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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: torch on August 18, 2008, 10:25:27 PM
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the odds are not great, but do we have some belief that "The Australian Football Gods" will help Richmond make the 2008 Finals with Collingwood and St Kilda losing the next two matches ???
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We'll finish with more than 11 wins and it won't be enough... AGAIN
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Nup.
Pies own the Swans and then have Fre-woe and unless Nick Riewoldt goes down and 19 Bombers suddenly are cured of their injuries by some miracle the Saints will win to keep us out.
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:)
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Sydney dropping out is a more realistic chance than Collingwood or the Saints. We have to hope that we beat Freo and the Dees by a significant margin and the Swans get spanked in both their games.
Realistically we will probably finish 9th and strangely enough i am not unhappy with that. :P A great launching point for the future!
Stipes
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Sydney dropping out is a more realistic chance than Collingwood or the Saints.
Not really, they have the draw and a percentage 20% higher than ours, even if we won two games and the swans none, we'd need to gain a points difference in our next two matches of over 300 points to even get close. Given the swans low scoring games, I can't see them dropping a significant percentage, even if they lose both their last two.
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Although the Pies have the wood over the Swans since 2005 none of their games in Melb have been at the Dome where the Swans can play their flooding game infinitely better. A trip to Freo on a Friday night the following week will be very dangerous for the Pies. Hopefully Freo turn up to play. Of the two teams I think the Pies are the ones most likely to miss out at our expense but I jest get the feeling again that we have a mortgage on 9th place 2 rounds out. :banghead
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After seeing the injury-riddled Bombers try their hardest last night yet still get thumped, the Pies choking seems to be our only hope now :-\.
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What has to happen for us to make the finals?
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What has to happen for us to make the finals?
Either Collingwood or St Kilda have to lose both their remaining games and Brisbane lose one of theirs.
We can kiss it goodbye thanks to the Swans once again playing at their worst against the Pies ::). Pies up by 7 goals.
The Blues are just on top of the Lions so far.
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Pies up by 10 goals in Q3 ... 1 option & 2 scenario's left
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Brisbane are gone. Lost by a goal. The Blues came back from 32 down at 3/4 time to pinch it.
So we're now ninth and it's all down to what the Saints do. The Crows have a good chance of knocking them off tomorrow but I can't see the injury-riddled Bombers beating the Saints even with the emotion of veterans Jason Johnson, Peverill and Rama playing their last ever game.
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Brisbane are gone. Lost by a goal. The Blues came back from 32 down at 3/4 time to pinch it.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Now my bet with the Carltanker comes down to the last game.
If they beat Hawks Sat Night and we then lose to Melbourne I am gunna have to leave town :banghead
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Brisbane are gone. Lost by a goal. The Blues came back from 32 down at 3/4 time to pinch it.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Now my bet with the Carltanker comes down to the last game.
If they beat Hawks Sat Night and we then lose to Melbourne I am gunna have to leave town :banghead
I'm in a similar position CUB, except a bottle of Grange is up for grabs (eeeccckkk).
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Almost hope the saints win today , just to put us out of our misery
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Almost hope the saints win today , just to put us out of our misery
Nah I reckon it would be great with the saints playing the Sunday twilight game next week and us just a few hours before them if we beat the dees and made them earn it.
Given how much doom and gloom has been cast upon us it would be a positive end to the season.
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Our season is over :(. The Saints have flogged the Crows who only kicked 3 goals after 1/4 time ::).
That St Kilda loss has come back to bite us. 3 freaking points :-X.
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So is Terry still safe?
(Where Jack?)
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So is Terry still safe?
(Where Jack?)
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Winning 8 from our last 11 and 8.5 more than last year with a young side you'd think so :wallywink. Next year is the test for Plough.
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Stuff Adelaide and Swans playing like dogs, and never giving us a chance.
Funny the two sides we have trouble with and against dud teams like Saints and Pies they're pathetic.
:banghead
:gotigers
BTW Jack, I know you're watching, you owe me $100
Cough up :chuck
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:gotigers Finals :gotigers
GONE IN 08
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Look forward to seeing Alex Rance play this week.
Surely he must debut.
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Western Bulldogs - Draw
St Kilda - Loss
"Cost Us"
*if we won those. we would be playing in September.
*we had a lot of close matches that we won. (Port Adel, Ess, Bris)
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So is Terry still safe?
(Where Jack?)
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i thought wallace had already gone..wasnt it round 12. :lol
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Insipid effort by the Crows today
As for the Swans I look forward to their plummet down the ladder in 2009 ;D
:rollin :rollin
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Its time for us REAL Tiger fans to get down to the VFL final series and support the Mighty Burgers. The final series was fantastic last year and should bring out the best in some of our young Tigers who haven't had a go at AFL level this year. Consider it as practice for the next few years of RICHMOND dominating the AFL final series.
An injured Whitey was great during the VFL finals last year and has really come on at AFL level this year.
Who will be the young Tiger who has a great VFL finals series this year and slays them in the AFL next year? Casserley, Rance, Conners, Edwards, Collins, etc. ?
Go you Mighty Burgers.
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An injured Whitey was great during the VFL finals last year and has really come on at AFL level this year.
I reckon you could include Luke McGuane & Kel Moore in there as well.
