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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on February 25, 2007, 03:44:09 PM
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Goal Petts :gotigers
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It would be great if we could get a free ::). How was that not holding the ball? :banghead
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We're winning the centre breaks 8-0 but have nothing up to the ground to kick to and once the ball hits the ground the Cats are stronger and more switched on and we're so loose :banghead. Otto is killing Gas :-\. Let's hope we go more direct and hit our targets with the breeze :P.
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Richo Hammy :banghead
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Always the way. Cop injuries when we're getting thumped :banghead. We don't have any forwards as it is :help.
Disgraceful display. Undisciplined in simply manning up an opponent and as for our tackling ... what tackling :banghead.
Krak could be in trouble for that kicking in danger too. Both from the tribunal and injurying himself :help
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Tigers=Not good enough, very simple.
Forget about the positive spins that Plough puts on things eg young inexperienced forwards etc. How many games has Nathan Ablett played ?
Answer 11.
And also, I wish someone would tell Polak that defenders dont play from behind either. ::)
This could be 100 point thrashing the way things are going
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True Jack but it's not just our forwards fault. The way the ball is coming into our forward 50 is pathetic. Just plain dumb. For example when Richo marked 80m out on the near HFF in that second qtr, instead of waiting for someone to run back inside 50 he just bombed it to Clever who was outnumbered 5 to 1 :scream. Just dumb dumb dumb.
Just had a look at the stats on the AFL site's gameday thingy. 15 Tigers with just possies 4 or less. Geelong only have 5. Says it all. Geelong playing as a team while we've had too much left to too few.
LOL @ putting up the membership number now :wallywink
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Yeah become a tiger member. 3 100 point beltings last year. already on track to better that this year ;) ;) ;)
On a serious note, I really hope they do put in this half and at least win the half, nothing less will be a disgrace.
All the talk about being really well advanced at this stage of the year, well , lets see it then.
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Gaspar has been very unlucky today. Ok there's the hands in the back rule but he can't even bump into a forward without giving up a free, it is ridiculous!
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A bit like the bombers eh Jack ;). Always have said for us to shut up
and let our footy do the talking otherwise it's just hot air like we are seeing today.
Seriously the only positive today is our goalkicking. Everything else is pitiful. Plough isn't shutting down the game like he normally does at Kardinia Park because it's only a NAB Cup game and Geelong are loving our looseness, handling errors and poor decision making.
Krak has a knock to the knee.
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Ive just done my pilgrimage of tiger forums and Im saddened to announce that...the greatest football philosophers ever in the history of the globe, the world and the universe- Diggler/Redford have declared the season over. I can also pass on that according to Diggles, its now time to book the caravan parks for september holidays. ;D :lol
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My perving has reaped benefits. Did anyone check out Lids's muscles?
Julz, 2JD, Steph?
Big thighs and big biceps :thumbsup
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:banghead This better not be the signs for the season we have all be looking forward too...
I don't think the "F" word has come out of my mouth that many times in 2 hours before. From the first 10 minutes I thought, this is gonna get nasty :banghead
It was absolutely shocking, it seemed everytime we got a goal, the Cats would go and get 3 more. Now was it just me or did it look like there were more Cats in out F50 then Tigers? :-\
:banghead And bloody injuries, how many more can we cop? :(
The only highlights I can think of from todays game was, Browny's goal :bow
The pressure Tambo put on the Cat's player (forget his name) which resulted in a turnover and Richo's goal and the goal kicking, we were pretty accurate, if only we got more inside 50 possessions :banghead
Oh and yeah, Lids was looking good :thumbsup Needs a haircut though :lol
Lol at Tivs getting our only 9 pointer :rollin
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Big thighs and big biceps :thumbsup
Too bad most of our boys didn't know how to use them in their lame attempts to tackle Geelong players :scream.
At least we ran out the game and won the second half. 43 points is better than the 100 it was looking like it would be midway through the 3rd quarter.
Jacko and Harts haven't done themselves any favours as 4th year players staying on our list at the end of the year. Mind you they had plenty of teammates.
Joel, Browny, Newy and Rainesy seem to be the only Tigers with class today. Foley and Tuck battled on honourably. I was pleased with Polak's game especially given the ease at which the ball was coming into our backline.
