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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: tigs2011 on June 23, 2013, 10:26:38 PM
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:shh
stuff this bottom half of the 8 rubbish. We are Richmond. We make finals we don't go half assed. :gotigers
Sneaking up slowly but surely. Cats v Freo will put us at least within a game, if not half a game of top 4. Also go Eagles.
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:shh
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hehe maybe mid 4
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Why not?
We are one four points before the four.
One of the teams above us are cheats
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Why not?
We are one four points before the four.
One of the teams above us are cheats
:clapping we're technically 5th. stuff off cheats.
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:shh
;D
It's a casserole until round 16 (keeping a lid on it)
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I just did a ladder predictor and assuming we only lose to Hawthorn and Sydney from here on in, which is what a top 4 team should do, I have us 5th, 6 points behind Freo and Sydney.
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I just did a ladder predictor and assuming we only lose to Hawthorn and Sydney from here on in, which is what a top 4 team should do, I have us 5th, 6 points behind Freo and Sydney.
Not bad. That 1 point loss to Freo. :banghead :banghead :banghead
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I just did a ladder predictor and assuming we only lose to Hawthorn and Sydney from here on in, which is what a top 4 team should do, I have us 5th, 6 points behind Freo and Sydney.
Not bad. That 1 point loss to Freo. :banghead :banghead :banghead
Not only that, what abt the loss against Essen skata. Sure we played poorly but they should never have been in that position given the alleged events having taken place at Wanky Hill.
We should have been playing Bendigo.
We should be 10-2 in third place percentage behind the handbaggers.
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I just did a ladder predictor and assuming we only lose to Hawthorn and Sydney from here on in, which is what a top 4 team should do, I have us 5th, 6 points behind Freo and Sydney.
Not bad. That 1 point loss to Freo. :banghead :banghead :banghead
Not only that, what abt the loss against Essen skata. Sure we played poorly but they should never have been in that position given the alleged events having taken place at Wanky Hill.
We should have been playing Bendigo.
We should be 10-2 in third place percentage behind the handbaggers.
:clapping
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$4
:gotigers
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Good to see some people still refering to geelong as the handbaggers. Growing up I knew them as just that .Its a name I have missed, should be used more often
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Good to see some people still refering to geelong as the handbaggers. Growing up I knew them as just that .Its a name I have missed, should be used more often
After last nights effort the term "handbaggers" is back in vogue when referring to Geelong. :thumbsup
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Whats handbaggers
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Tigers threaten a top-four finish
Michael Cowley Columnist
theroar.com.au
25 Jun 2013
The teams which will finish top four at the season’s end all played during last weekend’s split round.
Well, that was the general consensus in football circles before the weekend, and – with apologies to Essendon supporters – it still would be the case following the Round 13 results.
But, the question is now, are the pre-weekend predicted four the same as the ones being spoken about post-weekend?
Hawthorn, Geelong, Sydney and Fremantle were the quartet touted by most as a solid step above everyone else. Essendon and possibly Collingwood were the pair most likely to offer a challenge – if one arises – for a top four berth.
Hawthorn were again methodical. Fremantle continued to win those games they are supposed to win… but Geelong and Sydney – seriously shock losers?
“Mere hiccups,” I hear their respective fans shout. The Cats’ fourth quarter capitulation against Brisbane had to be seen to be believed, while the Swans too were swamped in the home stretch by a more determined and committed Port Adelaide outfit on the day.
While credit is due to both Brisbane and Port, you do expect more from supposed top four teams.
“Just a glitch,” I hear those supporters say. “Those results always happen during the split round time of the season. We’ll be back on the winning list next round.”
And maybe they will, and if you glance at the ladder you see that quartet – along with Esssendon – still occupy four of the top five rungs. But there was also a wildcard tossed into the equation over the weekend.
While they might want to keep a lid tightly on the emotional side of things, and want to continue to travel along under the proverbial radar, the facts are, the Tigers really can’t any more.
Not only are they a legitimate finals’ contender, and short odds to have their first taste of September football since 2001, but, just like they did 12 years ago, Richmond could head into finals in the top four.
It wasn’t just their 10 goal win over the Western Bulldogs that started me thinking about a top-four finish. They were expected to win easily and did just that, but they went about the job with a professionalism expected of a top echelon team.
And then, suddenly, when the dust settled on a round – which was supposed to be very lopsided and favourite dominated, but threw up some dramatic upsets – a glance at the ladder saw the reality of how 2013 is setting up for those in Tigerland.
