I genuinely hope this is trying to bait and not actually using the first preseason game as the sample size as concern for depth.
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Balta and Chol were indeed disappointing. RCD did some nice things, but we probably need to temper expectations with him because he is still getting used to his sudden growth spurt in his draft year. Yeah he has put on a lot of kilos now but I don't think we can make a call on him in just one preseason game.
We don't have the midfield depth that Collingwood and GWS have right now, and this is not based on our preseason game. Most of our midfielders outside of the best 22 are either in their first or second year and players so inexperienced are not usually the ones to shine in the midfield. We could have good KPP and ruck depth if we don't have our best 22 KPFs all missing like we did today.
The place we have good depth however in is small-midsized defenders and forwards.
I think the way our depth looks is largely to do with the fact that Richmond have opted to rebuild on the run lately so they are bringing in a lot of skinny teenagers into the club rather than bringing in players ready for senior action like experienced players from other clubs and mature-aged state level players. The way I see it, the club is looking long term in the hope that we will have those players ready to step in by the time Cotchin, Riewoldt etc. retire.
It's a good strategy IMO given that our best players are durable, so we generally don't have to worry about our depth/inexperience problems while these kids are developing.
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Baker looked bloody good down back.
Gotta love the Fox Footy commentator wank fest over Pickett's GF appearance, not like they have anything to comment on his game in the 2020 season 
Yeh I like Baker. He's just small which can be a worry in defence.
I thought Collingwoods depth without Pendles, Grundy and Sidebottom in the middle was awesome. They genuinely have so many guys that can go through there.
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While my post was a bit of a pisstake as I don't believe in quotas or teams being 'due for a loss' as many seem to, it does lead to the more serious point that Richmond has not lost to a team twice in any season in the last 3 years. I think it paints a great picture of the way my club learns from its errors now, after an extended period of falling into the same mistakes time and time again. It is a testament to the people we have running our club for turning it all around. I hope it becomes entrenched in the club and we can emulate the extended success of modern on-field powerhouses such as Hawthorn and West Coast.
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Definitely won’t be winning the March premiership, but with a little luck we may just win a game or 2 by the end of the month!!Richmond are cooked
And we have Collingwood again on the 26th.
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Didn't they start well last season and then fall in a heap? lols
Hawthorn look like dung.
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Fristch is a gun. Up there with Sexton as the most underrated forwards in the comp.
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My thoughts on yesterday:
- Gold Coast seem to have the same issues as last year - they can dominate the general play but struggle going inside 50. They need to be more efficient than 66 inside 50s for only 71 points if they want to markedly improve. However, there are a lot of positive signs for them.
- If the preseason is anything to go by, then Adelaide might struggle this year. Their midfield copped a bathing and struggled to get out of defence. Only place they still seem to be solid in is their forward line. A team like Collingwood would thump them playing like that.
- Melbourne played decently (Petracca’s fantastic), but their passages moving forward break down more often than the likes of West Coast, Collingwood , GWS and Richmond. They’d want to improve that and be a bit more efficient if they want to become a contender. I can see them improving though.
- As for Hawthorn, it seems that the way to defeat them still is by taking their kicking away. The way they played this preseason seems quite similar to last year. The problem for them is that more and more teams are implementing some form of pressure in their gamestyle (Melbourne, Essendon, Gold Coast, Bulldogs, Richmond, St Kilda and Brisbane from what I have seen). They would want to come up with another way to win because these pressure-based gamestyles are the antithesis of Hawthorn’s precision-kicking ball movement. When executed right, Hawthorn are forced into error-riddled passages and are pushed to mark further out from goal and at difficult angles.
Don’t know what this means for the real H&A season, but this is what I took from the preseason.
- Gold Coast seem to have the same issues as last year - they can dominate the general play but struggle going inside 50. They need to be more efficient than 66 inside 50s for only 71 points if they want to markedly improve. However, there are a lot of positive signs for them.
- If the preseason is anything to go by, then Adelaide might struggle this year. Their midfield copped a bathing and struggled to get out of defence. Only place they still seem to be solid in is their forward line. A team like Collingwood would thump them playing like that.
- Melbourne played decently (Petracca’s fantastic), but their passages moving forward break down more often than the likes of West Coast, Collingwood , GWS and Richmond. They’d want to improve that and be a bit more efficient if they want to become a contender. I can see them improving though.
- As for Hawthorn, it seems that the way to defeat them still is by taking their kicking away. The way they played this preseason seems quite similar to last year. The problem for them is that more and more teams are implementing some form of pressure in their gamestyle (Melbourne, Essendon, Gold Coast, Bulldogs, Richmond, St Kilda and Brisbane from what I have seen). They would want to come up with another way to win because these pressure-based gamestyles are the antithesis of Hawthorn’s precision-kicking ball movement. When executed right, Hawthorn are forced into error-riddled passages and are pushed to mark further out from goal and at difficult angles.
Don’t know what this means for the real H&A season, but this is what I took from the preseason.
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Both Melbourne and Port probably needed to go 2-0 in the preseason and have done so.
Certainly agree our ball movement going forward is a huge achilles heel, but I'm giving us a small pass for yesterday due to the fact games in Tassie are always pretty ugly due to the wind.
Certainly agree our ball movement going forward is a huge achilles heel, but I'm giving us a small pass for yesterday due to the fact games in Tassie are always pretty ugly due to the wind.
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Despite the forward ball movement not being perfect, Melbourne is so far much closer to 2018 right now than 2020. I remember how concerning Melbourne’s preseason form was in 2019, so this preseason form is probably a welcome change for Melbourne supporters.
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