Have fun. I'll be there, probably to see the Northern Blues as well.
Go Baggers
Good start, a couple of stoppage goals from the Blues.
Lamb in trouble. One of the Curnows are down in the rooms.
Geez
Soft free to tigers
Ed is back, really soft free to Tigers in the goal square is disappointing.
Tigers have a LOT of run, which is a worry
Couple of fantastic contested marks by Charlie and Kreuzer
Then Krezuer has missed and ABSOLUTE SITTER
Shocker Kreuzer!!!!
And again the Tigers run is what gets us in trouble, they are spreading really well.
Our ball handling is a little sloppy hand passes not finding targets
Great conversion by Casboult.
Hopefully sets the tone for him!
Lamb in trouble. One of the Curnows are down in the rooms.
Geez
Radio commentators said it was a Houli hit behind play. Will
Be looked at tomorrow.
Umpiring?
Umpiring?
Some dodgy decisions both ways I feel
Or at least touchy.
We got VERY LUCKY with the last two frees which ended in a goal to Daisy
Undisciplined play by a couple of Blues, starting with Daisy kicking it a long 70 meters to just a Richmond defense. Poor by the Blues in that passage, we should have been going in 10 up
Jones and Kreuzer probably our best in that quarter I would think
Is Marchbank playing? Zero touches according to the stats sheet and I haven't noticed him in play.
We cant keep up with them in open space... need to make it a scrap.
Kreuzer miss was a shocker... he's winning around the ground in general play but losing the ruck contest which is hurting us.
Houli backhander got lamb flush.. 3 weeks
25pts - we need to keep the score up. 1st team to 80 wins ? Go Blues
Sounds like our big boys are making their presence felt so far. Haven't heard Samo mentioned.
Go Blues
One short Lamb out for the game according to Fox
Nice smother by Pickett, nice to see
Yeah out with concussion.
Samo has not done a thing LN
Jack has put the Tigers in front with a transition from their back pocket.
That is their speed in transition they run to their spaces really well and we couldn't touch that.
Liking how Casboult is leading these days. Clunking those grabs , kicking better but no cigar this time
Hard to understand the change in Jones actively hunting the ball, liking this.
Our ball movement is slow and we are hitting Rance too often, 5 intercept marks..
Jack takes his second uncontested mark from about 50. Similar shot to his last goal, about 5m further out.
He misses, but they have another shot now 40m.
It feels like a situation where we need to hold on
27 inside 50s to 12 in Richmond's favor, but only 4 points.
We need to just stop this from becoming a big lead
Casboult marking everything??
Casboult is doing really well.
We have been scored from our back pocket again though.
They're all over us now. .. floodgates could open at any minute
Getting belted in center clearances. Got to improve that or floodgates may open.
Go Blues
Bloody Hell Boekhurst
Where the screw are our forwards?!
They score from their defensive 50 again (a point).
33-16 forward 50s and they have score 4 of their goals from our forward 50 entries.
70% of the time was in Richmonds forward half that quarter.
They lead by 14.
Now the only positive is that Richmond are running hard and they have been running out of legs. We need to hope they tire, because they are comfortably the better team so far.
Casboult is doing really well.
We have been scored from our back pocket again though.
Has to impress his new club...
33 inside 50s to 16... lucky not to be 6 goals down.
26pts in a half... don't care how good our defense is we need to score...
Very true EB
Jones was irrelevant that quarter. Rance is dominating.
Our forwards haven't had a chance to be honest, I can't remember them really dropping marks they should be taking.
Charlie Curnow easily the best of our kids today, the rest are absent.
Jack has put the Tigers in front with a transition from their back pocket.
That is their speed in transition they run to their spaces really well and we couldn't touch that.
Yes, a comparison between the ball movement of the two teams is illustrative. We have one speed, and one plan. Tigers seem to have flexibility in how they go about it. If we can't turn it into an arm wrestle, we don't seem to have much else. Tigers should be in front by another couple of goals.
