Autopsy Roast, Toast & Changes for Round 5 Vs. West Coast

[Morro]

Yeah, my concern is McGovern & Barrass will absolutely smash Kozi and Lefau one on one.

Maybe the calls for a small forward line are a good one with all that space? Would make them have to play a different role.

 

[Coach_Required]

Maybe the calls for a small forward line are a good one with all that space? Would make them have to play a different role.

Yeah, can definitely see our players not bombing it long into a small forward line.

 

[AstuteTiger]

Yep if there's any week to trial a two-ruck set up it would be this one. Although a taller forward line would make us less mobile, I think it would probably help curtail McGovern's influence who has been in really good form to start the year.

McGovern and Duggan need to be held to account. Need another tall in, Naismith or Ryan to play deep forward and 2nd ruck
Cumberland also in place of Lefau to add more pace and one who knows to run to the right spots. Also is a good lead up forward.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Bloke kicked 4 goals and had a Dusty like performance and almost won the game off his own boot

Gave one off that was a mistake to a teammate who was calling for it

Don’t think roasting Bolton after his performance yesterday is a hill worth dying on

Not roasting him just suggesting the coaching staff do something about his atricious set shot goalkicking, for the betterment of the team.
It is a team game afterall.

 

[Rubber Hips]

I don’t care what else happens … but if Macca and Pickett both play next week I’m taking a weeks hiatus. They had 1 touch the entire last quarter when gut runners come into their own. They had 26 touches for 10 clangers. F**k them both off … for the love of god !!!!


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What were you saying about not having whipping boys?

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Thanks for cheering me up. So none of these guys are as good as McIntosh and/or Pickett, huh? Let's go through them:

Sonsie: yes, but only just and not for very much longer. He will be better than both by the end of the season, if not earlier.
Young: in a completely different position, but as a key defender who's actually standing, he's more valuable than either.
Taranto: seriously?
Campbell: see Sonsie.
Mansell: works just as hard but without anywhere near as many mistakes.
Lefau: okay, but he's only played 2 games.
Dow: see Sonsie.
Ross: is comfortably better than either.
Koschitzke: maybe not but right now he's more valuable for structure, i.e, we don't have any other tall forwards.
Miller: see Ross.
Graham: he's another who gets a free ride. He's younger but more injury prone.

What rot. Sonsie will not be better than those two ever. Dow ? Gmab. Sorry you're wrong imo.

 

[RobsJourney]

What rot. Sonsie will not be better than those two ever. Dow ? Gmab. Sorry you're wrong imo.

I reckon Sonsie gonna end up a good player but he's not a fwd/mid, he's a mid and needs to play there. Maybe gets a chance this week if both Dow and McAuliffe are out.

 

[Muddiemoose]

Not roasting him just suggesting the coaching staff do something about his atricious set shot goalkicking, for the betterment of the team.
It is a team game afterall.

Think his set shots have actually been alot better this year compared to last
Seems to take his time a little more when he does have the opportunity

 

[Noidnadroj]

have a look at our outs

3 of Rixhmond’s 4 x BEST key position players heading into 2024:

Lynch
Balta
Gibcus

Then 2 of our first choice midfielders in Hopper and Prestia. Then one of our best 5 players in Baker. Plus Grimes.

So 7 of our best 23 - not a single VFL game between those 7 players… then another 7 injuries on our list.

Saints?

Crouch (first choice mid = Hopper)
Hunter Clark (borderline best 22 - 3 x VFL games in 2022. A VFL game in 2023)
Dow (VFL games galore)
Howard (Saints supporters think he’s hopeless)
Henry (he’s best-22)
Ben Paton (played VFL in last 8 games of 2023)
Webster (played a VFL game in 2023)
Mason Wood (played 5 VFL games across 2021-22, but definitely best-22 now)
Windhager (4 x VFL games in 2023)

So Richmond were missing 7 x best-23 players who’ve never played VFL. Arguably 5 of their best dozen players and 3 of their best KPP.

Saints missing 3-4 best 23 players. 5 of the 9 missing played VFL in 2023.

Saints best 7 x players are Steele, Marshall, Wilkie, Sinclair, King and then perhaps Wanganeen-Milera and Mitch Owen’s. All played.

