PREGAME: Rd 06 vs Richmond

[Mental Demons 136]

3 hours ago, Wiseblood said:

if Riewoldt plays then possibly Oscar has to come back in to play down there as we can't afford to just go with Frost.

We can't afford to have Oscar in the team, he has not made a contest all year. He is too slow anyway, against one of the quickest teams going around. Frost has done a better job than Oscar has in Oscar's position. Frost is not playing his position which probably has been as Lever's replacement. The team needs more run and also can't afford to carry all three of Jones, Lewis, and Hibberd and expect to be competitive. Spargo needs to develop at Casey. Stretch, Lockhart, Garlet, and Sparrow have all shown more pace and grunt.  Tmac to go back and Tim Smith as a forward target. Big changes need if we were not competitive against the Saint's.

[titan_uranus 24,975]

I'm extremely interested in two things:

1. Selection. Do we persist with all of Jones, Lewis, TMac and Hibberd (being the four leaders/senior players who are struggling) or do we rest/drop one or more of them to change things up? And will we finally see Garlett?
2. Our set up on the night. Will we see Jones/Lewis, if they play, on the wings? And will we see the aggressive forward half press, or a refined version of that?

[Demons11 6,916]

I think they should be playing Fritsch forward.  We need someone with some speed off the mark they can hit up.

T Mac and Weed always seem to be in a wrestle or flying over a pack. 

 

Edited April 22, 2019 by Demons11

[Demons11 6,916]

I’m assuming teams are out tomorrow.  

[Demons11 6,916]

Throw the magnets around this week.  Get Jones back in the guts, push Gus to the wing, put Harmes forward. Surely they have to try something different. 

Get the season back on track for f..k sakes

[deebug 1,754]

We need to at least bring in Declan Keilty, give the kid a go.

Garlett for Spargo.

[Storm Boy 374]

40 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

I'm extremely interested in two things:

1. Selection. Do we persist with all of Jones, Lewis, TMac and Hibberd (being the four leaders/senior players who are struggling) or do we rest/drop one or more of them to change things up? And will we finally see Garlett?
2. Our set up on the night. Will we see Jones/Lewis, if they play, on the wings? And will we see the aggressive forward half press, or a refined version of that?

Garrett will be playing on Wednesday night 

[The Stigga 1,094]

2 minutes ago, Storm Boy said:

Garrett will be playing on Wednesday night 

[The Stigga 1,094]

Actually Peter Garrett doing this above would be more effective than anything else in our forward 50...

[WERRIDEE 5,445]

I expect Garlett, Stretch and Lockhart to come in for the Wagner's and Jetta and I expect a slaughter Richmond's way we are just not up to it this year.

[Demons11 6,916]

11 minutes ago, The Stigga said:

?????????

[Demons11 6,916]

2 minutes ago, WERRIDEE said:

I expect Garlett, Stretch and Lockhart to come in for the Wagner's and Jetta and I expect a slaughter Richmond's way we are just not up to it this year.

Surely the Wagners won’t be dropped.  They have been serviceable, Corey laid 6 tackles and at least has some speed around the ball.

[Jaded No More 68,867]

4 hours ago, Lord Travis said:

This match will be the final nail in the coffin for our 2019 season. I expect Richmond to win not because they are any good, but because we are rubbish.

The coaching staff have [censored] up this year. They’ve failed to adapt to the rule changes and gamestyle changes of the modern game. They have a talented list that they cannot get to perform. There’s not way we’re a bottom 2-3 team. We’re not playing finals this year, but I expect the coaches to be able to turn our form around for a good chunk of the season at least.

I want to see Garlett in. He’s the highest scoring goal kicker on our list and would provide a spark, even if he’s inconsistent. We lack speed and legitimate goal scoring options, and he’s both. Get him in.

Yep this season is over already. 

We can shuffle things around, but our game plan and form, combined with our injuries to key backline players means we can’t make finals, let alone win finals. As by the time we resolve these problems the seasons will be too far gone. 

[deebug 1,754]

29 minutes ago, The Stigga said:

Actually Peter Garrett doing this above would be more effective than anything else in our forward 50...

