Autopsy Round 1: Richmond v Williamstown @ Burbank Oval - 2pm Sunday, 10/04/16

["The Roar Is Back"]

Moore like thomas will be ok on the smaller grounds , however in the bigger ground will get found wanting badly . When considering him for selection , his opponents stats are very relevant as he can be caught ball watching which doesn't effect his tackling stats but his opponent can get plenty on the outside .

 

["The Roar Is Back"]

Just on McRae he told the group at quarter time that if they are going to lose they are going to do so their way, which I found amusing. Then at 3/4 time he wasn't afraid to rip into them for going away from team rules.

This is terrific to hear .

 

[Charlie Pannam]

Spent the afternoon at a windy Williamstown Oval watching the reigning VFL premiers up against Richmond VFL coming off a 12+ goal loss to Essendon in our last practice match. Thoughts on AFL listed players:

Broad - nice enough game without really standing out. Plenty has been said about his poor kicking and you'd think the wind would play havoc but he was pretty solid today. Plenty of good work attacking the contest too.
Batchelor - played the generals role down back along with Darley. Showed some good leadership early in the game when Markov made a simple error leading to a Willy goal explaining what he did wrong and what he should have done. Obviously carrying a leg injury of some sort as he was constantly limping. Still when it was time for him to go he'd go.
Hunt - after a mare last week against the Pies on the G, he was probably our best outside midfielder today. Plenty of linking up through the midfield and providing an option for the defenders when rebounding. Not much of the stop start footy we saw last week either.
Castagna - played midfield/forward and was involved in plenty. Good in traffic and got on the end of some footy to kick a couple of goals. Hopefully they persist with him up the ground as his run and carry could be quite handy.
A.Moore - was hard at the contest all day and constantly at the bottom of packs fighting for the ball. At the quarter/three quarter time breaks he was one offering up a fair bit of feedback and advice on what the mids needed to do to get back in the game. Overall my best player for us today.
Marcon - started slowly as he looked to be playing a run with role early on before being released to hunt the footy and hunt it he did. Was constantly getting hands on the ball in packs and trying to feed it out or was laying tackles to stop Willy getting away.
McBean - double teamed the whole game which shows how much respect Willy had for him compared to Griffiths/Chol. Kicked his 2 goals and fought hard to try and get open to provide an option for teammates but the wind made it very hard for any decent forward entries for both sides.
Markov - made an error early on that was quickly addressed as mentioned above, after that I don't really recall him being that involved in play that much, might be one of those games where when you look at stats he did better than I thought.
Elton - played FB on Cordy and did pretty well all things considered, took a couple of strong grabs and worked hard to impact contests but still seems a fair way off becoming a senior footballer. Then again as I mentioned the wind made it hard for key position players to have a real impact either way.
Griffiths - played first half and gave away 3 dumb frees reacting to niggle from his opponent and trying to impose himself. Still there were some good signs in his attack on the contest and a couple of times he either just missed clunking the mark or just didn't get boot to ball to capitalise on good efforts. Not sure if injured or rested after half time.
Chol - as mentioned the conditions played havoc for talls to have a real impact but there were some moments where Chol did things that grabbed the attention both good and bad. The good was gaining possession on the bay wing and then taking off down the ground which led to mini Ivans goal. The bad was after some good play in getting back into defence and winning possession he passed it off then got it back taking off through the middle trying to drive it long, however a touch of cramp and a bad bounce saw the ball turnover and Willy goal. Pleasingly a few of his teammates got over to him and obviously told him to keep his head up.
Maric - played 3 quarters and after being a little rusty to start he quickly found his groove and got back to the bustling Ivan we know and love. As much as the fans would love to see him back in the side, I'd give him another week or 2 at VFL level before bringing him back in. A 5 day break and flight to Perth to face Nic Nat coming off a sore back might be a bit too much to ask.
Morris - typical Morris game, attacked the man/contest with vigor, showed dash out of D50 when the opportunity presented, but reality is he just isn't AFL quality given that he is simply a one trick pony.
Soldo - still very raw and would often line up in the middle on the wrong side of the circle to allow for the wind impacting the ball up. Also at boundary throw ins a similar thing happened as he didn't adjust to the ball dropping short into the wind. Little things like that can be addressed and it's learning the art of the ruck. Outside that he was quite serviceable for a kid in just his second real season of footy.

Based on that those in contention for Friday night would be Moore & Hunt, while if we wanted to give George a debut I wouldn't be against that either.

No Butler?

 

[SumTingWong]

No Butler?

was suspended apparently

 

[grimlock]

 

[guruisatiger]

Better than that flog Tim Clarke eh ? He'll fit in well at Carlspoon

Yes indeed Groupie

 

[guruisatiger]

Just on McRae he told the group at quarter time that if they are going to lose they are going to do so their way, which I found amusing. Then at 3/4 time he wasn't afraid to rip into them for going away from team rules.

Excellent

 

[Charlie Pannam]

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2016-04-12/the-vfl-report-round-1
Soldo sounds as though he is showing some improvement.
Elton "still learning the craft" !!!
George has to be a big show particularly playing at Domain stadium

 

[Deanos]

Griffiths Is injured, finished on crutches with ankle/foot in ice. Was asked how his injury was and he shook his head so would think he will miss weeks. Disappointing last quarter, coach was frustrated and angry with effort and concentration. Difficult conditions but Richmond do not work for each other, not that hard to lay some shepherds.

Supposedly 2-4 weeks but will probably be more knowing our injury estimates.