Lynch, Balta and Baker easily in Richmond’s best 7 x players.

So yeah nah ….not really comparable.

What would’ve been comparable is if Saints were missing:

Max King (Lynch)
Wilkie (Balta)
Sinclair (Baker)
Crouch (Hopper)
Ross (Prestia)
Battle (Grimes)
Howard (Gibcus)

How’d you be going missing those 7?


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[Morro]

3 of Rixhmond’s 4 x BEST key position players heading into 2024:

Lynch
Balta
Gibcus

Then 2 of our first choice midfielders in Hopper and Prestia. Then one of our best 5 players in Baker. Plus Grimes.

So 7 of our best 23 - not a single VFL game between those 7 players… then another 7 injuries on our list.

Saints?

Crouch (first choice mid = Hopper)
Hunter Clark (borderline best 22 - 3 x VFL games in 2022. A VFL game in 2023)
Dow (VFL games galore)
Howard (Saints supporters think he’s hopeless)
Henry (he’s best-22)
Ben Paton (played VFL in last 8 games of 2023)
Webster (played a VFL game in 2023)
Mason Wood (played 5 VFL games across 2021-22, but definitely best-22 now)
Windhager (4 x VFL games in 2023)

So Richmond were missing 7 x best-23 players who’ve never played VFL. Arguably 5 of their best dozen players and 3 of their best KPP.

Saints missing 3-4 best 23 players. 5 of the 9 missing played VFL in 2023.

Saints best 7 x players are Steele, Marshall, Wilkie, Sinclair, King and then perhaps Wanganeen-Milera and Mitch Owen’s. All played.

Lynch, Balta and Baker easily in Richmond’s best 7 x players.

So yeah nah ….not really comparable.

What would’ve been comparable is if Saints were missing:

Max King (Lynch)
Wilkie (Balta)
Sinclair (Baker)
Crouch (Hopper)
Ross (Prestia)
Battle (Grimes)
Howard (Gibcus)

How’d you be going missing those 7?


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someone had to set this guys straight, LOL

 

[Hoos]

I reckon Sonsie gonna end up a good player but he's not a fwd/mid, he's a mid and needs to play there. Maybe gets a chance this week if both Dow and McAuliffe are out.

McAullife came back on so you would think he'll be okay.

 

[RobsJourney]

McAullife came back on so you would think he'll be okay.

Players who have done syndesmosis often come back on to the ground, but then afterwards get ruled out for 4-12 weeks :O

Let's wait till we get the official I guess Hope he's okay

 

[Hoos]

Players who have done syndesmosis often come back on to the ground, but then afterwards get ruled out for 4-12 weeks :O

Don't say that with the luck we're having with injuries at the moment.

 

[Noidnadroj]

As if our 25th picked player are going to be better than those two.
People have been bagging those two since they started. They are nice convienient whipping boys by those that don't have a great knowledge of the game.

Answer the question. What has Macca done to impress you across his 5 x games of 2024? You actually cannot play worse, so anybody would be better .. Clarke, Hugo, Kaleb Smith.. it doesn’t matter who you bring in, it’s not actually possible to play worse than Macca is playing in 2024. Zero offensive threat, turnover and clanger city, and doesn’t defend ball movement well.

Which element of his game are you liking in 2024? Simple question.


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[RobsJourney]

Don't say that with the luck we're having with injuries at the moment.

I don't think anything I could say could any further mozz us, we are beyond cursed this year, it's ****ed isn't it? I thought things might improve on the shit luck of 2021/22/23, but this year has been EVEN worse.

If anything trying to jinx us might have the opposite effect, and all our players wake up tomorrow as fit as they've ever been.

 

[Noidnadroj]

Bloke kicked 4 goals and had a Dusty like performance and almost won the game off his own boot

Gave one off that was a mistake to a teammate who was calling for it

Don’t think roasting Bolton after his performance yesterday is a hill worth dying on

Spot on.. he’s a guy trying to do the team things, so ask yourself WTF is Macca doing calling for the ball in what was only a marginally better position? Yes, a poor pass, but a senior player should be running over and telling him to take his time and slot it, not calling for a 20m pass in only a marginally better position.


