The Vent Thread

[Dylan12]

The poor starts are interesting. To me it demonstrates that the routine they follow in the lead up to running out on the ground is flawed... whether it's the music they listen to, the words they hear from the leaders, or the bananas and muesli bars they eat... something is wrong. They are not hyped and on the edge from the first moment. It is 100% psychological, and we should deal with it better. (Can they get inflatable Ballantyne dolls in the rooms pre-match?)

Yep, if Jed is in charge and Coldplay is being played, its no wonder our first quarters are as bad as they are.

 

[Betty Noir]

Yep, if Jed is in charge and Coldplay is being played, its no wonder our first quarters are as bad as they are.

Classic. We need more eye of the tiger... none of that fix you shit.

 

[Tairy Greene]

Tairy is never on time!

I'm never late, everyone else is simply too early...

Funny, I heard he often comes early.

I come early because your mum is usually in bed by 5pm

 

[Hollow Knight]

The fact we got as close as we did, IMO shows how much Richmond's intensity dropped off in the second half. They were never under threat and knew it.

I know this is a vent but it is an oft parroted cliche that I want to vent about. People seem to almost get disappointed when we follow up a bad start with a strong finish because they want to tee off hard about the slow start and the strong finish depleted their ammo so they try to downplay the rally.

I reckon if we fell just short against Geelong and North we would have heard the same "they were in control at all times" response, which simply would have been wrong.

When Riewoldt took the mark that lead to his steadying goal, his body language and calm down signals to his teammates showed that we had them somewhat rattled.

I am as disappointed with the loss as anyone but I see no point in dismissing positive aspects of the game as meaningless. Seems a bit like throwing the toys out of the cot to me.

 

[western royboy]

I know this is a vent but it is an oft parroted cliche that I want to vent about. People seem to almost get disappointed when we follow up a bad start with a strong finish because they want to tee off hard about the slow start and the strong finish depleted their ammo so they try to downplay the rally.

I reckon if we fell just short against Geelong and North we would have heard the same "they were in control at all times" response, which simply would have been wrong.

When Riewoldt took the mark that lead to his steadying goal, his body language and calm down signals to his teammates showed that we had them somewhat rattled.

I am as disappointed with the loss as anyone but I see no point in dismissing positive aspects of the game as meaningless. Seems a bit like throwing the toys out of the cot to me.

Totally agree - we were never dead and the tigers players were lucky they were wearing black shorts because they would have brown stains in them - we were running all over them and it was only when Riewoldt finally kicked a goal that it was curtains. I haven't been as proud of the players for a long time, it could easily have been a 70 point shellacking, but in the end 20 odd points flattered the Tigers and they tried to kill the game from 10 minutes into the last becasue every time the tried to play attacking, our will and pace just cut them up.I immense pride in the young fellas and the recent drafing of kerr and co.

If Jack Riewoldt ever comes to Brisbane - that will be it for me, talk about piss and wind - he's just an average player.

 

[JasRulz63]

I get being 'unselfish' but you pay forwards to kick goals, not to defer them off to other players in sometimes slightly better positions. The commentators praised Riewoldt for that yesterday, but it seemed to me he just didn't want to take a shot.

 

[luthor]

I get being 'unselfish' but you pay forwards to kick goals, not to defer them off to other players in sometimes slightly better positions. The commentators praised Riewoldt for that yesterday, but it seemed to me he just didn't want to take a shot.

Agree.

Missed a couple of easy ones and then appeared to go into "off" mode.

The worst part(from our point of view) about that "sealer" he kicked was that he wasn't really under pressure because a miss from that angle would have been excused.

I was thinking at the time, that I wished it had been a much easier shot because I reckoned he would have missed it!

 

[Last of the Roys]

The umpiring continues to do my head in. I now expect us to be murdered by the umps each week. (Before the Richmond match we already had the worst free kick differential in the league).

While the Richmond match wasn't the worst of recent times, they made some abosolute crucial 50/50 calls against us at key moments in the match.

