RICHMOND was beaten around the contest, made fundamental errors at crucial moments and simply ran out of legs in its 24-point elimination final loss to Port Adelaide, according to coach Ryan Ferguson. Ferguson delivered a fairly blunt indictment of his side's performance in his usual mild-mannered fashion, the tone of voice not indicative of the substance of his quotes. POWER v TIGERS Full match coverage and stats Rubbing salt into the wound, he conducted most of the outdoor press conference on Alberton Oval with the Port Adelaide theme song blaring in the background.
"I sense it was a good game of football, but when you're on the other end of it, your mind goes to everything you could have done better," Ferguson said. "I thought we played some really important moments quite poorly, there were about four or five red-time goals late in quarters, when we had momentum, we'd cough up a goal that was preventable. We've just got to get better at seizing the moment.
"Definitely clearance-wise, the last 3-4 weeks, the opposition teams have been able to sweat on the ball and get out on us. We look really dangerous at times bursting out of stoppage, but we've got to get the balance better to be able to have a better territory game. Watch Richmond's press conference after the Elimination Final against Port Adelaide "We've put ourselves under too much pressure by conceding too many clearances.
"I still feel like it was a great game of footy, the ebbs and flows. We had great momentum at t.