Finals: yeah or nah?
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Probably this is the most appropriate thread to post this as it is about making finals this year
What exactly will Richmond achieve by scraping into the finals in 2023 without Lynch
Most likely if we do make it we may get 1 win at best and be bundled out the 2nd week finishing 5/6
Im not really too fussed if we make it or not this year and if we dont and finish 9-11 we will get a more favorable draw with our injured players back and a new coach and have a real shot at it.
Just thoughts
What exactly will Richmond achieve by scraping into the finals in 2023 without Lynch
Most likely if we do make it we may get 1 win at best and be bundled out the 2nd week finishing 5/6
Im not really too fussed if we make it or not this year and if we dont and finish 9-11 we will get a more favorable draw with our injured players back and a new coach and have a real shot at it.
Just thoughts
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We get finals experience for the younger players.
One reason we won the flag in 2017 was because most of our players experienced finals in 2013,14,15 as younger players and learned from it.
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Yeah this has been my attitude past month or 2. Be a great experience. I’d like to see the team play well but finals isn’t the be all this year. Haven’t got a first round draft pick so may as well keep winning
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100% this. Gibcus was completely overawed in the EF last year. They need to get used to playing when it counts.
Its a bit of a double edged sword though
By making finals this year and getting a harder fixture with more young players then they may not make finals next year with the difference of having the harder draw.
Sure we will always try to win and make finals as thats a given but not really that important this year imo
He'll be good for our VFL Reserves side
I read that Reiwold could consider his last game against North Melbourne in rd 23.
Sounds a bit odd, as we could be playing Finals, or does he know we are not getting into the 8?
Sounds a bit odd, as we could be playing Finals, or does he know we are not getting into the 8?
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correct me if im wrong, dont they do the fixture according to the 6:6:6 concept? So teams placing 7-12 will get more or less get an equal fixture in terms of difficulty. Meaning making finals and losing week one wouldnt affect it anyway.
It's ALWAYS better to make finals IMO. A winning culture is critical. The draw difficulty won't change unless we finish top 6, even then it's still a bit of a lottery.
Plus the higher we finish the lower pick we coughed up for Hopper.
I just don't want to see us finish bottom 5 so all the naysayers can't carry on about losing such an early 1st rounder.
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Moving well today at training by all reports - Reckon he'll play the last 2 vfl games and slot straight back in to kick a few bags before finals
Pies better not *******e us here
Yep. Amazing. **** you Farcy Moore
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OK blues look like their making it. We just need 1 of gws/dogs not making it.
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Carlton were a massive pick tonight. Nobody is really travelling this year and it’s wide open. Just got to get on a roll and fall in and you never know. Our list unfortunately isn’t as good as the Blues as they’re younger, faster and more skilled. We needed to bite the bullet on our veterans six weeks ago.
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Anyone fired up the ladder predictor?
Still got us scraping in... to the top 4
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Every one i have done over the last 2 weeks had Carlton above us anyway, so i am not sure if this changes much for us in that sense.
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It’s going to be close bb.
This year - maybe
Next year - no chance
It's why i am weary of paying Mini on other peoples systems and foundations. I am not sure what ethos or unique quality he actually brings to the table to making this machine tick. At the moment, it basically sounds like its all "just a new voice" & he has found a way to get this bunch of guys to pull together and play out the season in a respectable way. I mean we are 7-2, with a percentage of 100.01% - we are eeking out wins, at best. I see not "exciting new systems" - what does this look like in 2 years?
How will that help next year when we likely fall to bottom 4-5? how fresh will his voice still sound then? What will he bring to the situation that is unique and different?
Next year - no chance
It's why i am weary of paying Mini on other peoples systems and foundations. I am not sure what ethos or unique quality he actually brings to the table to making this machine tick. At the moment, it basically sounds like its all "just a new voice" & he has found a way to get this bunch of guys to pull together and play out the season in a respectable way. I mean we are 7-2, with a percentage of 100.01% - we are eeking out wins, at best. I see not "exciting new systems" - what does this look like in 2 years?
How will that help next year when we likely fall to bottom 4-5? how fresh will his voice still sound then? What will he bring to the situation that is unique and different?
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