HOW CAFF GOT COTCH

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Richmond were weak in letting their skipper getting bashed around like that. Apart from Dusty there were no signs of aggression or a desire to protect Cotchin from any of Richmonds so called 'leaders'.

McCaffer did a great job but any team with some respect for their captain would have beat him over the head and made him earn the game. Richmond inability to get mean handed McCaffer the votes.

Cotchin should be filthy and I hope he is. Everyone of his teammates deserve a spray.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

A ball player is looking at the ball and making it his objective. A tagger is not. Pretty friggen simple I would have thought.

Yes you have it right. It can be very frustrating. How dare a player stop his opponent from getting the ball. Next thing they will start bringing in backmen to stop the forwards from taking marks and kicking goals.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... My whole point of this is that the AFL website has 2 articles on McCaffer and how amazing this performance was when it is not in fact the case.

Please get your sarcasm detector checked.

So the Saturday paper has stories about the Friday game? What a shock!!

 

[Shane Hird]

The real issue here is something else....as sssssssss was sayin.

I was working last night and listened to the game on ABC radio. McCaff's job on Cotchin was a constant spoken about subject.

Parkin was disgusted in his Richmond teammates who failed to give any support to their captain. He just couldn't believe why no Tiger player didn't hammer McCaff...even at the expense of giving away a free kick.

Someone should have charged at him and give him a bone shattering bump to let him know if was gunna tag the captain all night he'd better expext some treatment himself.

Richmond players weak as ####....or is it Hardwick's fault for not issuing such orders? One or the other-take your pick.

 

[I am Jack]

I liked the aggression from Cotch in the last quarter.
Most impressive thing he has done all year.
And.. I don't mean that to take the mickey, I just think Cotch needs to stand up - it was a good start.
Take it into next week and don't stand for it.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Probably illustrates how long Parkin has been out of the game.

 

[Mr. Blonde]

Yes you have it right. It can be very frustrating. How dare a player stop his opponent from getting the ball. Next thing they will start bringing in backmen to stop the forwards from taking marks and kicking goals.

Defenders that make the player the focus and not look at the ball get free kicked. Taggers seem to get away with it 95% of the time.

If you would rather watch a McCaffer or a Crowley play, no worries. I'd rather watch the Cotchins, Pendleburys, Abletts, Judds, Harveys, etc.

 

[dmc333]

Being Friday night it probably got a lot more attention than it would usually.

If it's not going to be policed, the opposition really need to push back as ruthlessly as they can to negate it.

 

[Heaps of fun]

How he caught Cotch? Grabbed him by the waist and didn't let him go all night.

 

[Sidebottom2Beams]

Curnow kept Cotchin to ten touches in rd 21 last year.

He had 14

 

[Corrosion]

How was Cotchin's disposal efficiency last night? Around the 50% mark still? What a horrible game.

 

[Shane Hird]

Probably illustrates how long Parkin has been out of the game.

Really?

You can bet if Heath Hocking, Mark Johnson or Jason Johnson were Cotchin's teammates they would have givin McCaff a good one.

It's not 1972 anymore...but basics are basics....club champion/captain gets mauled all night....someone has to do something...anything...not just let it happen.

 

[Sidebottom2Beams]

How was Cotchin's disposal efficiency last night? Around the 50% mark still? What a horrible game.

42% DE last night

 

[el toado]

Defenders that make the player the focus and not look at the ball get free kicked. Taggers seem to get away with it 95% of the time.

If you would rather watch a McCaffer or a Crowley play, no worries. I'd rather watch the Cotchins, Pendleburys, Abletts, Judds, Harveys, etc.

Being able to take on defensive opponents and still positively influence a game is a big part of what makes Pendlebury, Judd and Ablett great and elevates them above others who also have good skills or can find the ball (and this includes Cotchin at this point).

The game would be boring if everyone played the same role and ignored the defensive aspects of the game. Taggers sometimes push the limits but the rules penalising them for illegal activity are as harsh as they ever have been. I don't know what more can be done from an umpiring perspective, I think its a matter of the players just gritting their teeth and learning to deal with a tag. If they are illegally dealt with they will be looked after.