Today they sit in sixth position, a win and percentage outside of the top four, and two wins off second-placed Geelong.
But here is the thing … the draw. The Tigers now meet St Kilda, North Melbourne and then the Gold Coast. All very winnable matches.
They then host Fremantle (looking to avenge a one-point loss to the Dockers in Perth earlier in the season), head to Sydney to meet the Swans (a team they have competed well with in recent seasons, and one they have beaten convincingly the last two times they met), and then Hawthorn (another team they belted when they last met, back in 2012) in a blockbuster in Round 19.
The Tigers then follow that with home games against Brisbane and Carlton – both definitely potential wins – followed by a should win against GWS in Sydney, and finish with what could be a massive match against Essendon in the final round.
Who knows where it will all end for the Tigers. Inside the eight? Definitely I feel. Inside the four? As bizarre as that statement might have sounded a few weeks back when they lost to Collingwood, Fremantle, and Geelong in successive weeks, it’s now not as silly at it seemed.
We all know there is a lot of footy left in this season, with many twists and turns. We saw some last weekend, and we will see plenty more from rounds 14 to 23.
And who knows when all the pieces fall into place on the afternoon of September 1, just where the Tigers will be?
One statistic I do have though. Every time Richmond have made the VFL/AFL finals, they have done so by finishing in the top four.
http://www.theroar.com.au/2013/06/25/tigers-threaten-a-top-four-finish/
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Top 4 or fail
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5-8 and sack the coach?
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Win tomorrow and we'll be only two points off 4th spot :gotigers.
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1 Hawthorn 64 19 16 3 0 138.36
2 Geelong 60 19 15 4 0 133.12
3 Sydney 58 19 14 4 1 138.23
4 Fremantle 54 18 13 4 1 124.21
5 Essendon 52 18 13 5 0 117.41
6 Collingwood 52 19 13 6 0 116.66
7 Richmond 52 19 13 6 0 116.22
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Win tomorrow and we'll be only two points off 4th spot :gotigers.
half a game behind 4th - and a goal umpire walked onto the field of play vs Freo ripping us off to a incredulous extent.
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Essendon = finished. ( I almost hope they don't lose their points because they look as impotent as a 90 year old man)
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Win tomorrow and we'll be only two points off 4th spot :gotigers.
half a game behind 4th - and a goal umpire walked onto the field of play vs Freo ripping us off to a incredulous extent.
That Freo loss was diabolical for us. Imagine playing the Hawks on a wet day at the G with a double chance in hand :scream As it is we will more than likely have to travel to Sydney or Subiaco as we progress through the finals. If that is the case give me Subiaco.
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that goal umpire that decided to go for a stroll of the field of play shot be shot
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Erserdern
:ROTFL
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that goal umpire that decided to go for a stroll of the field of play shot be shot
I can't remember that Bents. Refresh my mind.
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White kicked goal of the year to put us a goal up with bugger all and the son of a bitch goal umpire walks on the field of play - stop the ball that would have gone over the god forsaken line - we did not get a goal for it and lose the game. Bollocks in the highest order.
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leigh mathews "would have gone thou for a goal"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WapLapGx66g
:banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead
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White kicked goal of the year to put us a goal up with bugger all and the son of a bitch goal umpire walks on the field of play - stop the ball that would have gone over the god forsaken line - we did not get a goal for it and lose the game. Bollocks in the highest order.
Oh now I remember...but didn't he kick the next goal soon after? I thought it was more the ridiculous defensive set-up from a throw-in where Houli wasn't goal side of his opponent and others didn't stack the back-line that cost us.
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Yer resulted in a 7 point play. :lol
Called this. We're still in the hunt. Choke Swans Choke. ;D
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White kicked goal of the year to put us a goal up with bugger all and the son of a bitch goal umpire walks on the field of play - stop the ball that would have gone over the god forsaken line - we did not get a goal for it and lose the game. Bollocks in the highest order.
Oh now I remember...but didn't he kick the next goal soon after? I thought it was more the ridiculous defensive set-up from a throw-in where Houli wasn't goal side of his opponent and others didn't stack the back-line that cost us.
meh we were still ass raped and its a joke
its on the list of things that have upset me greatly.
another is in the pre-season dustin fletcher taking the ball behind the behind line, around the goal post, yet being called play on by the stinking magg0t/umpire :facepalm