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[Rubber Hips]

Coaches award votes

unanimous…Shai was sublime
Well done to Dusty and Tim T…

surprised Nank didn’t score votes

Richmond v St Kilda​

10 Shai Bolton

15

Shai Bolton

Age

26

Ht

176cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.3

3star

K

6.9

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.4

4star

D

12.7

3star

K

9.2

4star

HB

3.5

2star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.7

4star

CL

1.8

4star

D

9.2

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

4.6

4star

M

2.0

3star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.0

1star

(RICH)
7 Jack Steele

9

Jack Steele

Age

29

Ht

187cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.9

5star

K

8.7

3star

HB

12.2

5star

M

3.7

4star

T

6.8

5star

CL

3.6

5star

D

21.3

5star

K

10.0

4star

HB

11.3

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

5.8

5star

CL

4.6

5star

D

16.8

4star

K

5.0

2star

HB

11.8

5star

M

2.6

3star

T

6.4

5star

CL

3.6

5star

(STK)
4 Dustin Martin (RICH)
3 Jack Sinclair

35

Jack Sinclair

Age

29

Ht

181cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.5

4star

K

8.1

3star

HB

8.4

5star

M

3.1

3star

T

3.2

5star

MG

235.0

4star

D

15.0

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

5.0

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.0

3star

MG

376.0

5star

D

12.0

3star

K

4.2

2star

HB

7.8

5star

M

1.6

2star

T

2.0

4star

MG

138.2

3star

(STK)
2 Josh Battle

26

Josh Battle

Age

26

Ht

193cm

Wt

93kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.9

3star

K

9.0

3star

HB

3.9

3star

M

5.0

5star

T

2.4

4star

MG

196.8

3star

D

11.0

3star

K

7.3

3star

HB

3.8

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

1.8

3star

MG

142.8

3star

D

10.8

3star

K

6.2

3star

HB

4.6

4star

M

3.4

4star

T

2.0

4star

MG

175.6

3star

(STK)
2 Bradley Hill (STK)
1 Tim Taranto

14

Tim Taranto

Age

26

Ht

188cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

22.3

5star

K

12.8

5star

HB

9.5

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

5.6

5star

CL

4.1

5star

D

17.0

4star

K

12.0

5star

HB

5.0

3star

M

1.5

2star

T

3.0

4star

CL

5.5

5star

D

15.6

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

8.0

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

4.0

5star

CL

2.2

4star

(RICH)
1 Callum Wilkie

44

Callum Wilkie

Age

28

Ht

191cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.2

4star

K

9.8

4star

HB

4.4

3star

M

4.5

4star

T

1.8

4star

MG

221.3

3star

D

12.6

3star

K

9.0

4star

HB

3.6

2star

M

2.6

3star

T

1.4

2star

MG

223.1

3star

D

14.0

4star

K

8.4

4star

HB

5.6

4star

M

4.6

5star

T

2.2

4star

MG

170.0

3star

(STK)

 

[Noidnadroj]

What were you saying about not having whipping boys?

A whipping boy is someone who gets canned even when they play OK … because it doesn’t matter what they do, people will just say they were sh*te. Graham was good on the weekend in just 65% game time, but he’s being blamed for the loss… that’s a whipping boy.

Macca is sh*te and I’m calling for him to be dropped. I’m not saying he’s the reason we lost, just saying he’s just past it and no good any more.

Macca hasn’t played well for 18-months and I’m sick of seeing him in the side.


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[Rubber Hips]

When's Groupie allowed to come back ? We're missing him.

Hey ST…..Gropie is on hols and sent you a message from the back of his Ford

 

[Rubber Hips]

A whipping boy is someone who gets canned even when they play OK … because it doesn’t matter what they do, people will just say they were sh*te. Graham was good on the weekend in just 65% game time, but he’s being blamed for the loss… that’s a whipping boy.

Macca is sh*te and I’m calling for him to be dropped. I’m not saying he’s the reason we lost, just saying he’s just past it and no good any more.

Macca hasn’t played well for 18-months and I’m sick of seeing him in the side.


