Skills said:Yes. You must be watching alot of replays lately.
Are you saying I'm not observant enough to pick up on stuff like this as it happens? ;D
Skills said:Yes. You must be watching alot of replays lately.
Not at all. I have Tambling's left foot pass out of the middle against the Dockers (going right to left of the screen) etched in my head. I know what you're talking about and I remember the pass well.Disco08 said:Are you saying I'm not observant enough to pick up on stuff like this as it happens? ;D
YesDisco08 said:Are you saying I'm not observant enough to pick up on stuff like this as it happens? ;D
Skills said:Here's a brief summary of the past fortnight: "Tambling is improving...tackle count is high...coming along nicely...question marks over his pace & agility...more work is required with his decision making...but his doing just fine...stick that where it fits!"
Last year, Tambling salvaged something in the 2nd half of the year, in what was a dissapointing season overall for Richmond and himself. In the next fortnight, Richie must instinctively focus on attacking the ball. He cant afford to be a spectator against the likes of the hawks or cats midfield. There will be alot of pressure off the ball and it's this part of Tambling's game that must show improvement. Dont worry about the increasing stats, they only hide the real problems.
Col.W.Kurtz said:I am interested you say that Skills, because although I know what yor saying about the stoppages I've also thought of Bling as a player who is more than the sum of his stats. Like Lids he breaks the line and gets the creative possessions that leads to scores. If he was getting Sugar like stats we would be a much better team because of what he does with it. One of Bling's issues I suspect has been maintain the 4 quarter intensity at the contest that gives 25+ possession games.
linuscambridge said:I think some of the posters on this site and others will have to realise the direction the game is going and where Terry is trying to take the team. The stats on the weekend showed Johnson, Foley, Tambling and Delidio all around the mid 20s in the possesion stats.
With the pace of the game and the rotations I would hazard a guess that several players in the mid 20s will be not only the norm, but probably the desired outcome of the future Tiger midfield. The days of one or two midfielders racking up mid 30s possesion counts will be on the decline. Far harder to man up and beat several quality midfielders rotating on and off the bench and through the forward pocket than one or two guns who play the whole game in the midfield.
I think we should stop looking for Tambling to get 30 plus possies and start celebrating a number of moderate to high possesion gatherers in the midfield and more importantly a far more competetive team.
GoodOne said:Yep I think the real problem with Tambling is the perception of some supporters who really don't know much about what it takes to become an AFL player and that it doesn't happen overnight.
Is it a coincidence that most of your 17 posts are on Hawthorn?Abe Simpson said:As a Tambling critic I felt that i had to answer this point.
I think most of us know it would take an amazing amount of work and sacrifice. Nobody is doubting that Richie is working hard. The problem is the recruiting staff who obvioulsly rated him too highly.
Let's look at the draft:
1. Deledio - been very good, will be a superstar
2. Roughead - kicked 40 goals last year looks great again
3. Griffin - probably will be as good as Deledio, but fair enough
4. Tambling - question mark
5. Franklin - being considered in the top three players in the AFL at 21
6. Williams - the biggest problem
7. Lewis - led the Hawks for touches in 07 and had 38 quality touches in his first game 08
I think we made a massive error, and nobody but one-eyed Richmond people would argue.
Miller made his career from recruiting Carey. Missing Franklin should cancel that out and he should lose his job immediatley...
Abe Simpson said:As a Tambling critic I felt that i had to answer this point.
checkside said:Is it a coincidence that most of your 17 posts are on Hawthorn?
Abe Simpson said:How is my post about Hawthorn?
It is about the draft you genius...
Dyer'ere said:Where does she say that particular post is about Hawthorn, Eisenstein?
Abe Simpson said:7. Lewis - ... 38 quality touches in his first game 08
Col.W.Kurtz said:Then again no one brought up the Battleship Potemkin either
Dyer'ere said:Rubbish. It's appeared twice already in this thread. ;D Over a hundred years after its disappearance. Eerie.
And anyway I was thinking of
which is the mathematical theorem Hawthorn are sh!t. But you already knew that.