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Title: What are your expectations for the NAB Cup?
Post by: one-eyed on January 15, 2009, 08:56:08 PM
3aw tonight were asking people to ring and say what they expect and want to see from their team in the NAB Cup?


A Tiger fan called up saying she just wanted us to get through without injury so we're right for when the real stuff starts and she didn't care about the result. Good ol' Tony Shaw chips in and says Richmond can't afford that.
Title: Re: What are your expectations for the NAB Cup?
Post by: Chuck17 on January 15, 2009, 09:12:29 PM
I would really like for us to get past the first round for once.
Title: Re: What are your expectations for the NAB Cup?
Post by: WA Tiger on January 15, 2009, 09:17:13 PM
I am with you chuck, we must win the first round for once, without injury, I would like to win two and after that I couldnt give a toss. Well not really...... but I would love to win the first two.
Title: Re: What are your expectations for the NAB Cup?
Post by: WilliamPowell on January 15, 2009, 09:44:27 PM
Would be nice to win in the first round but if we don't (contrary to T Shaw) I don't think it is end of the would stuff....

Don't really care one way or the other to be honest
Title: Re: What are your expectations for the NAB Cup?
Post by: yellowandback on January 15, 2009, 10:44:48 PM
Would be nice to win in the first round but if we don't (contrary to T Shaw) I don't think it is end of the would stuff....

Don't really care one way or the other to be honest

Spot on, Dockers will be primed to win the nab cup so beating them over there would be a great start. If we lose, pffft.
Title: Re: What are your expectations for the NAB Cup?
Post by: tigersalive on January 15, 2009, 10:48:18 PM
I'd like just one NAB cup win for a change to stop any major media backlash hysteria hitting us and to feel an early win before the real stuff starts.

But it barely matters in the scheme of things.
Title: Re: What are your expectations for the NAB Cup?
Post by: torch on January 15, 2009, 11:03:12 PM
* no injuries.

* Mark Coughlan, Tryone Vickery, Cleve Hughes, Jack Reiwoldt, Alex Rance, Andrew Raines, Adam Pattison - to play (Round 1).

* Ben Cousins, Mattew Richardson, Nathan Brown, Trent Cotchin - not to play (Round 1).

* if we win (Round 1), try to win the 2009 NAB Cup - a bit of silverware at Tigerland and to create "momentum" heading towards Round 1 against Carlton.

* been a while since "Richmond Football Club" has won a trophy!

* but i expect us to probably lose.  :-[

Title: Re: What are your expectations for the NAB Cup?
Post by: richmondrules on January 16, 2009, 07:46:11 AM
I'd like to see us win the first and second rounds. If we don't win then, meh. After that I could care less.

A Tiger fan called up saying she just wanted us to get through without injury so we're right for when the real stuff starts and she didn't care about the result. Good ol' Tony Shaw chips in and says Richmond can't afford that.


Shaw is an idiot. Who cares about the preseason cup. He seems to have no idea about pacing a teams preparation and peaking at the right time.

Tony, there are 16 clubs in the competition. (Perhaps he can't count to 16). There will be 1 or 2 clubs that will be flying at the start of the season but rarely are they able to maintain the momentum. They are normally the teams that have little chance of being around in September. The really good sides will be competitive because they have the class to win. The majority, like us, will be building up slowly in an attempt to maximise wins through the season and play finals in September.

Sorry Tony, we are no longer cellar dwellers who are desperate for and success we can get. No matter how much you want us to be crap it's just not going to be so. Bad luck for you the RFC actually have a genuine chance of finals this year.

Personally I'd be worried about your blancmange of a team who seems happy with the middle of the ladder and doesn't seem to be going anywhere. Here's a prediction for you Tony, Collingwood to miss the 8 this year.

Who gives a stuff anyway, the way Collingwood play they are only there to make up the numbers. Never bad enough to be interesting, never good enough to be successful. You really get the feeling that Collingwood think if they make the finals then that's enough and their year is complete.

Every time he opens his mouth he shows why he was such a bad coach. It is an embarrassment to 3AW that they allow him to speak for them.
Title: Re: What are your expectations for the NAB Cup?
Post by: wayne on January 16, 2009, 08:36:12 AM

A Tiger fan called up saying she just wanted us to get through without injury so we're right for when the real stuff starts and she didn't care about the result. Good ol' Tony Shaw chips in and says Richmond can't afford that.

I don't know where you have been hiding Shawy, but we're 4000 members ahead of where we were last season. If we did happen to make/win the NAB cup grand final, I'd pencil in 40k members.

