Tigers vs Port game thread

[WA Tiger]

I just don't believe it, Morton kicks out on the full they run it down Treadrea goal and all over. Shattering.

[one-eyed]

Final Score

Richmond  4.1   5.2   12.5     15.9-99
Port          5.3   7.8   10.13   14.18-102


Goals: Nahas 5, Browny 2, Morton 2, Simmo, Foley, Tambling, Pettifer, Collins, Cotch

[mat073]

Just gutted...absolutely gutted.I want to cry.

[mightytiges]

I just don't believe it, Morton kicks out on the full they run it down Treadrea goal and all over. Shattering.

Even if Mitch passed it backwards to maintain possession we would've won. He just couldn't afford to give Port back possession.

I know they missed a lot of set shots including one from the goalsquare but we had chances in that last 40 minutes too. Who says goalkicking isn't important.

16 points up with 10 mins to go then 9 points up with 3 mins to go and still lose. Choked!

[mightytiges]

Time to retire Bowden you hack

Harsh. He had to go back onto Tredrea because Moore and Lukey couldn't do the job. Tredrea had 4 in the first 15 minutes yet kicked 3 for the rest of the game while on Joel.

[Hellenic Tiger]

Great effort but not good enough. Bad mistakes at CRITICAL TIMES. I am gutted too but that is the enigma that is our footy club. Just when they give us some hope they then ensure we shi=ould never put any faith in them in the first place.

Morton out on the full.
Raines turnovers


We know Wallace won't coach next year so I won't talk about this but as a start lets look at the playing personnel going forward.

If Kane Johnson aint playing again this year retire him and put him in a Toyota Hilux at the W Bulldogs home game on June 5.

Bowden announce your retirement have one last hurrah against the Bombers next week and then take your gutless and selfish possession type of game to whoever wants you.
A couple of poor efforts late on resulting in a Tredrea goal as he stayed off waiting for crumbs whilst Tredrea was up.

As the season progresses we can finalise with Brown Simmonds and possibly Richo.
Cousins is a star and MUST be kept.

[Ramps]

1) The players had a fair dinkum crack at it today and they should be proud of the effort, they worked hard, the result didnt go our way but that happens sometimes.

2) Cousins is still a top player and above about 85% of our current squad.

3) Nahas is a good player- who knows how to play his position.

4) Cotchin needs games

5) Tambling kicked a rip snorter, havent seen a goal like that from him for a fair while. Played ok the last few weeks.

6) Our skill level across the board is poor.

7) Bowden was no where in the last serious contest where Tredrea kicked the winning goal.

Whilst I believe in the tank, we didnt deserve to lose today, the players were fair dinkum and they deserved a better result for the work they put in.

[pmac21]

I am absolutely gutted but more importantly appalled at our lack of belief. We were all over them in the lastqtr and a half and once we got to 16 points up shut down the game. Absoultely crazy.  Fair dinkum, I dont want to harp on this but if Andrew Raines does not get dropped for that performance this club is a joke. He is the worst footballer in the AFL but somehow gets automatic selection. Cant kick and has no awareness.  
No the season is officially over this is whatI would like to see next week in team selection.
Out: Raines (for good), Bowden, Pettifer, Simmonds
In: Vickery, Reiwoldt, Connors, Edwards.  
Some will say Pettifer played well but again his time is over for this season.  Not going to play in our next premiership side so move on.
 

[Hellenic Tiger]

Time to retire Bowden you hack

Harsh. He had to go back onto Tredrea because Moore and Lukey couldn't do the job. Tredrea had 4 in the first 15 minutes yet kicked 3 for the rest of the game while on Joel.

Come on MT when he was getting scalps in 05 and 06 like Brown Lloyd Fevola and co he was a star with blokes like Ray Hall A Kellaway around him. Lukey did a great job on Motlop. What take Luke off a player he was beating. If Moore is injured then don't play him.J Bowden MUST retire he is useless and selfish. Article Crawf wrote in the paper today although hypocritical by him is essentially an apt assessment of Bowden. To use others as an excuse for Bowden is a cop out especially when others are doing their job.

Weak
Selfish
Passive
Fraudulent
Misappropriated
AND EXTREMELY LUCKY to be at the right place at the right time in rd 16 and 17 last season and the last 13 years of his career.
If ppl want to talk about all Oz with him great that was ages ago. He aint in that form now and he is 31. Time to go and time to retire.

[wayne]

Motlop goal 

Knew this guy would get one.

Had done everything he could today to look disinterested and avoid the contest and by the law of averages a sitter drops in his lap 

[Rex]

Time to retire Bowden you hack

Bad coaching, shouldn't have been on Tredrea

[Hellenic Tiger]

Bowden was soundly beaten today.

Rule 1 in wet conditions play in front. Bowden hardly played in front. That first quarter was criminal. Pack mark Tredrea took for the winning goal showed how far away Bowden was from his man waiting for a spillage to fraudulently tell all of us how cool and collected he is with his precise disposal. Too much of this passive selfish self gratuitous footy from this footballer. Blah balah blah blah with him. Most controversial player on our list even more so than Cuz. Cuz is a star Bowden is a fraud. Retire him and do it as soon as next week.

[Ramps]

Im coming closer to the belief that the only senior player we should keep next year is Ben Cousins.

[wayne]

Im coming closer to the belief that the only senior player we should keep next year is Ben Cousins.

Agree, and into the leadership group.

[Hellenic Tiger]

Time to retire Bowden you hack

Bad coaching, shouldn't have been on Tredrea

Agree should have been playing for Coburg yesterday.