 

[Shane Hird]

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Really?

You can bet if Heath Hocking, Mark Johnson or Jason Johnson were Cotchin's teammates they would have givin McCaff a good one.

It's not 1972 anymore...but basics are basics....club champion/captain gets mauled all night....someone has to do something...anything...not just let it happen.

Even with your second quote you name a couple of players a long time out of the game. Sure the Tiges could have done more but giving the aggressor a rough-up behind play is an outdated, primitive tactic. Furthermore it would be wasted on Maccaffer because hes tough as nails and has an calm collected temperament and highly unlikely to be sucked in by sniping.

 

[Chillidog]

Is Murphy benefiting today from Caff's "efforts" on Cotch last night?

A couple of soft frees in the first

 

[Damon_3388]

Richmond were weak in letting their skipper getting bashed around like that. Apart from Dusty there were no signs of aggression or a desire to protect Cotchin from any of Richmonds so called 'leaders'.

First and foremost he should have protected himself and given something back to his direct opponent, not an "easy target" like Clint Young.

A gutless performance all round from Cotchin. Hopefully the Monday review shows on tele highlight that above all else.

 

[Damon_3388]

Richmond were weak in letting their skipper getting bashed around like that. Apart from Dusty there were no signs of aggression or a desire to protect Cotchin from any of Richmonds so called 'leaders'.

First and foremost Cotchin should have protected himself.

Less time blowdrying his hair (not a strand out of place by game's end, BTW), more time getting better.

I liked the aggression from Cotch in the last quarter.
Most impressive thing he has done all year.
And.. I don't mean that to take the mickey, I just think Cotch needs to stand up - it was a good start.
Take it into next week and don't stand for it.

Cotchin should have given something back to his direct opponent, not an "easy target" like Clint Young.

A gutless performance all round from Cotchin. Hopefully the Monday review shows on tele and the papers put the acid on him and highlight that above all else.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Defenders that make the player the focus and not look at the ball get free kicked. Taggers seem to get away with it 95% of the time.

If you would rather watch a McCaffer or a Crowley play, no worries. I'd rather watch the Cotchins, Pendleburys, Abletts, Judds, Harveys, etc.

One of these names is not like the other.....

 

[THRILLHO]

One of these names is not like the other.....

Yeah, but I think he's included Cotchin in his illustrative example simply because his being tagged last night has created the discussion.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

I enjoyed Macaffers game

See how he goes on Jobe on ANZAC Day

 

[wce4premiership]

Uhh yes. He tagged Pendles out of the game and scored two goals himself leaving Pendles in his wake just a couple of rounds ago.

That's a rarity, he does go forward a lot as it's one of his tactics to make someone accountable but he hardly hurts the other way, someone who hurts the other way would be Cornes in his prime

 

[wce4premiership]

Cotchin's hit on/blow up at Clint Young was one of the funniest/most pathetic things I've seen from a supposed "leader" on the footy field in a long time. For Caff to frustrate him into doing something like that was reward enough.

That being said, how is what Caff was doing (tactically, not in terms of actual effectiveness) any different to what every defender in the league does every single week? If they put the camera on one-on-one match-ups inside 50 as often as they do the midfield ones, people would see it's as common as day.

Disagree, it was hilarious in the point of view that he cleaned up young, who had no need to be there and then had a go at him. Caff's game was pathetic, even Hayden Kennedy has come out and said so.

 

[estibador]

Geez taggers get a bum rap I reckon. What do you do if the opposition has a gun forward? You put a defender on him to negate him - why don't people view defenders the same way they do taggers? Why should gun midfielders be able to run around free all game? I just don't get why people criticize Crowley, Macaffer et al because all they do is stop another player.

Exactly, and it's a lot harder than most people give them credit for.

If tagging really took 'absolutely zero skill' there would be 18 Crowleys in the league who almost never get beaten.