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Where will we finish in 2006??
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My view- my two cents worth , is this.
They will finish somewhere between 7-14th. I know thats a big difference from last years showing but the draw favoured us. This year there are no such favours and it really depends on factors such as:
Browny( how has he recovered, is he back to somewhere near the form he displayed before he broke his leg).
Deleido(can he back his brilliant debut season as he will be hunted more often next year and how he copes with the added attention).
Tambling (will he overcome his injuries he had this year and along with Krak provide a spark and goal opportunities.
Petiffer(will he also back up this year with a consistant year as his position in the side will depend on his improved effort on this year).
Knobel can he too continue his early season form as the premier ruckman to advantage and be able to provide something other than just ruckwork). Simmonds (can he be than along with Knobel the best ruck combination and float forward and provide a headache for opposition sides and similar to Benny Gale help out in the back half- so his fitness will need to be improved and more emphasis on cardio/endurance training rather than bulking up as the Tigers need him and he is more suited to the role he showed us towards the end of the year. And oh yeah improve his kicking for goal conversion).
Can Patrick repay the faith shown by the club by re- uiniting him with Joel. Can he be that winger we need who can float forward and kick some goals?
Joel can he back up his two b&f with a consistant year again? What will be his role.
Can Cogs get back to match fitness, improve on his kicking and be a damaging midfielder who can kick some goals as we lack this?
Richo can he continue the form he showed all year and be consistant too and provide the body language we have seen improve under Terry for th young kids at the club?
Can Gas and Kellaway so the same level of competiveness and form as along with Hall, maybe Shultz will be the backbone of our defence?
Can the young kids improve and come up?
Harts, Jackson, Raines, Roach, Patterson, Meyer, Polo, Gilmour?
What will be Newman's role next year- midfield ?
Can Tuck continue his debut season to mine) as he only played what 2-3 games last year?
So as you can see there are so many tangibles and if's , maybe's that really anything can happen.
Lets wait and see and enjoy the ride as i feel 2007 will be the year we make an assault for a finals berth , improvement and susatained success before we can make a serious tilt for a flag.
My two cents worth.
They will finish somewhere between 7-14th. I know thats a big difference from last years showing but the draw favoured us. This year there are no such favours and it really depends on factors such as:
Browny( how has he recovered, is he back to somewhere near the form he displayed before he broke his leg).
Deleido(can he back his brilliant debut season as he will be hunted more often next year and how he copes with the added attention).
Tambling (will he overcome his injuries he had this year and along with Krak provide a spark and goal opportunities.
Petiffer(will he also back up this year with a consistant year as his position in the side will depend on his improved effort on this year).
Knobel can he too continue his early season form as the premier ruckman to advantage and be able to provide something other than just ruckwork). Simmonds (can he be than along with Knobel the best ruck combination and float forward and provide a headache for opposition sides and similar to Benny Gale help out in the back half- so his fitness will need to be improved and more emphasis on cardio/endurance training rather than bulking up as the Tigers need him and he is more suited to the role he showed us towards the end of the year. And oh yeah improve his kicking for goal conversion).
Can Patrick repay the faith shown by the club by re- uiniting him with Joel. Can he be that winger we need who can float forward and kick some goals?
Joel can he back up his two b&f with a consistant year again? What will be his role.
Can Cogs get back to match fitness, improve on his kicking and be a damaging midfielder who can kick some goals as we lack this?
Richo can he continue the form he showed all year and be consistant too and provide the body language we have seen improve under Terry for th young kids at the club?
Can Gas and Kellaway so the same level of competiveness and form as along with Hall, maybe Shultz will be the backbone of our defence?
Can the young kids improve and come up?
Harts, Jackson, Raines, Roach, Patterson, Meyer, Polo, Gilmour?
What will be Newman's role next year- midfield ?
Can Tuck continue his debut season to mine) as he only played what 2-3 games last year?
So as you can see there are so many tangibles and if's , maybe's that really anything can happen.
Lets wait and see and enjoy the ride as i feel 2007 will be the year we make an assault for a finals berth , improvement and susatained success before we can make a serious tilt for a flag.
My two cents worth.
meltiger said:David C said:........
Interesting to see we were apparently 16th in AFL team TV viewers in 2005....
16th team in the FTA figures David.
This was because of only 1 Friday night game and a large proportion of Foxtel games.
We won't finish 16th next year on this stat regardless of performances
This probably should be moved to a new thread, but here goes anyway:
I read it as the overall viewing figures - because Foxtel games still only attract a small audience.
Either way, it makes it more difficult to market the club to sponsors that want as much TV audience exposure that they can get for their $$, doesn't it?
We should have a lot more non-Pay TV games in 2006, let's hope we don't keep getting the "Short Straw" and CH10 select the Richmond games in the Saturday rounds where they have a choice:
Round Versus Competition match Chances of Richmond on FTA:
1 Bulldogs None - Friday night match (100%)
2 St.Kilda None - Friday night match (100%)
3 WCE Carlton V Sydney (50%)
4 Brisbane Freo v Adelaide (90%)
5 Carlton None - Friday night match (100%)
6 Essendon Adelaide v Port Adelaide (75%)
7 Sydney Melbourne v Freo (80%)
8 Adelaide Freo v Kangaroos (80%)
9 Geelong Adelaide v Carlton (70%)
10 Fremantle Collingwood v Brisbane (0%!)
11 Kangaroos None! (100%)
12 Hawthorn None (early start) (90%)
13 Collingwood WCE v Bulldogs (98% - Ch 9!)
14 Port Adelaide Melbourne v Brisbane (5%)
15 Melbourne None - Friday night match (100%)
16 Sydney Brisbane v Hawthorn (50%)
17 St.Kilda WCE v Adelaide (98%)
18 Bulldogs Carlton v Melbourne (30%)
19 Brisbane Bulldogs v Port Adelaide (70%)
20 Carlton Kangaroos v Melbourne (80%)
21 Essendon Sydney v Brisbane (40%)
22 West Coast Adelaide v Melbourne (70%)
So all in all, I reckon we will have between 2 and 5 games on Foxtel in 2006, quite possibly just 3. Should make the sponsors (and most supporters) a lot happier.
David C said:
Free to air games are scheduled by the free to air television stations 6-8 weeks in advance. You probably noticed this year the tiges got alot of free air time from rounds 13-18 (approximately around that mark), due to their winning streaks earlier in the season.
The bottom line is, if the tiges have a pretty good preseason campaign and continue winning throughout the H&A in 2006, we will definelty see them on TV, which inturn will make the sponsors happy and the big bucks will roll in.
geoffryprettyboy said:
Yes and no, if there is a choice for a TV network then it is first determined by the AFL draw.
If the AFL do the draw so the TV station has a choice, then they will look at how the respective teams are going on the field. If the draw is done so any choice is against a likely (much) lower TV rating match, then chances are your team will be on FTA.
The AFL draw contains a lot of hidden inequities/advantages each year, wise clubs will identify these and ask the AFL for things that the pig-ignorant clubs don't even realise could be an advantage to them.........
I agree. Tougher draw than last year however. I'll go with 13th.craig said:
I expect there will be the transition you so desire this year Craig & Co.
TW & Miller gave the dudes every opportunity last year as he promised at the beginning of his reign and some of the seasoned campaigners came up short.
The youth will figure prominantly I would think.
It's going to be a bloody hard slog those kids given the fixture.