One-Eyed Richmond Forum
Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: cub on May 01, 2008, 04:20:53 AM
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Don't think so, anyway lucky we aren't playing Tasmania.
(https://www.clubsonline.com.au/console/shopproducts/images/main/jumper%20300x300.jpg)
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Nice jumper. Don't mind that at all. Hope it looks good on.
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Nice jumper. Don't mind that at all. Hope it looks good on.
Love the sarcasm (I hope it was sarcasm? :lol )
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Nice jumper. Don't mind that at all. Hope it looks good on.
Love the sarcasm (I hope it was sarcasm? :lol )
No I quite like it. lol. No accounting for taste. I admit it doesn't look much like a Richmond jumper though.
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We'll have to see what it looks like in real life but it's not the worst alternative guernsey out there. I don't mind it either. Looks a lot like Kilkenny in Ireland.
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Why wouldn't we be wearing the traditional guernsy ??? Weird to say the least
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Why wouldn't we be wearing the traditional guernsy ??? Weird to say the least
It's meant to be our 1908 jumper with a numbers panel added on the back which they didn't have back then.
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We're a happy team at ........ ???
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We're a happy team at ........ ???
Thought that but the more I look at it the less it looks like wee and poo. At least it's not hoops like Geelong. We'd look like a bunch of bumble bees. lol.
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We're a happy team at ........ ???
Thought that but the more I look at it the less it looks like wee and poo. At least it's not hoops like Geelong. We'd look like a bunch of bumble bees. lol.
I played for a team in Brisbane that had brown and gold hoops and were called the Aspley "Hornets". Yep, we looked like bumble bees - thank God we were successful, it lessened the pain. A bit of trivia - I coached the under 9's for them at the time and in my team was a young kid that didn't stand out as being unusually tall or good His name was David Hille.
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Will be our original jumper, which has vertical stripes.
Gary March showed us the prototype on Saturday which will be launched this week.
Not sure I like it, but it's a one-off.
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I'd probably like it a lot better if they removed the centenary crest from the very centre of the jersey and shrunk it to normal badge size. I've seen worse alternatives.
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Today's Herald-Sun has a pic of the centenary jumper. I can't find a internet link to it.
(https://www.clubsonline.com.au/console/shopproducts/images/thumbnail/Heritage%20180.jpg)
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looks okay but a bit to much like the dawks jumper
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Today's Herald-Sun has a pic of the centenary jumper. I can't find a internet link to it.
(https://www.clubsonline.com.au/console/shopproducts/images/thumbnail/Heritage%20180.jpg)
Is this what you wanted OE?
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Cheers RROFO :cheers.
Here's the big fella wearing it:
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Players' mark of respect for Rite of Passage
Natalie Tkaczuk Sikora
June 12, 2008
RICHMOND captain Kane Johnson's earliest football memories were with his dad watching the Tigers claw their way around the MCG.
But it's his mum Jeanette's constant support through good times and bad that he credits with actually getting him on the MCG.
"My mum drove me everywhere as a kid and was the reason I got to play on the G in the first place," Johnson said yesterday.
"To have your mum support you through your whole career means a lot, I wouldn't have got the opportunity to be in this game if mum hadn't been there for me."
But for Jeanette Johnson just being there to back her son's dream to play the game was all the drive she needed.
"As a parent you've got to keep the tradition of footy alive," she said.
The Herald Sun and the MCG are offering 550 children and their parent or guardian the chance to take part in the Rite of Passage. On June 28 the MCG is honouring the tradition of parents and grandparents introducing their kids to Australia's most important sporting stadium to watch Richmond take on Carlton.
The offer includes a free child's entry to the game (with a paying adult), child-sized football, the chance to have a kick-to-kick on the MCG before the game, an MCG show bag full of goodies and the chance to meet AFL players.
To be part of the action, parents and guardians must register their details on the MCG website. Registration is open from 9am until midnight on June 12, 2008.
Net link: www.mcg.org.au
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23849799-2862,00.html
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Bump.
