Tigers - "very strong chance" for spoon: Mark Robinson's Herald-Sun blog

[one-eyed]

Robbo in his Herald-Sun blog has us as a very strong chance for the wooden spoon. His bottom 4 are tigers, demons, port maybe, fremantle.


tigerman: You say very young team but have to agree we ave some experience with Deledio Cousins Foley Jackson white i can think of more,bit un fair to write a new team off 

Robbo: Experience and playing like an experienced player are completely different scenarios. The Tigers have to learn to stand up when it gets tough... 
 
Paul: I reckon the tigers will suprise a few, good young list - fewer injuries hopefully the likes of foley, cotchin, definatly not spoon material

Robbo: the Tigers not this year

Chris: Robbo, what are you expecting from Richmond under Hardwick? I know we might not win a large number of games, but Hardwick's influence may come in other areas such as hardness and competitiveness... All we ask for is effort 

Robbo: and that's what tiger fans should be asking for.... effort, plus a consistent ability to hit targets. If the coach brings Hawks-type zone defence, hitting targets will be crucial 
 
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/blog-with-robbo/story-e6frf9io-1225822092735

[tigersalive]

Robbo in his Herald-Sun blog has us as a very strong chance for the wooden spoon. His bottom 4 are tigers, demons, port maybe, fremantle.

Wow Robbo, how very adventurous of you. 

[torch]

i think Robinson will be wrong!

 

[Penelope]

Robbo: Experience and playing like an experienced player are completely different scenarios. The Tigers have to learn to stand up when it gets tough..

This is so true. It was so frustrating in those games last year where we stuck with and even led other sides only to see see them claw their way back and win (or draw with North), often pulling away. You could see it coming and the result was predictable more than a quarter from the end. They were dying for someone to stand up when it counted, but no-one even looked like doing so.

[tiga]

Wooden Spoon??? What a flog!!

I wouldn't be surprised if some of the more fancied clubs go backwards this year in a big way.

[Owl]

Gee Robbo, what an oracle, this is what he came up with after furiously polishing his knob between lunch and breakfast.  Whats he get paid for this caper anyway?  He must be polishing someone else's knob to actually earn a quid for his opinions.

[WilliamPowell]

Robbo in his Herald-Sun blog has us as a very strong chance for the wooden spoon. His bottom 4 are tigers, demons, port maybe, fremantle.

Gee that's what I call going out on limb .............. NOT

Who cares really

Most of the so called "experts" and I use that term very loosely indeed are predicting us as spooners or bottom 3 - so why would anyone really be surprised

 

 

[Owl]

He left enough room for plausible deniability if we come good too, wanker.. lol

[Stripes]

Wasn't Robbo one of the experts who predicted we would make the finals last year??? Maybe he was burnt and now has gone the other way  I think somewhere in the middle of his two predictions is most likely.

[tony_montana]

yeah he's really going out on a limb on that one 

[the claw]

Robbo in his Herald-Sun blog has us as a very strong chance for the wooden spoon. His bottom 4 are tigers, demons, port maybe, fremantle.

Gee that's what I call going out on limb .............. NOT

Who cares really

Most of the so called "experts" and I use that term very loosely indeed are predicting us as spooners or bottom 3 - so why would anyone really be surprised

 

 

where does sport bet have us the bookies dont get it wrong to often.

[smasha]

This just copyrights my "media full of Essendon skirts" notion.


Patrick Smith manning the Essendon forts at The Age with sidekick Rohan Connelly.

[torch]

it is funny how Robinson had us finishing 6th in 2009 to bottom four this year.

and his reason - "loss of experience".

what experience Robinson?

did our "experienced players" influence our 15th position last year?

i don't expect finals this year, but i just want Richmond to finish on top of Melbourne.

i don't understand why people think Melbourne will win 6+ matches?

who against?

i think Melbourne will finish last!

somebody quote me please!

Richmond will finish higher then Melbourne, and Melbourne will finish on the bottom again.

i know he did not say Richmond will finish last, and i do agree with Richmond a possible bottom four team.

however, to have people say Richmond for the Wooden Spoon and Melbourne not, i think is in insult!

i can not get over the fact that experts think Melbourne will suddenly improve.

i have nothing against Melbourne, but they are really an Under 21's team!

what experience do they have?

Davey, Miller, Moloney, Jones, Rivers, Silvia, McDonald, Jamar, who else?

if those players are the key for Melbourne, then Richmond's key players most be a horrible!

i think not!

i wonder where he has his "over-rated" Essendon? finals?

he is kidding himself!
 

[tony_montana]

it is funny how Robinson had us finishing 6th in 2009 to bottom four this year.

and his reason - "loss of experience".

what experience Robinson?

did our "experienced players" influence our 15th position last year?

i don't expect finals this year, but i just want Richmond to finish on top of Melbourne.

i don't understand why people think Melbourne will win 6+ matches?

who against?

i think Melbourne will finish last!

somebody quote me please!

Richmond will finish higher then Melbourne, and Melbourne will finish on the bottom again.

i know he did not say Richmond will finish last, and i do agree with Richmond a possible bottom four team.

however, to have people say Richmond for the Wooden Spoon and Melbourne not, i think is in insult!

i can not get over the fact that experts think Melbourne will suddenly improve.

i have nothing against Melbourne, but they are really an Under 21's team!

what experience do they have?

Davey, Miller, Moloney, Jones, Rivers, Silvia, McDonald, Jamar, who else?

if those players are the key for Melbourne, then Richmond's key players most be a horrible!

i think not!

i wonder where he has his "over-rated" Essendon? finals?

he is kidding himself!
 

easy tiger, some of us have been bitten not once but twice. We used to argue the same thing about the hawks "why do the experts rate them ahead of us?" 2 years later they win a flag and we get a spoon. Same thing about carlton "our talent is better than theirs" and they play fnals we finish 15th. Maybe everyone else sees somthing frm the outside that some of our fans don't?

One thing I will say with melbourne, they are clearly dveloping a set gameplan - their own, the got the spoon but that was manufactured, at times in games they looked like a well oiled machine, they know where they're going. Gameplans take at least a few preseasons to get down pat, we're only just retooling so its perfectly natural that a team like mlbourne who have had 3 preseasons to work on their style of play may pass us this season. Longterm to early to tell, still loads of development required from both teams, but team chemistry i expect them to be better drilled