Preview Round 2- Richmond v Collingwood @MCG, 7:20pm Thursday 30th March

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Pies midfield is quiet quick so bringing in Miles is probably not the answer. Stay with Vlaustin, 10 first half tackles was probably pretty important in our first half ascendancy. Caddy needs to step up and play the roll that people want Miles in for. To many slow midfielders is trouble in today's footy.

Better to be quiet quick than loud slow.
 
The bookmakers can't separate them and neither can I. Both teams are similar in that each have a few standout star names who would be stars on any team in the game and then the quality falls off rapidly which is why neither side will be around come Prelim final time.

Huge game in that while neither fanbase holds out much real hope if we can win ( and we surely can ) we are 2 from 2 and have something in the bank with a more possible route to the 8.

Go tiges.
 

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Collingwood don't have a quick midfield at all.
Guys like Sidebottom, Treloar, Ramsay, Phillips, Crisp all run and carry well. And Pendelbury sets them up by hand. In the JLT game their run and spread killed us early so that is what I mean by quite (thanks pockets75). We will need to win the ball and run and spread back at them so they don't run in streams.
 
Guys like Sidebottom, Treloar, Ramsay, Phillips, Crisp all run and carry well. And Pendelbury sets them up by hand. In the JLT game their run and spread killed us early so that is what I mean by quite (thanks pockets75). We will need to win the ball and run and spread back at them so they don't run in streams.
Defensive pressure will be the key to stopping the Pies run and carry. Should kick a bigger score if we win this battle.
 
I don't want to sound over-confident, but I'm not taking into account JLT form. Dusty said it himself in his post match interview on Thursday night that "it was good to be back playing footy, real footy".
That Collingwood backline is a shambles apart from Reid.
With our direct style of play and if we can sustain the same forward pressure, we will score heavily, just like we did against the Blues.
I fully expect our backline to handle themselves fine.
Grimes to Fasolo
Rance to Moore
Astbury to Cox
McIntosh to Mayne (if he plays)

As stated in previous posts, their midfield is the only worry but our midfield is definitely able to match it with them.


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I don't want to sound over-confident, but I'm not taking into account JLT form. Dusty said it himself in his post match interview on Thursday night that "it was good to be back playing footy, real footy".
That Collingwood backline is a shambles apart from Reid.
With our direct style of play and if we can sustain the same forward pressure, we will score heavily, just like we did against the Blues.
I fully expect our backline to handle themselves fine.
Grimes to Fasolo
Rance to Moore
Astbury to Cox
McIntosh to Mayne (if he plays)

As stated in previous posts, their midfield is the only worry but our midfield is definitely able to match it with them.


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I like the confidence and let's hope you are right.
 
Any truth to the rumour that a few of the players pulled up very sore?
 
Any truth to the rumour that a few of the players pulled up very sore?
They are AFL footballers all 22 should pull up sore after a game. If they didnt then they didnt play hard enough or run enough.
 

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Off of that press conference, unsurprisingly, it sounds like Lennon is going to be closely looked at for selection. Lloyd could be the only one to make way.
Lennon's extra height might help us stretch the Pies defence as well.


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I really feel posters are underestimating the Pies, and overestimating us, off Round 1 performances. This has got all the hallmarks of a classic bigfooty moz, followed by monumental meltdown after we lose as the the opposition proved to be slightly better than us.

Agree with this. I thought we made a lot of mistakes on Thursday and I don't know if it's down to a poor work-rate or poor decision-making but we consistently kicked the ball to contests where Richmond players were either outnumbered or evenly-matched with Carlton players or kicked the ball over or to the side of the contest and I have no idea what Jack Riewoldt was doing - just seemed to float about not contributing a hell of a lot.
 
Need to play better than we did round 1 to win honestly. There were times we looked scrappy and and screwed up what shouldve been easy shots on goal.

Hopefully it was just round 1 jitters. But bring that forward and tackling pressure again and we should generate chances.
Bring that pressure again and win lose or draw, I'll be content. All though a win will make me quite a bit more content :p
 
I always have mixed feelings when these two teams play each other for obvious reasons.

Hoping Richmond can get the four points. To be honest its the next game (round 3) that im more interested as that game will give us a measuring stick early on in season 2017.
 
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