Re: RD 1 - Blues Lose To Tigers (Aftermatch Angst & Teeth Gnashing)
Reply #329 –
We were up by about 5 goals early on. I'm not sure if you can say that our plan didn't work exactly. I think there was a couple of spanners thrown in the works along the way and ultimately they outplayed us. The side picked and the injuries we had didn't allow us to do a whole lot.
As for the side picked, the majority of players picked were all in our best 22. With the exception of Casboult and Smith as the sub...not much to argue about anyone else.
In the end, it was a terrible day for us. Injuries, bad kicking and 50-50 matchups that went against us cost us the game.
As long as we learn from it going into next week. Don't care how 'out of form' Casboult is, we need him in the side.
We were up by almost 4 goals, but we should have had a lead of at least 9 goals with reasonably accurate kicking. If we had got such a break, I suspect Richmond would have capitulated and the discussions here would be very different.