Oh that’s all? Piece of ■■■■ then.
The main thing is to make their players at either end of the ground accountable. Smaller defenders can’t go for a spoil if it means leaving their opponent alone. Forwards can’t get sucked up leaving our forwardline empty. If they do, we’ll just get sucked into kicking straight to Rance; like we did with Stratton, Alir Alir and Stephen May.
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If it was easy, we’d Essington it…
Yes indeed for the first part. Should always do that, but moreso this game. Need to have a clear plan on forward entries that plays to our strengths and minimimises Richmond’s backline strengths.
This is exactly right you can’t bombit I’m against good defensive teams.
What does everyone think Brown back and Hooker forward?
No Goddard, Raz or Saad (no way you’re carted off and play the following week). Hooker must be in some doubt too.
In contention:
- Laverde
- Clarke
- Dea
- Green
- Guelfi (has he recovered yet?)
- Long
- Merrett
- Mutch
- Stewart
- Hartley
Most likely, from the following:
- Guelfi, if he’s right
- Dea
- Laverde
- Green
- Long
- And Hartley/Stewart (did someone say he’s injured?) if Hooker doesn’t get up? Mind you, they don’t have monster forwards so bringing in running, high pressure types would be best
Richmond’s backline strength is wholey predicated on their forward line pressure slowing or disrupting the rebound of ball out of their F50. They press up and pressure teams into forcing hurried dump kicks down the line and to the flanks where their zone is set. Even if you can create a contest from those dump kicks the Tigers often have numbers at the fall of the ball to help mop up and send it back in. Rance occupies the last line of the zone closest to their goal and he’ll guard whichever opponent is playing deepest to goal. If the ball gets through their numbers on the wing/flank then he’s there to mop up the next hurried kick forward. Geelong demonstrated though that bold/risky movement through the corridor can open the Tigers up big time, they looked like scoring nearly every time they went forward, but if you go short into the pockets or to the flanks you play into Richmond’s hands. Nothing earth shattering about that, but under the pressure they apply it’s very hard to get the time and space to measure up those risky but ultimately rewarding kicks into the corridor to open the game up. Over use by hand in the back half is also inviting their pressure and eventual turnover. Precise movement by foot into the corridor then overlap run to break the lines of their zone is what’s required. We’re precisely geared up to play a game style to beat them, if we had the cattle and the ability to withstand their pressure and maintain ours for the full 120mins. It’s worth noting that we matched them in contest and pressure indicators in Dreamtime. It was our inability to withstand their pressure in the back half that was the issue, constantly turning the footy over to which Richmond punished us with ruthless efficiency on the scoreboard.
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We will flog them /thread
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Absolutely must go man on man. We don’t do it well.
Gee if it Raz, Hooker, Saad and Goddard all out we are scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Ins would have to be Laverde, Green, Dea and Stewart as Tigers only have one true key tall. Assuming Guelfi needs another week.
Hurley to play on Reiwolt
Brown and Stewart to rotate through rance running him raggard leading to dangerous spots or dragging him to the goal square.
Lav and Lang through the middle and when in the forward line taking Grimes out of the square. Really throw their zone structure out completely.
Green is going to have to work his but off tackling!
Be surprised if Stewart plays.
But you never know.
Haha Essendon will be lucky to be with in 5 goals
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correct
Pls No.
Why?
He’s played on and beaten him before
It sure won’t be Francis on him and Hooker will be fwd.
All going to come down to midfield pressure which was nowhere vs GC. Jack also had that much space to lead into.
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Yes, he has.
Also Buddy.
Also Treadrea.
He was also flogged on Friday by a 9 year old in the one-on-ones. He can be a fantastic one-on-one defender, until he isn’t the following week.
I’m not bagging him: we invested a great deal of effort taking him from one of the best man-on-man defenders in the league and converting him to a peel off and distribute loose man. It’s not his fault that he’s a 50/50 proposition at best in the role now.
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Reckon Brown would be a good matchup on Reiwolt
Reckon Riewoldt would agree.
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Really?
Would hope you are the lone ranger on that.
what’s a forward line?
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