I miss having a laugh reading the Toigs eating their own at Punt Road End. Pity they have put the shutters up over there.

we beat Richmond, and they had Cotchin and Chaplin on the show?

Sounds like a horrible program, never watched it and never will as that Hamish McLachlin bloke is a massive [censored]

Maybe it just happens to be because they never had any belief that we were a good team!

Great win.

On the umpiring: I wasn't able to see the match live and despite all my efforts at avoiding the news, channel 7 managed to tell me the result in the last 30 seconds of broadcasting the Freo-Geelong match. So I watched the umpiring of our game with more objectivity and less emotion than I would have if I didn't already know we eventually won. I was still ropeable about how our tackles in the first half especially were not rewarded and how inconsistent they were, especially towards the end to Richmond's advantage. It sometimes feels like they being paid by the AFL to massage close results and keep the biggest slice of the crowd happy.

As several posters have said, the AFL needs to improve the standard of umpiring to match the professionalism of the players and take a close look at how they manage it all, especially dropping the rule of the week approach.

Plus there is the thing about Tommy Hafey....

Fair dinkum watching game day and they have Cotchin and Chaplin as panelists and you would have thought might have won yesterday. Cotchin 3 things we learnt was disgraceful. Could only muster up one positive for the dees saying how our big man stretched there backline then had the guts to say Ben Lennon is a younger player to watch in the future. What about Dom Tyson who pulled your pants down? Or JKH who put the nail in the coffin?

Unbelievable.

Typical but not really surprising. What else can he say when the brutal truth is that they are stuffed.

The reality of where their list is at is setting in now. It has to be. They massively overachieved last year and fooled themselves into thinking that the list just needed some fine tuning with the likes of Hampson and Petterd. When your greatest shining light is a first gamer, that says it all.

And the supporters contribute towards the delusion being ingrained. Say what you want about our supporters, but I think the majority have remained pretty realistic about where we are at. Tigers supporters seem to be at one extreme or the other - thinking they are world beaters or the sky is falling.

Speaking of which, I wonder how that muppet who advertised on here the fact he was switching to the Tigers is feeling.

I like Grimes, I have a jumper with his number on the back

So do I, but it's been there since it was Chopper Lovell's number

Grimes was awful yesterday

DD36,they say coth has an ankle injury and probably played under duress.

maybe no dee players could make the show.

Speaking of which, I wonder how that muppet who advertised on here the fact he was switching to the Tigers is feeling.

Probably a bit dizzy about now I should think

So after sleeping on it (I started last sunday's post like this!) I'm still pumped! A really great win to take into the bye, the players can savour it and go off on their breaks feeling pumped for the season ahead.

It was an intriguing game to break down because although the Tigers had more scoring shots I think bettered them most key areas of the game. The big ones being the contested possession, hit outs, and the best on for me the tackles. It is amazing to think how far we've come already, we make teams earn every single touch they get and hit them hard when we get the chance. Yesterdays pressure, although not on the same level, reminded me of Freo vs Sydney in the prelim last year. We've still got a long way to go but I am genuinely interested to see how we go against the top 3, because ultimately as brilliant as these wins are the big test will be if we're able to stock a juggernaut like Hawthorne when they get a run going.

I bet the players are starting to get a taste for this winning feeling!

The Tigers having more scoring shots is almost irrelevant. They blazed away and then sometimes got a second chance when we failed to get the ball out of defensive 50. Overall it was more than evident who the better team was.

Can't quite get over centre clearances being 14-5 in our favour.

The best things about this win for me were

- Brian Taylor crying in his beer

- the form of Watts, Pedersen, Jamar and Viney

- oh yes we won

The worst thing was the form of Grimes just watched again on the replay. He was terrible IMO

A good side would have nailed us because of his blunders.

Fortunately for him Richmond could not hit the side of a barn.

Oh and again

WE WON again this morning.

I would say the best thing about this win and our last month is seeing the change in posts from fellow Dlanders such as yourself, Wyl and many of us who had lost hope.

Not sure who said it this morning on radio, but whoever is playing Melbourne next week or in two weeks doesn't matter prepare yourself for a hard contest.

I got on yesterday at $5.20 and thought we were in with a shot and it was at least worth a wager.

The football world is starting to realise the easybeats of the last 2 years are gone

And I saw my boys the Cardies beat top of the table Subiaco live yesterday old dee so 2 renditions of grand old flag in one day has been a long time since that happened

Fair dinkum watching game day and they have Cotchin and Chaplin as panelists and you would have thought might have won yesterday. Cotchin 3 things we learnt was disgraceful. Could only muster up one positive for the dees saying how our big man stretched there backline then had the guts to say Ben Lennon is a younger player to watch in the future. What about Dom Tyson who pulled your pants down? Or JKH who put the nail in the coffin?