Sorry Garlett

[Demon Dude 425]

we need speed and crumbers in our fwd line. at present we have none and its a glaring deficiency. just look at the Hawks, dangerous small players like Wingard, Puopolo and Breust, and the Cats have got Miers, Rohan, Dalhaus and Parfit around roving around the feet of their tall forward.

What have we got? our fwd line is Spargo and CWagner who push right up to the contest in a link up roles, 2 key position forwards in Weid and TMac, 1 massive immobile ruckman in Preuss, Melksham and Trac who are ok players but hardly fast enough to catch anyone with at least 1 good leg, and Hunt, who has speed, but is lacking in smarts and skills. its no wonder we cant lock it inside our F50. once opposition easily win the ground ball in our fwd line we are just about powerless to stop them going all the way to goal.

we're too tall and slow, we have to change up the look and bring back some speed, pressure and goal crumbing to our fwd line. what we are doing clearly isn't working. everyone knows we bomb it to the talls and have no crumbers at their feet. its about as a moronic forward set up as you're ever likely to see.

[deebug 1,754]

15 minutes ago, Jaded said:

Yep this season is over already. 

We can shuffle things around, but our game plan and form, combined with our injuries to key backline players means we can’t make finals, let alone win finals. As by the time we resolve these problems the seasons will be too far gone. 

I think it may be game over already. Hope i'm wrong but it is not looking too good.

 

[At Least I Saw a Flag 5,222]

I witnessed the deplorable efforts by our team v Port/Essendon/St Kilda. I can't bring myself to attend the Richmond match. 

I went to the Hawthorn/Geelong match today. Hawthorn looked OK. They'll beat us by about 40 points the following week.

[Jaded No More 68,867]

To think I paid for a friggin seat upgrade (because I don’t pay enough for my premium membership!) for this rubbish I am about to witness. 

First game of the season I am dragging my fiancé to. We always win when he comes to games, but not even his lucky voodoo can help this train wreck of a club at the moment. 

Add the pain of no trains and it’s going to be one long night  

 

[dazzledavey36 54,285]

4 minutes ago, Jaded said:

To think I paid for a friggin seat upgrade (because I don’t pay enough for my premium membership!) for this rubbish I am about to witness. 

First game of the season I am dragging my fiancé to. We always win when he comes to games, but not even his lucky voodoo can help this train wreck of a club at the moment. 

Add the pain of no trains and it’s going to be one long night  

 

Alcohol will be your friend Wednesday night..

And lots of it too ????

[Dame Gaga 2,453]

Always go to this game (and home games), but this year thinking about it. Just can't face those feral Richmond supporters again, because every year they surround you and give you grief. They don't let you barrack for your team in peace. They always have to throw smart comments your way and pick you out of the crowd if you so much as applaud your players. They are arrogant bullies and getting even worse every year, especially now they have tasted success. Might give it a miss, now that I have heard about the lack of effort put in by the players during the off season. Pardon my lack of effort in showing up if they can't be bothered.

Yours Sincerely, Disillusioned.

Edited April 22, 2019 by Dame Gaga
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[praha 11,236]

Objectively, Richmond should smoke us by 60-70 points.

MFCSS tells me we may well lose by 100 points.

Only Melbourne could throw objectivity out the window and outperform itself in the crapness stakes.

Seriously, how are we even going to get close? Moving witches hats with any ins or outs. 

[Sorry kids 635]

Regardless of who comes in and who goes out we just look very ordinary and unbalanced on paper at the moment. 

[praha 11,236]

Jesus. We are only $2.55 for the win. Do punters know something we don't? We have been outrageously short odds almost every game this season. We should be comfortably $3.50. Suspect it may push out to that eventually.

[WERRIDEE 5,445]

12 hours ago, Demons11 said:

Surely the Wagners won’t be dropped.  They have been serviceable, Corey laid 6 tackles and at least has some speed around the ball.

Probably Spargo out  instead of Corey it will be interesting to see what they do with Lewis.

[Demons11 6,916]

1 minute ago, WERRIDEE said:

Probably Spargo out  instead of Corey it will be interesting to see what they do with Lewis.

It’s just whether they have the balls to make a big decision.