AFL Round 1 2017 Discussion

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Martin was great but did anyone go near him?

Carlton's defending is disgusting.

[Twodogs]

Richmonds defence is terrible. And they still have too many mids who refuse to do the hard work when the ball goes back the other way and chase and block

[Remi Moses]

Watched the first half , and both defences resembled thoroughfares .
Battle between 18th and 12th , although I think Richmond will improve ,they won't make the eight.

[Remi Moses]

Richmonds defence is terrible. And they still have too many mids who refuse to do the hard work when the ball goes back the other way and chase and block

Kicking out of the back 50 is still ordinary to. I think 16 other sides would knock over Carlton .

[jeemak]

Watched the first half , and both defences resembled thoroughfares .
Battle between 18th and 12th , although I think Richmond will improve ,they won't make the eight.

Making the eight is a tough gig, it's a bit early to tell how good or bad Richmond is in that context after round one. They got the job done really well tonight with some new players in. Relative to who we're playing tomorrow versus who they played tonight, I hope we do the job as strongly.

Seven goal wins in round one are handy no matter what.

[comrade]

Richmond just have too many plodding B-C graders & it's been that way for years. Grigg, Houli, Hunt, Griffiths, Lloyd, Conca, Astbury, Vlastuin, Ellis, Grimes and McIntosh have all played a fair amount of AFL footy yet I dare say none of them would get a look in at the Dogs and they're all firmly best 22 at the Tigers.

Their top few (Rance, Martin, Riewoldt) are excellent but the cupboard is empty besides.

[bornadog]

[ledge]

Richmond and Carlton was bruise free footy they ran one way and would t run back so once an error was made the other side ran down and kicked a goal , Tigers just made less errors .
Watching our game and comparing both us and the pies with that game bought pressure and tackling . Tigers and Carlton would fall to bits in that style game .

[Sedat]

Really enjoying the St Kilda implosion. They have been bloody awful.

By contrast Melbourne have been ruthless - very strong and deep midfield.

[comrade]

Really enjoying the St Kilda implosion. They have been bloody awful.

By contrast Melbourne have been ruthless - very strong and deep midfield.

Melbourne have been given a good list on a platter so I give them no credit for actually getting their shit together. Oliver is a dead set gun and gives their midfield an X factor the Saints just don't have.

Saints are destined for a middle of the road, low end of the 8 finish at best this year, especially if Roo misses plenty of games. Not enough top end talent to compete.

[Dry Rot]

Thoughts on the Swans game?

[chef]

Thoughts on the Swans game?

Port were fantastic and just out played them.

[chef]

Hope Essendon smash the Hawks

[ledge]

Hope Essendon smash the Hawks

Watching the first qtr their excitement about having the new players back and all the carry on, the adrenalin lasted about 10 minutes since then they been just hanging in there.
If the Hawks beat them it will take a lot of sting out of them that could have carried through the first 5 or 6 games.
They need to win this bigtime

[GVGjr]

Lions got off to a fast start against the Suns. Hawks holding Essendon

Nice win by Port over the Swans