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Game Day Tigers V Giants
- Thread starter Mr T.
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Plenty of our youngsters & newcomers have been playing well the past few weeks. That needs to continue against an opposition that will be desperate to win tonight.
This is a line in the sand game for GW$ who will be hell bent on revenge for their embarrassing Grand Final performance & ordinary start to the season.
Alternatively we don't have much to lose tonight & go in as underdogs. Hopefully that heaps pressure on them & we play freely as a united team.
On paper they look better but a few of our young lads will look forward to the challenge. Even on their own deck, I won't be at all surprised if we win tonight & send the Giant$ season into free fall.
This is a line in the sand game for GW$ who will be hell bent on revenge for their embarrassing Grand Final performance & ordinary start to the season.
Alternatively we don't have much to lose tonight & go in as underdogs. Hopefully that heaps pressure on them & we play freely as a united team.
On paper they look better but a few of our young lads will look forward to the challenge. Even on their own deck, I won't be at all surprised if we win tonight & send the Giant$ season into free fall.
The Giants are still playing their same "keepings off" system as they did last year but at a slower speed. The do not go long, fast and direct and that is suicide against us. We have at least been getting back to our system even though North didn't put up too much of a contest but it did give us some confidence. I think we will do pretty well tonight. Bulldogs the following week will be harder, much harder.
Massive game in the context of the season.
GWS has had the heat on them all week. They will come out firing. Big challenge ahead for our young team.
GWS has had the heat on them all week. They will come out firing. Big challenge ahead for our young team.
The Giants have been hanging in there due the quality of their defence. If we use the ball well forward of centre and GWS continue to dish up the dross they have been then we will win.
Look at their inside 50 count and differential
Rd 1 - Geelong 39 (-2) - Won by 32
Rd 2 - North 38 (-5) - Lost by 20
Rd 3 - Bulldogs 29 (-15) - Lost by 24
Rd 4 - Collingwood 37 (-11) - Won by 2
Rd 5 - Hawthorn 26 (-12) - Won by 34
Rd 6 - Port 33 (-18) - Lost by 17
Rd 7 - Brisbane 34 (-22) - Lost by 20
How the hell they managed to beat Hawthorn by 34 points with only 26 inside 50's only Clarko can answer.
Look at their inside 50 count and differential
Rd 1 - Geelong 39 (-2) - Won by 32
Rd 2 - North 38 (-5) - Lost by 20
Rd 3 - Bulldogs 29 (-15) - Lost by 24
Rd 4 - Collingwood 37 (-11) - Won by 2
Rd 5 - Hawthorn 26 (-12) - Won by 34
Rd 6 - Port 33 (-18) - Lost by 17
Rd 7 - Brisbane 34 (-22) - Lost by 20
How the hell they managed to beat Hawthorn by 34 points with only 26 inside 50's only Clarko can answer.
I think that the inside 50 stats above show just how important the stat about how often a team scores when they enter their 50 is. If you can limit scoring of your opposition inside 50s then you are a pretty good chance of winning.
This one won't be easy so we'll have to see if we're on tonight and can pull off a win.
DS
This one won't be easy so we'll have to see if we're on tonight and can pull off a win.
DS
Its an overly simplistic approach,
But i simply cant take a side that lost to #lolnorf seriously.
However, we are pushing the inexperience threshold.
The last time our process has been so important was probably last week.
Tigers by 5 pts.
Paddy naish 3 goals
But i simply cant take a side that lost to #lolnorf seriously.
However, we are pushing the inexperience threshold.
The last time our process has been so important was probably last week.
Tigers by 5 pts.
Paddy naish 3 goals
They will come out swinging, elbowing, eye gouging and squirrel gripping. I mean this in the literal sense. I recon they will employ that plastic tough guy brand they love so much to try and intimidate. I just want to see grimes and his elbows scything through the defensive arcs as broad dishes out a few cauliflowers.
....and 12 goals to naish
....and 12 goals to naish
We are missing plenty, but so are they.
Taylor is an intercept key for them. Williams is their dynamic drive from half-back, Kennedy plays a role in that too, and Cumming would be next in line. Ward is a hard nut and spiritual leader.
If you swapped Jacobs and Shaw for Soldo and Baker, the age difference would disappear. They have some unproven youngsters like Caldwell, Langdon and Ash, and some bog-average journeymen in Keefe, de Boer, Corr and Lloyd. Everyone talks them up as the most talented list in the comp. They're not.
Tiges by 15.
Taylor is an intercept key for them. Williams is their dynamic drive from half-back, Kennedy plays a role in that too, and Cumming would be next in line. Ward is a hard nut and spiritual leader.
If you swapped Jacobs and Shaw for Soldo and Baker, the age difference would disappear. They have some unproven youngsters like Caldwell, Langdon and Ash, and some bog-average journeymen in Keefe, de Boer, Corr and Lloyd. Everyone talks them up as the most talented list in the comp. They're not.
Tiges by 15.
Lets see the tactics De Boer employs on Martin.
Fridge Graham will need to be at his tackling best tonight.
Fridge Graham will need to be at his tackling best tonight.
I didn't think they were tracking that bad injury wise. Ward & Williams certainly important to them & Taylor as well. But fair to say they doing a lot better in that department compared to a lot of other sides.
I hope you are right though. Go Tiges
Been under the pump in the media all week. Sure to fire them up. Bit concerned about tonight.
Have to negate Greene and Cameron in particular. They are match winners if let loose.
Winnable without a doubt we stick to our systems and plan and take it up to another level big chance We cut there midfield supply and own the ruck and go inside 50 smartly to.Yeah copping slack in the media gws ,but we hot a big motivation to so many played along Tucky.
I've been in a bit of a "dark funk" since news of Tucky broke........strangely lurking around this site has helped! A win against this mob will go a long way to restoring normal programming. Balta to take mark of the year and kick goal of the year in this game. Tigers by 16 points.
