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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: mightytiges on February 25, 2007, 08:31:13 PM
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Watching on the tellie I thought Polly did fairly well today considering the way the ball was coming down. However the media articles are saying he was ordinary. Gas was the one struggling especially with the new hand in the back rule so Polak had to move to full back.
Thoughts on Polly's game today?
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I actually thought he was close to our best - no on seconds thoughts I reckon he was our best.
Gave a contest at every opportunity and ran hard out of defence. Had very little support. He had a few frees paid against him for that rather bizarre new interpretation on the hands in the back rule.
I understand why we went after him - he gives us some size down - without him we'd be very light on indeed
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I thought for his first game in Tiger colours he did a reasonable job.
I thought Bowden's disposal today was shocking. Three times his clangers resulted in goals.
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I thought he was good but I've heard equal opinions he was hopeless.
I'll go with my opinion.
Bring back Thursty ASAP. Bye Gas.
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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
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Tiv did kick a 9 pointer - that has to amount to something.
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I thought Polak was one of our best yesterday. :thumbsup Stood tall and got some real drive out for the backline especially in the second half. As others have said, the ball was coming down so fast it was difficult for any of our backmen to get into good position. Our forward defensive pressure all day was pathetic. Pettifer had a shocker. looked slow, was out of position all day. WHO WAS ON G.ABLETT???? I could go on but I'll save it for the main thread.
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TIV HIT UR TARGETS!
Yeah :-\
Is 13 effective kicks out of 15 not acceptable? People really need to get over this thing against Tiv.
Surely "TAMBLING HIT UR TARGETS!" would be much more acccurate.
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I thought Tiv was pretty solid. Top 5 for me. You could tell he was trying all day. There were plenty of others that deserve to be canned before Tiv! But the source of complaint in this thread is tainted with its usual and predictable bias. ::)
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Tiv did kick a 9 pointer - that has to amount to something.
he kicked a nice torp too, so what, 75% ofof his disposal was shocking, wrong decision making , and missing targets. when he does hit a target he looks fantastic, he is the best worst kick in the afl, the ball looks gr8 in flight but goes str8 to the opposition
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TIV HIT UR TARGETS!
Yeah :-\
Is 13 effective kicks out of 15 not acceptable? People really need to get over this thing against Tiv.
Surely "TAMBLING HIT UR TARGETS!" would be much more acccurate.
thats stat is bs, i saw him miss 5, and saw 3 of his kicks put team mates under pressure!!!!!
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I thought Tiv was pretty solid. Top 5 for me. You could tell he was trying all day. There were plenty of others that deserve to be canned before Tiv! But the source of complaint in this thread is tainted with its usual and predictable bias. ::)
as soon as JON is fit and firing TIV is gone
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Tiv did kick a 9 pointer - that has to amount to something.
and he had the most contested possessions...that adds a lot more
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I thought Tiv was pretty solid. Top 5 for me. You could tell he was trying all day. There were plenty of others that deserve to be canned before Tiv! But the source of complaint in this thread is tainted with its usual and predictable bias. ::)
as soon as JON is fit and firing TIV is gone
so Tiv is gone in 2-3 years?
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If JON keeps growing he will be more suited to HB and even CHB (similar to the way Waite was used by Pagan on the weekend).
The media have overlooked that Polak had to go back to the FB line as Gas was struggling yet he was still able to generate run for us. We've probably solved one key backline post (Polak at CHB) but the full-back position now needs to be looked at.
Tiv did kick a 9 pointer - that has to amount to something.
Tivs should do it more often. Best way to get past the flood. As a team we don't kick nowhere near enough of these long running goals and instead try to pass the ball off up forward even if the best option is to go for goal.
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Tigers impressed with Polak
8:51:49 AM Fri 2 March, 2007
Greg Lange
richmondfc.com.au
Graham Polak’s first official hit-out with Richmond last weekend reaffirmed the Tiger coaching staff’s belief that he will be a major asset for the team this season.
“He’s a one-touch player and brings other players into the game with his creative handball and kicking,” Rawlings said.
“He’s fitted into the Club like he’s meant to be here and he’s won the respect of his teammates and the match committee the way he’s gone about his footy. We couldn’t be happier to have him.”
It was a fitter Polak, who strode out against Geelong at Skilled Stadium last Sunday, the former Docker benefiting from an intense pre-season program at Punt Road.
“I’m feeling a lot fitter now compared to when I first got here. My body wasn’t used to doing the long runs but now my body has adjusted and I’m feeling fine,” he said.
Full article at: http://richmondfc.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=316687
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With confidence he ahould take over the back line
Bowden and Gaspar suck arse.
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Gas will retire at the end of this year. So within 3-4 years most of backline has been replaced. We still need to cement a young full back (Thursty?) and a third running tall (JON?).
In 2004 Spud had backlines like:
B. Newman Gaspar Kellaway
HB. Chaffey Hall Fiora
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B: Jackson Gas Chaffey
HB: Joel Hall Hartigan
In 2008?:
B. Raines Thursfield? JON?
HB. Newman Polak Joel/Lids