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Title: Season Defining Game / This is it!
Post by: Hard Roar Tiger on July 20, 2013, 12:56:58 PM
Over many years poster have prematurely exaggerated the importance of a game.
This one is THE no excuses, pull your finger out game.

No Pav, No McPharlin, No Sandi, No Little Pr1ck

No Excuses Tigers.

Get the stuffin job done for once in your pathetic under achieving lives
Title: Re: Season Defining Game
Post by: tony_montana on July 20, 2013, 01:07:25 PM
agree HRT, at home against an opponent with those outs and playing to basically cement a spot in the finals, I will be bitterly disappointed if we don't have a red hot crack. If we bust a nut and get beaten by a better side I'll accept that, but we need to improve significantly on what we've shown in the last month or so which has been subpar.
Title: Re: Season Defining Game
Post by: Hard Roar Tiger on July 20, 2013, 01:25:00 PM
With Rain and cold weather, every factor is in our favour. As usual, we know the supporters will show up but will the players?
Title: Re: Season Defining Game
Post by: mat073 on July 20, 2013, 01:50:52 PM
Yes I agree .... This is it, this is the moment.
Title: Re: Season Defining Game
Post by: Francois Jackson on July 20, 2013, 03:30:18 PM
Maric and Vickery particularly have no excuses

Honestly we are kidding ourselves if we can't beat them with those outs.

3 of those 4 destroyed us last year. Griffin was the other.

Lids must start at FF, no ifs buts or maybes or we effectively play a man down if he starts in the middle.

Title: Re: Season Defining Game
Post by: Hellenic Tiger on July 20, 2013, 04:47:06 PM
They don't have the talent a Geelong or Hawthorn have but along with the Swans, Freo are the best drilled side in the comp. Rest assured Ross Lyon will have them up for this and if it means they win 1.4.10 to 1.3.9 he will ensure they do it.

Given what hapenned at home against them last year and the misfortune of last time in Perth our boys need to respond appropriately given the reward of finals football is there dangling in front of them and our next two fixtures v last years GF sides.

Whilst a win in round 1 this year was season defining the more I think about it the more I see tomorrow as season defining also, as much as the four points are valuable in our campaign to play finals footy to also breaking our duck against a Ross Lyon coached side.
Title: Re: Season Defining Game
Post by: Jackstar is back!!! on July 20, 2013, 05:09:18 PM
With Rain and cold weather, every factor is in our favour. As usual, we know the supporters will show up but will the players?

How true is that
Title: Re: Season Defining Game
Post by: MADTIGER2010 on July 20, 2013, 05:15:34 PM
With Rain and cold weather, every factor is in our favour. As usual, we know the supporters will show up but will the players?
The rain will suit freo's flooding/rolling zone game plan. If we can't control the slippery ball they'll get to the contests. Hopefully it's a dry day
Title: Re: Season Defining Game
Post by: Tigeritis™©® on July 20, 2013, 05:51:33 PM
Over many years poster have prematurely exaggerated the importance of a game.
This one is THE no excuses, pull your finger out game.

No Pav, No McPharlin, No Sandi, No Little Pr1ck

No Excuses Tigers.

Get the stuffin job done for once in your pathetic under achieving lives
Spot on HRT.  :thumbsup

MUST WIN!
Title: Re: Season Defining Game
Post by: mightytiges on July 20, 2013, 08:07:57 PM
With Collingwood losing, it's season defining as far as a win means a strong chance of a home final at least and a top 4 finish not out of the question if Essendon are stripped of all their points; A loss though would have falling back towards the chasing pack.

With Rain and cold weather, every factor is in our favour. As usual, we know the supporters will show up but will the players?
The rain will suit freo's flooding/rolling zone game plan. If we can't control the slippery ball they'll get to the contests. Hopefully it's a dry day
Yep we can't go into the game stupidly thinking because it's going to be cold and raining that Freo won't like it. Wet weather will turn the game into a more contested, high-tackling slog which they will see as a strength of theirs. The same goes for foolishly thinking that no Sandilands, Pav, Ballantyne and McPharlin is going to make it automatically easier for us. Lyon coached teams are well drilled and in the wet it'll come down to who works harder, who gets more numbers to the contests and who gets first to the footy lower and harder. Just got to hope we don't get some dumb umpire(s) that starts over-officiating the new 'into the legs' rule when the ball will spend most of the time on the ground with bodies sliding everywhere.
Title: Re: Season Defining Game
Post by: yellowandback on July 20, 2013, 08:19:12 PM
Yes to the last sentence unless of course we get thr rub of those decisions due to the home ground advantage.
The Ross Lyon well drilled thing can play into our favour if we can take the game on. The Cats win came down to their players taking on the Dockers game plan and being more front footed when they and the ball in their hand.
Title: Re: Season Defining Game
Post by: Stripes on July 20, 2013, 09:26:31 PM
Fremantle are a system not a team. They cover players much better than other side as everyone knows their role and everyone values frenetic defensive pressure above all else. As was evident last year at the 'G in wet weather, slippy conditions suits their game style far more than ours.

