Autopsy AFL 2024 Round 3 - Tigers v Swans Sun March 31st 4pm AEDT (MCG)

[Romeoh1]

Good game- tigers deserved to hold on.

 

[SuperMal]

Can the Swans be trusted at the MCG?

The precision kicking game has a risk - the bigger the spread, the more chance of an intercept.

If a team is really ‘hot’ at the man/woman, using this weakness, the game plan can be dismantled.

The Swans need to work on pressure football - it won’t always be a carnival.

 

[Lunchtime]

Past 5 MCG games between Richmond and Sydney - winning margin has been:

Richmond by 5 points - 2024
Richmond by 13 points - 2023
Sydney by 45 points - 2021
Sydney by 9 points - 2017
Richmond by 1 Point- 2016

Average margin: 14.6 points.

Close games in 4 out of 5 encounters.

 

[The 747]

Was at this game, Tigers were a bit haphazard but they pretty much stopped Sydney from playing the Sydney game style.

Tigers young defenders held up pretty well.

 

[Zevon]

Tigers might win a close one at home

Well tipped!!

 

[tugga]

Not sure if I have this right, but Sydney seem just one gun key forward away from having the complete jigsaw puzzle.
Amartey and McDonald are huge talents, but can they be that huge key forward?

 

[.Shotties.]

Just aside from everything else, in a tense game, having Matt Hill commentating was a blessing. Having BT doing his usual thing or JBs, ''ooooh, hooooooooo, huuuuuuge from the boy from private school' throughout this would have been next-level torture.

 

[juss]

Just finished the replay, wow terrific game. That pressure from the Tigers was like 2017 Richmond. We were swarming the ball and tackling hard in numbers, amazing to see.

The Swans are elite and will be fine, but it's so good to see our kids visibly getting better each week.

That'll be a highlight for us at the end of the year.

 

[SplintWhisky]

Just aside from everything else, in a tense game, having Matt Hill commentating was a blessing. Having BT doing his usual thing or JBs, ''ooooh, hooooooooo, huuuuuuge from the boy from private school' throughout this would have been next-level torture.

Deserves to be in the prime time. I think it is next year that you can choose commentary on Kayo and if he is there for the Friday or Saturday nights; I know where my earballs will be tuned into

 

[The 747]

Not sure if I have this right, but Sydney seem just one gun key forward away from having the complete jigsaw puzzle.
Amartey and McDonald are huge talents, but can they be that huge key forward?

30 odd and 40 odd games respectively so a bit early. But yeah they seem like each player has the missing pieces of the other to make a complete key forward.

Thought the Tiger defenders did pretty well on them, and I noticed that Balta played forward and ruck all game so Yza has some level of trust in those guys.

 

[Royce Hafey]

Can’t take anything away from the Tigers either. Margin flattered us in the end. Good game and well played.

I don't know how to respond to the graciousness of Swans fans in this threasd. A part of me (a bad part of me) sees it as a passive aggressive insult. I find myself trying to find reasons to hate the Swans (not a problem with Carlton or Collingwood). All I can come up with is the game I took my then 4 year old son to (he's now 22). We were late getting a park at Etihad (or whatever it was called circa 2005). By the time we took our seats, half way through the first quarter, the Swans had scored multiple goals. We has a backline full of debutants, and Barry Hall played with them like a cat with a group of blind mice. My son offered the opinion, based on the advice of his Vietnamese/Chinese Mum (who wasn't present) that thn reason the Swans were winning was because they ate all their meals. That's why they were bigger.

 

[Osho]

Just finished the replay, wow terrific game. That pressure from the Tigers was like 2017 Richmond. We were swarming the ball and tackling hard in numbers, amazing to see.

The Swans are elite and will be fine, but it's so good to see our kids visibly getting better each week.

That'll be a highlight for us at the end of the year.

Qtr 3 espesh was magic pressure, quick tacklers everywhere, mostly good disposal, confidence growing, could really smell it even on the telly.

Bad news about Lynch, that'll leave a huge hole.

Very good performance.

 

[tugga]

30 odd and 40 odd games respectively so a bit early. But yeah they seem like each player has the missing pieces of the other to make a complete key forward.

