Courageous win!

[Penelope]

What a game, wasnt going to go today and changed my mind at the last minute.

Great comeback, you could sense all day that we were still a chance. Once we started to run the ball better we really cut through their zones.

Great game from most and what a last qtr from the Skipper!!!!

A great captain's game from Newman.

Now who were those posters saying Newman wasn't a captain's whatever.

Captain pee-pee I think was the expression.

 

Yeah, I'll put my hand up to that. Pretty happy to eat my words though.
Today Newman stood up when the game was there to be won. 

[Carvels Ring]

I hope our recent form shuts up a few of our loser supporters who seem happier when we lose.

We have been playing really well and it's great to see a good old fashioned comeback. Everyone had their part to play and hardwick's faith and confidence in some of the usual whipping boys has been pleasing.

Got Freo next week, so yet another challenge.  Let's hope we get through today unscathed and we can have a red hot at the  WA Anchor boys.

[the_boy_jake]

The thing that pleased me was that we actually stuck with our game until it a few things turned in our favour.

Sydney were trying to bore everyone to death and bottle it up as they usually do, and it worked for the 2nd and 3rd quarters but when we got our chance we actually swung the momentum of the game. In the past like Jack R said after the game we would have given up long ago.

Every week someone steps up and hints they might play 150-200 games and this week it was Mitch Farmer. I thought he was terrific and his long kicking is a massive plus for us.

The umpires were terrible and with Sydney on almost very occasion.

[Go Richo 12]

We should win next week, we play an interstate team and they are our bunnies this year!

[Ramps]

We should win next week, we play an interstate team and they are our bunnies this year!

I think we will win as well ... them losing Barlow will have some effect on there players .... we are at home. We can win by 3 goals IMHO.

[2JD]

The thing that pleased me was that we actually stuck with our game until it a few things turned in our favour.

Sydney were trying to bore everyone to death and bottle it up as they usually do, and it worked for the 2nd and 3rd quarters but when we got our chance we actually swung the momentum of the game. In the past like Jack R said after the game we would have given up long ago.

Every week someone steps up and hints they might play 150-200 games and this week it was Mitch Farmer. I thought he was terrific and his long kicking is a massive plus for us.

The umpires were terrible and with Sydney on almost very occasion.

totally agree on the umpire point of view, and was so rapt that their stinking game plan didnt win out in the end....great game, great win!!!

man and his 3 boys in front of me, obviously a little hard up moneywise, great kids, loving every minute and tigers through and through, cost dad a lot of money he probably didnt have to spare, the youngest ended up getting Kingys football, just capped the day right off for me  

[2JD]

I was using the F word when we were 33 points down!

I only used that one when the umpires were involved lol

[cub]

That's the one I wanted, dont be surprised from here on! Umpires r carp, we are off the bottom and that was FFFFFFAARRKIN AWSOME 

[Judge Roughneck]

Is that is one of our more courageous victories in recent time? I am anti tanker so i am biased but i believe that win will do more than tanking for earlier picks ever will! Collins' courage in that last quarter, Jacks with the flight mark in the 3rd and his sqaure up instead of blazing away shows just how far we have developed. I am in post victory euphoria at the moment but this win carries alot of weight.

this season there is little point tanking due to the new teams having tapped into so much of the talent. The time to tank was in previous years when we had an old list.

Now with this young group and upcomming draft - good to win games and see players improve

[tony_montana]

yep for better or for worse going into 'management' mode for the rest of the season is not an option, atm we're good enough to win 4-5 more games no problem. But if this time next season after a preseason of hope to build upon (an expected 2010 return of 7-8 wins) we are sitting at say 1-12 i will give it away, I cant, actually I WILL NOT go through another false dawn at the club, i've reached my limit.

Tigers have chosen their path and atm it all looks promising with even supposed crap players like white/king and co playing important roles well, now bloody well go on with it! no more yoyo'ing!

[crannyvegas]

I love watching this side play now.

Proud of the effort that they all put in.

Deledio, absolutely brilliant today!! a tough hard game and so polished in most situations

Farmer, amazing what happens when you give a guy a fair crack at AFL. Did some really good stuff today.

Newman, sorry for doubting you as a captain. You are awesome.

Solid game by nearly everybody.

Tambling, have a rest or play in the reserves. Is this guy going to be in a yellow and black jumper next year?

[Hellenic Tiger]

Inspirational stuff.

Collo like Francis Bourke at Arden St all those years ago carving out his own niche.

Riewoldt great same with Martin Cotch and was impressed with Astbury heaps today.

Cousins today was f awesome. Started scratchily but his on field leadership was something to behold in that last quarter IMHO. Want to see him at the club next year he is over this injuries and repaying the faith the club has shown him whilst sticking it up to his knockers.

Last quarter noise was like the Brisbane game at the Dome in 2008.

This was no meaningless win to me. Yeah we could do with a few early picks but how can put a price on what we saw from the cubs today. The psyche of the club is changing folks and as Cuz said after the Brisbane win the baby steps are the best steps. We saw it on TV two weeks ago but those at the ground experiences it today. I know I may be emotive and passionate right now but this is what footy is all about.
Supporters feeling proud about their footy club and the club giving their all from the boot studder to the trainer. Just watching the replay on foxtel now. Time will tell but the I am optimistic the Richmond Revolution is underway.

[Lozza]

The umpires were terrible and with Sydney on almost very occasion.

Does anyone have a definitive explanation of the holding the ball rule? It seems when we tackle opposition players and they dispose of the ball incorrectly it gets allowed yet when we are tackled its instantly penalised if the ball pops out, are other people noticing this or is it just me?

[Jacosh]

yep for better or for worse going into 'management' mode for the rest of the season is not an option, atm we're good enough to win 4-5 more games no problem. But if this time next season after a preseason of hope to build upon (an expected 2010 return of 7-8 wins) we are sitting at say 1-12 i will give it away, I cant, actually I WILL NOT go through another false dawn at the club, i've reached my limit.

Tigers have chosen their path and atm it all looks promising with even supposed crap players like white/king and co playing important roles well, now bloody well go on with it! no more yoyo'ing!

While i largley agree with you TM, we cant expect this young squad to keep this intensity up for every game for the rest of the season.  I can see us unfortuntely dropping a few of the games we are expected to win.

[the_boy_jake]

Does anyone have a definitive explanation of the holding the ball rule? It seems when we tackle opposition players and they dispose of the ball incorrectly it gets allowed yet when we are tackled its instantly penalised if the ball pops out, are other people noticing this or is it just me?

Yeah we couldn't win on that one.

The one the commentators raised was with Jake King. He gets ridden to the ground no free kick, and not 2 mins later he tackles Jude Bolton in the exact same fashion and Bolton goes down like he was shot and the whistle blows. Kingy can't win, yes his image is as a dirty prik, but every match should be a clean slate.

They were in our back every contest and we hardly got a thing.

1. Rules committee stop changing the rules every year
2. Giesch stop changing the interpretation of the rules every fortnight

and we might have a decent idea of what to expect. I seriously would have given footy a rest for a few weeks after today if we had have lost after that umpiring performance.