Tiges vs Brisbane

[mightytiges]

Playing ourselves back into the game now. 2 quick goals to Sarge and Pettifer thanks to lovely direct passes from Richo and Johnson. Only 3 points down.

[Moi]

1/2 time stats

Bris 8.5.53
Tiges 7.9.51

Ranking Points
Tuck 87
Voss 77
Coughlan 71
Simmo 68
Chaffey 67

Contested Possessions
Cogs 9
Tuck 9
Notting 7
Black 6
Chaffey 6

Uncontested Possessions
Scott 10
Voss 9
Tuck 8
Chris Johnson 8
Richo 8

Effective Kicks
Notting 9
Tuck 8
Richo 8
Simmonds 8
Voss 7

Inside 50
Notting 7
Richardson 4
Bradshaw 4
Tuck 3
Cogs 3

Rebound 50
Gasper 5
Adcock 4
Bowden 3
Leppitsch 3
Tuck 2

Simmo 1.3
Krak 1.1
Brown 2.1
Richo 1.0
Schultz 1.0
Pettifer 1.0   

Stats from AFL web site

[mightytiges]

Half Time:

Tiges 4.5  7.9-51
Lions 6.5  8.5-53

Kicked 3.4 to 2.0 that quarter. If we could kick straight we'd be in front. Still we finish games well so good that we're only 2 points down after looking in trouble half through that quarter. Last 10 minutes we controlled the game.

Tuck's having a great game.  Richo doing well filling the hole. Chaffey tightened up on Lappin.

[Moi]

Julz's daughter has hurt her arm 
Hope you're feeling better soon Mini Me

[mightytiges]

Geez we can't kick straight  .

Best of wishes to Julz's daughter Moi. 

[Moi]

I don't know about you, MT, but this game seems to be playing in slow motion.  Expecting a big last quarter.  Lots of errors both sides, but more Brisbane i think.

[Moi]

Bowden injured - dunno eye or cheekbone

[mightytiges]

Yeah Moi we're making too many mistakes. Our defence is struggling to clear the ball and turning over the footy. Brisbane are looking more dangrous but we're hanging on.

Losing Bowden is a big loss. Doesn't sound too good - depressed checkbone they said . Graham who has done surprisingly well on Brown but now needs to do two jobs.

On ya Browny. Back to a point.

[mightytiges]

I know many of our shots have been out wide but geez these misses have cost us 

[Moi]

Yep, Simmo, Brown and Krak culprits

[mightytiges]

Brownnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnny 

[Moi]

EffingFantastic 

Maybe some due respect from the media - and up yours Ken Sheldon lol

[mightytiges]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

On ya Tiges  . Gutsy as     

[Moi]

Somebody forgot to bring the pump for the footies they hand out lol

[mightytiges]

LOL Moi. At least we were flat at the end on the field  .

We know how to get across the line in the close ones and never give up. 3 from 3 this year. Like Moi said the game was in slow motion for alot of it and there were plenty of mistakes by both sides due to the pressure but nevertheless fantastic to get up  .

Tuck, Johnson and Cogs were sensational at the stoppages. 88 possessions between the 3 of them.
Browny just knows where the goals are when it matters despite missing a few earlier on.
Richo's workrate was great again.
Knobel and Simmonds were very effective as big men.
Graham on Brown (yes I was wrong source  ) shut him out and tookover the role of Bowden when Joel did his cheekbone. Gas kept Bradshaw at bay.
Chaffey apart from that period late in the first quarter kept Lappin fairly quiet.