Melbourne, Kangaroos, Western Bulldogs (for sponsorship purposes), Sydney and Brisbane would want to go ok to help their membership.
Title: Re: What are your expectations for the NAB Cup?
Post by: Smokey on January 16, 2009, 09:41:29 AM
I couldn't give a flying rat's sphincter about the NAB Cup or it's 'Consolation Cup' games.  Doesn't concern me in the least if we lose all 3.  The only interest I have is seeing how the players (especially the kids) go individually.  The concept is a complete waste of time and only serves to mask the true purpose of pre-season games - they used to be called practice matches and that's all they still are, despite the greedy commercialistic attitude of the AFL to convince the suckers (read paying customers) otherwise.  And anyone who reads any more than "practice match" into them is kidding themselves.
Title: Re: What are your expectations for the NAB Cup?
Post by: Tiger Tragic on January 16, 2009, 11:56:34 AM
Who won the NAB cup last year??

Title: Re: What are your expectations for the NAB Cup?
Post by: wayne on January 16, 2009, 12:23:23 PM
Who won the NAB cup last year??



I think St. Kilda??

I remember Mike Sheahan going overboard in the HUN 2008 Footy Mag, saying that they were the number one contender, all because they beat them in a NAB cup game.  :lol
Title: Re: What are your expectations for the NAB Cup?
Post by: yellowandback on January 16, 2009, 10:48:24 PM
I'd like just one NAB cup win for a change to stop any major media backlash hysteria hitting us and to feel an early win before the real stuff starts.

But it barely matters in the scheme of things.

Remember the backlash last year when the Saints pumped us with half team?  Seems like a distant memory.  It really doesn't matter and to the clubs credit, they seem quite happy to ignore the media in February when clowns like Tony Shaw and Damian Barrett go looking to drum up trouble after a NAB loss.
Title: Re: What are your expectations for the NAB Cup?
Post by: Francois Jackson on January 17, 2009, 11:17:23 AM
I'd like to see us win the first and second rounds. If we don't win then, meh. After that I could care less.

A Tiger fan called up saying she just wanted us to get through without injury so we're right for when the real stuff starts and she didn't care about the result. Good ol' Tony Shaw chips in and says Richmond can't afford that.


Shaw is an idiot. Who cares about the preseason cup. He seems to have no idea about pacing a teams preparation and peaking at the right time.

Tony, there are 16 clubs in the competition. (Perhaps he can't count to 16). There will be 1 or 2 clubs that will be flying at the start of the season but rarely are they able to maintain the momentum. They are normally the teams that have little chance of being around in September. The really good sides will be competitive because they have the class to win. The majority, like us, will be building up slowly in an attempt to maximise wins through the season and play finals in September.

Sorry Tony, we are no longer cellar dwellers who are desperate for and success we can get. No matter how much you want us to be crap it's just not going to be so. Bad luck for you the RFC actually have a genuine chance of finals this year.

Personally I'd be worried about your blancmange of a team who seems happy with the middle of the ladder and doesn't seem to be going anywhere. Here's a prediction for you Tony, Collingwood to miss the 8 this year.

Who gives a stuff anyway, the way Collingwood play they are only there to make up the numbers. Never bad enough to be interesting, never good enough to be successful. You really get the feeling that Collingwood think if they make the finals then that's enough and their year is complete.

Every time he opens his mouth he shows why he was such a bad coach. It is an embarrassment to 3AW that they allow him to speak for them.

can someone explain to me how this Fukwit Shaw is allowed to speak on radio.

He has no idea about footy and to be honest i turn off when i hear him speak.

What is his problem with RFC??
Title: Re: What are your expectations for the NAB Cup?
Post by: Hellenic Tiger on January 17, 2009, 04:05:11 PM
Tony Shaw issue with Richmond began on September 27 1980.
I think it all started with a pantsing on the members stand wing when Jess passed to Weightman for our first goal and it escalate into full scale burlesque after that.
I believe Shaw still has the scars both mental and physical.
Title: Re: What are your expectations for the NAB Cup?
Post by: Darth Tiger on January 17, 2009, 11:45:09 PM
Correct me if I'm mistaken, if Richmond beat Freo, is the 2nd round against WCE (and most likely in Perth again) ?
Title: Re: What are your expectations for the NAB Cup?
Post by: Smokey on January 18, 2009, 10:14:26 AM
Correct me if I'm mistaken, if Richmond beat Freo, is the 2nd round against WCE (and most likely in Perth again) ?

The second round is down for either Telstra Dome or Subiaco but you would think that if either Collongwood or Richmond win then it would be at Telstra - hardly fair to allow the WA side to stay at home 2 weeks in a row while the Victorian side has to travel over there 2 weeks in a row.  Then again, this is the AFL.  ::)
Title: Re: What are your expectations for the NAB Cup?
Post by: 3rogerd on January 18, 2009, 01:27:39 PM
no injuries and good solid hitout, try some new things, and to come out the game with more positives than negatives as per most years...oh and win would be great :thumbsup
Title: Re: What are your expectations for the NAB Cup?
Post by: mightytiges on January 19, 2009, 12:19:09 AM
Sounds good to me rogerd3  :thumbsup.

