Spot on I’d say.Ross, Naish, Houli, Castagna, Rioli........meh........too many spuds
Spot on I’d say.Ross, Naish, Houli, Castagna, Rioli........meh........too many spuds
Lynch and Riewoldt did alright. It's the ball coming out again that's the problem. We're less able to set up the wall. Is that the rules, or personnel? Probably both.Said it before and I will say it again, chaos doesn't work with these rules. It's a pathetic bomb it long to Richo but even Jack and Punchy aren't half the marking beast that Richo was.
Pretty sure they won it against us last year as well.They acted like they won the flag. *smile*
But that is what our gameplan is about, get the ball in at any cost at any sort of trajectory.Lynch and Riewoldt did alright. It's the ball coming out again that's the problem. We're less able to set up the wall. Is that the rules, or personnel? Probably both.
Great post. All of our transition mids were out, and Brisbane smashed us on the transition. Every time there was a contest and the ball was bobbling about, we had no one there for the second or third handball receive. This makes a MASSIVE impact on our game. Chin up people.transition mids. the second handball guys.
Dusty? not really. third handball / kick
RCD? no. first handball
Ross? first handball
Graham? defensive mid. tackler
Baker? first handball
cotchin. first and second handball. transition mid.
edwards. second handball specialist to release into space. transition mid.
prestia. first and second handball. transition mid.
bolton. third handball / kick, like dusty.
lambert. second handball. transition mid.
we aren't playing any bona fide transition mids. this is why we can't spread at the moment and why teams are winning so many clearances.
when oppo midfields get a sniff they start running forward to dangerous positions and the rest of our structure is put under pressure. when our D50 is put under pressure, our small forwards are sucked too high in support, meaning they have to run harder to get forward and crumb. often they will be a second or two too late, lynch/jack bring it to ground but it is cleared easily, leading to a critical shortfall of F50 tackles.
structure 101. you need your transition mids and we haven't been playing any.
Marlion wasnt as bad as you think EZ. Watch the replay. Had him as one of our better playersMy thoughts in the cool light of day.
a really unenjoyable night at the footy.
as a spectacle, it felt similar to the sydney game at the gabba last year. Stilted, highlight-free, flooded, unexciting footy. In the 2nd q, as they steadied themselves, their behind the ball set-up felt very much like Geelongs in the 2nd q of the GF
the umpiring was horrendous. I found myself unable to enjoy the game at all really, even when we were winning.
some unusual coaching. Saw DTLD, vlastuin and rcd at full forward through the night???
Marlion had a shocker. He seemed to be involved in as many brisbane score chains as the umps
you could really see us lose momentum everytime Nank rested. We really need a 2nd ruck. I cant see us winking the flag without making this move pretty soon.
Brisbane fans have to be the dumbest in the game? Bloke boos dusty when gets tackled, goes off his brain and calls him useless. I say hey mate, hes the best player the world has known and hes scrupulously fair. Hes won 3 norm smiths. Oh yeah? He goes. How many premierships has he won? Well, as many as fitzroy and brisbane combined i think? But thats not counting the Daley M's and Kangaroos jerseys.
the scoreboard person kept putting sydney swans players under richmonds stats???? Dane Rampe was our best all night.
Finally, ill reiterate, that was the worst, most lopsided umpiring ive ever seen and it totally *smile* my 'match day experience', as the AFL would put it.
#getfuckedhockingyourruiningit
I gave him votes. Not always clean, but did a bit of everything.Marlion wasnt as bad as you think EZ. Watch the replay. Had him as one of our better players
The world has gone mad when people are defending Pickett to EzyMarlion wasnt as bad as you think EZ. Watch the replay. Had him as one of our better players
Pretty sure we flogged everyone at clearances / contested ball during the finals last year. Tad difficult dominating this area when playing our reserve midfield week after week.Aside from umpiring which is atrocious, it’s same old same old - beaten in clearance, beaten in contested ball, flood of ball inside our defensive 50. Playing a second ruck would help but we have to address contested ball issue. Game has changed & can no longer rely on turnover game.
True in all aspects, so it's an absolute bonus for us that we are getting some genuine, albeit unexpected game time into a bunch of kids who will be claiming those older players vacancies.We are a middle of the table team at the moment. Need our stars back. But they are getting older.
Pretty sure we flogged everyone at clearances / contested ball during the finals last year. Tad difficult dominating this area when playing our reserve midfield week after week.
Not much good having a flash paint job n insane set of wheels if you've got no engine in the car or at best a one litre three cylinder job.
I can't even figure who he is trying to HB to half the time. The other half he misses the target player by a metre or more; makes it hard to anticipate and often receiver cannot collect it or has to stop and gather it, gets tackled or dirty ball forward with scrappy disposal.Pickett tries some stupid handballs at times
Yes. Think about it. CH.7 went with bitter RFC hater, BT, supported by Luke Hodge and Leigh Matthews. What do you think the agenda was?Certainly the worst and most biased commentary team I have heard for some time
Embarrassingly Did something I’ve never done before last night , was nothing to do with the Tiges performance , however early in the second quarter I turned the footy off , just couldn’t be bothered watching the rub of the green frees go against us again, yep spooky la la from me and definitely would not leave a game for it, just couldn’t be *smile* watching that *smile* again, again I have no issue with the actual umps, no doubt some are better then others but it’s just the grey soft rules . My son came out to the lounge and said what’s the footy score , I said I don’t know haven’t got it on , he said no wonder it’s quiet lol , smart arse.I must say in the firs5 qtr I didn’t have the volume on as I never do with BT commentating, I find that helps the blood pressure . I’ve sat through 100s of games while we are getting pumped and maybe it’s just that ive been blessed by this amazing team to fulfi my life dreams that it dosent now mean as much, however even though we were winning I simply just couldn’t be bothered watching another injustice to a great team.
In saying that I hope there wasn’t any other weak as *smile* Tigers out there
To lose by 5goals is still an ordinary performance in my eyes , they had plenty out too, *smile* happens
Go Tiges