Tigers vs Pies

[mightytiges]

No Rocca, Tarrant, Prestigiacomo, Wakelin, Didak nor Guy Richards. The Pies spine apart from Fraser is pretty weak. Given they've been crap as well this year and with those outs, does anyone give us a chance tomorrow?

If we win, then with Hawthorn to come, we could lose our priority draft pick   

[JohnF]

We have to try and win this game, and tank the Hawthorn match if we must.

[mightytiges]

The way Hawthorn are going you would have to not turn up to tank that game  .

As much as I love it when we beat the Pies I would rather this year we take the priority pick.

[mightytiges]

Stupid me forgot how dumb and slow we play.   

Started off on fire with the first 3.3 ten zippo 

If it wasn't for Joel we'd be miles behind by now.

Nice goal Otto. Zantuck another one. Well we're back in it. Johnson standing up. Rodan, Fleming and Krakouer also lifting. Fleming ain't pretty but it's effective at the moment even though he's been carved up by Buckley.

[mightytiges]

Richo's having one of those days.

Zantuck is having another good game up forward against the Pies.

Scores level! 7-5 a piece.

 

[mightytiges]

half-time - amazing what happens when you don't stuff around with handballs and go direct. Zantuck caught out the Richo conscious Pie defence.

8.6 to 8.5

Goals: Zantuck 2, Rodan 2, Richo 1.3 (1 OOF), Otto 1, Krakouer 1, Hall 1.

Best: Bowden (bloody courageous today), Krakouer, Rodan, Johnson. Fleming and Ty moved forward got us back in it late in the 2nd quarter as well.

Otto looks like he's done his ankle 

[Fishfinger]

Otto looks like he's done his ankle 

Gone for the day.
Pettifer probably gone for the rest of the year with a knee injury.

[mightytiges]

We're getting caught out with only one ruckman and Hall is a second string one at that.

I can't see us winning.

[Fishfinger]

Is it me dreaming or does whoever we play seem to kick a goal at the very end of every quarter every week.

[mightytiges]

Nah you're not dreaming FF. Good sides have the concentration and discipline to play the whole quarter out and not concede soft goals in red-time. Mind you it doesn't help when the umpies ignore a head-high tackle then pay holding the ball when a bloke had no opportunity to get rid of it. Just like Archer last night.

We can't blame the umpires though. Hyde, Fiora and Dragga missed crucial gettable goals. Poor goalkicking = poor skills and it's just another thing we struggle at.

Fraser had 6 hitouts and McKee 5. We've getting killed there.
 

[Ox]

Point worth raising fish !

Its happened a bit from what i can remember,probably not every qtr....maybe 3 out of 4 .

[mightytiges]

AK, Gas, Houlihan and Fiora give us nothing.

lol @ me just typing that and then Houlihan kicks a goal.

[mightytiges]

Another miss  . Thankfully Richo worked his guts out to get a fist to the kick out and it's back to 13 pts.

Our workrate's been good today but our skills are shocking as well as our goalkicking as usual. We're our own worse enemy.

The rules suck by the way. Krakouer gets pinged for a ruck infringement because the boundary umpire through a short throw and it fell to him. What a joke! 

Hey btw Mark Stevens. Richo one free kick and that was in the last quarter. Yeah it resulted in a goal. Gee wizz that backs up your argument

OMG Houlihan's got it again  but missed 

Richo's now missed!

[mightytiges]

Another miss. @#$% 

I'd just like to say as Zantuck has a chance to put  us in front that the umpring has been very good the last 5 minutes 

Hell we're IN FRONT!

[mightytiges]

What were saying Fish. 40 bloody seconds and they get the winning goal

Listen to those Pie fans. They sound like they've just won the flag  .

Well at least we know our priority pick is almost safe.