Bring it on! :gotigers
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If the Cheats beat the Bummers tomorrow will be a huge crowd for the mini elimination final next week and even if they don't I still believe there will be a crowd of 80000 at least especially now that our season has a pulse that is actually beating hard. :thumbsup :gotigers
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The team has done the right thing by the club to set up this game. It's going to be massive. It's the only game in Melbourne on the Saturday and with it being a split round and a few Vic clubs playing interstate we may get a few neutrals along too to bump up the crowd even more.
No excuses now. Be there! :gotigers
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If this isn't our crunch game I'd be very very surprised
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Now Port gutter snipes are done and dusted this becomes the HUGE game, it is :rollin
Well done bombres enjoyed that, now back to sleep ......
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Fevs has kicked 15 in his last 2 games. Keep Fev down and we will win. Hopefully Thursty comes back in to strengthen our backline.
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That jumper is horrible.
Fair enough we wore that jumper 100 years ago, but for the vast mojority of that time, including all of our successes, we've worn a yellow sash. Seems cheap to wear this striped jumper.
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the should have made a jumper with a much skinnier yellow sash even a 1/4 the size of the current sash and put the centenary logo on the front. that may have been quite a good jumper.
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I bet that the AFL would approve it as an away strip against the Hawks. After all, many years ago they approved the Hawks to play an away game against us in yellow shorts, when we had yellow shorts as our home colour.
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That jumper is horrible.
Fair enough we wore that jumper 100 years ago, but for the vast mojority of that time, including all of our successes, we've worn a yellow sash. Seems cheap to wear this striped jumper.
I agree Jake, not that long ago people were wearing blue safari suits, flaired trousers and platform shoes. Just becasue they were worn in the past, doen't mean they have to be revived so we can relive the horror. I say keep the traditional sash. after all its the only season proper jumper I've ever known. For a bit of nostalgia, I wouldn't mind seeing a few of the players wearing the old yellow and black adidas footy boots! :thumbsup
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i neither like or dislike this jumper. if anything its great we're respecting our past by wearing our original colours.
forget that it looks like hawks or doesnt look right, just be proud people, be proud!
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I don't mind the jumper as a one off. As long as we win that's all that matters :thumbsup.
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Pumped for this allready and it's only monday. Will be like a final - (http://planetsmilies.net/happy-smiley-586.gif)
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Pumped for this allready and it's only monday. Will be like a final - (http://planetsmilies.net/happy-smiley-586.gif)
Always pumped for the game against Carltankcrapcheatliesteal.
Hate them with a passion. Don't care this season wore the same jerseys as they wore in 1958 to commemorate the Munich Air Disaster in which 23 people died including players.As long as we win that is what I care about. Always feel good on the day and for a few days after we beat the Filth from Optus Oval. Most important home and away game of the year to date. Club and team needs to stand firm and beat the Filth especially on our centennary.
LMAO with the reassessment from Brett Rottenegg. From final 8 aspirant one week to trying to be competitive for the rest of the year after their loss to Essendon. :help
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MCC chief Stephen Gough plays down crowd hope
Jon Ralph | June 24, 2008
MCC chief executive Stephen Gough has said Richmond's '100G at the G' campaign was more marketing than reality. And Gough said the ground was unlikely to host 100,000 fans again.
The Tigers expect a crowd of about 80,000 for Saturday's centenary celebration clash against Carlton.
Gough was optimistic about a huge crowd, but said yesterday it was no longer realistic to expect six-figure crowds at the famous venue.
While the ground has 95,000 seats and room for 5000 fans to stand, it will never sell all of those standing-room tickets.
"The AFL don't do it for the Grand Final. The cricket people don't, even when we have the Ashes on," Gough said.
"We have tended to see it not get to the capacity of 100,000. It's more around 98,500 or thereabouts."
No AFL game has drawn 100,000 since the 1986 Grand Final, when 101,861 people saw Hawthorn beat Carlton.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/story/0,26576,23911793-19742,00.html
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Tigers-Blues rivalry to fill 'G
http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,23915539-23211,00.html
HISTORY, form and one of the AFL's strongest rivalries have combined to produce a genuine blockbuster on Saturday between Richmond and Carlton.
This will be the biggest clash between these two sides since the Tigers beat the Blues in the 2001 first semi-final.
That year was also the last time either side competed in September - the longest current finals droughts in the league.
