Tigers vs Swans game thread

[Tigeritis™©®]

And please don't use Geez name in vain. It's blasphemy. 

Only to devout Christians.

For the majority of people, it's just a word.

I asked nice.   

[Tigeritis™©®]

Really its another loss that should've been 10 goals. Just like the Blues game and about 3 others we lost, the result was never in doubt.

Lets be honest here the games we won were against weak opposition and a loss in Brisbane this week would be close to a bottom 4 finish for us, which is not necessarily a bad result for us. We need some quality and the likes of spuds like Hislop and Edwards doesnt cut if for me. Silky skills is what was bantied around this week...hahahahahaha. Edwards is a reminder of the players Wallet used to recruit.
Like i have said 1 game then 4 bad ones dont make a serviceable player. He has played enough games to be consistent and he has yet to do that. Trade at seasons end while he has some currency.

Miller are we taking the pee by playing him. LMFAO at those on here who thought he played good in Darwin.    
He has kent Kingsley written all over him. stuffin disgrace how we continue to select him.

He is useless and Post must come in, regardless of form

I think you forget what we were saying about Rance last year,  in fact id say he is our best defender out of Mcguane, Astbury and Batchelor. Post might come on, who knows but a rubbish bin is better than Miller.

Houli is becoming a good story.

Conca needs a rest. Played crap.

I agree totally. It's so frustrating watching another no name player dominate up forward making a name for himself imagine if he kicked straight. Miller must go bring in Griffith.  



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[RollsRoyce]

I don't know about your assertion Mighty Tige's that we can't blame the umpires. In a 10 point result I reckon the scumpires were a HUGE factor. Some of the endless procession of crap decisions in the first half alone that stick in my mind were:
-Edwards being pinged for holding the ball after running into Farmer and not even being touched by a Swans player. That's the second time this has happened to us this season.
-In our backline Rance is grabbed around the neck, didn't duck, play on. The ball spills out and Jacko is pinged for lying on top of the ball after spending about .5 of a second on top of it.
-A centre ruck contest, Seaby jumps all over Browne's back like a rodeo bull, gets the free kick???? And pumps the ball forward where a borderline mark is naturally paid. Seconds later Browne just about takes control of a mark for a similar amount of time, but it spills over the boundary and isn't paid.
-Just overall it seemed like we were entering every 50/50 contest at about 90/10 (and that's being generous). It was just endless pandering to the home crowd.
To be honest I stopped watching after 1/2 time. The home town favouritism coupled with Channel 7's delayed telecast ad-fest just drove me away. MT, it seemed from your descriptions that you were watching the game live somehow. Was this the case, or were you just listening to the radio?

[Tigeritis™©®]

I don't know about your assertion Mighty Tige's that we can't blame the umpires. In a 10 point result I reckon the scumpires were a HUGE factor. Some of the endless procession of crap decisions in the first half alone that stick in my mind were:
-Edwards being pinged for holding the ball after running into Farmer and not even being touched by a Swans player. That's the second time this has happened to us this season.
-In our backline Rance is grabbed around the neck, didn't duck, play on. The ball spills out and Jacko is pinged for lying on top of the ball after spending about .5 of a second on top of it.
-A centre ruck contest, Seaby jumps all over Browne's back like a rodeo bull, gets the free kick???? And pumps the ball forward where a borderline mark is naturally paid. Seconds later Browne just about takes control of a mark for a similar amount of time, but it spills over the boundary and isn't paid.
-Just overall it seemed like we were entering every 50/50 contest at about 90/10 (and that's being generous). It was just endless pandering to the home crowd.
To be honest I stopped watching after 1/2 time. The home town favouritism coupled with Channel 7's delayed telecast ad-fest just drove me away. MT, it seemed from your descriptions that you were watching the game live somehow. Was this the case, or were you just listening to the radio?

you forgot to mention Jack getting tackled to the ground in the goalsquare when he didn't have possession of the ball. Yes the umps were bad but the game would of been well and truly over if Sydney could kick straight.

[bojangles17]

what about the dooze when shaw had his legs entangled around the neck of a tiger on the wing ???...that would never be too high now would it

[RollsRoyce]

Actually we were very lucky that most of the soft frees in front of goal that the Swans were continually being gifted were missed. But in general play the umpires influence was just enormous. I phoned a mate of mine who went to the game. There were three Tiger fans in a cab on the way to a hotel coz their flight home was fogged in. They were all still seething at the umps. One said they should end their association with OPSM and try Super Specs or laser eye surgery at the Epworth instead  

[tiga]

When you play sydney you must expect to get shafted by the umps. They are one side that you hardly ever see play and walk away thinking they got hard done by by the umps.

They are pure scum and the umpires must be able to relate to that.

You would never see an umpire performance like that against us at the G. You'd end up with seats ripped out and flung onto the field, and fires started in the stands.

