Man Tigers looking good so far. Seth Scott has been active. Can't help but like this dude's game.

Rebound count 23:10 Tigers way. Don't know how long that will last though...

Tigers playing like Tigers today! Playing well against a great side

Knight has done his ankle at start of the 4th spells trouble for the Wildcats

Nick Marvin is already on Webjet looking up flight prices from Manila to Perth

What's not to like about the tigers?
Flynn, Ballinger, Scott & Irrational Confidence Guy as Bill Simmons would call him (Goulding)

Wildcats with big shot after big shot in the 4th...

In the immoatal words of NWA
Damn that shit was dope!

Someone please get onto the horn to a Mr Michael Dunigan please.

Knight as good as he is....is badly damaged.

Marcus Camby if Clarke was coaching instead of Beveridge they would win it regardless if Knight was injured or not

Cats 3 point shooting was on a whole 'nother level in the 4th. Man that was something to behold.

I'm still reeling from the loss. Sigh.

It all looked so promising. Tigers looked good for 3 quaters of the game.

At this point I just want any team to steal a few dubya's off NZ and Perth. I'm kinda tired of seeing these teams win week in week out. Granted these are the two most dominant teams in the league but this shit is just a joke now, especially looking at the last couple of seasons.

The rest of the clubs in the league need to take a good hard look at themselves in the offseason and assemble teams that can compete with these clubs. Otherwise it's going to be some crazy shit if we have another season with NZ and Perth at the top.

But the Perth and NZ playing groups have been together for multiple years. If teams like this current Tigers team, Adelaide's current roster retain and develop their playing group over a couple of seasons, then definitely I think they'll be competitive. Both Perth and NZ have had some pretty close calls this season with their winning experience/culture most likely giving them the edge down the stretch.

But I digress...

Any team not playing them wants to see Perth and NZ win at this stage. It's all about 3rd and down for now.

Few tweets about some beef with Redhage or Wagstaff? An incident of some sort? Anyone see it?

Goulding whines more than he plays.. every single play that doesnt go his way he has a cry about.

Dragons won a championship after a bit of a clean out too, didn't they?

AFL interest in Knight , mite be ole news , not sure
Some other Perth players would give away tooo many free kicks.
Carter ' a good pickup from Sweden '
although that should be a foul when grabbed Ballinger after Ballinger was called for fouling wagstuffed.
Pretty close game , only a few calls go it for them .

Isaac, the Wildcats and Dragons did win with a lot of new players, but they were in two years of significant upheaval in the league and where the standard was prob lower than for many years.

They also had excellent talent and great coaches!

Goulding was flung to the ground in a rebounding contest and did hit his head on the ground & then Redhage just steps over the top of him when the game is over - I personally think bad form by Redhage - no class

Redhage has never had any class. And he normally hits the floor more then ball. But he didn't go down to much in this game, was surprising to see.

@Kelly...

Please show me where Redhage 'walked over the top of him'.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~wildermuth/130217_Toolding_vs_Toolhage.mp4

Exactly Marcus, he grabed the rebound, didnt swing his elbows just got a tough rebound, and reeled the ball in, Goulding was in close proximity, due to slight contact he falls over, siren goes, redhage has the ball, he does walk past Goulding whose on the floor, but clearly had the ball and was simply going to give the ball to the umps when Goulding starting to have a cry about it.

I know it's annoying fans of other teams to see New Zealand and Perth up the top of the ladder but let's be honest New Zealand have over achieved (been down by too much in 4th quarters to only have lost 3 games) and Perth when they lose get destroyed (NZ and Wollongong)

Now Wollongong destroyed Perth at home by 33 (lead and QT by 19 I think) and had scheduling put them against NZ earlier in season I think they would have won.

Melbourne have gelled well and Anstey is coaching better.

Townsville have been awesome (except second game in Perth) and should be contenders next year if they can keep a similar squad and maybe add a second import.

Sydney have been impressive and with added luck with injuries and another big in the squad could contend... Look how they embarrassed NZ at Homebush!

Cairns are developed some great young talent and look tired but are gelling better than at season start and if they can get a centre that can cause intimidation in the middle then they should be feared, especially at home.

Adelaide are clearly talented and with a new coach will feel refreshed and hungry for success.

It's not New Zealand/Perth's fault that they are successful and squads should remain similar next year

It's not New Zealand/Perth's fault that they are successful and squads should remain similar next year

No doubt they will remain strong. I'm just hoping the rest of the teams do their work in the offseason and put together teams that will be able to compete with these two.

The game will be all the more exciting for it.

I don't know how long this dominant run by the big duo can last in these times of elite professionalism.

When the competition becomes more even, then wow, this is where we are going to see skill and creativity shine. I see a lot of talk about physicality but I don't think that is necessarily the problem.

There's a couple of really talented squads out with the adequate personel(*spelling). Tigers and Sixers are two that jump out at me. The Hawks are my team but I don't quite rate them yet because we need a dominant center and 4 man. Sixers are touch-n-go. Big men are mostly soft. Just sayin...
If Tigs and Sixer's retain their squads and get drilled right then these teams could be ones to watch out for in coming seasons.