Even better then.
Not a bad idea though to swing Tarrant forward
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Even better then.
We still kicked 100 points, our forward line and scoring power wasn’t the issueLynch would have made the difference, so what did we do to counter that, nothing.
If we had played another tall we would have won easily. If it was Lynch, we would have panted them.We still kicked 100 points, our forward line and scoring power wasn’t the issue
Undisciplined players, and our leaders failing to rise to the occasion cost us 3 oppo goals at least
Don’t think another tall would of made the difference at all, especially given the selection we had availableIf we had played another tall we would have won easily. If it was Lynch, we would have panted them.
But yes we are our own worst enemies and let them back in.
I would have played Miller not Ryan. Miller has been in great form, Ryan would be no different to Soldo, big and slow. Tarrant even. We were a far better side than the Swans but ran out of options going forward.Don’t think another tall would of made the difference at all, especially given the selection we had available
They completely ignored Soldo and they would of done the same to Ryan
Has Miller ever played forward?I would have played Miller not Ryan. Miller has been in great form, Ryan would be no different to Soldo, big and slow. Tarrant even. We were a far better side than the Swans but ran out of options going forward.
Lynch has been the most important player at Richmond this year because he gives us that big mobile target to aim for. It helps that he has been in great form. Asking Jack to play that role was never going to work. In tandem with someone who was in good form maybe, but a forward line of Jack on his own essentially didn't work last year much less this.
Good article by Jon Pierik in The Age.
Richmond bye round snapshot.
For the remainder of the year, we play only four of the teams currently in the top eight.
Yeah exactly, they definitely applied pressure but they had genuine skill as players, as you're implying. I guess Cyril was insane though, best of both worlds he was.
Castagna is an annoying one though, he really has amazing tools for the position he plays and sometimes does amazingly. He has speed, reads the play pretty well at times and bobs up for us up forward, he can run all day, he can take a mark etc. There's 90% of a real gun there, but the other 10% is just so, I dunno, goofy or something, eg. sometimes he gets the ball on the wing, looks all excitable and just kicks it to the opposition or to literally nothing. He trips over himself. I think perhaps the speed/rhythm of his body and his mind are working at odds ever so slightly, and it causes him to stuff things up a lot.
If he could cut out some of the goofiness, which I'd have hoped he would have by now after so many senior games but also playing in many high-pressure games of footy (4 QF, 1 Semi, 4 Prelims, 3 GF/Flags), he could really be icing for us for a long period. But 2 handballs at the weekend after a few other average games this season, I'd personally be cutting him, see how he goes in the magoos for a few weeks and let him earn the spot back.
Yep ... and none of Hawthorn, Collingwood, Freo, St kilda and the Suns were in the top eight last year and we emerged with a whole two points against them in the last 7 weeks last year
uh huh...How about saw a team come right at us and we shat the bed? Just we have throughout this season (even with Lunch in). Yup we dodgy calls. So did Sydney.If we had played another tall we would have won easily. If it was Lynch, we would have panted them.
But yes we are our own worst enemies and let them back in.
Has Miller ever played forward?
Not a fan of just throwing someone forward or back unless it’s in a break glass situation
They can mess up the guys who play in that area of the ground by disrupting leading lanes or going for marks and spoiling team mates
Miller is getting more touches than our midfielders lately, he's clearly been told to be more offensive and has taken to it nicely. Also showing some nice dukes. What's his best position? Dunno, but there's serious tools there. If he needs to play forward to get some AFL time I'm all for it.Think Miller has played fwd as a junior, and maybe in his first season with us at VFL? But that would be about it.
Exactly, Tarrant is too slow and it would reinforce the stupid game plan of kicking it on their heads, which is easily defendedIf defender needs to be shifted forward its Balta or Gibcus, not Tarrant. No chance.
this is what cost us the game last week, too many long bombs to soldo who couldnt mark or jack who was 3 v 1Exactly, Tarrant is too slow and it would reinforce the stupid game plan of kicking it on their heads, which is easily defended
So we have a bloody discipline problem 6 years in a row??
To me that's a load of BS.
6 years our free kick diff is either bottom or second bottom and after all this time ,it's still a discipline problem?????
Wake up and smell the roses.
Why did we make Cumberland the Sub, would have been great to see him in our forward line.Well who was there to replace him, Soldo. Was never going to work unless we smashed them.
yep,Hardwicks been done in by Longmire on many occassions.including last friday.uh huh...How about saw a team come right at us and we shat the bed? Just we have throughout this season (even with Lunch in). Yup we dodgy calls. So did Sydney.
If we had Lunch, then do Sydney get Blakey? Maybe they'd rather have Hickey?
Tigers were out coached. They were mentally poor on the field. Bed got soiled. Oppo given a green light.
The only light, be it low wattage, was that we got out of that pooped filled bed, put the fists up and had a dip later in the last. Forgot to kick straight though. That is a different mental game.
Not often enough, looked good when he did but that was a few seasons ago. Given we have zero forward backup it is strange that he is not being played there at some stage.Has Miller ever played forward?
Not a fan of just throwing someone forward or back unless it’s in a break glass situation
They can mess up the guys who play in that area of the ground by disrupting leading lanes or going for marks and spoiling team mates
If you go into a game with one forward you won't win many games. Last year when Lynch was out it was Jack vs the rest, shades of that last week with the ball just rebounding out of our forward half. Eventually Buddy and Reid got on the end of it. Not one side in the league would go in to a game with one forward. Jack is not the player he was, he cannot compete up the ground like he used too, yet we act like he can.uh huh...How about saw a team come right at us and we shat the bed? Just we have throughout this season (even with Lunch in). Yup we dodgy calls. So did Sydney.
If we had Lunch, then do Sydney get Blakey? Maybe they'd rather have Hickey?
Tigers were out coached. They were mentally poor on the field. Bed got soiled. Oppo given a green light.
The only light, be it low wattage, was that we got out of that pooped filled bed, put the fists up and had a dip later in the last. Forgot to kick straight though. That is a different mental game.