Non-Lions Footy Season (2017)

[jackess]

Cripps looks slow. Ryan Lester slow.

 

[Milux]

Is it too early for an 'Operation: Get Dustin Martin' thread.

 

[jackess]

Is it too early for an 'Operation: Get Dustin Martin' thread.

I thought we already had one

 

[Milux]

I thought we already had one

Oops. I missed it.

 

[POBT]

Richmond has found a few good players to supplement that core of quality from Martin, Rance etc but their bottom 6 is as poor as any club's.

 

[jackess]

Oops. I missed it.

Might of been a few years ago

 

[Haso]

Has anybody spotted Cotchin yet?

 

[Haso]

Has anybody spotted Cotchin yet?

Wait, there he is.

 

[The Zork]

Cripps looks slow. Ryan Lester slow.

Very predictable in his movements, always looks to take a tackler on and as a result gets tackled out of the play while getting rid of the ball rather than giving it and maybe getting it back and staying involved.
Don't think he overly trusts his kicking himself.
Enjoy watching him play though

 

[lionshine]

Only Round 1 and against the Blues but the Tigers looked good. Nankervis, Prestia and Caddy are good additions to the core of Martin, Rance, Riewoldt and Cotchin.

Dusty is an absolute freak. Has propelled himself to the same level of Fyfe/Dangerfield but needs to perform like tonight on a consistent basis to be rated alongside those guys. His game tonight was one of the better individual performances I've seen. How was that 80m torp!

Blues were terrible, however, SPS and Pickett are going to add some much needed speed and skill to their side and I thought Caleb Marchback looked outstanding down back despite a few errors. Reminded me of Patfull.

 

[luthor]

I really don't know what to make of that.

Tigers looked good at times but leaked goals galore to a Carlton side that looks pretty weak overall.

I wouldn't be popping too much Champers if I were a Tiger fan.

Suffice to say though that Dusty is a class above.

 

[jackess]

Tigers really rely on Dusty.

 

[chopperduck]

Tigers leaked easy goals out the back... must be a Leppa thing.

 

[POBT]

I thought we saw two of our fellow bottom four sides last night. Richmond has as many one way runners as we do and, aside from a few, their skills are below par.

I thought Carlton showed a heap of promise but I don't know that they'll be climbing the ladder just yet. The challenge for them is whether they can have a mini crack at the top 8 in a year or so time while Murphy, Gibbs, Simpson etc are still playing decent footy.

Speaking of Murphy, I checked the AFL stats page and their "fantasy" points system had Murphy and Martin scoring the same. I'd be surprised if we see too
many midfield performances as good as Martin's last night. Not suggesting Murphy had a poor game but Martin was head and shoulders above every other player on the field.

 

[winged1]

If both teams are going to persist with those loopy over the top handballs they will both be smashed. Carlton back 6 looks shaky. Sps looked one of their better players right up.

Martin is head and shoulders Richmonds best player. Off field would still be a concern and I doubt he leaves Melbourne. Rioli will be very useful too.

Carlton only got a couple of passages of running/linking play and you always thought it could go wrong at every possession. It was like watching us last year

 

[Cockliff38]

Will be interesting to see how Brandan Parfitt goes with Geelong, especially getting a game straight off the bat in a fairly developed side. Quigley was hot on him last year

 

[M Malice]

Will be interesting to see how Brandan Parfitt goes with Geelong, especially getting a game straight off the bat in a fairly developed side. Quigley was hot on him last year

yep, i was hoping we went Parfitt instead of Cox on the back of Quigley and few highlight reels. i want to be wrong now.

 

[WhiteLionFeva]

I thought we saw two of our fellow bottom four sides last night. Richmond has as many one way runners as we do and, aside from a few, their skills are below par.

I thought Carlton showed a heap of promise but I don't know that they'll be climbing the ladder just yet. The challenge for them is whether they can have a mini crack at the top 8 in a year or so time while Murphy, Gibbs, Simpson etc are still playing decent footy.

Speaking of Murphy, I checked the AFL stats page and their "fantasy" points system had Murphy and Martin scoring the same. I'd be surprised if we see too
many midfield performances as good as Martin's last night. Not suggesting Murphy had a poor game but Martin was head and shoulders above every other player on the field.

Carlton will be down with us. Richmond will probably tease by winning enough games to finish 9th to 13th. Both teams still rely heavily on their best few players. Ironically, I think Richmond have fewer than Carlton but Murphy and Gibbs are way below Martin in class. Cripps was down last night. So was Simpson - he and Murphy made some errors whereas Martin played close to a flawless game. Hard to look at him with those tatts but a super player.

 

[royboys4eva]

Aish a late out for Pies.. Broken toe nail

 

[M Malice]

Aish a late out for Pies.. Broken toe nail

you sure it wasn't a heartstring?

 

[jackess]

Aish a late out for Pies.. Broken toe nail

Did he blame it on the dog?

 

[royboys4eva]

Did he blame it on the dog?

The dog is also out late for the pies.. Had a big week and just couldn't get up.

 

[Milux]

Anyone else want cloke to kick 5-6 tonight

 

[lionshine]

Anyone else want cloke to kick 5-6 tonight

Game winning goal after the siren from a set shot would be simply delicious.

 

[T Factor]

Game winning goal after the siren from a set shot would be simply delicious.

And a quick camera pan to Eddie for his response..