Preview Rd 23 - Sydney vs Richmond: Sat, 4.35 @ SCG

[Number37]

dude, you're 1 we are 13, and we have a horrid record in Sydney

it will be a bloodbath and you know it

We were 6-1 when we played you in R8. Didn't help us.

 

[NaturalDisaster]

Wasn't trying to give you s**t, just a bit of a laugh.
It doesn't matter about ladder positions or form, game could go either way, you seem to save your best for us.

Will teddy be playing or has he retired before end of the season?

We like owning Ol' Teddy

 

[_Wang_]

*in lighten up you campaigners...

#eco

 

[HTT]

Need a banter thread so we can post som good GIFS from Sydney games. Even if it's just for ourselves.

 

[Sassafras]

****in lighten up you campaigners...

#eco

I'm chill, apparently I'm a North supporter so I can look forward to finals and pray to my Byron Pickett poster at least.

 

[Nursie]

The style becomes funny after numbness through watching a poor game style.

Thanks for slipping in the Roos reference. I'll let you in on a secret, I'm actually a NM supporter and Firrito is my favourite player. Heh heh heh.

So the rumours are true. You're actually a secret agent norf supporter with nothing better to do than troll Richmond supporters - who have nothing better to do than invent conspiracy theories about other posters. Its ******* genius.

 

[The King!]

Best preview ive seen

 

[_Wang_]

I'm chill, apparently I'm a North supporter so I can look forward to finals and pray to my Byron Pickett poster at least.

I know you are Sassafras.. You are #eco

 

[Nursie]

I'm chill, apparently I'm a North supporter so I can look forward to finals and pray to my Byron Pickett poster at least.

Are you Sooz?

 

[Sassafras]

Are you Sooz?

Yes.




Who is he?

 

[NaturalDisaster]

I know you are Sassafras.. You are #eco

Wang...Quit trying to brainwash people.

 

[AlorraVex]

#sydenyisouronlygrandfinal

Tigers by -37.

 

[Sassafras]

Wang...Quit trying to brainwash people.

Are you interested in a North Mebourne membership for next year? You might even get a Ned Flanders stamp on your card?

 

[NaturalDisaster]

Are you interested in a North Mebourne membership for next year? You might even get a Ned Flanders stamp on your card?

Would rather spend a month in Groupie_ 's dungeon with no food or sunlight, then ever become a Norf member.

 

[Sassafras]

Would rather spend a month in Groupie_ 's dungeon with no food or sunlight, then ever become a Norf member.

What's with you and dungeon talk?

*Swanny's by heaps and Josh Kennedy should be focused on during the trade period.

 

[wegetpumped]

I actually can't believe it's round 23 already.

Feels like only yesterday we had that underwhelming win over the blues, 23 rounds later and it's all gone to s**t.

I wI'll be honest I am completely #eco for this game.. I'm keen for what happens in the off season, I get the feeling it won't be pretty either.

It would be nice for us to show something, but I don't think we will. The players are over this season already and will likely play like it

Sswans by 50

Reminds me of the walking dead and game of thrones. You wait ages for it to come on and before you know it season ends.
Mind you in our case the season can't finish quick enough.

 

[wegetpumped]

Rd 23 - Sydney v Richmond

vs

Wednesday Morning. John Longmire ponders his team for the crucial clash against the dangerous Tigers.

He picks up the phone.

Longmire: “Buddy! Haven’t seen you for a couple of days. Where are you?”

Lance Franklin: “I’m still at the Soho Bar, Horse. Rehab”.

Longmire: “But we have a big game this week. Will you be ready?”

Franklin “Naah, it’s the bye week before the finals, mate, remember? A bit of R&R, we agreed”.

Longmire: “No, Buddy – that’s next week. We’ve got Richmond this Saturday. It’s not a bye”!

Franklin: (silence)

Longmire: “It’s not a bye!”

(Silence)

Longmire: “Look, is Hanners there? I’ll talk to him”.

Dan Hanneberry: “Horse maaaate! How ya going? Hey, Hey!!”

Longmire: “Hanners! I need you for this week against Richmond! Get out of the Soho, and get down here”.

Hanneberry: “Richmond, eh? Hmmmm. Look Horse, I’m not feeling that great, and we’ve got finals coming up – thanks, love, keep ‘em coming – so I need some serious therapy. Couldn’t we just run out the academy team and see how they go”?

Longmire: “You can’t put a team of academy kids up against an AFL-standard side! They’ll get slaughtered. Richmond will……..Richmond will…………..Richmond…………….Richmond………..”

(Pause)

Longmire: “Hanners? I’ll be there in 10. JB and Coke, thanks. Get the rest of the senior guys together. Oh, they’re there already? Good. Tell Stuey Dew to get out of there, though. He’s up this week. I’ve got the match plan for him written on the back of a bus-ticket, somewhere. Ummmm, aaaarghhh – can’t find it right now. Look, just don’t kick it at Rance, OK? That’ll do.”




