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Tiger Hampson admits off-field challenges hurt his output
Travis King
afl.com.au
October 31, 2014 1:08 PM
RICHMOND big man Shaun Hampson says he's looking forward to putting a challenging year behind him during his second season at Punt Road in 2015.
The Tiger ruckman was rocked by his father Tom's passing after a six-year battle with prostate cancer early last season, just weeks before Hampsons partner Megan Gale gave birth to their first son, River.
Speaking on Friday to promote the Movember campaign in support of men's health issues, Hampson admitted his father's death might have affected his form after he crossed from Carlton.
"I really didn't want it to. It may have. My dad passing away and then my son being born within a month
it was a pretty busy period," he said.
"But I really tried not to let it affect my footy as much as I could. Next year's a new year and hopefully it's a nice smooth one."
Hampson played 11 games last season and didn't return to the side after being dropped to the VFL after round 14.
The 201cm big man couldn't force his way back in as Richmond launched a stunning nine-game winning streak to clinch an unlikely finals berth.
Although he fell down the ruck/forward pecking order behind Ivan Maric, Ty Vickery and emerging key forward Ben Griffiths late in the year, Hampson is confident a solid pre-season will put him back in the frame for a senior spot.
"It all levels out in pre-season and everybody's equal. (I need to) work hard, fix a couple of things in my game and hopefully crack back into the side," Hampson said.
"I think fitness is a big one. It's never been a strong point of mine, so I'm going to work hard on it in this pre-season and continue working on marking and goalkicking.
"It's stuff I've had to work on my whole career, but I'll really give it even more this year.
"We've got pretty good depth for that ruckman/forward role which is only going to help the team and it's going to push all of us to try and outdo the others."
Although Richmond's winning run was brutally snuffed out by Port Adelaide in an elimination final, Hampson believes the club is in good shape to climb the ladder in 2015.
The Tigers didn't pick up during the NAB AFL Trade Period, with a late bid for Melbourne's former co-captain Jack Trengove falling through.
"I think our list is definitely good enough," said Hampson, who has played 74 games since making his debut in 2007.
"If we have a good draft, I think we've definitely got the list to make finals and have a good season."
The Tigers' first-to-fourth year players begin pre-season training on November 10, followed by the rest of the squad on the 24th.
In the meantime, Hampson has encouraged about 25 teammates to join his bid to raise as much money as possible for the Movember campaign in support of mental health, prostate and testicular cancer.
"It's great. I've just had one year at the Tigers now it's coming into my second and the boys from the start have been great. When I threw the email out and said I'd love a few boys to join, the response was amazing," he said.
"So it's good. It makes you feel even more a part of the team."
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-10-31/tiger-hampson-admits-offfield-challenges-hurt-his-output
Edited to add link
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Gee, farther dying would have an impact on anyone, should make a few think, in particular some of the comments on this forum!!
Particularly the repetitive nonsensical comments form one ......
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I believe in him
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Dud, Delist....
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Gee, farther dying would have an impact on anyone, should make a few think, in particular some of the comments on this forum!!
Particularly the repetitive nonsensical comments form one ......
Cry me a river
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I'm not sure any of us could say how much these two massive life changing experiences would effect someone.
Footballers like the rest of us are only human.
Fingers crossed that he does improve next season.
We sure need him to.
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Club needs to leave this issue alone and walk out of the embarrassment arena, backwards.
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Maybe he should grow a mullet! ;D
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I'm not sure any of us could say how much these two massive life changing experiences would effect someone.
Not wanting to sound like a smart alec or be accused of lacking compassion
But he isn't the first nor will be last to have to deal with this sort of stuff.
Yes it does impact on you, it's tough, can effect your work, it can consume you but it's all about how you bounce back from it. At some point you have to get on with life.
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I'm not sure any of us could say how much these two massive life changing experiences would effect someone.
Not wanting to sound like a smart alec or be accused of lacking compassion
But he isn't the first nor will be last to have to deal with this sort of stuff.
Yes it does impact on you, it's tough, can effect your work, it can consume you but it's all about how you bounce back from it. At some point you have to get on with life.
Yes but you can't bounce back immediately and perhaps he did late in the season and they just told him to stay there until seasons end.
I actually lost my farther and about two weeks later my daughter was born. I was busy going from one hospital to the other back and forth, happy one minute and sad the next, I can tell you that emotionally and physically it took its toll.
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Dad dying tragic and horrible for anyone.
Can't wait for him to move on in life.
