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[YellowandBlackBlood]

Just wondering why you guys place so much emphasis on his weight? Is it really that important that he gets a lot bigger? IMO a lot of indigenous lads are quite slim and a lot of time they seem to use this to there benefit. And is he really that much smaller then a lot of other guys in the comp? Essendon for example have guys such as Davey, Lovett, Jetta and Depsey who are all very slight but i for one hope they don't put in too much weight as it may harm on of there main attributes which is there pace. Do you think it may be possible that some of the Richmond faithful use this as an excuse for Tambling?

Tambling 180cm / 80kg
Dempsey 185cm / 77kg
Davey 172cm / 70kg
Lovett 183cm / 75kg
Jetta 178cm / 78kg

All of the Essendon guys are lighter, with only Davey being significantly shorter. Dempsey for example is 5cm taller yet is 3kg lighter then Tambling.

Tambling is also 5kg heavier then Lovett yet Lovett is 3cm taller.

I watched Davey at a pre season game at Casey Fields agaisnt the Hawks and remember my mate and i commenting on how small and skinny Davey looked but this hasn't seemed to hinder his game at all. He is 10kg lighter then Tambling.

You neglect to say that Davey is also over 3 years older than Tambling. A lot can happen in 3 years!

 

[Phil McCreviss]

Just as I've stated before, you obviously have a problem with filling your crevice and have to plead to the public with a name like yours. Please stay away!

Thats a classy response mate. Was asking a legit question if you read it properly.

 

[artman]

He will be very good at the least. Could be Great.

The problem with him thus far has been his playing weight and low level of confidence. I saw glimpses of brilliance and more consistency towards the end of the year.

I think he will explode next year and put and end to the Franklin and Tambling Debate. Ones already a gun and the other will soon be.

The top 5 of the 04 draft looks one of the best.

 

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Thats a classy response mate. Was asking a legit question if you read it properly.

Almost as classy as your username! With a name like that, how can anyone take you seriously!

 

[lids2004roar]

That means absolutely nothing,it's in match play where it counts.He needs to work his butt off on the field for us and repay the faith we have invested in him.

So!

Just because he isn't tearing it up yet doesn't mean he is just "lazy", especially when it's a fact that he has a massive work ethic.

 

[hagansbull]

Really, Scott Russell from the Pies was pretty hard at it and i used to work with him. I'm also quite positive that there are more than a handful of AFL players who work in an office outside of football.

Quite a funny post really, why don't you give us a list of all of the acceptable occupations in order to qualify for your theory on being able to have some sort of knowledge about our great game.

FWII i only ever played club football but i really don't understand what relevence that has. Some of the smartest football minds in our game belong to people who never managed to play the game at the highest level.

Well, Really, Thats a feather in your cap. Scott Russell was hardly hard at it. Coll were awake to that and moved him on. The only funny thing about the post was you were stupid enough to reply to it.Now you're my bitch. Down on ya knees

 

[Phil McCreviss]

Almost as classy as your username! With a name like that, how can anyone take you seriously!

You would think that you would focus on my post rather than hurling abuse. Gives your supporters a really good name. FWIW I was actually asking what you guys think long term of Tambling because you see him most. But go right ahead and keep abusing. Wouldnt expect anything less. Poor form mate

 

[YellowandBlackBlood]

You would think that you would focus on my post rather than hurling abuse. Gives your supporters a really good name. FWIW I was actually asking what you guys think long term of Tambling because you see him most. But go right ahead and keep abusing. Wouldnt expect anything less. Poor form mate

Poor form is having a smutty username like yours. It's not abuse. You might think it's amusing, but unless you're still in primary school, I would expect a higher standard than that from our forum members. There are all sorts of usernames out there, but very few are as poor in taste as yours. You obviously give YOUR supporters a really good name too!

Please stay on your own boards.

 

[Haggard H]

Silly me, i actually thought that my first post was as clear and concise as one could get. Didn't i say something along the lines of "Tambling will be a decent HF/MF player for Richmond but will never be an elite or star player"? Not concise enough for you? You do realize that the meaning for concise is, covering or expressing much in few words: brief in form but comprehensive in scope? Maybe you meant that you would like me to elaborate further in future posts? if so i understand your point but i don't think it would have been possible to be more concise then i was.

Ah, I was referring to your dozens of posts on the Tigers board in the past. Silly me, giving you too much credit too soon.

 

[bomba4eva]

Poor form is having a smutty username like yours. It's not abuse. You might think it's amusing, but unless you're still in primary school, I would expect a higher standard than that from our forum members. There are all sorts of usernames out there, but very few are as poor in taste as yours. You obviously give YOUR supporters a really good name too!

Please stay on your own boards.

