Bowden..The incident!!

[Francois Jackson]

Personally i think he showed a great deal of maturity and composure in what he did today..

One must remember that it was the BOMBERS and Sheedy that introduced this icing of the clock.

It was so sweet that he did it against the bombers and well within the rules.

Well done!!

[jezza]

Posted in the other thread, he only did it because there weren't other options. It was either a rushed behind or a long kick to a contest with the big chance of a turnover.

[Ramps]

there is no incident, we won they lost, the end. they would have done the same if they were in the same position.

[TFL]

It was good thinking rather than kick to a 50-50.

[bushranger]

I totally agree with Ramps.

[2JD]

I sure wish he'd let us in on his plans tho lol...phew!

[jackstar]

Opposition were dumb, they should of stood 5 metres from the square and made the umpire pay a 50 metre penalty, footballers are dumb. Joel would have then been made to kick 50 metres up the ground.
Whats we seen today wont happen again, the opposition will simply give away 50 if it was to happen twice in a row

[one-eyed]

Royal defends clock-watch tactics
richmondfc.com.au
By Mic Cullen
7:06 PM Sat 19 July, 2008

RICHMOND assistant coach Brian Royal has defended the way the Tigers iced the clock in the dying moments of the club's nail-biting four-point win over Essendon at the MCG on Saturday.

With just minutes to go, the Tigers led by 10 points, but four Essendon misses got the margin down to one straight kick. Joel Bowden rushed a behind, then after standing in the goal square until told to play-on, stepped back over the line to rush another behind, eating up enough time to win the game.

While the events are sure to reignite the debate over whether deliberately rushed behinds should be worth three points, as they are in the NAB Cup in the pre-season, Royal said he was more than happy with the way Bowden handled the situation.

"It just shows the experience of Joel Bowden," he said after the match.

"Joel was on the bench and came on with I think two or three minutes to go – he knew how long there was left in the game.

"We thought it was fantastic, what Joel did. If you're going to ice the clock, we knew if you're going to lose by one point, or if you're going to lose by five points, what's the difference?

"I just spoke to Joel then – he was prepared to do it a couple more times. I think we iced it for 45 seconds that way.

"We're about winning four points, and if it's doing what Joel did … I mean, it's smart play. You couldn't tell me if Essendon were in the same position, they wouldn't have done the same thing."

Ruckman Troy Simmonds was terrific all day, and he said he was thrilled Bowden was back on the ground for the last minute.

"I was glad the ball was in his hands – he's got a good head on him, Joel, and he's very experienced," he said.

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/6301/Default.aspx?newsId=63709

[cub]

I was counting it down we still had 4 chances left - lmfaomfsh

[tiga]

I don't know why we are even discussing this. Any other club does it, its called smart play. We do it and it's called an incident. Everything Joel did was within the rules so what's the kerfuffle? We won and in all honesty IDGAF!!! Go Tiges!! Wonder how those cocky Bummer supporters are feeling tonight?? Probably whingeing about their injuries, the umpires and Joel! Doesn't get much better than that!!!

[Infamy]

Bowden was still a major reason for the slow down in Q3 which lost us all our momentum.
He had options down field but didn't even look, just stopped and kicked sideways.
Was very noticeable

[Darth Tiger]

Opposition were dumb, they should of stood 5 metres from the square and made the umpire pay a 50 metre penalty, footballers are dumb. Joel would have then been made to kick 50 metres up the ground.
Whats we seen today wont happen again, the opposition will simply give away 50 if it was to happen twice in a row

Disagree, a 50m penalty creates space as it would open up the defensive 50 for a backwards chip.

[mightytiges]

I love how Essendon supporters are so cut over this given under Sheedy they were the first to do the keepings off crap. They had no problems with the "spirit of the game" in the first half and at the end of the 3rd quarter chipping it sideways and backwards  . Smart play by Joel  and a sweet bit of Karma! 



 

[Francois Jackson]

I love how Essendon supporters are so cut over this given under Sheedy they were the first to do the keepings off crap. They had no problems with the "spirit of the game" in the first half and at the end of the 3rd quarter chipping it sideways and backwards  . Smart play by Joel  and a sweet bit of Karma! 



 

MT i could not agree with you more.
I cant tell you how good i was feeling listening to all those bomber supporters calling up SEN bagging bowden and the spirit of the game.


Those scumbags under sheeds started this poo so that makes it even more odd they would go on about it

Personally to beat the bombers is just a great feeling, but to win with Bowden doing what he did actually makes the win all the more sweeter.

I love hearing those whingers crap on...

I got one word for them. KARMA!!!

[Hellenic Tiger]

We should of done it against the Dogs when we were 18 points up. We would have won by about 7 and had 2 more premiership points. Let the Bombers suffer since when have they done anything in the spirit of the game and all that who ha b/s. The game is about winning footy matches and you do so in any way within the rules no matter what. Joel was very very very smart.