aboynamedsue wrote:
verbs wrote:
How are people feeling about this one? It's been so long I can't get a read on where we are at.
Our preseason form was woeful and there has been more spin than a Shane Warne flipper about our round 1 performance (OK we had our moments against Richmond but, let’s face it, we were smashed when the game was up for grabs).
The counter argument to this:
- we were in very unusual circumstances being the first game playing at an empty MCG. We were a bit shell shocked and the far more experienced Richmond side adapted much more quickly as you’d expect. Hard to know just how much this affected our slow start but I suspect a lot.
- Richmond got the rub of a LOT of crucial 50/50 (or even less) decisions in the first 10 mins which either cost us goals or gifted them goals. Go back and watch up to their 5th goal. We were very unlucky
- we were without our two first choice key forwards and lost out ruckman in the first quarter meaning we lost our third choice key forward to the ruck as well. After this we had next to no structure going forward as you’d expect.
- once we settled, we actually controlled the majority of the game despite the above points and actually got back within striking distance in the last quarter. We just couldn’t capitalise on our chances, in no small part due to the fact that we had no key forwards. Put Harry and Levi in the forward line and we might well have run over the top of them.
Its all a matter of perspective. But a lot of things did go against us in round one. Take out Richmonds first 3 choice key forwards and see how they go
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thanks for your comments. Agreed.
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