Preview Round 21: Richmond vs Geelong | Saturday August 12th | Simonds Stadium 2.10 PM

[biaseddustyfan]

FOXTEL while necessary certainly isn't worth every cent.

depends how much sport you like. if only afl then nah. if you like all motor racing, cricket, tennis, shit murican sports, hockey etc etc then yeah it is

 

[Cotcho]

Yeah I posted someone else's opinion, the two bloody coaches that manage both teams that played! Lol. They were coaches association votes. If anyone has the right to judge how the players went, it's them.


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We know that Dimma doesn't rate him, hence why Miles has been dropped. Dimma isn't impartial like the AFL stats and therefore your evidence will be stricken from the record. Therefore my opinion that Miles was our second best mid that night stands

 

[smasha]

Every media outlet acting like Geelong's assistants,how can Geelong beat Richmond?

Doing my head in.

They have beaten us the last twelve times yet all angsty over the prospect of a Tiger win tomorrow,unbelievable stuff.

 

[tigernsw]

Every media outlet acting like Geelong's assistants,how can Geelong beat Richmond?

Doing my head in.

The truth is that they just like talking about Richmond.

 

[Blinky_bill]

We as Richmond supporters are not getting ahead of ourselves at all....

For example...

I just upgraded my interstate membership to Maurice Rioli Club for $150 guaranteeing me a Grand Final Ticket!

Before I get slammed... the reasoning is that IF Richmond made it, the GF would be hottest bloody ticket in town in decades.

And bugger if I would pay $1500 to LOL Norf for a tastless bacon and egg roll and a crap seat at the GF.

If we make it - AWESOME I made the right choice and I'll likely be sitting with other champion Tiger supporters.

If we don't make it - never mind I just gave $150 to the Club I bloody love!

Now all I've got to do is tell the wife

Was thinking of doing exactly the same....with the exact same justification

 

[smasha]

The truth is that they just like talking about Richmond.

Put on League Teams,they talk tactics on how to beat Richmond then talk about us for one minute,same on SEN,commentators all round tabling how can Geelong beat Richmond.

ffs,aren't we the underdogs playing down there?

 

[prodigy]

Put on League Teams,they talk tactics on how to beat Richmond then talk about us for one minute,same on SEN,commentators all round tabling how can Geelong beat Richmond.

ffs,aren't we the underdogs playing down there?

They can see what's coming and the Dynasty that's being built.

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[smasha]

Was thinking of doing exactly the same....with the exact same justification

im 3121 guaranteed ticky.

 

[smasha]

They can see what's coming and the Dynasty that's being built.

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Definately playing their hashtag.

 

[A Tiger 4 lyf]

Far from the underdogs imo, Reckon we should be favorites

 

[smasha]

Far from the underdogs imo, Reckon we should be favorites

Yeah but considering we haven't beaten them down there for a while,you would think we'd get something.

 

[Blinky_bill]

im 3121 guaranteed ticky.

but then the Richmond voices in me start asking if we're even a lock for the 8 yet, lol

 

[biaseddustyfan]

Far from the underdogs imo, Reckon we should be favorites

we are favs. cats are shit and if we lose I'm not confident about winning a final again

 

[Cevap_Roll]

im 3121 guaranteed ticky.

Same. Its a Shame normal finals arent though.

 

[tigernsw]

Was thinking of doing exactly the same....with the exact same justification

The membership lady said it has been very popular promotion and limited. Get in quick if you decide to do it.

 

[tigernsw]

Same. Its a Shame normal finals arent though.

This on the website with the 'Buy Rance get Rioli' promotion

"All available memberships include priority access to purchase finals tickets for the 2017 campaign."

So I suppose it's not guaranteed just priority access.

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

TLDR - it's not about form, it's not about winning this week, it's about preparing the best possible match-fit squad for our first final. Finally, I think we win well against Geelong this week.

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AFL coaches say things like "one week at a time" and "we move on pretty quickly, we now focus on [next week's opponent]". That gives supporters the perception that in the AFL, decisions are made on the basis of what gives us the best chance to win this week's game.

In reality, clubs plan to win enough games to make finals and then shift their thinking to winning finals. We've achieved part 1. Every decision is now based on winning finals.

For example - I think the club would have begun serious planning for the Geelong game in early July. Soldo coming in when he did wasn't a random decision. He came in against Brisbane with the intention of giving him a block of games to have him "peaking" this week. There was no way we could go into the game against Geelong with only one ruck and one key forward.

Similarly, forward planning is why Mr. Megan Gale is playing VFL this week. They will want the biggest possible "match fit" squad to choose from, so the next 3 weeks everyone who is half-fit plays VFL and either gets through or is no longer in contention. If Hampson is injured in the next few weeks, it is no loss because he couldn't be considered for an AFL final unless he had some solid VFL time behind him. Same decision is imminent on Griffiths and Conca - it's now or never.

Finally, for everyone who points to VFL form and demands that we "drop Grigg for Lennon" - please try and recognise that form in the VFL counts for very little at this time of year. By now, the selection committee is very familiar with what every player can and can't do. We need to fill almost every spot in the 22 with a player who has certain attributes. Players like Lennon and Lloyd are a poor fit for our AFL gameplan, which relies on small forwards who run crazy patterns to get into dangerous spots inside the F50. Caddy is the "second string" Riewoldt AND the "second string" Martin - that's why he plays every week. That's why Bolton and Stengle have played - they fill a nippy small forward role when needed. Lennon and Lloyd are better players than Bolton and Stengle, but they are not the right type of player for what we need right now.

We'll win this week because the Cats have be forced to significantly change the balance of their team. I think they are too tall and too "offensive". I expect to see Harry Taylor start forward. They have been trying to fix their lack of defensive pressure all year, but they couldn't play kids against Rance, Astbury and Grimes.

If we can win the midfield battle, bring the ball to ground in our forward 50 and attack off half-back, we can kick a lot of goals against this team.

Cheers.

Dave P.

Perceptive...nice...

 

[Tigerturbulance]

Groupie also loves BBQ,s.

Likes pizza as well; here's proof

 

[Cevap_Roll]

This on the website with the 'Buy Rance get Rioli' promotion

"All available memberships include priority access to purchase finals tickets for the 2017 campaign."

So I suppose it's not guaranteed just priority access.

Yeah like normal members. Only GF is the garanteed one.

 

[Grockadoc]

Anyone heading to the game tomorrow? Managed to score a ticket from a cousin.

 

[Bazzar]

The class of '14

 

[HTT]

Remember last year when everyone looked some of our drafts and laughed at how crap they were, now they're salivating over them. Happens to many teams. The bloody media have the memory of a school of goldfish.

 

[SA_Tiger11]

Jesus Toby Greene is a filthy little Campaigner. Hope he gets another 3 weeks. Little pig

 

[RememberRoyce]

Jesus Toby Greene is a filthy little Campaigner. Hope he gets another 3 weeks. Little grub

efa

 

[A Tiger 4 lyf]

Doubt he'll miss a game for that