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Can the Tigers make the 8 in 2013?
Written by Kiah A Turner.
Newsroom Staff | AFL
Sporting Journal
March 12, 2013 at 9:58 pm
It’s a question supporters have been asking for over a decade.
There is no doubt the Richmond holds one of the strongest playing lists the club has seen for many years and with limited injuries along with one of the fastest midfield in the AFL it is not difficult to see what’s getting fans so excited.
Recent NAB Cup form shows a convincing win over Melbourne, a last minute 4 point loss to North Melbourne (realised as Cotchin, Delideo and Martin relaxed on the bench) and finally a convincing win over a near full strength Essendon.
Despite the Tigers finishing 12th last season, as a result of a number of close placed losses, players, assisting coaches, supporters and board members alike have all expressed their high hopes in coach Damian Hardwick.
In a time when moral and performance can mean life and death with the opening games of the season approaching the last thing any coach needs is negative media attention pulling the playing group down.
The controversy around, key midfielder Dustin Martin who’s been accused of being the ‘unnamed player’ in the AFL doping scandal, has caused frustration at the club. Damian Hardwick, has completely dismissed these rumours and laughed off the suggestion that Martin was almost sacked this pre-season for behavioural incidents outside the club.
In-light of the ACC’s report on Doping in Sport, with limited new information, every rumour must be grasped with both hands in a dog-eat-dog struggle for the breaking story of the day.
All eyes are now turned to new Captain, Trent Cotchin. As the equal second-youngest Captain in the AFL, a great amount of pressure to perform has been placed on the 22-year-old. ’Fresh blood’ seems to be exactly what the Tigers need however, with all new leadership appointments hopes are high that Richmond can earn themselves a finals position in 2013.
Things have dramatically turned for Richmond since the appointment of former player Brendan Gale to the CEO position. Gale unsurprisingly has silenced the critic feeding frenzy of the ninth again stigma and Club’s era of wasteful draft selections.
Through vision and well executed planning, Gale architected the selection and recruitment of a coaching and administrative combination capable of further developing quality draft selections. This in turn has led to generous donations to the Fighting Tiger Fund by both the working class and corporate partners, further strengthening their cause.
There can be no denying that support builds for the Club that now can boast players worthy of the Coleman medal, top two Brownlow medal placing and All Australian selection status.
So will the Tigers make the eight? Given the recent sell out of the Club’s 3,121 membership package which guarantees finals ticket allocation, one could conclude that Richmond supporters have answered their own question and believe that it is Tiger Time.
But with every question answered a new one looms.
So who of last year’s finalist will now miss out?
http://www.sportingjournal.com.au/2013/03/can-the-tigers-make-the-8-in-2013/
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Can the Tigers make the 8 in 2013?
It’s a question supporters have been asking for over a decade.
So for over a decade us supporters have been wondering if we can make the 8 in 2013??
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Can the Tigers make the 8 in 2013?
It’s a question supporters have been asking for over a decade.
So for over a decade us supporters have been wondering if we can make the 8 in 2013??
:lol how do these guys get jobs? :whistle
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So for over a decade us supporters have been wondering if we can make the 8 in 2013??
:lol
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Can these 'tigers in the finals?' articles get any more cringe-worthy?
Yes they can!
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Im suprised nobody has commented on the rubbish ive inclused before, honestly WTF?????
Oh I get it, april fools has come early and this "journo" is Big Kim Hagdorm's bitch :shh
"The controversy around, key midfielder Dustin Martin who’s been accused of being the ‘unnamed player’ ::)(really? Since when was this?) in the AFL doping scandal, has caused frustration at the club. Damian Hardwick, has completely dismissed these rumours and laughed off the suggestion that Martin was almost sacked this pre-season for behavioural incidents outside the club. :sleep
In-light of the ACC’s report on Doping in Sport, with limited new information, every rumour must be grasped with both hands :o in a dog-eat-dog struggle for the breaking story of the day." :clapping
Well there you go stupidity at its finest :thumbsup
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At least he/she is honest :lol not like those other jokers who try and pass it on as a fait accompli from their 'thources'
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More gutter journalism.
:banghead
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Can the Tigers make the 8 in 2013?
It’s a question supporters have been asking for over a decade.
So for over a decade us supporters have been wondering if we can make the 8 in 2013??
Not me
I've been wondering if we'd make it in 2014 & 2015.
2013 has never come into my thinking ;D
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So for over a decade us supporters have been wondering if we can make the 8 in 2013??
:lol
Well they got it wrong for me. I was sitting down on March 3rd 2001 and asked my wife" Will Richmond make the finals in 2013?"
My wife read this article and luckily reminded me when I made that statement.
So in fact I have been pondering this for 12 years....to the day!!!!!
Bloody reporters just can't get their stories straight.
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Im suprised nobody has commented on the rubbish ive inclused before, honestly WTF?????
Oh I get it, april fools has come early and this "journo" is Big Kim Hagdorm's bitch :shh
"The controversy around, key midfielder Dustin Martin who’s been accused of being the ‘unnamed player’ ::)(really? Since when was this?) in the AFL doping scandal, has caused frustration at the club. Damian Hardwick, has completely dismissed these rumours and laughed off the suggestion that Martin was almost sacked this pre-season for behavioural incidents outside the club. :sleep
In-light of the ACC’s report on Doping in Sport, with limited new information, every rumour must be grasped with both hands :o in a dog-eat-dog struggle for the breaking story of the day." :clapping
Well there you go stupidity at its finest :thumbsup
Want to know why I didn't comment on it? I didn't read past the title. :shh :lol
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:lol
Its good then that I read from bottom to top :rollin
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:lol
Its good then that I read from bottom to top :rollin
:lol probably made more sense that way. :lol
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We have to make it........no excuses
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Have you guys seen all the stuff to do with Tristan Barker on the news. Its reporters like this that make me side with him
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I think this year comes down to mental application.
If we can beat the scum round 1 it will give us a lot of confidence.
A great start to the year can do wonders to a club like ours that has had limited success.
We could be 3-0 coming into the pies game and a competative showing against them and freo in Perth will give us a lot of belief coming into the Geelong game in round 6 which I believe is crucial to our finals aspirations. If we can finally put away the cats (long overdue) :pray we can expect an extra 4 wins from round 6-9 if we are serious contenders.
A good showing against the west coke eagles in Perth and then the bye.
That's atleast 7 wins we should be aiming for before the bye which will make us 7-3 and well placed for the second half assault and we aren't playing catchup footy.
All the games after the bye are winnable.
We've always been very competative against the hawks and swans and we play the Freo & the crows at home in the second half. 5 more wins and we are finals bound in 2013.
There really isn't any excuses this year baring major injuries to key personnel. ie Maric.
With a never say die, win at all costs mentality, a hatred of mediocrity & a lot of self belief there's isn't any reason not to make finals this year.
Confidence and belief makes lesser players better and a strong stance against mediocrity will ensure the team doesn't have any inexcusable losses as we did last year.
Bring on round 1 and let's smash the cheating scum!
Carn the Tigers!
Eat 'em Alive!
:gotigers
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One game at a time RFC.
If we have the right structures and have added to our list as we seem to have more depth and more people with the footy acumen off it then we "should" make it. :thumbsup