Now the Tigers and Blues are again pressing for the top eight and Saturday shapes as a potentially season-defining game, particularly for the loser.
With the round-14 break to follow, it will be vital to build on the encouraging form that the two sides have shown at different stages this month.
Richmond are also using the match to help celebrate the centenary of their inclusion in the VFL/AFL, with a gala dinner the night before.
Richmond have christened the clash "100G At The G", but realistically their best result would be a crowd of around 90,000.
Carlton are 10th and half a game out of the eight, holding eighth spot for only one week before Sunday's loss to Essendon in a thriller.
Blues coach Brett Ratten promptly decreed there would be no more distracting talk of finals at Princes Park.
At Punt Rd a fortnight ago, the dogs were barking again for Tigers coach Terry Wallace after big losses to Sydney and Adelaide.
Now Richmond have shown encouraging signs in wins over Melbourne and Port Adelaide.
They are 11th, only a game outside the eight.
Wallace said his team must learn from Carlton's loss to the Bombers.
"Two weeks ago, everyone was sitting around here asking questions about my future at the football club and where things are going to be," Wallace said.
"All we've done in a matter of two weeks is alleviate that and set ourselves up for some better opportunities in the second half of the year.
"If we can learn one lesson from Carlton, they won a couple of games in a row and then, all of a sudden, fell on the weekend - that's the nature of this game."
Wallace went as far as calling Saturday a "line in the sand" game, due to the week off.
Wallace said Richmond had been "spasmodic" in the last two games, showing some outstanding form, but not maintaining it for more than a quarter.
"If I could ask for one thing, it would be to bring four quarters to the MCG on Saturday afternoon," he said.
The Tigers will draw on their storied history through this week, but Wallace stressed it was also up to this current team to start dragging Richmond out of the doldrums that they have suffered since their 1980 premiership.
He said Richmond had some "interesting" selection quandaries, with captain Kane Johnson, Will Thursfield, Daniel Jackson and Jake King all potentially available as they recover from injury.
Thursfield, if fit, is the No.1 option for rampaging Carlton full-forward Brendan Fevola.
Another potential opponent for Fevola is utility Joel Bowden, who racked up a career-high 39 disposals and took an amazing 23 marks against Port.
Bowden was dropped for four games earlier this season, but Wallace used him as a prime example in a lecture he gave the team about dealing with setbacks.
"I'm absolutely, extremely pleased and I'm about an hour away from giving a sermon to our other players, about not allowing things that you can't control to actually impact the way you handle yourself," Wallace said.
"So many players, whether it's in-game or from selection decisions, get emotionally involved in things that they can't really have any impact on whatsoever.
"That therefore impacts either their next action in a game or it impacts their ability to get back into a senior lineup - and I thought that's the thing Joel has handled better than anything else."
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Come one and all: March
Martin Boulton | June 25, 2008
RICHMOND president Gary March said the club has issued a "call to arms" to supporters in the hope of filling the MCG on Saturday.
"We're really trying to get close to a capacity crowd … obviously we'd like it to be north of 80,000," he said.
The Tigers play Carlton in game billed as "100G at the G" and will wear a replica of the jumper first worn when the club entered the VFL in 1908.
"Realistically, if the weather is good, we think it will be up around that number," March said.
"It's a big weekend for the club and we're hoping to get close to a capacity crowd.
"Winning the last couple of games has been fantastic and we're playing our arch enemy (and) Richmond people always enjoy playing Carlton."
Coach Terry Wallace said the build-up to the game had been helped by consecutive wins over Melbourne and Port Adelaide and put "a bit more heat" into the celebration.
"Certainly, now it's a pretty important game for both clubs as well," he said.
"The last couple of weeks we've had spasmodic performances … a nine goal first quarter on the weekend was as clean and good as anything we've shown and one of the better interstate performances we've had for some time.
"It would be great for our footy club to get to the break with three wins in a row."
http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/come-one-and-all-march/2008/06/24/1214073249205.html
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Like the rivals of old
Martin Boulton | June 24, 2008 - 9:24PM
IT'S one of the great football rivalries - the greatest of all time if you believe Kevin Bartlett, the former Richmond rover and VFL/AFL games record holder.
