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I’d like more intensity and aggression from Young too.
I think he is still finding his feet and pinching himself how quick he has cemented a spot in our defense.
What Indid notice is Young giving it to Reiwodt with unsociable acts before the game and during the game. That shocked me. I didn’t expect that. I think he is developing, and that saved goal when Lynch was running into the goals was intensity and desperation that proved to me he’s improving this aspect of his game.

I remember a fella called Sexton. He didn’t show much mongrel, intensity either but his marking got us out of a lot of trouble on the last line. Young’s Marking ability and persona reminds me of the calm cool understated Sexton. He has a lot of upside imo

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Interesting you asked. I said that after the fact.

Yes. He was creating a gap on Rioli.

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Hey Navy 1….

some discussion about that in the Jack SOS threat…!

typical Steve if you ask me…sook act…!

no time for that behaviour…!


kindest regards tommi

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Bondi but you may want to watch the replay.
1. LOB only slowed his pace after the bounce went wrong.
2. He was about 10-15m outside the 50m arc when he kicked it to Harry who was about 20-25m inside the arc himself, but wide open.
Should've he kept running to the 50 and had a shot on goal himself?
That would've been a pretty low % play IMO, especially with Rioli still hot on his tail.
His mistake for me was bouncing the ball that last time instead of running another 5m and kicking it.
Just bad luck that was.

I " m sayin ' nothin' till i hear Steves side of the story .

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Not everything that fails to come off is a stuff up. I think LOB did what he was brought on the ground to do - gain territory and break through a line with fresh legs. He didn’t have half an hour to make a decision. It didn’t work out, but I don’t have a problem with what he did. And Voss didn’t seem unhappy with him at all when it was mentioned in the presser.

As a said earlier, if we are going to obsess over mistakes in the last minute - look no further than Weitering (who I love) and Acres. I’m sure they would like to have their time again.

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Just watching the replay now.
It was hard to believe we were in front at quarter time.
That free to Junior Rioli in the 2nd quarter was a joke. I thought as much last night but the replay confirmed it.
It is funny feeling being at a drawn game, you are not sure what to do.
3rd game in a row we were in winning a winning position, only to blow it.
Not sure if we will ever learn.

Yep , he came on and did what he had to do . Weitering and Acres ? and plenty of others as well . Finger pointing at isolated instances sure no purpose coz the best players have them . Dunno about you Sue but i reckon Muse hit the nail on the head . We made 'em uncomfortable . Better days ahead . Onward and upward , but gradually . Second half of the season is when it will all come together . Voss is gonna time his run a lot better this year .

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I was standing room MCC and we all saw Harry tearing out the back into space once LOB initially received it. Everyone was screaming to kick it to him

He decided to take 4 bounces, if you take 4 bounces you can technically cover 75m of ground (which he didn't) And I just think he ran himself into a position where he didn't need to be in.

Happy to be proven wrong if my view from the bottom deck doesn't tell the whole story. But the view from that bay was that he should've pulled the trigger miles earlier.

Funnily enough it was McGovern who marked a high ball in Richmond's goal square and then hit the 50m kick to release LOB in the first place. So the one time in final quarter (and for just about the whole game) we managed to execute a quick D50 exit, we [REDACTED] it the other way with what looked like not pulling the trigger on the right entry.

Pros:

Wasn't expecting to win. So it was encouraging to play well and not lose.
Kept a good team to a 'losing' score.
Good post-game presser from the coach.
Harry, TDK, Cripps, Hewett, Cerra, Motlop and Young all very good.
Very encouraging performances from Hollands and Cowan.
McGovern and Acres good after nervous starts.
SOJ nailed a difficult set shot goal.
Slashing goal from Docherty.
Liked LOB's last quarter. 2nd time this year I've seen him look AFL comfortable in pressure situations.

Cons:

Yet again, we somehow managed to cough up a lead going into the final 2 minutes.
I think we'll struggle pace wise against a number of opposition teams. Need some more rebound and dare coming out of defence. Also think we need to do far better at controlling the opposition's ball movement out of defence.
Got beaten out of clearances, which is one of our strengths.
Other than their goals, Owies and Fisher were unsighted. Didn't see SOJ get near it after quarter time.
Bolton constantly appealing for frees in the forward 50.

Mitch Cleary said that Jack knew SOS would not be there. Apparently SOS was really tired and wanted to go home and remained in the car.
Geez, would it have killed him to make a brief appearance.

I have just finished watching the replay and it was an interesting interview with Weitering.
He basically said we should not have been in the game and happy to take the 2 points.

I felt it.

Disappointingly more of a Stump than a post.

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You’re right about the distances sidey but the point is Rioli was labouring against fresh legs and was chasing LOB and if LOB had a tail no way Rioli was near enough to grab it, and there was plenty of opportunity for LOB to continue running into the 50 or have a ping from 50 to either score or for the ball to go out of bounds. Instead he slowed done and steadied with a chipping motion bc it wasn’t necessary to kick through the ball. Holding onto the ball too long meant his target, Harry was in a worse position against more defenders by the second.

Glad you used the word ‘mistake’’ because that’s the point of this discussion: a mistake with less than 2 minutes left on the clock whilst we were in front. Very different scenario to other mistakes after that by Weitering and Acres.

The point is have the players been drilled in the art of killing time or winning a game with 2 minutes left on the clock?

I’m happy with the result. I’m not hanging LOB but I’m not going to sit here and read that LOB made the right choice and Harry’s slip was just as damning. No way. What have the players learned over the preseason is what we all ask. Now we are finding out. It’s for real every week from now on and we need to improve on last year.

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Unfortunately not even close.

That's why I hate watching on TV.... Directors seem to have no idea what to show on TV... Drives me nuts...

Anyway...
Pros
Defence (got plenty of practice)... Team defence held up well
Holding onto the ball, controlling the game at crucial times
Holland and Cowan... First gamers peeps.... Holland was also ignored a few times... That will change
Young.. Poor start, then was just about flawless
Doc's goal (see below)


Cons

FFS Tell the umps where you took your mark, because they have no idea! Doc kicked about 5 metres more than needed...OOBOTF given. 5 metres from the behind post when it went over about 20m away from there.. Aaarggghhh
GOVs good is good, his bad is appalling... (aiming for the Plow AWARD)
Pushing in the back is OK in the ruck contest? (or is that the Hawkins/Lynch rule I've missed?).. But if two players grapple in the ruck you have to pluck a free?
Block for God sake... We still give the ball off and deliver it to a player who is under pressure from the player who could have been blocked!
Richmond station and Myki gates not working... Dear God... These transport people have no idea about crowd management... One little thing could make it catastrophic (does anyone know what happened in South Korea with similar number crowds?)

Go Blues

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LOL is he five years old?!

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Teehee….

my private shame…!


kindest regards tommi





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