itsintheblood
24 May 2004, 10:53
This is on the RFC website. I have to LMFAO reading this. Spud tell me this; in all the matches we've lost this year we've been absolutely pasted. We have not had one "honorable" loss so far this season. Our losses indicate that when playing quality opposition we are a country mile behind in every facet of the game. Can you please explain to me how the hell you can believe we are "better than this"?? We were lucky to beat the bulldogs and just fell in against the hawks. Time for a reality check for you spud.
We're better than this: Frawley
12:43:21 AM Sun 23 May, 2004
Alan Shiell
Sportal
Richmond coach Danny Frawley tried to remain positive amid the gloom of the Tigers’ 78-point loss to Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium on Saturday night.
“We know we’re a lot better than this,” he said.
“We’ve just got to learn from it because we’ve got another interstate game this week, against the West Coast Eagles (at Subiaco Oval on Saturday).”
Frawley conceded there ‘weren’t too many positives’ to come from a match in which the Tigers managed just 7.8 to Port’s 19.14.
“I thought Joel Bowden’s performance (43 disposals – 30 kicks, 13 handpasses) was pretty good,” he said.
“I thought Ray Hall probably stuck to his guns somewhat against (Warren) Tredrea. Tredrea probably got the honours over the night but I suppose when the ball’s coming in there that often …
“Other than that, there wouldn’t have been too many other positives. Probably getting a game into all our youngsters – (Brent) Hartigan, (Tom) Roach and (Jay) Schulz – on foreign territory. They’ll be a hell of a lot better for the run on an interstate venue.”
Frawley, coaching Richmond for the 100th time, agreed the loss had undone a lot of the good work from the Tigers’ three consecutive wins against Hawthorn, Sydney and the Western Bulldogs.
“They (Port) totally outplayed us – they were good in all departments,” he said.
“We were off probably five or six per cent and you can’t afford to do that on interstate grounds such as this.
“The referred pressure they put on us, probably on and off the field … we made some uncharacteristic mistakes that we probably haven’t made over the last three weeks. That was disappointing.
“The first three or four minutes we were probably in the game, then we made some silly decisions with the ball – not only decisions but our ball use early on, and that resulted in two goals to the opposition and from then on it was a bit of an uphill battle.
“We made Chad Cornes be the best player on the ground by the length of Flemington straight. All credit goes to Port. We just couldn’t get it past Chad.”
Frawley said he thought Richmond ‘at least competed and showed a bit of fight in the third quarter’.
“But you probably couldn’t read too much into the last quarter,” he said.
“We had guys falling over left, right and centre, which is a bit disappointing. I’m not sure how they’re going, those players, but hopefully they aren’t too bad. They’re not serious injuries but they’re probably in some doubt for this week.”
Richmond revealed post-match that its only casualties were Greg Stafford (foot) and Brad Ottens (knee).
We're better than this: Frawley
12:43:21 AM Sun 23 May, 2004
Alan Shiell
Sportal
Richmond coach Danny Frawley tried to remain positive amid the gloom of the Tigers’ 78-point loss to Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium on Saturday night.
“We know we’re a lot better than this,” he said.
“We’ve just got to learn from it because we’ve got another interstate game this week, against the West Coast Eagles (at Subiaco Oval on Saturday).”
Frawley conceded there ‘weren’t too many positives’ to come from a match in which the Tigers managed just 7.8 to Port’s 19.14.
“I thought Joel Bowden’s performance (43 disposals – 30 kicks, 13 handpasses) was pretty good,” he said.
“I thought Ray Hall probably stuck to his guns somewhat against (Warren) Tredrea. Tredrea probably got the honours over the night but I suppose when the ball’s coming in there that often …
“Other than that, there wouldn’t have been too many other positives. Probably getting a game into all our youngsters – (Brent) Hartigan, (Tom) Roach and (Jay) Schulz – on foreign territory. They’ll be a hell of a lot better for the run on an interstate venue.”
Frawley, coaching Richmond for the 100th time, agreed the loss had undone a lot of the good work from the Tigers’ three consecutive wins against Hawthorn, Sydney and the Western Bulldogs.
“They (Port) totally outplayed us – they were good in all departments,” he said.
“We were off probably five or six per cent and you can’t afford to do that on interstate grounds such as this.
“The referred pressure they put on us, probably on and off the field … we made some uncharacteristic mistakes that we probably haven’t made over the last three weeks. That was disappointing.
“The first three or four minutes we were probably in the game, then we made some silly decisions with the ball – not only decisions but our ball use early on, and that resulted in two goals to the opposition and from then on it was a bit of an uphill battle.
“We made Chad Cornes be the best player on the ground by the length of Flemington straight. All credit goes to Port. We just couldn’t get it past Chad.”
Frawley said he thought Richmond ‘at least competed and showed a bit of fight in the third quarter’.
“But you probably couldn’t read too much into the last quarter,” he said.
“We had guys falling over left, right and centre, which is a bit disappointing. I’m not sure how they’re going, those players, but hopefully they aren’t too bad. They’re not serious injuries but they’re probably in some doubt for this week.”
Richmond revealed post-match that its only casualties were Greg Stafford (foot) and Brad Ottens (knee).