Top of list = No injuries please!  :pray

Correct me if I'm mistaken, if Richmond beat Freo, is the 2nd round against WCE (and most likely in Perth again) ?

The second round is down for either Telstra Dome or Subiaco but you would think that if either Collongwood or Richmond win then it would be at Telstra - hardly fair to allow the WA side to stay at home 2 weeks in a row while the Victorian side has to travel over there 2 weeks in a row.  Then again, this is the AFL.  ::)
There's a 13 day break between games and if the Eagles beat Collingwood there'll be massive pressure on the AFL from the media and all to fixture Benny's new club against his old in Perth especially if there's a chance Cuz will have his first hitout in Y&B.
Title: Re: What are your expectations for the NAB Cup?
Post by: one-eyed on January 20, 2009, 05:42:27 AM
From the Herald-Sun

NAB CUP MARKET
Geelong, Hawthorn $7
Western Bulldogs $10
Collingwood,
Fremantle,
Richmond $11
Carlton,
Port Adelaide $12
Bris Lions, St Kilda $13
North Melbourne $14
Adelaide $15
Essendon $17
West Coast $21
Melbourne $31
Sydney $34
Title: Re: What are your expectations for the NAB Cup?
Post by: richmondrules on January 20, 2009, 10:30:21 AM
... Shaw still has the scars both mental and physical.

I think you're wrong Tuckerbag. To have mental scars implies ownership of a working brain. I honestly don't think Tony has ever been in possession of one of those.
Title: Re: What are your expectations for the NAB Cup?
Post by: cub on January 24, 2009, 03:05:16 PM
Expectations - Winning mentality, means winning anything you do at all costs, habit forming.
Title: Re: What are your expectations for the NAB Cup?
Post by: bojangles17 on January 25, 2009, 02:55:03 PM
I would really like for us to get past the first round for once.

I second that , coz for whats its worth it starts building momentum in the right direction rather than the WRONG...whatever the value people put on NAB cup , a helluva lot is written into a bad result...Not good vibe to kick start a season..lets WIN won for a change and see if it kick starts our campaign, nothing else has worked ::)
Title: Re: What are your expectations for the NAB Cup?
Post by: Chuck17 on January 30, 2009, 01:11:36 PM
Expectations - Winning mentality, means winning anything you do at all costs, habit forming.

I second that , coz for whats its worth it starts building momentum in the right direction rather than the WRONG...whatever the value people put on NAB cup , a helluva lot is written into a bad result...Not good vibe to kick start a season..lets WIN won for a change and see if it kick starts our campaign, nothing else has worked ::)

Amen to those thoughts, whether it is the season regular, the NAB cup, GF sprint, lawn bowls or whatever I expect my team to go into any competetive event with a winning mentality.
Title: Re: What are your expectations for the NAB Cup?
Post by: mat073 on January 30, 2009, 02:27:52 PM
Dont care.Not a barometer for the real stuff.Just ask carlton.
Anyone remember 93 & 02
Just happy to escape the pre season with no major injuries.Rather win round 1 than Nab cup
Title: Re: What are your expectations for the NAB Cup?
Post by: mightytiges on January 31, 2009, 06:30:09 PM
Dont care.Not a barometer for the real stuff.Just ask carlton.
Anyone remember 93 & 02
Just happy to escape the pre season with no major injuries.Rather win round 1 than Nab cup
93 and 02 were a view to the future in some ways. In 93 we played some good footy which was a lifesaver for us Tiger fans who had lived through the dark times of the mid-late 80's and early 90's. That side formed the core of the 95 campaign. While the 2002 preseason GF was one of the worse footy games ever. Dull, low scoring and a grinding affair. What became the norm in Spud's final three years in charge  :scream.

ps. Welcome to OER mat  :)
Title: Re: What are your expectations for the NAB Cup?
Post by: bushranger on February 01, 2009, 09:04:23 AM
I think and hope we will do better than most think.
I would see us into the 3rd round. And yes fingers are crossed.  :gobdrop
Title: Re: What are your expectations for the NAB Cup?
Post by: mat073 on February 02, 2009, 03:51:28 PM
Not taking the NAB cup seriously has not hurt Sydney over the last 6 years.
However Im looking forward to going to the Freo match.Might aswell get on the bandwagon early.
Title: Re: What are your expectations for the NAB Cup?
Post by: one-eyed on February 04, 2009, 12:41:32 PM
The RFC site has a new poll about the NAB Cup.....

How far will Richmond go in the 2009 NAB Cup?

Premiers
Runners Up
Third Round
Second Round
First Round