Preseason game over - Pies down to Tigers

[Piesnchess]

[Dave The Man]

I reckon the Scoreboard was Closer the it Really Was.

When we played on and Moved ball Quickly we where Dangerous but moving it slow we where Horrendus.

Loved Quyanor Tonight Clearly BOG for me. Only stand out for me Tonight

Cox and Cameron where Dangerous when they got the Ball Delivered Well.

Pendles played the Worst Game he Played for a Long Time.

Moore Kicking needs to Improve as been Poor in the 2 Practice Games

Grundy was good without starting but was big Late in the Game.

De Goey was Big in 1st Half more Quieter in 2nd Half.

C Brown looks nothing close to a AFL Player.

Hard to beat Tigers when Umps Looks after them.

Bloody Injuries as well

[think positive]

[RudeBoy]

It was only a practice game, so I'm not too fussed overall, but there are a few players who I have serious doubts about their worth.

Callum Brown - cannot kick

Tyler Brown - not much better

Madgen - frequently lacks awareness

Josh Thomas - useful in patches, but way too one sided

Hoskin-Elliott - talented, but way too soft and ineffective


Some of these are depth players and deserve to remain on our list, but hopefully will soon be squeezed out of our best 22.

The return of Mihocek, Adams and Sidey will improve our team considerably, and hopefully we don't field such a top heavy side with Grundy, Cox and Cameron. Imo, Cameron is likely to be on our list as insurance against an injury to Grundy or Cox.

Ruscoe will be OK, as will Henry. Eventually Kelly will get a chance to find form. I'm still confident we can have a good year, but not if we persist with playing players who lack the necessary skills (or grunt) required at the elite AFL level.

[watt price tully]

After watching the replay last night (or delayed start via Kayo) I thought we were a rabble most of the time.

I thought we were lucky to be that close.

However, as Culprit noted we are competitive, Moore as DTM has twice in two weeks kicked it short for turnover goals, Callum Brown is simply not good enough and should be called Turnover Brown, I’ll give Tyler one more year but he would not get a match in a top 4 team yet.

Cox started slow, knocked off the ball far too easily but when he started giving to Richmond and they started giving it to him he improved dramatically.

The fact that we got so close while playing poorly in a weird sense can be a cause for optimism.

I thought IQ was pretty good as was Noble. No one was outstanding. Richmond kook good and fast. I though Thomas was good too. Our fastest player who troubles opposition teams now wears blue and white vertical stripes.

Grundy got better as the match went on.

Hopefully it’s was a good hit our before round 1 although it didn’t inspire me with confidence

[K]

[K]

[Alex]

Writing off Tyler Brown is extremely harsh, he has only played 9 games and already shows signs.

Callum is too small, cant kick straight or more than 35 metres, and has awful desicion making. What I did notice was that his pressure was good.
Im not sure what position he can play... he doesnt kick enough goals to play forward, and he isnt good enough to play in the mid, so not sure where he fits in to this team.

WHE is so fustrating to watch. He has so much skill but cant find the footy!

I thought Madgen was poor, ran down multiple times, poor kicking and gave Jack a free goal.

Cameron, Cox, Grundy and Mihocek wont work for me, and unfortunatly Cameron makes way for now.

Other than Kelly and Sidey, two more need to make way for Adams and Mihocek against the Dogs, I think it needs to be Cameron and C Brown to make way, and maybe Greenwood or Mayne comes in for Thomas or Madgen if we need an extra mid. De Goey NEEDS to play more mid, he just showed what he can do against a top side, he is a game changer in the midfield so keep him in there!

[23 YIPPEE!!!]

I thought last night at Marvel was a disgrace terrible horrible ques so long too just to go to the bathroom I think marvel has the worst organisation ever terrible place and has no feeling and plain horrible place to go to the footy

[23 YIPPEE!!!]

Don’t forget richmond lost last week to demons so I wouldn’t read much into these practice matches

[watt price tully]

[RudeBoy]

[Johnno75]

T Brown 21 disposals yet only 6 kicks.
C Brown 19 disposals yet only 4 kicks.

That ratio is very disproportionate if anything you want the opposite but 1:1 at the absolute worst.

[Cruisinwithdids]

[think positive]