Preview Rd23 2018 Richmond v Western Bulldogs MCG Saturday 2:10pm

[Drunken Wookie]

I bet myself a beer that we'll lose.

 

[peternorth]

Thought I’d crack the ton on this thread to give it a bit of a kick.

raise the bat mate!

 

[Waca Jr]

I'm not happy with Nathen Brown being the homecoming hero.He s******s at Barry Hall's filth on MMM and all he has done since he retired is promote TAB gambling which is a rip off odds wise.I want forgotten champion Stewart Maxfield to get a gig.

Doesn’t work for tab. Works for sportsbet

 

[Michaels]

He works at Sportsbet, not TAB. I work with him and he is a top bloke.

Extend an invite onto the podcast! Would be great to talk to him

 

[Waca Jr]

He was a top bloke laughing at that joke.He gets his head on TV every week, give someone else a go.Anyone that promotes sportsbet or any corporate bookie, is not a good person.The odds are a rip off, it's a scam.Anyone who knows anything bets on betfair.He's on TV doing sportsbet odds during the game ,when kids are watching.Should be homecoming campaigner rather than homecoming hero.He played more games at the Bulldogs anyway

Betfair gone shit since they raised their commission. Only bet with the TAB now. Agree, corporate bookies are a scam though

 

[Cevap_Roll]

Squad comes out today.
Any thoughts on if we will rest new players this week?
Is Prestia 100% confirmed it was only gonna be a week?
Same as Cotch and Astbury?

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

Maxfield can kiss my arse after a bad mutton vindaloo and a six pack of Westend

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[Grizza]

Anyone else concerned by Rance’s form? Has looked like a genuine spud lately. Can’t remember his last good game.

 

[Tony Stark]

Anyone else concerned by Rance’s form? Has looked like a genuine spud lately. Can’t remember his last good game.

He gives the impression he has lost interest but he is a big game player and am sure he will be at his best come finals time.

 

[Grizza]

He gives the impression he has lost interest but he is a big game player and am sure he will be at his best come finals time.

Yeah 100%. He looks shithouse and has for most of the season. I’d rest him this week.

 

[WATiger86]

Anyone else concerned by Rance’s form? Has looked like a genuine spud lately. Can’t remember his last good game.

He gave porkins a bath a few weeks back on the back of two big hauls

 

[tora tora tora]

Milk, bread, toilet paper...

Or:
Memo to Tiges, Remember to WIN, WIN WIN WIN to finish off the season.

It actually seems bizarre but the way the year has panned out, it feels like the flag is ours to lose. What has been a concern is, since Geelong, the way we have not been finishing off games. I get flashbacks to the bad old days of 4, 5 years ago when we couldn't close out games. At least now we are winning. Our play across the ground is good but we often aren't hurting oppositions on the scoreboard. I'm happy with the 22 that have been getting picked. Of them Baker & Moore are not quite ready for finals. I'd be confident of a finals win with Higgins, Soldo, Garth, Lloyd, & Conca in the side.
I can't believe how well K Mac came back from being dropped, he is playing well and we need his height; Dusty has found another gear; Nank, Sheds & Cotch are inspirational; Bachar playing very well and developing chemistry with Bellis & Short. I really think Lambo is an inspiration to all. Coming off the rookie list, to 'running man' flag winner. Humble but embodies our equivalent of the Swans' Bloods culture. Grigg is playing very well. & JR has been good too. JR's game vs the Suns was unusal but his stupid free kicks against Ess. were annoying.
Prestia's lack of games has been my main concern. I think its critical that he is picked this week, even if he plays 50% game time.
If you follow the Bookies then we face Sydney in Finals week 1. (My money is on Hawks) Neither put the fear of god into me.

 

[tora tora tora]

He gave porkins a bath a few weeks back on the back of two big hauls

Rance seems to be taking a General-like back seat. Letting others do more of the rebounding and marking. Grimes has been getting a bit of it. TBH. Broad has been giving away lots of frees,

 

[captain cotch 9]

Anyone else concerned by Rance’s form? Has looked like a genuine spud lately. Can’t remember his last good game.

Nope.
He dominated an red hot Hawkins a couple of weeks ago.
The thing that has droped off this year is his kicking.
Besides that he is still a star

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

Our Backline has been working overtime to keep us in games while we sort out our injuries...

 

[harimal12]

Anyone else concerned by Rance’s form? Has looked like a genuine spud lately. Can’t remember his last good game.

Norf lol

 

[harimal12]

Yeah 100%. He looks shithouse and has for most of the season. I’d rest him this week.

Nothing happening at the caravan park lol

 

[Bazzar]

He gives the impression he has lost interest but he is a big game player and am sure he will be at his best come finals time.

He was critisised for trying to do to much last year, maybe he is just following the 2018 direction the coaching staff want as he's still playing great footy and will be AA

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

He was critisised for trying to do to much last year, maybe he is just following the 2018 direction the coaching staff want as he's still playing great footy and will be AA

Yeah just doing a tad more Troy Chaplin (his mentor! ) in our backline...

 

[peternorth]

I think there's more attention on rance this year. Teams are trying to engage him so that he doesnt play his role. And the diving stuff no doubt has an effect

 

[Spagman]

How can we have played some teams twice, but not the Doggies once yet? Jesus AFL.. what a bunch of flogs you are.

Tigers to barely get out of 3rd gear, to keep the Dogs under 60 points, Jack to kick a bag of 6 and a 40+ point easy victory.

 

[Bazzar]

How can we have played some teams twice, but not the Doggies once yet? Jesus AFL.. what a bunch of flogs you are.

Tigers to barely get out of 3rd gear, to keep the Dogs under 60 points, Jack to kick a bag of 6 and a 40+ point easy victory.

I think we've played the Cats 4 times since the last time we played the Dogs

 

[HTT]

I think we've played the Cats 4 times since the last time we played the Dogs

Yep. Since we last played the dogs we've played:
Adelaide: 3 times
Brisbane: 2 times
Carlton: 2 times
Collingwood: 2 times
Essendon: 3 times
Fremantle: 3 times
Geelong: 4 times
GC: 2 times
GWS: 4 times
Hawthorn: 2 times
Melbourne: 1 time
#lolnorf: 2 times
Port: 2 times
St Kilda: 4 times
Sydney: 2 times
West Coast: 1 time
So we've played all bar two teams at least twice, and in the case of Geelong and GWS, 4 times.

That game put us both 5-2, with the Bulldogs ahead of us by 0.4%. The reigning premiers seems to be getting rolling while we'd fallen back to the pack a little.
Since then we've won a premiership, a minor premiership, and gone 30-9 at a win rate of 77%, while the dogs have slumped to 10th and 13th place finishes, going 14-22 at a win rate of 39%.
A lot's changes since we last played the Dogs.

 

[A Tiger 4 lyf]

If the dogs play a spud on rance, that spud will kick 4+ goals, he sucks against spuds

 

[Dr Tigris]

Given the bye before finals I'd guess Dimma is saying just go full bore. This is the final prep for the finals and we want to know what our 100% feels like. There is no point is resting or cruising through. If we approach this any other way I'd be surprised.