Looking forward to the Challenge of Sydney.

[mat073]

Sydney have owned Richmond..... .They have won the last 8 games against us and we have not beaten them for 5 years.

Wayne Campbell was still playing last time we beat them....and we were very lucky to get over the line that day (thanks to a Rory Hilton behind).

When we played the Swans earlier in the season it was 10 goals to 1 at half time. We were also mocked for celebrating the fact we won our first quarter of football for the year.(4th quarter).

Over the last 6 weeks our expectations for the Tigers have been turned on its head.Watching Jack decimate backlines over the last month has been like watching an episode of the Twilight Zone.....There have been times I couldn't believe my eyes.

As marvellous as our victories have been this year.....you could argue that they have been against teams where the wheels have well and truly fallen off.

Im not sure if we are ready to "play with the big boys" just yet but victory against the Swans would give the club tremendous credibility.

Plus the media can never have enough egg on their faces.

[MADTIGER2010]

I can't wait for it. I reckon there'll be at least 40,000 there. Would be nice if we can break our Sydney, Adelaide and St Kilda hoodoos over the next 9 games

[taztiger4]

Im flying over from WA for it, cant wait

[mightytiges]

This will be the first real test to find where we really are at after the past month of good form. The Swans'  midfield has torn us to shreds in the past with their run and numbers to the footy and Bradshaw and Mumford will be back so they'll be closer to full strength. Real respect is built by beating the top sides. The only current top 8 side we've pushed all the way so far is Hawthorn and that was when they were only beginning their current run of wins with injured players such as Burgoyne coming back. The break for us will give our young bodies a deserved rest. Hopefully with the confidence and belief we've built up and we are at least competitive as we've been over the past month and we get another good crowd rocking up.

[mightytiges]

Jack will have a field day next week if the Swans defenders especially Lewis Roberts-Thompson are as easily pushed aside in the marking contest as they are being tonight.

[Hellenic Tiger]

Jack will have a field day next week if the Swans defenders especially Lewis Roberts-Thompson are as easily pushed aside in the marking contest as they are being tonight.

LRT is one of those real annoying players who can look like sh1te and when they play us he looks unstoppable.

[mightytiges]

LRT is one of those real annoying players who can look like sh1te and when they play us he looks unstoppable.

That's true Tucky. In the past though their gun midfield has torn us to shreds and hence protected their backline. When that protection is no longer there and the ball is coming down frequently their defenders look very wobbly and vunerable.

[yellowandback]

LRT is one of those real annoying players who can look like sh1te and when they play us he looks unstoppable.

That's true Tucky. In the past though their gun midfield has torn us to shreds and hence protected their backline. When that protection is no longer there and the ball is coming down frequently their defenders look very wobbly and vunerable.

Sydney are shyte with a capital S and it's time we dusted those turkeys.

[Muscles]

I'm at the Skunks vs Swans game tonight, right behind the Skunks bench.  Skunks are running the Swans midfield ragged. Dunno what the interchange stats are, but I'm looking over the shoulder of the performance manager.  All the Skunks are wearing what looks like GPS andheart rate monitors.  The coach has a laptop and a dashboard program open

Each player is listed and the dashboard for each shows either red, yellow or green.  When a player's indicator goes yellow, they get an interchange player ready. As soon as the thing goes red they call the swap.  It seems like some players, like Swan only come off for 90 seconds or so, then back on.  As soonas the indicator on the resting player goes back to green, they have them ready to go back out

From the start of each quarter, it takes 4-5 minutes for the indicators for the players to change. I saw that when they get three players red and five or six yellow, theyreally start to work the bench big time.

I think the difference is the ability of the Skunks to outrun the Swans, big fellas not withstanding.  Dunno how this method would work if they were a player down for longer than a quarter. 

[cub]

Goodes 

Hold him we win

[Chuck17]

Put kingy on him and tell him to displace goodes kneecaps

[RollsRoyce]

Expect to see the entire Sydney team camped in front of Jack for long periods of the game. Wallace and Frawley before him never had an answer for this ploy. Unless Hardwick can come up with a solution, Sydney unfortunately will continue to own us, much like Collingwood unfortunately owns them.

[1965]

Expect to see the entire Sydney team camped in front of Jack for long periods of the game. Wallace and Frawley before him never had an answer for this ploy. Unless Hardwick can come up with a solution, Sydney unfortunately will continue to own us, much like Collingwood unfortunately owns them.

Put Jack in the goal square and kick the effing football over his head.

Let the mids kick all the goals.

Simple really.     (where is Jackstar by the way?)

[Chuck17]

I think he is still in critical shock after seeing in person his beloved Lions go down to the mighty Tiger cubs

[the_boy_jake]

LRT is one of those real annoying players who can look like sh1te and when they play us he looks unstoppable.

He will finish his career as the worst player to play 200 games and 2 GFs. One of the most clumsy players I have seen.