Bartlett has several theories about when Richmond and Carlton games took on such epic proportions and little doubt Saturday's clash at the MCG will write a new chapter in their famous history.
Promoted by the Tigers as "100G at the G", the match has developed into much more than simply the main drawcard in the club's celebration of 100 years of league football.
It gives both clubs an opportunity to edge closer to the top eight and the chance of playing finals football.
Bartlett - who rates games against Carlton rover Adrian Gallagher in the 1960s among the toughest of his career - told The Age both clubs would be desperate to resume hostilities.
"It's been a great rivalry, particularly in the era I played," Bartlett said."Carlton and Richmond games were the biggest game in town."
The five-time best-and-fairest winner believes hostilities between the two clubs stretch back as far as the 1940s when the Blues tried to poach Tigers' premiership captain Perce Bentley.
A fearsome ruckman, Bentley eventually went to Carlton in 1941 and coached the club to premierships in 1945 and '47 before serving as a committee member.
"He was a Richmond icon, a captain-coach of the club," said Barlett, who said the rivalry gained strength as the clubs grew into powerhouses of the competition.
"It probably goes back to when Bentley left Richmond, but we had some big games through the '60s, '70s and '80s and, of course, 1972 and '73 when we won a premiership each.
Former Carlton defender David McKay's memories of 1972-73 are of "particularly interesting games" when the Tigers "got fairly physical with us" each time they met.
"I think that's when the rivalry started, from '72 onwards when some of the things that happened on the field (caused) a fair amount of animosity between the two clubs," he said.
McKay, like Bartlett, suggests there's more than one trigger point for the fascination with Richmond-Carlton clashes and another could stem from around the time of the Tigers' 1973 grand final win.
"After Richmond beat Carlton in cricket and football a Richmond official supposedly rang up and said 'Look, we've beaten you at cricket and footy, how about we challenge you at a game of marbles?' "
"Of course, Richmond had a working-class ethic and Carlton had the blue-blood image and the thought (at Richmond) was if you dish it up to Carlton, they'll turn it up."
McKay said the "win-at-all-costs" mentality was fuelled by former Richmond club secretary Graeme Richmond, who he described as "a strong instigator" behind the scenes.
Barlett said the club's former powerbroker loomed just as large as figures at Carlton, including former president George Harris and his Tiger counterpart, Ian Wilson.
"It was fantastic," he said.
"Collingwood was always a great rival, but in my era the greatest challenge was Carlton because Carlton was winning premierships, so you look forward to those games.
"I had enormous respect for Carlton and those magnificent players, like 'Big Nick' (John Nicholls), Adrian Gallagher, Peter Jones was a terrific player and Geoff Southby was a mighty player."
Former Tigers ruckman Neville Crowe added his voice to the origins of the rivalry, referring to Nicholls' "poor memory" after the 1967 second semi-final.
In a memorable tribunal case Crowe was rubbed out for four weeks and missed the grand final against Geelong after Nicholls hit the deck in a bid to win a free kick.
"It was my first finals game and we had the big incident with big Nick feigning he was hit,", Crowe recalled yesterday. "Only time I was reported in 11 years."
Crowe, who as Tigers' president helped raise $1 million in 10 weeks as the public face of the 'Save Our Skins' campaign, said the legacy of those heady days against the Blues is the excitement it builds for today's players and supporters.
"You have the people and clubs you really want to do well on . . . it's always a challenge, you always want to play your best against the best guys.
"There's a lot of grudging respect, I guess, between the two clubs and it will be good fun to go out there and have a crack at them."
McKay acknowledges the Crowe-Nicholls incident looms large in the rivalry, but believes the calibre of players to represent both clubs over the years is the greatest factor.
"To play on a player like Royce Hart was a joy (and) if you could beat him in a contest that was a great achievement, just one contest, let alone the whole game," he said.
"He was just a wonderful player, his ability to take a mark from the back, from the front, the side, and he was just as good on the ground as he was in the air."
Tiger veteran Matthew Richardson, whose father Alan "Bull" Richardson played alongside Crowe, said "100G at the G" was "a big event for our club" and there was "no better way to celebrate" than playing Carlton at the MCG.
"It's going to be huge (and) we really want a massive crowd there," he said.
