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What did we do to Paul Roos?

Brett15 said:
So what did Roosy say that was so bad and biased? ???
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Can't help you Brett, thought he was pretty much on the money. We were pretty ordinary for a good proportion of the game and the commentators reflected that, although
King did say after the half time break that we would probably win, which was a nice turnaround from his pre match.

Gerard healy though, meh.
 
rosy23 said:
That inferiority, or persecution, complex is really getting me down. The umpires hate us, the media hate us, the commentators hate us. Where has the once proud Tiger gone. We used to stick it back up them all rather than take it personally and have a sook.
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I tell ya flamin what Rosy....Ive been having a peek at a few threads and FAAAAIRRRR DINKUM......When the Tigers are thrashing and bashing the opposition again you are gonna have to get a psycologist and a counseller on here because its gonna leave a lot of of people on here with nothing to whinge about !
 
I thought he just called it as he saw it, I found it interesting late in the game when he said we are playing into their hands by using the center corridor, that is exactly what they would want, we have the superior run we should be using the open spaces to move the ball where they will struggle to go with us.

We copped some flak from him ( mostly tactics and skill) , so did the Roos( poor fitness and speed) and so did the umps,

He does tend to have a negative feel to him though, you have Brian Taylor on one hand calling it like its the game of the year and Roos on the other finding faults in close to everything.
 
One interesting thing he said was that he thinks the game is about minimising mistakes, not taking risks.

He is probably right but makes the game almost unwatchable. I rarely watched Sydney games for that reason.
 
ICE said:
One interesting thing he said was that he thinks the game is about minimising mistakes, not taking risks.

He is probably right but makes the game almost unwatchable. I rarely watched Sydney games for that reason.
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Just an opinion. The Saints would have to be seen as the ultimate for minimising risks, and look where it's got them. Has to be some balance.
 
I don't think Grima's reputation was enhanced during the game. The commentators were scathing of his defending
 
Yes I think North must be feeling unloved by Roos as well.

Got stuck into Grima, and also for playing Ziebell and Cunnington.
 
Roos just called it as he saw it but he was wrong imo when he called a free against Kingy when he and Pratt clashed when they both went low for the loose ball in the last quarter . That was a very poor call by Roos suggesting that it should have been a free against King . Both players went for the loose ball , both committed their bodies , both went deliberately low to avoid contact with the head . Both players committed hard to the football and we should not free kick these types of incidents or we will take legitimate contact out of the game.

I though his comment that we should have spread wide more often and run North off their feet because North have few quick players was spot on. We seemed to want to move back into the corridor all the time, obviously under instructions, when spreading and running hard would have beena better option.
 
ICE said:
One interesting thing he said was that he thinks the game is about minimising mistakes, not taking risks.

He is probably right but makes the game almost unwatchable. I rarely watched Sydney games for that reason.
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this is where he is wrong IMO. the last thing we should do is play safe football. He said we should play tempo football and chip it around. For where we are at in our development this is the last thing we should do.
 
Most of his comments were okay, and he did give the Roos a bagging at times, too. Where I felt he was biased against Richmond was in his assessment of the umpiring. They deserved all their free kicks according to him and the Tigers generally didn't.
 
nitrotiger said:
I tell ya flamin what Rosy....Ive been having a peek at a few threads and FAAAAIRRRR DINKUM......When the Tigers are thrashing and bashing the opposition again you are gonna have to get a psycologist and a counseller on here because its gonna leave a lot of of people on here with nothing to whinge about !
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What's the media and commentators have to do with Richmond?

2 different entities.

I've had another look at the Martin free and you see the North player put 2 knees in his back and that's why the free was called.
 
Sintiger said:
Roos just called it as he saw it but he was wrong imo when he called a free against Kingy when he and Pratt clashed when they both went low for the loose ball in the last quarter . That was a very poor call by Roos suggesting that it should have been a free against King . Both players went for the loose ball , both committed their bodies , both went deliberately low to avoid contact with the head . Both players committed hard to the football and we should not free kick these types of incidents or we will take legitimate contact out of the game.

I though his comment that we should have spread wide more often and run North off their feet because North have few quick players was spot on. We seemed to want to move back into the corridor all the time, obviously under instructions, when spreading and running hard would have beena better option.
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Another great post :clap

(not stalking you - really ;D )

the King incident was 'fair contest - having officiated four sports, 'who got their first' is always front and centre in a decision, and I think because Kingy had so much intensity and came to the contest from further away, it's sometimes easy to presume what you see. Kingy was a fraction lower at the contest, fractionally behind in timing. Really couldn't see either player having the opportunity to change the outcome - incidental contact - should have been play on for mine, but I wouldn't criticise and free to North depending on the side of the contest the umpire(s) saw the incident from. A report? No way. Will watch the MRP with interest.
 
smasha said:
I've had another look at the Martin free and you see the North player put 2 knees in his back and that's why the free was called.
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Agree, i don't have the benefit of a copy of the game, thought at the time one knee was actually on the neck/shoulder - can you confirm or was it just the angle of the vision?
 
If Roos was commenting to be contentious then he succeeded. He has an obvious bias against us, we played with great passion, made mistakes and beat a bogey team for us for many years. Backline gave many goals with silly turnovers but we still won.
We are the youngest average team in the AFL along with the Suns - we are learning but I generally like the style of play and attack on the ball
 
LeeToRainesToRoach said:
If King gets time for that, I'll post my cut-up membership to AFL House and give the game away.
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It shouldn't but even if it does, don't do that LTRTR - Richmond needs you (send in a cut up replica - same message)!
 
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