The Ultimate Tiger

[ize_]

Pretty pointless I know, but kind of made me realise how each player has their role in the team, and backs up the idea that it is not a team of complete players that we want, but a complete team.

The ultimate Tiger would have -
The work rate of Matthew Richardson
The silk of Nathan Brown
The potential of Trent Cotchin
The size of Troy Simmonds
The pace of Brett Deledio
The clearance work of Shane Tuck
The premiership experience of Kane Johnson
The long bomb of Chris Newman
The left boot of Jordy McMahon
The burst of Nathan Foley
The cool head and footy brain of Joel Bowden
The spoil of Will Thursfield
The tackle of Richard Tambling
The guns of Kel Moore
The consistent improvement of Matt White
The reliable set shot of Mitch Morton
The enthusiasm of Jack Riewoldt
The debut of Dean Polo
The sticky fingers of Graham Polak
The heart of Adam Pattison
The toughness of Daniel Jackson
The mongrel of Jake King
The 55 metre long goal of Kayne Pettifer
The abilty to dominate Coburg of Greg Tivendale
The ball winning ability of Mark Coughlan
The undeniable good looks of Cleve Hughes
The hardness at the contest of Luke McGuane
The ability to kick 6 goals against Brisbane in Brisbane at the peak of their powers of Jay Schulz
The friendliness to supporters of Chris Hyde
The pedigree of Andrew Raines
The height of Angus Graham
The alleged "X-Factor" of Daniel Connors
The cult hero status of Andrew Collins
The cheap draft position of David Gourdis

Obviously there are some notable omissions, nothing personal, but they'll earn the spot in the team I'm sure once they sort out their role. I reckon out of the players on our list, Lids is the one with the most assets. Quick as, confident, highly skilled, classy, great kick on both feat, tall for a midfielder, versatile, strong, great mark, good around goals. Can't say he looks to be matching the likes of Patto, Jack and Richo for enthusiasm and work rate just yet though. Looking at it all, he will be some player.

As for the whole list, we have the ingredients for a very good side. The only thing missing was on-field leadership, which I could have given to Joel because he is clearly a leader, he just doesn't always lead in the right direction. We need to unearth a Brett Kirk or Luke Hodge type of leader from our list. Let's get welding!

 

[Maroo]

The right boot of Chris Newman

 

[JSFish]

If our best right foot kick is Chris Newman we are struggling.

Edit: just got me Maroo.

 

[ize_]

Shit. That's pretty embarrassing. I'm not good with preferred foot.

 

[tucker777]

The tackle of Richard Tambling

I prefer the tackle of Matt White...he sticks em

also

The voice of Wayne Campbell....always sounded to me as if he'd gargled gravel since birth

 

[ize_]

I prefer the tackle of Matt White...he sticks em

also

The voice of Wayne Campbell....always sounded to me as if he'd gargled gravel since birth

Richie is, IMO the best tackler in our team, fast becoming one of the best in the league. 7 on the weekend, 2nd in our side. Really seems to focus on it. Also, this is like Yatzee, I couldn't always use the best option for a player because it might be better suited to someone else who is spare on the ability front.

 

[richoatthedisco]

Richie is, IMO the best tackler in our team, fast becoming one of the best in the league. 7 on the weekend, 2nd in our side. Really seems to focus on it. Also, this is like Yatzee, I couldn't always use the best option for a player because it might be better suited to someone else who is spare on the ability front.

Tambling's tackling numbers don't prove he's a good tackler, cos he's not. He gets a lot of cheapies at stoppages where the player is going nowhere anyway. Doesn't stop players in their tracks, hardly ever runs blokes down. I don't want to bash the bloke but I've never once said 'Great tackle Tambling!'. Has anyone else?

Shit. That's pretty embarrassing. I'm not good with telling my left from my right, or actually watching football.

Edit for obviousness.

 

[ize_]

Tambling's tackling numbers don't prove he's a good tackler, cos he's not. He gets a lot of cheapies at stoppages where the player is going nowhere anyway. Doesn't stop players in their tracks, hardly ever runs blokes down. I don't want to bash the bloke but I've never once said 'Great tackle Tambling!'. Has anyone else?

Said it several times on Saturday, and I wasn't the only one sitting near me who appreciated it.

 

[bigpapagman]

the Abilty To Dominate Coburg Of Greg Tivendale

Lmao!!!!

 

[emperor]

The poker face of Greg Miller

The media aplomb of Terry Wallace

The wispy, balding head of KB

 

[TigerCleavage]

One of these two blokes would be my choice.

 

[tigers_of_old_08]

The confidence to back himself of Shane Edwards

 

[Wabbo]

The ability to kick 6 goals against Brisbane in Brisbane at the peak of their powers of Jay Schulz

Nice.

Just the little chuckle I needed to encourage the start of a bowel movement.
Coupled with the coffee i just had, it's time for some toilet tetris...