It’s time for the Tigers to get aggressive. As the final siren sounded at Marvel Stadium on Saturday afternoon, it all but sealed Richmond’s wooden spoon fate in 2024. North Melbourne prevailed in Saturday’s ‘Spoonbowl’ and are now a game and percentage ahead of the Tigers going into the last few weeks of the season.
The Roos are likely to go in as favourites against West Coast in Hobart this week, while they will definitely give themselves a shot at ruining the finals hopes of the Western Bulldogs or Hawthorn. The Tigers take on St Kilda, Hawthorn and the Gold Coast in their last three matches of 2024 and it would appear unlikely that they would do too much damage in that period, given they’ve won just two matches this campaign. Even if they were to win a game or two, the message remains the same.
Get aggressive. The Tigers must simply get ahead of the curve before Tasmania’s impending arrival. Having to rebuild when expansion sides are entering the competition can be incredibly painful, just ask the sides that were rebuilding when the Giants and Suns came in.
The Devils will be granted plenty of draft concessions which means stocking up on young talent now is a massive priority. “They have to somehow stock up on those early picks..
. they’ve got no choice; they need to get into the draft and get some young talent. Get it in a cluster and get it before Tasmania come in and have the next wave work together,” St Kilda champion Leigh Montagna said on Fox Foot.