Rance is now a fully fledged member of the AFL Good Ole Boys Media Club - nothing to see here move on.

First in , best dressed.We were second to the ball all night.Put us on the back foot and consequently we looked tentative...............Marchbank and weitering will be your CHF and CHB for the next ten years.Building the spine is fundamental.................i actually dont think last nights game revealed that much. Next weeks encounter with the Dees will be far more revealing.............so i reckon we need to hold our fire for a while.Like to see Fisher get a go.

I don't care if we have pick 113. No more talls.

Biggest glaring issue for me last night and we have been doing it for years.

Getting sucked in at the contests. All of our players get too far inside the bubble and then the ball pops out to the outside and we have nobody there to either defend or attack.

Same in marking contests. Everyone up. Nobody down.

It's even more glaring being here and watching the discipline of the dogs in these two aspects tonight. Even Collingwood have it over us in spades.

These two issues aren't talent either. They are coaching and mental.

And Rance is a dirty prick.

NTTAWWT

The selection of Macreadie was fantastic for the kid but it unbalanced our side. At stages we had Plowman, Marchbank, Rowe, Macreadie and Simon White in defence whilst one of Simpson or Docherty were being forced out onto the wing. 5 players at 190cm or taller while Richmond played a pacy forward line. No surprise that Butler, Castagna and Rioli kicked 6 between them.

The biggest frustration for me was when we moved the ball quickly and got it inside 50, we usually marked it and scored. The bullshit handballing ahead of the play and overpossessing has continually got us into trouble in the JLT and again last night. Posters knock our forwards but FMD, I'd hate to be playing forward for Carlton the way we're rooting around with the ball at the moment. Not that they'd listen but my message to the coaches would be, forget trying to replicate the Bulldogs or the Saints and try to be proactive. Do what actually suits your list demographic instead of being reactive @#$%&! sheep! We have 2 of the better marking players in the game inside forward 50. Give them a chance to play to their strengths.
From memory we had 7 scoring shots at quarter time from 7 inside 50 marks, from not many more inside 50s.

If they dont mark it, have your crumbers at their feet. Why do coaches continually try to overcomplicate the game?

The selection of Macreadie was fantastic for the kid but it unbalanced our side. At stages we had Plowman, Marchbank, Rowe, Macreadie and Simon White in defence whilst one of Simpson or Docherty were being forced out onto the wing. 5 players at 190cm or taller while Richmond played a pacy forward line. No surprise that Butler, Castagna and Rioli kicked 6 between them.

The biggest frustration for me was when we moved the ball quickly and got it inside 50, we usually marked it and scored. The bullshit handballing ahead of the play and overpossessing has continually got us into trouble in the JLT and again last night. Posters knock our forwards but FMD, I'd hate to be playing forward for Carlton the way we're rooting around with the ball at the moment. Not that they'd listen but my message to the coaches would be, forget trying to replicate the Bulldogs or the Saints and try to be proactive. Do what actually suits your list demographic instead of being reactive @#$%&! sheep! We have 2 of the better marking players in the game inside forward 50. Give them a chance to play to their strengths.
From memory we had 7 scoring shots at quarter time from 7 inside 50 marks, from not many more inside 50s.

If they dont mark it, have your crumbers at their feet. Why do coaches continually try to overcomplicate the game?

Pros:

Encouraging ball movement. Accuracy. Good score.
Senior players like Murphy, Kreuzer, Gibbs and Rowe.
Marchbank already looks one of our best players.
A wounded Weitering against the best defender in the competition.
It's been a pretty dry preseason for SOJ, but he was good. Same for Plowman.
First half for SPS. Second half for Casboult.
Thought Smedts was pretty clean.
MacReadie looks exciting.

Cons:

I get we're building for the future. But puzzled by our defensive structure. 4 tall defenders is questionable. 5 is bizarre. Richmond's small forwards won the game. Wonder what some of the better teams are going to do against us on the scoreboard. I know White's one of our leaders, but we need more speed.
Puzzled by what we're doing with Ed. He's arguably the best tagger in the competition, but we're not using him in that role anymore. And Martin absolutely towelled us. Got to think Ed would have reduced his effectiveness, if given the chance.

Great summary