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Would anyone like to have a crack at actually defining ‘game plan’? Or, if not, maybe describe Richmond’s ‘game plan’, ‘system’, ‘brand’ or the like, compared to ours tonight? What were our deficiencies, in a ‘game plan’ sense? Who can usefully describe and set out any other team’s ‘game plan’?

It’s bullcrap, people. It’s vocabulary invented by the media and tolerated by coaches, but it means nothing. There might be vague plans for particular games, match-ups, moments, but no one has an overriding plan other than kicking more than the opposition. Please, let’s drop that talk.

Most of what I saw has already been said.   So much the same,  so disappointing. Another two goal-less quarters.   Pathetic.

So much hype over blokes that are very average footballers at the end of the day.  Fasolo...MacGovern.... Meh.  Casboult is very limited but we aren't paying him 750 k to contribute F all. And he rucks. 

Chuck needs to ditch the white boots and start doing the basics,  like holding chest marks.

Been banging on about it for years, we need quality users  off half back to vastly improve and hasten our ball movement, which is criminally slow.   Losing Doc and Willo has been catastrophic.   I can see what they are doing with Garlett, but he lacks any assurance with ball in hand and is a panic merchant anyway.   I'd try SPS as a permanent in defence,  like so many others of our young midfielders he plays in spurts on ball,  which leads to opposition periods of dominance.   But at least in defense his ball use is incisive and he can tackle. As midfielders Dow, Walsh,  SPS,  Cunners ET AL play bits and pieces but none play full quarters let alone a full game. Where's the consistency?

Murphy is finished in an on ball role, caught too easily, Ed needs a simple tagging job as he ain't a smart player.   Fit and persistent yes,  smart no. Needs a see ball get ball hack it on role. Cost us four goals with brain freezes I reckon.

Weitering being shoe horned into a innapropriate role close to goal will ruin him. Did OK I thought but gees,  why can't we play him higher up the ground?  

Overall we're better than last year,   which means we're less  crap but still looking very much a bottom four side at best...  With bottom two a distinct possibility is Cripps misses games. All of which means Bolton is finished at this rate.

......................... feels like that one was winnable and worried that will set off another year of fizzing out when the heat is turned up!

Have to disagree Micky0 - we never looked like winning, not even 2 goals down. Tigers were clearly in control the whole time.

Setterfield was one big plus for us.
24 disposals in 66% game time. Give him 100% game time and it's around 40 disposals.
Pretty good for a kid playing his 3rd senior game.

He will be a gun.

Have to disagree Micky0 - we never looked like winning, not even 2 goals down. Tigers were clearly in control the whole time.