Tigers in trouble

[Brettmcg 24]

Daniel Connors, Luke McGuane, Dean Polo and Ben Cousins all suspended by the RFC for unacceptable behaviour after their match against Sydney on Saturday.

Surely this makes our task somewhat easier?

[Steamin Demon 370]

Daniel Connors, Luke McGuane, Dean Polo and Ben Cousins all suspended by the RFC for unacceptable behaviour after their match against Sydney on Saturday.

Surely this makes our task somewhat easier?

One word, PERCENTAGE !!!

[Eth 4]

One word, PERCENTAGE !!!

From what I've just read, it was from misconduct at their team hotel, and Connors got suspended for eight weeks.

Cousins only got one.

[Strawbsodwyer 0]

they will come out fired up, we should tread wearily if we are up at 1/4 time we should run over them but I anticipate they will start well.

[Guest Balls_Grinter_14]

Daniel Connors, Luke McGuane, Dean Polo and Ben Cousins all suspended by the RFC for unacceptable behaviour after their match against Sydney on Saturday.

Surely this makes our task somewhat easier?

Not at all!! tHE WORST THING WE CAN DO IS GO INTO THIS GAME THINKING IT IS JUST GOING TO HAPPEN. You cannot take any side lightly. Get ahead of yourself or begin to believe you are better than what you are and you can be beaten by any side. Don't get carried away.

[Eth 4]

Not at all!! tHE WORST THING WE CAN DO IS GO INTO THIS GAME THINKING IT IS JUST GOING TO HAPPEN. You cannot take any side lightly. Get ahead of yourself or begin to believe you are better than what you are and you can be beaten by any side. Don't get carried away.

Yeah, but we're playing Richmond.

[RalphiusMaximus 6,005]

You have to remember that Richmond probably regard us as one of the few beatable teams they will face. They are going to throw everything at us to get themselves up off the bottom of the ladder for a while. I expect them to hit us hard early on and put a lot of man-on-man pressure on the team. It will be very much like what we did to Collingwood.

[Eth 4]

You have to remember that Richmond probably regard us as one of the few beatable teams they will face. They are going to throw everything at us to get themselves up off the bottom of the ladder for a while. I expect them to hit us hard early on and put a lot of man-on-man pressure on the team. It will be very much like what we did to Collingwood.

That's true. But the fact remains: we're playing Richmond. PERCENTAGE HERE WE COME

[Satan 2,828]

could have been worse , martin is in my Sc team

[H_T 2,941]

That's true. But the fact remains: we're playing Richmond. PERCENTAGE HERE WE COME

Cousins hasn't done much anyway.

C.Wilson will be all over this like a rash. One would assume.

[Guest Balls_Grinter_14]

That's true. But the fact remains: we're playing Richmond. PERCENTAGE HERE WE COME

And 2 weeks ago Collingwood supporters were saying..yeah but its Melbourne..we will smash 'em. Easy! Then what happened? Don't get cocky after one win. FWIW i think we will win and by a healthy amount but play it down fellas. Seriously

[DemonDing 56]

have to have them out but we will still need to work hard to win as melbourne and maybe two other teams are the only side they could possibly beat.

in saying that good luck to them haha

[Summer Blease 0]

eth... hahah thanks for the laugh man! Appreciate it B)

Who was it that said if this site was a person it would have multiple personalities? So true; During the first half against the Crows, I was contemplating how I was going to survive the next couple of months without following my beloved dees- as I deeply felt supporting them was doing me more harm health wise than good- but look what a win does! Medicine for the team and the supporter base!

All of a sudden stuff is looking up. It is folly to suggest any team be percentage booster for us currently, but this one should be in the bag. When was the last time we could say that? Lifes good again!! B)

[Brettmcg 24]

Not at all!! tHE WORST THING WE CAN DO IS GO INTO THIS GAME THINKING IT IS JUST GOING TO HAPPEN. You cannot take any side lightly. Get ahead of yourself or begin to believe you are better than what you are and you can be beaten by any side. Don't get carried away.