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:banghead This better not be the signs for the season we have all be looking forward too...
I don't think the "F" word has come out of my mouth that many times in 2 hours before. From the first 10 minutes I thought, this is gonna get nasty :banghead
It was absolutely shocking, it seemed everytime we got a goal, the Cats would go and get 3 more. Now was it just me or did it look like there were more Cats in out F50 then Tigers? :-\
:banghead And bloody injuries, how many more can we cop? :(
The only highlights I can think of from todays game was, Browny's goal :bow
The pressure Tambo put on the Cat's player (forget his name) which resulted in a turnover and Richo's goal and the goal kicking, we were pretty accurate, if only we got more inside 50 possessions :banghead
Oh and yeah, Lids was looking good :thumbsup Needs a haircut though :lol
Lol at Tivs getting our only 9 pointer :rollin
The spin doctors at punt road think they are well advanced. Well Hello!
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Hey Mightytiges Did Hartigan and Jackson play ::) Oh dear
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By the way, there is hope on the horizon. Schultz and Kingsley to come back ::)
And there is the captain who cant kick over a jam tin
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Our skill level was just appalling. Why do we consistently kick to an open player to his feet or on the half vollet and can't hit someone on the chest. Bowden even had a few clangers in the backline. Just was a bad day overall. Only positive if I can call it that was we won the second half in the end even though the cats did take the foot off the pedal in the last quarter. Look we have not won a first round NAB cup game under Wallace and have improved each season. The signs were not good but all is not lost. Yet.
On a side note Brown's first goal in the third quarter should that have been a 9 pointer. Can't remember who took the mark in the centre but a free kick was relayed down the ground to Brown who duly converted. Shouldn't that have been a 9 pointer? After all if you are outside 50 and you get a 50 to bring you inside 50 its still 9 points.
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I wouldn't take this game seriously. Only two weeks ago, there was a game at Wongthaggi and half the team was sitting sunbaking in the stands. If they were seriously about the NAB Cup most of those players would have been out there at least playing a half of footy. So my take on that is they couldn't care less about this competition.
Having said that, they were pretty pathetic :banghead
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It's just embarrassing, and I'm sick of seeing the Tiges lose.
I was looking forward to this season and now I'm not so sure, I know it's only the NAB cup, but it would of been nice to have some winning momentum going into the season.
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Can tell you that losing becomes a habit
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Can tell you that losing becomes a habit
try ,"becomes first nature"
Also bad starts.
LMAO@Johnson coming back and being the captain.
LMAO@ Katey Kingsley.
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And also, I wish someone would tell Polak that defenders dont play from behind either. ::)
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If bowden stopped being an intimidating hole maybe Polak will play decently down back.
Bowden is a control stuff.
FHOFF
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Jacko and Harts haven't done themselves any favours as 4th year players staying on our list at the end of the year. Mind you they had plenty of teammates.
Message to Daniel Jackson: You have to mark the ball out in front of your face. You will not get away with chest marks at this level of footy!
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I wouldn't take this game seriously. Only two weeks ago, there was a game at Wongthaggi and half the team was sitting sunbaking in the stands. If they were seriously about the NAB Cup most of those players would have been out there at least playing a half of footy. So my take on that is they couldn't care less about this competition.
Having said that, they were pretty pathetic :banghead
On as serious note, why didnt the club blood any new players for there first game.? Same old same old
Its very obvisous to the whole footy public that guys like Daniel Jackson are not up to league standard
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Also add Moore and Hartigan. Dont anyone ever post again that K. Moore will make it, he wont
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I wouldn't take this game seriously. Only two weeks ago, there was a game at Wongthaggi and half the team was sitting sunbaking in the stands. If they were seriously about the NAB Cup most of those players would have been out there at least playing a half of footy. So my take on that is they couldn't care less about this competition.
Having said that, they were pretty pathetic :banghead
On as serious note, why didnt the club blood any new players for there first game.? Same old same old
Its very obvisous to the whole footy public that guys like Daniel Jackson are not up to league standard
Jacko wasn't in the original squad of 28. Came in for Sugar. Edwards was the only youngster who was a legit chance but it wasn't as though we needed another small out there today.
