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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: torch on April 07, 2014, 12:30:22 PM
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Where has it been?
Is this a sign that the players have lost FAITH in Hardwick's game plan???
Why isn't Richmond playing with hunger and the intent???
Are the "really" hurting from last year?
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No it's a sign that our players have gotten ahead of themselves, think they are better than what we are.
Pre-season we've heard about top 4 being the aim.
The aim should be to get enough wins to make the eight first and then worry about top 4.
Turned up again on Saturday thinking the game was in the bank (like they did in rd 1) and we got smashed in the first half.
We ain't that good, we ain't Hawthorn ;D
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It's both these things
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This used to happen in the days when we'd finish 9th. Everyone would talk us up that natural progression would see us improve and make the 8 the following year. The players would believe the hype, train like millionaires all preseason and subsequently get their coach sacked by mid year.
I thought this year may have been different bc whilst nothing has changed at Punt road and we still love to pump our own tyres up unbelievably, I thought the hurt from the loss to carlton would have inspired us to train longer, harder, and harden us up mentally. rubbish!!
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Our intent is injured which is why Hamspud & Stephenson are getting games.
This used to happen in the days when we'd finish 9th. Everyone would talk us up that natural progression would see us improve and make the 8 the following year. The players would believe the hype, train like millionaires all preseason and subsequently get their coach sacked by mid year.
I thought this year may have been different bc whilst nothing has changed at Punt road and we still love to pump our own tyres up unbelievably, I thought the hurt from the loss to carlton would have inspired us to train longer, harder, and harden us up mentally. rubbish!!
Yep - rinse, repeat, 40 year spin cycle.
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This used to happen in the days when we'd finish 9th. Everyone would talk us up that natural progression would see us improve and make the 8 the following year. The players would believe the hype, train like millionaires all preseason and subsequently get their coach sacked by mid year.
I thought this year may have been different bc whilst nothing has changed at Punt road and we still love to pump our own tyres up unbelievably, I thought the hurt from the loss to carlton would have inspired us to train longer, harder, and harden us up mentally. rubbish!!
At least Melbourne used to go prelim then spoon on a rotating basis.
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This used to happen in the days when we'd finish 9th. Everyone would talk us up that natural progression would see us improve and make the 8 the following year. The players would believe the hype, train like millionaires all preseason and subsequently get their coach sacked by mid year.
I thought this year may have been different bc whilst nothing has changed at Punt road and we still love to pump our own tyres up unbelievably, I thought the hurt from the loss to carlton would have inspired us to train longer, harder, and harden us up mentally. rubbish!!
At least Melbourne used to go prelim then spoon on a rotating basis.
While we were doing the ninth then spoon routine.
Maybe Hardwick has indeed ushered in a new improved era of "EF & spoon" .... from "Ninthmond" to "EFmond".
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Where has it been?
Is this a sign that the players have lost FAITH in Hardwick's game plan???
Why isn't Richmond playing with hunger and the intent???
Are the "really" hurting from last year?
I hear about this all the time. Selfless 1% acts are what we need. I hear that the players don't like each other and they won't go for a ball outside their zone, they won't chase/shepard etc etc etc. 2 main offenders are Delidio and Jack, this is from those who know.
If these guys are doing it then it infects everyone else.
Face facts, we have a paycheck team who don't want to play finals. Thomas has been fantastic. Morris was, but has been infected. I want players with passion. No passion then get out. And our leaders have to lead, not be showboat ponies. Personally I think our team is a cluster f and unless they can sort their defecate out then no one will be reading about us in September. Most kids would give anything to have the opportunity these overpaid poonces have and our players just don't get it.
Me so sad.
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Just take the opposition on!
They know we have weapons and when we play direct it bloody works, when chip and 'plough' it around we get eaten alive, it's not trucking rocket science!!!!!! Let's hope someone with some influence is smart enough to see it, look at the last 45 mins of last week........
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As ned Flanders once said "Marge, my family can't live in good intentions"
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The road to hell.....
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Playing safe, conformist football that is restrictive to natural talent and growth does that to you.
If we waited 4 seasons for this to retain position 6-12 middle tier status tio not encomber the growing burden of expectation after 32 years since a GF then were a fooked.
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Where has it been?
Is this a sign that the players have lost FAITH in Hardwick's game plan???
Why isn't Richmond playing with hunger and the intent???
Are the "really" hurting from last year?
If that was the case we wouldn t have come out at half time breathing fire, wb would have piled on another 9 goals and won by 10g or more ... ::)
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Where has it been?
Is this a sign that the players have lost FAITH in Hardwick's game plan???
Why isn't Richmond playing with hunger and the intent???
Are the "really" hurting from last year?
If that was the case we wouldn t have come out at half time breathing fire, wb would have piled on another 9 goals and won by 10g or more ... ::)
What about the intent in the first half BJ. :help
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Where has our internet gone. ?
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Where has it been?
Is this a sign that the players have lost FAITH in Hardwick's game plan???
Why isn't Richmond playing with hunger and the intent???
Are the "really" hurting from last year?
If that was the case we wouldn t have come out at half time breathing fire, wb would have piled on another 9 goals and won by 10g or more ... ::)
What about the intent in the first half BJ. :help
I was responding more to q have they lost faith in the game plan,
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its neither. they have always been down hill skiers and remain so.people when they mention intent do realise what criticisms have been leveled at us for yrs now.
any intent most of em have goes out the window when they are challenged its not changed.
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intent can only take you so far. if you don't have an efficient and effective game plan and players to execute then you will eventually be exposed. How many times did we dominate clearances and the contest last year to only fall over the line. our inefficient style of play will always give the opposition a sniff. we don't get maximum reward for effort. we drop our efforts by 5% and we'll get punished. a sign of a good side is to be able to win playing at below 100% intent.
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intent can only take you so far. if you don't have an efficient and effective game plan and players to execute then you will eventually be exposed. How many times did we dominate clearances and the contest last year to only fall over the line. our inefficient style of play will always give the opposition a sniff. we don't get maximum reward for effort. we drop our efforts by 5% and we'll get punished. a sign of a good side is to be able to win playing at below 100% intent.
100% Agree mate!
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Still think we have too many passengers with no natural football brains so when under the pump they constantly make poor decisions. Not sure if there is a way to measure this at the recruitment stage but it's something that needs addressing.
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Intent is there, so is every clubs intent, they are all intent on winning, as they should be.
Mental strength, skill, player list, game plan, heart, determination, fitness, supporting team mates and overall willingness to get the ball first.....now that's a different story!!! None of that has been there in the first three rounds!!
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Our intent has always be the same.
Financially keep our head above water.
Have a few years of improvement with a coach who seems to know what he is doing.
Watch some cubs shine with one almost winning a Brownlow.
Tokenistic finals appearance.
Make money off some marketing gimmick complemented by mass memberships.
Watch the castle collapse.
Restart the process again with new coach.
Watch memberships plummett.
Same scenarios 5-6 years down the track.
Playing heroes in 2012 are reviled by fans now
Token finals appearance in 2019 here we come.