"Carlton are playing great footy and they want to play in the finals, so they're going to be pretty hungry, so it's a good test for our young side."
"We need to win to stay in touch and so do Carlton . . . I'm looking forward to it."
http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/like-the-rivals-of-old/2008/06/24/1214073246737.html?page=fullpage
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Tigers v Blues worthy of a final, just don't mention it
Mark Robinson | June 25, 2008
FLYING High ground controller Lloyd Bridges moaned about it being the wrong week to give up smoking, glue-sniffing, amphetamines and alcohol.
On an overcast Tuesday at Punt Rd yesterday, as Terry Wallace and Matthew Richardson, among others, appeared before the media, it seemed it was the wrong week to promote "100G at the G".
Talk about keeping a lid on it. Indeed, as Richardson departed, he joked that we tried to squirrel out of him the most dreaded of footy words: Finals.
"I know you're trying to get us to talk about finals," Richo said.
"Look, we need to win to stay in touch, but so does Carlton."
Wallace was more out there, but knows all too well about getting ahead of yourself.
The Tigers have beaten Melbourne and then withstood Port Adelaide.
Their opponents this week, Carlton, had beaten Port and Collingwood, but suffered to Essendon, prompting coach Brett Ratten to publicly muse that finals would not be spoken about again - this season.
"Two weeks ago, everyone was sitting around here asking questions about my future at the football club and where things are going to be," he said.
"All we've done in a matter of two weeks is alleviate that and set ourselves up for some better opportunities in the second half of the year.
"If we can learn one lesson from Carlton, they won a couple of games in a row and then, all of a sudden, fell on the weekend - that's the nature of this game.
"We can't get ahead of ourselves."
While Wallace said all the right things, make no mistake, this is an enormous game.
"We'll find out if we're any closer to bridging the gap, but every game you work out your legitimacy," Wallace said.
"It's been a great build-up with the results of the last couple of weeks. We were under a lot of pressure a couple of weeks ago.
"Obviously it's a line in the sand with a week off the following week.
"It would be great for our footy club to get to the break with three (wins) in a row."
Correct. Correct. Correct.
It wasn't an "Eat 'em Alive" type of attitude, for he was more circumspect than carefree, but he implored the fans to be there.
"It is a big game with a big crowd and we've said to our supporters, if you can only get to one game this year make sure it's this one," he said.
Indeed, the history of the club is immense: Ten flags, 100 years, Captain Blood, KB, Royce, Saint Francis, the list goes on.
Yesterday, it was left to Neville Crowe - the former best-and-fairest winner, captain, president - to talk about the good, and bad, old days.
Crowe was at the helm when the club needed to raise $1 million in 10 weeks in the Save Our Skins campaign in 1990.
In 1967 he was controversially suspended before the Grand Final win against Geelong for striking Carlton's John Nicholls in the second semi-final.
"There's a lot of grudging respect, I guess, between the two clubs and it will be good fun to go out there and have a crack at them," Crowe said of the Blues.
Richo, too, also spoke about his love of the Tigers, though nobody has to be reminded about his legitimacy when it comes to loving Richmond.
As did, Jack Riewoldt. The young man is part of the new breed and admitted he began thinking about this game before the Port game.
"It's been more of a couple-of-weeks build-up for the younger guys," Riewoldt said.
"We knew if we won on the weekend, we could really set up a great spectacle for the club and the history and tradition."
The Tigers will consider captain Kane Johnson (knee) and Will Thursfield and Jake King (hamstrings) plus Daniel Jackson (leg) at selection.
Thursfield, if fit, is the No. 1 option for Carlton full-forward Brendan Fevola. If not, Kelvin Moore is the likely starter.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/story/0,26576,23917923-19742,00.html
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Ratten has called this week "season defining". Yep hopefully it means your season is over Rats ;D.
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The Age journos has gone 10-5 our way.
Herald-Sun journos have gone 10-11 the Blues way.
Mike, Caro, Healy, Bucks, Tony Shaw, Rohan, Robbo and Dermie have tipped us.
Walls, Rex, Lyon, Dwayne Russell and Hird have gone for the Carlton.
