Autopsy Richmond d Freo Rd 8 2019

[Allikat]

86-111 not a great game all round. We saw a few good things from Fyfe, but most of the team looked fatigued and inaccurate.

Discuss in here.

Votes: https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/votes-rnd-8-vs-tigers.1218121/
Changes: https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/round-9-changes-vs-essendon.1218120/
Use the melt thread wisely if you need it: https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/thre...n-rules-strictly-enforced-see-post-1.1214086/

 

[Sweetback]

That was our dumbest game for the year. We played stupid footy.

 

[Bush_Chook]

Brayshaw needs to work on his kicking ASAP, absolutely butchers the ball, not up to standard. Mind you, you could say that about the majority of the boys out there today

 

[Randomizor]

Reports of our improvement have been greatly exaggerated

 

[mike91]

Not overly surprised. Richmond are a very good team, they don't play 2 bad games in a row.

We never have and never will have a forward structure (spare me the old "new forward line needs time to gel crap").

Cerra wasted down back is incredibly moronic, absolute waste.

 

[bushchook]

Our game plan of getting numbers to the contest got exploited like a chinese textile worker by Richmond today. All they had to do was knock it clear of the contest and they were guaranteed to have numbers because we always had 3-4 players getting drawn in to lay a gang tackle. This has always been the biggest weakness of the Ross Lyon game plan.

The other thing that just pisses me off no end about this game plan is nobody is ever willing to take a shot from outside 40m. Just kick the goal if you're inside 50, it's that simple.

 

[BarbieITFC]

Votes already coming in on the other thread for Lobb!!

What am I missing today?? We got sh1thouse taps against Broad and Balta. Surely Darcy has to come back in.

 

[Deanismyhero]

Worried about Fyfe... Quite reckless throwing the elbow out like that

 

[Boppo]

We are not a quick team by any means

 

[Sweetback]

We are just not being clinical enough as a club, starting from selection.

 

[Deathly]

Our MC has been too generous all season. Nothing else to say. Pathetic.

 

[Fat Nyfe]

Well that highlighted all the issues we were worried about throughout the summer. The poor skills, poor coaching, bad selections etc. Big reality check that we have a long way to go and we need to put serious scrutiny on our methods and the men in charge of them.

 

[Randomizor]

Our game plan of getting numbers to the contest got exploited like a chinese textile worker by Richmond today. All they had to do was knock it clear of the contest and they were guaranteed to have numbers because we always had 3-4 players getting drawn in to lay a gang tackle. This has always been the biggest weakness of the Ross Lyon game plan.

The other thing that just pisses me off no end about this game plan is nobody is ever willing to take a shot from outside 40m. Just kick the goal if you're inside 50, it's that simple.

This.

 

[Allikat]

Like I said in the game day thread, last week's slogfest is the type of game that hurts the next week, and we played like we were fatigued. But gee that was still disappointing. In the kind of rebuild we're having, there's going to be some bad games, so hopefully this is it, the guys get a kick in the ass, and they play their hearts out next week to make up for it.

 

[FreoMonocle]

It didn't look like Richmond were 2 players down, I think last week took it's toll...

 

[trentjac]

Not overly surprised. Richmond are a very good team, they don't play 2 bad games in a row.

We never have and never will have a forward structure (spare me the old "new forward line needs time to gel crap").

Cerra wasted down back is incredibly moronic, absolute waste.

He couldn’t hit the side of a barn yard door. I lost count of his clangers today.

 

[Lach72]

Skills are still shitful

We have guys who cannot pick up a ball cannot handball and cannot kick.

Can’t win like that

 

[FreoMonocle]

I'd like to see Cox get more involved. When the ball comes to him it's great, he is solid in positioning/marking/kicking and decision making. But he needs to make more opportunities rather than wait for them.

 

[Fat Nyfe]

How about the token 'we are prepared for an ambush'.

Game starts and we are slow and switched off, Tigers ambush us. You could see it coming in the warm up. I think we lost by that 25 points they jumped us with in the end?

Really poor week from the club from preparation to performance.

 

[Purpletown]

Confirmed today that we are pretenders. A reality check of the most brutal kind against a wounded team on the road. Disappointing.

 

[MrDanggazz]

Not overly surprised. Richmond are a very good team, they don't play 2 bad games in a row.

We never have and never will have a forward structure (spare me the old "new forward line needs time to gel crap").

Cerra wasted down back is incredibly moronic, absolute waste.

Mike has once again hit the nail on the head, I never expected the win but still an embarrassing defeat in IMO. Forward Line Coaching needs to be looked at because it looks like the players are constantly lost out there. Cerra down back is the biggest waste of talent, we took the risk on a gun Vic boy to put him down back when his a midfielder forward.

 

[Lach72]

He couldn’t hit the side of a barn yard door. I lost count of his clangers today.

Agree completely

He is getting burnt by the HFF for pace and when he’s getting it he’s burning more ball than a vasectomy clinic

Has to go back.
North, Balakelt, Crowden should be given a go


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[Freo Big Fella]

Garbage. Flattered by the final score. Fyfe really the only player who can walk off with their head held high.

I love our endeavour at the contest, but the amount of times you get five or six guys charging in completely unnecessarily (and likely losing their footing at the same time) is beyond frustrating.

Cox and Hogan can't play in the same forward line unless one or both of them is willing to pull a finger out and lead properly.

You could easily make the case for five or six changes off the back of that, you certainly can't back the side in.

 

[Yeti]

Positives
- Fyfe was epic as usual.
- Mundy is timeless.
- Lobb was good around the ground, really want to see him as a forward though.
- Matera was great, for a bloke that can't tackle he tries his guts out. Frustrating to see him in the backline at times.


Negatives
- Getting multiple players sucked into the contest again, in the air and at stoppages. Really prevented us from spreading from the contest.
- Our wingers were useless. BHilly and Langdon are so important for us but were muzzled for most of the game.
- Decision making was poor, Colyer in particular had multiple touches in a row that were nothing disposals before handballing to Mundy(?) who had a tackler ready to pounce. Just bad footy.
- Thought Tabs and Cox were poor.
- Hamling and Pearce were comprehensively beaten and Ryan made some really poor choices at times.

 

[trentjac]

Agree completely

He is getting burnt by the HFF for pace and when he’s getting it he’s burning more ball than a vasectomy clinic

Has to go back.
North, Balakelt, Crowden should be given a go


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Glad someone is on the same page. The man love for Cerra has me confused as all hell. Slow, can’t chase, isn’t strong enough yet and skills lacking. Yes, he may become a good midfielder in time, but he is nowhere near ready