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Goalkickers
Nahas brought up his 20th goal on the weekend, making him the 5th player with 20+ and Cotchin on 16 only missing due to poor conversion. This sort of spread of goalkickers is something we have lacked for a long time and IMO one of the key areas of improvement this year, even if we haven't... -
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Ball use out of the backline
Earlier in the season we were getting smashed in the clearances but still picking up a few wins, mainly because our efficiency with the ball was high. The better ball users like Deledio, Newman and Houli were getting the ball in a bit of space and some of the younger guys like Conca and Martin... -
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Where we can (and must) improve our list
This pains me a bit because some of the guys I am highlighting I have been a big fan of (particularly Edwards and White and a lesser extent mcGuane), but the areas we need to improve on are fairly obvious. For comparison I have used this weeks named team and have highlighted the positions we... -
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2 goals per minute remaining
I've seen us snatch defeat from the jaws of victory more than a few times over the years, and I reckon i've now worked out my euphoria level. That time in the match when I can start soaking up the euphoria of a win while the game is still being played. For me, it happens once we are two goals... -
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Corridor Footy
As a kid I played a fair bit of footy in the corridor with an old pair of socks or a nerf ball and put a few holes in the plasterboard, but that's not what this thread is about. Last night it was clear from the first quarter that we were trying to take on collingwood by centering the ball as... -
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News Ray Hall comeback
Ray Hall is lining up for Eastlake in the ACTAFL this weekend in his first game since finishing up with Richmond. He has been named on the bench for Sundays clash against Queanbeyan Tigers, after spending 18 months in PNG as an Australian Youth Ambassador and mentoring the PNG under 16 and... -
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Reiwoldt's goalkicking technique
Reiwoldt had two set shots today and both times came off about three steps and missed. Last year his goalkicking confidence was down but I don't think he had a particularly bad technique, it seemed to be more in his head. I'm not sure who is coaching his goalkicking now but I never saw Tony... -
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Mentors told - expect 10-15 to be cut
According to Phil Egan on the Marngrook footy show, there was a mentors meeting this morning at the club. They were told to expect 10-15 players to be cut (or at least that was how he interpreted it) -
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4 Quarter consistency
Nearly every game this year we have had one really good quarter, including against the top sides. An 8 goal quarter against the cats, 5 or 6 goals in 10-15 minutes against the bulldogs, first quarter against the saints and similar in many other games. But we usually mix this with one or two ok... -
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Is Gordon Ramsey our new forwards coach?
LMAO. LAUGHTER was in short supply at Richmond in the first half of the season, but it's doubtful whether even in the club's glorious flag-winning years was there as many giggles as those thtat filled Punt Road Oval earlier in the week. New coach Jade Rawlings invited five-time premiership... -
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Was Spud a master-coach?
Hafey, Baraasi and Kennedy were undoubtably master-coaches and numerous players who played under them went on to be coaches. Several players and assistant-coaches under Sheedy have also gone on to the number one job. Now, we have Crocker and Lyon, who were both assistants under the spud... -
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Phil Egan on the Board?
There was a story about Richmond's indigenous set-up on the Marngrook footy show tonight. After the piece they were talking to Phil Egan about his involvement and one of them let it slip he was going for a board position. He confirmed it and seemed pretty serious. He wants an indigenous... -
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Edwards had a good game tonight.
Edwards game was very good tonight. He has looked like he has a good footy brain since day 1, but his strength and kicking have been his weaknesses. But his kicking tonight was excellent. -
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Chris Newman - Our worst captain ever?
Surely now that Wallace has gone the blowtorch will go onto this imposter. Certainly the worst of the last 45 years. Neville Crowe 1963-66 Fred Swift 1967 Roger Dean 1968-71 Royce Hart 1972-1975 Francis Bourke 1976-77 Kevin Sheedy 1978 Kevin Bartlett 1979 Bruce Monteath 1980 Bryan... -
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Gourdis nominates for PSD
... and I reckon Richmond will redraft him there. Because He was a late delisting to give us 4 picks in the national draft. We got 3 of the guys we were after, but missed out on the 4th when brisbane pipped us the pick before ours. The rest of the blokes we had considered drafting were... -
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Free Agency???????????
No more delisting by any club, so only 6 picks in the PSD. http://www.afl.com.au/News/NEWSARTICLE/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=70599 With the lack of trades and picks in the PSD this year, the AFLPA will be going all out to introduce some form of free agency in the future. Time to lock up... -
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Captain named
as General Manager of TODAYshow.com http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27227557/ That is all. -
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Browny's Mojo
I thought Browny lairised a bit too much tonight and could have given off about three goals instead of trying to boot them himself (and missing). But its good to see him getting his mojo back. :thumbsu: -
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Tigers in the (Northern) Territory
Richmond are building ties with indiginous communities in Central Australia, which I think is another great initiative of the club. The whole place seems to be much more forward thinking since Steven Wright took over as CEO. :thumbsu: There's a bit of info about it on the RFC website, but... -
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Best player drafted by pick number
The AFL site has a curious list, setting out who was the best player drafted at each pick of the draft from pick 1 up to pick 124. http://afl.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=52987 The Richmond players who made the cut: 103 – SEAN BOWDEN (RICHMOND)... -
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Basketball Crap
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Foley
Looked like he got slammed to the ground fairly heavily in the first half and spent quite a bit of time on the bench. Came back pretty well in the second half. Roberts Walls kept getting stuck into him for trying to kick long goals, but last week they came off and it motivated us to a win. I... -
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29-11
In the last two weeks we have kicked 18-8 and 11-3. Can't remember us being straightshooters like that 2 weeks in a row for a long time. Also nearly fell off my chair last night when one of the commentators said we were leading the league for goals from opposition kick-ins. I'd thought that... -
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Voss wants Spud at Carlton
LMAO. Hey Oxx. Where's that picture with Frawley and the apes. I've got a mate that's a carlton supporter that might want me to email it to him. ;) -
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Richo and the Blood Rule
When Richo was injured and being taken from the ground, his opponent Rutten was unmanned and ran up the ground becoming a loose man who linked up play as the Crows took the ball into their forward line. My understanding is that when a player has blood, play is stopped until the player leaves... -
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**** gallant defeats and respect, I want us to be hated
Any good feelings I had about our improved performance tonight evaporated when I read this on the Herald Sun site: ADELAIDE survived some anxious moments to stave off a gallant Richmond and win by nine points at AAMI Stadium tonight. That pissed me off as much as when Frawley was always... -
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Rowe a true Tiger great
Sad to hear about a true Tiger passing. ------------------------------------------------------------------- -
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Positive from Geelong game
It was on Sunday night and not Friday night, so it only fukced up my working week and not the whole weekend.