Tigers vs North - Eureka game thread

[Penelope]

I think we will get a better performance next week FNM, but the result could be still be similar. If we were playing Collingwoood today the margin would have been greater.

Watching on the telly today, the players they showed looked very peeed off at the end of the game. They know they had a bad one.

[jackstar is back again]

tambling is a real worry

Didn't even notice he was out there to be honest.

He was there, running around in circles. 3 kicks  i reckon by memory

[Herewegotigers]

Tambling= No 1 dud in our club.


The side was poor all over the ground today , saying he's a dud is more a reflection on your crap post than his game today

[jackstar is back again]

excuse me, all I said "'he is a worry"

[Smokey]

excuse me, all I said "'he is a worry"

Think you jumped the gun here Jack.  Go back over the previous posts and you will see the quote from a much earlier post than yours.

It's not always about you!!   

[wayne again]

tambling is a real worry

He needs to be dropped, even look at trading.
Vickery was shocking as well in the ruck, Bring in Browne maybe try Vickery at CHF for a week or two see how he goes.

A bad week so what.

[the_boy_jake]

Vickery was shocking as well in the ruck, Bring in Browne maybe try Vickery at CHF for a week or two see how he goes.

Vickery did some pretty foolish things around the ground too, collision with Thursfield and spoiling when either McGuane or Tuck were about to mark. I think he really needs to go back to Coburg and dominate some games. He simply isn't big enough to be a good tap ruckman IMO and if we want him to develop into a ruck/forward then he isn't anywhere near developed enough to get by in the AFL in this role

[wayne again]

I agree Boy_Jake. I was going to say drop him as well, but he has done OK here and there, i reckon give him a spell in the ruck and help out in the forward line for a week or two he is big enough.
Bring in Browne/ Grahame as well and have three bigs running around.

[crannyvegas]

tambling is a real worry

He needs to be dropped, even look at trading.
Vickery was shocking as well in the ruck, Bring in Browne maybe try Vickery at CHF for a week or two see how he goes.

A bad week so what.

what would another club give up for him??

[cub]

who cares.

i've already gotten enough out of this year. 

we can have no more wins for the rest of the year and i'll still come away happy

We'll get 1 or 2

[cub]

And so much for a wet weather side  We have a side that will play a lot better in the dry.
A lot of factors went against us today the umpys at the start! Norths (How do I say) footy smarts at the contest in the wet, just a bit of luck Norths way (Bounce of the ball) and it all fell into place for them, like I say all the time confidence is a great thing in sport, they got it however they got it and then just went with it and we went the other way.
No great loss or drama !!!


I am wet and cold and having a warm shower, dinner and in bed....

[wayne again]

Not much, but it is worth a look IMO. He is not playing a role this year, i wish he was but his efforts are not good enough.

[mightytiges]

We just looked flat from go to woe. We never got into any rhythm as a team which meant we were sloppy at best and just plain dumb at worst  . I think we left our brains back in the rooms as we were always a sec or so too slow with our decision making and we just didn't support each other. North seemed to have more numbers in defence, through the middle and up forward whenever the ball hit the ground . We got killed out of the centre. I was surprised Gus and Vickery matched hitouts with Goldstein and McIntosh as the North rucks watching live looked to be having a field day. I think the wet conditions exposed our young and lighter bodies at the stoppages. North were by far more a unit and after half-time worked harder than us.

Oh well we shouldn't be too surprised at a young side having a downer of a day and typically that downer is a real shocker  .

[tony_montana]

was on the cards, last week freo worked us over physically in a major way, we were always going to struggle to come up tbh...

 .....and whilst I respect nth and their young underrated talent, i wouldnt expect them to beat us let alone smash us at the contest like they did all day, clearly we weren't 'on'. Good learning curve on how to deal with being carved up after running around like they were bullet proof for the last 6 weeks.

Browne and Gourdis need a run NOW

[WilliamPowell]

I think our worst effort this year.

Forgotten that gem down at geelong Pope? Or what about Dream Time at the 'G, our game against Melb perhaps or Sydney up in Sydeny that was truly special

Seriously folks let's not get carried away here with the doom & gloom

We have a very young team who have given us a very good 6-7 weeks that have been probably better than some of us could have imagined.

History tells us young teams when they hit a wall will have a shocker and that's what happened today. We lost, it it the end of the improvement in 2010 - NOPE

No it wans't pretty but please let's put it into perspective of where started the season, what we have achieved in the last 6 weeks and what we are striving for long term. There are going to be some bumps along the way but it's still a ride worth taking and I for one aint going anywhere