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Coobk001

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What I've learnt from this is:

- Melbourne still have way too many mental demons, they were the better team for 3 quarters and they let a huge lead slip against a team notorious for their inability to win from behind. They completely lost their structure and shape in the last, completely unable to apply their forward press which was such a dominant feature of the first 3 quarters.
- Richmond are an ordinary team, they're feeding off the roll they are on and when they lose it'll implode a bit for sure. They relied on the individual brilliance of a couple tonight and without Riewoldt's flukey performance they would've been in trouble. What they did well though was apply pressure. That was the best performance 'pressure' wise I've seen all year. Regardless of whether it was wet or not, they closed out Melbourne's options all night and never allowed them easy touches. It will be interesting to see how that holds up against the outside slutting game plan of the Crows.

The Crows will win next week by 30-40 points I'd say
 

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**** me this Richmond side has five wins.



The expan teams arrival and plundering of the drafts , the watering down of draft benefits ie priority picks and free agency moving aging but competitive players chasing cash to teams wanting to avoid falling off a cliff) coming in created a huge vacuum. The natural order that should have seen us amongst others replenish their list and step up now was upset. As teams like hawks Geelong swans ahave fallen away no team has stepped up , just middle of the road teams have stayed middle of the road and find themselves atop the ladder.
 
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