Post Match. Pies pip Lions - All comments please.

[Pies2016]

[glasseyevfx]

Many on this site have been saying this for years; he's leading when he should be front-n-centre.

I guess we will never know if its a coaching directive or not, but its happened consistently for several years

Yes I can see how its easily spotted. Other than that one trait he was fab, lifted when we needed it and kept a level head.

[MatthewBoydFanClub]

My family and I finally got to a game to see it live and had a great time. Looking through your discussions I think we're all on the money. DeGoey was great Moore underdone, Mayne showed something, Cox was fab.
One thing on Blair - I like him and he showed why he is always in the mix every other week. I think one of the reasons he gets a bad wrap is because he make leads in the forward 50 that we want someone with 6 or 7 inches more to make. I could be wrong, but I think if the inside 50 is congested he should be standing 40 out with his back to the kicker looking for the crumb or defensive play - otherwise he is leading into precious space that should be open for someone taller. I expect its a coaching strategy that might be corrected but he is just too easy to spoil in that situation. Otherwise it was a fabulous game for Blairy, a hard workman like effort.

Many on this site have been saying this for years; he's leading when he should be front-n-centre.

I guess we will never know if its a coaching directive or not, but its happened consistently for several years

The way I see it and I could be wrong, is we have 3 crumbers on our list who are Varcoe, Kirby and Daicos. Crumbers are less now in the game than in previous years because of the Richmond style of moving the ball quickly from half back into attack. Crumbers now don't get the time to scrum the ball out of packs and kick goals. That why Eddie Betts is struggling this year and Robbie Grey is adapting his game to be more a midfielder. Buckley quickly picked up on the trend and we recruited last year with quick ball movement in mind. Blair was given another contract because he can play both forward and back and so has that role he can play. Varcoe plays around the flanks so is ok as is Hoskin-Elliot. The worry is a player like Kirby who is a little one dimensional. Daicos needs to find a role he can play if he wants to make the senior side.

[K]

Why does Buckley have to be so obstinate and pig-headed?
Zorko has failed this year with a hard tag on him but Buckley refuses...
...
Adams would make a perfect tagger ...

Can someone confirm who actually did play on Zorko? The claim post-Mitchell was that they tried to mute him and failed.

Steele played 'on' Zorko. They hardly went near each other.
Bad luck for spectators who value one-on-one contests (see S. Hocking's comments). That's the issue ignored if the focus is exclusively on tagging.