It seems once we knew a few guys would miss and we had no fit ruckman we couldn't give a stuff about today. About half a dozen seriously underdone guys out there today.
Simmo, Paddy, Patto and Thursty to come into the side too.
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Why has the club so so many injured players when they havent played a game this season ?
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Why has the club so so many injured players when they havent played a game this season ?
Maybe they are pushing them too hard in training? :-\
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I stated in another thread( dont know where) that the NAB incentive -top 15 was a dumb idea. If it was that good, why didnt we have 15 goers out there today showing something.
Didnt see Geelong go to the press and boast about there training. For what its worth the Cats cruised today, ran in numbers and all looked very fit.
On the other hand, we had very little hard running
The Cats didnt need some gimmic to get them up and running.
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I stated in another thread( dont know where) that the NAB incentive -top 15 was a dumb idea. If it was that good, why didnt we have 15 goers out there today showing something.
Didnt see Geelong go to the press and boast about there training. For what its worth the Cats cruised today, ran in numbers and all looked very fit.
On the other hand, we had very little hard running
The Cats didnt need some gimmic to get them up and running.
And apart from winning a NAB Cup recently, what pray tell has Geelong achieved? A win against the Tiges in a practice match. Big stuffing deal. I'd be judging the fitness schedule at the end of the year, not now.
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I hate going to that "venue" it is a joke in itself :banghead
I have to say the thing that disppointed me the most today and lets be honest there was a lot of things that could and did disappoint but the one thing that had me doing this :banghead :banghead :banghead over and over again was our .....................
TACKLING - more to the point our inability to hold a Geelong bloke in a tackle.
With the exception of Foley, Tuck and to a lesser extent Raines, Polo and Brown - the opposition broke free from tiger tackles way way too easily. It was the one thing I've always thought we needed to improve over the summer but today there didn't seem to be any improvement at all :help The geelong blokes looked massive next to us and that worries me too.
As for our skills - goodness, gracious me :gobdrop shocking
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Only prob with that is that everyone at Richmond says that the NAB 15 is fantastic and the playing group is well advanced.
Well we havent even played a game before today and players are going down like nine pins.
Injuries Johnson, Kingsley, Coghlan( might add kept training when they knew he had problems ) JON, Hall, Simmo, P Bowden,Schultz,
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And apart from winning a NAB Cup recently, what pray tell has Geelong achieved? A win against the Tiges in a practice match. Big effing deal. I'd be judging the fitness schedule at the end of the year, not now.
I tend to agree Moi - it was only the NAB cup but gee it was ordinary.
I reckon though, Geelong were up for this game because they are more than likely going to be the team most under the microscope in 2007. And let's remember Geelong did win the NAB cup last year and fell in hole bigger than the hell hole venue they call their home ground ;D
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Only prob with that is that everyone at Richmond says that the NAB 15 is fantastic and the playing group is well advanced.
Well we havent even played a game before today and players are going down like nine pins.
Injuries Johnson, Kingsley, Coghlan( might add kept training when they knew he had problems ) JON, Hall, Simmo, P Bowden,Schultz,
Another reason why you shouldn't mouth off. When we came out about how good the idea was most of these blokes (except for JON and Cogs) weren't injured and had done the full preseason up to that date. Last week there was no NAB 15 gimmic and training was light but we still lost Sugar and Paddy.
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but gee it was ordinary.
No disagreement here. But I'm hearing those axes grinding away ;)
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I never said that the NAB thing was a good idea, I personally think is terrible idea.
Reason being the most first year players cant handle there first pre-season anyway(Except Lids) and by round 15 they are spent. So why encourage them to push hard early, Flags arent won in Feb, usually September accordingly to Roos and Worsfold.
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but gee it was ordinary.
No disagreement here. But I'm hearing those axes grinding away ;)
No axe, just saying what I think, I would have probably said they same in the past but couldnt ;)
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No disagreement here. But I'm hearing those axes grinding away ;)
no axes - just disappointment :yep
It's only the NAB Cup and they have 4 weeks to work on the things that didn't work ;D
And I forgot to mention - I really felt for Tucky .......... the ruckman ......... :help ;D
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I would have probably said they same in the past but couldnt ;)
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I would have probably said they same in the past but couldnt ;)
:rollin
Might open the flood gates one day, but I wont ;) ;)
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And I forgot to mention - I really felt for Tucky .......... the ruckman ......... :help ;D
Tucky kept bouncing off Steven King and the ump would ping him for sheparding :P.
