Round 20 - Richmond Vs Essendon - Friday 8th August - MCG

[Mr.Craig]

I've got the tv on mute and Bomber's presser is still the funniest thing ever.

[Nige]

I've got the tv on mute and Bomber's presser is still the funniest thing ever.

You're not missing much.  :P

[Jroo]

Normally we'd lose these kinds of games. So it was great to get the win.
Miles is a gun  :-*
#gotiges

Really impressed by DHepp, haven't been his biggest fan but really stood up tonight.

[Hoggyz_a_legend]

That was easily one of the best games of the season! Sets up a ripper run to the finals!!

[Jukes]

refballrefballrefballrefballrefballrefballtits



Huggy edit: I edited this to make it much shorter as it was making replying to things, particularly on mobile, an incredible chore. I still think it gets your point across.

[quinny88]

^ Yeaa, Nah

[quinny88]

P.s this is AFL. There are no "refs"
Would have accepted umpires or even maggots but not refs

[Jukes]

refball is a common term used in sports, umpball doesn't sound good

24 frees to 17 when Richmond were clearly the more aggressive team. If Buckets was some pretty-boy like buddy or riewoldt and not a working-class bloke he'd have at least 20 free kicks himself, that cheat Rance was all over him at every opportunity.

Not to mention being penallised twice for what richmond were doing all game without penalty (50s)

[Jroo]

refball is a common term used in sports, umpball doesn't sound good

24 frees to 17 when Richmond were clearly the more aggressive team. If Buckets was some pretty-boy like buddy or riewoldt and not a working-class bloke he'd have at least 20 free kicks himself, that cheat Rance was all over him at every opportunity.

Not to mention being penallised twice for what richmond were doing all game without penalty (50s)

Really? I thought the umps were pretty bad too, we hardly got a free kick in the first half.
How wasn't it a 100m penalty? One of your players didn't throw it to us on the full, then that flog Carlisle done this

Just admit that Richmond were too good  ;)

[LaHug]

They've been traveling well for 7 weeks. Could easily have had 7 in a row if they weren't against Freo and Sydney back to back

Way late to the party but I'm so glad someone else noticed this! Similarly, the Geelong game in round 7 was one where we were good enough to beat probably anyone other than those top 4 sides but put up that performance against someone we just weren't going to beat. If we played half as well in the Bulldogs and Melbourne games (hell, even in the Gold Coast and North games that were in reach), we'd comfortably be in the finals...

[Jroo]

They've been traveling well for 7 weeks. Could easily have had 7 in a row if they weren't against Freo and Sydney back to back

Way late to the party but I'm so glad someone else noticed this! Similarly, the Geelong game in round 7 was one where we were good enough to beat probably anyone other than those top 4 sides but put up that performance against someone we just weren't going to beat. If we played half as well in the Bulldogs and Melbourne games (hell, even in the Gold Coast and North games that were in reach), we'd comfortably be in the finals...

If only Miles played from round one  :(
As soon as he's come in he's made a massive difference. Same with Maric.

[Ricochet]

They've been traveling well for 7 weeks. Could easily have had 7 in a row if they weren't against Freo and Sydney back to back

Way late to the party but I'm so glad someone else noticed this! Similarly, the Geelong game in round 7 was one where we were good enough to beat probably anyone other than those top 4 sides but put up that performance against someone we just weren't going to beat. If we played half as well in the Bulldogs and Melbourne games (hell, even in the Gold Coast and North games that were in reach), we'd comfortably be in the finals...

If only Miles played from round one  :(
As soon as he's come in he's made a massive difference. Same with Maric.

Think it's been more of a change off the ground. Sounds like effort and mindset have seriously changed on the track at training, and you can certainly tell! your boys are flying atm

[Mailman the 2nd]

They've been traveling well for 7 weeks. Could easily have had 7 in a row if they weren't against Freo and Sydney back to back

Way late to the party but I'm so glad someone else noticed this! Similarly, the Geelong game in round 7 was one where we were good enough to beat probably anyone other than those top 4 sides but put up that performance against someone we just weren't going to beat. If we played half as well in the Bulldogs and Melbourne games (hell, even in the Gold Coast and North games that were in reach), we'd comfortably be in the finals...

Yup atm I'd back them vs anyone outside the top 4, which is where I thought they'd be at the start of the season. Evidently some just take longer to catch on!

[LaHug]

They've been traveling well for 7 weeks. Could easily have had 7 in a row if they weren't against Freo and Sydney back to back

Way late to the party but I'm so glad someone else noticed this! Similarly, the Geelong game in round 7 was one where we were good enough to beat probably anyone other than those top 4 sides but put up that performance against someone we just weren't going to beat. If we played half as well in the Bulldogs and Melbourne games (hell, even in the Gold Coast and North games that were in reach), we'd comfortably be in the finals...

Yup atm I'd back them vs anyone outside the top 4, which is where I thought they'd be at the start of the season. Evidently some just take longer to catch on!

I guess next week will test that... Beating the Crows in Adelaide will be tough. I'm calling it a 50/50 at the moment.

They've been traveling well for 7 weeks. Could easily have had 7 in a row if they weren't against Freo and Sydney back to back

Way late to the party but I'm so glad someone else noticed this! Similarly, the Geelong game in round 7 was one where we were good enough to beat probably anyone other than those top 4 sides but put up that performance against someone we just weren't going to beat. If we played half as well in the Bulldogs and Melbourne games (hell, even in the Gold Coast and North games that were in reach), we'd comfortably be in the finals...

If only Miles played from round one  :(
As soon as he's come in he's made a massive difference. Same with Maric.

Think it's been more of a change off the ground. Sounds like effort and mindset have seriously changed on the track at training, and you can certainly tell! your boys are flying atm

The return of onfield leaders has been massive though. Maric and Lids being healthy have, imo, made more of a difference than Miles. I think a lot of the change of mindset has come with the return of those two leaders (as well as with the complete lack of pressure once we were realistically out of finals contention).

[quinny88]

refball is a common term used in sports, umpball doesn't sound good

24 frees to 17 when Richmond were clearly the more aggressive team. If Buckets was some pretty-boy like buddy or riewoldt and not a working-class bloke he'd have at least 20 free kicks himself, that cheat Rance was all over him at every opportunity.

Not to mention being penallised twice for what richmond were doing all game without penalty (50s)

Have a sulk buddy, we were just a better team on the night.
You don't think those 50s were there? Not throwing the ball back to the player is a 50 every day of the week and dopey Carlisle got warned by the umpire not to touch newmans throat and then he does it again right infront of him. Was the easiest 100m penalty the umpire could have paid in his life