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Once again we will be playing next week against a team that is heavily under the pump....a 'line in the sand' game for them.

About time we learned to kick them when they are down, like we have been on the receiving end for so bloody long.

Go Dees.   Just do it ✔️

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Anyone who argues that umpires don't have an adverse influence on the results of games is kidding themselves. North got kissed on the dick last week, Hawks this week. Is there a mandate from AFL House

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Once again we will be playing next week against a team that is heavily under the pump....a 'line in the sand' game for them. About time we learned to kick them when they are down, like we have be

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18 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Their drafting has been horrible. Taylor Hunt, Andrew Moore, Ben Lennon, Corey Ellis, Shaun Grigg, Shaun Hampson and the list goes on..

Ellis, Lennon and Grigg can play. The Grigg trade was a masterstroke, and one of the rare wins for the Tigers, they offloaded Collins for him - who isn't even in the system anymore. He was useless. Grigg can play. Lennon has had limited opportunities, I think he'll be a player. Corey Ellis is going to need time to develop, he is actually their best bet of finding a quality inside mid. He is an inside mid, he just hasn't developed enough physically to play that role.

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1 hour ago, The Song Formerly Known As said:

What are the chances we turn both collingwood's and Richmond's seasons around? ??

Geez mate you are a little ray of sunshine. Elsewhere you say a Hogan is gone now this gem. Anything else to cheer us up??

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6 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

I can't remember a time we've played 2 horribly out of form sides in consecutive weeks.

Going to be an interesting fortnight.

And any team beaten by Melbourne will automatically be 'in crisis'......

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The umpires were about as bad as they get. When will the AFL do something about the unbelievable hometown advantage the Western Australian teams get?

It's blindingly obvious yet no-one in the media is prepared to put their job on the line by commenting about it.

 

 

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4 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

The umpires were about as bad as they get. When will the AFL do something about the unbelievable hometown advantage the Western Australian teams get?

It's blindingly obvious yet no-one in the media is prepared to put their job on the line by commenting about it.

 

 

I actually thought the WA bias improved last year, but the little I watched last night suggested otherwise.

Who can ever forget the classic 20-1 half time free kick count we copped at Subi a few years back.

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3 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

The umpires were about as bad as they get. When will the AFL do something about the unbelievable hometown advantage the Western Australian teams get?

It's blindingly obvious yet no-one in the media is prepared to put their job on the line by commenting about it.

 

 

Listening to the Saturday Rub, JB just produced the stat that the Eagles recieved about 100 more free kicks than their opposition over the course of 11 home games last year.

Having said that Richmond don't go to bad either when they are in Melbourne.

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You'd have thought after last year's Carlton debacle that the AFL/Channel 7 would have learned their lesson on fixturing.

Have a look at Richmond's fixture:

Round 1 - Thursday night
Round 2 - Friday night
Round 4 - Friday night
Round 5 - Sunday night (prime time)
Round 7 - Friday night
Rounds 8-10 - Saturday night (all on Channel 7)
Round 11 - Friday night
Round 15 - Friday night
Round 16 - Saturday night (Channel 7)
Round 20 - Friday night

16 of their 21 currently-scheduled games are televised on Channel 7.

Who the f**k thought it was a good idea to show Richmond in prime time in 8 of the first 10 weeks of the year?

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30 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

You'd have thought after last year's Carlton debacle that the AFL/Channel 7 would have learned their lesson on fixturing.

Have a look at Richmond's fixture:

Round 1 - Thursday night
Round 2 - Friday night
Round 4 - Friday night
Round 5 - Sunday night (prime time)
Round 7 - Friday night
Rounds 8-10 - Saturday night (all on Channel 7)
Round 11 - Friday night
Round 15 - Friday night
Round 16 - Saturday night (Channel 7)
Round 20 - Friday night

16 of their 21 currently-scheduled games are televised on Channel 7.

Who the f**k thought it was a good idea to show Richmond in prime time in 8 of the first 10 weeks of the year?

Wow...that is really skewed. I know that they probably have data saying that historicalky they rate decently viewers-wise, but you'd think that they would hedge their bets with any team and at least have a mixture of high-mbership teams playing prime-time games. About the only thing that would be worse ratinhs-wise this year would be a heap of Essendon and/or GWS games on Friday and Saturday nights 

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1 hour ago, jnrmac said:

And any team beaten by Melbourne will automatically be 'in crisis'......

They'd be in crisis regardless. If we beat the Pies, a finals-bound team is 1-3. If we beat the Tigers, they're 1-4, with both teams' wins being very unconvincing. Irrespective of who played them, they'd be in crisis. But Melbourne, losing to Melbourne would just compound it.

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48 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

You'd have thought after last year's Carlton debacle that the AFL/Channel 7 would have learned their lesson on fixturing.

Have a look at Richmond's fixture:

Round 1 - Thursday night
Round 2 - Friday night
Round 4 - Friday night
Round 5 - Sunday night (prime time)
Round 7 - Friday night
Rounds 8-10 - Saturday night (all on Channel 7)
Round 11 - Friday night
Round 15 - Friday night
Round 16 - Saturday night (Channel 7)
Round 20 - Friday night

16 of their 21 currently-scheduled games are televised on Channel 7.

Who the f**k thought it was a good idea to show Richmond in prime time in 8 of the first 10 weeks of the year?

Look at the bright side of those Friday night games,watching the Tiges lose is a good way to kick off the weekend

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Just now, DemonAndrew said:

bombers-cats is very reminiscent of our game v them - scrappy, low quality and dour football.

That will be the Bombers go all year - drag teams down to their level so they have a chance.  It's an awful game of footy to watch but that's what the Bombers want.

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