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Morning fellow Tigers,
I'd like to think as much as anyone, I'm really encouraged by the improvement we've shown this year, the really competitive showings in all games, the organisation and development of our backline, the class in our mids and our vastly improved ruck division.
But it's Round 8, and we're 3-4.
We've beaten Melbourne, Port and Sydney (who are shocking at the MCG).
Win or lose Saturday, I can sense that this result is going to generate some pretty overblown responses, varying from "Top 4 Here We Come" to "Sack Hardwick, Delist <insert player name> NOW!!!!!"
Facts are this.
* We are a developing side.
* We're going to lose games this year, and not always 'honourably'. Sometimes we're just gonna get outplayed.
* Some of our players are going to make mistakes during a game, but it doesn't mean that they need to be delisted as a result.
* Occasionally our opponents are going to have good games too.
It does feel like 1994, in that we could clearly see what was developing, but also we got badly beaten in key matches against better opposition (I remember the last two rounds particularly well). We missed the finals that year.
So win lose or draw Saturday, I hope we remember where we realistically are at. I'm excited about the future, but hope we don't go too feral when the result is delivered - for good or for bad.
I'd like to think as much as anyone, I'm really encouraged by the improvement we've shown this year, the really competitive showings in all games, the organisation and development of our backline, the class in our mids and our vastly improved ruck division.
But it's Round 8, and we're 3-4.
We've beaten Melbourne, Port and Sydney (who are shocking at the MCG).
Win or lose Saturday, I can sense that this result is going to generate some pretty overblown responses, varying from "Top 4 Here We Come" to "Sack Hardwick, Delist <insert player name> NOW!!!!!"
Facts are this.
* We are a developing side.
* We're going to lose games this year, and not always 'honourably'. Sometimes we're just gonna get outplayed.
* Some of our players are going to make mistakes during a game, but it doesn't mean that they need to be delisted as a result.
* Occasionally our opponents are going to have good games too.
It does feel like 1994, in that we could clearly see what was developing, but also we got badly beaten in key matches against better opposition (I remember the last two rounds particularly well). We missed the finals that year.
So win lose or draw Saturday, I hope we remember where we realistically are at. I'm excited about the future, but hope we don't go too feral when the result is delivered - for good or for bad.