Geez you're an unfriendly bunch. Has 25 years of mediocrity resulted in this attitude undertaken by the Tiger faithful? He came here to promote discussion and you bag him over his username? Thats pathetic.

 

[Haggard H]

Ah, I was referring to your dozens of posts on the Tigers board in the past. Silly me, giving you too much credit too soon.

I should add that I was appreciating your concise contribution to this thread, hence the use of the word, but thanks for the vocab lesson anyway.

 

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Geez you're an unfriendly bunch. Has 25 years of mediocrity resulted in this attitude undertaken by the Tiger faithful? He came here to promote discussion and you bag him over his username? Thats pathetic.

It's not the first time I've had a run in with "Fill MyCrevice". He claims to be genuine in his questions but is only a troll. He doesn't deserve a response.
It's our forum, so if you think it's pathetic go back to the bomber boards.

 

[Rancid_Beasties]

Geez you're an unfriendly bunch. Has 25 years of mediocrity resulted in this attitude undertaken by the Tiger faithful? He came here to promote discussion and you bag him over his username? Thats pathetic.

If you guys were on the carlton board they'd ban you as soon as they saw you enter their forum, let alone let you post.

PS Hawthorn supporters: How much has Franklin done off the field? If I recall correctly Tambling is responsible for a large portion of funding for the redevelopment of Punt Road due to his work with indigenous kids. So, regardless of comparisons of onfield promise, i figure that we've got our value back just from that

 

[bomba4eva]

If you guys were on the carlton board they'd ban you as soon as they saw you enter their forum, let alone let you post.

PS Hawthorn supporters: How much has Franklin done off the field? If I recall correctly Tambling is responsible for a large portion of funding for the redevelopment of Punt Road due to his work with indigenous kids. So, regardless of comparisons of onfield promise, i figure that we've got our value back just from that

Dont think so. I posted there earlier tonight, not the nicest one too, just showing them their harsh reality and havent been banned or anything. LOL at your second point. I guess you have in that sense. Wonder which one the majority of the Richmond fans would prefer? Onfield or Off-field success from Tambling?

 

[Rancid_Beasties]

Dont think so. I posted there earlier tonight, not the nicest one too, just showing them their harsh reality and havent been banned or anything. LOL at your second point. I guess you have in that sense. Wonder which one the majority of the Richmond fans would prefer? Onfield or Off-field success from Tambling?

He's been playing for 3 years, he's 21 (2-3 years younger than davey for instance), he has played with injuries for alot of his young career. Cut hims some slack. Even if he played at his current level (ie a goal a game and 15-20 disposals) he will probably play 150-200 games and add alot of positive culture and possiblity offield success to the club. Not the worst return for a #4 pick. But he will improve onfield aswell. Besides, we've had a pick 10X worse in Fiora over Pavlich.

 

[carmi99]

He's been playing for 3 years, he's 21 (2-3 years younger than davey for instance), he has played with injuries for alot of his young career. Cut hims some slack. Even if he played at his current level (ie a goal a game and 15-20 disposals) he will probably play 150-200 games and add alot of positive culture and possiblity offield success to the club. Not the worst return for a #4 pick. But he will improve onfield aswell. Besides, we've had a pick 10X worse in Fiora over Pavlich.

Try 8-13 disposals (one career game over 20 disposals).

No need to exagerate his figures.

Fiora was better than Tambling this year.

I have no doubt he will play 150 games for your club, a lot of decnt players do this. You don't need to be elite to play 150 games for an AFL club. That is not the point of this thread.

 

[tony_montana]

Try 8-13 disposals.

No need to exagerate his figures.

Fiora was better than Tambling this year.

I have no doubt he will play 150 games for your club, a lot of decnt players do this. You don't need to be elite to play 150 games for an AFL club. That is not the point of this thread.

He averaged more disposals than griffen this season smartar.se and will get that up to 15-20 easily in the next season or 2.

 

[carmi99]

He averaged more disposals than griffen this season smartar.se and will get that up to 15-20 easily in the next season or 2.

And what has Ryan Griffen got to do with how many disposals Tambling averaged this season?

I replied to a post that stated Tambling averages 15-20 disposals per game, those figures are inacurate and i think you know this. Tambling averages 8-13 disposals per game. I have no idea why you would reply to my last post by pointing out that Tambling averages more stats than Griffen. Good luck to him if that is the case but it has absloultely nothing to do with anything of any relevence.

But just because you seem so keen on talking about Griffen, let's compare there stats.

Tambling 2007 - 13.6, Career 12.0
Griffen 2007 - 14.3, Career 15.2

Sorry but Griffen wins the stat comparison, as i said before, i don't know what relevence it has to anything, but you did seemed keen to compare the two.

 

[RichosGuns]

And what has Ryan Griffen got to do with how many disposals Tambling averaged this season?