It's not showing up on the TV, but there doesn't appear to be any targeting of players ala Ablett ? Can anyone confirm ?
Maybe throw weitering forward to try make Rance more accountable ?
Also seem to be missing a bit of pressure up forward, Lamb...
Boekhorst, Smedts and Pickett are passengers.....Graham isnt anything great either.....losing the three good kids has cost us.
Jones is playing well but the Castagna move is also working.....
Houli should get three weeks but wont because he is being downplayed as a nice guy and the commentators are too scared to criticise him...
Our tackling has been pathetic
Sounds like we set the tone q1.
Lost our way in q2.
Hopefully we can regroup and get it back on our terms in q3.
If not, the figures suggest it could get ugly. Fortunate for us, they haven't capitalised on their opportunities. :D
Go Blues. Bring on the G & D we've seen in other rounds.
How did Daisy not get a free kick for being block on that last kick out of defence? Or is blocking only paid inside F50!?
Maybe throw weitering forward to try make Rance more accountable ?
Also seem to be missing a bit of pressure up forward, Lamb...
Agree...when Casboult rucks and Kruezer is off we have nothing forward...Weitering has been only average down back....
Cant believe we pick Rance out so much....Bolton needs a player that will lead him wide so we can kick the ball away from him....
I don't think they are breaking tackles really, I think they are just getting out in a lot of space and so we aren't getting a hand on them.
Their ball movement is absolutely A Grade especially on the transition.
they get the ball out of our f/line so easily
#12 is useless
#16 see above
SPS needs to get involved
They run the ball well and have speed. We are lucky to be only a couple down
have a nice idl fitr basha
I don't think they are breaking tackles really, I think they are just getting out in a lot of space and so we aren't getting a hand on them.
Their ball movement is absolutely A Grade especially on the transition.
Agree...they are running hard and are quicker than given credit for...anoying see Kane Lambert doing well...
Richmond are doing what we do and playing one extra behind the ball. And it happens to be Rance. Need to make him accountable.
Agree...when Casboult rucks and Kruezer is off we have nothing forward...Weitering has been only average down back....
Cant believe we pick Rance out so much....Bolton needs a player that will lead him wide so we can kick the ball away from him....
Yep, wide, deep, drag him up the ground, but if Rancey saggs off our guy must be honored.
Cant believe we pick Rance out so much....Bolton needs a player that will lead him wide so we can kick the ball away from him....
Yeap I said as much earlier in the week, but he certainly isn't going with Casboult. I think he is refusing to budge. Half the problem is the slow movement also gives the defense a chance to set and so he doesn't play on an opponent when the ball comes in.
The chipping isn't working they need to start getting aggressive offensively - let's put pressure down our F50 not leave 5 Tigs players standing around together!
Very frustrating to watch. Hope we turn it around
Let's hope our second half we don't let them break from half back as freely. 4-5 goals have come from turn overs down back.
go Blues
Boekhorst, Smedts and Pickett are passengers.....Graham isnt anything great either.....losing the three good kids has cost us.
All 4 have been very poor. In fact awful.
Of course we are down a rotation down as well since the first few minutes of the game.
Gibbs and Murphy are not really having an impact either.
To be honest I think Cripps, Kreuzer, Charlie Curnow, Casboult, Docherty and Jones are playing decent football (though as mentioned Jones was mainly q1) from where I sit.
Kreuzer is our best by a fair margin at the moment I think
C'mon Kreuzer!!
Another quick one and all of Richmond's dominance will have been for nothing
Some low percentage football again by the blues. Cripps kicks out white to a two on 1, Smedts does well, but tigers do end up breaking and snap a goal.
Crippa inspirational tackle and mark!
Jack the sook - looking! That's sooking..
playing like the carlton of old lucky to be only 14 points down. Smedts, Graham and Pickett have offered nothing.
Yet another transition from defense sees Richmond with a shot (and this time a goal).
