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5 minutes ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

i would be very surprised to see jetta and hibberd both dropped

I think they both play round 2.

Hibbered will eventually get phased out. Based on his round 1 form, Jetta would need to show a lot more to keep his place in the side. We all love him, but he was ordinary. His direct opponent in Liam Ryan had 5 marks 14 disposal and kicked 3.3

The likes of Lockhart, Smith and Rivers will continue to put huge amount of pressure on the likes of Hibbered and Jetta.

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    16 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    I think they both play round 2.

    Hibbered will eventually get phased out. Based on his round 1 form, Jetta would need to show a lot more to keep his place in the side. We all love him, but he was ordinary. His direct opponent in Liam Ryan had 5 marks 14 disposal and kicked 3.3

    The likes of Lockhart, Smith and Rivers will continue to put huge amount of pressure on the likes of Hibbered and Jetta.

    I think you are on the money here. Doubt whether there will be major changes after just one round however if Hibberd and Jetta continue their poor form against Carlton then we need to look a bit more closely to dropping them. Both very experienced and I reckon Jetta knows he put in a poor one and will be the man for Betts and will turn it around ( I hope). Can't have an inexperienced player in Lockhart on someone like Betts at this early stage in his career.

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    No pressure Riv....

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    19 hours ago, binman said:

    I can see Smith taking his spot. 

    I really hope it is Rivers...

    Smith has average disposal and decision making.

    We need to get another good kick from defence and that is Rivers, he's already one of the best kicks on the list.

    Smith footy ability seems to have skyrocketed in his absence.

    He's an athlete who plays footy, needs to develop footy smarts and put that athleticism to use.

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    On 6/5/2020 at 10:00 AM, Collar-Jazz-Knee said:

    Agreed. I don't get the hate for Oscar on here. He's just turned 24 and holds down a key defensive spot. Him being in the side allows Lever and May to focus on intercept marking.

    Rather than worry about the opposition forwards I think team structure is the most important. That's how Richmond have become so good. Playing the same guys week in week out no matter who they are up against.

    For what it is worth, David Astbury was much maligned early in his career and has now become a solid lock down defender. Oscar reminds me a lot of him at the same age so we can only hope he can get to a similar level.

    A big Tiger fan Friend who is a footy head, said that Rance also copped a lot of flack from Tiger fans in his first 3-4 years.
    Agree 100% on getting a settled backline is key. Tiger structure always holds up! A lot of it simple stuff:

    - don’t all jump up and go for punch

    - don’t all race to the ball

    - 6 defenders stay in their half of the ground

    - someone guards the goalsquare  

    - at boundary throwing have someone covering the goal side to stop the opposition crumbers 

    Oscar is better at the structure stuff than most of the Demon defenders and is a very good kick and generally at picking the right option with his disposal. That’s a few of the reasons he is liked by the coaching panel!

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