Sunday's teams

[Croat tiger]

RICHMOND
B: Chris Newman, Luke McGuane, Kelvin Moore
HB: Joel Bowden, Graham Polak, Andrew Raines
C: Kane Johnson, Brett Deledio, Jake King
HF: Daniel Jackson, Cleve Hughes, Danny Meyer
F: Richard Tambling, Jay Schulz, Matthew Richardson
FOLL: Troy Simmonds, Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls, Nathan Foley
I/C: Shane Tuck, Kayne Pettifer, Matthew White, Chris Hyde

EMG: Cam Howat, Shane Edwards, Jack Riewoldt
In: White, Moore, Meyer
Out: Tivendale, Edwards, Gaspar

GEELONG
B: Corey Enright, Matthew Scarlett, Andrew Mackie
HB: David Johnson, Matthew Egan, Darren Milburn
C: David Wojcinski, Jimmy Bartel, James Kelly
HF: Paul Chapman, Nathan Ablett, Steven Johnson
F: Gary Ablett, Cameron Mooney, Travis Varcoe
FOLL: Brad Ottens, Joel Corey, Cameron Ling
I/C: Mark Blake, Kane Tenace, Joel Selwood, Tom Hawkins

EMG: Prismall, King, Stokes
In: Ottens, Tenace, Steven Johnson
Out: Steven King, Mathew Stokes, Brent Prismall

 

[local]

Riewoldt may still play. Trained with the team Thursday. (fingers crossed)

 

[sante]

Maybe Pettifer will be like Krakouer, a late withdrawal

 

[Bojangles17]

Riewoldt may still play. Trained with the team Thursday. (fingers crossed)

Hope so, wouldn't mind seeing the kid debut , I've got a feeling he just might

 

[IDGAF]

Hope so, wouldn't mind seeing the kid debut , I've got a feeling he just might

I hope so to . Given the winds of change in the last fortnight why stop there ?

 

[Kurtis G]

I hope so to . Given the winds of change in the last fortnight why stop there ?

Nope disagree.

We structure up all right with that side. Might be top heavy if we bring in Reiwoldt. Petts is dangerous and could turn it on this week after what happened to Tivendale, Krakeour and Gaspar. Finally no more idol threats from Terry, he means business, and lazy no good players will either lift to their potential or be found out. Reiwolt has plenty of time theres no rush.

(Not saying I dont want to see him debut I am very excited. Its just Hughes had to work his arse off to breat into the forward line, lets see Reiwoldt really push to get in.)

 

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RICHMOND GEELONG
B: Chris Newman Gary Ablett, Luke McGuane Nathan Ablett, Kelvin Moore Steven Johnson

HB: Joel Bowden Travis Varcoe, Graham Polak Cameron Mooney, Andrew Raines Paul Chapman

C: Kane Johnson Jimmy Bartel, Brett Deledio James Kelly, Jake King David Wojcinski

HF: Daniel Jackson Darren Milburn, Cleve Hughes Andrew Mackie, Danny Meyer Corey Enright

F: Richard Tambling David Johnson, Jay Schulz Matthew Scarlett, Matthew Richardson Matthew Egan

FOLL: Troy Simmonds Brad Ottens, Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls Joel Corey, Nathan Foley Cameron Ling

I/C: Shane Tuck, Kayne Pettifer, Matthew White, Chris Hyde
I/C: Mark Blake, Kane Tenace, Joel Selwood, Tom Hawkins


Had a look at the 2 lineups and went with the matchups I think the 2 coaches will try and get happening.

From a Geelong POV I think Bomber will try and play Scarlett out of the FB position on Schulz thinking he can win that and I don't think Scarlett has the tank to follow Richo if he plays the same role as last week. This will see Egan getting the role to run with Richo when he ventures up the ground. Ling will try and stop Foley getting first hand to the ball and allow his fellow teammates in Bartel and Corey to do it instead. With Richmond only having the one ruckman Bomber might try and work over Simmonds with Blake and Ottens making quick changes on the ball.

From Richmond POV I think Wallace will tag Bartel with Johnson a bit like the Judd tag with Deledio starting in the middle and then Johnson going to him after the ball up. I think Jackson will play as a defensive HF on Milburn to try and negate his influence down back while also being a threat up forward as well worked last week against Braun and may well try it again. JB will try and get on to the Cats least threatening Forward so he can resume the QB role he plays so well. This will allow his 2 best small defenders in Raines and Newman to play closely on Ablett and Chapman when they are forward. Polak will go to Mooney and McGuane is likely to end up with a rotation of Ottens/Hawkins/Ablett at FB during the course of the day. Moore who did a good job against the Swans on Micky O(?) will get the job on the dangerous Johnson. Again my only real concern is no backup for Simmonds with Polak playing on Mooney which leads me to believe the Richo rucking tactic will continue for another week at least.

Tip: Richmond by 12 points.