Gas retires / Retirment of big name tiger SEN @ 1:45

[Moi]

and trusting the judgement of the people in the best position to make that call.

According to most on here lately that must be Drac the bootstudder 

[letsgetiton!]

IMHO Gaspar certainly struggled last week and had been OK in his other games.

What I am most disappointed about is how its all been handled.

Mark Robinson writes a piece about how the RFC needs to "tank" by playing the kids. 3 days later Tiv is dropped (again only my opinion but clearly the scape goat for the poor form of a number of senior players) and Gas retires after a discussion with the coach. It again looks like we've buckled under the pressure

We look like a bunch monkeys looking for peanuts but aren't quite sure what the peanuts look like

it was just a coincidence that these things happened days after the article.

tivs dropping was deserved and was probably decided weeks earlier, well i thing it was. i quite clearly recall TW say 3 weeks ago that all players were given 5-6 weeks to prove themselves. he said it takes a few weeks to see really how their form is. he said this iirc after rnd3, thats b4 the article . then by rnd 6 we have krak out, tiv out, gas gone, petts tuck and others on the ropes. even richo it looks like has been told, re invent urslelf elsewhere to get a game as u r no longer no1 fwd or your gone too!

tiv deserved to be dropped, he played well in rnd 1 and benn crap since, his work esp off the ball is disgraceful.

wont be surprised if by the end of the yr richo and joel both retire or look elsewhere

the only way we can go fwd is get rid of everything linked to past failures, and that means everything . no man is bigger than the club.  if its ok to sack ppl like hafey, kb , knights etc, its ok to sack richo joel etc etc

we must look for teh future and have a team list that does not have failure in it

[letsgetiton!]

Well why wouldnt he retire, he has been told he wont play again.

What's the point, he has nothing left to prove by playing in the VFL.

Having played at the top level for over ten years football to Gas is about playing in the seniors.

If he isnt going to be considered for the seniors then why waste his time.

He can now concetrate on developing the younger players skill level 

the point is if he loved teh club as much as he bs and says e does, he would have played teh yr out at coburg, work his guts out , just to show teh kids teh way and lead by example, teach tehm even if your not getting picked to keep bustibng ur pooper cos the harder you work the more chance you will get. he could have stayed on as a spare wheel , incase thursty, mguane, polak, or moore have a serious injury .

but no he is a self centred dog and i never thought much of the money hungary talentless dog and never will

[Tigermonk]

Well why wouldnt he retire, he has been told he wont play again.

What's the point, he has nothing left to prove by playing in the VFL.

Having played at the top level for over ten years football to Gas is about playing in the seniors.

If he isnt going to be considered for the seniors then why waste his time.

He can now concetrate on developing the younger players skill level 

well said Bull
Darren was also frustrated & losing confidence in the game itself & was not enjoying it this year
The stupid rules the AFL bring in every year is taking the backman & the contest out of the game
This helped his decision to move out of the game completly as some bashers on the forums dont realize he played footy at top level for over 10 years & was rewared with a B&F + AA alot alot of respect from me as a supporter & friend


The rule changes are a sham this year
you cant touch a player so why not just stand back & let the forward mark it & hope he kicks like Rocca l mean Richo & Shultz
we get touched & its holding the ball but f.me Judd gets spun around 360 & gets let off to kick a goal where is the standard of the holding the ball, gee we all seen so far this year if you get caught the ball its very simple holding the ball so what is the rule holding the ball cause being a old football trying to coach l got no idea myself so what am l gunna tell your kids at training
Maybe l get my wife to ring her idiot cousin Geish & ask him to come out & tell us at the family home what & how its applied l will invite the media around he can tell the world cause its got me well & truely *******
The umpire wont bounce the ball anymore simply cause they cant ******* bounce anyway so throw it up sissy gee if ya run into them by accident vice versa you get reported
the kids of today are soft anyway compared to how we played the game if you didnot come off the ground with scratches &  pouring blood you didnot try hard enough you wont get in the best or get your money this week
its simple pussy footy  , l mean easy football today the grounds are manicured to be very soft the turf comes out from under you & you break your leg like Gary Lyon & have a squeal of agony
there is no slaps like Sammy Newman anymore you get reported for crap & you cant even go down the pub anymore after dark of being afraid of getting slapped by the girl you didnot reconize from the night before & dont remember her name after blowing a joint with her & she blowing you   vice versa for the gals moi  
& to top it off you cant go to the after game party chatting with the players & there girls for fear of the media preying on a story that you were talking to your teammates wife & your having a affair
the umpires dont come cause of fear they gunna get caught kissing each other fair dinkum if todays game is crap & the AFL rules going to spoil it for me watching poo l aint gunna bother watching anymore l give all my football commitments away take my kids out of the game & let them play soccer maybe they can make league there & make some millions without little salary caps that would make a man give up his earns to play in front of the squealing Tiger supporters who say Gasper should have retired years ago

have a nice day enjoy the footy    

[Moi]

