Preview Round 17 v Fremantle Optus Stadium Perth Saturday July 6th 8.10pm

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The Tigers head on the road this week to travel across to WA to face the only other side to knock off Sydney this year in Fremantle. The Dockers have surged into 3rd place on the ladder and will certainly be a challenge for a Richmond side that is struggling to find consistency as the year from hell continues on.

Unfortunately we will likely lose Martin this week to a back complaint with Prestia a slight chance to return along with Samson Ryan. Tom Lynch is unlikely to make the trip over a they give him time to fully recover from a hamstring issue in the opposite leg that required surgery earlier this year. Even though we got beaten by 10 goals against the Blues I'm not thinking we'll see a heap of changes with Yze swinging the axe. If Prestia doesn't get up we may well see Dow return to the side after a solid outing in the VFL against Carlton. Cumberland is the other that may come into calculations for a Martin replacement inside F50.

Some may suggest that we give the likes of Green and Coulthard another chance after they both had very good games yesterday, but their month of footy before that is not what you'd be rewarding players for. I'd like to see them back it up again for another couple of games before they get considered for the senior side. The other 2 that have been in consistent form are Trezise and Smith down back and I know some constantly call for Short to be dropped, but it would be a big call to drop one of the vice captains in a period where we're so hampered by injuries.

What will be interesting in this game will be how our midfield shapes up against the Dockers midfield who are ranked number 1 in the comp for clearances, while we're dead last in that area, in part because most of our better mids have been sitting in the stands most of the season. Against Carlton we managed to break even in the clearance battle and lost contested possessions by only 6 so we were certainly up for the fight in the contest, it was just a case of when Carlton won their clearances they were able to do more damage from them than we were.

Predicted Line Up

Out: Martin
In: Cumberland

B: Miller Vlastuin Blight
HB: D.Rioli Brown Broad
C: McIntosh Taranto Ralphsmith
HF: Campbell Graham Mansell
F: Balta Bolton Koschitzke
R: Nankervis Hopper Baker
INT: McAuliffe Short Sonsie Cumberland Banks

Prediction
Much like the Carlton game I can see the Dockers getting the win rather comfortably, especially on their home deck and given they touched us up by 9 goals the last time we met, it shouldn't be a shock of the margin was something similar this weekend if not more.
 
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Didn’t we already lose to these guys by 54 points at the MCG earlier in the year?

Fremantle by a lot unfortunately. Perhaps of the 90+ margin kind. Not looking forward to it at all.

Gray kicked 4.1 with 14 disposals, so get that phone call to mum ready
 

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In: Smith and Green
Out: Martin and Short

Give Smith a full game at half back. Banks come in to the team and Green can be sub.

Get Short to go back and say he needs to get back to basics, lead that VFL team and get leather poisoning. Work hard and get dirty.

If not for our ****ed up fitness would have debuted Gray. Tragic.

Fremantle by 65 points
 
Cumberland and Smith in for Martin and Graham.
Cumbo was good in the VFL, especially late in the game, and Smith gives run and speed, something we don't have enough of. Deserves a good go. Sub him out for Banks if he starts to flag. Similar types.

Short can go into the midfield as the outside mid, he did it quite well a year or two ago as a mid. It was only 2 weeks ago he had 31 possessions, so no chance he is dropped.
 
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AFL Listed VFL report

Thomson Dow (26 disposals, 17 contested possessions, 77% disposal efficiency, three inside-50s, three tackles, eight clearances)

“It was fantastic to see Thomson come back to VFL level and really play above the level straight away. He led the team for clearances and had five centre bounce clearances, which is an outstanding result.”

Matthew Coulthard (24 disposals, four marks, three rebound-50s, four tackles, three clearances, one goal)

“It was fantastic to see Matty bounce back to somewhere near his best. He was huge for us in the first quarter and really got the ball rolling for us as a team and his work rate throughout the day stood out.”

Noah Cumberland (17 disposals, six inside-50s, six tackles, three clearances)

“Noah had a really quiet first half. He had just the three disposals at half time, but it was great to see him bounce back in the second half when the game was on the line with 14 second half disposals. His ball use going inside-50 was outstanding and it was pleasing to see him lead the team with six tackles.”

James Trezise (16 disposals, 88% disposal efficiency, six rebound-50s)

“James once again showed the sort of form that he is in. He just continued to get the job done throughout the day. A few times in the last quarter when we were under the pump he was in one-on-one contests and was able to halve or win those contests and get the ball going back our way to help shift momentum in the game.”

Steely Green (14 disposals, 86% disposal efficiency, four inside-50s, five goals)

“Steely's had a frustrating month, I would say. But it was super pleasing to see him get the reward that he really did deserve. He continues to run the patterns that we ask of him as a high half-forward, and it was great to see him get rewarded particularly in the second half of the game, finishing with five goals. His finishing in front of goal was something that we were really pleased with.”

Campbell Gray (14 disposals, five marks, four goals, three hit-outs)

“Campbell once again showed that he is going to be a player of the future for this club. He utilized his athleticism and his ability at ground level to hit the scoreboard heavily with four goals. Extremely disappointing to find out that he will be missing a big chunk of the season now with a hamstring injury, but Richmond fans can be very excited for what's to come in his career.”

Kaleb Smith (13 disposals, three rebound-50s, two inside-50s)

“Kaleb played the first three quarters down back before being held over for the AFL game later that afternoon. It wasn't his best game, but if that's the baseline of Kaleb's performance, then I think he is in a pretty good spot moving forward. His defensive work was up to standard, and he just didn't have the offensive impact that he's been having over the past couple of months, mainly due to the weather conditions, but he is in outstanding form.”

Oliver Hayes-Brown (12 disposals, eight contested possessions, six clearances, 12 hit-outs)

“Yet another step forward for Ollie. He's getting great opportunities coming up against some seasoned ruckmen that have been playing at this level for quite some time. He will get the opportunity to learn from that game on the weekend as he steps forward in his progression as a footballer.”

Jacob Bauer (10 disposals, six rebound-50s, two marks)

“I thought Jacob was on track for an outstanding game before he went down with a rib injury early in the third quarter. His game was based on the basics, and I thought he executed the basics really well in the first half. I'm really pleased with the way he approached his game on the weekend. I'm looking forward to seeing more of that version of Jacob Bauer moving forward.”
 
Reviewing the Carlton Game - why is it that we find it so difficult clearing the ball from the back line? Its the second clearing kick that acts like a Boomerang - we have no players who can consistently contest and take a overhead mark - it falls into the opposition hands and the ball richochets back to their forwards.
 
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