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Now that finals are out of the equation, I am hoping we see Rance, Meyer, Collins and even Cogs make an appearance. Surely we will at least see players such as Richo, Foley, Browny and anyone else who have any injury niggles being shelved for the year and some of our unplayed listed players given a chance.
Stripes
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An injured Whitey was great during the VFL finals last year and has really come on at AFL level this year.
I reckon you could include Luke McGuane & Kel Moore in there as well.
Kel Moore most improved player on our list without a shadow of a doubt.
No one comes close in my book.
From where he was to have a year like he did. Fantastic!!
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Western Bulldogs - Draw
St Kilda - Loss
"Cost Us"
*if we won those. we would be playing in September.
*we had a lot of close matches that we won. (Port Adel, Ess, Bris)
Hard to make the finals with just 3.5 wins from the first 11 games. We came home in the second half of the year like a train but it was too late.
The insipid showing against Adelaide cost us too. Like the Saints game a win would swap our positions. We weren't anywhere near good enough and were far too inconsistent when it counted when you look at the ladder. We lost to all 5 teams above us that have taken a spot in the top 8 we were in range of had we won those 8-point games throughout the year.
North - beaten easily
Pies - shocker
Crows - 1.5 shockers
Saints - lost a game we should have won
Swans - shocker
Out record against the 7 sides below us will be 10-1 if we beat the Dees again.
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Stuff Adelaide and Swans playing like dogs, and never giving us a chance.
Funny the two sides we have trouble with and against dud teams like Saints and Pies they're pathetic.
funny how you call the Pies duds when they drop thier class players & have not lost a game since they brought in new kids who play good football. They are playing finals & most likely be the team other clubs be most afraid of playing including Geelong who they belted without some players
Richmond were never going to make the finals this year, our skills & awareness are pathetic & still are
l prefer to finish outside the final 8 to save the club from a football flogging & from the media
We are going to get a media flogging for finishing 9th but we all used to that, l could write the stories for them word for word, it be like looking back at papers, years gone by & just changing some names ;D
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Hard to make the finals with just 3.5 wins from the first 11 games. We came home in the second half of the year like a train but it was too late.
The insipid showing against Adelaide cost us too. Like the Saints game a win would swap our positions. We weren't anywhere near good enough and were far too inconsistent when it counted when you look at the ladder. We lost to all 5 teams above us that have taken a spot in the top 8 we were in range of had we won those 8-point games throughout the year.
North - beaten easily
Pies - shocker
Crows - 1.5 shockers
Saints - lost a game we should have won
Swans - shocker
Out record against the 7 sides below us will be 10-1 if we beat the Dees again.
Beat the teams below us. Lost to the teams above us. Tells me our ladder position is exactly as it should be this year.
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Like most, I was initially disappointed when our finals chance was finally snuffed out but in retrospect I am thinking it is the best thing. We could have snuck in and given the kids a taste of what it is all about but we would have been hard pressed to win a game and stood a fair chance of getting whacked. To have the carrot dangled so close in front and then have it snatched away will point out to the whole team (especially the kids), just how hard it is to make the 8 and how important it is to play out every game like it is a final. Those 2 fateful games (Dogs and Saints) early in the year may yet prove to be huge blessings in disguise and if the football department manage the situation in the right way then they can get significant mileage out of them over the summer. I am not disappointed in any on field aspect of our performance this year, we have played exactly as I thought - won and lost games we weren't expected to - and have shown that we have as good a bunch of kids as any in the competition. We are on track heading in the right direction and all this means is that the summer of 08/09 is going to be one of the longest ever waiting for next season to start!
:gotigers
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Over preseason as part of motivating the whole squad they should be reminded of their 'efforts' against the Blues, Swans and Crows. It's those sort of games where we went to pieces as well as the Saints one that need correcting in 2009 for us to make the finals. Each year a couple of sides fall out of the top 8 including one top 4 side and a couple outside take their place. We need to make sure we step up further on the back of our second half of 2008 and we're one of those who jump up.
Stuff Adelaide and Swans playing like dogs, and never giving us a chance.
Funny the two sides we have trouble with and against dud teams like Saints and Pies they're pathetic.
funny how you call the Pies duds when they drop thier class players & have not lost a game since they brought in new kids who play good football. They are playing finals & most likely be the team other clubs be most afraid of playing including Geelong who they belted without some players
The pussies didn't start getting serious until round 13. They were just coasting in the first half of year and won't be shaking in their boots about anyone. The Maggies might now even get to play them in the first place with the Hawks, Dogs or Roos in the way first. None of which the Pies have beaten. The only thing Collingwood will be celebrating this year is a pathetic 1 flag in the past 50 years ;D.
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Over preseason as part of motivating the whole squad they should be reminded of their 'efforts' against the Blues, The only thing Collingwood will be celebrating this year is a pathetic 1 flag in the past 50 years ;D.
YEP DUDS .....
Nicks magpie page some may like to visit in Seetember and swap intellectuals with Joffa.
Heard on SEN after the Swans match the cretins and chief cretin were burning swans scarfs after the match.
It's not soccer dudes and we live in Oz not Europe, I can tell you I would not be able to restrain myself if I ever see them doing it to Richmond stuff.
Iv'e come accross that dik a few times and I don't sink to that level and ignored him, I tell you what it would be a different story in this case.
Absolute moron of the highest order