Tigers vs Blues game thread - the Fighting Tiger Fund match

[DCrane]

Great post Tuckerbag.

I left today when Kade Simpson outmarked Will Thursfield. People can call me whatever they like for that, but my brother who plays in the ammos had a big game today and I am glad I made it in time for the second half. I came to a realisation today that it meant way more to me than the utter rubbish that Richmond produced today and have been producing for the last 30 years.

Today is one of those 'send in your membership return to sender' days. I might as well, I won't be using mine again this year, why would I invest my time and emotions on that crap.
Pathetic.

[WA Tiger]

Great post Tuckerbag.

I left today when Kade Simpson outmarked Will Thursfield. People can call me whatever they like for that, but my brother who plays in the ammos had a big game today and I am glad I made it in time for the second half. I came to a realisation today that it meant way more to me than the utter rubbish that Richmond produced today and have been producing for the last 30 years.

Today is one of those 'send in your membership return to sender' days. I might as well, I won't be using mine again this year, why would I invest my time and emotions on that crap.
Pathetic.

  enough said!!!!!

[Francois Jackson]

more than just riding tackles daniel.
the last few weeks in particular the opposition constantly get numbers to the contest. last year this was something we actually developed and improved on, yet in this area we seem to have gone backwards by miles

We are getting murdered in the middle. Come on no clearances in the first half. WTF was Cotch, Martin and Foley doing.

Our kicking has improved but dare i say not much else has changed from last year.

We still give up in games as is proven by today.

[Ox]

who else wishes andi maher would come up to them in the street and say,"i want to fight you,please" ?

I'd prefer geishen, the fat ugly turd

We were terrible, umpiring decisions hurt but ultimately don't change too many results in our games.
Al we were poo.
Just smack Maher Ox if you get the chance and then lets give Giesche a third labotomy just for the sake of it.

guys i have listened to umpring decisions hurt us for the better part of this year. Facts are it has made zero difference to the result of any game we have lost this year

We are not good enough

It makes me laugh when i see the likes of Sticks Houlilan, Betts and Robinson riding our players to the ground, then i glance over and see Edwards and the big pear Browne with hands on hips and cant get anywhere near Blues players or even attempt to tackle them.

We are not even a guarantee of making finals next year.

umpiring decisions. What absolute rubbish. If your a good team you won't be mentioning the umpiring. FACT.

As i said,the umpiring is MERLELY a continuing saga of camp events - You should relate to,at least the last few words.

It means,"i agree tuckerbag..hence....

[DCrane]

Don't send me anymore effing msgs about making a sea of yellow and black, don't ask me for anymore effing money until you can damn well earn it!

If I get anymore phone calls off Richo or Jack, (which always takes 2 or 3 calls before it actually works) or if the club asks me for anymore money, I WILL stuffen REPORT THE RFC TO THE VICTORIA POLICE FOR STALKING ME, enough is enough.

If I don't hear a story along the lines of "Richmond players have donated all of their match payments from todays game to the FTF", then how dare Richmond ask anyone else for money, what a disgrace.

[dizza]

About to leave for the game.

Have a very bad vibe.

Here's a 5 point summary of what I think will happen:-

Carlton will smash us with centre clearances, starting from the first bounce.
Carltons half backs will kill us on the rebound.  Carazzo and Scotland will have a field day.
Inability to combat Carltons zone/press, resulting in turnovers.
Our defense will leak like a 80 year old bladder.
The likes of Hislop, Farmer and Thursfield will look lost.

Margin:- Carlton by 60-80pts.

I had to double check what time this was posted. Very accurate prediction!

[The Machine]

more than just riding tackles daniel.
the last few weeks in particular the opposition constantly get numbers to the contest. last year this was something we actually developed and improved on, yet in this area we seem to have gone backwards by miles

We are getting murdered in the middle. Come on no clearances in the first half. WTF was Cotch, Martin and Foley doing.

Our kicking has improved but dare i say not much else has changed from last year.

We still give up in games as is proven by today.




Yes the mids got smashed today but it doesn't help when we've got the two biggest spuds representing our club in the ruck. Browne and Gus are a waste of space. The club must address this issue during the trade period.