Feo use their midfielders to pressure oppositions defenders as they attempt to transition it out of defense and their their small forwards deep to then run the indecisive defender down from behind to turn the ball over in the Forward half. In wet conditions this works even more effectively and Mayne will have a field day if we don't blanket him.

This will be a game of stoppages and defense. I hope we don't bomb it long to a crowded forwardline and man up any extra defenders they drop back.

This is a season defining game but its certainly not a given with Freo's outs. If anything I think Freo are 60/40 to win and 70/30 if it rains.  :'(
Title: This is it!
Post by: cub on July 20, 2013, 10:37:03 PM
Tomorrow is D Day for us, losing is not an option!!!!!

Sorry didn't see below! Add as necessary
Title: Re: Season Defining Game
Post by: smasha on July 21, 2013, 12:03:57 AM
McBurney better behave.
He usually pulls out a 50 from his rectum.

Title: Re: Season Defining Game
Post by: torch on July 21, 2013, 12:10:18 AM
Fremantle are a system not a team. They cover players much better than other side as everyone knows their role and everyone values frenetic defensive pressure above all else. As was evident last year at the 'G in wet weather, slippy conditions suits their game style far more than ours.

Feo use their midfielders to pressure oppositions defenders as they attempt to transition it out of defense and their their small forwards deep to then run the indecisive defender down from behind to turn the ball over in the Forward half. In wet conditions this works even more effectively and Mayne will have a field day if we don't blanket him.

This will be a game of stoppages and defense. I hope we don't bomb it long to a crowded forwardline and man up any extra defenders they drop back.

This is a season defining game but its certainly not a given with Freo's outs. If anything I think Freo are 60/40 to win and 70/30 if it rains.  :'(

100% agree with you!
Title: Re: This is it!
Post by: torch on July 21, 2013, 12:10:49 AM
Just Win Richmond!

 :gotigers
Title: Re: This is it!
Post by: Chuck17 on July 21, 2013, 12:26:49 AM
Must win game
Title: Re: This is it!
Post by: dwaino on July 21, 2013, 12:44:45 AM
Must win game

8 point game  :cheers
Title: Re: This is it!
Post by: Chuck17 on July 21, 2013, 06:58:13 AM
Where's Yellowandblackblood with the raise ?
Title: Re: Season Defining Game
Post by: Hard Roar Tiger on July 21, 2013, 09:49:49 AM
Stripes, what you say makes sense but riddle me this - how is it that a coach of a team after 18 months can have a system that is so superior that another side who have had a coach for more than double that time are powerless to overcome it?
Given their injury list and our home ground advantage, this system sounds pretty damn good - maybe we should've hunted Ross Lyon ourselves?
It sounds like you think Lyon is a much better coach in which case the culture of failure continues to plague this club dragged down by low ambition and mediocrity!
I refuse to believe it, get the job done today Tigers!

Title: Re: Season Defining Game
Post by: Penelope on July 21, 2013, 10:14:28 AM
Stripes, what you say makes sense but riddle me this - how is it that a coach of a team after 18 months can have a system that is so superior that another side who have had a coach for more than double that time are powerless to overcome it?
Given their injury list and our home ground advantage, this system sounds pretty damn good - maybe we should've hunted Ross Lyon ourselves?
It sounds like you think Lyon is a much better coach in which case the culture of failure continues to plague this club dragged down by low ambition and mediocrity!
I refuse to believe it, get the job done today Tigers!
I think the state the respective clubs were in when the coaches took over plays a big part.

Lyon took over a club where he was expected to take the next step.

Hardwick took over a club that that had to be stripped back bare and start again.

Two things stick in mind that highlight how far behind we were when he took over-

An early training report on a forum that mentioned that Hardwick had to stop training every 10 minutes or so and call them in just to get the basics right.

and Jack saying how it was like going from primary school to high school when hardwick took over.


