Looking at Richmond during their flag years, as they played a very high pressure game like us. They were pretty damn ordinary until about July each year. Then peaked when it mattered, just getting top 4, being able to keep up their high pressure game where they buried sides come finals. Thinking we could be the same. We couldn't keep up a high pressure game and were out on our feet. By July/August we will. Suppose that is called peaking. Interestingly, during that 4 year period, the one year they didn't make the GF was the year they finished on top.
Of the hard run of games we've won 2, lost 2. Should've got 2 points last week. If we can crack a win somehow next week though 3-2 would be a good result. A couple of blokes fitter for the run this week will help.
FB Nic Newman Jacob Weitering Jordan Boyd HB Brodie Kemp Mitch McGovern Caleb Marchbank C Blake Acres Patrick Cripps Oliver Hollands HF Matt Cottrell Charlie Curnow David Cuningham FF Tom De Koning Harry McKay Matt Owies F Marc Pittonet Adam Cerra Sam Walsh INT George Hewett Matthew Kennedy Elijah Hollands Corey Durdin SUB Lachlan Cowan or Alex Cincotta
IN McGovern Kemp Marchbank Hollands OUT Williams Fantasia Young Cowan or Cincotta
Completely new HB line Ollie back in on a wing We played the two rucks, no Harry and won that epic final. We had Doc and Saady though. Durdin Cunningham Elijah, consider yourselves lucky. Voss might not be as kind to you.
Apparently, Martin is ready this week too. I'd let Marchbank play the twos as I worry about bringing in too many that have missed a bit of football.
So far this year all our losses have been on us. We have lost them ourselves alot more than the other side won them. essentially our own dumb fault. Lost very narrowly to a couple of very good sides despite playing poor footy. Essentially a lack of the intensity we had last year. What we do this year is up to us, no-one else. Play with the right intensity and we roll anyone. Hopefully this happens when the whips crack in the 2nd half of the year when it is time to peak.
2 tackles - 1 mark for a ruck playing 70% of the game isn't good enough. Need more than just 30 taps.. lost it due to lack of run - all three losses have been the same way. Filth had three players tackling one Blue because they had superior ground coverage.. not to mention Darcy Cameron was taking important marks in his defensive half. I am not sure how many more games we need to lose in the same manner before the penny drops. Guys like Cripps & Hewett struggle when the opposing team cover the ground like they do.
He did get 15 possessions, which is at least something.