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yesterday's 2nd quarter
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IanG said:
Defensive/reactive coaching instead of going for the jugular and destroying them by 100.
Remember, a hack team like the Saints just about did that to them a couple of weeks prior (win by 100)...they had no Robbo or Neitz yesterday either...we should have gone all out attack in the 3rd and finished the game off and had the last quarter as a percentage-building exercise.
GoodOne said:
We have shown some glimpses of genuinely good football this season, that's encouraging but as we saw in the 2nd half we've still got a ways to go.
Liverpool said:And so why did the knob named Wallace decide to change things in the third-quarter by moving Richo (who killed them in the 2nd quarter) to the backline?
He had Bailey/Demons on the ropes and it was HE who let them back into it.
Totally Agree!
The old man and I were bewildered with that move....Richo should have started the 3rd term full forward, and wallace should have told the tigers to go for the jugular!
Then, if that didn't happen and the dees did kick a quick 3, then change Richo.
I believe if Richo started full forward in the 3rd, we would have won the game by 10 goals
IanG said:
I expected it to happen if we were fair dinkum.
It is what any team that is making some progress would do.
Bunnerz85 said:
I;m with you all the way Bunnerz.
The second quarter showed that Wallace had got the match-ups and the team right....so why change it around? ???
Then to read in the HUn today, on page 38:
The Tigers star was also at the centre of the game's turning point in the third term, after a communication mix-up put him deep in defence as Melbourne swept back into the game.
"That was a mixed instruction. We didn't want that at all. The instruction was for him to come back up and play his normal role and they thought it meant go behind the ball, and so it took us three or four minutes (to rectify).
"You know when that situation happens, you know everyone will say out there it looks like you are in panic mode. When the momentum is going your way it really hurts you."
Bailey said the Demons coaching staff had much preferred Richardson playing deep in defence, with the Tiger conceding the instruction was to play back.
"It's not my decision what I do on the ground. You take instructions from the coaching staff and there might have been a little bit of a misunderstanding," Richardson said.
"I probably went too defensive in the start of the third. Terry wanted me to push forward a bit and I sat back a bit too much but that happens too much."
...it really makes you wonder what the hell is going on!
Bunnerz85 said:
problem is, that is what Terry HAS been doing and our 3 quarters have been shithouse, he tried something different but it didn't work.
Damned either way is Terry!!!
bowden4president said:
True, he has done this at some games this season.
But how many times this season have we led by 40pts at Half time?
It makes so much more sense for Richo to possibly play a bit defensive when the scores are close at half time or we are a few goals down, but being 40pts up against the bottom side... U put the Big Man in the Square where he would be most dangerous!
If he is in the square, we get the ball and kick long, if he isn't there, thats when our sh!t sideways game comes into action.
I am all for Richo playing up the ground, but at the right times of the game. Surely Wallet should know where he is needed at any given time in the match, seeing as most of our supporters do.
Liverpool said:
Then you haven't seen recent matches. We haven't gone badly in the 3rd quarters because Richo was moved back, if anything its been the opposite until now, he's been moved up forward at the beginning of the 3rd quarters. And perhaps Richo was simply moved to the wing and found himself down back because thats where the ball went.
IanG said:
The only games I don't go to are interstate games....so I have seen our recent games, and if you believe people going (including people on this forum) that we are progressing and improving, then we should really take the opportunity to bury a team that is last, has their two main forwards out, and we were ahead by 7 goals with virtually a full list to choose from before the game started.
If you can't expect to bury a team from that position, then when can you expect to bury a team?
I thought it was a disappointing fade out, but to be honest it's not the first time we've seen it.
I remember going back to one of the few good days under Robert Walls, there was a game against West Coast at the G where we had the most sensational second quarter, must have kicked eight or nine, the players dominated every single facet of the game. Then after half time we just stopped because the players were completely spent. We still won comfortably, but you wished for more.
With a pretty young side last night, I think the same may have happened.
And Melbourne deserves a bit of credit. They're on the bottom of the ladder, but last night their performance wasn't like they were in the first month of the year.
I remember going back to one of the few good days under Robert Walls, there was a game against West Coast at the G where we had the most sensational second quarter, must have kicked eight or nine, the players dominated every single facet of the game. Then after half time we just stopped because the players were completely spent. We still won comfortably, but you wished for more.
With a pretty young side last night, I think the same may have happened.
And Melbourne deserves a bit of credit. They're on the bottom of the ladder, but last night their performance wasn't like they were in the first month of the year.
Said it a million times (well not quite ;D) it's all in the head, and I'll bet most of the guys at half time went in thinking this one's in the bag.
LeeToRainesToRoach said:
Probably cos they were tanking, we're going to regret this win for a while !