TAB Sportsbet Odds:
Head to Head
Richmond $ 1.65
Carlton $ 2.15
Line
Richmond -6.5 Pts $ 1.90
Carlton +6.5 Pts $ 1.90
Margin
Richmond Under 39.5 Pts $ 2.25
Richmond Over 39.5 Pts $ 5.00
Carlton Under 39.5 Pts $ 2.75
Carlton Over 39.5 Pts $ 8.25
Draw $51.00
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King builds up battle with Blues
richmondfc.com.au
6:13 PM Fri 27 June, 2008
RICHMOND assistant coach David King labelled Saturday's clash against Carlton as a "massive" game for his club.
Both sides sit just outside the AFL's top eight and a huge crowd is expected as the Tigers celebrate their VFL/AFL centenary this weekend.
"I remember (former North Melbourne coach) Denis Pagan used to say these games were worth 10 regular home-and-away games and I think that that's quite true," King said on Friday.
"When you think of the pressure and stakes contest to contest in front of such a massive audience, you really do find out about a lot of players in those circumstances.
"I think we'll learn a lot about our players tomorrow, not all of it will be positive, we know that, but I think it's going to be a great experience for them."
While the injury news was bad for the Blues with skipper Chris Judd ruled out, the Tigers have welcomed back stuff Will Thursfield and captain Kane Johnson.
Thursfield is expected to be given the vital job on Carlton full-forward Brendan Fevola, who has kicked 15 goals in the past fortnight.
"You won't be able to stop him full stop, because he's just too good a player to do that," King said.
"What you try to do is hope to minimise the damage ... and make sure the supply's not of great quality, I think that's our biggest chance there."
Richmond star forward Matthew Richardson has also been under an injury cloud with a large bruise on his hamstring, but King said it was unlikely to stop him continuing his free-wheeling role around the ground.
"He's an absolute workhorse, there's no doubt that he's been playing under a bit of duress, you only have to look at the back of his leg to see that," King said.
"But he's an amazing competitor Richo, once he gets out there, nothing gets in the way of him getting his hands on that footy.
"We need him at his best again, we always look to Richo when we're looking to win games and this will be no exception."
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/tabid/6301/Default.aspx?newsid=62346
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Don't have fox.
Can anyone estimate the crowd from the telly? 3aw haven't mentioned it.
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65,000 - dunno Jake, hard to tell.
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Thanks Moisie
65k would be pretty disappointing all things considered.
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Might be more but you see a couple of empty seats here and there.
Lucky ones there are seeing a future champ in Cotchin.
He plays like a seasoned veteran :thumbsup
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There was a free against Richo I'm worried about - hoping it doesn't end up in a report.
He whacked a Carlton player accidentally head high.
Absolutely nothing in it - total accident, but wondrin' it the Geish will think otherwise :help
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Very encouraged by Hughes too.
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Won't give up my day job and become a crowd predictor lol
SEN reckons there's about 85,000 apparently.
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Sounds like 50-55k of them are Richmond on the radio.
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Browny's had a dog of a day. Hope he can kick the sealer or something :banghead
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Terry out coached again. ::)
No tag on Stevens. ::)
Had Richo at full back at one stage , then Reiwoldt was there.
When game was to be won in last quarter, continually kicked short and turned the ball over..
As for Richard Tambling, what week is trade week,
And as for Joel Bowden, was made accountable this week and got WACKED
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And for those who think Terry can coach .please explain thi's.
King on Wiggins.
Newman on Kreuser ::) :gobdrop
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Terry out coached again. ::)
No tag on Stevens. ::)
Had Richo at full back at one stage , then Reiwoldt was there.
When game was to be won in last quarter, continually kicked short and turned the ball over..
As for Richard Tambling, what week is trade week,
And as for Joel Bowden, was made accountable this week and got WACKED
Have said it time and time again Richard Tambling is a waste. Boy will never be more than just a footballer at best. No impact on games and ppl cannot use the he is Aboriginal excuse. Trade him and trade him soon. He was awful today and has been below par for most of the year.
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Tambling was a disgrace today. Pulling out of contests, etc etc. Back to Coburg boy
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There was a free against Richo I'm worried about - hoping it doesn't end up in a report.
He whacked a Carlton player accidentally head high.
