Tigers vs Eagles game thread

[MADTIGER2010]

make both of them follow the ball around the ground for double rucks at throw ins.
Imagine the spectacle 

Natanui will outmuscle both with his middle leg lol

[Dubstep Dookie]

make both of them follow the ball around the ground for double rucks at throw ins.
Imagine the spectacle 

[Ox]

LMAO- I'm surprised i cant see Natanuis teeth on the left of that pic

[WilliamPowell]

Flying to Perth on SUnday morning and then catching the "red-eye". Get's in about 6.00am, then home for a quick shower, throw on a suit and off to the office for a midday meeting well that's the plan 

More likely to be this .. 

[Hellenic Tiger]

Flying to Perth on SUnday morning and then catching the "red-eye". Get's in about 6.00am, then home for a quick shower, throw on a suit and off to the office for a midday meeting well that's the plan 

More likely to be this .. 

From my experience that's what most lunchtime meetings are WP unless your like me and the only time you seem awake is when you are eyeing the food you want to eat on the platter brought in by the caterer.

[Mr Magic]

Moving onto this weekend's game, the bookies have written us off and reckon we'll get smashed ...

Richmond    $9.20
West Coast  $1.09

Source: Betfair

We smashed them at the G last year. How does this happen??

[one-eyed]

Tigers can rise like Eagles, says Richmond midfielder Daniel Jackson

    AAP
    From: Herald Sun
    August 02, 2011 12:57PM


RICHMOND tagger Daniel Jackson takes inspiration from West Coast as he predicts the Tigers' own rise from strugglers to contenders is imminent.

The 25-year-old will play his 100th AFL game against the fifth-placed Eagles in Perth on Sunday, having been part of just 29 wins, and no finals, in his previous 99.

With the in-form Eagles having won seven of their past eight games and the 13th-placed Tigers having lost seven of their past eight, Richmond will start a rank outsider.

But, given they comfortably won the teams' most recent meeting, when Jack Riewoldt booted 10 goals against the wooden spoon-bound Eagles at the MCG last year, Jackson takes hope from West Coast's rapid climb since.

"West Coast are going to hopefully play top four, hopefully for them, because they're playing good footy," Jackson said today.

"They're a club that's shown what you can do in 12 months.

"They struggled a bit last year and they've completely turned it around this season.

"So that's one of those clubs we can look at and actually take something from."

Jackson had no doubt the Tigers could make similar strides.

"I'm more confident now than for the whole time I've been at the club," he said.

"We've got the right people and there's something I've picked up over the years - if you get the right people with the right character, they're going to find a way to get the job done.

"That's what we've got at the moment, they are young and they're a bit inexperienced, but we're all striving in the same direction and it's just a matter of time."

Jackson said Richmond had plenty to play for still this season, despite their ladder position and recent form, with their focus having always been skewed towards the longer term.

He downplayed his personal milestone, although he said he had always doubted he would reach 100 games, as he viewed himself as a player who had to "grind" through his career, rather than star.

"That's what I pride myself on doing. If I play another 50 games like that, I'll be very happy with my career."

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/tigers-can-rise-like-eagles-says-richmond-midfielder-daniel-jackson/story-e6frf9jf-1226106650158

[10 FLAGS]

LOL looks like we're good at creating comedians at Richmond. 

[Loui Tufga]

LOL looks like we're good at creating comedians at Richmond.  

Don't worry there's more on this forum that there is at punt road

[gerkin greg]

Wonder where Jackson thinks we'll get the 5-6 senior premiership players to help the turnaround 

[Lozza]

How do we soar with the Eagles when we have a team full of Turkeys?

[one-eyed]

AFL site predicting the Eagles by 45 points..


SUMMARY
With seven wins from its last eight matches and a near full-strength squad to choose from, West Coast's 25th year celebrations this week could hardly have come at a better time.

The club will launch its Hall of Fame at a function on Friday night before facing Richmond, the club it beat by 14 points in its first AFL match in 1987, at Patersons Stadium on Sunday. 

