Rd 17 vs Richmond @ MCG - Match Thread

[waswan]

Merdo, you have a point re Mills, but that’s about it. Can’t you accept we were outplayed tonight in the second half? Richmond weren’t a poor side tonight and were more desperate especially in the second half. Sure, there were some bad decisions by the umps but we just didn’t play well in the second half. Maybe we are just not as good as we think we are.

I agree that knowing what to expect weather wise, I would have played Corey instead of Francis, but who knew that Lloyd would need to go off instead of a tall. Francis was reasonable- better than Robbie who is totally out of form.

Robbies form is ???? on the coaches.

He had a role and was playing it well.

[Scottee]

6 day break after a hard game versus a 7 day break after a witches hats performance a major factor.

But our refusal to play wet weather football, ie tap the ball to team mates ( like Richmond did successfully all night) rather than grab it and get tackled, to not surge the ball forward rather than going sideways and trying to pinpoint targets was frustrating to watch .

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[mcs]

Yep Robbie's form gone down the drain sadly once the coaches decided he was the man to take the experimenting tool too. Very frustrating.

[waswan]

Yep Robbie's form gone down the drain sadly once the coaches decided he was the man to take the experimenting tool too. Very frustrating.

Ramps, Tom, Melican, Fox, Lloyd, Ollie, Blakey.....Unfortunately for some that means Harry misses, very handy back up

[dejavoodoo44]

What an utter garbage second half. Not much leadership on show out there at times - brain dead football, alongside brain dead umpiring at times.

Maybe the AFL should consider cards for serious misconduct though. Nankervis will be getting a holiday for that blatant bump yet we had to suffer through almost 3/4s of the game down a key man.

What a microcosm of our frustrating season in a nutshell however.

Yes, you could argue that the turning point of the game was Lloyd being taken out, so it's probably worth considering a send off rule. For the motion would be, should the offender be able to go on to have a starring role, while the victim spends the rest of the game watching on from the bench? Also, if the AFL is serious about minimising concussions, than perhaps a stronger disincentive should be introduced? And while I don't really think that AFL umpires would consistently apply the rule, that would probably be less of a problem than in the other codes that already have a send off rule. That is, in league or soccer, teams have 12 players trying to cover 13, or 10 on 11. Whereas in AFL, a send off would just mean one less interchange.

[caj23]

A few on seem energised by a loss and are very quiet ehen we play well. Each to their own I guess.

Like clockwork

[Roadrunner]

Yep! They played their game style to perfection after half time, and we just couldn't go with them! We could not adjust once it started raining, which is pretty disappointing.

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Nankervis was enormous tonight and gave their mids a big advantage- plus his goal. Mills is not yet back to his best and so playing him more back was a bit understandable, but Paps could have spent more time on the ball.
Toby was a big factor in generating their momentum and clearly we missed the Chad and his aggressive play.

[Scottee]

Yes, you could argue that the turning point of the game was Lloyd being taken out, so it's probably worth considering a send off rule. For the motion would be, should the offender be able to go on to have a starring role, while the victim spends the rest of the game watching on from the bench? Also, if the AFL is serious about minimising concussions, than perhaps a stronger disincentive should be introduced? And while I don't really think that AFL umpires would consistently apply the rule, that would probably be less of a problem than in the other codes that already have a send off rule. That is, in league or soccer, teams have 12 players trying to cover 13, or 10 on 11. Whereas in AFL, a send off would just mean one less interchange.

A red card send off limited to circumstances similar to tonight's is needed badly.That was a blight on the game tonight.

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[Agent 86]

Nankervis was enormous tonight and gave their mids a big advantage- plus his goal. Mills is not yet back to his best and so playing him more back was a bit understandable, but Paps could have spent more time on the ball.
Toby was a big factor in generating their momentum and clearly we missed the Chad and his aggressive play.

Why did McLean let go of him leading to Dusty’s last goal? Wtf are you thinking is going to happen? Just the last of so many face smacking moments.

[longmile]

Funny year this one. Terrible luck. With a few more accurate set shots and more favourable umpiring we could easily be sitting in 5th place or higher. So many close games with bad luck and terrible injury run.

Here’s to next year

[707]

Funny year this one. Terrible luck. With a few more accurate set shots and more favourable umpiring we could easily be sitting in 5th place or higher. So many close games with bad luck and terrible injury run.

Here’s to next year

Yep, if you're going to have a down year, have a real down year, now holding pick 5 in a strong draft

[Nico]

Tigers were cleaner with the ball after half time .

Yeh, look it started to rain and got a bit colder, it got a bit hard for us and their hands probably got a bit too cold. We were bog awful after half time, mind you we made some horrible kicking errors in the first half. It looked like all their first half goals came from turnovers.

19/7 centre clearances told the story. After half time we couldn't buy a centre clearance and what got me Richmond players were streets away from our blokes. Time to sack the clearance coach. Everyone in the world except the Sydney Swans knows that since the 6/6/6 rule that centre clearances are No.1.

And again, Richmond cleared it from our forward line at will. Their rebounds from our forward line were nauseating. Happens every week. Our forwards are either too slow or not committed.

[Nico]

We lost by a BS 50 meter penalty and some other crappy calls.

I was at the game and I thought the umpiring was ok. We just played bad footy after half time.

[Industrial Fan]

Longmire said no Chad Warner next week either after a training set back but no other injuries.

Mentioned that Francis was sub due to some concerns around our talls making it through the game.

Hard to explain Hickeys involvement in the game in the 4th qtr. We were getting bulldozed in clearances and he was on the bench. Even when he was on ground McDonald and even Buddy were taking forward half ruck contests.

I don’t think it’s a coincidence our stoppage work looked better with the big presence of McAndrew in the middle. Hickeys looked tired this year and Ladhams is Ladhams.

Personally not too disappointed tonight. Effort was there, umpiring inconsistent and confusing as normal but it’s time to start preparing for 2024 now.

[chalbilto]

Funny year this one. Terrible luck. With a few more accurate set shots and more favourable umpiring we could easily be sitting in 5th place or higher. So many close games with bad luck and terrible injury run.

Here’s to next year

Summed it up nicely. Behind the 8 ball re injuries to vital players all year.