Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cThe gumboot brigade. I\u2019m been watching the Richmond centre bounce crew and I reckon they may as well be wearing gumboots,\u201d King said on Fox Footy\u2019s First Crack: Preview.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are a slow midfield, they need to make some change.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know there\u2019s a lot of injuries to the next wave of Richmond talent coming through, but they have options now to have a look at this midfield that doesn\u2019t start every time with Taranto, Hopper and Ross.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know Lalor goes in thee but he\u2019s not express either.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dissecting Essendon’s list blunders | 07:36<\/p>\n
The numbers show the Tigers aren\u2019t getting enough bang for buck with their current midfield mix.<\/p>\n
Richmond has won 26 centre bounces but only scored one goal and one behind, which is ranked 18th in the AFL.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat number there is damning for me,\u201d King said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey get their hands on the ball and they\u2019re good enough to win the ball. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re -25 points (in scoring differential from stoppage differential) across the season, which is ranked 18th.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an obvious weakness and I just think they can\u2019t get themselves into space.<\/p>\n
So who else can Yze throw into the engine room? <\/p>\n
Garry asks Daicos about Tassie interest | 02:42<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy wouldn\u2019t you have a look at Seth Campbell? He\u2019s only been in 20 times across his 45 games,\u201d King continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy wouldn\u2019t you look at Maurice Rioli? He runs down everyone at the \u2018G. Only been in six times in the back-end of last year, give him a chance. He\u2019s a better player right now than what he was in the back-end of last year and he\u2019s invested and involved in the game. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe last time Jayden Short was in there was Round 11, 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n
A series of clips from Richmond\u2019s loss to Gold Coast showed the Tigers\u2019 inability to find space or inflict damage from stoppage after winning the ball inside the contest.<\/p>\n
Daicos Pies B&F drama REVEALED | 03:50<\/p>\n
King pointed to the success of St Kilda moving Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera into the midfield as an example of the benefit of experimenting with your list.<\/p>\n
\u201c(Richmond) need to get some speed,\u201d King said. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s time to explore. Have a look at some of these guys. <\/p>\n
\u201cI reckon St Kilda waited six months too long to have a look at Nasiah in the middle, we banged on about it every week.<\/p>\n
\u201cHave a look at Seth Campbell, who knows, I don\u2019t know what he ceiling is for this guy. Or Maurice Rioli, just because we\u2019ve pigeonholed him as a small forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight now it\u2019s failing you and you\u2019re staying with the same names. It\u2019s time to have a crack, have a look at something different.\u201d<\/p>\n
St Kilda great Leigh Montagna agreed, saying Richmond should be thinking \u201cbigger picture\u201d in a year the rebuilding club is not expected to be competing for finals. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe understand Taranto and Hopper have been great players, but where is that going to take them in the next three or four years when they want to be climbing up the ladder?,\u201d he said on Wednesday night\u2019s program.<\/p>\n
\u201cExplore the ceiling, if you get it wrong, there\u2019s no harm done, they\u2019re probably not playing finals this year. Have a look, there\u2019s options there.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven young Sam Grlj, get him in there a bit. Expose him to a couple and see what he can do.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Richmond\u2019s \u201cgumboot brigade\u201d midfield has come under fire in a call for the Tigers to shake up their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,689,55,639,277485,13120,35645,3234,10133,10143,1818,39189,10145,2105,2485,9130,277484,277482,9014,3465,24778,647,7198,36657,677,178601,701,672,14400,85,1122,277483,9022,277400,660],"class_list":["post-563207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-bold-shake","tag-centre-bounce","tag-centre-bounce-attendances","tag-centre-bounces","tag-collingwood-magpies","tag-craig-mcrae","tag-david-king","tag-engine-room","tag-garry-lyon","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-gold-coast","tag-gold-coast-suns","tag-gumboot-brigade","tag-jack-corss","tag-jacob-hopper","tag-leigh-montagna","tag-maurice-rioli","tag-melbourne","tag-michael-willson","tag-midfield-mix","tag-oceania","tag-on-ball-mix","tag-queensland","tag-richmond-tigers","tag-seth-campbell","tag-sports","tag-st-kilda","tag-stoppage-differential","tag-tim-taranto","tag-trade-blunders","tag-victoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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