Autopsy 2019 Rd 1 vs Richmond - Improved Blues go down by 33 points

[ODNBlue]

If anyone needs further evidence of the lack of validity in Championship Data...

 

[HARKER]

Setterfield for me struggle with the speed a little, once he gets used to the pace of AFL football, he will be a lot better for the run.

Impressed with all his little efforts. Some mad quite a difference last night.
Good pressure mid with very good hands.

Last night had many fumbling and somewhat more than would normally be the case.
Thought he did very well for his fourth game of football.

 

[FitzroyBlueBagger]

My thoughts:

1. Where has the holding the man free kick gone?
We were constantly held without the ball. A player trying to get off the ground and pulled back down on the ground is just ridiculous. Players being tackled without the ball and it being let go. However, if thats the case why did we not do the same?

2. Improved tackling.
More tackles that stuck. At long last!!

3. Defence looked great.
Jones and Weits fantastic! Newman seamlessly fitted in. Plow very solid without being a stand out. Simmo was Simmo, Thomas had a great game. Garlett will get better but needs to be faster with his decisions and moving the ball on by disposal or running. Lynch was rewarded by poor umpiring, First goal should have been a free to Jonesy, The free where he kicked his 3rd was soft in the context of the Game.

4. Forward Line
H and Gov both worked very hard to get into the game and seemed to get better as the game wore on. Don't wanna bash Charlie too much but seriously WTH. Fas looked rusty but will be great, Gibbons got into good positions but not his night. Cuningham didn't get reward for effort. Please Ed back to the middle

5. Exciting you mid group.
Cripps is a beast!! Without him that would have been a 100+ point loss. Fish very good (Cop that Martin!) and Setters better than expected coming back from injury. Dow looks a little way off at the moment due to lack of preseason, still lots to like. Walsh, wow... great first game, took a while to adjust to game speed, panicked a little and rushed after getting caught at the start but shrugged it off for the best first game i have seen in ages.

6. Richmonds running.
Streets ahead of ours. Consistently they had 3-4 options with the ball carrier or doubled teamed our ball handler. On the double teaming this needs to be exploited.

7. The Fight back.
Was almost ready to turn it off after quarter time, thank God I didn't. SHOCKING first quarter. A few decisions didn't go our way, it happens but it killed us. A few guys dropped their heads, it hurt not being able to get a runner out there. But after that they worked their backsides off. The effort was huge. It seemed like we worked twice as hard as the Tigs in the second and third, we just need to learn to punish the opposition when we are working that Hard. When we made mistakes it was too easy for the Tigs due to the sheer number of options that had (been playing together a lot longer). In the last suffered from the effort spent to get back into the game.

8. Move the Ball quicker.
Picked on Garlett for it earlier but there were multiple offenders. Ed, Garlett, Simmo, etc. Killed the momentum.

Lots to like.... Lots to work on.

5 Likes
1. JW and Jones
2. Cripps
3. Tackling (shout out to Fish)
4. Effort and Pressure
5. The future is evident

5 Dislikes
1. No holding the man (it really bugged me)
2. First Quarter
3. Rance (both his whole game and then the injury)
4. Not moving the ball quick enough (allow tigs to set up defence, they didn't give us the same luxury and punished us)
5. Basically no voice this morning and poor nights sleep due to the adreniline coursing through my veins. Far out I love the Blues. (Pretty sure any supporter of another team would refer to me as a feral)

SUMMARY
TL;DR

GO BLUES!

GreatSummary

 

[Blue since 72]

Agree with the kick outs very repetitive, short and slow to the pocket along the boundary line allows Richmond to clog things up way to easily, we need to be going to different areas of the ground to give ourselves a quicker and greater advantage by being way less predictable

Yeah kick ins I think we have definitely got wrong so far. Why isn't Newman taking them with a bit of run and carry to start off. I'd even have Fish take some, perfect time to put the oppo defense under pressure.

 

[Aphrodite]

I not sure where to put this and i might get a ban but the Blues fans that were booing Rance as he got carried off should be embarrased.
Your club has gone through it twice in 2 years with your captain. If any club should know what its like its you guys.
The only word that comes to mind is scum.
Appolagies to the blues fans that didnt boo him.

Nothing more feral and disgraceful than when Kouta was stretchered off the ground in the 2001 Carl v Rich Semi Final.

The roar from your lot cheering was an absolute disgrace. I was there and was totally disgusted.
Talk about scum.

As for Rance, I never wish injury on any player and it's an awful thing to happen & I wish him all the best and a speedy recovery.

 

[Arr0w]

Aph goes BANG!

 

[Pablito]

Ummm, Richmond did

Their good quarters were better than our good quarters and their bad quarters weren't as bad as ours.

 

[jezzajay]

I not sure where to put this and i might get a ban but the Blues fans that were booing Rance as he got carried off should be embarrased.
Your club has gone through it twice in 2 years with your captain. If any club should know what its like its you guys.
The only word that comes to mind is scum.
Appolagies to the blues fans that didnt boo him.

on a different note your young guys look good.
Charlie Curnow had a down game but will be a superstar. He and Mckay are very exiting.
Dow and Walsh will also be A graders.
I hope we meet you in a final in a year or two.

