Game Day - Tigers V Swans

[Pandaboy]

Time for Hardwick to *smile* off. Mrs Hardwick would do a bette job

Downfall of the dynasty started with mrs hardwick

It’s all gone down hill since Dimma’s affair. You can’t deny it.

Said this a while back, theres no denying it, the players dont play for him anymore. Im sure theres something to it. Culture and vibe around the place would be totally different btn 2017-2020 and 2021+

 

[Redford]

Yeh, I was so confident. Still cannot believe it. I just cannot understand how we could dish that up with the season on the line in a away. I thought Dusty would fire up. He didn't fire a shot. He was jogging most of the night. Shai kicked the ball worse than anytime in his career. Vlas?? The worst game of his career. Balta had so many poor moments.

It's hard to reconcile these are the same players that won so many flags.

This has not been a team to be super confident in for a long time now.

 

[UKTiger]

What does our coaching team do? As sure as hell, it is not coaching

 

[btoz_01]

We should have kept our picks. We were delusional about where we were at. Taranto and Hopper trades look terrible at the moment. We should have just rebuilt with kids.

Taranto Hopper are the ones that stood up tonight 30+ possessions each
we kept Cotch Jack to go for another flag that’s why we recruited them
we weren’t bottoming out

 

[RUNVS]

It might

We should have kept our picks. We were delusional about where we were at. Taranto and Hopper trades look terrible at the moment. We should have just rebuilt with kids.

It might make a difference if we had a ruckman that could palm it down to them. Ladhams thought all his birthdays came at once.

 

[French Tiger]

We aren't fit enough
We are a shocking kicking side.
Unless we find 2 or 3 kids
We are going to make the 8 let alone win a flag

Not sure where our next win comes ?

Only really Short back next week then Broad week after so it’s not like there is many coming back.

Discipline is shocking again.

 

[tigerlove]

Most disappointing for me was the backline. Leaked so many goals, players watching each other thinking the other one would go. Backline has been the backbone of our success and they're just a shadow now, they don't gel. Grimes and Vlastuin not what they used to be. There's no quick fix.

Also extremely undisciplined which cost us dearly.

 

[mrposhman]

There has been a lot of crap thrown around on this thread tonight but despite all that the game was there to be won with 10 minutes to go.
The most disappointing thing to me is the capitulation in the last 7-8 minutes.
Not good enough, this club is better than that.

We were very sloppy at the back yet again. I lost count how many goals we gave them. Vlastuin, Balta, Ryan, HRS all gifted them goals. It was embarassingly bad at times.

As much as I don't like potting young players after a loss like that when many of our older players dropped their trousers today, but I've seen enough of Ralph-Smith especially in the back half. He is too poor by foot to play back there. If Shorts not fit, lets give something else a go at the back, maybe Clarke, even Sonsie off half back.

For some of our leaders, Dustin needs to start to stand up this year, he's been garbage all season and tonight was no difference. He is paid a phenomenal amount of money and we expect a lot more.

Frustrating game to watch at times, embarrassing to watch at other times.

 

[Jason King]

We sold the farm for two blokes who are about as tidy as a two year old with an open Nutella jar.

This side has some injuries yes, but so did Sydney.

 

[tha8ball]

Don’t really have any words. Haven’t seen us throw in the towel for a long time… but hey did in that last 10mins.

 

[fastin bulbous]

If he's going to be a tough guy shoving blokes on the ground around, maybe don't *smile* himself under a high ball 5 minutes later.

Just saying

I love him. That fella lined him up and bounced off very sore. No worries letting him know about it. He contested all night. I recon he could have lost that ball in the lights. I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt. You should try it.

 

[Aurizontiger]

Back to the 80's 90's and 2000's poor old effort with a little league game plan.

 

[Ripplestick]

Skills aside, worst game in terms of effort I've ever seen under Hardwick.

At the start of his tenure we lacked skill but put in effort, tonight the white flag was raised from most, not all, of the team.

Experienced players didn't care, they've had their success, young players looking for leadership were bereft of confidence.

 

[The Big Richo]

I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt. You should try it.

I did the first three times I saw him do it.

 

[tommystigers]

Terry Wallace would be proud of that effort.

Deplorable skills, unintelligent, ill discipline, unaccountable, and a careless effort by as disconnected a group of players that have donned the jersey together since Hardwick started.

We are in serious trouble.

 

[tigerlove]

It’s all gone down hill since Dimma’s affair. You can’t deny it.

Yep I was expecting us to win another 3 premierships by now and then I heard about the affair.

 

[fastin bulbous]

I did the first three times I saw him do it.

So you recon Pickett is a thug who jibbs contact?

Just asking

 

[Redford]

Could get ugly next week.

 

[mrposhman]

That sort of performance from Papley was what we should be expecting from Dustin of Shai. Papley gives them gold, those 2 give us *smile*. Bolton tried hard but was generally quite poor. Martin was never in the game.

 

[Punt n Brunton]

This current team is as unskilled as I can recall in a long time. So many simple and fundamental skill errors continually killing us. Really hard to watch us fall off the cliff, but we have. With no decent draft pick at seasons end, this season will be a long and painful one I’m afraid.