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I'm not sure any of us could say how much these two massive life changing experiences would effect someone.
Not wanting to sound like a smart alec or be accused of lacking compassion
Well you do. ;D
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Yes but you can't bounce back immediately and perhaps he did late in the season and they just told him to stay there until seasons end.
I actually lost my farther and about two weeks later my daughter was born. I was busy going from one hospital to the other back and forth, happy one minute and sad the next, I can tell you that emotionally and physically it took its toll.
Never said anything about bouncing back immediately. But for memory he lost his father early in the season. Baby came along a month or so later.
I'm not denying it's tough, it is bloody tough but again without wanting to sound insensitive most people in their work have to get on with things very quickly. Losing a parent is incredibly hard, been there myself
People don't get the "luxury" for want of a better term of taking their time to get over these things especially in the workplace. As I said he isn't the first and he won't be the last person to go through it
The facts remain that his form was terrible and he deserved to be dropped. The reason he didn't get his spot back was because his form didn't warrant it. So by extension and based on what his output was the decision to trade for him based on what we gave up was a poor one and right now that shouldn't be forgotten
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I think they said he had a kid early on in the season. I know kids are really tough early on. Still his kicking for goal was excreble during the year lets hope it improves with sleep.
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I was told that he took the death of his father really bad.
He was actually ready to just walk away from footy, the club was disappointed but gave him the time and space he needed.
Expect him to repay the faith in spades this season😉
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I was told that he took the death of his father really bad.
He was actually ready to just walk away from footy, the club was disappointed but gave him the time and space he needed.
Expect him to repay the faith in spades this season😉
Hope he does
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thats not good but reality is he has been average since day 1, not just this year.
Anyway we are a forgiving lot lets see what he does. I don't expect much
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thats not good but reality is he has been average since day 1, not just this year.
Anyway we are a forgiving lot lets see what he does. I don't expect much
Tough but fair.
He has 2 years to bounce back.
That should be more than enough time.
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Yep, echo the above sentiments - feel for him and hope e can turn it around
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thats not good but reality is he has been average since day 1, not just this year.
Anyway we are a forgiving lot lets see what he does. I don't expect much
Fair post Daniel, I agree with you.
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thats not good but reality is he has been average since day 1, not just this year.
Anyway we are a forgiving lot lets see what he does. I don't expect much
Fair post Daniel, I agree with you.
x 3
Very well said Angus
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l have seen this first hand, footballers losing people close to them. l have been on the training track & seen messages delivered several times & it's very gut wrenching to see. It can make or break anyone no matter how tough you think you are. Its tough to play VFL / AFL football mentally & then that added stress can break any person. If that is what he is saying, Then I believe him 100% & so should everyone who supports us. Give him the respect he deserves that he has opened up & being honest when many times footballers bottle it all up & suffer in silence. Many footballers see terminal ill children in their spare time as we have seen with Jake King this year. Nearly every player & clubs have a part to play in someone tragic life every week of the year, year after year. We should take caution on our comments & admin should remove any disrespectful posts when this occurs. Lets hope he has a great 2015 support role :gotigers
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For those saying his form has been down since day 1, Well it does say his father has been battling health for 6 years+ so that's most of his career.
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l have seen this first hand, footballers losing people close to them. l have been on the training track & seen messages delivered several times & it's very gut wrenching to see. It can make or break anyone no matter how tough you think you are. Its tough to play VFL / AFL football mentally & then that added stress can break any person. If that is what he is saying, Then I believe him 100% & so should everyone who supports us. Give him the respect he deserves that he has opened up & being honest when many times footballers bottle it all up & suffer in silence. Many footballers see terminal ill children in their spare time as we have seen with Jake King this year. Nearly every player & clubs have a part to play in someone tragic life every week of the year, year after year. We should take caution on our comments & admin should remove any disrespectful posts when this occurs. Lets hope he has a great 2015 support role :gotigers
well said
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l have seen this first hand, footballers losing people close to them. l have been on the training track & seen messages delivered several times & it's very gut wrenching to see. It can make or break anyone no matter how tough you think you are. Its tough to play VFL / AFL football mentally & then that added stress can break any person. If that is what he is saying, Then I believe him 100% & so should everyone who supports us. Give him the respect he deserves that he has opened up & being honest when many times footballers bottle it all up & suffer in silence. Many footballers see terminal ill children in their spare time as we have seen with Jake King this year. Nearly every player & clubs have a part to play in someone tragic life every week of the year, year after year. We should take caution on our comments & admin should remove any disrespectful posts when this occurs. Lets hope he has a great 2015 support role :gotigers
:thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup
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Crock of poo story
If u can make it to training, you can play
There was no need to promote this crap.