Once again, old foes Richmond and the Swans face off in another critical match that has all football fans on the edge of their seats. Boasting a long and storied history, this clash is usually seen as one of the season’s highlights, and this year is no exception. Bodies will be pushed beyond physical limits, blood will be spilled, hearts will be broken, and………………………

Sorry.

I tried.

Weren’t the Olympics cool? Can we talk about Bolt? No? Ok….

It’s Rd 23, and as has been the standard for much of the last 20+ years, Richmond are limping to the end of another disappointing season, while the Swans are fine-tuning for another crack at the finals. Expectations for this game are, let’s be honest, not high. It’s likely to be played with all the intensity of a crochet club tea break, with each team focusing on a single key objective.

Swans: “Don’t get hurt”.

Tigers: “Don’t win”.

While both of these goals seem eminently achievable (the major risk of injury comes from an opposition tackle, and since the Swans are facing Richmond, that scenario seems unlikely to arise), surprisingly, it is the Tigers who face the tougher task to avoid victory. Richmond have a very good record against Sydney, even over the last few years when Sydney have been perennial top 4 finishers, and the Tigers………..………haven’t. Nevertheless, 6 of the last 9 encounters have resulted in a win for the Sons Of Dyer, and in some of those games, the Swans were really trying!! (Ok, a few, maybe). John Longmire was asked about Richmond’s seeming hold over the Swans in recent times and his response was recorded below.

The main interest for Richmond fans coming into this game is the battle between Dustin Martin and Alex Rance for the Jack Dyer Medal. Both have had outstanding seasons, with Rance probably having a slight lead, mostly due to the ball being in his immediate vicinity for the majority of every game, and the rest of the backline consisting of swimming pool inflatables purchased on Ebay for 2nd round draft picks.

Aaaah, Rancey..… ….

Jack Riewoldt is also on pace to kick 50 goals for the 8th season in a row – a Richmond record. Poor Jack has had to play Centre Half Forward, Full Forward, Forward Pocket crumber, 3rd tall option, high half-forward, psychotherapist, ground manager, line marker, jumper washer and car park attendant, due to an alarming lack of support inside the forward 50. Richmond have only hit 100 pt 5 times in the season and average less than 10 goals per game against the Top 8 sides.

Tactically, the key match-ups are likely to be those between the Richmond out-of-contract players as they vie to put on the best show for prospective suitors, and their Sydney opponents determined not to be embarrassed by a someone deemed ‘not wanted at a bottom-6 club’.

Richmond hopefully will have a look at a few kids (Sydney certainly will), and it should be a tight, entertaining, high-scoring game that will keep spectators on the edge of their seats, gasping for breath, awake, with the Tigers running away at the end to win by a couple of goals, causing Benny Gale to smile through gritted teeth, Tiger supporters to throw up their hands in frustration, and the AFL to increase Sydney’s COLA by 25%.


Odds: Just don’t. Really, don’t. As a Richmond supporter, your life is a too much of a desperate gamble already.

Well done op i get a lot of laughs here most of the time but you put a smile on my face also.
Now if the rest of the tiger bf supporter's enjoyed it just as much as me and a few sydney supporter's and stop ----- arguing for a change they might get to enjoy reading it also.
Once again thank you.

 

[Helen Wheels]

Nice preview, had a good laugh.

The preview on our board has given us an insight into the Tiger's game plan? Yes?

Didn't want everybody knowing.

 

[Nursie]

Yes.




Who is he?

She's an ardent norf supporter who has been banned from BF. They like to mock her on Bay 13.

 

[Nursie]

What's with you and dungeon talk?

*Swanny's by heaps and Josh Kennedy should be focused on during the trade period.

Knew you were a Swans fan - they're the norf of NSW.

 

[_Wang_]

Wang...Quit trying to brainwash people.

Your brain needs washing ND

 

[Sassafras]

Knew you were a Swans fan - they're the norf of NSW.

Guilty. Love my Swans, I'm actually the old guy Kenny that goes to the games.

 

[duzzy]

I hope sam lloyd does a lap of honour before the game and plays in his tracksuit.

10 goal loss would be a win I think- might fly in for this one- last chance to get some autographs in the scrapbook

 

[Tigersfan35]

Once again the if we don't play incredibly well in this one we will get smashed. Sydney will be looking to get some percentage to retain there position of 1st on the ladder. It is almost like they would prefer to play 3rd which will be Geelong than play Hawthron.

 

[Ralll]

Nice preview, had a good laugh.

The preview on our board has given us an insight into the Tiger's game plan? Yes?

Dont make fun of that gameplan, it beats you most of the time...