Knobel isn't the answer either. After a centre bounce tap we're effectively a man less on the field.
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Can see Knobes doing heaps of surfing down Phillip Island this winter, your are right,he isnt the answer
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I would have probably said they same in the past but couldnt ;)
:rollin
Might open the flood gates one day, but I wont ;) ;)
I am a good editor to keep in mind when Jackstar writes his memoirs ;)
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Sugar has a slight calf strain according to the Hun. No mention of what's wrong with Paddy.
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People...it's only FEBRUARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't forget Carlton won this in 2005 and went on to the glorious lows of winning the wooden spoon.
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Can tell you that losing becomes a habit
thats why th ebombers are getting good at it, even with a full stregnth team.
jack be serious, the tigers played well considering the lineup they had, no ruck structure, no fwd structure , and gaspar in defense!
btw, i was sitting right behind the tigers bench and terry was experimenting like you would not believe in this game, more changes than ever. the bench was busier than collins street!
terry used this game to experiment a few things, the cats went in full on.
the bombers went in full on and were beaten by the wooden spooners!!!!
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I hate going to that "venue" it is a joke in itself :banghead
I have to say the thing that disppointed me the most today and lets be honest there was a lot of things that could and did disappoint but the one thing that had me doing this :banghead :banghead :banghead over and over again was our .....................
TACKLING - more to the point our inability to hold a Geelong bloke in a tackle.
With the exception of Foley, Tuck and to a lesser extent Raines, Polo and Brown - the opposition broke free from tiger tackles way way too easily. It was the one thing I've always thought we needed to improve over the summer but today there didn't seem to be any improvement at all :help The geelong blokes looked massive next to us and that worries me too.
As for our skills - goodness, gracious me :gobdrop shocking
iirc krak had teh most tackles out there and missed nearly half the game
dont stress wp, terry used this game as an experiment was not serious at all.
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Disgraceful display. Undisciplined in simply manning up an opponent and as for our tackling ... what tackling :banghead.
Exactly!!!
What is the 'corral' crap they always do.... just tackle them, put some pressure on. You can't afford to give anyone a couple metres these days.
The defence also was ok, but under pressure from our midfield. We're bombing into our forward line from the centre circle and it gets swept out very easily, whereas because of our lack of midfield pressure, the cats kick it from 70 metres and put way too much pressure on Gas and Polak.
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I never said that the NAB thing was a good idea, I personally think is terrible idea.
Reason being the most first year players cant handle there first pre-season anyway(Except Lids) and by round 15 they are spent. So why encourage them to push hard early, Flags arent won in Feb, usually September accordingly to Roos and Worsfold.
jack ur views about richmond are very very very negative, have been for quite a while now.
now just cos you think the nab15 was a bad idea does not mean they are. i personally think it was a great idea, as a PT myself i can see why it was done, and it keeps competive sprit alive.
now paddy and sugar are not injured imo. terry said the nap cup is a no risk game. imo those injuries were "made up" so terry could give 2 others a run to see what they had for experimental purposes.
and btw, the wce train harder than anyone around , at anytime of yr and their intra club praccy match was as fierce as they come,
im not sure why (maybe i do) but it just seems that nothing positive about the tigers comes out of your mouth at all.
hey im negative at times re players myself (tiv gas etc) but u have it in for the club 100% .
no ur meant to know a fair bit about footy, that means you would have noticed and seen that geelong wanted it 100% but richmond and terry used teh game soley for experimental reasons to test out different structures.
tambling, deledio, foley , howat, etc etc in the first half were being rotaed benched shifted every 2 minutes. not one player in teh team was being settled into position. the onle time in the game that terry left most players in their positions was teh last quarter and we won it easy, without a ruckman, without a good stuff, with a fwd structure.
look at the game for what it was, not an 4 pt season game.
terry is not the man who should be worried, SHEEDY is the one who should be stressing. the bombers all preseason have talked up how they are finals material, after the all stars game, all and sundry there were boasting about how far they can go!!!!well well well, sheedy is tosser not wallace. the score flattered them but the blues showed them up easily . pagan has the wood over sheedy and sheedy is delusional. lets face facts, sheedy only has monfries and ryder to look fwd too, wheres terry has a busload full of talent to get us through the next 10 yrs
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Take on board what you say X although I look at other clubs blooding new players, all the tiges dish up are the Tivs and Hydes etc who are hardly going to take us into the future.