We probably wont get a better opportunity to beat a top side this year, but freo will cover that sort of loss of personel better than we would at this point in time, just as we would cover it better now than last year and last year better than the year before......

If we bring our A game we should win, but it wont happen without a lot of hard work and discipline.
Title: Re: Season Defining Game
Post by: Dubstep Dookie on July 21, 2013, 10:27:31 AM
Over many years poster have prematurely exaggerated the importance of a game.
This one is THE no excuses, pull your finger out game.

No Pav, No McPharlin, No Sandi, No Little Pr1ck

No Excuses Tigers.

Get the stuffin job done for once in your pathetic under achieving lives

Lawl  ;D
Title: Re: Season Defining Game
Post by: Hard Roar Tiger on July 21, 2013, 02:22:02 PM
Surely we can close out this game?
Title: Re: Season Defining Game
Post by: Hard Roar Tiger on July 21, 2013, 04:10:31 PM
With all due respect to Stripes - who is a superstar poster - let the Freo system never be raised as a valid reason to lose to them.
We were too hard, too skilful and simply worried them out of it.
The casserole is cooked, the lid is off.
Title: Re: Season Defining Game
Post by: Rampstar on July 21, 2013, 04:42:34 PM
With all due respect to Stripes - who is a superstar poster - let the Freo system never be raised as a valid reason to lose to them.
We were too hard, too skilful and simply worried them out of it.
The casserole is cooked, the lid is off.

Do you only feed people casserole at your parties. Why you so stingy? Still gotta a way to go yet before Hardwick finishes this job IMHO.
Title: Re: Season Defining Game
Post by: (•))(©™ on July 21, 2013, 04:43:35 PM
Bust out the Pig on the Spit, 'Vre!!!!
Title: Re: Season Defining Game
Post by: Rampstar on July 21, 2013, 04:45:54 PM
Bust out the Pig on the Spit, 'Vre!!!!

Dimma will only go the pig and lamb on the spit when the 11th Richmond Premiership is in the bag. He only does good parties Dimma, not like some around here  ;D
Title: Re: Season Defining Game / This is it!
Post by: mightytiges on July 21, 2013, 07:58:18 PM
What a great time to pull out a four quarter effort like that against a top 5 side and to shut up those saying we haven't beaten anyone yet  :gotigers.
Title: Re: Season Defining Game / This is it!
Post by: Golfprotiger on July 21, 2013, 08:16:08 PM
 
What a great time to pull out a four quarter effort like that against a top 5 side and to shut up those saying we haven't beaten anyone yet  :gotigers.

Lets hope so  :clapping
Title: Re: Season Defining Game
Post by: Hard Roar Tiger on July 21, 2013, 08:16:19 PM
With all due respect to Stripes - who is a superstar poster - let the Freo system never be raised as a valid reason to lose to them.
We were too hard, too skilful and simply worried them out of it.
The casserole is cooked, the lid is off.

Do you only feed people casserole at your parties. Why you so stingy? Still gotta a way to go yet before Hardwick finishes this job IMHO.

You answered your own question.
Lets enjoy turning millstones into mile stones mine little butternut pumpkin
Title: Re: Season Defining Game / This is it!
Post by: Hellenic Tiger on July 21, 2013, 08:18:38 PM
Would take another  couple of 4 quarter efforts in the next fortnight also. :thumbsup
Title: Re: Season Defining Game
Post by: cub on July 21, 2013, 08:41:40 PM
Bust out the Pig on the Spit, 'Vre!!!!
That's v Carlton pig on spit
Title: Re: Season Defining Game
Post by: Hellenic Tiger on July 21, 2013, 08:43:51 PM
Bust out the Pig on the Spit, 'Vre!!!!
That's v Carlton pig on spit
Carlton is the pig on the spit.
Hawthorn is the kokoretsi.
Title: Re: Season Defining Game
Post by: Tigeritis™©® on July 21, 2013, 09:14:22 PM
Bust out the Pig on the Spit, 'Vre!!!!
That's v Carlton pig on spit
Carlton is the pig on the spit.
Hawthorn is the kokoretsi.
:clapping  :clapping  :clapping
Title: Re: Season Defining Game / This is it!
Post by: torch on July 21, 2013, 09:19:17 PM
Well Done Richmond  :gotigers  :clapping