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- Sep 17, 2006
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Well it's finally here, the last game of a horror 2024 season where everything that could go wrong has gone wrong as far as having our best players available for the majority of the year and this could be the last dance for a lot of the 2017-2020 premiership era players and some off field staff
We've already seen Dusty retire, chance are Grimes joins him some time this week, while the likes of Baker Bolton Graham & Rioli could also be playing their final game in the yellow and black with plenty of speculation that all 4 will announce their intentions to depart in the next fortnight once our season actually ends. Not only is it the players, but it will also be Brendan Gales final game as Richmond CEO and although some have said he should have departed the moment it was announced he was heading to Tasmania, I'm glad that he'll be there to be part of the final game for the season and have a chance to also be given a send off by the faithful who owe him as much as anyone for the period of success that the club achieved.
As for the game itself, well it's a chance for us to have a much needed win to end the season. The Suns were horrible against Melbourne up on the Gold Coast last weekend and much like us, it would appear that a lot of them have also checked out and are looking forward to the end of the season. Outside beating Essendon at Marvel, the Suns haven't really been competitive away from their home ground and while we've also been largely uncompetitive we should have a great chance against the Suns.
What I'd like to see is Yze give the side the chance to play the run and gun style they initially tried to play against the Hawks before it went pear shaped. The first 5 minutes or so when we were counter attacking off HB and surging through the middle certainly got crowd up and about before the lack of composure/execution caused the turnover and saw us get opened up the other way. Against the Suns who don't have much to play for it could be a great opportunity to give the players some freedom to have a crack and see if they can execute an exciting attacking game plan.
Line Up I'd Like To See:
In: M.Rioli Sonsie Dow Smith
Out: Bolton D.Rioli Graham Prestia
B: Miller Broad Blight
HB: Smith Trezise Vlastuin
C: Ralphsmith Taranto Banks
HF: Mansell Bauer Baker
F: Koschitzke Balta M.Rioli
R: Nankervis Sonsie Dow
INT: Short Campbell Hopper Ross Coulthard
It won't happen but I'd like to see us run out like this for the last game. If we know that Bolton Daniel Graham & Baker are leaving, even if it's not made public don't play them. Last thing we'd want when trying to cash in at the trade table would be unfortunate injuries and given the way our season has unfolded the odds are pretty good that at least 1 of them would suffer a LTI that would scupper trade plans.
Instead of that we'll likely get the usual shuffling of the deckchairs and field a pretty similar side to the one we have the last few weeks.
We've already seen Dusty retire, chance are Grimes joins him some time this week, while the likes of Baker Bolton Graham & Rioli could also be playing their final game in the yellow and black with plenty of speculation that all 4 will announce their intentions to depart in the next fortnight once our season actually ends. Not only is it the players, but it will also be Brendan Gales final game as Richmond CEO and although some have said he should have departed the moment it was announced he was heading to Tasmania, I'm glad that he'll be there to be part of the final game for the season and have a chance to also be given a send off by the faithful who owe him as much as anyone for the period of success that the club achieved.
As for the game itself, well it's a chance for us to have a much needed win to end the season. The Suns were horrible against Melbourne up on the Gold Coast last weekend and much like us, it would appear that a lot of them have also checked out and are looking forward to the end of the season. Outside beating Essendon at Marvel, the Suns haven't really been competitive away from their home ground and while we've also been largely uncompetitive we should have a great chance against the Suns.
What I'd like to see is Yze give the side the chance to play the run and gun style they initially tried to play against the Hawks before it went pear shaped. The first 5 minutes or so when we were counter attacking off HB and surging through the middle certainly got crowd up and about before the lack of composure/execution caused the turnover and saw us get opened up the other way. Against the Suns who don't have much to play for it could be a great opportunity to give the players some freedom to have a crack and see if they can execute an exciting attacking game plan.
Line Up I'd Like To See:
In: M.Rioli Sonsie Dow Smith
Out: Bolton D.Rioli Graham Prestia
B: Miller Broad Blight
HB: Smith Trezise Vlastuin
C: Ralphsmith Taranto Banks
HF: Mansell Bauer Baker
F: Koschitzke Balta M.Rioli
R: Nankervis Sonsie Dow
INT: Short Campbell Hopper Ross Coulthard
It won't happen but I'd like to see us run out like this for the last game. If we know that Bolton Daniel Graham & Baker are leaving, even if it's not made public don't play them. Last thing we'd want when trying to cash in at the trade table would be unfortunate injuries and given the way our season has unfolded the odds are pretty good that at least 1 of them would suffer a LTI that would scupper trade plans.
Instead of that we'll likely get the usual shuffling of the deckchairs and field a pretty similar side to the one we have the last few weeks.
