Scape Goat Don’t like the game? Blame Richmond’s pressure

[Roachy8]

I've got this bit covered lads

Whadya mean?

 

[tigs2010]

Whadya mean?

I'm a massively arrogant campaigner lately.

Dismissive of all other people's football opinions because they don't barrack for the best team.

 

[Tony Harrison]

I'm a massively arrogant campaigner lately.

Dismissive of all other people's football opinions because they don't barrack for the best team.

The Sharks are shit mate

 

[Goldust]

That's just the thing - the worm will turn and our ability to keep playing like this will fall away or our good run with injury will stop or most likely, a few other teams will sort something out and it will change.

That's why the sudden hysteria at the moment bothers me.

Talk about the poor form of the Dogs, Blues and Saints etc but why are we being brought into the argument?

It raises it's head once a year - or every two years.
Remember the Swans getting canned by Demetriou as 'ugly ducklings' (and mind you many on this board were condemning them to).
It will die down soon as something else becomes topical .... and probably strategic to detect from the AFL's own woes with Lyon, Pepper-Powell etc.
People won't remember it but the Pies' 2010 premiership win was built on scoring from defensive pressure.
I think they called the Swans brand of footy in their premiership year of 2012 'slingshot' footy ........ absorbing as much pressure as possible and scoring on the rebound. The 2012 grand final was an awful spectacle ... nothing new to see.

 

[tigs2010]

The Sharks are shit mate

You're shit pal. Suck me off

 

[Tony Harrison]

You're shit pal. Suck me off

Guessing you need someone else to do it after watchin the game with the misso on the weekend?

 

[Helen Wheels]

Rule change:
All players to mark their man at all times (no more than 5m from their opponent at all times).
Mark the field in squares like a chessboard.
Really open it up.

 

[tigs2010]

Guessing you need someone else to do it after watchin the game with the misso on the weekend?

HAHAHAHA **** that was a delicious day at the footy

 

[HTT]

Rule change:
All players to mark their man at all times (no more than 5m from their opponent at all times).
Mark the field in squares like a chessboard.
Really open it up.

5m?! Should be 2m absolute tops. And if you get further than that away, the result should be a free kick against Richmond. It's the only fair solution

 

[RunningBounce]

Didn't like the Western Bulldogs v Carlton game on Friday?

Blame Richmond's pressure.

I was at that game. I'm still filthy.

3 of Carlton's best 4 players are injured, over 30, or injured and over 30. They're gunna get worse before they get better and ITS ****ING RUINING THE FOOTBALL!

 

[RunningBounce]

I love the way the Tigers are playing. I loved the way the Bulldogs played in 2016. I love the way the Swans play.

I reckon most Aussie Rules fans do.

There's just too many journalists and they all have to write about something, so 90% of them make shit up.

 

[DrMike]

For anyone that didn't read the article, apart from a very minor part that talked about our role players not being the best players in the game (which we all know to be true anyway), the rest was mostly glowing of us.

What it suggested is that clubs are trying and failing to implement parts of our game plan consistently, and it is the failure part that is causing the game to look bad. When it directs blame, it is true, but it's not a bad thing.

Good read IMO.

 

[Dr Tigris]

Actually I really liked that article. If I read it right he accurately diagnosed what the tigers do. Old style pressure is frontal. Flood/press is set up in front of the ball to stop its movement. We do that, but the secret sauce is that our forwards etc run you down. You don't get time to kick cleanly (Hawks) or run and hand it off cleanly (Geelong). So it's a grind.

What we have done is draft players that can run fast (sprint efforts) all day long. Other teams don't have those players so we grind them down. Last year we discovered that going all in on this tactic works better than having a traditional structure. Cameron Rose diagnosed that I reckon.

And as he says:
"Pressure, when applied ferociously, is unbeatable. Richmond has unlocked the secret, and is delivering on it. When on song, there is a joy to what they do, and they are a pleasure to watch.

Most teams can’t deliver in the same way, and are too limited when under pressure themselves. By copying the trend, they’re actually falling further behind, and thus look ugly while doing it."

And until teams go all in on building the ability to do what we do week in week out copying us won't beat us.

 

[Roachy8]

Outlaw tackling- that’s what I say.
Causes congestion and due to umpire interpretation, creates negativity towards the whistle blowers.
Also would reduce impact injury and head high contact / concussion threat.
An OHS win too...

You know it makes sense.

 

[This Is Anfield]

Outlaw tackling- that’s what I say.
Causes congestion and due to umpire interpretation, creates negativity towards the whistle blowers.
Also would reduce impact injury and head high contact / concussion threat.
An OHS win too...

You know it makes sense.

The future...

 

[Rezza Tiger]

Didn't like the Western Bulldogs v Carlton game on Friday?

Blame Richmond's pressure.

Cornflakes too soggy this morning? Blame Richmond's pressure

Telstra 4G network running like shit? Yep that'll be Richmond's pressure

 

[TimmytheTiger]

What a time to be alive

 

[Maroo]

There are three people to blame for the current state of the game.

1. Terry Wallace

Back in round 21, 2000 he implemented ‘the flood’ to beat the unstoppable Bombers and a light bulb went off for a lot of coaches. The Bombers scored 81 points in that game. The 20 games before it, they had averaged 132 points per game. The 8 games before it at Colonial Stadium, they averaged 147 points per game.

51 points below average.
66 points below venue average.

In perfect conditions!

It’s clearly tough to score through a sea of people in your forward 50.

2. Paul Roos

The mid 2000s Swans created an ultra contested brand of footy which revolved around slowing things down by getting numbers at the contests.

3. Alastair Clarkson

The true visionary that effectively created the modern day zone defence employed by everyone by bringing organisation and sophistication to the crude flood employed back in 2000 by Wallace.

 

[TimmytheTiger]

Take this as a reminder to be as insufferable as possible as often as possible to as many people as you possibly can.. Eventually this will pass, and I for one, want to look back at this and say "I made the most of it while I could - I didn't stand idly by and waste this God(send) given opportunity after 37 years in the wilderness"

 

[rfctigerarmy]

Take this as a reminder to be as insufferable as possible as often as possible to as many people as you possibly can.. Eventually this will pass, and I for one, want to look back at this and say "I made the most of it while I could - I didn't stand idly by and waste this God(send) given opportunity after 37 years in the wilderness"

Quoted for the posters who missed it the first time.

I've waited so long for this amount of salt. Loving it.

 

[tigs2010]

I was at that game. I'm still filthy.

3 of Carlton's best 4 players are injured, over 30, or injured and over 30. They're gunna get worse before they get better and ITS ******* RUINING THE FOOTBALL!

I reckon its fantastic

 

[Shazza_]

we’re gonna win the next 10 flags

 

[Power Play]

Cyril Rioli, universally adored by the media, plays the game like we do.
We just have 3/4 of our team who've adopted that style of play.

Blame Cyril.

Poor man's Shane Edwards.

 

[roacheee]

I a few years' time when we fall away and whoever is inventing new ways to drag the game down and win often, Tiger supporters will be back on the wagon calling for something to be done about the state of the game.

none of my tiger mates spouted that whinge
if they did, they'd have copped it

 

[roacheee]

What it suggested is that clubs are trying and failing to implement parts of our game plan consistently, and it is the failure part that is causing the game to look bad.

the inference is that this has caused other teams to go backwards
logical extension is we are further ahead of the pack than last year

dynasty boys......dynasty