The performance the Tigers but up against the Cats down at Skilled Stadium will keep the media and fans at bay for a week but have the Tigers really improved or was this just a blip on the radar.
Leading the Cats at three quarter time even if it was by only a point was a huge achievement, normally the Tigers are down by over 50 points at three quarter time against the Cats but we did fade in final term.
Let’s look a little deeper into the game before we get all excited and start buying our finals tickets. The Tigers still only laid 51 tackles which was 3 less than the week before against Carlton, Richmond simply don’t apply enough pressure to their opponents. Let also that a look at scoring shots, Geelong had 30 scoring shots (15.15) and Richmond had only had 20 (13.7) the score line could have been much larger.
It may seem that I am just bashing on my Tigers but I just don’t know if we have really come that far in a week. All the good work from the Geelong game can be undone with a loss to the Bulldogs on Monday who got over the top of the Kangaroos on Sunday. The Tigers can still finish up 0-3 with a loss this weekend and all the pressure will be back on Terry and his crew.
On a brighter note Daniel Jackson had another good day while tagging Geelong danger man Joel Selwood. I would also like to welcome back Brett Deledio to the AFL thanks for joining us this weekend.
My last note from the Geelong game, I really think we need to move Matthew Richardson to the half forward line and keep him there, the team structure just looked so much better in the second half with him there. It will also provide a tall target for our running back men to hit up coming out of the back half and his opponents will not be able to drag him down back which is where he is not as comfortable.
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