Autopsy AFL 2024 Round 11 - Tigers v Bombers Sat May 25th 7:40pm AEST (MCG)

[boncer34]

first choice regulars that would walk into essendon's side

Those 5 or 6? Yeah probably.

The middle of the road scrubs that make up the rest of the injury list?

Nah.

 

[Waca Jr]

Those 5 or 6? Yeah probably.

The middle of the road scrubs that make up the rest of the injury list?

Nah.

Scrubs? Gibcus, M Rioli and Ross too more than 5 or 6.

 

[boncer34]

Scrubs? Gibcus, M Rioli and Ross too more than 5 or 6.

Gibcus has played 20 borderline average games, Rioli is a small forward that doesn't hit the scoreboard and every side has their serviceable battlers like Ross.

 

[HirdsTheWord]

Looking at the Tigers injury list, and yes by number it’s large, but there’s ‘only’ like 5-6 first choice regulars on it and not currently playing. Like arguably nearly other club in the competition.

The rest is full of inexperienced mid-range players who are either untried or haven’t given them much in their careers so far.

Lynch? Taranto? Hopper? Graham? Yeah sure. Granted. Sounds like Grimes and Baker are right to go this week. But the rest? Really?

They will clearly come out in their home Dreamtime game this week and show a lot more than they have in the past 4 games combined.

this is a dumb post sorry

 

[JayJ20]

Richmond can barely field a side. Probably top 3 worst injury crisis in the last 15 years.

I think Essendon will only win by about 25 points though. Never really smash teams so I don't expect anything different.

 

[JayJ20]

Looking at the Tigers injury list, and yes by number it’s large, but there’s ‘only’ like 5-6 first choice regulars on it and not currently playing. Like arguably nearly other club in the competition.

The rest is full of inexperienced mid-range players who are either untried or haven’t given them much in their careers so far.

Lynch? Taranto? Hopper? Graham? Yeah sure. Granted. Sounds like Grimes and Baker are right to go this week. But the rest? Really?

They will clearly come out in their home Dreamtime game this week and show a lot more than they have in the past 4 games combined.

Disagree. They beat Sydney and pushed Carlton early in the year so their 22 isn't bad. The problem is, when even depth players are not available, it is digging far too deep. A Gibcus-type player who is best 22 is far better than whatever they are running with now.

 

[skinnyP]

Looking at the Tigers injury list, and yes by number it’s large, but there’s ‘only’ like 5-6 first choice regulars on it and not currently playing. Like arguably nearly other club in the competition.

I count 10.

 

[smasha]

Looking like a big loss coming up yet again but I will be there cheering for our Tigers.

Going to the bowling alley also.

if we beat Geelong,check the news for a bashing lol.

Seriously ,a nice part of the World.

Great Ocean Rd,not that far way.

In Winter with the green forest and the sea on the other side,magnificent.

prog rock

No wonder everyone wants to play their.

Cmon mighty Tigers,Struggletown FC

 

[juss]

I count 10.

There's 18 on the injury list today, 9-10 are probably best 22, the others are comprised of some of the guys that would be next in line if fit, so it tests our depth even further as we're into 3rd or 4th string positional choices.

Not to mention, there's been guys injured earlier in the year not listed, and when guys have come back they're recovering from injury so probably not at their peak and haven't had any game continuity or match fitness.

It's a disaster at the moment, and several of the injuries are critical roles that we can't replace adequately.

Anyway, it's pretty well documented, we won't win games with this injury list, bar maybe North Melbourne and that would be 50/50 right now.

Essendon will win, they say they don't really smash teams but this is a rare opportunity, probably Bombers by 30-80 is a reasonable prediction.

 

[tiger_tough]

Vlastuin a potential out too

 

[Don Won]

Vlastuin a potential out too

We might need to go old school under 12’s where we give you a few players off our bench

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Vlastuin a potential out too

What's the deal?

 

[tiger_tough]

What's the deal?

Left training early. Might be nothing.

 

[Wosh]

Teams are up

 

[My_Username]

When injury lists get this long, the quality of those out matters less and less.

At the end of the day, they're playing (almost) every player who is fit, so the replacements are scraping the bottom of the barrel and often being played out of position or in roles they're unfamiliar with.

Losing the 19th best player in the team mightn't seem like much, but when you're replacing them with the 39th it's still a big hit.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Looking like a big loss coming up yet again but I will be there cheering for our Tigers.

Going to the bowling alley also.

if we beat Geelong,check the news for a bashing lol.

Seriously ,a nice part of the World.

Great Ocean Rd,not that far way.

In Winter with the green forest and the sea on the other side,magnificent.

prog rock

No wonder everyone wants to play their.

Cmon mighty Tigers,Struggletown FC

Live your best life smasha

 

[HirdsTheWord]

There's 18 on the injury list today, 9-10 are probably best 22, the others are comprised of some of the guys that would be next in line if fit, so it tests our depth even further as we're into 3rd or 4th string positional choices.

Not to mention, there's been guys injured earlier in the year not listed, and when guys have come back they're recovering from injury so probably not at their peak and haven't had any game continuity or match fitness.

It's a disaster at the moment, and several of the injuries are critical roles that we can't replace adequately.

Anyway, it's pretty well documented, we won't win games with this injury list, bar maybe North Melbourne and that would be 50/50 right now.

Essendon will win, they say they don't really smash teams but this is a rare opportunity, probably Bombers by 30-80 is a reasonable prediction.

lol 30-80 not exactly a dialed in prediction.

We havent a smashed a team in a very long time, we need the % though, so hopefully we can put a big number up.

 

[boncer34]

lol 30-80 not exactly a dialed in prediction.

We havent a smashed a team in a very long time, we need the % though, so hopefully we can put a big number up.

Not really. Adelaide and Brisbane appear to be doing all they can to avoid the 8.

 

[HirdsTheWord]

Not really. Adelaide and Brisbane appear to be doing all they can to avoid the 8.

we are 10% behind most teams around us.

 

[boncer34]

we are 10% behind most teams around us.

And unless they have a draw it doesn't matter.

 

[juss]

lol 30-80 not exactly a dialed in prediction.

We havent a smashed a team in a very long time, we need the % though, so hopefully we can put a big number up.

Apart from Essendon winning, it's a hard margin to predict. Tigers might have a competitive response and keep it relatively close before the Bombers kick away a bit in the last to win by a handful of goals, or just as easily I could see the Bombers playing really good footy and just destroying an out of form undermanned side, which is what's happened to us the last couple of weeks.

Anything in between is possible too, hence the vague margin.

 

[Agronomus]

Tigers will have something of a response. But it won't be enough to overcome the edge.

Bombers by 25.

Can't compete against the edge

 

[Agronomus]

If Essendon win it will be 7 games undefeated in a row. Last time Essendon went 7 games without a loss was in 2000.

And we won '93 at 100 to 1 odds which I saw we were at the start of this year

 

[TheUnicorn]

The main reason North kept us honest was because their midfield were really solid. I can't see Richmond's mids doing the same.

 

[HirdsTheWord]

Apart from Essendon winning, it's a hard margin to predict. Tigers might have a competitive response and keep it relatively close before the Bombers kick away a bit in the last to win by a handful of goals, or just as easily I could see the Bombers playing really good footy and just destroying an out of form undermanned side, which is what's happened to us the last couple of weeks.

Anything in between is possible too, hence the vague margin.

we only beat North by 40 but we were insipid for 3/4 qtrs.

Id love a big win to boost the %, but dont think we have it in us!