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  • Ampersand
    On the Rookie List
    • Apr 2014
    • 694

    #91
    Originally posted by Matt80
    How do we nail 86 tackles and lose the game? We won the tackle count by over 30 tackles.
    Yeah, you might almost think that winning games of AFL is about more than 80+ tackles and electric pace???

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    • Ampersand
      On the Rookie List
      • Apr 2014
      • 694

      #92
      To summarise:

      - We were absolutely slaughtered by the umpires. Horrible calls resulted in at least 3+ goals for Richmond.

      -Really, really disappointing game from Naismith.

      - Bye, Towers. Bye, Shaw.

      - Hello, Mitchell.

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      • ernie koala
        Senior Player
        • May 2007
        • 3251

        #93
        Originally posted by Matt80
        How do we nail 86 tackles and lose the game? We won the tackle count by over 30 tackles.
        Matt this should be an eye opener for you....Tackles, and pace, are great...But they aren't everything.

        It's like going to see a band and only the bass player and drummer turn up and play.....You need the whole band.
        Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect... MT

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        • Matt80
          Suspended by the MRP
          • Sep 2013
          • 1802

          #94
          Originally posted by Ampersand
          Yeah, you might almost think that winning games of AFL is about more than 80+ tackles and electric pace???
          It feels almost at deflating as when certain pick up lines in my single days stopped working. You think you have a winning strategy, only to realise you have to adapt and evolve the strategy.

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          • ugg
            Can you feel it?
            Site Admin
            • Jan 2003
            • 15970

            #95
            Considering we were playing a rookie ruckman, and missing 3 of our best clearance players in Kennedy, Bird and McGlynn (although I note that Tom Mitchell stepped up in their absences) it wasn't surprising that Richmond won the clearances which were the platform for their great start. We came back into it but our slipshod use going into out forward line cost us, not helped by having key personnel missing in Franklin and Parker (who had to play more midfield than usual), and Goodes not managing to grasp one of his numerous chances at the end.
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            • dimelb
              pr. dim-melb; m not f
              • Jun 2003
              • 6889

              #96
              Agree on the umpiring, but not the only problem. If only one of the several behinds had been a goal - and three or four were gettable, not to mention Goodsey's "dropsy" - the result would have been different.

              I didn't think Naismith was that bad; after all, Maric is probably the form ruck man at present. We played badly in the wet again; the Tiges were tidier both in kicking and collecting most of the time. And there were very encouraging signs from Mitchell, Biggs again, and Jones.

              Rampe as above, among our best. Solid games from the mids after a slow start, esp. Hannebery, Parker, McVeigh, Jack and Jetta. Reid improved as the game went on. We will certainly jump a level or two next weekend.
              He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)

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              • Go Swannies
                Veterans List
                • Sep 2003
                • 5697

                #97
                Gotta give big credit to Harry Cunningham. He seems to have stepped up to the hungry one in the absence of Benny Mc. Some of his running and marking was remarkable.

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                • Ludwig
                  Veterans List
                  • Apr 2007
                  • 9359

                  #98
                  It was a good result in the end. The loss meant nothing to us. We came through without injuries. It turned what should have been a meaningless boring game into a very good contest, especially in the 4th qtr. And it brings some real excitement to the bottom half of the finals'draw.

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                  • liz
                    Veteran
                    Site Admin
                    • Jan 2003
                    • 16773

                    #99
                    Originally posted by Ludwig
                    It was a good result in the end. The loss meant nothing to us. We came through without injuries. It turned what should have been a meaningless boring game into a very good contest, especially in the 4th qtr. And it brings some real excitement to the bottom half of the finals'draw.
                    Yeah, it is good that we had a pressured, decent quality game to finish off the season. I was a little non-plussed with our draw when it came out and even more so as the season progressed and it became apparent we would have several soft games to close the home and away season. It's far better that we had a game approaching finals intensity, rather than a walk-in-the-park to close out the season.

                    I would have preferred they had found a way to win, regardless of the fact they didn't need to. But given that the team that lined up was different to the one we expect to play next week, I guess it doesn't matter too much.

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                    • dawson
                      Senior Player
                      • Mar 2003
                      • 1007

                      In 2012 we lost 3 of our last 4 and we know how that turned out

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                      • aguy
                        Senior Player
                        • Mar 2014
                        • 1324

                        Originally posted by dawson
                        In 2012 we lost 3 of our last 4 and we know how that turned out
                        Likewise. I believe that I'm both of our modern premierships we have been beaten by Richmond during the home and away season

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                        • goswannies
                          Senior Player
                          • Sep 2007
                          • 3051

                          Originally posted by Ampersand
                          -Really, really disappointing game from Naismith.
                          Considering he would normally start his career as a backup ruckman rather than our #1 ruck with no specialist ruck support, I thought his debut wasn't horrific. But his instinct to handball first was Pyke, without the accuracy.

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                          • barry
                            Veterans List
                            • Jan 2003
                            • 8499

                            Naismith put in a "chambers".

                            Put simply, if pyke goes down we wont win the flag.

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                            • Ludwig
                              Veterans List
                              • Apr 2007
                              • 9359

                              Originally posted by barry
                              Naismith put in a "chambers".

                              Put simply, if pyke goes down we wont win the flag.
                              Towers is the future of rucking.

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                              • Matt80
                                Suspended by the MRP
                                • Sep 2013
                                • 1802

                                Originally posted by barry
                                Naismith put in a "chambers".

                                Put simply, if pyke goes down we wont win the flag.
                                Naismith now knows what's required to be elite. He will learn and be better for the run. He will pump the weights in the off season with greater intensity and will come back a stronger proposition in the pre-season competition next season.

                                It's hard for any new ruckman in the AFL, particularly those who have not developed the confidence of scoring 90m tries against the All Blacks.

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