t go worse than that. Probably a case of being a bit off the pace after a fair old break, nothing went right for him at all.

Agreed. Was a bold call to bring him back so quickly against a dangerous team who play a fast style. Better for the run I suppose.

 

[schmuttt]

As I said in the GDT thread, also probably not the best idea to bring in five guys coming off injury into the team in the same game.

 

[Crusty Demon]

2019 Richmond lost in Round 11, 12 and 13. Bad losses too, 37 points, 67 points and 33 points. They never lost again and won the GF by 89 points.

I'm not saying that'll be us, and I'm not saying everything will be fine, but even the best teams cop losses and lose form.

Time will tell of course, but our draw suggests we're in for a number of losses in the back half of the season. There really isn't an easy game left. We look in real trouble. Treading water. No hunger. Pressure not even in the top half of the comp. Forwardline in disarray and hardly a player who can hit a target in the F50. 22 less tackles tonight. It's either fitness or hunger or maybe both.

 

[Toump Ass]

Mad_Catter having a mad time.