We get sucked into the player way too often and they kill us with their run.
Boekhurst never, never, ever again.
Casboult MUST kick this
AND HE DOES!!!
C'mon!! Blues
Gee Cripps is good
What's going on with Murph? He's looking knackered and I'm not seeing much of him.
Need the boys to give it there all in this last quarter
Very happy for Cas that he's playing well
murphy needs to lift.
There's no luxury pain free football today murph, get your fkn hands dirty!
Okay what has Bolton got here?
We won the quarter by a point, but were outplayed again. We did however have a few more chances.
It is possible to win a game we don't deserve and he needs to get the heads into the fact that it is simply a 13 point game and Richmond have dropped games from here all season. 2 quick goals and there will be BIG questions over them.
Cripps was fantastic that quarter apart from a horrible kick that cost us a goal on the rebound.
Gibbs seemed to get his hand on it a bit, but dkdn't really do anything.
Composed finish by Cas after a very quiet quarter by him. It was a huge kick too, because it was one of those 20-30 m kicks 45 degree angle you HAVE to kick and he did.
We are in this game on the scoreboard and that is all that matters right now.
C'mon BLUES
Looking for some one to make his mark, who will it be ?
11pts.
Play like q1. It is possible.
Go Blues
No one wants to get close to Dusty, brushed us away set up a shot at goal
Martin twice broke a Simmo tackle.
C'mon Simmo, you are the senior player, you know how to lay a tackle and you just cost us a goal.
I know Martin is strong, but you have to lay one of two seriously!!!
Jack has put it very close to out of reach now, 23 points
It's tough now 2 early ones to the Tigers , let's see what our boys are made off
OK 23pts and we're not near the ball. A win unlikely now.
Go Blues
And 3 points to us this quarter.
Simmo had the chance to make up for that mistake, but missed
The sook sooking , gives away a 50.
Martin twice broke a Simmo tackle.
C'mon Simmo, you are the senior player, you know how to lay a tackle and you just cost us a goal.
I know Martin is strong, but you have to lay one of two seriously!!!
Yeah true Simmo all 70 kg of him should easily bring down a bull like Martin ????
Great mark and goal by Charlie.
He has had a really good game today.
Well done Charlie. Sounds like he's having a great game.
Yeah true Simmo all 70 kg of him should easily bring down a bull like Martin ????
He is not unable to be tackled.
Never stopped Liberatore
thanks pickett
cost us the game
dud
Goodbye Pickett....... he didnt want it
Great set up into the forward line, Pickett misses the mark, then Tigers coast break end up with 2 players on there own in the square ? Tells the story today
Bloody hell Pickett
Missed opportunity for us and another goal on transition to Tigers.
For screw sake
The last kick in has let us down way too often.
Great last 1/4 by Charlie, so far
Goals to Cripps , started by a turn over created by Graham
Can you see the spectre of failing's past Tigers ? ????
Pressure creeping back on to the Tigers now
4.8 in the 2nd half so far.
smedts , pickett, boekhurst
never to play again.
bag of sherrins will do
i dont know whats up with murphy. seems to play when he feels like it
Well, best hope now is we lose by less than last time
Too many passengers for us according to radio :-[
I'd just like to go on record and say ... Jack Reiwoldt you are a FLOG
We deserved to lose this game to be honest.
And the margin somewhat flatters us as we have probably been 8 goals worse at least.
Positives...?
Casboult had a good 1/2 and kicked a clutch goal near 3/4 time
Kreuzer was good all day
Cripps was good and great in the 2nd half
Jones overall still had a good game.
Charlie was good all game
Too many passengers for us according to radio :-[
Without a doubt at all. I would say more than half of our side were not just beaten, they were comprehensively pumped.
None of the guys that come into the team were any good, though Graham done a bit more in the 2nd half.
The only bright side today is we can play dead set crap and still be competitive.
They go way too many easy scores on transition.