Preview 2019 preliminary final: Richmond vs Geelong, MCG, Friday 20 September, 7.50pm (AEST)

[HTT]

Just on this ^^^ Anyone at training this morning? Anything unusual that we pessimists can start worrying about?

Lynch dropped a mark, there you go

 

[damicky]

Lynch dropped a mark, there you go

We’ve lost now

 

[Al Heimer]

God i hope the Umpires dont f*** this up.

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[Coach_Required]

this time last year we were wondering if dusty could run and why on earth dave was in hospital all night

This year we get articles like this one instead

Dustin Martin comes of age but crocodilian menace remains | Jonathan Horn

Richmond have smoothed some rough edges and expectations of the in-form Tiger are high for Friday’s AFL preliminary final

www.theguardian.com

 

[RunningBounce]

Lynch dropped a mark, there you go

 

[Ralll]

I just hope we turn up and play 4 strong quarters regardless of the result.

Considering 1 game of football in a month, some poor starts of late papered over by Brisbane poor accuracy and running over the WCE at home, not losing a game in 3 months, favourites to win the flag, all the ingredients are there for us to get ahead of ourselves again.
The lessons learnt (I'm hoping) after performing so badly in last years Prelim after a similar build up is the main thing that keeps me positive, also losing so badly to them in Rd12 should help keep us motivated, along with general faith in the club to prepare the players for such a game of course...

 

[BC9_]

Forget about ECI, NSCI (Nervous Shits Checked In) as of 10 minutes ago.

 

[k31th]

This year we get articles like this one instead

Dustin Martin comes of age but crocodilian menace remains | Jonathan Horn

Richmond have smoothed some rough edges and expectations of the in-form Tiger are high for Friday’s AFL preliminary final

www.theguardian.com

that's a fantastic article... in a similar vain to the one I mentioned in this post -> https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/thre...-us-tiges-premiers-2017.1178668/post-58752477

 

[TigermanM2]

Anyone sitting near the races when Chris Scott runs down make sure you give him an earful.

Nah just give him a confident smile.

That would irritate him more.

 

[hyperfuzz]

God i hope the Umpires dont f*** this up.

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dunno who we got but “Five of the six field umpires have all been to preliminary finals many many times over, with Mathew Nicholls, Ray Chamberlain, Shaun Ryan, Matt Stevic and Simon Meredith all officiating in over 300 AFL games and multiple grand finals. The new boy on the block is Andrew Stephens.”

 

[Squibbs]

I have a better idea, Geelong will come out flat as tacks and we will be 5 goals to the good by qtr time.

Well yeah...that would be nice. doesn’t always happen like that though, literally 2 weeks ago we were getting belted by Brisbane in the 1st, just expecting Geelong to come with similar ferocity. If they don’t, they can expect to be on the receiving end of a smacking

 

[joelsyt]

dunno who we got but “Five of the six field umpires have all been to preliminary finals many many times over, with Mathew Nicholls, Ray Chamberlain, Shaun Ryan, Matt Stevic and Simon Meredith all officiating in over 300 AFL games and multiple grand finals. The new boy on the block is Andrew Stephens.”

Urgh how did Nicholls, Chamberlain and Meredith get another finals gig? All were awful over the weekend.

Is it too much to ask for Ryan, Stevic and Stephens?

I don’t think Ryan has really shafted us this year, not sure about Stevic but no hawthorn so you’d hope he’ll be ok and have no idea who Stephens is.

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

What about if you go to the game ?

Sit with back to the game and check scores on mobile!

 

[Dr Tigris]

realllyyy starting to get nervous now. It was exactly this time last year that most supporters thought we would beat collingwood comfortably. They ended up embarassing us completely.

Hoping the players get fired up like they did scoring the first 2 goals inside a couple minutes against the giants in 2017.

I can see this being a strong wrestle until the last 10 minutes.

Last year I was worried because we were playing so half on half off. That said I still expected us to win.

This year we are ON. Geelong is half on half off.

 

[Tiger Toffee]

Well yeah...that would be nice. doesn’t always happen like that though, literally 2 weeks ago we were getting belted by Brisbane in the 1st, just expecting Geelong to come with similar ferocity. If they don’t, they can expect to be on the receiving end of a smacking

And two weeks prior to that we belted Brisbane in the 1st.

 

[Drofder]

FFS. How did Nicholls, Chamberlain and Meredith remain on the finals panel after their performances of late ? They were that bad even the 7 commentators were roasting them last week which is highly unusual.

That whole umpiring department and the umpires within are incompetent.

 

[SavDog23]

So basically my mindset this week is...

No gastro, no worries.

 

[DontArgue4]

dunno who we got but “Five of the six field umpires have all been to preliminary finals many many times over, with Mathew Nicholls, Ray Chamberlain, Shaun Ryan, Matt Stevic and Simon Meredith all officiating in over 300 AFL games and multiple grand finals. The new boy on the block is Andrew Stephens.”

if we get meredith and/or razor im not watching

absolute dead set ****wits

 

[SavDog23]

dunno who we got but “Five of the six field umpires have all been to preliminary finals many many times over, with Mathew Nicholls, Ray Chamberlain, Shaun Ryan, Matt Stevic and Simon Meredith all officiating in over 300 AFL games and multiple grand finals. The new boy on the block is Andrew Stephens.”

We will be reamed with any combo.

 

[Soberian Tiger]

My pre-season tip was a Giant/Tiger grannie. Still looking for it, even if it means no opportunity to see another Collingwood cup collapse.

 

[_RT_]

Unchanged

 

[Martin#4]

Remember folks, we don’t lose to teams twice in a season.

We’ll shit this one in.

 

[Roachy8]

this time last year we were wondering if dusty could run and why on earth dave was in hospital all night

New article i read earlier about dusty mentioned watching him trying to run in the days leading up to the prelim last year and how it was very very obvious he was stuggling

Memories....

 

[TassieTiger1984]

What about if you go to the game ?

Funnily enough I don't get as nervous at games, maybe because I know without leaving I don't really have an 'out' like turning off the telly.

 

[Caveman68]

How hard do people melt for after a loss ?

1) 2 hours and then forget about it
2) 48 hours
3) weeks
4) Months

Still not over 1982