03-21-2019, 10:55 PM
First lets give the opposition some due, Richmond have been the best team over the past 1 and a half seasons, aside from a poor prelim they could very well be sitting on back to back flags and there wouldn't be a person surprised by that. I actually said to people that a 6 goal loss was what I'm expecting.
Second our game plan has changed, if you could not see when we had the game on our terms in the second and third quarter, we got the ball to defensive 50 then looked to get it into the middle which opened up the forward half and created out scoring chances.
In the first quarter Richmonds excellent full ground defence, something they have been working on as a group for many seasons now, pushed us to the boundary line and they did the same in the last as well.
We had poor hands over the ball as a whole and kicked poorly in front of goal, but we tackled better than I've seen a Carlton team do in a few years. We hit more targets, and ran as a group with overlap, but made a few stupid choices in trying to create the run as well.
Just again, we finished a poor last and they finished two games clear on top of the ladder. We bought in some nice players that all need game time to reach their potential, Richmond bought in an AA full forward, so again was this result a surprise?
I thought the world was ending when we were 1-40, however the team showed fight and got back into the game through hard work, and I didn't see Richmond take it easy at any stage, we just played better than them for half a game.
Looking at the age and experience demographics for the teams last night
Richmond games 1 to 30 - 2
Carlton games 1 to 30 - 7
Richmond games 31 to 60 - 5
Carlton games 31 to 60 - 7
Richmond games 61 to 100 - 3
Carlton games 61 to 100 - 2
Richmond Games 101 to 200 - 7
Carlton games 101 - 200 - 3
Richmond Games 200 + - 5
Carlton Games 200 + 3
Richmond age 17-20 2
Carlton age 17-20 3
Richmond age 21-24 - 5
Carlton Age 21-24 - 11
Richmond age 25-30 - 15
Carlton age 25-30 - 5
Richmond 31+ 0
Carlton age 31+ 3
Over Half of our side has played less than 60 games
Over Half their side has played more than 100 games
15 of their 22 are in what is considered the prime of their careers age wise.
We have 3 past it and 14 yet to hit their prime.
It's a simple equation, they are good team with their players in the right demographic with games played and age
We are young and inexperienced and there is nothing to remedy that except time
Second our game plan has changed, if you could not see when we had the game on our terms in the second and third quarter, we got the ball to defensive 50 then looked to get it into the middle which opened up the forward half and created out scoring chances.
In the first quarter Richmonds excellent full ground defence, something they have been working on as a group for many seasons now, pushed us to the boundary line and they did the same in the last as well.
We had poor hands over the ball as a whole and kicked poorly in front of goal, but we tackled better than I've seen a Carlton team do in a few years. We hit more targets, and ran as a group with overlap, but made a few stupid choices in trying to create the run as well.
Just again, we finished a poor last and they finished two games clear on top of the ladder. We bought in some nice players that all need game time to reach their potential, Richmond bought in an AA full forward, so again was this result a surprise?
I thought the world was ending when we were 1-40, however the team showed fight and got back into the game through hard work, and I didn't see Richmond take it easy at any stage, we just played better than them for half a game.
Looking at the age and experience demographics for the teams last night
Richmond games 1 to 30 - 2
Carlton games 1 to 30 - 7
Richmond games 31 to 60 - 5
Carlton games 31 to 60 - 7
Richmond games 61 to 100 - 3
Carlton games 61 to 100 - 2
Richmond Games 101 to 200 - 7
Carlton games 101 - 200 - 3
Richmond Games 200 + - 5
Carlton Games 200 + 3
Richmond age 17-20 2
Carlton age 17-20 3
Richmond age 21-24 - 5
Carlton Age 21-24 - 11
Richmond age 25-30 - 15
Carlton age 25-30 - 5
Richmond 31+ 0
Carlton age 31+ 3
Over Half of our side has played less than 60 games
Over Half their side has played more than 100 games
15 of their 22 are in what is considered the prime of their careers age wise.
We have 3 past it and 14 yet to hit their prime.
It's a simple equation, they are good team with their players in the right demographic with games played and age
We are young and inexperienced and there is nothing to remedy that except time