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Blah blah blah

 

[TigerImposter]

Think his set shots have actually been alot better this year compared to last
Seems to take his time a little more when he does have the opportunity

in his thread Ctl put up a table showing he's the third most accurate player in the AFL. I think that's how i understood it to be.

 

[AstuteTiger]

Bolton's set shot goal kicking is still atrocious. He can't even kick cleanly when passing it off either.

Bolton kicked 4 goals and quite simply our best player alongside dusty, not the time to be shooting darts.

 

[AstuteTiger]

A whipping boy is someone who gets canned even when they play OK … because it doesn’t matter what they do, people will just say they were sh*te. Graham was good on the weekend in just 65% game time, but he’s being blamed for the loss… that’s a whipping boy.

Macca is sh*te and I’m calling for him to be dropped. I’m not saying he’s the reason we lost, just saying he’s just past it and no good any more.

Macca hasn’t played well for 18-months and I’m sick of seeing him in the side.


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So the question remains why are some players continually getting games when not playing well. And others cant get games even if they play well in the ressies, notably Cumbo, Ralphsmith, Clarke to name a few.

I have no doubt if we had no injures most older players would be playing to the detriment of some of the younger talent.

So this falls back onto the MC and I will say it again just reward reserves form because if you don't players will drop off its only human you give your best and don't get rewarded likely form will drop off over time.

Others only need to show glimpses and whollah straight back in.

 

[richoplzbreed]

Yze said that Kosi will hold his spot. Geez I saw nothing in his game that screamed out he should be playing seniors.
Cumberland in and Lefau out. Time to up our scoring power and make our forward line more dangerous. A bit more unpredictability.

Id also have Ryan or Naismith in and Kosi out. But the Ooze says Kosi will hold his place.

Round 4: Yze post-match

Watch Adem Yze's press conference after the Round 4 match against St Kilda.

www.richmondfc.com.au

It'll be a psychological thing. It's an easy conversation to say after round 1 you're out to make way for Lynch. If you drop him again after 1 game with all of Lynch, Balta and Fawcett out and no depth any slither of confidence he has would be destroyed. Sadly because Matty Clarke fetishised HBF and <6ft players we have limited options and he has a 3 year deal (most likely a bandaid player until we draft or pick up a long term Lynch replacement).

WCE are and if Kozitsche kicks 3 goals and marks start sticking his confidence will soar. He needs to stop leading to pockets for starters though as he needs to be the focal point not Lefau. Probably the perfect game to bring Cumberland this week as he could easily dine out against the weagles and we desperately need his 1.5 goals a game.

 

[THE_GUN]

3 of Rixhmond’s 4 x BEST key position players heading into 2024:

Lynch
Balta
Gibcus

Then 2 of our first choice midfielders in Hopper and Prestia. Then one of our best 5 players in Baker. Plus Grimes.

So 7 of our best 23 - not a single VFL game between those 7 players… then another 7 injuries on our list.

Saints?

Crouch (first choice mid = Hopper)
Hunter Clark (borderline best 22 - 3 x VFL games in 2022. A VFL game in 2023)
Dow (VFL games galore)
Howard (Saints supporters think he’s hopeless)
Henry (he’s best-22)
Ben Paton (played VFL in last 8 games of 2023)
Webster (played a VFL game in 2023)
Mason Wood (played 5 VFL games across 2021-22, but definitely best-22 now)
Windhager (4 x VFL games in 2023)

So Richmond were missing 7 x best-23 players who’ve never played VFL. Arguably 5 of their best dozen players and 3 of their best KPP.

Saints missing 3-4 best 23 players. 5 of the 9 missing played VFL in 2023.

Saints best 7 x players are Steele, Marshall, Wilkie, Sinclair, King and then perhaps Wanganeen-Milera and Mitch Owen’s. All played.

Lynch, Balta and Baker easily in Richmond’s best 7 x players.

So yeah nah ….not really comparable.

What would’ve been comparable is if Saints were missing:

Max King (Lynch)
Wilkie (Balta)
Sinclair (Baker)
Crouch (Hopper)
Ross (Prestia)
Battle (Grimes)
Howard (Gibcus)

How’d you be going missing those 7?


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Why bother !!

Just compare how many premiership medals were missing from each team. Simple