Game Day Richmond v West Coast Eagles, Round 22 - 13:10 AEST, Aug 18, 2019

[juss]

QUOTE="My Cotchin Rules, post: 62384782, member: 197495"]
Reading this thread you'd think it was a hot sweaty day in WA!

Is it too much to ask for class and graciousness from Richmond fans after a win ?
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Yes of course you can't expect any bite back when you get trolled you only won cause of VFL umpires and the rain...

 

[mcgarnacle]

Premiership will be won by one of these two.

Apt considering they've won the last two.

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

While I love to rant about the umps during the game, I’ve never seen a game where umpires have made more mistakes than players. Not even in the same stratosphere. They might make a few, but over the course of a game it’s a minuscule fraction of the total result. Players lose games, not umpires.

FWIW I thought they had some strange decisions both ways. The Riewoldt boot and Rioli sling went our way, the Kennedy throw and the Riewoldt push didn’t. But it was a game played in pretty tough conditions, and the umpires have to deal with that too.

Such is life.

It’s a waste of a very good game of footy to even be discussing them.

It ruins good football discussion. Some supporters can't take a loss with dignity.

 

[Milanista28]

It wasn’t raining in the second quarter

Yeah they had control for 10 mins in the 2nd when Hutchings went down.

 

[ToreadorMarch]

But a true one?

subjective

 

[JackOutback]

Richmond fans banging on about the umpiring, you’d think there was a sizeable deficit, not an advantage of two. Umpiring was poor each way, any Tiger fan hanging their hat on ‘overcoming the umpiring’ is kidding themselves. Take the win, accept you didn’t put us away, and a grand final would’ve epic.

 

[dean33]

Easy to win when you have umpires on your side every week, isn't it?

Which Richmond player took your girlfriend?

 

[Elton Johns Wig]

Eagles were awesome in the 1st quarter, so clean. Tiges were very good in the second.

I think if we meet in finals it will be just as tight. Don't think the Tiges would let the Eagles have the run they did in the first. Ditto Eagles in the second. As they say in boxing, styles make fights. That's why I enjoyed this match up so much.

 

[Elton Johns Wig]

Richmond fans banging on about the umpiring, you’d think there was a sizeable deficit, not an advantage of two. Umpiring was poor each way, any Tiger fan hanging their hat on ‘overcoming the umpiring’ is kidding themselves. Take the win, accept you didn’t put us away, and a grand final would’ve epic.

To be fair mate, fair bit of banging on from you blokes as well. Both sides got some shocking calls. Lets leave it at that and discuss the game.

 

[dean33]

Only Richmond fans are mentioning Eagles umpire favoritism which tells you all need to know

You should post another of your awesome threads.

 

[Wojcinski]

herculez09 how does it go again? Season over for West Coast yeah?

 

[Ancient Tiger]

I was there. A classic game between two great sides. Football was the winner.

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

As much as I despise Richmond and it's largely due to their supporters, It'd probably be the best premiership I've seen in my 42 years if they manage to win it given the amount of injuries they've had during the year so credit where credit is due for getting themselves into a spot to win it.

 

[dean33]

Good for footy

Cant lose rance and than have the player playing rance’s role to go down as well. Big sigh of relief he looked to escape something serious.

 

[JackOutback]

To be fair mate, fair bit of banging on from you blokes as well. Both sides got some shocking calls. Lets leave it at that and discuss the game.

So much to like about the game. Eagles were imperious in the first, Richmond dominant in the second but couldn’t capitalise, Eagles held them off for much of the third, then just as it looked like they were done, came back strongly in the last. And in the wet. Great game.

 

[frenchconnection]

Look at WC their game plan is kick mark . Look at Richmond's game plan. Who do you think rain suits?

That's where sometimes I think Simmo needs to adjust things for we knew there was going to be some wet weather during the match but it's always easy to be an armchair critic.

 

[My Cotchin Rules]

QUOTE="My Cotchin Rules, post: 62384782, member: 197495"]
Reading this thread you'd think it was a hot sweaty day in WA!

Is it too much to ask for class and graciousness from Richmond fans after a win ?
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I'm sure you guys would be the same when you finally start contending. Why dont you question the eagles fans blaming umpiring????? Which explains my melt photo...is it too much to ask to be sportsmanlike in defeat???

 

[Martin#4]

Not sure how the Weagles blow us away if the game stayed dry.

I must be imagining that second quarter where we dominated and reeled them back, in the dry.

They jumped us early, we adjusted to the kick mark system in the 2nd quarter and got on top.

Each team had a half in their preferred conditions.

 

[big bootaaaaah]

I haven't heard an explanation for the 2nd quarter though. 3rd and 4th were merely a continuation of that.

Seriously stick the second quarter up your date m8!
We won the first half in the dry you won the second half in the wet
It’s a game of halves considering there’s often a scoring side of a ground.

 

[fnerd]

As much as I despise Richmond and it's largely due to their supporters, It'd probably be the best premiership I've seen in my 42 years if they manage to win it given the amount of injuries they've had during the year so credit where credit is due for getting themselves into a spot to win it.

Wait I thought wc victory last year was the greatest??!!

 

[WCfan22]

Let's be fair we aren't a wet weather team and we only went down by a goal. Just hope the rain nicks off from now.

 

[demondavey]

If that rightful free was paid for a block when Sheed took that mark you don't keep banging on about what a great side they are.

And if sooks like you stopped pissing on non stop about free kicks you might actually understand the game and that throughout the course of a game you’ve got free kicks that go each way.

Umpires don’t cost a side games. There is this incessant focus on umpiring from BF posters, it’s a joke how they aren’t prepared to comment on the game.

 

[frenchconnection]

Couple of different call from the umps and we slot the easy missed goals and you blokes don't pull goals out of your ass all day and we ease home 6 or 7 goal winners.

How fun are hypotheticals!

Dream on!

 

[wraglesweb]

Missed Hutchings tagging Martin.

Difference in the game

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

Wait I thought wc victory last year was the greatest??!!

I never said that. I don't rate their side at all.