- the reversal against Green when Martin was shooting for goal
- the non-kicking in danger decision to Merrett in front of goal in the 4th that then turned into a holding the ball against him
- in the first quarter a non holding the ball decision against Richmond in their forward 50 that was followed a few minutes later with the exact same situation being rewarded with HTB 30m out from goal (which I think was kicked).
- Cotchin getting a free kick and 50m penalty and shot on goal (not sure the result) from a rarely used rule that was brought in 3-4 years ago for stopping a player running on and being part of the play. In fact it is so rarely paid that is only the second time I have seen it paid in the last two years (and trust me I watch a lot of footy) - and this is not because it doesn't happen often, but it seems like it has been completely forgotten about (I don't really like the rule anyway). Shows you how well we are going with the umps.

 

[Last of the Roys]

Oh I just remembered the free kick against Hanley for a soft little bump in the side (look like he made contact with the guy's stomach / hip). Am I out of my mind or was that the most ridiculous high contact decision in the history of the world???

 

[MSB ROYS]

- the non-kicking in danger decision to Merrett in front of goal in the 4th that then turned into a holding the ball against him.

This was mind boggling! He dived on the ball, got kicked in the hand and got up with the ball. This happens at least 20 times a game.
My vent - this umpire needs a 1 week suspension!

 

[karix]

I would love a MRP for umpires... they wouldn't get pinged for honest mistakes, interpretation issues (which is what most fans call mistakes), because that would make them second guess themselves. But I'd like to see thing suspended/fined for glaring errors and obviously poor decisions. Like a post match DRS with consequences.

At the moment if you're an umpire who makes 2 of these a week they probably get bought to your attention, but I don't see any evidence of negative reinforcement. The hard part is of course, if they make a bad call they actually aren't allowed to reserve it, even if they realise the mistake within a few seconds and want to reverse it.. they can't.

So due to that it's hard to hold them to account when they may well know they've made a massive error, but since they can't reverse it, they just put on their poker face and play on.

 

[luthor]

I've reached the point where I'm almost totally numb to the continued rogering we get from the officials, week in week out.

The St Kilda game was the tipping point for me.

I screamed myself hoarse at "umpire" Fisher up till half time...and THEN found out he was a former Saints player!!!!!.....decided to save my lacerated voicebox after that and just have a quiet resigned chuckle to myself through the second half.

Compared to that fiasco, the treatment we got in the Richmond game actually seemed like an armchair ride.

Somehow 15-25 frees against didn't seem nearly as painful as the 7-19 hammering we copped the previous week.

 

[growler]

The Port game. Probably the game that we could have won. Just **its me that we lost that one.

 

[Gabbatoir]

I hate how underrated Daniel Rich is. I don't know why it bothers me so much but if I read another poster say "he peaked in his first year" I think I'll go nuts.

 

[possum8]

I hate how underrated Daniel Rich is. I don't know why it bothers me so much but if I read another poster say "he peaked in his first year" I think I'll go nuts.

The problem with Daniel is he can switch off for half a game and it hurts us because he has hardly any influence. Apart from that he has the potential to become elite once he can work through a tag effectively.

 

[dlanod]

Nah, the problem is that he peaked in his first year.

 

[Caiphus]

I ****ing hate when you make really clever posts, that don't attract one single like! It almost makes me want to become a hermit and give up trying to impress anonymous people on the internet!

 

[Fatcat08]

I ******* hate when you make really clever posts, that don't attract one single like! It almost makes me want to become a hermit and give up trying to impress anonymous people on the internet!

Nice try

 

[Caiphus]

Nice try

 

[Fatcat08]

Better but still not there yet. Also I remember your beard being thicker??

 

[Tairy Greene]

I ******* hate when you make really clever posts, that don't attract one single like! It almost makes me want to become a hermit and give up trying to impress anonymous people on the internet!

Et tu, Brute?

 

[Apex61]

Paddlepop Lion Vs Voss

Paddlepop 1 and Voss 0.

 

[luthor]

Paddlepop Lion Vs Voss

Paddlepop 1 and Voss 0.

For some totally illogical reason, I hate that Paddlepop even more now

 

[Haso]

 

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