Tigers too predictable to the point of banging your head against a wall (H-Sun)

[one-eyed]

ROBBO'S DISLIKES

1. Predictable Tigers

They may have got to breaking point with their injuries, but that is too easy an excuse. The Tigers have been poor in the contest in the loss to North Melbourne and Friday night’s humiliation to Geelong and they haven’t looked dangerous with the ball. It doesn’t help that they are predictable to the point of banging your head against a brick wall. Tom Lynch has been a bust since his arriving at Punt Rd. Maybe we won’t see the best of him until he has a season to build strength and confidence in his previously injured knee. That’s not stopping the Tigers, though, from playing through the big man. He was the forward 50m target on Friday a whopping 18 times — for just one goal. Next best was Jason Castagna four times for one goal, Ivan Soldo (twice), Liam Baker (twice) and Jacob Townsend (twice). Opposed to Mark Blicavs, Lynch also had to contend with Harry Taylor and Tom Stewart coming over the top. It was rope-a-dope for the Cats defenders.

2. And they were hurt in defence

Against the Roos Richmond was out-marked up and down the line in the defensive 50m and then again by Geelong’s Esava Ratugolea on Friday night. Ryan Garthwaite and Noah Balta played key defence and have played just 19 games between them, so that is a reasonable excuse. The Tigers just couldn’t contain Geelong’s fire power. Tom Hawkins was the target 11 times for four goals, Gary Rohan six times for a goal and Ratugolea three times for two goals. The Tigers are in a hole. When their signature pressure and swarming game is denied their inexperienced personnel are thrown under the bus.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/mark-robinsons-likes-and-dislikes-for-round-12-of-the-afl-season/news-story/ef36b9ec55dff2c6ac06c153121ab5c2

[Diocletian]

Slobbo's basically right - (twice today no less - must be on the wagon -though he's still wrong about Lynch ) but funny how our injuries are "too easy an excuse" while Collingwood & his beloved Essendon were #sobrave with theirs ...

[georgies31]

Get ready tonight guys footy classified what's gone wrong with tigers Lloyd to analyse us.Yeah it's fine pies and bombers when they got injuries.Not blaming all on injuries as game plan issue to and a few out of form ,but we have been hit hard and I'm talking A graders credit were we are.

[Slipper]

Tom Lynch has been a bust?

Only cause he didn't go to Essendon.

[Owl]

Slobbo's headline is so stuffing wrong, it should read "Tigers too predictable to the point of banging Slobbo's head against a wall"  Which is basically what I would like to be doing even if it was to the beat of "Oh we're from Tiger land" if we were winning.

[one-eyed]

Get ready tonight guys footy classified what's gone wrong with tigers Lloyd to analyse us.Yeah it's fine pies and bombers when they got injuries.Not blaming all on injuries as game plan issue to and a few out of form ,but we have been hit hard and I'm talking A graders credit were we are.

It was a pretty short 'analysis'. Lloyd just mentioned our contested footy differentials were well down in our last 3 losses (R7, R11 & R12). Nothing we didn't already know.

Talking Footy was more forgiving. They showed out injury list and Carey said most of them are best 22 Tigers. Carey also was forgiving of the margin saying Geelong are miles ahead of everyone else.

[Tigeritis™©®]

Get ready tonight guys footy classified what's gone wrong with tigers Lloyd to analyse us.Yeah it's fine pies and bombers when they got injuries.Not blaming all on injuries as game plan issue to and a few out of form ,but we have been hit hard and I'm talking A graders credit were we are.

It was a pretty short 'analysis'. Lloyd just mentioned our contested footy differentials were well down in our last 3 losses (R7, R11 & R12). Nothing we didn't already know.

Talking Footy was more forgiving. They showed out injury list and Carey said most of them are best 22 Tigers. Carey also was forgiving of the margin saying Geelong are miles ahead of everyone else.

We were miles ahead last season too. Things can change and all they need is one bad loss in the preliminary final. As we know anything can happen.