03-23-2017, 11:59 PM
When you look at the stats vs LY a few things stand out;
1/ Richmond significantly increased their tackle pressure - we didn't.
2/ Richmond had much more i50's [+30% on LY] which generated nearly 40% more scoring shots than LY. We were exactly the same as LY on these stats.
3/ Our defence was horrible - both midfield pressure, back half turnovers, and general defending. We conceded 20% more shots than we did LY. LY we were a hard team to score against, last night the Tigers basically had a winning score at half time!!
There wasn't any areas where you could see tangible improvement, we made a huge number of critical skill errors [many from senior players] and our team defence was ordinary.
Tactically I think we got smashed. Dusty dominated and it just didn't appear we were doing anything to curb his influence in the middle. He ran free around the ground and stoppages. Senior players and the coach need to take responsibility for this.
The youth vs experience argument will rage all year. My view from my playing days is you need a balance - getting physically smashed and intimidated each week, and getting smashed on the scoreboard, can scar players for life. But we need to find experienced players who can make a contribution [eg Wright] vs guys who are just making up the numbers [Thomas, Armfield, White].
I though Rowe was far from our worst, the spoil when he should have marked was probably the big clanger, but it wasn't Jack and Griffiths who did the damage - it was the midfielders and small forwards.
I've said before the only way we will be competitive is IF Gibbs, Murph, Cripps and Kruz all play well - last night Cripps was down and Gibbs was up and down. Murph was ordinary in the first half with some terrible clangers, but he battled back well. Given his layoff it was probably a good game from him. SPS might add into that mix because he certainly looks like he has the tools. Question will be how quickly he picks up the pace, fitness and physical side and the ability to impact for 4 quarters.
With the kids I really want to see more pressure. SPS laid an equal team high of 7, but half our team laid 14 tackles between - that is just unacceptable in modern footy and that has nothing to do with skill, and everything to do with mindset.
1/ Richmond significantly increased their tackle pressure - we didn't.
2/ Richmond had much more i50's [+30% on LY] which generated nearly 40% more scoring shots than LY. We were exactly the same as LY on these stats.
3/ Our defence was horrible - both midfield pressure, back half turnovers, and general defending. We conceded 20% more shots than we did LY. LY we were a hard team to score against, last night the Tigers basically had a winning score at half time!!
There wasn't any areas where you could see tangible improvement, we made a huge number of critical skill errors [many from senior players] and our team defence was ordinary.
Tactically I think we got smashed. Dusty dominated and it just didn't appear we were doing anything to curb his influence in the middle. He ran free around the ground and stoppages. Senior players and the coach need to take responsibility for this.
The youth vs experience argument will rage all year. My view from my playing days is you need a balance - getting physically smashed and intimidated each week, and getting smashed on the scoreboard, can scar players for life. But we need to find experienced players who can make a contribution [eg Wright] vs guys who are just making up the numbers [Thomas, Armfield, White].
I though Rowe was far from our worst, the spoil when he should have marked was probably the big clanger, but it wasn't Jack and Griffiths who did the damage - it was the midfielders and small forwards.
I've said before the only way we will be competitive is IF Gibbs, Murph, Cripps and Kruz all play well - last night Cripps was down and Gibbs was up and down. Murph was ordinary in the first half with some terrible clangers, but he battled back well. Given his layoff it was probably a good game from him. SPS might add into that mix because he certainly looks like he has the tools. Question will be how quickly he picks up the pace, fitness and physical side and the ability to impact for 4 quarters.
With the kids I really want to see more pressure. SPS laid an equal team high of 7, but half our team laid 14 tackles between - that is just unacceptable in modern footy and that has nothing to do with skill, and everything to do with mindset.