Some of their recent work is also pretty good Paul Rodgers ex Free, Bad Company vocalist is playing with them One of the finest voices in rock . They perform Queen songs and Rodgers material
Good call Swed....Rodgers is great value live and Brian May really gives Free classics like "alright now" and "wishing well" a real edge with his classy guitar work. The good thing about Rodgers is he puts his own spin on the Queen classics and doesnt try and emulate Freddie Mercury...its Paul Rodgers and Queen not Queen with a pretend Freddie copy doing the vocals. I am a big Queen fan and they had/have a high standard of instrumental work backed by the great showmanship of what was one of the best in the business in Freddie Mercury......Only Thin Lizzy had them covered for guitar work and Lizzy's Phil Lynott was probably one of the other better frontmen of that era...
I always think you have to try kids and throw them in the deep end at times but with common sense...Bootsma is not a key defender and never will be, playing him on seasoned KP players who outgun him in size and strength is ludicrous and not development. He needs to play on other newbie kids of the same shape and size....its not rocket science....
Its akin to playing Menzel at CHB on Jonathan Brown what we have been doing to Bootsma...we did the same thing to Andrew Walker and had him playing on the likes of Travis Cloke and that stuffed him up for a couple of years.
Put Bootsma on a wing and let the kid develop.....he can run and carry the footy and enjoy being an offensive player....good luck to the kid and I reckon he will be a decent footballer in a few years.
I'm on the Okeefe bandwagon like others...he has persisted agaisnt the odds and I'd like to see him play seniors this week...probably at the expense of Josh Bootsma who needs some confidence rebuilding in the NB's...
Whilst not in any way trying to take the gloss off what was a terrific win, I feel that this has only served to paper over the cracks and lull us into a false sense of security once again.
For the past month, we have been served up a heap of tripe from the team with many people on this forum being scathing of individual efforts and the like.
They can't be complete spuds when we lose and superstars when we win, it's one or the other regardless of the result and for that reason alone, we still have a long way to go before our list is ready to challenge for a flag.
Agree...Richmond are still midpack material IMO and have played above themselves including that win over Hawthorn, we were enthused by youth tonight and the MC got the selections right. I picked us to win because we had what we needed in the team to beat the Tigers but thats not going to cut it vs the good teams.....eg Waite to CHB isnt a long term option.... The effort from our kids was promising though and if we can continue to play them we may get to hwere we want to go quicker than expected with a good coach like Malthouse....
Bell was doing a fair bit of grunt work in terms of spoiling and ball winning in the clinches, which I think we benefited from. He just needs to improve his disposal which lets him down atm. I'm confident that will get some focus as he's very useful to have around the clearances and contested ball situations.
Also let's the opposition know he's there - ask Cotchin.
Cookie...Glad to see you could see what I saw with Tom Bell....his big body is a must for the senior team.
As president of the Tom Bell fan club I refute the accusers attacks on his awareness and disposal......we need Bell in this team and the kid has not been given a fair go. It was his body in the packs along with Robbo's aggression that provided the pathway for other players and stopped the Tigers mids from getting the footy and dominating the clearances. Sure he gave the ball back by foot a couple of times and Jackson dragged him down in the last 5 minutes but hey it would have been nice for one of his teammates to let him know he had to get rid off the ball. He missed a tackle early as well when he tried to bump but he also shook Cotchin up with a nice hip and shoulder and stood up in a tackle to give the ball off for a Mclean goals I think it was...
Bell needs educating in the ones not this stupid play him one week, then drop him the next week and leave him in the NB's for a month or more....his awareness will only improve with game time.
Casboult looks to have won the battle for the tall forward/ruck spot...some difficult marks and his large frame was what was needed vs Maric. Warnock did nothing around the groun but his ruckwork was ok and negated Maric.
Touhy blanketed Martin and continues his role as specialist goalkicker from 50m.........the big improver is Curnow ans he looks to have the mantle as No1 tagger.
Menzel.....classy player, only needs a few touches to have an impact.
Waite.....not really suited to CHB IMO but he battled on and I thought the commentators on Fox were harsh on him at times
Graham...came on and can sniff out the ball really well....lacks a bit of depth in his kicking but a promising player.
