Originally Posted by
dejavoodoo44
A bit disappointing to lose, with the day being a case of plenty of good things and plenty of bad things.
Adams played for about two and a half quarters, and was busy with 18 possessions and 11 tackles. However, the double free kicks and double goals that he gave away, was probably the turning point of the match. I didn't see the second one, so I don't want to hang him out to dry too much, but I doubt the coaches would have been happy. Sort of similar was Cleary. He was very competitive around the ball and got plenty of clearances, but didn't hit too many targets going forward. Although I suspect that he'll only improve with experience. Also in the middle, I thought that McAndrew rucked well and his pressuring of the opposition mids is improving. However, he needs to provide more when in the forward line.
Speaking of ruckmen, if Ladhams ever gets to kick another AFL goal at the SCG, I recommend that the PA plays Paul Kelly's Dumb Things. Probably a few times today, he snuffed out our momentum, by doing stuff that he really shouldn't be doing. While our other ruck, Green, showed some good signs, without getting hugely involved.
In defence, Magor had plenty of involvement and generally uses the ball well. And while Snell didn't get many possessions, I thought he had a pretty good game. He seemed to spend a fair bit of time matched up on live wire medium forward, Cumberland, and kept him quiet. He also did well when on the much bigger Koschitzske. Edwards had some good moments and Francis was good in defence early, but was less effective when switched forward to replace Reid. Although, the service wasn't that good. On Reid, the commentators were claiming that he was being managed, so hopefully that's the case, rather than another injury.
Lots of other players had some decent involvements and generally the effort was good, but overall, Richmond were more cohesive when moving the ball out of defence and hurting us on the break.
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