Roar Rookie
Joined January 2016
1.1k
Views
1
Published
190
Comments
Sports Physiologist
Published
Comments
Every team has that one player. That one player that nobody rates or is thought to be overrated. I'm not talking about the kids…
Definitely deserve favoritism.
However it should be noted Richmond finished the season +14 in days breaks over opponents – the most in the league.
other Top 8 teams;
Port Adelaide +12
Brisbane Lions +4
Geelong -1
West Coast -8
St Kilda +2
Western Bulldogs +11
Collingwood -3
Played Geelong with + 4 days more break, BL with +2 days more break and WC off of a 4 day break coming from WA.
In a year with multiple shortened breaks and minimal recovery those few extra days between games can mean stars getting up and coaches spending more time on a team.
Tomorrow night will give us a better indication of where both teams are at
Richmond versus the field: Can anyone topple the Tigers in finals?
Whilst I don’t share the optimism of some of the other Eagles supporters.
We have by far had the most amount of injuries to top end talent especially to a single spot on the ground within the top 8.
A case for every team in the 2020 finals
Yeah I tend to agree on Cameron Nico.
Unless of course we get some good news on Venebles and Willie.
I also think they will extend Jones, especially with his close relationship with Kelly.
I would hate to see Brander traded.
I think we would come to regret any trade involving him.
Six talking points from AFL Round 18
Agree Reddo is a huge loss.
If we can make it through the next two games reasonably unscathed we should get a large portion of those injured players back for finals.
McGovern hurt again before finals
Who cares.
Called a goal from both the goal umpire and the review system. It’s a goal.
Touched or not? The controversial winning goal call that could cost the Eagles top four
I’m unsure as to where I have complained Richie?
As for Melbourne giving up their home ground advantage, they chose to do that.
Never mind that WC would much rather have been playing at the MCG like they request year in year out.
I imagine that WC supporters spot their advantages in much the same way that Richmond supporters spot theirs…
AFL set to reject West Coast and North's Perth proposal
I wouldn’t say unfair advantage to WC, given the neutral venue.
Definitely it meant that WC spent about 1.5 less on the plane and with Melbourne flying as well nullified any advantage they would of had in Melbourne.
For me all I want from the AFL is consistency.
If you base your decisions on profit ie. Geelong playing Richmond at the G.
Or the interstate clubs generally playing in Tassie ect.
If it’s fairness and integrity fine base them on that.
To me it seems too often the AFL isn’t consistent with their decision making and it is frustrating.
AFL set to reject West Coast and North's Perth proposal
Which I understand why they don’t given the gate takings of a Hawthorn Vs Richmond, Essendon, Collingwood ect. in Melbourne.
It does seem a little hypocritical to have the integrity of the competition driving some decisions yet the financial reward driving the others.
AFL set to reject West Coast and North's Perth proposal
Can’t say I disagree with the decision.
Maybe in future years we can play at the MCG against the Hawks/North or Melbourne instead of heading off all over Australia.
You know for the integrity and fairness of the competition, could send someone else there.
AFL set to reject West Coast and North's Perth proposal
We’re talking about this year though Steele.
I think the analysis of WC being poor away from home is very shallow analysis.
WC lost round 2, 3 and 4 when they happened to be in Qld. But I think WC losing those games had very little to do with them being in Qld. WC were just poor in those games, not to mention the teams we played were just good.
Interestingly enough WC and Richmond almost track each other in terms of having poor starts after the break to then start to build into very solid seasons.
I think saying that WC losing on Thursday is in part because they were away from Perth takes away from how good Richmond were. We could have played that game in Perth and they would have beaten us.
Six talking points from AFL Round 14
The Tigers were a much better side than us on Thursday.
I thought given the Tigers exceptionally straight kicking the 27 points was probably a pretty fair margin in the end.
Surely you aren’t using the restart of the season as part of your measurement about how the Eagles are a different side away from Perth Peter?
Six talking points from AFL Round 14
I don’t agree with that.
Generally play Adelaide and Melbourne as well as if not better than most travelling teams.
Qld has been an issue for the Eagles in the last few years, whether that is the flight, the grounds, the weather not suiting the kick mark style that the Eagles have.
I think you could probably make an argument for all 3.