Fair enough...
But from what I understand people were booing for other reasons.
One bloke told me they were booing him because they had no idea his knee was stuffed...they thought he was carrying on as the ball had hit him in the face and he was trying to milk a free...personally I think he's brought that reaction upon himself with his diving over the years.
I've also seen that we didn't receive a free during that play that we should have so people were booing for that.

I wish Rance well.

 

[FitzroyBlueBagger]

Was Cuningham and yes was baffling

Umpire made the call from 20metres behind to their backs, assumed, wrong decision...

 

[Aphrodite]

Aph goes BANG!

I didn't see it as anyone booing Rance last night.

Pretty sure they were booing the umps.

 

[Darkyprotector]

Sorry to intrude

You guys can be proud , I think you were shafted in the first quarter
First goal free kick , Baltas goal maybe a 50 ( where was mcgoverns)
Nankervis shepherded all night crossing the line and taking Phillips leap
Unbelievable the amount of In the backs not paid
Newman
McKay
Fisher
Walsh
Dow


Good future

Umpires have Funny new rules and yet we can't get the old basic ones right

 

[jezzajay]

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Haha...above the crows!!

 

[jezzajay]

My take on last night...not overly surprised by end result.
Richmond just too classy when it counts. We fumbled a little too much or didn't execute our possession wisely enough.
These things are to be expected with a young team and will iron themselves out in time.
Happy with the majority of our players and their effort.
Happy to see us claw our way back into the game.
Admittedly pretty deflated at qtr time. Was up and about at 3/4 time.
Unfortunately we couldn't run it out.
Thought he umps were pathetic - again! Still don't understand how they perceive things out there. Frustrating as they seemed to score goals with bullshit umpiring decisions leading to them.

Anyways...onwards and upwards...so much upside to look forward to!

 

[Boy with chook]

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Doc with Rance post game

Such a quality bloke is Doc. So much admiration for him.

 

[Robbo's my hero]

Nothing more feral and disgraceful than when Kouta was stretchered off the ground in the 2001 Carl v Rich Semi Final.

The roar from your lot cheering was an absolute disgrace. I was there and was totally disgusted.
Talk about scum.

As for Rance, I never wish injury on any player and it's an awful thing to happen & I wish him all the best and a speedy recovery.

Knights. Dirty little *****.

 

[iluvparis]

Walsh looks a star

First quarter was disgraceful

Overall summary - nothing to me to suggest we won't be in the wilderness for another decade

 

[chelseacarlton]

Do you enjoy losing, maybe accepting Carlton's current win/loss % is for you?

Lol
Ok
It’s a game of footy champ, we are all vicarious in this relationship, transient voyeurs, if you get this upset, maybe take a step back!
Grab a beer and walk outside

 

[FitzroyBlueBagger]

Richmond allowed and preferred us doing it. We made no effort to alter and kept playing in their hands. I’ll leave it there.

Spot on

 

[Robbo's my hero]

Walsh looks a star

First quarter was disgraceful

Overall summary - nothing to me to suggest we won't be in the wilderness for another decade

See you in ten years.

 

[iluvparis]

See you in ten years.

I stopped paying my membership 5-6 years ago halfway there.

 

[katmanblue]

Well, he has kinda been pretty awful all preseason too.

Hope he bounces back next week. I think a lot of us were expecting a full blown breakout year with 40-50 goals and some BOG performances.

Perhaps we need to manage our expectations. He's a young lad who has the potential to take the league by the scruff of the neck. That doesn't mean he is going be BOG week in week out.

I heard someone say they expected him to go close to winning the BnF this year. I'd say he won't even make top 5 due to inconsistency.

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[Arr0w]

I stopped paying my membership 5-6 years ago halfway there.

How am I not surprised

 

[Duigan Alley34]

Sorry to intrude

You guys can be proud , I think you were shafted in the first quarter
First goal free kick , Baltas goal maybe a 50 ( where was mcgoverns)
Nankervis shepherded all night crossing the line and taking Phillips leap
Unbelievable the amount of In the backs not paid
Newman
McKay
Fisher
Walsh
Dow


Good future

Umpires have Funny new rules and yet we can't get the old basic ones right

Appreciate the post, makes me feel less bias. I have no doubt tiger fans would be able to pick calls that didn't go their way either, however, they were able to capitalise from them and we couldn't unfortunately.

 

[__Bobcat__]

how come i can't like posts?

wrong thread, i know. "sue me".

 

[JohnnyFontane90]

we hit 400 possessions last night. we didn't do that once last year. it's just a stat but we were ranked second last for total possessions last year and dead last the year before. we've been bottom 4 in total possessions in the league in 5/6 post ratten years.

collingwood last year averaged 399, dogs in their premiership year average 406. it's not a perfect stat and the sample size is still small, but it does show how much of weakness the midfield has been for a long time and the progress we've made in that area so far.