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GAMEDAY: Practice Match vs Richmond

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Death, taxes and James Harmes getting caught trying to give dont argues. Bloody predictable every game.

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    8 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    On form today, Jones does not get to 300.

    Harsh. 
     

    He’s playing all up and down the ground and winning contested ball. 

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    Not a great quarter Richmond had too much of the ball but we pegged them back which was important. Lever outstanding.

    Classic MFCSS nuffies thinking the world is ending. Never change.

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    Skills aside;

    - May/Lever combo looking better every week 

    - desperately need to solve shutting down mobile forwaRd lines 

    - apart from dropping Jones forward for a bit, nothing interesting being tried to cover for the Weid/Brown gap early in the year. Be brave. Oliver deep forward maybe?

    - Harmes makes us look slow in the middle 

    3 minutes ago, Clintosaurus said:

    Classic MFCSS nuffies thinking the world is ending. Never change.

    One thing that is not ending is our premiership drought

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    Thankfully it is a practice match. Can see nothing to brighten my horizens.

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    Usual suspects making mistakes but the same can be said for Richmond.

    The promise is the structure has looked good. The only easy goals for the Tigers have been from some really good crumbing on the back of some poor spoiling.

    We’ve moved it between the arcs reasonably well and the shape around the clearances in particular is better.

    Why we didn’t add some mature defensive depth is beyond me. Not sure Jetta and Hunt are the answers.

    The coaches are spinning the forward and midfield magnets and something should shake out. 

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    2 minutes ago, Clintosaurus said:

    Classic MFCSS nuffies thinking the world is ending. Never change.

    But it actually is, Clint.


    Thank goodness for Demonland. Some of us are working and can't be seen by our wives, I mean work colleagues, to be accessing the livestream. What's the relative strength of each side? In other words, which key players are missing for each team?

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    Harmes had a couple of stinkers but also made a few important spoils. 

    Overall I’d still have him ahead of Baker who looks gassed after 5 minutes and can’t defend in the air at all. 

    4 minutes ago, The Jackson 6 said:

    Skills aside;

    - May/Lever combo looking better every week 

     

    Lever looking terrific. Seems to have put on some bulk too.

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    12 minutes ago, Pickett2Jackson said:

    Hunt, Jones and ANB still being on our list is embarrassing

    Hunt has been pretty good imo

     

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    2 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    Usual suspects making mistakes but the same can be said for Richmond.

    The promise is the structure has looked good. The only easy goals for the Tigers have been from some really good crumbing on the back of some poor spoiling.

    We’ve moved it between the arcs reasonably well and the shape around the clearances in particular is better.

    Why we didn’t add some mature defensive depth is beyond me. Not sure Jetta and Hunt are the answers.

    The coaches are spinning the forward and midfield magnets and something should shake out. 

    I generally like your analysis Deespencer, but don't always understand it. What do you mean by "shape around the clearances"?


    Only been able to see parts so far as working but Chandler has looked good? 
     

    Also wouldn’t mind big Max spending a bit more time forward and Jacko in the ruck? Obviously Max rucking the majority but liked Max down there taking that big mark in the goal square late in that quarter 

    35 minutes ago, Deespicable said:

    Early thoughts:

    1) It looks like Goody has finally figured out there is no need to rush in new players just because they look good at training - Jones and Jetta get games, while our third year men - Jordan, Sparrow, Chandler and Baker all get game time ahead of younger rivals.

    2) Lever strong in air, Spargo vision, Trac brilliance, Baker and Langdon tackling.

    3) It seems when Tiger bigs get free kick or mark in middle of ground we will sag off and ignore manning mark - thereby forcing their bigs to make right attacking decision.

    just one quarter though

     

    2nd term;

    1) We saw the good and bad of Hunt. His opponent Castagna got off leash and is probably Tigers best. But Jayden provided run and dash and his one-two with Jordan and then long kick to T.Mac saw him take us from deep defence to forward line in an instant - Tiger defenders had no chance of switching to stop it. T.Mac missed shot - unusual for him.

    2) Trac (our best quarter one) had shocking quarter with terrible disposal, Chandler and Jones running into space as small forwards impressive.

    3) Gawn resting forward when Jacko goes on ball is huge and a point of difference that is exploiting Tiger defence.  

    2 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    Thank goodness for Demonland. Some of us are working and can't be seen by our wives, I mean work colleagues, to be accessing the livestream. What's the relative strength of each side? In other words, which key players are missing for each team?

    Probably even in terms of best 22, hard to get a read on the value of our outs 

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    2 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    Thank goodness for Demonland. Some of us are working and can't be seen by our wives, I mean work colleagues, to be accessing the livestream. What's the relative strength of each side? In other words, which key players are missing for each team?

    On the live stream page, it shows a Match B after this game with 12 players in a 3 quarter game. Dees players include

    12. Bedford
    16. Laurie
    17. Bowey
    19. Rosman
    22. vandenBerg
    27. Nietschke
    35. Petty
    38. Brown
    41. Lockhart
    46. Bradtke
    K. Farmer (triallist)
    D. Smith (triallist)

    And one more thing - Harmes everywhere running his [censored] off - he's in our best three so far today - ignore other commentators.

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    1 minute ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    I generally like your analysis Deespencer, but don't always understand it. What do you mean by "shape around the clearances"?

    It’s not stacks on the mill for us whilst Richmond have free runners outside. It’s still a little like that. One Gawn contest at half forward had us at the drop whilst Cotchin camped corridor. But it’s not early 2020 or 2019 either 

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    Unfortunately its the same side dishing up more of the same. unless Ben Brown gets back quickly and Jackson Pickett and Rivers come on quickly it'll be another mid table finish.

    21 minutes ago, MF-C said:

    Gawn is having a stinker 

    Had a couple of stinker kicks, apart from that still one of our best i would of thought 

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