Oppo Camp The Non-North Footy Discussion & Matchday Chat Thread (NNFD&MCT) IX

[chubbspeterson]

Clear illustration of intent being more important than skill.

Tigers pressure rating was better than the Blues I would guess, which covered up the Tigers 82 turnovers to Blues 71.
Most of the stats in the Blues favour apart from 6 more tackles from Tigers.
Tigers had the higher kicking efficiency and better conversion inside 50, even though Blues won the inside 50 count by 25.

 

[giantroo]

 

[Ashley B]

Kingy said he hadn't seen the Blues move the ball so well when they were seven goals up...nekminnit

They must of heard him and as they say rest is history lol

 

[Dan]

This is a shitty, pessimistic thing to say but.......tonight's result is gonna make our loss on Saturday look even worse.

 

[chubbspeterson]

And we have their second round pick. Genius!

It's a marathon, not a sprint. Full credit to the Tigers but this game is more about the Blues choking imo.

 

[Roostorm]

Rd one and they have already lost their collective minds…….its going to be a long season….maybe just lower those 10 goal pre game win expectations……might help with the blood pressure too.

 

[Junk yard]

Hard at it for longer. Unfortunately we're still picking blokes that can't do either.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Tigers pressure rating was better than the Blues I would guess, which covered up the Tigers 82 turnovers to Blues 71.
Most of the stats in the Blues favour apart from 6 more tackles from Tigers.
Tigers had the higher kicking efficiency and better conversion inside 50, even though Blues won the inside 50 count by 25.

Their work to prevent easy scoring opportunities was impressive.

We just don’t do that. It’s why sides score so heavily in short periods.

Our will to defend is non existent and it’s combined with elite level pants shitting defenders.

 

[zoomba23]

This is a shitty, pessimistic thing to say but.......tonight's result is gonna make our loss on Saturday look even worse.

Not if we somehow emulate what they did with a team probably 2/3 as talented as ours

 

[Themanbun]

Vlastuin gave a really good interview at the end of the game where he talked through some of the tactical changes they made to increase the pressure on the Blues and reduce their easy transition game.

They cracked in. They played smart. They made the other side shit themselves with their intensity.

They earned that win through intelligence, speed and determination. There'll be plenty of other teams who can't keep up with that pressure, if they bring it every week. We could learn a lot from that.

 

[SammyRoo]

 

[Gasometer]

Just goes to show the Tigers trained more over the summer

Rumour is some were seen at the Docklands Cinema doing sit ups during Wicked

Why can’t we train more

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Vlastuin gave a really good interview at the end of the game where he talked through some of the tactical changes they made to increase the pressure on the Blues and reduce their easy transition game.

They cracked in. They played smart. They made the other side shit themselves with their intensity.

They earned that win through intelligence, speed and determination. There'll be plenty of other teams who can't keep up with that pressure, if they bring it every week. We could learn a lot from that.

It’s something that the opposition can’t control.

 

[gokangas]

Good game to watch. Not the result I expected.

 

[shintemaster]

Called it in the “when will Richmond win their first game” thread and now have the most obscene leg of my 9 way multi locked down with Richmond helping me out. Pray for me.

 

[hilly]

Called it in the “when will Richmond win their first game” thread and now have the most obscene leg of my 9 way multi locked down with Richmond helping me out. Pray for me.

Winner and margin Sat night please.

 

[shintemaster]

Winner and margin Sat night please.

We will do them. We’re done messing around - it’s the other 6 legs im worried about.

 

[RightWingRoo]

Ahh well, we can lock in the spoon now

 

[Possession]

Called it in the “when will Richmond win their first game” thread and now have the most obscene leg of my 9 way multi locked down with Richmond helping me out. Pray for me.

 

[chubbspeterson]

Their work to prevent easy scoring opportunities was impressive.

We just don’t do that. It’s why sides score so heavily in short periods.

Our will to defend is non existent and it’s combined with elite level pants shitting defenders.

It was impressive defensively, but more potent sides will convert the opportunities the Blues had inside 50.
We'll see if the Tigers can sustain that pressure and keep teams under 80 points every week to have a chance to win.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

Imagine celebrating a nothing goal against a team like Carlton in round 1 with a handspring backflip.

... save it for a team that means something

 

[Masked Avenger]

It's a marathon, not a sprint. Full credit to the Tigers but this game is more about the Blues choking imo.

Also a demonstration of how valuable a group of senior players can be when they're prepared to do the heavy lifting.

Hasn't been our strong suit. Hopefully we see some improvement on that front with Parker, Daniel and the return of Logue.

 

[Makeshift Park]

So the lessons seem to be… next time we do a massive rebuild, let’s keep 7 or 8 senior blokes who can actually play well, and let’s use the years where we’re blooding kids to play defensively sound, high pressure footy.

 

[Hatchy1992]

I doubt Carlton would have beaten us. I was tearing my hair out at Carlton and I hate them. That win means nothing, Carlton will be bottom 6.

 

[Devington]

So the lessons seem to be… next time we do a massive rebuild, let’s keep 7 or 8 senior blokes who can actually play well, and let’s use the years where we’re blooding kids to play defensively sound, high pressure footy.

And not do the thing where we have 4 coaches in as many years.