Preview 2019 Grand Final - Richmond vs GWS, Saturday 28th September, MCG.

[RobsJourney]

I got a bad feeling and i can't shake it, i feel like we are gonna lose, help me!

What are you basing it on? Our 40 point turnaround vs. the minor premiers in the Prelim in a half of football whilst we had four injured players, or GWS coughing up a five goal lead in 15 minutes of football and looking like carrying injured players into the GF? Which of those is giving you the yips?



We'll be right mate, they can't go with us for four quarters.

 

[Rodney Dangerfield]

Christ the closer the day gets the more nervous I am.

I really don’t want to experience losing a GF.

Sounds bloody awful!

I’m not feeling any nerves at all it’s weird I didn’t in 2017 either.
I felt horrendous pre last years Prelim though?
Also I know everyone says if you lose a GF it’s the worst but honestly losing to Geelong in a Prelim would have e been the worst. This just feels like a free hit to me now.

 

[wart101]

What are you basing it on? Our 40 point turnaround vs. the minor premiers in the Prelim in a half of football whilst we had four injured players, or GWS coughing up a five goal lead in 15 minutes of football and looking like carrying injured players into the GF? Which of those is giving you the yips?



We'll be right mate, they can't go with us for four quarters.

**** i hope your right, it's just they have cherry picked players and i ****ing hate them. i really don't want to lose.

 

[Tiges1229]

fu** last time I walked around the corner into Swan st and thought WTF??
Think I had one maybe two beers and thought fu** this I’m going home for a few stubbies and watch the replay. Too packed for my liking, if we’d won one in my twenties... I don’t want to think about it!

The Pullman was good a lot more calmer but still good .

 

[TigerImposter]

fu** last time I walked around the corner into Swan st and thought WTF??
Think I had one maybe two beers and thought fu** this I’m going home for a few stubbies and watch the replay. Too packed for my liking, if we’d won one in my twenties... I don’t want to think about it!

Storm is playing later, but I think I’ll be in some pub in the city celebrating.

 

[A Tiger 4 lyf]

Realistically we should win this, comfortably

 

[Loomer]

How is everyone so confident? Their midfield is formidable (vastly superior to ours), they have arguably the best key forward in the comp and some elite defenders, but most importantly they’re playing as a team.

 

[Morgan3]

How is everyone so confident? Their midfield is formidable (vastly superior to ours), they have arguably the best key forward in the comp and some elite defenders, but most importantly they’re playing as a team.

Why did they only finish 6th on the ladder then?

 

[Tiger Toffee]

On The Couch has made me nervous af. GWS have such an epic team on paper. Fingers crossed our style gets it done. Ouuffff

So do we.

 

[Rodney Dangerfield]

Realistically we should win this, comfortably

I’m not sure about the comfortably part they are a seriously talented team. I think we’ll win but they are probably the one and only team I feel that for every team there is sweet **** all you can do to beat them when they are really on. It just doesn’t happen as regularly as it really should that’s all.

 

[Tiger Toffee]

How is everyone so confident? Their midfield is formidable (vastly superior to ours), they have arguably the best key forward in the comp and some elite defenders, but most importantly they’re playing as a team.

So are we.

 

[WATiger86]

In 2017 I had agreed, win or lose, to catch up with some Crows mates at the cas after the game - ended watching the replay at the cas over a few beers with a shit eating grin on my face - but was a relatively early night as I’d peaked on the Friday and was pretty dusty Saturday morning

I don’t have any mates who support GWS so swan st it is this time

 

[Spacedog]

My biggest worries:

• De boer will clamp Dusty and Prestia when Dusty goes forward and our other mids will get smashed
• We'll let Whitfield run free and get torn up by him
• Cameron will destroy Broad again, especially if they are belting us in the middle

The onus is on the mids not being tagged by De Boer to step up, if we match it with them in the middle we'll win.

 

[Tiger Toffee]

Why are people so scared, we are the best team in this comp and we will show that on saturday.

We are winning this easily IMO and putting number 12 into the trophy cabinet.

 

[RFCGloryJC]

No need to whack Whitfield, if he plays.
A couple of slam dunk tackles would sort him out.
As Chris Judd said on Classified, once you cross the line to enter the field of play, there are no excuses to hide behind.

 

[Turka]

Brilliant preview...And they have been all year...We have a lot of talented people on our Richmond pages, it really is a pleasure to come on and see...
Speaking of talent, Richmond FC have it in spades...And pure heart...I have a feeling we’ll need to put work into three of them - Haynes, Greene and Skeletor (Whitfield) - and we should be okay...Certainly in the 2nd half...Have a wonderful week and day guys, and don’t think we don’t deserve to feel those feels again...

 

[RichmondBest]

we will win 10 goals

 

[WATiger86]

Need to wheel the Raider our for the GF parade to get stuck into the giants players

Honesty the experience will be demotivating for them seeing how little people care about their club

 

[RFCGloryJC]

Would be cool if we could lay into Haynes.
Crunch him in a marking contest early on.
AFL stats said he was the leading interceptor in the league.
He reads the ball very early and quickly and zones off, I guess.
Lloyd mentioned Taylor would play on Jack.
This is the sort of match where our support forwards, like Caddy, Castagna, Rioli should come into play.

 

[Tiges1229]

Why did they only finish 6th on the ladder then?

They had a massive form slump . I didn’t actually think they would get past Bears or Pies but was wrong , they are totally diff team from rnd 22.

 

[SavDog23]

I've put a bet on the Tiges to win for every match since the bye and we've won 11 in a row while I've been doing it. Think I've made about $600 from it.

Just loaded up on Tiges 40+ so lock in Cup #12.

 

[Rezza Tiger]

LOL good luck to the coppers getting 150k people to stop drinking piss

Reckon we'll be able to grab a slab from liquorland or will the cops stand guard at the entrance?

 

[DoItForCaptBlood]

so anyone know if the GF will actually be streamed on 7plus or will they be showing fu**en border patrol reruns instead like they did during the Brownlow?

aerial is f’ed at my place so no tv and it isn't on the Foxtel streaming either ffs

Haha.. same... since I switched from IQ to the Telstra box lost FTA... was going to call some people to come over.. luckily earlier today I realised it's only on FTA. Does 7mate have Sat sched up I wonder.

Think I'll chase up a mates get together and not risk it.

(of course I could sort out an aerial... friggin 7... campaigners !!)

 

[Loomer]

Why did they only finish 6th on the ladder then?

They’ve had a sh*t run with injuries. You just don’t hear about it too much because they’ve got no fans and rarely get media coverage. They’ve also decided to stop playing like millionaires and do the selfless team things which wins you premierships.

 

[shaky]

I have a (sort of) nice problem and I'm not sure what to do. I was hoping to get the help of everyone.

A very nice family member has offered me his seat at the Grand Final so I can attend with my Grandfather, (Otherwise he will go (Is a Geelong Supporter)). Now some of you know of my Dad's health (Was diagnosed with a large Glioblastoma tumour in early April). He is now bedridden and has been told he has days to live now for about three months. I am torn because I'm not sure whether to go to the GF or watch it with my Dad.

My Dad, who is a Tigers supporter, from what I can tell, wants me to go. He is sleeping 18 hours a day and there is no guarantee he will be well enough to watch it with me on Saturday. I'm not sure what to do. I have spoken to different people and they have told me to do different things. I have until tomorrow night to decide.

Mate, you have to do what you think is right. What would your dad want you to do? Either way though I don’t think you can make a wrong decision.