Round 2 - Tigers -v- Geelong Cats

[mightytiges]

Cats goal from a soft bump off the ball 

26 - 48

[mightytiges]

Cats kicking away again 

26 - 57

[mightytiges]

Half-time

Richmond  1.1   4.2-26
Geelong     5.3   8.9-57

Goals: Foley, Browny, Schulz, Richo

[Chuck17]

Where are the Jackson knockers today his skills have been great and he is just about BOG for us, great miss Schulz!!

Yep agree there great half a game, plus he has been blocking and sheparding as well.

[Lozza]

 :bangheadThis game is clearly showing yet again our weak bodied list against stronger bodied opponents. Just before halftime one Geelong player managed to still get a handball away whilst being tackled by 3 Richmond players. We will get absolutely crucified in the 2nd half if this keeps happening.

[mightytiges]

We were doing alright for the first 20 minutes of that quarter but once again time-on we leak goals  .

Possies:   205 - 202
Marks:       62 - 51
Tackles:     26 - 33
Inside50:   25 - 31

6 scoring shots from 25 times inside 50 is pathetic


Newy     17
Lids       17.........3 turnovers
Jacko     16......... Selwood his opponent has 13
Richo     16
Browny  16..... arguably our best in that quarter playing behind the ball
Tuck      14

Ablett 14 to King 10


Our forward line
Morton     4
Jack        5
schulz     5
Nahas     1 handball

[Chuck17]

Cant agree there Ramps as the years 2009-2011 have to play out.

At this stage in 2009 we need to make finals and be competitive against the top sides.

Too early to say the rebuild has failed, and if it has failed to say start again with some of the talent we have would be throwing the baby out with the bath water.

[mightytiges]

Jack goals  from the start

32 - 57

[Ramps]

Its ok to disagree Chuck, I hope Im wrong, but the signs are no good. Geelong is so far infront of us in such a high number of areas in the game. You know its been 4 years plus in the making, to be so far behind is a very bad sign ... and Im not talking about the scoreboard. Its the things I mentioned earlier, the skills, the class, the awareness, the hardness at the footy.

[mightytiges]

Richo marks  . Goal 

38 - 57

[mightytiges]

Ottens going off has helped us. We're winning the stoppages.

[mightytiges]

Brownyyyyyyyyyyyyy

44 - 57


Great forward pressure tiges 

[mightytiges]

Richo give 50m away for swearing or knocking the ball

Cats miss though


44 - 58

[the_boy_jake]

Fvcking stupid players.

[Infamy]

Pretty harsh to compare our current side to one that was rebuilt starting back in 2000. Our rebuild started 4 years later. Not to mention the father son players the Cats have managed to land which is a nice help, plus they rebuilt from a side that was playing regularly in the finals.

Have a look at the Cats side we beat down at Kardinia in 2006, it's almost exactly the same as their record beating premiership side
Geelong were also looking at a pretty average year prior to that game at Telstra Dome when they smashed us by a million points, they'd just come off a poor loss to the Kangaroos and the pressure was on them, then it all just clicked while the pressure was on. It can all turn around pretty quickly.