Woah woah woah...take a chill-pill. If you refer to the OP you will find that I never said we should take them lightly, just that it might make our task a bit easier. If you consider that Cousins, and to a much lesser extent Dean Polo, are talented players it means that we have two less concerns in terms of matchups, hence why our task may become easier. We certainly can't afford to be arrogant...yet.

Edited April 12, 2010 by Brettmcg

[Summer Blease 0]

don't think balls was directing it at you- what he says makes sense. What you say also makes sense. This is a good thread.

[DeeSpencer 23,695]

Cousins out is a boost as are the others to a degree, but not massively. Richmond's problems is not that they are out of players but that each week they field 10 or so who are lucky to be getting a game (I'd say we field about 1-3 each week at the dees this year). The 10 or so guys who are up to AFL (Newman, Deledio, Cousins, Martin etc.) are some very good players, but aren't exactly a mature and star studded group like Geelong or StKilda's top 10 and can't cover the others. The same thing happens with our senior players - Davey, Moloney, Green, McDonald not being able to cover our deficiencies at times, but as pretty much everyone who has got a game has contributed in the last 2 weeks we've looked the goods. If everyone runs hard, tackles hard and plays for the team then I expect a solid win, but anything could happen if they don't.

[dee-luded 2,958]

eth... hahah thanks for the laugh man! Appreciate it B)

Who was it that said if this site was a person it would have multiple personalities? So true; During the first half against the Crows, I was contemplating how I was going to survive the next couple of months without following my beloved dees- as I deeply felt supporting them was doing me more harm health wise than good- but look what a win does! Medicine for the team and the supporter base!

All of a sudden stuff is looking up. It is folly to suggest any team be percentage booster for us currently, but this one should be in the bag. When was the last time we could say that? Lifes good again!! B)

Hang in there 'nostradeemus', Your team needs you, & this board needs your humble & humerous input.

Too many here are a little precious & want to lash out at other people whom are just trying to help.

I for one appreciate your open opinions & non attacking ways.

Edited April 12, 2010 by dee-luded

[Guest Rojik of the Arctic]

Not at all!! tHE WORST THING WE CAN DO IS GO INTO THIS GAME THINKING IT IS JUST GOING TO HAPPEN. You cannot take any side lightly. Get ahead of yourself or begin to believe you are better than what you are and you can be beaten by any side. Don't get carried away.

You do realise none of us will be playing on the weekend, eh? What we posters think or do will have absolutely no influence on how we play this weekend. Still you are right - no side coming off back to back spoons can afford to treat any game lightly and I'm sure the coaches and players will be well aware of that.

[WonnaJurah 5]

does that mean Machmahon will return?

yikes

[Brettmcg 24]

don't think balls was directing it at you- what he says makes sense. What you say also makes sense. This is a good thread.

Fair enough. I'm of the internet generation (only 21) where capitals equate to SCREAMING! I need to get away from my PC.

[Lost Highway 31]

That's true. But the fact remains: we're playing Richmond. PERCENTAGE HERE WE COME

I hope you never get a job coaching a footy side.

You could be very wrong. In most ways this is a harder match than the previous two; we've gone from having nothing to lose to having quite a lot to lose, especially pride, confidence and a sense of progress. A loss, or even a very narrow win, might set us back. I loathe this sort of attitude - it's probably what the Pies and their supporters were thinking after round 1. They scraped home luckily and suffered a morale sapping loss and let-down the next week.

[Redleg 38,757]

Yeah, but we're playing Richmond.

And Collingwood said we are playing Melbourne.

[Trengove_is_God 0]

Hit them early and hit them hard.

They are an extremely weak bodied team, and their skill level is one of the worst I have seen.

Sylvia, Moloney and Frawley will hurt some Tigers this week.

[Range Rover 1,935]

Tigers in disarray with Cousins, Polo, McGuane, Conners outed for disciplinary reasons ....

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/ben-cousins-other-richmond-players-in-tiger-booze-probe/story-e6frf9jf-1225852544160

[Summer Blease 0]

ease up fellas, nothing wrong with a bit of harmless enthusiasm.. I mean, when was the last time we 'could' talk like this.. might aswell ride this mini wave B) Go Dees!