Tigers vs North game thread

[one-eyed]

Bookies (Luxbet) can't split us and North

North Melbourne $1.90
Richmond           $1.90

The media commentators though are all tipping North by the sound of it.

[WilliamPowell]

The media commentators though are all tipping North by the sound of it.

Good don't want to be favourites

We are better off mentally not being favourites, history has said we don't normally perform well with the favourites tag 

[Hellenic Tiger]

The media commentators though are all tipping North by the sound of it.

Sucked in by the myth of sh1tboner spirit. I have stated in the past losing to our traditional rivals is one thing but losing to this characterless slop gypsy pathetic penniless footy club to make them feel good about themselves for 5 minutes is just totally unacceptable even more so after some of our good and bad efforts after the first four rounds.
I'm hoping they are mentally and physically drained after a second trip to Perth in 4 weeks. If we can get a jump on them early but given our starts I may be dreaming we may belt them as they will need to play catch up on the back of a long trip. The hard Etihad surface may also help us on the back of the big Subi ground they played on.
The more and more I think about it no excuses for our boys on Sunday against these gypsies. Must win no matter what otherwise it will be one for the books for the sh1tboners. Dimma and the boys must not let this happen.

[Francois Jackson]

Totally agree Tucker.

Adding to that they are so down on confidence its not funny.

This is a must win game, no excuses

[cub]

First time I will be going to the footy nervous this year.

[one-eyed]

AFL site is tipping North by 14 points......


QUESTION MARKS
Can North Melbourne continue its great record against Richmond? The Kangaroos have beaten the Tigers in seven of their past 10 clashes, including a 50-point victory when they last met at the MCG in 2010.

Is North youngster Jack Ziebell in need of some time in the VFL? One of the Roos' most highly-rated youngsters, Ziebell managed only 12 touches against Fremantle last Sunday.

How much will the Tigers benefit from getting key defenders Alex Rance and Luke McGuane back from suspension? There's no doubt both were sorely missed in recent games against the Hawks and Magpies, so they will surely enable Richmond to concede fewer points.

PREDICTION
North Melbourne by 14 points

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/112003/default.aspx

[dizza]

If performances against Collingwood are any indication, we should be able to win. We at least showed some fight (in patches), whereas North embarrassed themselves by hyping up the match and then turning out to be an absolute flop. For some reason though, we always seem to save our worst performances for the games against North. Let's hope that's not the case this time, as surely we can beat a team with ruck stocks as bad as ours, a dud midfield and not much quality at either end of the ground.

[mightytiges]

If there's one thing we need to do this week it is to start well. Come out all fired up and put some scoreboard pressure of our own on them rather than gifting the opposition 3-6 goal starts.

[one-eyed]

Richo tonight on Seven news tipped us to win 

[eliminator]

North will come out primed. They expect to win this. McIntosh basically said us much on TV. Critical that we get a good start. Need to keep an eye on Harvey and Swallow and Goldstein. To state the obvious to win this match Brett, Dusty and Trent have to play like they did against Collingwood. Believe this would be a great game for someone like Batchelor or Conca to make a name for themselves.

[tony_montana]

not confident abt this one, we always get spanked in the games we give ourselves a chance to win especially against this mob.

[one-eyed]

Danny Daly previews the North game on Sunday...

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/roarvisionarchive/tabid/11454/contentid/348915/default.aspx

[Ox]

not confident abt this one, we always get spanked in the games we give ourselves a chance to win especially against this mob.

yep.
that's what makes this so important.

Reminds me of a joke;

Black guy (sorry homos-African American) is going to hospital to have a vasectomy and is wearing a tuxedo.
Nurse asks him why he's wearing a Tux.
He replies,"Well mam,if im gonna be impotent,i wanna look impotent!"

[TigerTimeII]

not confident abt this one, we always get spanked in the games we give ourselves a chance to win especially against this mob.

yep.
that's what makes this so important.

Reminds me of a joke;

Black guy (sorry homos-African American) is going to hospital to have a vasectomy and is wearing a tuxedo.
Nurse asks him why he's wearing a Tux.
He replies,"Well mam,if im gonna be impotent,i wanna look impotent!"

lmao

[Oiafi]

Black guy (sorry homos-African American)

lol. I think you will find they prefer black.