Team Changes

[Wazza]

Originally posted by Thunder Shaker
Oh, I get it ... LRT's a tall tagger!

Well as a defender he would be doing his job pretty well if his opponents dont have an influence.

Cheers

Waz

[ROK Lobster]

Can someone please list the opponents that LRT has thus far kept out of the games this season.

[NMWBloods]

Pfft... you expect some actual research...

[Thunder Shaker]

Late team changes

Out: Maxfield (some minor knee problem, being rested)
In: Buchanan

Just announced on ABC Radio.

[NMWBloods]

Word is that Maxfield just felt that after this week he wasn't up to playing tonight. Quite understandable really.

[ROK Lobster]

3 weeks 'til the announcement?

[ugg]

Maxfield had a foot injury I think. That's the official reason anyway.

I guess we can remove the "LRT's opponents haven't hurt us" argument. Got towelled up by Lucas tonight. Plus the passage of play where he was moving up the wing was comical.

[barry]

Originally posted by ugg
Maxfield had a foot injury I think. That's the official reason anyway.

I guess we can remove the "LRT's opponents haven't hurt us" argument. Got towelled up by Lucas tonight. Plus the passage of play where he was moving up the wing was comical.

Lucas: 7 kicks, 2 handpasses. (2 more possies than LRT) Amazingly straight kicking for goal made a average game look good (ditto rest of bombers).

Next.

[ugg]

Just left one important stat out: 4 goals. LRT was smashed tonight pure and simple. You could hear the crowd groan everytime he got the ball. They just know he's incapable of executing a good clean possession.

[ROK Lobster]

Originally posted by ugg
Just left one important stat out: 4 goals. LRT was smashed tonight pure and simple. You could hear the crowd groan everytime he got the ball. They just know he's incapable of executing a good clean possession.

I thought he had one good handball tonight.

[midaro]

Originally posted by ROK Lobster
I thought he had one good handball tonight.

...and one good clean spoil.

[barry]

Originally posted by ugg
Just left one important stat out: 4 goals. LRT was smashed tonight pure and simple. You could hear the crowd groan everytime he got the ball. They just know he's incapable of executing a good clean possession.

All the more reason I'm glad Roos is coach and not you.

LRT was not smashed by one of Essendon's top players, proven finals performer, who only managed 9 posessions.
Even Lucas would think his haul of 4 goals was lucky.

This will fall on deaf ears, but Lucas was the lowest posession winner of any bomber who kicked a goal. Lloyd got one more possesion, and one more point. Lets send Leo Barry off the the cleaners shall we?

LRT looks ungainly, but he is very effective. The stats dont lie.

[Wazza]

Originally posted by ugg
Just left one important stat out: 4 goals. LRT was smashed tonight pure and simple. You could hear the crowd groan everytime he got the ball. They just know he's incapable of executing a good clean possession.

You know what they say about Stats and posters on RWO...

LRT was only directly opposed to Lucas for 1 of those 4 goals lucas didnt out mark him once and Bolton was on Lucas for most of the 2nd half....LRT wasnt a star but again his opponent wasnt a stand out...Lucas had 7 .. possesions if you want to go on about stats I would bet that this was one of his lowest possesion counts for the season.

Cheers

Waz

[ROK Lobster]

I think LRT spent most of his time on Pine in the last qtr didn't he. Sat right on him.

[ugg]

Yes, he did have one good quick handball in a passage of play on the halfback line.

Lucas did outmark LRT at least once, for his first goal. As for possessions, check what Essendon's inside 50 stats were like. They had much fewer chances than us, and for Lucas and Lloyd to kick 8 from those chances was very impressive.

LRT spent most of the 2nd half on the bench. I think that says quite a lot considering there were only 3 fit men on the bench.