Maybe l get my wife to ring her idiot cousin Geish & ask him to come out & tell us at the family home what & how its applied l will invite the media around he can tell the world cause its got me well & truely *******

Hahahaha!

[Tigermonk]

Well why wouldnt he retire, he has been told he wont play again.

What's the point, he has nothing left to prove by playing in the VFL.

Having played at the top level for over ten years football to Gas is about playing in the seniors.

If he isnt going to be considered for the seniors then why waste his time.

He can now concetrate on developing the younger players skill level 

Now X dont be like that l know you like Gas more than me you told me so 

the point is if he loved teh club as much as he bs and says e does, he would have played teh yr out at coburg, work his guts out , just to show teh kids teh way and lead by example, teach tehm even if your not getting picked to keep bustibng ur pooper cos the harder you work the more chance you will get. he could have stayed on as a spare wheel , incase thursty, mguane, polak, or moore have a serious injury .

but no he is a self centred dog and i never thought much of the money hungary talentless dog and never will

[Tiger Spirit]

Do people actually know what they are doing at Footy Clubs

You're absolutely right, Jack. Of course someone on a footy forum would have more of a basic understanding of what coaching is about than a senior AFL coach.

Not sure where it says that an AFL coach would be more knowledgeable about these things than a mere mortal.  TW might know about implementing a game plan, which I wouldn't, but he's got a long way to go as far as being a coach goes.

As I posted on another thread, some AFL coaches aren't even able to get themselves out of the doldrums, let alone their players.  But because they're an AFL coach, we should unerringly trust in them, even though we can think for ourselves.

[Moi]

Not sure where it says that an AFL coach would be more knowledgeable about these things than a mere mortal. 

I'm sure mere mortals could have applied for the job.  They didn't.  Terry did.  We got Terry.  End of story.

[DallasCrane]

Maybe l get my wife to ring her idiot cousin Geish & ask him to come out & tell us at the family home what & how its applied l will invite the media around he can tell the world cause its got me well & truely *******
The umpire wont bounce the ball anymore simply cause they cant ******* bounce anyway so throw it up sissy gee if ya run into them by accident vice versa you get reported

Tigermonk, haven't you been reading the posts lately, you're not allowed to say ****** or ****** anymore, it's been banned by the moderators! You *****!!!!

 

[Tigermonk]

Maybe l get my wife to ring her idiot cousin Geish & ask him to come out & tell us at the family home what & how its applied l will invite the media around he can tell the world cause its got me well & truely *******
The umpire wont bounce the ball anymore simply cause they cant ******* bounce anyway so throw it up sissy gee if ya run into them by accident vice versa you get reported

Tigermonk, haven't you been reading the posts lately, you're not allowed to say ****** or ****** anymore, it's been banned by the moderators! You *****!!!!

 

 

[Stephanie]

So did we miss Gas down back last night? 

[Tigertailz]

So did we miss Gas down back last night? 

Not sure if he would have made much difference at all Stephanie the way the Cats were playing....they well hell bent on a mission to smash us and we just went to pieces....possibly the whole situation regarding darren might have played on the minds somewhat leading into the game though.

[letsgetiton!]

So did we miss Gas down back last night? 

if gas played it woudl have been more embarrassing and we would have lost by 200pts

[Tigermonk]

If gas played the structure of the team would have been different with the element of experience you cant chuck kids to the wolves expect them to do a 200 gamers job on not so good forwards in Mooney & N Ablett as it showed we got beat by more points yesterday than in our whole 5 games together
Our structure is poo to say the least in team respect we lose a ruckman & everything falls apart surely if you gunna play kids you have Pattison playing off the bench & taking Gasper from the side surely you would have Polak at stuff does TW know what he is doing why was newman in the forward line he only got a scratch on his head

[letsgetiton!]

gaspar woudl have made no diference except add more goals to geelong

now its time for sugar to be gaspared