Absolutely nothing in it - total accident, but wondrin' it the Geish will think otherwise :help
Just out of ignorant curiosity, has the big man ever been reported for a malicious act? Has he ever been suspended? The way he crashes packs and creates contests i'm surprised he hasn't with the soft rules we have regarding charging these days.
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Terry out coached again. ::)
No tag on Stevens. ::)
Had Richo at full back at one stage , then Reiwoldt was there.
When game was to be won in last quarter, continually kicked short and turned the ball over..
As for Richard Tambling, what week is trade week,
And as for Joel Bowden, was made accountable this week and got WACKED
got it in one!!
tambling goodbye. he may be worth something but if we keep him he will be another meyer and JON, worth nothing!!
can someone tell me in which game has Richard played 4 quarters...Even the eagles game last year he went missing after half time.
Face facts he is a dud. u guys keep praying for a miracle with him but it aint gonna happen.
i have seen too many draft picks to know when i see a dud and i have seen one here.
morton, cotch, jack, hughes i love them and i think we can build around them.
Richard is a very average footballer
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When game was to be won in last quarter, continually kicked short and turned the ball over..
We kicked short because no one was running to offer options ahead or handball receives from behind and break lines especially after half-time. Lazy as anything and mentally not switched on (N.G. Brown the main culprit in that department). We might as well allowed the team to go to the gala function last night because they played like they had a big night the night before :scream.
The main reasons we lost was we missed sitters in the first half especially the first quarter when we were all over them (Browny the main culprit again with 6 points with Newy and Morton missing sitters too). We should have been 5 goals up at quarter time ::). Then we got smashed out of the centre after half-time. We were able to hold on till 3/4 time setting up attacks from the backline before the wheels completely fell off. Lost virtually every 50/50 ball in the last. The ruckwork today was a joke. How many fresh airys after half-time did Simmo and Patto have. Even I laughed when the ball fell to Kreuzer at the bounce in the last quarter and all he had to do was stand there and not even leap ::).
Also thought the umps had a lot to say in the first 10 minutes of the last quarter. Nice little run the Blues got there. I would still like someone to tell me why that Carlton player wasn't pinged for holding the ball that would've set up a shot at goal for us ???.
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Tambling was a disgrace today. Pulling out of contests, etc etc. Back to Coburg boy
Agree
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Ive been an avid defender of Richard Tambling but I have no excuses for the lad yesterday. He was disgraceful. Send him to WA in a player swap for a young Melbourne kid whose in WA.
Our 2004 Draft has turned out to be a complete disaster. Only Deledio is good. The rest are very very average.
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The 2004 draft was overrated in hindsight. At the time people were saying it was the next 2001 but after pick 7 excluding F/S the names that are still around aren't exactly stars.
Tambling was a disgrace today. Pulling out of contests, etc etc. Back to Coburg boy
If Plough's consistent then it won't be a surprise. Poor Blingers confidence is shot.
Just one of many passengers we had out there today.
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Its not confidence MT. It's ability and the kid is obviously lacking in it.
At best he is merely an average footy player. He was shameful today he did not put his head over the ball his lack of run and chase was appauling. Terry needs to drop him to Coburg or give him a job as a forward pocket for the remaining 8 games bite the bullet and accept he was a draft error and try and trade him for the best deal possible. It has been 4 seasons. You feel that it is enough of the excuses for him. Also heard a rumour that he has been carrying an injury well that in itself is either a furphy or poor management by Terry as Tambling is in no way an elite player at the Club nor a player who cannot be replaced to warrant his selection in the team either when injured. He has had a poor year with a lack of consistency and that best sums him up. The way he is travelling he will end up like Andy Krakouer on our list and become a list clogger as many fans will be forever waiting for their faith and optimism to bear fruit when really we have something barren. Unfortunantely that seems to be the case with Richard just not good enough. Just a player who plays in sporadic fits and starts may do a eyecatching thing here or there but will never be a bona fide match winner game saver game turner.
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Its not confidence MT. It's ability and the kid is obviously lacking in it.
At best he is merely an average footy player.