Dubbers, the umpires were like burlesque dancers for the swans crowd at every contested ball and I guarantee you that every and I mean every 50/50 decision went to the swans. The number of holding the ball decisions they paid against us in such wet conditions was just bad umpiring.

Also, one guy near me called JR8 an overrated hack just before he took that ripper of a mark in the goal square. Just goes to show how clueless they are as supporters. Friggin noobs!!

[Dubstep Dookie]

That would explain a lot of decisions I viewed on the box 

[Owl]

Im sick to death of our club being used as a casual whipping boy by the afl to prop up these bs teams.  The umpiring in that game was stuffing biased, lets call a spade a spade the pricks were falling over themselves to give swans free kicks.  There was one chain of play where we had players coat hangered, pushed in the back and it took a fist to Martins face in full view of federal police fraud squad before the maggot would blow his whistle.  Everyone trots around on eggshells about it but  it is plain as the nose on your face, they get favorable treatment and I think they are directed to give it up there to keep the fickle cockroaches turning up.  The soda goodes missed was out of embarrassment for the ridiculous free he recieved.  I think he felt ashamed of such a blatant attempt by the umpire to give them a leg up.

[tiger4life]

Can I ask people what's the difference in missing a target by Foot in the field of play and missing a shot at goal?

[mightytiges]

I don't know about your assertion Mighty Tige's that we can't blame the umpires. In a 10 point result I reckon the scumpires were a HUGE factor. Some of the endless procession of crap decisions in the first half alone that stick in my mind were:
-Edwards being pinged for holding the ball after running into Farmer and not even being touched by a Swans player. That's the second time this has happened to us this season.
-In our backline Rance is grabbed around the neck, didn't duck, play on. The ball spills out and Jacko is pinged for lying on top of the ball after spending about .5 of a second on top of it.
-A centre ruck contest, Seaby jumps all over Browne's back like a rodeo bull, gets the free kick???? And pumps the ball forward where a borderline mark is naturally paid. Seconds later Browne just about takes control of a mark for a similar amount of time, but it spills over the boundary and isn't paid.
-Just overall it seemed like we were entering every 50/50 contest at about 90/10 (and that's being generous). It was just endless pandering to the home crowd.
To be honest I stopped watching after 1/2 time. The home town favouritism coupled with Channel 7's delayed telecast ad-fest just drove me away. MT, it seemed from your descriptions that you were watching the game live somehow. Was this the case, or were you just listening to the radio?

I was listening to live on radio with the 3aw commentators repeatedly saying throughout the game "[insert Richmond player] cops it high ... no free/its play on" so I watched the delayed coverage and they pretty much on the money. 

Don't disagree with what you've said RR about the umps but what I meant by "we can't blame the umps" is it was shown up again yesterday that our side lacks class compared to a side like Sydney. They just looked more dangerous when they had the ball than when we had it. The contested footy stats and them scoring 30 times from 49 entries compared to our 20 from 50 shows how much more efficient and cleaner they were. The umpiring was ridiculous but we lost due to a lack of class across the whole 22 and of course our structural/spine issues in the ruck and tall backs.

[RollsRoyce]

Yes, but I guess what is unquantifiable is how much it must wear down a teams collective morale to just have decision after decision constantly go against them. I know as a supporter you just DREAD hearing the frickin' whistle blow because you know it's going to be another Sydney free.
Maybe in the end we were lucky they didn't kick straight and really blow us away (and of course that was the only thing the media alluded to )
But I reckon our guys were fantastic to be up against umpires like that, a hostile crowd, a ground and conditions that totally suited Sydney, injuries to our key personnel from the outset, and still be adrift by only 10 points at the final siren. Pity moral victories aint worth 4 points 

[Owl]

As far as peppering the point posts goes, that happens whenever you flood, it doesn't mean they could of kicked 10 goals, it just meant that the flood was on and it was getting crushed down there and the ball couldn't come out and rebounded for multiple points, couldn't happen for multiple goals because it goes back to the square, so the media tossers are just shellacking each others knobs again.  The only time Sydney had a run on was when they kicked that fast 3, one of which was supposed to be a dubious free kick in their forward fifty, whistle was blown, everyone stopped, a Sydney player grabbed it ran into the square and the just as he kicks it the maggot calls advantage assuring them of another goal.  In fact the only thing the maggots didnt do is kick a few em through the goal posts themselves.  Sorry for banging on about the umps but this game has me stuffed, I can't enjoy it, they stuffing make it up as they go along, there is no administration of the game there is a roll of the dice, it shouldn't be luck, there should be rules and they should be adhered to, stuffing afl has turned the game into a joke.

[Coach]

poo, the Hooter posting more than once a month. What a moment  Love you man.

[Owl]

poo, the Hooter posting more than once a month. What a moment  Love you man.

Im going for three man