Do we play better as a team wit richo out?

[LuKe2428]

i no this might sound stupid but read this before u poll remember the poll is do we play better as a team

when we have richo we look for him wat to often like on sunday we had 3-4 times when we had 3 even 4 players on 1 player (richo) and because always kick it to richo were gunna turn the ball over because we all no as good a player as richo is he wont beat 3-4 players when there are 3 players on richo were are the other 2 players?? there free somewere so kick i to them

if richo is out for some reason and we have pettifar deledio brown shultz there all half decent players so we look for them all if there is a person with 2 players on them they will use the other player

so i would rather the 2nd option

 

[Bifrost]

Mate, if you're going to post at least learn to spell the player's names. It's "Pettifer" and "Schulz".

With that out of the way, I think we do actually play more team-oriented football up forward when Richo is out - not that he's been out for a long while mind you, so I say this with history in mind. I don't know what it is, but no matter how many new supply-line players, quality forwards or assistant coaches we get (or even head coaches - this has been a problem for years), we always seem to gravitate toward Richo when we go forward.

I reckon it's actually the bloke himself more than anything else. I think his presence at training and on the field just makes people look to him (hence the 3 blokes on him as well). His style also takes up a lot of forward space, in that he makes long leads and even his feints are big which gives other leading forwards less space with which to work themselves.

He is a great player, but great players cannot carry an entire line (see Matthew Pavlich) and if we look to other players more often, sure Richo might get a bit grumpy on occasion, but at least we'll spread their defenders out a bit more and hopefully give all of our forwards a better crack at goal.

 

[Haggard H]

Well statistically we win a lot more games when Richo's in, but I understand your question (though it is seriously difficult with that grammar/typing/spelling/whatever).

I think this is where the "Deledio down forward" theory has legs. Lids gives an option that team mates recognise and respect - he demands the ball and gets it, where others seem to be invisible to the player bringing the ball inside 50.

Sorry to bag your English Luke, but your point would be clearer with a bit more punctuation.

 

[Bifrost]

Sorry to bag your English Luke, but your point would be clearer with a bit more punctuation.

Hehehe. I stopped reading after the misspelled player names and just went off the poll title.

Just read it again and yeah, Luke you really need to work on that spelling and grammar. Capital letter at the start of a sentence and a full-stop at the end would be a good start.

I'm guessing you do a lot of SMS? Just remember that SMS is a very different medium to other forms of communication and doesn't have the same technical demands because the messages are necessarily short (hence Short Message Service). Outside SMS you have to give it a bit more time and effort.

 

[acr2751]

Mate, if you're going to post at least learn to spell the player's names. It's "Pettifer" and "Schulz".

With that out of the way, I think we do actually play more team-oriented football up forward when Richo is out - not that he's been out for a long while mind you, so I say this with history in mind. I don't know what it is, but no matter how many new supply-line players, quality forwards or assistant coaches we get (or even head coaches - this has been a problem for years), we always seem to gravitate toward Richo when we go forward.

I reckon it's actually the bloke himself more than anything else. I think his presence at training and on the field just makes people look to him (hence the 3 blokes on him as well). His style also takes up a lot of forward space, in that he makes long leads and even his feints are big which gives other leading forwards less space with which to work themselves.

He is a great player, but great players cannot carry an entire line (see Matthew Pavlich) and if we look to other players more often, sure Richo might get a bit grumpy on occasion, but at least we'll spread their defenders out a bit more and hopefully give all of our forwards a better crack at goal.

if our midfield stop changing direction and going side ways our forward structure would work a lot better.

our forwards all move/lead in direction of ball carrier then there is a stupid change of direction out wide.There backmen then zone off there men and double /triple team richo who is now our only option

not Richos fault

 

[Truetiger]

Mate, if you're going to post at least learn to spell the player's names. It's "Pettifer" and "Schulz".

With that out of the way, I think we do actually play more team-oriented football up forward when Richo is out - not that he's been out for a long while mind you, so I say this with history in mind. I don't know what it is, but no matter how many new supply-line players, quality forwards or assistant coaches we get (or even head coaches - this has been a problem for years), we always seem to gravitate toward Richo when we go forward.

I reckon it's actually the bloke himself more than anything else. I think his presence at training and on the field just makes people look to him (hence the 3 blokes on him as well). His style also takes up a lot of forward space, in that he makes long leads and even his feints are big which gives other leading forwards less space with which to work themselves.

He is a great player, but great players cannot carry an entire line (see Matthew Pavlich) and if we look to other players more often, sure Richo might get a bit grumpy on occasion, but at least we'll spread their defenders out a bit more and hopefully give all of our forwards a better crack at goal.

Seriously who cares of the spelling. Ever thought he is alot younger then you perhaps? I am sure your not perfect in a few ways. As for the question without Richo we would be alot worse then we have been over the years. Is it bi frost or bi something else. Seriously who cares. Keep on the issue at hand

 

[LuKe2428]

if our midfield stop changing direction and going side ways our forward structure would work a lot better.

our forwards all move/lead in direction of ball carrier then there is a stupid change of direction out wide.There backmen then zone off there men and double /triple team richo who is now our only option

not Richos fault

Im not saying its richo's fault but like aid with them doubleing back onto richo there has to be players free in the forward lne doesnt there? so wh no use them im sure there are alot better kicks in the team that if they get open marks they will convert

 

[Bifrost]

Seriously who cares of the spelling. Ever thought he is alot younger then you perhaps? I am sure your not perfect in a few ways. As for the question without Richo we would be alot worse then we have been over the years. Is it bi frost or bi something else. Seriously who cares. Keep on the issue at hand

Seriously who cares about bi-whatever? Ever thought perhaps it was a name taken from Norse mythology? As for the question without Richo - I'm not saying that we would be better off without him, I'm saying that when he IS in the team (which is pretty much every game), we look to him too often, which is exactly what I think LuKe2428 is saying. Seriously, who cares. Keep on the issue at hand.

 

[tigers_of_old_08]

Mate, if you're going to post at least learn to spell the player's names. It's "Pettifer" and "Schulz".

With that out of the way, I think we do actually play more team-oriented football up forward when Richo is out - not that he's been out for a long while mind you, so I say this with history in mind. I don't know what it is, but no matter how many new supply-line players, quality forwards or assistant coaches we get (or even head coaches - this has been a problem for years), we always seem to gravitate toward Richo when we go forward.

I reckon it's actually the bloke himself more than anything else. I think his presence at training and on the field just makes people look to him (hence the 3 blokes on him as well). His style also takes up a lot of forward space, in that he makes long leads and even his feints are big which gives other leading forwards less space with which to work themselves.

He is a great player, but great players cannot carry an entire line (see Matthew Pavlich) and if we look to other players more often, sure Richo might get a bit grumpy on occasion, but at least we'll spread their defenders out a bit more and hopefully give all of our forwards a better crack at goal.

Good post Bifrost. I think the emphasis on forwards other than Richo will help us in the long run when he eventually retires, and in the short term should he get injured.

At the moment he still remains the focal point for many of our players, and if we must keep FF, perhaps keeping him in the goal square might help where he cannot miss those crucial shots at goal.