Match Committee - Round 7, 2017 vs Richmond

[FrediKanoute]

Re: Match Committee - Round 7, 2017 vs Richmond

Happy with the in. Would like to see Webb in the team as well though and thought there may be room this week for him.

Not sold on Campbell. Doesn't do enough round the ground for mine. Big job again for Tom Boyd

[Ozza]

Re: Match Committee - Round 7, 2017 vs Richmond

Feel for Stew, it can't be easy having a full year out of the game and the club. He's not the only banned player currently struggling. It's probably best to just plonk him in the VFL until after the bye and re-assess then. Treat it like a bonus if he gets back to his best or close to it this year.

Not exactly ideal that he is being investigated by NSW police for his (presumably suspicious to them) greyhound betting activity.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Match Committee - Round 7, 2017 vs Richmond

Clay Smith should buy a lotto ticket.

Maybe Clay has been asked to play a certain role and he is doing it? Maybe.

[The Adelaide Connection]

Re: Match Committee - Round 7, 2017 vs Richmond

Not exactly ideal that he is being investigated by NSW police for his (presumably suspicious to them) greyhound betting activity.

Say what?

[Bornadog]

Re: Match Committee - Round 7, 2017 vs Richmond

Maybe Clay has been asked to play a certain role and he is doing it? Maybe.

2 tackles last week, and very few disposals, so not sure what he brought to the team or what he was supposed to have been doing, but it didn't work.

[always right]

Re: Match Committee - Round 7, 2017 vs Richmond

So who plays forward to keep Rance honest?

And if Richmond's rucks are so poor, wouldn't Bevo see Campbell as a weapon to gain a definitive advantage...if he rated him.

Richmond do not have marking defenders. Rance and Astbury are spoiling types and Rance in particular works best as a sweeper at ground level. We don't currently have high marking forwards to exploit this so it makes sense to play a smaller forward line who can take advantage of the ball being on the ground a lot of the time. Wouldn't surprise if Clay was given the task of making life difficult for Rance.

Our rucks typically play negating type roles against opposition ruckmen. Even with an under-manned ruck department, I reckon Bevo doubts Campbell's ability to dominate Richmond. He rarely does this at VFL level.

[Ozza]

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Say what?

Was reported by Damien Barrett on the Footy Show that NSW police are looking into betting activity of Crameri and Jake Melksham on some greyhound races in June last year. Investigation seems to surround the quantum of the (winning) bets, the computers and accounts used and the form of the greyhounds bet on. So its murky at best, what is going on.

Barret spoke to the club - they said they are aware and are satisfied with the response.
He also spoke to Greyhound racing NSW and they said it is a matter for NSW police.
AFL integrity officer cleared Crameri and Melksham (apart from the fine to Melksham that we already knew about).

Hopefully nothing in it, but obviously not ideal when police are looking into something to do with one of our players.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Match Committee - Round 7, 2017 vs Richmond

2 tackles last week, and very few disposals, so not sure what he brought to the team or what he was supposed to have been doing, but it didn't work.

Stats wise I know doesn't look good but not all roles are measured on numbers.

[jeemak]

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Richmond do not have marking defenders. Rance and Astbury are spoiling types and Rance in particular works best as a sweeper at ground level. We don't currently have high marking forwards to exploit this so it makes sense to play a smaller forward line who can take advantage of the ball being on the ground a lot of the time. Wouldn't surprise if Clay was given the task of making life difficult for Rance.

Our rucks typically play negating type roles against opposition ruckmen. Even with an under-manned ruck department, I reckon Bevo doubts Campbell's ability to dominate Richmond. He rarely does this at VFL level.

It will be interesting to see how we try to avoid Rance on the shorter and narrower ground this week. As we fatigued last week our penetration suffered and instead of getting it deep to the hot spot we started entering shallower. We didn't adjust to the changed defensive set up and made ourselves look a bit silly.

Much like Spotless a good way to find space at Docklands is to get the ball short and diagonal/lateral between half back and wing, switching wide thereafter to an overlapping player if the corridor is closed. If we play down a line Rance will cut us up, the ground or space won't allow him not to.

[kruder]

Re: Match Committee - Round 7, 2017 vs Richmond

I have a feeling Libba or Dahl will be a late out. Dale is unlucky he was solid would have been nice to see him play again this week.

[westdog54]

Re: Match Committee - Round 7, 2017 vs Richmond

Might be a job for Zaine.

Has been named at full-forward.

[GVGjr]

Re: Match Committee - Round 7, 2017 vs Richmond

A big part of Campbell being out is doubts over his ankle too IMO. He struggles to get through games and I see him as too much of a risk compared to his value.

He struggled last year with foot and ankle injuries and I think it's the more cautious approach to ease him back.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Match Committee - Round 7, 2017 vs Richmond

Has been named at full-forward.

This may eventuate. Richmond are a very mobile forward line, with main goalkickers this year being Riewoldt, Martin, Rioli, Castagna and Butler. Against that line up, we probably don't need all of Adams, Roberts and Cordy down back. As Richmond don't bomb long much, maybe Adams is the best placed to go forward?

[Mantis]

Re: Match Committee - Round 7, 2017 vs Richmond

This may eventuate. Richmond are a very mobile forward line, with main goalkickers this year being Riewoldt, Martin, Rioli, Castagna and Butler. Against that line up, we probably don't need all of Adams, Roberts and Cordy down back. As Richmond don't bomb long much, maybe Adams is the best placed to go forward?

So it could be Brisbane all over again? I hope we learnt our lesson against them and don't get caught on the counter with our defenders playing too high.

Last chance saloon for Smith, with an extra 4-6 players available over the next 2-4 weeks it's not a good time to be out of form.

[Mofra]

Re: Match Committee - Round 7, 2017 vs Richmond

This may eventuate. Richmond are a very mobile forward line, with main goalkickers this year being Riewoldt, Martin, Rioli, Castagna and Butler. Against that line up, we probably don't need all of Adams, Roberts and Cordy down back. As Richmond don't bomb long much, maybe Adams is the best placed to go forward?

I thought Adams showed some real signs forward in the first half against Brisbane. Handy having two tall defenders able to pinch hit forward, although Zaine played more defensive forward than genuine target.