Six talking points from AFL Round 14
Definitely oversimplification to use the hub as the reason WC lost.
Richmond were way too good on Thursday night.
What people forget is WC haven’t played well in Qld for years, it isn’t just this year and the hubs..
WC’s real problem at the moment is their stocks of small forwards, especially with Cripps now heading home.
Six talking points from AFL Round 14
It should be held in Adelaide.
No quarantine from QLD and can hold more people than the GABBA and is a much better stadium.
All the people shouting from the rooftops about the moralistic reasons it should be in QLD, where are you every other year when this argument gets rolled out about the G or is it money over morals every other year except this one?
Brisbane deserves to host the AFL grand final
Barry Hall co-captained the Swans to their 2005 Grand Final
Toby Greene among three inclusions to GWS leadership group
A quick search will find you all scientific papers on the subject of flying and how it negatively effects athletic performance.
Not just assumptions
Tigers, Pies and Cats to hog the limelight as AFL unveils 2020 fixture
Isn’t profit more important than revenue?
Geelong is officially the best team of the decade
That’s fair.
Cousins had no one else so he was ending up at Richmond or not at all.
Ball WAS picked up with Collingwood’s first pick in that draft.
Albeit there were clubs that past on him.
But I understand your point still stands.
I hope he does, most of my family are Carlton tragics and I would be stoked to see them improve, albeit not too successful, they’ll become unbearable to be around.
AFL Trades 2019 report card: Every club graded
So one poor game against Hawthorn is the sign of a definite downturn?
By that logic GWS and Western Bulldogs won’t be seen at the pointy end either after their finishes to the season?
AFL Trades 2019 report card: Every club graded
Scott Camporeale definitely relevant, especially as Carlton had a pick in the draft before the Bombers.
Mal Michael never gave the Lions a chance to re-draft him going to Essendon at pick 2.
Ben Cousins only had Richmond interested in him, every other club had pulled out of the race for him.
I don’t think Nathan is relevant given he had sat out of football for 3 years before the Suns picked him up.
Bachar Houli had been training with Richmond for over a month before he joined them in the pre-season draft at pick 3. Before Essendon ever had a selection.
Even Luke Ball, Collingwood’s first pick at 30 was before St Kilda’s first at 32.
So of all your examples Scott Camporeale is the only really relevant example.
Not to say Martin won’t end up at Carlton, but I wouldn’t exactly say that history is categorically on your side.
AFL Trades 2019 report card: Every club graded
I don’t think you can mount an argument that Hurn is more important to WC than McGovern is. Especially given McGovern is arguably the best key defender in the game.
As for Kennedy Vs Darling.
Darling kicked 10 goals more than Kennedy last year whilst only playing two games more than him.
Both Kennedy and Hurn are important players for WC I don’t want to minimise that. However they are not the best nor most important players in their respective zones. Not anymore.
AFL Trades 2019 report card: Every club graded
Didn’t realise McGovern and Darling were 33?
AFL Trades 2019 report card: Every club graded
Who else has apart from Ball and Stevens?
AFL Trades 2019 report card: Every club graded
Sorry Williams, not Edwards.
100% Jack
AFL Trade News: Joe Daniher, Tom Papley, Jack Martin miss out on deadline day
IF the Tigers win the GF they will have deserved it.
One of the hardest years to win the flag in my opinion.
This year Richmond has had 6 games where they have had +2 days break the most in the league and zero games where they had -2 days break on their opponents.
The only other team to have had no -2 days breaks was PA who only had 3 x +2 games.
Fremantle by comparison had 6 x -2 games and no +2 games.
Absolutely no doubt the Eagles have been lucky being able to head home this year, not the only club to have been able to but no debate from me as to being lucky in this circumstance.
Just because another team has been advantaged in another part of the draw doesn’t mean that no other team has been given any advantages.
I just find it interesting that the best team in the competition gets an obvious advantage, interestingly enough the 2nd year in a row that they have had the highest break differential in the league.
I would have thought in the essence of equity, the thing the AFL has been yapping on about all year that a team like North Melbourne or Carlton that haven’t been as successful in recent times would have been given these advantages.
After all the draw is an AFL construct.
Richmond versus the field: Can anyone topple the Tigers in finals?