Preview Rnd 12 Geelong V Richmond, Sat 1st June 2024, 7:30pm @ KP

[STPer18]

The CFL desperately want a strong Richmond, so expect to be on the wrong end of a few dodgey calls here and there.

 

[BORIS332]

Ill be the first to admit Neale the last 2 weeks hasn't been playing good. But we have to keep giving him games.. Hawkins won't be around next year plus even Hawkins form isn't worthy as well..
If we have gifted games in years gone pass to other players then Neale is a perfect example of that..

Neale's been fine, he's played his role to a satisfactory level. He's running out games well and should've been used in the ruck more after Conway was subbed off - he only had 1 centre bounce attendance, and only 8 ruck contests in the last quarter. Will be a very valuable forward/ruck with some continuity.

 

[Morro]

Commenting? All I saw was you liking my posts.

I suspect there's a lot that's "lost in translation" with you

Best of luck on the weekend. Maybe the Tigers can double their number of wins for the year

Appears my comment was deleted, but hey atleast you got to flex in front of your mates and yes a man can dream,

 

[frggr]

Appears my comment was deleted, but hey atleast you got to flex in front of your mates and yes a man can dream,

No, I saw your comment eventually but my first indication of your presence was a notification

 

[T4P]

No chance we lose this.

The umpires hating Richmond, Steve Hocking manipulating the game from within the GFC hierarchy and the CFL will all conspire to ensure the Tigers lose.

/Richmond Board cooker. i.e 98% of the deranged lunatics.

Hey! There is some inaccuracy here...there is a slight slight chance you lose this.

The Richmond board is a wild place these days.

 

[Finknottle]

Hah. Not sure.we have the cattle, but could you imagine? The Richmond Football Club would fold there and then

I can't see us doing a number on Richmond. Happy with a couple of goals win at this stage.

 

[standupand]

I don't know that 2007 aligns to a start point there

It definitely doesn't.

 

[Footy Smarts]

I feel like either we get a decent lead early, it all gets a bit hard for them and they role over. Or they get a sniff and it's a tight struggle all day. They're just a completely different side when guys like Martin, Nankervis, Baker, Prestia, Pickett, Broad, etc turn up like they did last week.

 

[SkittleCats]

Be warned if you're planning to head down to the game, there seems to be some issues with comms from the club regarding ticketing. The game has been upgraded to fully ticketed, but there is no free upgrade for members, so you have to pay extra to go now. They haven't made standing room available, and won't until Thursday, where it's first in best dressed, but there may be "limited" availability for scan in on your membership into the standing area on Saturday...

 

[Romeoh1]

We will win this comfortably enough.

 

[allrighty]

Oliver Dempsey with another preseason in the gym?

Sorry - Clayton. It's on my wishlist.

 

[small 4wards]

bit of speculation about our defence, wonder if Bews being out is having more of an impact then we thought. We've replaced his speed with Mullin and Holmes in the backline but they're more aggressive and play higher up the ground to use their speed rather than to close and lockdown an oppo forward.

Not arguing for his inclusion by any means, I think Oisin and Max have far more promise but more wondering if it's a defence first / accountable footy type issue.

 

[patience]

Harry Taylor walked like an elderly farmer with osteoarthritis but he actually covered the ground quickly when he had to. What a great player he was.

Matty Scarlett wasn’t too flash towards the end of his career either.

 

[Strange Cat]

Matty Scarlett wasn’t too flash towards the end of his career either.

Forever grateful that he knocked Frodo on his ass

 

[frggr]

Forever grateful that he knocked Frodo on his ass

Amen!

 

[patience]

Forever grateful that he knocked Frodo on his ass

Yeah. I meant his gait. He walked like a person in pain.

 

[Farmer2Goggin]

Forever grateful that he knocked Frodo on his ass

Ironically Frodo was a guest speaker at our Junior FC recently - I tried hard to maintain the rage but he was very personable and quite humble throughout the night. Good bloke , great sense of humour.
Suspect he would have been a crowd favorite had he run around in the hoops.......

 

[frggr]

Ironically Frodo was a guest speaker at our Junior FC recently - I tried hard to maintain the rage but he was very personable and quite humble throughout the night. Good bloke , great sense of humour.
Suspect he would have been a crowd favorite had he run around in the hoops.......

Yeah, he's one of those blokes you disliked only because he played for someone else.

A cheeky upstart of a forward would definitely have been a cult hero at Geelong a bit like a certain Steven Leigh Johnson

 

[Strange Cat]

Yeah, he's one of those blokes you disliked only because he played for someone else.

A cheeky upstart of a forward would definitely have been a cult hero at Geelong a bit like a certain Steven Leigh Johnson

Disagree Frodo was the pre Toby Greene a little shit that loved to be dirty and get under other’s skin

SJ was a smartass but not a dirty player

 

[CatToTheFuture]

bit of speculation about our defence, wonder if Bews being out is having more of an impact then we thought. We've replaced his speed with Mullin and Holmes in the backline but they're more aggressive and play higher up the ground to use their speed rather than to close and lockdown an oppo forward.

Not arguing for his inclusion by any means, I think Oisin and Max have far more promise but more wondering if it's a defence first / accountable footy type issue.

I think Joey Montagna summed up my thoughts on our backline in first crack the other day. We run a very zoned defence and with the midfield either not winning it or not pressuring oppo to slow up the entries the backline is getting hammered.

The problem isn't the backline, the problem is the midfield not applying pressure or winning it the other way.

 

[D BRIDGE]

We probably win this one, but the betting odds should not be 10-1.

Personally, I feel like a loss here would sign, seal and deliver our season. That's just my take on it.

Even the most staunch positive supporters would have to concede we are cooked if we lose this one… maybe.

Era ended when Selwood retired for mine.

We done very well for ourselves.

 

[STPer18]

 

[bulletproof]

The injury report on the social channel was a real classic in the genre. An update on two players we are past being concerned about, but no update on our two All Australian midfielders who didn’t play this week.

Praise be.

 

[Cataholic]

Innocent until proven guilty? Literally zero evidence against Marlion at this stage., but hey, those pesky details.

No evidence presented in a court of law
yet, but the prosecutors obviously believe they have enough evidence to press serious charges against him, and his co-accused has already pleaded guilty to the same charges.

 

[Art Vandelay_]