Agree. Yze has said he has had no issue with effort this year. I'm not sure about that. Pressure, forward, back and mid seems haphazard and discretionary to me.
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Game Day - Tiges V Freo
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Agree. Yze has said he has had no issue with effort this year. I'm not sure about that. Pressure, forward, back and mid seems haphazard and discretionary to me.
Got to pay Freo a bit of credit.
Their ball use was as good as any team we have played all year & at times they just cut us to ribbons with the lead/mark game.
Also their young mids are extremely impressive.
They may have started the year slowly but they're coming that's for sure.
Their ball use was as good as any team we have played all year & at times they just cut us to ribbons with the lead/mark game.
Also their young mids are extremely impressive.
They may have started the year slowly but they're coming that's for sure.
After I have cooled down on the way the game was played today I had a thought and realise that Yze has an uphill struggle right now with half of the really experienced first teamers out injured and having to play the kids who are still inexperienced and learning the game . These kids did OK last week but today they just run out of steam and footy smarts and consequently struggled against a well drilled team. That experienced guys had a bad off day didn't help so we are were we are. We just have to expect results going against us until we have a full complement of established players back with those kids who are showing promise and seed what Yze and co can give us. Tiger life is not exactly good right now but I still reckon we can make the second part of the season more respectable
B+ for rhetoric and eloquence but D- for unrealistic optimism.Hard day at the Office but I believe in the hallowed halls of Richmond Football Club, a new era dawns—a testing ground where raw talent meets the crucible of AFL. The next couple of years will be our proving ground, a baptism by fire for the likes of Sonsie, Hugo, Banks, Dow, Young, Miller, MRJ, and Campbell etc and so on .. These young guns, once stuck in the VFL shadows, now step into the spotlight.
The pain? It’s inevitable—the ache of growth, the sting of setbacks. But within this crucible lies hope. If Richmond can forge a nucleus of players, each thread woven tightly, they’ll rise anew. Draft picks, like precious gems, await discovery—adding brilliance to our future. Mid-year drafts, year-end selections—they’re our alchemical mix, transforming potential into gold.
Yet, let’s not be fooled; there’s no quick fix. We’ll lose some along the way—Graham, Baker, Rioli ??? maybe — if they decide mmm . Their departure, like autumn leaves, makes space for fresh blooms. And so, we watch—the trading period, a dance of strategy and chance. Will we trade pawns for queens? Only time will tell.
Richmond Tigers, brace yourselves—the pain, the promise—it’s all part of the grand symphony. The crescendo awaits, echoing across the MCG, as young hearts beat in unison. Rise, Tigers, rise!
In the after match interview, Tom Brown said the younger players communicate with older players for advice and mentoring.
Here's 5 of them:
Petts, Lids, Kelvin Moore, Cuz and Dutch.
Here's 5 of them:
Petts, Lids, Kelvin Moore, Cuz and Dutch.
Ok, we know the midfield is decimated and we have no key forwards so hard to keep the structure going.
Some support Mansell to be in the side and keep going on about him and Campbell playing more as high half forwards but what use is that to the team when we are not kicking goals. Today I saw countless times the ball go over the top and we had no small forwards playing deep to run on to the ball.
Mansell 8 disposals and 2 tackles. Kicked a goal mid-way through the last. Enough is enough time to go back to the ressies, get a kick and maybe muster a goal.
Campbell that's 6 games now with no goals and 1 tackle.
They are not providing enough and surely not on the scoreboard. They should not have a mortgage on these positions.
Junior had a shocker but he has runs on the board from his last 3 games.
Some support Mansell to be in the side and keep going on about him and Campbell playing more as high half forwards but what use is that to the team when we are not kicking goals. Today I saw countless times the ball go over the top and we had no small forwards playing deep to run on to the ball.
Mansell 8 disposals and 2 tackles. Kicked a goal mid-way through the last. Enough is enough time to go back to the ressies, get a kick and maybe muster a goal.
Campbell that's 6 games now with no goals and 1 tackle.
They are not providing enough and surely not on the scoreboard. They should not have a mortgage on these positions.
Junior had a shocker but he has runs on the board from his last 3 games.
He’s, when you have so many small forwards and they’re all lacking goals, there is a major problem somewhere.
The question is.. are they playing to instructions or being caught out of position?
One is on the coaches, the other on the players. Does anyone actually know?
When it comes to some of our kids, there is no amount of experience you could ever put in to them that would make them AFL quality players.
This rebuild is going to very be long and very painful.
This rebuild is going to very be long and very painful.
I hear your pain and frustration and we all share it re. the way we are being umpired. However, that free kick against Nankervis for a ruck infringement just before half-time was one of those 50-50 that could have gone either way but once Freo had the free, Dow had to give the ball back to the Freo ruckman, but he didn't. He just dropped it at his feet, then the ump called 50 as the siren sounded for half-time. Those at the ground would have missed what the 50 was for. Perhaps we could have the US idea of putting a mic on the ref who stops and tells the crowd why each decision has been made? We probably have too many decisions to be made each minute for that to be feasable in our game but the crowd need to be told what has happened for at least a few less obvious decisions like that.
I do think Ooze woke up at half time that starting Dusty Bolton sucking up the sun down in forward line aint the way to go. These guys have to start up front in the mix as the first thing it does is put pressure on the the other lot. The same with Balta got to go back not forward. Going back with Balta besides stiffing up the back line it puts the other lot under more pressure which results in errors. Got to get a high flying pivot like Ryan in the goal square.
Balta will stay forward and Miller given the opportunity, will continue to show improvement in the backline.
Miller has been at the club for that long he should be up to scratch now. Him & Young just aint gunna reach the lofty heights now of Grimes Broad Val . They are duds. How many goals have their direct opponents kicked this year ?. Treacy murdered them last quarter an Treacy aint a gun.
