Why

[Jackstar is back!!!]

North have beaten the following since Round 11
Collingwood
Essendon
Western Bulldogs
Melbourne
Richmond
Carlton
Beaten by 2 points by West Coast
St.kilda
Adelaide
Gold Coast
Since Round 11 and after the bye
Fair effort I say
Wish the Tiges could achieve that

[mat073]

                                                                           Richmonds 2012 if we had the easy North draw


rd 1 Essendon loss...0-1 (bombers up and running early)
rd 2 GWS win ...1-1
rd 3 Geelong  win 2-1 ( unlike us the roos got to play geelong in melbourne)
rd 4 Sydney loss 2-2 ( only because its SCG)
rd 5 G Coast win 3-2 (they get to play the suns in melbourne)
rd 6 W Coast loss 3-3 (only because its at Subi)
rd 7 W bulldogs win 4-3
rd 8 Port win ...5-3
rd 9 Bris win ...6-3
rd 10 Hawthorn win 7-3
rd 11 BYE
rd 12 G Coast  win 8-3
rd 13 Adelaide loss 8-4
rd 14 St kilda win 9-4
rd 15 W Coast loss 9-5
rd 16 Carlton loss 9-6 (this was the week we lost to GC)
rd 17 North  loss 9-7
rd 18 Melb win 10 -7
rd 19 W Bull win 11-7
rd 20 Ess win 12-7
rd 21 Collingwood loss 12 -8
rd 22 Freo loss 12 -9
rd 23 GWS win 13-9

This is WHY we missed finals in 2012

[Jackstar is back!!!]

What's drugs you on ?
Couldn't beat Gold Coast
Couldn't beat Carlton 2nds team
Thank god we don't play Gold Coast twice a year
North beat Adelaide and Collingwood
Good luck us beating them

[Andyy]

The improvement in the Tigers is quite clear.

After 20 rounds we're 9-11 but our percentage is 110.17.

Percentage is a better indication of our competitiveness. I'd disappointed we're not going to make finals, and furious that we lost to GC, Carlton etc. But this year should be seen positively.


They're not quite there yet, but they damned well may be next year (lol I know...next year) but since Dimma came in there has been a very obvious/continuous rise in performance and consistency. One year you might get four more wins, the next year only a couple more, but our percentage is very healthy and we haven't been flogged this year at all.

I'm confident there are good things to come.

[tigercub2012]

yep must win games against the Suns
next year guys,next year

[mat073]

What's drugs you on ?
Couldn't beat Gold Coast
Couldn't beat Carlton 2nds team
Thank god we don't play Gold Coast twice a year
North beat Adelaide and Collingwood
Good luck us beating them

North played GC twice in the first 12 rounds.They also got to play them in Melbourne. The way we were travelling at the time it would of been two easy wins.
I also put the Carlton game as a loss ...so whats your point ?
I believe we were in front of Adelaide at 3/4 time (in Adelaide) while getting raped by umpires.

[tigercub2012]

we cannot change the past but we can write the future

[the claw]

Everyone thought they were gone this year and we were on the rise...bloody hell, contrasting stories now..

everyone png everyone.

[the claw]

Our expectations don't match our ability

here here well said jack.

[Gigantor]

Looking back on the season,our one great failure has been a severe lack of depth.When Vicks,foley and grimes went down we just werent able to cover their loss.
And unfortunately nobody was able to step up for us and even partially fill the void.Go forbid the injury was to a cotch or Lids or big Ivan

[Hard Roar Tiger]

What's drugs you on ?
Couldn't beat Gold Coast
Couldn't beat Carlton 2nds team
Thank god we don't play Gold Coast twice a year
North beat Adelaide and Collingwood
Good luck us beating them

This is a puerile post peddled by a bitter ex employee

[rogerd3]

Our expectations don't match our ability

here here well said jack.

i thinks its certain persons in the family
that need to adjust their expectations then do a
VERUCA SALT on these pages.

funny as.

[torch]

North; run hard, spread quick, isolate their main forward and it's opened, skillful players and an overall better game plan.

Richmond; contested football, congested forward line, kick and hope, play against our strengths, over possess the football, no quick spread (but Cotchin), play to boundary line relying on our skills hitting targets which doesn't happen, average game plan and coach doesn't adjust to opposition tactics on match day, clearly no Plan B or C!

[Jackstar is back!!!]

Spot on Torch

[the claw]

Our expectations don't match our ability

here here well said jack.

i thinks its certain persons in the family
that need to adjust their expectations then do a
VERUCA SALT on these pages.

funny as.

mate ive said all yr we are a bottom 6 side and the depth of the list is terrible. was asking before a ball was bounced in anger what would happen when we copped just a few injuries.

our expectations are too high because we have too many players who dont have the required ability or  if they do they are far too erarly in development to greatly influence games.
ive repeatedly said thru the yr that imo we are a bigger chance to miss the 8 again next yr than make it because of kpis concerning the list.

ive said we run as far 16 on the list we dont have a decent 22 the bottom 6 are ordinary in the extreme.

nope jack is right our expectations dont match our ability.