6 Long Weeks To Go.

[PROUD LION]

Is anyone else looking forward to watching the next 6 weeks of football involving the RFC? God knows I am not except for one thing and that is to see the young kids play and develop. I have no interest in talking about Johnson, Bowden, Richo, Brown, Tivendale, Simmonds, Newman and Pettifer and a few others because I know what they bring to the table. The sole focus I'll be taking for the rest of the season is seeing how the kids develop over the last month and half of footy.

Foley, Riewoldt, Pattison, Schulz, King, Polak, Raines, Edwards, Hughes, Graham (if he plays), Tambling, Deledio amongst others that should get game time over the next 6 weeks are who I plan on paying close attention to because they are the future of this club.

Wallace has done the right thing and got enough kids in the side at this time. Bringing in anymore will just see us cop hidings and that will do none of them any good. The best thing I could take away from today's game was the efforts of Edwards, and Jack in particular who showed that given the opporunity to develop will become very good players for the club.

Even Schulz showed a bit more determination to be part of the action and he surely can't be faulted for not having a huge impact when the players up the ground were messing around with the ball time and again and when they did finally deliver the ball inside the F50 it was to a spot that did not favour our fowards.

Finally let me just say I hope that Terry does not drop any of the kids from the side this week as they don't deserve to get dropped. Get games into these kids and let them blossom as footballers as they have nothing to lose by playing at AFL level and plenty to gain.

I wouldn't be watching the Tigers, I'd be watching and praying that Carlton win another game b/c you guys need the Kruezer more than they do.......and that says a lot!

You may have Simmonds, but he's not gonna be in your next finals team.....and hopefully your recruiters don't skip the "Key Position Players" page this draft as they have done recently as it has slowed down your development.

Players picked up recently in the top 20 have shown little apart from Deledio....especially Tambling and Pattison

 

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I wouldn't be watching the Tigers, I'd be watching and praying that Carlton win another game b/c you guys need the Kruezer more than they do.......and that says a lot!

You may have Simmonds, but he's not gonna be in your next finals team.....and hopefully your recruiters don't skip the "Key Position Players" page this draft as they have done recently as it has slowed down your development.

Players picked up recently in the top 20 have shown little apart from Deledio....especially Tambling and Pattison

Try actually watching our side before you pass ill informed comment on them. Pattison has been carrying the ruck for most of the year on his own and done an admirable job. Simmonds has been injured for most of the season as well after being widely considered the 3rd best ruckman last year. Add to that we drafted KPP in Hughes & Riewoldt over the last 2 years while also securing a KP defender in Polak and you can quite clearly see that we have not skipped recruiting them at all.

 

[local]

Who's looking forward to the next 2 weeks? Sydney away and geelong away. 2 very ugly smashings on the horizon..

I'm off to the Sydney game next week

Would like to see Shultz play down back. Clever up forward. Doubt it will happen

 

[tugga]

Try actually watching our side before you pass ill informed comment on them. Pattison has been carrying the ruck for most of the year on his own and done an admirable job. Simmonds has been injured for most of the season as well after being widely considered the 3rd best ruckman last year. Add to that we drafted KPP in Hughes & Riewoldt over the last 2 years while also securing a KP defender in Polak and you can quite clearly see that we have not skipped recruiting them at all.

Add Polo to the equation as well. Will be the best of our 2004 draftees.

 

[CoggaRules]

If he has a 40-50 goal season then what?

then after having said the same thing for the last 5 years, we might have someone that can hold down the spot.
If he doesnt then what?
let me guess....i am thinking that next year the line would be...."If he has a 40-50 goal season then what?"
Culture change = not keeping a player because you are scared that if you get rid of him, someone else reaps the benefits. Thats how we have got to this stage. Hoping that one day what you hoped for happened, hence the longer you keep him the more you are worried that it might happen the year after you let him go. Take a look at the form guide, you might be surprised at how many have prospered after we got rid of them over the last decade. 2 and both of them are maybes in Rodan and Fiora.
We cant afford to look back at what we had and now havent, we need to look forward on what is new and different to what we had.

 

[NQTIGER]

But he had over 10 touches which is an improvment

How many goals

 

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then after having said the same thing for the last 5 years, we might have someone that can hold down the spot.
If he doesnt then what?
let me guess....i am thinking that next year the line would be...."If he has a 40-50 goal season then what?"
Culture change = not keeping a player because you are scared that if you get rid of him, someone else reaps the benefits. Thats how we have got to this stage. Hoping that one day what you hoped for happened, hence the longer you keep him the more you are worried that it might happen the year after you let him go. Take a look at the form guide, you might be surprised at how many have prospered after we got rid of them over the last decade. 2 and both of them are maybes in Rodan and Fiora.
We cant afford to look back at what we had and now havent, we need to look forward on what is new and different to what we had.

As I said before he is contracted for the 08 season let him play the season and see what happens.

 

[Roachy8]

Who's looking forward to the next 2 weeks? Sydney away and geelong away. 2 very ugly smashings on the horizon..

Who's looking forward to this week? ME!
Living in Sydney now so first chance to see the Tigers for a couple of years.
Here is how it will go...
OUTS:
Johnston... hand playing up (Richo to captain)
Raines... "rested"
Tivendale... another baby???!!!
Howat... earmarked to go to Collingwood. (Those short legs of his. Looks like Daicos, Didak, Thomas. What is it with the Pies and players with long bodies & short legs?)
IN's:
Connors... starts on the wing (smashes & shows all the tricks)
JON... starts on HBF, clicks & plays a ripper
Casserley... off the bench, superb skills
Hughes... starts at CHF (Schulz on bench), 12 marks & 4 goals
THE GAME:
Thursty takes Micky O and blankets him.
Polak proves he can take a strong forward by keeping Barry Hall quiet
McGaune runs with O'Keefe all day
JB stays loose and regains poise
Simmo & Patto rotate off the bench to smash Spida & Jolly
Our tall farward line, Richo, Jack, Schulz & Hughes (1 off, rotated on bench) stretch the Swans short backline. (Barry out & a fine night predicted)
THE RESULT:
Tigers by 50 points... me finishing up at The Cross after too many bourbons... a massive hangover on Sunday and a spray from the wife!
Mark my words!