[Owl]

what shat me was Griff was up and about before he got that dirty knee in the ribs.  The past few weeks my ears have pricked up, we have the cattle to be doing a bit better than this horse sh! t, so some suspicions swirl my distrustful head.  Firstly, we seem to be playing like rabble without structure when prior to this we had some, secondly the effort seems to have drained from our players.... what the actual far canal  is going on?  Have they written it off and going for some picks again already?

[DCrane]

True Machine.

Problem is last few trade periods have shown that it takes a first round pick to secure another club's second best or equal best ruckman.
So just to add to the pessimism of today- for Richmond to draw even with other clubs in the ruck we will have to lose our 1st round pick.
No Scully
No midfield top ups.
This is just to draw even in the ruck.

So if this happens, and it should, our first real dip in the draft next year is going to be a pick in the late 30's. Unless we activate the priority pick (which would be inconceivable in this years draft) or on trade it, the forecast for top ups is quite dim for us really

[cub]

Ouch, um well yeah mmmmm 

[The Big Richo]

I didn't see the game, only saw a snippet of the score in the last quarter but it is clear that in yet another important game we have produced our worst football.

My question as a member of this club is who is going to be held accountable for that?

[Francois Jackson]

Great post Tuckerbag.

I left today when Kade Simpson outmarked Will Thursfield. People can call me whatever they like for that, but my brother who plays in the ammos had a big game today and I am glad I made it in time for the second half. I came to a realisation today that it meant way more to me than the utter rubbish that Richmond produced today and have been producing for the last 30 years.

Today is one of those 'send in your membership return to sender' days. I might as well, I won't be using mine again this year, why would I invest my time and emotions on that crap.
Pathetic.

So you shouldve too DC. I stopped caring all that much after that Rd1 thumping to the Blues few years back I used to carry a loss with me till mid week, now I get frustrated at the game then walk out and say to myself that's what I expected. Once I get home I jump on here for a few years then I'm over it. You should always expected rubbish then when we produce good football it's like a bonus.

The fact of the matter is we are the joke of the AFL in the eyes of all the other clubs. Each club pre game would build it up as a definate win saying how weak we are mentally like lethal used to do. We are not feared by anyone and if Gale and Dimma can't fix it well stuff me dead we are definitely screwed then.

[eliminator]

This was an insipid performance. Very few players can hold their head up after that performance. We will never improve if we can't get a good ruckman. Warnock is not a premier ruckman yet he destroyed us-40 tap outs. By not having a good ruckman it starves our midfield of supply. Browne was that bad that when he was in the forward line in the second quarter carlton didn't bother manning him up. He is a liability. Nathan Brown said on the radio after the game we should go after Blake. Browne and Graham are not up to afl standards delist them at the end of the year. Our ability to win contested football was very poor only Cotchin really did anything in that department. We were second to the ball, overused the ball, didn't run and make space and at one stage in the third quarter were going half pace and our tackling was very poor. Our defence is a real worry. Thursfield was really poor. For me our best players were Rance, Jack and Cotchin. Rance was outstanding. His attitude was brilliant. I have been critical of him in the past but he stood up unlike so many other players. The thing that hurts me the most is this was a home game at the MCG. Why didn't we come out firing after last week's performance against the dees? Hislop is not upto afl standards and should be delisted. The jury is out on Farmer.

[Jackstar is back again]

I will probably get shot down by some here but seriously Dimma needs to have a good hard look at himself as well, he and Daly are infatuated with the NFL and have changed the coaching structure whereby Leppa looks after defensive ball movement wherever the ball is on the ground, Daly looks after offensive ball movement etc etc which is exactly what goes on in the NFL.  This practice is ludicrous.

Our game plan is to switch into the corridor from the back half when we should be taking the ball around the boundary as far as we can, we go thru the corridor at all times under pressure or not, cough the ball up repeatedly and any wonder we are scored against so heavily.  No defender would stand a chance with this game plan.  

Dimma wake up and smell the roses, this ain't the NFL ffs, ditch and return to conventional coaching methods.

I forgot one thing, throw the bloody kitchen sink at Malthouse.....we know he can coach....i am having my doubts over Dimma

we agree

[DCrane]

I stopped caring all that much after that Rd1 thumping to the Blues few years back

Yes, that game did some psychological damage to me too.