I am really concerned in the direction the club is headed.
I watched Buddy Franklin last night, what a talent, wins games off his own boot. I look at the Richard Tambling, I think he is a great footballer although I dont beleive he will reach the heights of Buddy.
Geelong played young Selwood yesterday, he looks the goods, we play the same old , same old, eg Jackson,Hartigan,Hyde,Moore. Realistically, these players wouldnt get a game at other clubs. You mentioned the Bombers, i seen a player called Davey and another one called Houli.
Young Davey is all class, his tackling is instict, Houli the same, didnt seem many tackles from the Tiges yesterday, did you ? There was heaps of coralling though ::)etc.
I really dont care if the tiges win or lose in a pre season comp, what concerns me is that they refuse to play young players, refuse to play rookies and refuse to experiment with other players as well. I noticed that all clubs did experiement with players and played young players over the weekend( Yes I have watched all games), Good example was Carlton., Waite at CHB etc Great move.
What is a real concern as well is that how on earth wasnt Cam Howat included on the senior list and goats like Jackson were given another year, Cam Howat was great yesterday, same as he was for the last 5 rounds last year. I must have been watching the wrong team for the last 5 games last year.
I said, its not about winning at this stage of the year, its about execcution and I am sorry to say I didnt see much yesterday.
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Dont get me started.
Kickins were disgraceful.
Spotting up players 20 metres out.
No zones on opposition kickins, Noticed Richo STILL doesnt understand what a zone is, tries to run to an opposition player ::)
Raines only player prepared to run and carry.
I leave it at that!
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we are still sh*t !
no improvement what-so-ever !
same old richmond, just different day !
our midfield was unaccountable ... don't pick up players when we lose the ball ... so geelong's midfield ran to create ... which we never do ...
just same old, same old ... we won the centre clearence ... but we just kick the ball ... no carry or tatics when we do get it in the middle ... because our midfeild don't run back or forward !
best player ... or the one who tried most was Howat ...
tambling ??? where was he ???
meyer hardly had a go ...
jackson is gone ... hartigan will follow ... moore is a waste of space ...
why didn't they play graham as the 2nd ruckman ???
so ... basically same old story ... another long year i feel ...
for us to be good ... we must beat teams like geelong ... but yesterday was very bad ...
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Here's my 2 cents for what its worth (probably 2 cents)
The good, the bad and the ugly...
THE GOOD
Polak - was very servicable out there considering her was so often on his own. Got some good drive going out of the backline
Foley - tried hard all day. Showed some real strength in the middle and won his own ball.
Tuck - Was asked to do pretty much everything and he performed solidly. His fitness is outstanding.
Deledio - when pushed forward was one of the few players that actually led into space. Showed some blistering pace running through the middle on one occasion that even blurred the tv cameras.
Tiv - He did try hard all day and his disposal was pretty good along with a nice 9 pointer.I saw him slag off a team mate after he had to defend against 3 separate geelong players in a raid down the wing whilst there was a bunch of tiger players at CHB doing very little. Story of the day.
Howat - Tried all day and showed some good skills and composure.
THE BAD
Knobel - Great tap ruckman but thats it. No mobility or disposal skills whatsoever. An ideal mate for getting the attention of a Barman at a busy pub and hailing a cab afterwards.
Polo - was disappointed with his performance. looked like he was in a episode of lost. WTF???
Tambling - When is he going to learn how to pick a moving pill off the ground. Disposal was terrible. Needs to go to dung beetle school to learn how to keep the ball in front.
Gaspar - He really didn't handle the hands in the back rule well at all.
