Round 15 Pre Game Thread - Blues v Tigers

[townsendcalling]

We're at the G this week. Haven't seen the incident but will Cotchin go??

[crashlander]

Back to back 6 days breaks with both games at Etihad, there will be a lot of sore boys. I really hope they don't play Cripps, give the kid a chance - would be horrified if they play him sore and he rips the ligament completely and needs an ankle reco

I hate playing partly fit players. I don't think we need to risk Cripps: we are not going to play finals. But I seem to be in the minority with that opinion. I guess the medical staff will determine that issue. Hopefully.

As for Richmond, they have a couple of guys who should be suspended. However, as they do not wear Blue guernseys that is unlikely to occur. We have lost guys for 1 or 2 weeks with similar incidents, but .... Maric could argue the same way: he should go, but will he?
I am not worried about it. If we are to play well against them, I'd rather beat their ones, not their twos. And I would like to make an impression against the guys who did well against us last time, even though we shut down most of their better players.

[laj]

Cripps will play, Everitt a bit 50/50.

[rocky]

Actually looking forward to this game. No pressure on us other than to continue our improvement and not get blown out of the water. Under Malthouse in round 1 we only went down by 5 goals and at times looked like we could win the game so anything is possible. Think we're better on paper this time round but the short double break will hurt us. We looked pretty shot at the end of the doggies game.

[crashlander]

Maric is out, which will help us hugely. Cotchin got off: I am not sure how. Schultz got nothing. Gibbs must be thinking what we all are: we were screwed.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Maric is a big loss......reckon we are a decent chance this week if we can get 3-4 of our better players back. Tigers just fell in last game and look ripe for the picking...
A lot of footy is about timing, catching teams with key players missing and at the end of a winning cycle.....Tigers  have been up and are due to lose some games....

[cimm1979]

Maric is a big loss......reckon we are a decent chance this week if we can get 3-4 of our better players back. Tigers just fell in last game and look ripe for the picking...
A lot of footy is about timing, catching teams with key players missing and at the end of a winning cycle.....Tigers  have been up and are due to lose some games....

Hope we don't play any injured players.

No need.

We might not win anyway.

Riewoldt is playing great footy, almost inspirational........which isn't something I'd  thought I'd never say.

[townsendcalling]

Nick Graham out for 3 weeks. Really bad luck for his continuity and improvement. It has come at a really bad time for the kid.  Needs to be replaced with another kid.

[cookie2]

Nick Graham out for 3 weeks. Really bad luck for his continuity and improvement. It has come at a really bad time for the kid.  Needs to be replaced with another kid.

Rotten luck!

[ElwoodBlues1]

Rotten luck!

Bad luck for Graham as he was showing the form we knew he could produce, well most of us anyway...I guess Boekhorst might get another game....I'd promote and play Walsh..