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i can't stand Jack Rewoldt, just an absolute [censored].

 

richmond v carlton in the 'yuk' factor?

carlton, no question 

 

Jeez they all look stuffed in the last quarter. Cap on interchanges having a clear effect.


Jeez Richmond looked very average up until the last 15 minutes. If Carlton could kick straight the game could have been all over for the tigs. 

You'd think we'd put both of these teams away comfortably. Can't see the tiges finishing top this season if that's anything to go by. Skills were atrocious. 

Tonights game showed us one thing

Bolton can coach and he has the players already playing his style. 

It seems only MFC take years to sort a game plan...

 
2 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Tonights game showed us one thing

Bolton can coach and he has the players already playing his style. 

It seems only MFC take years to sort a game plan...

Carlton's list right now is better than what Roos inherited 2.5 years ago.

5 minutes ago, SaberFang said:

Carlton's list right now is better than what Roos inherited 2.5 years ago.

Would you have said that this afternoon?


Ricmond reacting like they've downed Hawks in a final.

Agree with the Carlton comparisons on here - our kids were completely spent and gone towards end of 2nd quarters let alone 3rd quarters. Good coaching, good drafting, new club. 

1 hour ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Richmond will struggle to make the finals.

Where was Weitering when we had a plethora of number one picks?

As opposed to Gibbs, Murphy and Kreuzer?

Carlton lost, can't ask for more than that.

Richmond looked underdone, long road ahead I guess. Maybe some wise old head in tiger rooms told them to hasten carefully....Hannibal....

4 hours ago, SaberFang said:

Carlton's list right now is better than what Roos inherited 2.5 years ago.

I reckon they're comparable list wise, but the mental scars our players had aren't.


Just saw the presser, Hardwick said they, Richmond, were a year younger on average so the more in-experienced team. [censored] me if that's the best you've got for that performance, I don't expect to see you around too much longer.

Tiges

Gone

Insipid group of hacks.
The fact that they have managed the last 2 years in the finals is fraudulent.

Not only will we towel them up this year for the third year running, I have them tipped to finish in the bottom 6.
Yes they won, but not in any way to be proud of and if they can only muster a 9 point win against Carlton then they are in for a long year.

I cannot believe that at 3.30am I was awakened by an Airbnb request from California from somebody who wanted to fly in next Friday night to watch the Pies play the Tigers. (I live next door to the "G") I replied that l have an ABC policy here and, unless they wished to watch the mighty Demons demolish the Bombers on the Saturday, l am full up (no vacancy). I hate to see some Yank waste his airfare to watch rabble.

So someone on twitter compared the tiges to melb in 05.

Topping up with ageing players to have a crack.

That cliff is coming

11 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Tonights game showed us one thing

Bolton can coach and he has the players already playing his style. 

It seems only MFC take years to sort a game plan...

Exactly and isn't it bloody frustrating. Port under Hinkley and the Dogs under Beverage are other great examples.


10 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Richmond will struggle to make the finals.

Where was Weitering when we had a plethora of number one picks?

 

6 hours ago, FireInTheBelly said:

Just saw the presser, Hardwick said they, Richmond, were a year younger on average so the more in-experienced team. [censored] me if that's the best you've got for that performance, I don't expect to see you around too much longer.

Tiges

Gone

Richmond are a mess and as Clint alluded to they won't play finals.

Pies MCG - loss

Adelaide MCG - 50/50

Eagles WA - loss

Dees MCG - loss

Port MCG - loss

Hawks MCG - loss

Sydney MCG - loss

Freo WA - loss

Bombers MCG - win

North BA - loss 

Suns MCG - win

Lion MCG - 50/50 with Beams and Rocky 

Port AO - loss 

Bulldogs E - loss 

Bombers MCG - win

Hawks MCG - loss

Giants SPOTLESS - loss

Pies MCG - loss 

Cats MCG - loss

Saints E - 50/50 they are now mentally shot

Swans SCG - loss

 

They are in massive trouble, and they just extended Hardwick's contract to stop this kind of speculation. I am aware they beat Hawks/Freo/Port/Sydney last year but I don't think this will be the case this time around.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

 

Richmond are a mess and as Clint alluded to they won't play finals.

Agreed. I just did the Ladder Predictor on the AFL site and had them finishing 11th.

1 minute ago, Good Times Grimes said:

Agreed. I just did the Ladder Predictor on the AFL site and had them finishing 11th.

Some will laugh at my prediction and that's fair enough. I don't see them doing what they did last year and that was rolling the Hawks and Freo etc again. North have owned them for years and we also seem to be their bogey side. Port/Pies/Geelong will overtake them this year for mine. If we can get another win over them they could potentially be 1 & 7 or 2 & 6 (or yes they could be 8 & 0), they are their own worst enemy.

 
12 hours ago, SaberFang said:

Carlton's list right now is better than what Roos inherited 2.5 years ago.

Debatable. 

2 hours ago, biggestred said:

So someone on twitter compared the tiges to melb in 05.

Topping up with ageing players to have a crack.

That cliff is coming

They're more like Melbourne of 2007 at this stage, though. And Melbourne "topped up" in 2002 and in 2003, which was a "mini" rebuild after the disaster that was the 2002 finals. Finals in 2004, 2005, 2006. We had zero depth though and fell away every year after looking the goods around half-way through. 

Richmond will either fire and make the top 4, or crash and burn...hard.

Last night's match reminded me of Melbourne v St Kilda in Round 1, 2007. Melbourne expected to win comfortably but it was the beginning of the end. Start of the rise for the 'Aints. Only difference between that Richmond was playing a pretty inexperienced and dysfunctional (at times) squad that doesn't run two ways hard enough for long enough. Toiges very lucky to get away with that last night. Blues were a 4-5 goal better team for 70% of the match.

12 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Tonights game showed us one thing

Bolton can coach and he has the players already playing his style. 

It seems only MFC take years to sort a game plan...

Carlton have been tanking for a couple of past years,  so weren't as bad as they appeared.  Malthouse was used to spite the pies,  & to be a scapegoat once the blues had realised there was to be no fairy-tale early in MnM's coaching stint.

Since that point they had inner disagreements between rebuild ideas, & they also layed down for the list..

so the list wasn't as bad as they looked in games last year.

 

Richmond they found a way to win. 


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