Preview Round 1 Richmond vs carltoon, 7.20pm thursday 16th march, MCG

[banana_bus]

Doubt Short starts on the wing over Pickett. And if he does, I'm not sure he has the defensive running skillset that Marlion/Kamdyn have.

 

[biaseddustyfan]

reckon we are all melting about the umps too early. they will be totally reasonable n not biased against us at all. new year new umps. we got this

 

[biaseddustyfan]

raise thE FIGHT

 

[rfctigerarmy]

raise thE FIGHT

You should work in marketing

 

[TigerTime17]

reckon we are all melting about the umps too early. they will be totally reasonable n not biased against us at all. new year new umps. we got this

You been rolling in fairy dust?

 

[Tenacious T]

Biggest crowd for Hops and TT since that beautiful day in ‘19…

 

[Gunit]

It's game day, where the heck is the thread?

 

[Roksman]

To an extent yes, but if the opposition is better on the day, we need to go back to selection and ask the hard truths as to whether everyone was at their best.
Sure, we could have a game where everyone on the field plays a blinder and we still lose, but when has that ever happened?

I personally don't think you'll ever get a game where everyone has a blinder we win or lose - just doesn't happen in sport let alone the AFL.

Kind of a bugbear of mine as it's a complete myth and shows people have never played sport before (not having a go at you in particular). I think it's a result of fantasy football and video games where people expect players to perform at 100% every time they take the field. There are just too many variables and nuances in AFL and the way we play in particular.

I.e. If we lose and Mansell has 5 touches and little impact offensively yet does his team role by limited a half back for Carlton, everyone will scream that we lost it at selection and Cumbo should've played instead of him. Conversely, if we win with Mansell having the same impact, selection was right?

This is VERY long way of me saying the Mansell (or any single player) selection won't be the reason whether we win or lose.... although, if Short or Graham get a non contact injury in the first half.... then go nuts, that is a poor decision.

 

[biaseddustyfan]

You been rolling in fairy dust?

 

[Kapital city TIGER]

reckon we are all melting about the umps too early. they will be totally reasonable n not biased against us at all. new year new umps. we got this

aint from round here are yer, pardner?

 

[biaseddustyfan]

aint from round here are yer, pardner?

just don't read my post history

 

[Reservoir tiger]

Biggest crowd for Hops and TT since that beautiful day in ‘19…

Probably biggest crowd for all our players since then…

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

With an extra ump wanting to seem relevant, their will be even more frees particularly towards forwards. Expect Curnow to kick 5 tonight - 3 from free kicks. Put your money on it!

Nailed it all in ONE!!!
Xtra maggott will want to be relevant to be seen earning it's money!...be prepared for the rolled eye-ball, 50 meter dissent! 50 meter penalty for body twitch manning the mark...5 borderline infringements by tigers running past the man on the mark, exclusion zone...cm purrfect!

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

sanderson says we've been worked out and chris salt worked out a way to beat us last year reckons other clubs have too

WTF?!?!?!??!!?!?!
What is it with all the RFC Team attention?!?
We are not 2022 Premiers?!?
Feck we live rent free in a lot of heads...

 

[sanaya]

reckon we are all melting about the umps too early. they will be totally reasonable n not biased against us at all. new year new umps. we got this

the 4th umpire is going to make the difference, definitely not gonna be an extra pair of eyes to find more arsey frees against us

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

That Cartoon supporter who smashed the window is just getting some practice to get the rest of the windows tonight after the game

get it right...it was trying to find the door...

 

[Drunken Wookie]

If they penalise our backs for tiggy-touchwood grazing of arms and ruffling the forwards guersney in a marking contest but completely ignore the flagrant push in the backs they usually allow forwards to get away with against us - I'll spew.

Will have a bucket ready.

 

[rfctigerarmy]

If they penalise our backs for tiggy-touchwood grazing of arms and ruffling the forwards guersney in a marking contest but completely ignore the flagrant push in the backs they usually allow forwards to get away with against us - I'll spew.

Will have a bucket ready.

 

[Forensi Tiger]

If that is close to our best 22 what I see is a team that looks good on paper. But I also see 11 of the 22 with 3 premierships and maybe loss of hunger and the wrong side of 28 years old for most of those.

 

[Waca Jr]

Bring the lube. Can smell an umpire fisting again

 

[A Tiger 4 lyf]

“I got my scarf, got my old coat
I got a footy game to go to
Footy’s on, footy’s here again
Back to greet me like an old friend”

Let’s ****ing go tigers!


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[prodigy]

Graham coming of limited pre-season and no real match sim/praccy game is a huge worry, as I'm not even sure at his best he's in the 22 let alone underdone

I'm not a huge fan of the Mansell decision, but I understand why we are going that way given the rest of the F50
Cumbo is the one I'm most disappointed about, and it's not Mansell's selection ahead of him, potentially JR's selection I'm worried about

I am excited to see Short on the wing, I have been calling for it for 2 years now.
Interesting the Pickett is named on the bench rather than starting wing, so I wonder if he rotates through the wing or plays through the middle like he apparently did in match sim before his niggle.




On these one's prodigy , I can see why you maybe question Short, but IMO Shorts output, even at the end of last year was well above KMac's output, but we seem to mark Shorty a lot harder. Everyone seems happy to give Kmac a pass because he's a good bloke and he runs hard, but his output to the team is well below Short IMO.

I would rather see a kid replace Kmac than Short

The reason why KMAC isn't harshly judged is because he works his butt off

I personally don't think you'll ever get a game where everyone has a blinder we win or lose - just doesn't happen in sport let alone the AFL.

Kind of a bugbear of mine as it's a complete myth and shows people have never played sport before (not having a go at you in particular). I think it's a result of fantasy football and video games where people expect players to perform at 100% every time they take the field. There are just too many variables and nuances in AFL and the way we play in particular.

I.e. If we lose and Mansell has 5 touches and little impact offensively yet does his team role by limited a half back for Carlton, everyone will scream that we lost it at selection and Cumbo should've played instead of him. Conversely, if we win with Mansell having the same impact, selection was right?

This is VERY long way of me saying the Mansell (or any single player) selection won't be the reason whether we win or lose.... although, if Short or Graham get a non contact injury in the first half.... then go nuts, that is a poor decision.

Yeah I haven't questioned the Mansell inclusion FWIW. I can see why he has been selected and understand it.

 

[Noidnadroj]

Just listening to Marc MacLure …. he thinks TT and Hopper are 27-28yo . Then even Gerard starts saying ‘i think Hopper might have a bit more than that’ …. even though TT is about a year younger.

FWIW … TT turned 25 in Jan and Hopper 26 in Feb.

So only a lazy 2-years younger than MacLure thought….They are 2-years and 3-years younger than Crippaaaaaaa who turns 28yo in 2-days.


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[tunksy]

The reason why KMAC isn't harshly judged is because he works his butt off

Yeah I haven't questioned the Mansell inclusion FWIW. I can see why he has been selected and understand it.

Yeah it’s pretty obvious. Last year teams walked it out of our F50 far too often. Mansell is there to put some pressure on and lock it in

 

[Waca Jr]

I don't get the Mansell hate. Cumberland and Dusty a similar build and height not sure it works. happy to be proven wrong