It's merely a reminder of how there are still many stuffwits with jobs at RFC.
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fair enough monk but he looked pretty happy with he signed on for 3 years at 350k. If it effected him that bad, he shouldn't have signed, instead take a few years off and be with your dad.
He should be given every opportunity to produce the goods next year in the last year of his contract, but beyond that its adios amigo
All i'm saying is 2 years of below average performances would have any employer ready to send you packing. That's life unfortunately, and he has been paid to deliver and thus far he hasn't.
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I don't see the purpose of making this public, especially now.
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My dad died in horrible circumstances.
I've moved on.
All that aside ............................
If you can mark the ball, you can mark the ball.
Something he has been poo at forever
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l have seen this first hand, footballers losing people close to them. l have been on the training track & seen messages delivered several times & it's very gut wrenching to see. It can make or break anyone no matter how tough you think you are. Its tough to play VFL / AFL football mentally & then that added stress can break any person. If that is what he is saying, Then I believe him 100% & so should everyone who supports us. Give him the respect he deserves that he has opened up & being honest when many times footballers bottle it all up & suffer in silence. Many footballers see terminal ill children in their spare time as we have seen with Jake King this year. Nearly every player & clubs have a part to play in someone tragic life every week of the year, year after year. We should take caution on our comments & admin should remove any disrespectful posts when this occurs. Lets hope he has a great 2015 support role :gotigers
Excellent post.
That said there will be no excuses for Shaun this year.
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If he is shyte again the vfl side will be behind the 8 ball from the get go
At least he can rucka bbit so he should be ok in the twos
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we know he can ruck. we got him to combat the types that can jump and give ivan trouble.
purely as a ruckman hes only behind ivan at the club.
its the other areas in fact all the other areas of the game that have never ever been any good.
on performance time in system and deficiencies in his game we should never ever have even looked at him in fact after this yr we should have cut him we have 8 yrs of evidence.
anyway like angus said hes contracted for another yr he is athletic lets hope he can finally put together some pretty key areas of the game, like marking and kicking and finding the footy.
you never knowmaybe these things will improve i wont hold my breath in hope though.
I don't see the purpose of making this public, especially now.
spin and justification. they are trying to justify taking him. as usual they react to outsside forces and stay in denial that they may have gotten something wrong. the club does this with everything it does. they are good at making excuses for mediocrity.
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He's a stuffen pea heart.
Deal with it
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I heard Newman is going through some tough times...
Better give him a contract ext til 2017 as he's a good bloke
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Cancer can affect the whole family in many different ways. Many of us have either battled it or seen it one way or another. lt can smash you in several months or pick at you for years. Some live with curable cancers & some die & family members are left angry why treatments never saved their loved ones. We don't know what he does within his family but playing AFL football has supported him & his family. Just the cost to fight cancer is extreme in most cases. l would be taking a 350k contract if l knew it could give anyone a 2nd chance of life to fight cancer. Not playing football for a few years would mean he would never get a 2nd chance to play in the elite comp. You sacrifice so much just to make it. Just ask any AFL player in the last 15 years how hard it really is to even get looked at. l dont think money is a thing too him. What l am saying is stress will affect anyone playing AFL. It also drives many to new heights. It has obviously affected him because he has had the need to tell us all. & l said it before l give him high respect & support for that. Those of you who don't is your opinion or maybe you just never seen how cancer works.
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Well said TM, some people have no idea
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Well said TM, some people have no idea
Ironic
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Cancer can affect the whole family in many different ways. Many of us have either battled it or seen it one way or another. lt can smash you in several months or pick at you for years. Some live with curable cancers & some die & family members are left angry why treatments never saved their loved ones. We don't know what he does within his family but playing AFL football has supported him & his family. Just the cost to fight cancer is extreme in most cases. l would be taking a 350k contract if l knew it could give anyone a 2nd chance of life to fight cancer. Not playing football for a few years would mean he would never get a 2nd chance to play in the elite comp. You sacrifice so much just to make it. Just ask any AFL player in the last 15 years how hard it really is to even get looked at. l dont think money is a thing too him. What l am saying is stress will affect anyone playing AFL. It also drives many to new heights. It has obviously affected him because he has had the need to tell us all. & l said it before l give him high respect & support for that. Those of you who don't is your opinion or maybe you just never seen how cancer works.
