You should've actually watched it lol, they actually praised us and had no issue with the kick.
Review Positives and Negatives - UP THE BLOODY COASTERS EDITION - Rd 13
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Jeez this was a thing of beauty. I was there and the sheer volume of the crowd was something else - up there with Nic Nat's hanger and goal after the siren against Norf at Subi.
A few thoughts after watching the replay:
+ Kennedy obviously incredible but how good was Ryan collecting it off the deck - so clean and composed. Wasn't a huge night for him but never stopped working and made it count when it mattered
+ Cripps had an underrated game and looks to have turned the corner after a bad patch. Stuck his tackles, worked exceptionally hard and drilled an important set shot goal late in the game, as did Waterman
* Barrass having his best season and would have to be giving Nic some competition for the JW medal. Harry Edwards also had some terrific moments and Hurn put in a vintage performance
* My man Jack Redden was outstanding - for a guy who doesn't look overly huge he is deceptively strong and his hands are so good in the clinches. Produced exactly the kind of performance we needed against a team like Richmond. Him and Yeo seem to feed off each other, both contested beasts and fierce competitors
- Poor JD - as if it wasn't bad enough getting straight up murdered by Nick Vlastuin on his birthday, he also had a classic Darling moment of taking his eyes of the footy and getting bonked on the head. Just wasn't his night.
- Langdon's inability to make the distance is basically unforgivable for an AFL forward. He tries hard but just isn't a good enough decision maker at this level
Regardless of what happens for the rest of the season, I hope this is a performance we can build upon. We've found a genuine star in the making in Luke Edwards plus a couple of very promising talents in HEdwards and Foley. And when we play with that kind of fighting spirit, we're just about capable of beating anyone
A few thoughts after watching the replay:
+ Kennedy obviously incredible but how good was Ryan collecting it off the deck - so clean and composed. Wasn't a huge night for him but never stopped working and made it count when it mattered
+ Cripps had an underrated game and looks to have turned the corner after a bad patch. Stuck his tackles, worked exceptionally hard and drilled an important set shot goal late in the game, as did Waterman
* Barrass having his best season and would have to be giving Nic some competition for the JW medal. Harry Edwards also had some terrific moments and Hurn put in a vintage performance
* My man Jack Redden was outstanding - for a guy who doesn't look overly huge he is deceptively strong and his hands are so good in the clinches. Produced exactly the kind of performance we needed against a team like Richmond. Him and Yeo seem to feed off each other, both contested beasts and fierce competitors
- Poor JD - as if it wasn't bad enough getting straight up murdered by Nick Vlastuin on his birthday, he also had a classic Darling moment of taking his eyes of the footy and getting bonked on the head. Just wasn't his night.
- Langdon's inability to make the distance is basically unforgivable for an AFL forward. He tries hard but just isn't a good enough decision maker at this level
Regardless of what happens for the rest of the season, I hope this is a performance we can build upon. We've found a genuine star in the making in Luke Edwards plus a couple of very promising talents in HEdwards and Foley. And when we play with that kind of fighting spirit, we're just about capable of beating anyone
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All his meters gained don’t matter much when the ball kept landing in Hurns’ arms moite!
Bang on. In the 4th quarter he had at least 4 carry and kicks that would have been 70m gained each (including carry). 1 was marked by Langdon, the other 3 were all marked by Hurn. There is half his meters gained for the game right there.
Someone put up a graphic earlier showing Dusty as BOG with a huge last quarter. Obviously it doesnt take into account clangers as he was a turn over merchant in the last.
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+ Upon a pleasurable replay it looked as if Ryan did a brilliant job of assessing Elliot's kick and put the slight bump and run on the Tiger defender to avoid any contest knowing he could run the ball down and continue play to the forward 50. That's what stars do.
+ Great contribution by the youngsters
+ Elliot Freakin' Yeo...so glad he is back
+ Barrass is having a star campaign
+ Great contribution by the youngsters
+ Elliot Freakin' Yeo...so glad he is back
+ Barrass is having a star campaign
37 turnovers by the Tigers wasn't it?
Dusty can be a blunt weapon when it comes to field kicking. The number of times he just roosts a 50m ugly wobbly punt that actually works is incredibly lucky.
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Huddo nailed it when he said Jk is covered in glory. Last nights one was clearly the best of the two but how bout the arrogance on him to dob one on his left from 45m(on an angle too)
Dardy Hill with the body work
He’s a brilliant kick, but I suspect it’s part of Richmond’s success that they kick mongrels inside 50 unless they have an obvious free target.
Their small forward brigade know their #1 job is to pressure the s**t out of opposition defenders so the chaos ball works more often than not. Often they just handball it to open grass waiting to pounce
Yeah, this is what Richmond have built 3 flags off of. They rugby-scrum the ball into their forwardline and then tackle like madmen to force I50 turnovers and kick cheapies from about 15-20m out. Its ugly as all f*ck to watch but, like many things in life, the simplest approach is often one of the most effective.
They also pin point targets pretty often too, but cleverly they have realised that it makes no sense bombing it to a contest given how many sides feed off those intercept marks these days.
He's like a lot of the stars of the comp (he is probably a slightly better kick than many of them) - if you get it enough, and send it I50 enough, you are going to have some turnovers/clangers.
The difference is 2-fold, firstly if you are good enough to get it 30-odd times and use it well 21-25 of those times then you are going to hurt teams. Secondly, when the positions you get it in are inherently attacking (compared to say a Tom Mitchell at the Hawks, who would have high efficiency but not the same match impact) you are going to be involved in scores more often.
He's a star - but he does do 1-2 'really bad' turnovers a game (in that they look bad) - but that is the life of an attacking mid, Shuey does similar, so does Yeo etc.
More than the number of fingers they have so I'm not surprised. This is why you have so many Richmond flogs saying it was 7-8m or something ridiculous.
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He’s an inside mid so his is prone to have a couple bad kicks. That said he is still one of the best kicks in the comp(would say the same thing about Shuey).
Watching Yeo in 2017, his kicking was a thing of beauty and he was nailing some absolute left foot darts on a regular basis. Unfortunately he lost that game after he became a midfield bull.
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When the commentators said: "richmond have had to travel 11000km in 4 week" against the eagles.
Im just like wot. So when eagles have to do 15000km in 4 weeks, it not an excuse for the eagles, but for every other time it okay.
Imagine if we were a melb base club
Im just like wot. So when eagles have to do 15000km in 4 weeks, it not an excuse for the eagles, but for every other time it okay.
Imagine if we were a melb base club
And they put up a map of Australia and flights to show how far they had travelled.
All of a sudden the Vic media are focusing on the tough travel load for poor old Richmond.
All good. Tigers have a nice stretch of MCG games coming up.........maybe!
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!! Sorry to intrude but * OFF you sooky entitled vic!
Seriously they're including a trip to Sydney which is literally an hour and a second trip to Perth because that's what Richmond voluntarily chose to return to Sydney rather than stay here? OMG wowee, they must be SO tired!
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Steady on champ, those players aren't half as good as the tiggers have missing!
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Huddo nailed it when he said Jk is covered in glory. Last nights one was clearly the best of the two but how bout the arrogance on him to dob one on his left from 45m(on an angle too)
Ugly wobbly punt?
That's a chaos ball thank you. Don't you know the tigers love chaos? You might have heard the commentators mention it once or twice.
I genuinely have no idea why the term “chaos ball” annoys me so much.
Maybe it’s because every time I read it, I hear Dwayne Russell yelling it in my head.
Maybe it’s because every time I read it, I hear Dwayne Russell yelling it in my head.
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