Yarran....topical player...not enough for me and ditto for Eddie.
Scotland and Simpson, both played well...leaders and you could see the win meant something to Scotland...
Jamison...good game on Reiwoldt..
McInnes..old fashioned defender and was ok
Hendo...gave us a target and competed well...
Armfield....ordinary early but given another tagging role and he responded...kicking is still very wonky though.
Mclean....nice game, looked composed, kicked goals that got us back in the game and one of our best.
Bootsma..had a shocker...everything he did turned to crape but there is something about the kid to like and we need to stick with him....
Robbo....played like a man on a mission and when the chips were down he was one of the few fighting on....good sign was he looked to handball a bit more and he might be saving his career if he can keep that standard up.
The Graham kid sounds like he has the talent but can someone confirm whether or not he gets the hard ball as this is a glaring deficiency with our side. Give me hope, someone?
I haven't seen him shirk an issue. Goes hard. Gets the inside aggot and can link up on the outside and deliver effectively. As I mentioned previously, he's got a footy brain hence makes good decisions quickly and acts.
Agreed - no obvious weaknesses at VFL level.
I think he lacks a yard of pace but has the smarts to make up for it, and is a clever player.....also think he is the type of player like Dane Swan that you dont expect too much defensive work from but as Ron Barrassi once said just give me possessions....
Brown and Greenwood are interesting players for Werribee...the former is a tall rangy KP Forward who takes a good grab....still very raw but rookiie material IMO and Levi Greenwood is a player who seems to play well every time I see him on the TV but cant hold his spot in Nths senior team....
If Bartlett picks Richmond to win by 10 goals then we really do have a chance to upset them. This guy is a moron. I wouldn't have given us a chance until this.
Agree...now KB has spoken we are back in the game...
Lost it when Bresnan and Swann made those cheap runs at the end.......50-60 of those runs were worth 120 in scoreboard pressure.
Harris had tired and Bird was bowling medium pace rubbish at that stage....in fact were are in danger of burning Harris out again if Clarke keeps throwing him the ball everytime we need wickets
England spread the workload better...Anderson didnt have to do much this test because Broad stepped up...
I've really started to hope now that O'Keefe gets a gig this week from all of the positive reports on him starting to appear!
I am happy to be one of the positive reporters. The bloke can play... really play. But his body has let him down, badly.
To re-iterate... he is strong, has a footy brain, excellent disposal, great tackler, big/accurate left foot, has big voice on the field (unlike some of our introverted dudes), obviously liked by team mates and has a dash of measured mongrel. To repeat... but his body has let him down.
Sub or one more week in the Magoos.
Need to play him....his career is on life support and he will be cut IMO if he doesnt show something on the big stage as he is one of the easier targets to get rid off with little explanation required.
Forgive me if this is inaccurate, but isnt Mclean and Sewell a similar type, and isnt Cachia and Curnow on that sort of level as well?
The only reason I like the idea of bringing in Sewell is the way he might be able to help prop us up, but even so, is he coming here to earn an easier game making him counter productive to what we want to achieve?
I think its important that we only bring in someone who will earn their spot which means a recycled retread from another side that is currently not getting a look in because the club culture is divisive and is not part of the in crowd. So in essence, Shaun Grigg...
We would have to look at Melbourne, GWS, Gold Coast and perhaps Collingwood for those purposes, but until we fix our culture, even that will be a waste of time. Its a right pickle to be in. I think Richmond got it right when they chose the route they chose a few years ago. Just went a big cull to the list, stuck with quality people and kept churning over the list until they got the right mix of players.
We had the prime example of player in Chris Judd to do this, and sat on our eggs... Might have cost us in the end.
Tigers have recruited well ...its not rocket science why they have improved....Maric is now a genuine A grade ruckman who can control games and protect his smalls, Chaplain has shored up the backline and made Rance a better player, Morris, Ellis and Vlastuin are hard kids with long careers ahead of them. They also picked the right man to be captain and thats Cotchin.... Can the Tigers keep recruiting well , get rid of their remaining duds and take the next step...thats the challenge they have...