Thought the Tiger defenders did pretty well on them, and I noticed that Balta played forward and ruck all game so Yza has some level of trust in those guys.

Neglected to mention Blakey as well.
Clearly there is some talent there.

 

[tugga]

I don't know how to respond to the graciousness of Swans fans in this threasd. A part of me (a bad part of me) sees it as a passive aggressive insult. I find myself trying to find reasons to hate the Swans (not a problem with Carlton or Collingwood). All I can come up with is the game I took my then 4 year old son to (he's now 22). We were late getting a park at Etihad (or whatever it was called circa 2005). By the time we took our seats, half way through the first quarter, the Swans had scored multiple goals. We has a backline full of debutants, and Barry Hall played with them like a cat with a group of blind mice. My son offered the opinion, based on the advice of his Vietnamese/Chinese Mum (who wasn't present) that thn reason the Swans were winning was because they ate all their meals. That's why they were bigger.

It’s been a bloody refreshing read to be honest.
Absolute kudos swannies.

 

[juss]

Qtr 3 espesh was magic pressure, quick tacklers everywhere, mostly good disposal, confidence growing, could really smell it even on the telly.

Bad news about Lynch, that'll leave a huge hole.

Very good performance.

We'll struggle massively without Lynch, he's such a presence and yeh won't win many without him.

But that's for another day, that's as much as I've enjoyed a win in years, big underdogs coming in and it was won through pressure and team commitment, against let's face it a far more talented side.

 

[Grockadoc]

We'll struggle massively without Lynch, he's such a presence and yeh won't win many without him.

But that's for another day, that's as much as I've enjoyed a win in years, big underdogs coming in and it was won through pressure and team commitment, against let's face it a far more talented side.

Settles the Balta down back debate. He needs to stay forward now.

 

[skinnyP]

It's a delayed effect of the edge. Sore bodies, trauma and anxiousness.

Get edged.

But seriously wp tigers

Cheers for the assist, sash bros

 

[Toffee Lion]

The precision kicking game has a risk - the bigger the spread, the more chance of an intercept.

If a team is really ‘hot’ at the man/woman, using this weakness, the game plan can be dismantled.

The Swans need to work on pressure football - it won’t always be a carnival.

I appreciate your analysis, I was trolling as a fellow interstate team who cops the same question despite it being largely irrelevant.

Swans are fine, off day.

 

[SplintWhisky]

Was at this game, Tigers were a bit haphazard but they pretty much stopped Sydney from playing the Sydney game style.

Tigers young defenders held up pretty well.

We just have to make sure we keep Tom Brown from wanting to head down the road to your mob and play for the club his dad did. Kid has a great kick and has come good composure and I hope he sticks around.

 

[Andyy]

Some poor ump calls both ways at the end but no point whinging about Papley high on Vlastuin when they didn't call that blatant HTB on Warner etc.

Lots of garbage calls all night. The poor standard of officiating continues.

 

[tiger_tough]

Richmond 0-4

Tiger fans pulling the injury excuses already

Baker 2 weeks careless high impact high contact (which should have been the same as Wright)
Minus good bloke tax and media darling = fine

High Impact? He got straight up, no concussion test, not even any treatment.

Should be careless, high contact, low impact. A fine. Could've been a lot worse, lucky he's a midget.

 

[tiger_tough]

Kudos to the swans fans in here. it's nice not to enter pages amd pages of shit slinging pettiness from both fan bases.

 

[tigertRANCE]

Quite a few empty seats. I thought tigers fans always turned up?

Ahh, we were 0-3, sh!tload of injuries, playing the most inform team in the comp, most fans thinking we have no chance and playing on Easter Sunday 4pm where alot of families go away, geez i wonder why? Don't worry about our crowds, worry about your p!ssant team, no more honey moon period for Sammy and the poos & wees.

 

[The King!]

You don't expect the fans to drink the bathwater even more than the fans.

Sydney showed f all respect to Richmond and got outworked, outrun and deserved to get done by a bit more really. Played in patches and lacked the hunger and desperation of the Tigers

 

[tigertRANCE]

Very dubious umpiring for Richmond in the last five minutes…

Nothing compared to the whole last qtr that got the Blues over the line in R1, disgraceful umpiring.