Pressure got to Tigers: Tivendale
Jordan Chong
afl.com.au
10:22:48 AM Sun 10 August, 2003
Richmond’s Greg Tivendale thought the Tigers weren’t able to withstand the early pressure St Kilda exerted at Telstra Dome on Saturday night.
Having come extremely close to snaring a win at Subiaco Oval last week against Fremantle, the Tigers would have faced the prospect of playing St Kilda with some degree of confidence – putting aside the emotion of Nathan Burke’s farewell.
But the Tigers were unable to reproduce the form of recent weeks and were stunned by a fired-up Saints outfit.
“We’ve just got to deal with that. It was a finals-like pressure that they put on and we just didn’t handle it tonight,” Tivendale said.
“They just had blokes running forward well and we just didn’t go with them. It was just disappointing.”
Despite the poor showing – the 80-point result was Richmond’s worst loss this year – Tivendale wasn’t one of those to drop his head. The 24-year old finished the night with 20 touches and five marks.
He nominates pride and the desire to redeem themselves as the team’s two main motivating factors for the remaining rounds.
“We’ve just got too see what the pride’s like in the guys. We’ve just got to step up and be a lot more competitive than we were tonight.”
“We started (the season) really well and it’s just disappointing the way things have turned out.
“We’ve just got to deal with that, try and finish the season well and then have a good positive pre-season going into 2004.”
“We’ll hopefully get out on the track and train well during the week and we’ve just got to turn it around next week against Essendon.”
Tivendale praised the performance of team mate Chris Newman, who performed brilliantly in the second half to keep Nathan Burke quiet after a dominant start from the man of the evening.
“He curbed him and shut him down. He’s been fantastic like that for us all year.”
“Chris Newman’s had a fantastic year. He always gives a hundred per-cent and it showed tonight in the second half.”
Tivendale described Newman’s development as just ‘phenomenal’. In only his second year at Punt Road, the 21-year old on-baller has played every game this season.
“He’s just going to be a fantastic 10-year player for the club,” Tivendale said.
Jordan Chong
afl.com.au
10:22:48 AM Sun 10 August, 2003
Richmond’s Greg Tivendale thought the Tigers weren’t able to withstand the early pressure St Kilda exerted at Telstra Dome on Saturday night.
Having come extremely close to snaring a win at Subiaco Oval last week against Fremantle, the Tigers would have faced the prospect of playing St Kilda with some degree of confidence – putting aside the emotion of Nathan Burke’s farewell.
But the Tigers were unable to reproduce the form of recent weeks and were stunned by a fired-up Saints outfit.
“We’ve just got to deal with that. It was a finals-like pressure that they put on and we just didn’t handle it tonight,” Tivendale said.
“They just had blokes running forward well and we just didn’t go with them. It was just disappointing.”
Despite the poor showing – the 80-point result was Richmond’s worst loss this year – Tivendale wasn’t one of those to drop his head. The 24-year old finished the night with 20 touches and five marks.
He nominates pride and the desire to redeem themselves as the team’s two main motivating factors for the remaining rounds.
“We’ve just got too see what the pride’s like in the guys. We’ve just got to step up and be a lot more competitive than we were tonight.”
“We started (the season) really well and it’s just disappointing the way things have turned out.
“We’ve just got to deal with that, try and finish the season well and then have a good positive pre-season going into 2004.”
“We’ll hopefully get out on the track and train well during the week and we’ve just got to turn it around next week against Essendon.”
Tivendale praised the performance of team mate Chris Newman, who performed brilliantly in the second half to keep Nathan Burke quiet after a dominant start from the man of the evening.
“He curbed him and shut him down. He’s been fantastic like that for us all year.”
“Chris Newman’s had a fantastic year. He always gives a hundred per-cent and it showed tonight in the second half.”
Tivendale described Newman’s development as just ‘phenomenal’. In only his second year at Punt Road, the 21-year old on-baller has played every game this season.
“He’s just going to be a fantastic 10-year player for the club,” Tivendale said.