30000 children die a day from preventable causes and no one GAF If the United Nations is to be trusted
1/18 teams win flag p year
Both facts
Got to be ruthless ala ken Hinkley
This might be upsetting, but he was shyte before issues, too
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On your wave length TM, great post! :thumbsup
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Read through all the negative comments on this site
You would not find a better kid than Shaun
Hope he has a great 2015
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Read through all the negative comments on this site
You would not find a better kid than Shaun
Hope he has a great 2015
I don't think anyone is saying he isn't a good bloke Jack, what most people question is his football ability.
They are 2 very separate issues
Reckon everyone hopes he can turn things around. But in all honesty there are a lot, a real lot of question marks
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Jack I'm sure hes a charming young man,but in all honesty I couldn't care less if he had the personality of your garden slug,as long as he could play good football at this level,and frankly the jury is still out on that
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Read through all the negative comments on this site
You would not find a better kid than Shaun
Hope he has a great 2015
Hang on. Since when is a player turning 27 at the start of next year and a father (if I may add) a "kid"??? I hope he has a great year too but Geez Geez if he's a father and 10 years older than this year's recruits let's not imply his actual age buys him some innocence and leniency from constructive criticism.
If anything he should be leading the youngsters. You should not be making excuses.
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Take out his tap work and he's close to, if not the, worst player in the competition. Around the ground he makes Angus Graham look like Jim Stynes at his peak. Would rather bring back JON and play him the ruck.
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Well said TM, some people have no idea
Ironic
From the way you post about people you should look in the hall of mirrors. Take your own advice and deal with it
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Given hes had 8-10 years in the system and he is a bad kick you think the club ought to try something different with his coaching. Maybe revert everything to torpedos and kick every kick 50m or only 20m stab passes 500 a day or something radical because he is a poor kick and if Richo is anything to go by will remain a poor kick. If the guy could kick and tap ruck, we already know he can mark a bit so he would be servicable.
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Read through all the negative comments on this site
You would not find a better kid than Shaun
Hope he has a great 2015
CNGAF if he is the pope
Its not a good bloke award
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Read through all the negative comments on this site
You would not find a better kid than Shaun
Hope he has a great 2015
CNGAF if he is the pope
Its not a good bloke award
I'm with you on this one. I lost a loved one to cancer at the age of 16. I didn't have a 350K/year job to fall back on. I also didn't have a hot girlfriend/wife to comfort me. Like he has my greatest sympathies but there are countless people who go through this in worse situations.
His Career stats have been average since 07/08. He kicked 1 goal for us in 11 games (and had some bad sprays in front of the sticks also). As someone mentioned earlier, if he was really concerned about his father's health, he should've left football long ago. We don't live in the states where medical treatment is $$$$$$$$$$$$$. The public health system will look after Mr Hampson and provide him with the treatment he needs.
I do hope he bounces back and he moves on with his hardships but coming out in November with this sort of news is bizarre to me.
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Well said TM, some people have no idea
Ironic
From the way you post about people you should look in the hall of mirrors. Take your own advice and deal with it
and i'm saying, you should also stroll down the halls.
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l have seen hundreds of ruckmen who can't kick the ball properly, But they can ruck excellent. He is a backup ruck & plays that role. l thought against GWS he showed he can get around the ground. Now talking about tall players who kick like crap. Specialist forward Matthew Richardson a huge man should have kicked 1200 goals. l seen him miss a goal from right in front kicking it on the full at the MCG against Collingwood. Minutes later he kicked one 55m on the run from the boundry. One of the best running goals you ever see. All bigmen struggle to kick the ball on set shots. It don't matter who coaches them or how much they practise. Its just the way it is. Marking on the other hand he needs to improve & with the right coaches that can be fixed easy but gee the delivery of the ball down at RFC stinks for years. We are one of the poorest side in the AFL hitting a player on the chest. Most times you see our players at full stretch in the easiest of passes made look hard so you could hardly have a crack at anyone for not marking the ball at Tigerland. Just take a look at Junk time Jack. He drops some easy marks & kicks like Duncan Kellaway at times ;D l will back Hampson this year. Its have 2 good seasons or no more contract for him. Matthew Kruzer will be the replacement ;D
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l have seen hundreds of ruckmen who can't kick the ball properly, But they can ruck excellent. He is a backup ruck & plays that role. l thought against GWS he showed he can get around the ground. Now talking about tall players who kick like crap. Specialist forward Matthew Richardson a huge man should have kicked 1200 goals. l seen him miss a goal from right in front kicking it on the full at the MCG against Collingwood. Minutes later he kicked one 55m on the run from the boundry. One of the best running goals you ever see. All bigmen struggle to kick the ball on set shots. It don't matter who coaches them or how much they practise. Its just the way it is. Marking on the other hand he needs to improve & with the right coaches that can be fixed easy but gee the delivery of the ball down at RFC stinks for years. We are one of the poorest side in the AFL hitting a player on the chest. Most times you see our players at full stretch in the easiest of passes made look hard so you could hardly have a crack at anyone for not marking the ball at Tigerland. Just take a look at Junk time Jack. He drops some easy marks & kicks like Duncan Kellaway at times ;D l will back Hampson this year. Its have 2 good seasons or no more contract for him. Matthew Kruzer will be the replacement ;D
You seen to forget Richo played for Richmond haha.