But right now his form isn't even average. He was doing well enough earlier in the season when we were competitive against the top sides. He was averaging 20 possessions and a goal per game and was been constructive from a team point of view. But he hasn't kicked a goal since the Geelong game and he's not noticed in games anymore unless he makes a mistake. He's also fumbling/overrunning the ball which he hasn't done since his 1st and 2nd years. IMO he's got huge confidence issues at the moment and not having a settled position or task each week isn't helping either.
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Must have gone overboard with the club celebrations earlier on. Didn't like the choir they had.
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. IMO he's got huge confidence issues at the moment and not having a settled position or task each week isn't helping either.
Can tell you MT, they dont know where to play him ;)
He is in his fourth year and they still dont know
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. IMO he's got huge confidence issues at the moment and not having a settled position or task each week isn't helping either.
Can tell you MT, they dont know where to play him ;)
He is in his fourth year and they still dont know
Which begs me to ask this point. Why recruit the kid make a big song and dance about it in the face of others when you have no idea what to do with thim and where to play him. Was drafted with the thinking because he was there rather than we'll play him here and get waht we need? Club must not keep making excuses for him and his heritage and where he came from. Must be trade bait at the end of the year while he has a $$$ value and age on his side. What he has dished up yesterday was disgusting and his best is merely an average game and his worst was yesterday considering the stakes and the Hawthorn game last year at the G in Round 15. Club has a big decision to make on him and make it soon.
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i feel we will make the same mistake with Richi as we did with krackour, maybe meyer and even JON.
In his 4th year he has done nothing.
Most fans remember his eagles game and are still riding on that one.
He needs a new home and he needs one come season's end.
next 8 games will tell us more about Richard. Look he may come good but i think with him its all about confidence and i think the whole draft pick scenario still plays on his mind.
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. IMO he's got huge confidence issues at the moment and not having a settled position or task each week isn't helping either.
Can tell you MT, they dont know where to play him ;)
He is in his fourth year and they still dont know
Which begs me to ask this point. Why recruit the kid make a big song and dance about it in the face of others when you have no idea what to do with thim and where to play him. Was drafted with the thinking because he was there rather than we'll play him here and get waht we need? Club must not keep making excuses for him and his heritage and where he came from. Must be trade bait at the end of the year while he has a $$$ value and age on his side. What he has dished up yesterday was disgusting and his best is merely an average game and his worst was yesterday considering the stakes and the Hawthorn game last year at the G in Round 15. Club has a big decision to make on him and make it soon.
The big song and dance was for club promotional reasons on the back of a $2 million loss and wooden spoon. It obviously is not for any draftee's benefit. Hawk supporters have taken it as a go at them at the time but it was directed at our own to attract members. Even with Cotch we are making too much of a song and dance but like Lids he's arguably classy enough to back up our talk.
Blingers does need to step up. Makes the coach's choice of where to play him easy if he performs as he did earlier in the season. But since the Geelong game he is not (not even the fundamental things yesterday) and really should be playing against Box Hill next week for Coburg. He should have a few mates too who were soft/dumb yesterday.
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Richard Tambling can try as hard as he can, he aint up too it.
When does trade week start ?
And where is Pettifer these days? didnt play today at Coburg today ??
Must of been a late withdrawl due to an ear infection as he was seen having talks with West Coast officals during the week, great team man is our Petts ::)
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Petts was injured (limping) apparently. He was at the Coburg game too.
It might be in his interests to talk to other clubs as his career at Punr Rd looks over.
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Richard Tambling can try as hard as he can, he aint up too it.
When does trade week start ?
And where is Pettifer these days? didnt play today at Coburg today ??
Must of been a late withdrawl due to an ear infection as he was seen having talks with West Coast officals during the week, great team man is our Petts ::)
Excellent. :clapping
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West Coast are punting on youth again and they have Armstrong and LeCras doing a Pettifer role there. So I doubt they would want Petts, maybe the Eagles were fishing around for Tambling.
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West Coast are punting on youth again and they have Armstrong and LeCras doing a Pettifer role there. So I doubt they would want Petts, maybe the Eagles were fishing around for Tambling.
2 for the price of 1. 1 draft pick that is!
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The Eagles want Rich so their first pick is off the table. Their first possible trade pick will be their priority pick or 2nd rounder. Didn't we have this discussion last year and Eagles wisely kept all their picks plus the ones they gained from Carlton in exchange for Judd.