It is expected to be a one-sided encounter, as much because of West Coast's recent form as the Tigers' current woes, with Damien Hardwick's team losing seven of its last eight matches.

A bye and the drama surrounding Melbourne this week has taken the microscope off the Tigers, but since their last win, against the Brisbane Lions in round 13, they have been as bad as any team.

That five-game period has seen them lose to Melbourne (27 points), Carlton (103), Essendon (39), Gold Coast (15) and Geelong (62), slipping to 13th place on the ladder.

West Coast is in fifth place, and a soft draw has them well placed to end the season in the top four, earning a valuable double chance in September.

John Worsfold's team let the Western Bulldogs back into the game last week after holding a 50-point lead in the second quarter, but ruckman Dean Cox came to the rescue, taking two clutch marks and kicking the game-sealing goal. 

QUESTION MARKS
How does West Coast now manage its players who have shown signs of fatigue at different stages of the last month? The team is still winning, so does the match committee tamper with the mix and give players a rest, or charge head on into September with its best 22 regardless every week?

On selection, how do the Tigers attack their last five games with finals well and truly out of the equation? Captain Chris Newman will miss the next month with a knee injury, but nobody is demanding his place in the team.

Can West Coast avoid a mid-game slump? Third quarters have been an issue for the best part of six weeks, again losing the premiership quarter against the Bulldogs by three goals.

PREDICTION
West Coast by 45 points

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/120044/default.aspx

[one-eyed]

Sportal is expecting us to be flogged by the Eagles as payback for last year  .


WE THINK:
Back in 1987, West Coast produced their first win in the then VFL, defeating Richmond by 14 points. It's no surprise then that the Eagles are using this week's clash with the Tigers to mark the club's 25th anniversary as they launch their Hall of Fame on Friday night. Apparently there's even going to be a Birthday Cake bake-off that Glen Jakovich will judge, although I suspect Scotty Cummings may have been a better candidate for the role.

However, the last time these two sides played, it was one of the darkest moments in West Coast's proud history. Just a week after giving Geelong a fright at home, the Eagles were humiliated by the Tigers at the MCG as Richmond recorded just their second win of the season at the time. West Coast kicked a few late ones to make the score look vaguely respectable but they still allowed Jack Riewoldt to boot 10, while midway through the second quarter, Dean Cox could clearly be heard on an effects microphone imploring his team-mates to put in by saying, 'we're embarrassing ourselves here'.

How the worm turns in just over 12 months. Now it's the Tigers looking to West Coast as inspiration for them to turn their fortunes around. But do you think Coxy and his mates have forgotten what happened to them that Sunday at the 'G? I don't think so and even if the Eagles are without some frontliners like Kennedy, Naitanui, Waters and Butler, they still have some serious quality on the field, playing a disciplined brand of strategic footy that has put them on the verge of finishing in the top four just a year after claiming the wooden spoon.

I can't see Riewoldt, down on form over the last few months, repeating the 10-goal dose with Darren Glass and Eric Mackenzie minding him, while Cotchin, Deledio and Dustin Martin will need all their wits about them to defy the Eagles' relentless pressure. And, while Kennedy is a big loss, the undermanned Richmond defence, one that will be badly missing their skipper's organisational skill, has to somehow contain Quentin Lynch, Jack Darling, Mark Nicoski and Mark LeCras. Although West Coast's second halves have been a bit dodgy the last few weeks, it all seems way too big a task for the out-of-form Tigers even if they've had a week off to catch their breath.

Eagles by 40 points.

http://www.sportal.com.au/afl-news-display/preview-west-coast-v-richmond-132687

[MADTIGER2010]

Wonder where Jackson thinks we'll get the 5-6 senior premiership players to help the turnaround 

At least half will come through the coming draft and some more the next year. Our 1st pick will probably be ready to play and we definately should get a ruckman in a trade and hopefully another is the psd. The other picks we get probably won't be ready made to play all season but they'll get games here and there next year. The final 1/3 of our list we need to remove will be gone after next season 

[Eat_em_Alive]

make both of them follow the ball around the ground for double rucks at throw ins.
Imagine the spectacle 

Holding each others hand and jumping together??