Round 10: Shaunye vs Megan Gale

Football Discussion Dustin Fletcher Hangar
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Think the ins and outs make perfect sense. All three of the outs struggled to find the ball and or have an impact last week. Dempsey is straight back in given he is fit and the added bonus of it been the Dreamtime game. Crowley should help to counter the huge clearance inbalance we had last week. While Edwards gets rewarded for a couple of good weeks. Pleased to see him play in the Dreamtime match as well - looking forward to him dominating up the ground.

Not sure I would have done it any differently at selection. Well done Woosha et al.

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What does this club have against upgrading rookies when listed players are on the LTI list?
Salary cap?
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OH YEAH

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Shaunye: I’m sorry Taylor Hunt and i’mma let you finish. But Kells is the best ex-Geelong player of ALL TIME.

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You don’t rate Gary Ablett Jr?

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Not feeling the Ryder vs Tambling thread title

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TIPPA for the medal

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Walla to go head to head with Daniel Rioli, that will be worth watching, pity Ninthmond nabbed him first.

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Crowley has to tag. Deledio though not that soft cheap kick chasing Cotchin.

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Forward line actually looks a bit dangerous. Not quite 10 goal dangerous but dangerous.

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Happy for Shaun-E hope he kills it. He’s looked great in the two’s

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So who gets to impersonate an inside mid this week?

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Good changes. I reckon if Crowley tags anyone it’ll be Dusty, not Delidio or Cotchin. But we’re not really bothering much with tagging this year it seems.

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So who gets to impersonate an inside mid this week?
Parish, Crowley, Bird and Ambrose I reckon. Looks like Ambrose's back line role is taken care of.
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like how we have 4 n the half back line!

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No one has been strong enough for Martin when he’s been forward this year. Wouldn’t mind Ambrose matching him up when he does push forward.

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Reckon Parish gets a tick as an inside mid and maybe Bird, both smallish though. IMHO inside mids need to be able to hunt the ball and then feed it out instinctively, a’ la Jobe. Don’t mind the idea of Patty round the ball providing muscle but I suspect he’ll get a run with role down back, maybe on Reiwoldt. I imagine Crowley will try to run with someone, he’s not a coal face mid. We are really missing big mids.

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Zac to be tagged?

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2016-05-26/opposition-analysis-round-10-essendon

"…Although Essendon has just one win on the board after nine rounds of the 2016 season, Richmond enters Saturday night’s annual ‘Dreamtime’ game fully aware that is not a true reflection of the Bombers’ spirited competitiveness.

“Against Sydney, the first half, they played really well . . . North Melbourne, the last half, they played really well also
. So, for us, it’s about making sure we play well for four quarters, and don’t give them a chance to play how they want to play,” Richmond assistant coach Brendon Lade said on this week’s edition of Roar Vision’s ‘Opposition Analysis’.

The ruck duel between Tiger big man Shaun Hampson and his Bomber counterpart Matthew Leuenberger shapes as a key factor in Saturday night’s match.

“‘Hammer’ (Hampson) had his best game of the year last week (v Fremantle) for us,” Lade said.

“He took three contested marks in the wet and won four free kicks as well.

He’s starting to find his place in the side, and the ‘mids’ are starting to rove to him really well.

Leuenberger has been winning a lot of hit-outs . . . they’re just not getting the clearances yet. For us, we want that to continue for another week.

“You don’t want to give him an opportunity to get it to his mids. So, (it’s a) big game for Hammer . . . making sure he continues his form and wins some hit-outs in the middle.”

With the Bombers ranked No. 1 in the competition for uncontested marks, Richmond will be striving to place them under intense pressure, so they are forced to alter their playing style.

“They control the ball well by feet . . . they like to change their angles all the time,” Lade said.

“So, for us, it’s about making sure we close them down when they get an uncontested mark.

“We’d like to push right down to pin them in and make them kick long.”

Talented Essendon midfielder Zach Merrett also has figured prominently in the Tigers’ planning for the Dreamtime contest.

Merrett is averaging 28.2 disposals per game and generating plenty of drive for the Bombers.

“His contested possessions are up really high . . . 10 a game, which is really elite,” Lade said.

“He’s really good with his hands, and he normally finds a good target . . . He doesn’t fumble very much either, and generally uses the ball pretty well.

“So, we’ll have to keep an eye on him, that’s for sure.”

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