Krakouer - Bordering on ugly but saved by his attempt to kick a goal with Milburns head. Showed that he only had eyes for the ball. :thumbsup
THE UGLY
Jackson - Dud! This guy is supposed to be some super athelete. Looked like it was his first year in AFL.
Moore - No Moore!
Pettifer - Pulled out his best lead underwear for the occasion. Was as effective as the Melbourne rail system after that hoax SMS.
Hartigan - Absolutely terrible performance. Would have been dropped from Coburg on that effort.
Our tackling - Pathetic, Innefective weak!
The hands in the back rule - Anyone for netball?? CONTACT!!!
More Umpires - More whistles to speed the game up? Bin that stupid idea now. Someone was on the ganja when they came up with that one. :banghead
Hit the post rule - hey lets reward a mediocre kick that deserved one point by giving another chance to score 6.
Ottens looking like a star - He's still an overpaid dud, we just made him look good.
Who was on Gary Ablett - Well who was it?? All I could see around him was Oxygen and Carbon dioxide for most of the match. A new game to play at tiger training...."Where's Gary?"
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Dont get me started.
Kickins were disgraceful.
Spotting up players 20 metres out.
No zones on opposition kickins, Noticed Richo STILL doesnt understand what a zone is, tries to run to an opposition player ::)
Raines only player prepared to run and carry.
I leave it at that!
jack, i love u and you are one of the reasons I come on this site. but mate, you are starting to sound like david clayton, a disgruntled ex employee. chill out brother its february.
And for the record, if howat was put on the list last year, the that would mean we would have to go through 2007 1 short due to cogs injury. Keeping him on the rookie list is good list management plain and simple.
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Here's my 2 cents for what its worth (probably 2 cents)
The good, the bad and the ugly...
THE GOOD
Polak - was very servicable out there considering her was so often on his own. Got some good drive going out of the backline
Foley - tried hard all day. Showed some real strength in the middle and won his own ball.
Tuck - Was asked to do pretty much everything and he performed solidly. His fitness is outstanding.
Deledio - when pushed forward was one of the few players that actually led into space. Showed some blistering pace running through the middle on one occasion that even blurred the tv cameras.
Tiv - He did try hard all day and his disposal was pretty good along with a nice 9 pointer.I saw him slag off a team mate after he had to defend against 3 separate geelong players in a raid down the wing whilst there was a bunch of tiger players at CHB doing very little. Story of the day.
Howat - Tried all day and showed some good skills and composure.
THE BAD
Knobel - Great tap ruckman but thats it. No mobility or disposal skills whatsoever. An ideal mate for getting the attention of a Barman at a busy pub and hailing a cab afterwards.
Polo - was disappointed with his performance. looked like he was in a episode of lost. WTF???
Tambling - When is he going to learn how to pick a moving pill off the ground. Disposal was terrible. Needs to go to dung beetle school to learn how to keep the ball in front.
Gaspar - He really didn't handle the hands in the back rule well at all.
Krakouer - Bordering on ugly but saved by his attempt to kick a goal with Milburns head. Showed that he only had eyes for the ball. :thumbsup
THE UGLY
Jackson - Dud! This guy is supposed to be some super athelete. Looked like it was his first year in AFL.
Moore - No Moore!
Pettifer - Pulled out his best lead underwear for the occasion. Was as effective as the Melbourne rail system after that hoax SMS.
Hartigan - Absolutely terrible performance. Would have been dropped from Coburg on that effort.
Our tackling - Pathetic, Innefective weak!
The hands in the back rule - Anyone for netball?? CONTACT!!!
More Umpires - More whistles to speed the game up? Bin that stupid idea now. Someone was on the ganja when they came up with that one. :banghead
Hit the post rule - hey lets reward a mediocre kick that deserved one point by giving another chance to score 6.
Ottens looking like a star - He's still an overpaid dud, we just made him look good.
Who was on Gary Ablett - Well who was it?? All I could see around him was Oxygen and Carbon dioxide for most of the match. A new game to play at tiger training...."Where's Gary?"