That's the only reason he didn't kick 1,000+ goals. Even if he was a superb set shot he wouldn't have kicked more than 850-900 max.
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l have seen hundreds of ruckmen who can't kick the ball properly, But they can ruck excellent. He is a backup ruck & plays that role. l thought against GWS he showed he can get around the ground. Now talking about tall players who kick like crap. Specialist forward Matthew Richardson a huge man should have kicked 1200 goals. l seen him miss a goal from right in front kicking it on the full at the MCG against Collingwood. Minutes later he kicked one 55m on the run from the boundry. One of the best running goals you ever see. All bigmen struggle to kick the ball on set shots. It don't matter who coaches them or how much they practise. Its just the way it is. Marking on the other hand he needs to improve & with the right coaches that can be fixed easy but gee the delivery of the ball down at RFC stinks for years. We are one of the poorest side in the AFL hitting a player on the chest. Most times you see our players at full stretch in the easiest of passes made look hard so you could hardly have a crack at anyone for not marking the ball at Tigerland. Just take a look at Junk time Jack. He drops some easy marks & kicks like Duncan Kellaway at times ;D l will back Hampson this year. Its have 2 good seasons or no more contract for him. Matthew Kruzer will be the replacement ;D
You seen to forget Richo played for Richmond haha.
That's the only reason he didn't kick 1,000+ goals. Even if he was a superb set shot he wouldn't have kicked more than 850-900 max.
Richo played in a era with alot of spuds footballers. Now they dont show it on tv. But at least 200 times l have seen Richo 1on 1 20 metres in front of his player & no-one else 60 metres from goal & we have the ball & donot kick it to a leading Richo & prefer to go sideways & overuse the ball & it gets turned over & scored a goal against. Say yes if your a Richmond supporter & seen this happen at the game many many times. As l said the tv dont show the field have empty. Flood, chase a kick, ugly football. All say I ;D
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That's because he was a poohouse kick and his team mates knew
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That's because he was a poohouse kick and his team mates knew
so what your sayin you prefer turnover goals rather than kick it to Richo 1 on 1. Well he didn't do too bad kicking 800 for a poo kicker. little crowd anxiety maybe but a quality footballer for his size
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Blasphemy IMO.
So he shanked a few, whatever.
Bloke sticks with the Tiges for a long
and fruitless career despite better offers of success and money elsewhere, breaks his face for the club, jags 800 goals, and it's still not good enough for some of you.
Kick it to Richo 1v1? I rarely saw him one out. More like 1v2-3 and getting murdered by the umps.
FMD.
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Blasphemy IMO.
So he shanked a few, whatever.
Bloke sticks with the Tiges for a long
and fruitless career despite better offers of success and money elsewhere, breaks his face for the club, jags 800 goals, and it's still not good enough for some of you.
Kick it to Richo 1v1? I rarely saw him one out. More like 1v2-3 and getting murdered by the umps.
FMD.
And get borderline butchered = no free kick :huh
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Blasphemy IMO.
So he shanked a few, whatever.
Bloke sticks with the Tiges for a long
and fruitless career despite better offers of success and money elsewhere, breaks his face for the club, jags 800 goals, and it's still not good enough for some of you.
Kick it to Richo 1v1? I rarely saw him one out. More like 1v2-3 and getting murdered by the umps.
FMD.
so when we talk about richo or any richmond player for that matter we should only talk about the good. FMD.
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no different to only talking about the bad