Mr D

[snajik]

Originally posted by Carolyn
He probably wants the Premiership cup to go back to Victoria.

Geez, that hasn't happened in an awfully long time. Wonder if any of those Victorian sides can remember what the Cup looks like?

Personally I thought it was a pretty good game. Richmond did very well with no cattle and stuck to their game plan. Adelaide are supposedly renowned for close checking and hard running. They were outplayed.

[ScottH]

Originally posted by snajik
Geez, that hasn't happened in an awfully long time. Wonder if any of those Victorian sides can remember what the Cup looks like?

Of course they do..................... but only the back of it.

[Go Swannies]

Originally posted by snajik
Wonder if any of those Victorian sides can remember what the Cup looks like?

They do - but only because they parade it through the streets of Melbourne on the Friday before the Grand Final. Then it's time to ship it off to somewhere else on the Sunday morning.

[hammo]

Originally posted by GB85
It will be interesting to see whether Richmond do attempt this style of play again. Personally i didn't have a real problem with the tactic itself. These are the things i picked up on:
1. Terry Wallace despite vowing to play exciting attacking football at the start of the year soon changes his mind when his neck is on the chopping block. Hypocrite.
2. This would not work against most other teams as their players and coaches would not have taken four quarters to realise that by manning up the problem would be solved. Adelaide played dumb football.
3. Terry Wallace is a genius. Give me a break, he went to an extreme seen prevously when he coached the W.B. against the Bulldogs. Adelaide are just dumb.

I think Wallace does deserve some credit.

And by the way so do the Tigers players. To get the ball in the first place they had to win the contested possessions.

You can't blame Wallace for implementing that game plan after they've been belted by 100 points. It doesn't matter what he said at the start of the year.

The win he orchestrated against Essendon in 2000 was their only loss of the year. It wasn't pretty but I think the result speaks for itself.

After all the criticism the 'ugly' Swans have attracted in recent years I think its a bit rich for Swans fans to now be critiquing Richmond's tactics on the weekend.

I agree with Roos - blame Adelaide for being incompetent.