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FFS! ITS ONLY FEB
DO SOME OF YOU GUYS ACTUALLY THINK WE TOOK THAT GAME SERIOUSLY
we won , why did we win , because with no real structure and just experimentation, we didnt get thumped by 100+, the cats should be ashamed of themselves.
otto was good but not that gr8, 75% of his goals came from that dodgy free kick rule
and now what happens
we play in canberra and not darwin!!!! we win the cats lose
this comp is not it all and end all
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the media are fos
mt ur correct
polly was by far our best defender, joel may have had more touches but polak did really well considering he was on his own down there
GASPAR GIVE UP!
TIV HIT UR TARGETS!
PETTS, STOP BEING A LAZY B ASTARD
MEYER, GO HOME YOUR NOT INTERESTED!
HARTIGAN, YOUR A HACK , BREAK YOUR FOOT AGAIN!
considering we had no ruck or fwdline structure , i think we did ok
You're right X....It is only February. I just wish you'd make you're mind up. ::)
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Here's my 2 cents for what its worth (probably 2 cents)
The good, the bad and the ugly...
I reckon it's worth alot more than 2 cents tiga :thumbsup
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People...it's only FEBRUARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't forget Carlton won this in 2005 and went on to the glorious lows of winning the wooden spoon.
Yeah it's only February, but you think they could have tried to 'sell' some memberships at least?
We lost, but there were bad signs, a loss with good signs would have been a lot more beneficial.
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Polo - was disappointed with his performance. looked like he was in a episode of lost. WTF???
I thought Polo was ok.
Everyone was lost.
Lids was disappointing.
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Howat got plenty of the footy yesterday but he had the unusual touch of the fumbles like a few boys did hearing footsteps due to Geelong's pressure. He's also one-sided.
Tambling - When is he going to learn how to pick a moving pill off the ground. Disposal was terrible. Needs to go to dung beetle school to learn how to keep the ball in front.
I think that will come with time. The concern I have with Tambo is he's getting into a habit of getting underneath his kick and chipping it like a wedge shot in golf rather than kicking through the ball. It affects his accuracy and length of his kicks. It was the reason he kicked the footy out on the full when having that running shot in the first quarter. You've got to kick through the ball and drill you shots Richie.
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I know it's only February and it was just a glorified practice match but I reckon when:
1/ you've been hanging out for some footy
2/ and to see your team for the first time in 6 months
3/ because you're really looking forward to the season
4/ and to top it off you travel down the highway to that pathetic excuse for a venue
and you get beaten by Geeeeeeeeeeelong it's hard not to feel a tad bit deflated :thumbsup
Onwards and upwards now - I am over it.
Bring on the Blues and round 1 at a decent venue ;) ;D
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What he ^ said. I was in a bad mood.
Don't forget Geelong won it last year and Carlton the year before that and what happened.
Maybe now we will get a practice match closer to home at some nice suburban oval and not Nazi stadium.
Geez some of Rainseys disposals were pretty ordinary also. Sorry Moi - call it as I see it ...
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I agree with what WP said, that's why I was so frustrated... over it now lol
And yeah Rainsey was a bit ordinary... most of the boys were.
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I just remembered Tuckys ripper kick for goal from one metre out and not getting much purchase at all.
That made me laugh. :lol
But anyway bring on Round 1.
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THE BAD
1) richo did his hamstring running into an open goal with no pressure on him ...
2) krakouer got injured twice ... foot, kicking milburn in the head and then his knee ... so how is it at the moment ???
3) only one ruckman ??? why didn't they play another one ???
4) our backline was almost full-strengh !
5) our forward line leads to early ...
6) our midfield don't pick up there man defensively
7) midfield are lazy
8) tamlbing ??? where was he ???
9) meyer didn't get on the ground ...
10) we had 20 goals kicked on us !
THE GOOD
1) our guernseys look not bad ...
THATS ALL
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3) only one ruckman ??? why didn't they play another one ???
Because they didn't have another one!
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THE GOOD
1) our guernseys look not bad ...
THATS ALL
Goalkicking was excellent especially in windy conditions. Lucky for us we were on target otherwise it could have been even uglier.
Polak making a reasonable debut for us
Newy getting through the game and being one of our few better players.
Browny kicking 3 goals from limited opportunities.
Ummm ..... yep that's all :yep