Unbelievable.

I remember watching telly last night after the Freo vs Geelong game and they were previewing Sunday on TV and I thought to myself you booked them in thinking the Tigers win was a foregone conclusion.

Probably why the bookies had us also paying over $5 in a game which was 15th vs 17th.

DD36 I think the wheel is turning and people are starting to take notice

after re-watching the game this morning Toumpas' hardness at the ball surprised me, he really showed good courage on a few occasions and moved quite well, wouldn't mind seeing him play a few games on end and build into some form.

The football world is starting to realise the easybeats of the last 7 years are gone

EFA

I am merely giving my opinion. If you don't like it well fine. But i am only going on what i have seen.

They are both the same age. Wines is streaks ahead.

But the Toump was ok today. If he improves great.

I do not want him to fail even if you think i do.

WYL the club is trying to help the supporter base be more optimistic rather than the pessimism & anger/frustration that we've carried for around the last 8 years.

look into all the recent player photos released on the website & the stories. mostly smiling laughing photos with positive messages.

this is the next part of the puzzle to repair. Us. Our culture. to help us to help our own club. & to help us stop the destruction of our kids. with back to 'Normal' Supporting.

Something we haven't had for such a long time as the club had Lost our Trust, such a long time ago.... we, all of us, now need to try to adjust our ways of negativeness.

I miss having a laugh reading the Toigs eating their own at Punt Road End. Pity they have put the shutters up over there.

I got on. They're having a total meltdown, as you'd expect. Outraged at losing to a weak team like Melbourne - a little faint praise for us - only one poster dares to suggest we might be better than they thought. When I think what we've had to endure, this mob are WAP.

Bitter but optimistic, on 17 May 2014 - 7:53 PM, said:

I reckon Paul Roos knows more about footy than me.

I know more than Roosy as you all would have gathered over 1900 insightful posts.

I knew We needed Roosy,,, long before Roosy knew he needed Us.

Fair dinkum watching Game Day and they have Cotchin and Chaplin as panelists and you would have thought might have won yesterday. Cotchin 3 things we learnt was disgraceful. Could only muster up one positive for the dees saying how our big man stretched there backline then had the guts to say Ben Lennon is a younger player to watch in the future. What about Dom Tyson who pulled your pants down? Or JKH who put the nail in the coffin?

Unbelievable.

we beat Richmond, and they had Cotchin and Chaplin on the show?

Sounds like a horrible program, never watched it and never will as that Hamish McLachlin bloke is a massive [censored]

Pretty shameful at the start of Game Day when they ran through the results for the games this weekend.

Cheering for every game until they read out the Melbourne/Tigers result which was booed.

They just made the list.

good to see some missing threads.

hoges gone=no issue atm

mitch gone

bacline looks weak without frawley

m.jones not up to it

jamar gone

wheres fitzy

pedders no good

not sure about cross

should weve taken salem

jkh might be to small

etc etc etc

wins certainly change posts.

u, uh, efforts & actions change posts, & change outcomes.

since the AFL stepped in, we have a new CEO, coaching team, footy dept', president, & team list is still changing, but the attitudes have changed, & are still growing.

u, uh, efforts & actions change posts, & change outcomes.

since the AFL stepped in, we have a new CEO, coaching team, footy dept', president, & team list is still changing, but the attitudes have changed, & are still growing.

yep very true.

i dont like to overrate players who are young and still learning, its not in my ethos.

but boy this kid viney,just exudes confidence,toughness,and is a major mongrel over the footy.

dont think weve seen a younger and better at this for a loooooong time.

btw,im not getting over confident,ive seen most and this one impresses more every time i see him.

I got on. They're having a total meltdown, as you'd expect. Outraged at losing to a weak team like Melbourne - a little faint praise for us - only one poster dares to suggest we might be better than they thought. When I think what we've had to endure, this mob are WAP.

My favourite line I read: "Discusted is an udderstatement"

Felt like telling him to stop talking bullsh!t.

Also, Trent Cotchin has one of the worst haircuts in the AFL.

Pretty shameful at the start of Game Day when they ran through the results for the games this weekend.

Cheering for every game until they read out the Melbourne/Tigers result which was booed.

They just made the list.

Love this, the more other teams supporters boo us the happier I will be.

I want the Demons to be hated more than Collingwood.

It will mean we are successful, supporters don't boo losers.

watching the game now for the first time, the Toump looks good!
He will be fine.

Love this, the more other teams supporters boo us the happier I will be.

I want the Demons to be hated more than Collingwood.

It will mean we are successful, supporters don't boo losers.

Yeah ... Nah... I want opposition supporters to sit in stony silence as we thrash their team with the odd close game to make it exciting.