(03-19-2020, 09:07 PM)laj date Wrote:Simple Inside 50's are soooooo much different to quality inside 50s. As we saw last night. Difference in the game right there. Because they are so much better on the outside. They cut us with that through the corridor. There forever was space in their forward 50, where ours were bombs in there.It so much easier to play like Richmond does when you can push every opponent fair and square in the back and not be penalised, they have become so use to doing it and getting away with it, that they take immediate offence whenever an umpire pings them for doing it! Are whingers are winners, is that why they get away with it!
Forget the raw numbers.
Richmond have two critical techniques that help them win games;
- Play on Richmond
Dimma(Just let em play!!!!) has bashed the umpires so much in the media, along the way inciting the aggressive Nthmond fans to support his perspective, that the umpires are now scared to penalise them. This manifests itself as alllowing all Nthmond players to push opponents in the back, or dive on the football, and not be penalised, they can even play on after a mark and you'll be given a 50m if you try to tackle them. If you touch a Nthmond player, even if the umpires perceive you thinking about touching a Nthmond player, the whistle goes off. Last night someone commented that an umpires whistle appeared to go off before any contact was even made, surely that is a broadcast audio bug!
- The Richmond Release
Most of us call it a throw, players from most clubs in the AFL get penalised for doing it, but Nthmond do not and they have taken it to a whole new penalty free level!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"