Tigers vs Crows on the Gold Coast

[tiger till i die]

if only we had 5 more min Arrgghh we could have won

but great 4th Q 

[Moi]

They tried all night but just outclassed
Keep on trying guys and good on Jade for playing the kids  
I would rather lose every game than play the likes of Bowden etc if it meant we can give these guys a chance at the senior level.

 

So over 2009  

[Ramps]

we were outclassed but tambling is improving at a rate of knots, post showed confidence although kicking at times was problematic, nahas continues to improve, Vickery looks to be going ok and there were many other positives but i come back to one thing and its this and this will sound tough but we cant improve with the list we have. This may sound mighty tough but why should we keep Chris Newman- a 26/27 hbf, why should we keep Shane Tuck also about 26/27yo, what role can they play for us ... we need skillful mids and a big key position forward. At the end of the year Id be putting up Newman, Foley, Tuck, Pattison and players like that to see what we could get.

[yellowandback]

we were outclassed but tambling is improving at a rate of knots, post showed confidence although kicking at times was problematic, nahas continues to improve, Vickery looks to be going ok and there were many other positives but i come back to one thing and its this and this will sound tough but we cant improve with the list we have. This may sound mighty tough but why should we keep Chris Newman- a 26/27 hbf, why should we keep Shane Tuck also about 26/27yo, what role can they play for us ... we need skillful mids and a big key position forward. At the end of the year Id be putting up Newman, Foley, Tuck, Pattison and players like that to see what we could get.

And what are you going to do? Get more draft picks? We are going to get 4 picks in the top 40 along with pick 2 in the december draft and be able to elevate Nahas.
Newman is a smart footballer, Tuck is a very good clearance player and getting 1st use is critical in footy. Foley when fit is a playmaker and makes things happen, no-one will want Patto.

Why don't try something novel?

How about we extract the most from the talent that we currently have?

Get our players as strong and fit as the Crows.

Develop the young talent to deliver the optimum performance for 100 minutes like the Crows.

What the Crows showed me tonight was not enormous talent but enormous, cohesive output.

A great lesson for our players, the coaching staff and our supporters.

[Ramps]

When we are any good as a club Newman and Tuck would probably have retired from footy or be in there 30s. Richmond needs to be pragmatic.

[Francois Jackson]

Ramps is right.

instead of holding onto players till they are worth nothing lets see what we can get for them.

Particulary Foley he had done nothing before he got injured. I hope that swans rumour is true.

Back to the game. We played well tonight i thought. Great effort boys and good on you Jade for playing the kids.

On a negative note that ground is a bloody disgrace. I felt like i was back at Victoria Park back in 1990.

Sitting behind the goals like all other Tiger fans u could hardly see the screen or the other end of the ground

[julzqld]

Was a frustrating game to watch.  Caught up with WP briefly before the game and managed to wave to Mopsy and Mrs. Mopsy but couldn't catch up as I wanted to reserve my spot along the boundary from those Crows supporters.  Tippett seemed to be everywhere.  Cuz spent a lot of time puffing around the boundary.  Foley looked proppy but looked like he was going to go back on.  Stupid handballs and sideways, backwards play undid us.  Riewoldt specky was great but his confidence was down and passed the ball to Lids even though he could have made the shot himself.  Nahas was great.  Last quarter was best.  Was very cold at the ground.  We had a very drunk Richmond supporter yelling his head off next to us in the second half and I was very concerned when he started fumbling with his pants, as he was standing next to Mini-me, and then pulled a bottle out of them and offered her a drink.  He quickly left when the security guy, followed by the police made their way over.

Those Crows supporters are very quiet and barely sang the song.

[Ramps]

These are players that I feel could get us something worthwhile in this draft. Id be looking for draft picks not player swaps with these players.

Nathan Foley
Will Thursfield or Kelvin Moore (1 not both)
Shane Tuck+Adam Pattison (both as a combo)
Chris Newman

[Jackstar is back]

I reckon we are playing one senior play short at the moment. I agree with playing the kids but you need someone out there to ""marshall the troops"" and show them the way, and that aint happening.
You cant rely on Cuz who has played 8 games to do it on his own, especially when he spends a lot of time on the bench.

[Ramps]

I reckon we are playing one senior play short at the moment. I agree with playing the kids but you need someone out there to ""marshall the troops"" and show them the way, and that aint happening.
You cant rely on Cuz who has played 8 games to do it on his own, especially when he spends a lot of time on the bench.

what makes you think that anyone not playing at the moment could marshall the troops. no one at Richmond has marshalled any troops for years now.

[Jackstar is back]

Well the kids lose there way during the course of the game

[one-eyed]

Last night's crowd was the largest of the three games up there this year. 19th biggest crowd ever at the ground as well for those playing at home. Once again our supporters are our greatest asset.

[TigerTime]

Last night's crowd was the largest of the three games up there this year. 19th biggest crowd ever at the ground as well for those playing at home. Once again our supporters are our greatest asset.

we have alot of support on the gold coast

we should have relocated there b4 this gc17 came in
 i can live with the gold coadt richmond tigers

rather relocate like the swans did than die like fitzroy

i could handle seeing us play away in vic and lying up at least 6 times a yr to watch us play

[Smokey]

Last night's crowd was the largest of the three games up there this year. 19th biggest crowd ever at the ground as well for those playing at home.

And that's how it will remain, that was the last game at the ground in it's present state.  It's being redeveloped now for the Gold Coast team and will be much bigger when it's completed, hence the cancellation of the remaining 'home' games for us, Carlton etc.  It was one of the election 'bribes' thrown around by the state government at the last election, luckily, this was one they didn't go back on.

[Smokey]

we have alot of support on the gold coast

A lot in South East Queensland, not just the Gold Coast.