Rnd 1 Carlton vs Richmond - Pre-Game

[PaulP]

Of course, one needs to "know how to use it". Thanks for stating the bleeding obvious 

Rance to rag doll Harry. BS.

Rance likes to be unaccountable and play the run off role.....seldom is he made accountable one on one....

In any event, he's the likely match up for Charlie, leaving them one short for Levi and Harry.

They are really short on other tall defender types - Chol?

Let's look at their list - who would I like at Carlton - outside Martin, Cotchin, Riewoldt (maybe when yuonger), Prestia (?), Caddy?, Rance (sure)

Houli had a great 2017 and GF, for sure but there's a lot of average stuff in that list....

2017 Richmond Disposals Per Game Leaders (Minimum 5 Games Played)
Rank Name Games Average
1 Dustin Martin 25 29.76
2 Bachar Houli 21 23.62
3 Trent Cotchin 25 23.60
4 Dion Prestia 22 23.23
5 Shaun Grigg 25 23.08
6 Brandon Ellis 25 22.28
7 Kane Lambert 24 21.46
8 Anthony Miles 5 19.40
9 Reece Conca 6 18.00
10 Shane Edwards 20 17.65
11 Josh Caddy 22 17.27
12 Alex Rance 25 16.00
13 Nick Vlastuin 16 15.50
14 David Astbury 25 15.00
15 Kamdyn Mcintosh 24 14.92
16 Toby Nankervis 24 14.79
17 Jayden Short 16 14.75
18 Nathan Broad 10 14.00
18 Jack Graham 5 14.00
20 Sam Lloyd 8 13.62
21 Jack Riewoldt 23 13.26

The Tigers are a very good example of the dangers of focusing on individuals rather than the collective. They are a very good team, and they play as a genuine collective. Focusing on how many A graders, B graders etc. they have is not really the issue.

They finished 3rd last year, then went on to win the flag by 8 goals, against a team many regarded as warm favourites. They've come out and smacked an underdone Bombers team by nearly 15 goals in a ps hit out.

We finished 16th, had another big turnover of players, with plenty of focus on youth. If we play plenty of kids, and the Tigers apply that manic pressure, those kids will be shell shocked.

Your allegiance to the Navy Blue cause and the new regime is admirable, but I think we're still miles away from competing with the Tigers and their ilk.