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jake_the_lad
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Gday everyone,
At last I found somewhere to talk about the mighty tigers.
I'm from Brisbane, on uni hols and all, but whaddayaknow I was tied up for one of only about 2 saturdays all footy season and couldn't make it. Rushed home to see the last quarter and a half of a depressing but predictable game.
I've been lurking here for a couple of weeks. Here are my views on a few things.
*Give Danny until the end of his contract (end 2004?). Isn't that when Sheedy is out of contract. I don't think there is anyone else out there now who will do any better than Danny this or next season.
*Under no circumstances give away draft picks for mediocre mature squad players (eg. Biddiscombe, Houlihan).
*Keep Fiora for one more season, but give him a) 24 hour access to the Richmond gym b) a cow and c) a chainsaw. I'd hate to see him go somewhere else, bulk up and become a good player.
*Richo, well I am not sure. He is not the player he used to be, but pretty much all full-forwards are having more trouble kicking goals these days. I can't help but think that Stafford, a very part-time FF looks more dangerous up there. I think we should rotate Ottens/Stafford in the ruck, rest them at FF and play Richo accross HF and get him to lead up to about 80 m out.
Other than those, I'm not really too optimistic about the short and medium term prospects. It was said a few seasons ago that our good players aren't hard enough and our hard players aren't good enough. I think that is pretty much true, although Johnson and Coughlan are doing their best. We also have a lack of young talls, which are always getting harder to pick up in the draft. I think that who ever is calling the shots in recruiting, needs to take some responsibility for that. How many seasons did we go after a goalsneak?
At last I found somewhere to talk about the mighty tigers.
I'm from Brisbane, on uni hols and all, but whaddayaknow I was tied up for one of only about 2 saturdays all footy season and couldn't make it. Rushed home to see the last quarter and a half of a depressing but predictable game.
I've been lurking here for a couple of weeks. Here are my views on a few things.
*Give Danny until the end of his contract (end 2004?). Isn't that when Sheedy is out of contract. I don't think there is anyone else out there now who will do any better than Danny this or next season.
*Under no circumstances give away draft picks for mediocre mature squad players (eg. Biddiscombe, Houlihan).
*Keep Fiora for one more season, but give him a) 24 hour access to the Richmond gym b) a cow and c) a chainsaw. I'd hate to see him go somewhere else, bulk up and become a good player.
*Richo, well I am not sure. He is not the player he used to be, but pretty much all full-forwards are having more trouble kicking goals these days. I can't help but think that Stafford, a very part-time FF looks more dangerous up there. I think we should rotate Ottens/Stafford in the ruck, rest them at FF and play Richo accross HF and get him to lead up to about 80 m out.
Other than those, I'm not really too optimistic about the short and medium term prospects. It was said a few seasons ago that our good players aren't hard enough and our hard players aren't good enough. I think that is pretty much true, although Johnson and Coughlan are doing their best. We also have a lack of young talls, which are always getting harder to pick up in the draft. I think that who ever is calling the shots in recruiting, needs to take some responsibility for that. How many seasons did we go after a goalsneak?
. First 20 mins was great before we fell away. The last quarter was forgetable footy.
