Game Day Richmond v West Coast Eagles, Round 22 - 13:10 AEST, Aug 18, 2019

[tropicaltiger]

could the commentary team barrack any harder for Richmond

not eddie mate, he wants pies top 4

 

[Adz]

Cats should push for a true home final against Eagles.

 

[joselol]

AFL need to fu** off the deliberate rush behind rule Barrass was under genuine pressure and because of that rule had to keep it win which costed the Eagles the game.

Thank Joel Bowden

 

[Grockadoc]

7 games in a row at your home ground
just highlights what teams outside Vic are up against

We had the LEAST number of home games up until RD 17 of any team in the AFL. We had only played 6 home games and had played our obligatory 1 home game at Etihad in those six. So the AFL HAD to make up 5 home games in the last 7 rounds.

No one were crying foul when we had only played 6 home games in 16 rounds of football...

 

[JoondalupJ]

Cracking game. Well done to WCE. Well done Tiges. A credit to both teams.

Turn it up, Jack!

 

[illegaleagle]

I admit Richmond too good on the day. What an epic game of footy. Richmond were great in the last 3 qtrs. Hopefully they flog Brisbane and we flog hawthorn to get us in the top 2. Surely that was the game of the year

 

[big bootaaaaah]

Yes a very observant one too!

Or did you mean a Diligent Hawk?

Oh have you got eyes?

Yes I’ve observed you’ve been a DH ever since you’ve been on big footy

 

[My Cotchin Rules]

Loving the WC melting! God how good is footy when you're a winner!
Ps WC had the rib of the green all 1st half i wouldn't be complaining about umpiring!!!!

 

[BG__]

Disappointing result, but still positives to take away from it. Only lost it by a goal in the end when i thought it would be more with the way the game was going in the rain. A couple of different calls from the umps and less Barrass brainfades and we would have won.

 

[kaiserchief13]

Cats should push for a true home final against Eagles.

Damn your ass must be sore from the last 18 months. Enjoy 5th spuds

 

[fnerd]

we are not a minnow club like freo

Lucky then cause you d get obliterated there in a final

 

[My Cotchin Rules]

Please tell me how many shots at goal Richmond got from frees? How many did WC get?

Don't be that guy. #loser

 

[juss]

Yep yet another game where weather won the game for Richmond. Their luck has to run out at some point

You're almost as pathetic as the Eagles were when it got tough today.

 

[Elmer_Judd]

Cats should push for a true home final against Eagles.

They can ask, but won't get it. West Coast have a massive travelling fanbase and are very influential in sporting political circles.

A Geelong v West Coast week one final hosted by Geelong would 100 % be held at the MCG, as much as I disagree with it.

 

[kaiserchief13]

Don't be that guy. #loser

Your fellow poster mentioned the umpires....

 

[My Cotchin Rules]

It's an Eagle melt down in this thread

 

[JoondalupJ]

Watching West Coast supporters melt never gets old. Did they kick a single second half goal without direct umpire assistance?

Mostly there scoring is umpire assisted, the only bloke that drags in frees better, is Selwood at Geelong for the shoulder drop , although less now, and Dangermouse who actually doesn't have to do anything at all to get a free , you hear a whistle and sure enough Dagers got a free!

 

[JackOutback]

You're almost as pathetic as the Eagles were when it got tough today.

What, in the last quarter? Both teams fought hard, be a little classy.

 

[ToreadorMarch]

Don't be that guy. #loser

Or a guy that uses #loser

 

[Sterge]

Disappointing result, but still positives to take away from it. Only lost it by a goal in the end when i thought it would be more with the way the game was going in the rain. A couple of different calls from the umps and less Barrass brainfades and we would have won.

Couple of different call from the umps and we slot the easy missed goals and you blokes don't pull goals out of your ass all day and we ease home 6 or 7 goal winners.

How fun are hypotheticals!

 

[Ok Boomer]

Collingwood fans full of salt watching the big boys put on a classic at the 'G

 

[jc12]

7 games in a row at your home ground
just highlights what teams outside Vic are up against

lol you cook didnt you see our first half of the year draw...

 

[juss]

There seems to be a lot of selective ignoring of the awful decision to give Rioli a free and a goal that kept Eagles in the game late in the 4th.

Umpiring always makes bad calls both ways, you can't call out some and not the others. That was as pivotal in the game as any given the timeframe.

What, in the last quarter? Both teams fought hard, be a little classy.

Not when responding to Kaiserchief I won't bother.

 

[Numero Uno]

Lucky then cause you d get obliterated there in a final

freo supporters pathetic as usual

 

[Quinz]

While I love to rant about the umps during the game, I’ve never seen a game where umpires have made more mistakes than players. Not even in the same stratosphere. They might make a few, but over the course of a game it’s a minuscule fraction of the total result. Players lose games, not umpires.

FWIW I thought they had some strange decisions both ways. The Riewoldt boot and Rioli sling went our way, the Kennedy throw and the Riewoldt push didn’t. But it was a game played in pretty tough conditions, and the umpires have to deal with that too.

Such is life.

It’s a waste of a very good game of footy to even be discussing them.