I replied to a post that stated Tambling averages 15-20 disposals per game, those figures are inacurate and i think you know this. Tambling averages 8-13 disposals per game. I have no idea why you would reply to my last post by pointing out that Tambling averages more stats than Griffen. Good luck to him if that is the case but it has absloultely nothing to do with anything of any relevence.

But just because you seem so keen on talking about Griffen, let's compare there stats.

Tambling 2007 - 13.6, Career 12.0
Griffen 2007 - 14.3, Career 15.2

Sorry but Griffen wins the stat comparison, as i said before, i don't know what relevence it has to anything, but you did seemed keen to compare the two.

You're right Camrii in that Tambling hasn't met expectations yet. But you have to rememmber he has only played 3 years. He was always going to take some time to come on. He lapsed halfway through the season, but once he was dropped he came back well.

I'm not too worried about Tambling, he's shown enough to suggest he will be at least a solid player.

He has an excellent overhead mark for his size, excellent speed and agility and good skills. He just needs to find consistancy and lift his eyes more around pack situations

 

[carmi99]

You're right Camrii in that Tambling hasn't met expectations yet. But you have to rememmber he has only played 3 years. He was always going to take some time to come on. He lapsed halfway through the season, but once he was dropped he came back well.

I'm not too worried about Tambling, he's shown enough to suggest he will be at least a solid player.

He has an excellent overhead mark for his size, excellent speed and agility and good skills. He just needs to find consistancy and lift his eyes more around pack situations

I agree he will be a solid player and will most likely play 150-200 games for the Tigers. The question is, will he be elite. In my opinion, i don't think he will be but as i have said many times before, this is just a matter of opinion. If he goes on to be a champ, i will be the first to admit that i was wrong in my judgement. On the same tokin, i believe that many Richmond supporters are very quick to jump down the throat of anyone who does not share there opinion on Tambling. I am not saying you are one of these people but there are many of them out there.

 

[lids2004roar]

The amount Tambling is responsible for bringing to the club off-field is $2,000,000.

Carlton would take Tambling in a heartbeat if only to pay for Judd's wages

 

[carmi99]

The amount Tambling is responsible for bringing to the club off-field is $2,000,000.

Carlton would take Tambling in a heartbeat if only to pay for Judd's wages

Are these figures fact or purely based on your assumptions?

Do you have some links where this can be verified?

 

[Phil McCreviss]

It's not the first time I've had a run in with "Fill MyCrevice". He claims to be genuine in his questions but is only a troll. He doesn't deserve a response.
It's our forum, so if you think it's pathetic go back to the bomber boards.

Yeah your right. Because of your personal vendetta against both me and my name (which is meant in jest) then I can see your logic. Or ignorance in this case. As for mocking my username, think about yours. Yellow and Black Blood???? Really.....is that clinically possible?

All I was after was how many of you think Tambling will be a gun and why do you think it. Given that you see him week in week out, you are better placed than anyone else to tell me. I wasn't trying to bait anyone so I could knock them down. Just wanted opinions and justifications behind it. Like most of the Tiger supporters I am sick of the comparison between Tambling/Franklin/Griffen etc, hence the reason for my post.

 

[Drunken Wookie]

I agree he will be a solid player and will most likely play 150-200 games for the Tigers. The question is, will he be elite. In my opinion, i don't think he will be but as i have said many times before, this is just a matter of opinion. If he goes on to be a champ, i will be the first to admit that i was wrong in my judgement. On the same tokin, i believe that many Richmond supporters are very quick to jump down the throat of anyone who does not share there opinion on Tambling. I am not saying you are one of these people but there are many of them out there.

I think you'll find we supporters are defensive of Tambling because he cops so much unwarranted shit from all and sundry. He's not elite now but I believe he has the right game and the right application to get there. I think he needs the confidence that a solid midfielders body brings. He's not going to be the whippet thin crumber/occasional mid as alot of opposition supporters seem to think. He's an attacking midfielder that we've had to shield from the bigger bodies to a degree so far. He'll be a big part of our next finals campaign imo.

 

[Rancid_Beasties]

Try 8-13 disposals (one career game over 20 disposals).

No need to exagerate his figures.

Fiora was better than Tambling this year.

I have no doubt he will play 150 games for your club, a lot of decnt players do this. You don't need to be elite to play 150 games for an AFL club. That is not the point of this thread.

No need to undersell his statistics. Last year he averaged 13.7 disposals and had 3 shockers. Other than that most of his games were in the 15-20 disposal region (11 out of 20 games were in the 15-20 region, as opposed to 7 in the 8-13 region and 2 in the less than 8).

Fiora was probably better than tambling this year. But what does that have to do with anything. Fiora vs Pavlich is a much bigger stuff up, both in terms of this years performance and past performances, than Franklin vs Tambling.