Top Marks to Our Defence

[blblues]

Gibbs was recruited as a midfielder, not a back flanker. Ratten really needs to play him in the midfield.

 

[aron_rox]

You really seem to have a good understanding of the game.

cant tell if thats sarcastic or not

 

[Doza]

Okay, let me put it into perspective.

Richmond fans and media are talking up Deledio as a 60 goal a year key forward, he kicked 2 goals from 13 possessions (one was a dodgy free kick) last week on Banno.

Dal Santo had 12 possessions at 3QTR Time tonight, 9 in the last quarter when Banno moved forward, Banno also grabbed himself a goal, he shut down one of the best midfielders in the game, Dal Santo had no impact on the game at all, what more do you want from Banno?

Again it looks like Djibril watches the game and The General doesn't

Please, stop bagging Bannister, he did a fantastic job. Its not his fault we lost, he can't be asked to do much more.

 

[Bluebear]

cant tell if thats sarcastic or not

You thought our midfield did well.


It's sarcastic. They got flogged. Their delivery to Fev, Fisher and Edwards was as bad as it's been for years.
Stevens, Scotland, Simpson, Carrazzo, Bower, Houlihan.........all repeatedly butchered the ball going forward.

Judd didn't get it enough where he can be dangerous with it.

Murphy was the only one to go forward with any consistency.

You could have had Brown and Riewoldt in our F50 tonight.......they would have struggled.

 

[Mentallo]

We probably all thought that our defence would be our weak link tonight but top marks to them, especially considering Jamo was out. (Although how many times do we have to say that Houlihan is not a defender!)

What a pity our midfield got absolutely killed. Stevens was terrible.

Well done to Murphy again though.

Well said!
Our midfield and forward pressure was bloody awful.

 

[WeninRome]

i think our backline is a lot better than we give them credit for. We are meant to have this unbelivable mid field, but I am yet to see this at all.

A backline will be made to look good or bad depending on the amount of ball that is allowed to enter it.

At the moment our midfield is being to un accountable and being made to look slow and un skillful. I thought tonight our defence was very solid. St Kilda on paper have one of the best attacks in the comp and our boys held their own.

Well done, now its time for the mids and forwards to start to do their jobs and we may kick enough goals to be competitive.

 

[aron_rox]

You thought our midfield did well.


It's sarcastic. They got flogged. Their delivery to Fev, Fisher and Edwards was as bad as it's been for years.
Stevens, Scotland, Simpson, Carrazzo, Bower, Houlihan.........all repeatedly butchered the ball going forward.

Judd didn't get it enough where he can be dangerous with it.

Murphy was the only one to go forward with any consistency.

You could have had Brown and Riewoldt in our F50 tonight.......they would have struggled.

Did i say the midfield did well. Our whole team is pathetic get used to it but i thought our forwardline was the worst part of tonight

 

[peejay]

Well done, now its time for the mids and forwards to start to do their jobs and we may kick enough goals to be competitive.

Well given you have conceded over 100 points what 22 games straight then your forward line would need to kick 18 plus goals to be competitive.

Not saying you can't do that but obviously it would be easier to be competitive if your backline could keep the opposition down to a dozen goals or so.

 

[BlueBelle]

Our backline did a very good job tonight. To their credit, they got numbers to the fall of the ball instead of them all going up for the spoil. Great work

Riewoldt shouldn't have had a shower after the game because Waitey gave him a bath

 

[Jeremias]

I thought our much maligned backline did pretty well tonight.

Thornton taught Kosi a lesson all night long and provided excellent run for the 2nd game in a row.

Waite pulled Riewoldt's pants down and beat him easily until the 4th when Riewoldt started to get into the game a bit more.

Bower played one of his best games for the club and did a good job on Schneider who only looked dangerous in patches and was inconsistent.

Houlihan was killed by Milne, proved again that he isn't a defender, and that we need a small defender in the team.

Setanta as expected was out-muscled by Gehrig but was by no means our worst player on the night.

They did pretty well, especially without Jamison which was a blow from before the bounce. They just need to keep putting those efforts in consistently.

 

[Salt Lake Cities]

Our defence was pretty damn good, we seem to have a few good options up there especially when Jammo is back. Our midfield and forward pressure and tackling is pathetic at best, this needs some serious attention and fast!