Round 10
Brisbane 4th vs Richmond 8th
When – Friday Night – 7:50PM
Where – Richmond’s Premiership Home Ground # 2
Hardwick DOES NOT hate this ground and the Players DO NOT hate coming here.
FORM GUIDE
Last 3 Games show Lions got over us in the first final, this was the Lions GF obviously after they lost their PF which saw us play Geelong in the GF. I cannot stress enough that Lions should have been the 2020 premiers with an * over it.
Lions have come good in the last 5 weeks with a 5-0 record since their bad start. However with "key injuries" to Lester and Gardiner from this weekends game the media will forget about our injuries and focus on the undermanned Lions VS the Premiers.
On the game, it seems we play a very different style to them.
The key change I can see is our running game, we have to back this style in. Chaos is king. We have to run and bounce and take the game on.
They love a kick and mark an will try and hold onto the ball.
Key Match Ups
Key Backs vs Key Fowards
Midfielders vs Midfielders
Key Forwards vs Key Backs
Wings vs Wings
Lets be honest, it is a terrible time to write something special on key match ups as the team on the weekend got thrown around so much. Vlaustin in the guts, Lynch on the Wing, Baker backs, forwards, mids, Balta forwards, Ruck and back..... and so on.
The Lions are a TALL forward line, so team defence is key, Astbury needs to lift, Vlaustin should be better for the last couple of weeks and Balta HAS to play back. We just need his closing speed a leap. They have another player, Charlie someone who cries heaps. Grimes will take him. Irrelevant.
The Midfield is so interesting again. Baker is a Jet, the kid makes me close my eyes when he goes at 100% into a back. RCD showed what he can do, the confidence from game to game was clear, he will start in the midfield again. Dusty will rotate between forwards and mids, but lets be honest, he does what he wants against the lions and it works.
Our Forwards, hmmmm. The treatment they get without a free kick is so very Richmond like. So often they're 2 v 1. They also seem to be leading into the same zone creating a larger pack than what otherwise would be needed. Lynch is missing shots, its killing me, but he is still getting shots. He is a star and will turn it around. Time to lay off the man or eat your own words when it changes. And it will.
The Team
Unchanged ?
Caddy was elite in the VFL
Dow looked a level above
CCJ kicked 5
Stack is Stack, he belongs at AFL level when fit
MRJ is oh lord, I can't even put it words - cannot wait until fitness staff say he is ready
Edwards - Is he coming back quicker than we thought?
With - Soldo, Prestia, Lambert, Cotchin, Edwards, Bolton all out - Its great to have pressure on spots.
IT IS FREEZING IN BRISBANE - WAS UNDER 10 DEGREES TODAY....
Thank god it will be back to normal on Friday.
Tip
Richmond by 1
What runs around a field but never moves - A Fence.
Brisbane 4th vs Richmond 8th
When – Friday Night – 7:50PM
Where – Richmond’s Premiership Home Ground # 2
Hardwick DOES NOT hate this ground and the Players DO NOT hate coming here.
FORM GUIDE
Last 3 Games show Lions got over us in the first final, this was the Lions GF obviously after they lost their PF which saw us play Geelong in the GF. I cannot stress enough that Lions should have been the 2020 premiers with an * over it.
Lions have come good in the last 5 weeks with a 5-0 record since their bad start. However with "key injuries" to Lester and Gardiner from this weekends game the media will forget about our injuries and focus on the undermanned Lions VS the Premiers.
On the game, it seems we play a very different style to them.
The key change I can see is our running game, we have to back this style in. Chaos is king. We have to run and bounce and take the game on.
They love a kick and mark an will try and hold onto the ball.
Key Match Ups
Key Backs vs Key Fowards
Midfielders vs Midfielders
Key Forwards vs Key Backs
Wings vs Wings
Lets be honest, it is a terrible time to write something special on key match ups as the team on the weekend got thrown around so much. Vlaustin in the guts, Lynch on the Wing, Baker backs, forwards, mids, Balta forwards, Ruck and back..... and so on.
The Lions are a TALL forward line, so team defence is key, Astbury needs to lift, Vlaustin should be better for the last couple of weeks and Balta HAS to play back. We just need his closing speed a leap. They have another player, Charlie someone who cries heaps. Grimes will take him. Irrelevant.
The Midfield is so interesting again. Baker is a Jet, the kid makes me close my eyes when he goes at 100% into a back. RCD showed what he can do, the confidence from game to game was clear, he will start in the midfield again. Dusty will rotate between forwards and mids, but lets be honest, he does what he wants against the lions and it works.
Our Forwards, hmmmm. The treatment they get without a free kick is so very Richmond like. So often they're 2 v 1. They also seem to be leading into the same zone creating a larger pack than what otherwise would be needed. Lynch is missing shots, its killing me, but he is still getting shots. He is a star and will turn it around. Time to lay off the man or eat your own words when it changes. And it will.
The Team
Unchanged ?
Caddy was elite in the VFL
Dow looked a level above
CCJ kicked 5
Stack is Stack, he belongs at AFL level when fit
MRJ is oh lord, I can't even put it words - cannot wait until fitness staff say he is ready
Edwards - Is he coming back quicker than we thought?
With - Soldo, Prestia, Lambert, Cotchin, Edwards, Bolton all out - Its great to have pressure on spots.
IT IS FREEZING IN BRISBANE - WAS UNDER 10 DEGREES TODAY....
Thank god it will be back to normal on Friday.
Tip
Richmond by 1
What runs around a field but never moves - A Fence.