One-Eyed Richmond Forum
Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on June 04, 2016, 02:59:36 PM
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Dimma on SEN today ...
AUDIO: https://audioboom.com/boos/4653486-damien-hardwick-on-crunch-time-saturday-june-4
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Defiant Dimma: We can still make finals
Herald-Sun
4 June2016
RICHMOND coach Damien Hardwick says the Tigers can still make this year’s finals if they rediscover their best form.
The Tigers slumped to a 4-7 win loss record after a 70-point belting from North Melbourne in Hobart on Friday night.
The loss leaves the Tigers likely needing to win eight or more of their remaining 11 home-and-away games to book a fourth successive finals campaign.
“We are still firmly of the belief that if we get everything right we can challenge for the top eight,” Hardwick told SEN.
“It is going to be incredibly tough (but) we’ve done it before.
“We’ll back ourselves in and give ourselves every chance.”
“We’re disappointed with the way we are playing at the moment — but I guarantee we will get better.”
Richmond lost defender Dylan Grimes to a hamstring injury in the warm-up to Friday night’s game and were further hit by a serious knee injury to Steve Morris while Nick Vlastuin (concussion) and Ben Griffiths (ankle) were also added to a growing casualty list.
Hardwick said there would be hard questions asked at Punt Rd this week before next Sunday’s home game against injury depleted Gold Coast.
Morris was on crutches after the game
Asked about his involvement in reviews at board level, Hardwick said: “We have robust discussions … on a weekly basis.
“We will question the way we play; question the way we coach; question the way the players came out and performed.
“It is a performance based industry and at the moment we are well short.
“We’re capable of performing and beating sides when we are at our best and we were well off that last night.”
Defeat to the Kangaroos marked Richmond’s seventh of the season
Asked if it was time to develop young players even at possible expense of a finals tilt, Hardwick said: “I’m still of the belief that the best form of culture is winning culture”.
“We will be striving to win as many games as we can but in saying that we will still be looking to regenerate along the way.”
“It is a philosophy we have always had in my time at the Tigers.
“I’ve got belief in our group — some of the guys are not playing as well as what we’d like. But I’ve also got faith in some of the younger talent coming through.
“We’ll pick as good a side as we can. We picked up a couple of injuries so some younger guys will get an opportunity.”
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/stuff-despite-seventh-defeat-of-the-season/news-story/4e52826508afc564a5aacc4fed4699df
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Smells like 9th
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Smells like 9th
Smells like 9th
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Come as u r
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I agree with Dimma
About time a few in the VFL rise to the challenge
Conca ,Elton , Drunmond
Shows us what you have
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I agree with Dimma
Of course you do...of course you do.....
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As if Dimma will risk losing Suns and Lions games. He'll play it safe and bring in the duds.
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I agree with Dimma
About time a few in the VFL rise to the challenge
Conca ,Elton , Drunmond
Shows us what you have
I don't understand you. You support Hardwick but didn't support Wallace.
Why? Hasn't Hardwick failed despite having had more support and resources than Wallace?
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I agree with Dimma
About time a few in the VFL rise to the challenge
Conca ,Elton , Drunmond
Shows us what you have
Drumkond?
Please Jack, he played his first game on 13 months last week after an very seriois knee injury. To expect anything from him outside getting some games in him is harsh.
Agree others now have a huge chance to show something but leave Drummond out of it
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this guy is deluded :lol
9th with a bullet
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He is clearly on illegal substances to talk this sort of rubbish, who is he trying to fool, the players, himself or us??
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I agree with Dimma
About time a few in the VFL rise to the challenge
Conca ,Elton , Drunmond
Shows us what you have
You must be mates with him Jak.
Why else would you blindly support the catalyst of our failure
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I do agree with Dimma
End of story
I still think we can turn it around
Maybe the rest of you nuffers are deluded
Not me and Dimma😉
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for them to make the finals, let alone win one, how many more games can they afford to lose?
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Smells like 9th
Smells like 9th
Smells like 9th
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for them to make the finals, let alone win one, how many more games can they afford to lose?
we will need to win 9 of our last 11 to make it. no chance
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Dimma is trolling us...... :shh
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Dimma is trolling us...... :shh
It's as if he is deliberately antagonizing the good stuff of OER.
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Dimma: I still believe in our players
Justin Talent
SEN
05 Jun 2016
Richmond coach Damien Hardwick believes his side can still play finals footy this year and trusts that his current playing group can do the job despite an increasingly worrying injury list.
Richmond was handed their seventh loss of the season by ladder leaders North Melbourne by 70 points, ending a three-win streak and severely denting their hopes of making the top eight.
This has been further impacted by a significant injury toll, with Steven Morris, Dylan Grimes and Ben Griffiths the new names to be added to a list that already includes Bachar Houli, Reece Conca and new recruit Chris Yarran, who is still yet to play a game in the yellow and black.
However Hardwick believes that the youngsters coming in to fill the shoes of the injured players can make a mark.
“I’ve got belief in the group, there’s no doubt about that,” he said on SEN’s Crunch Time.
“Some of the guys are not playing as well as what we would like but I’ve also got faith in the younger guys coming through.”
The Tigers coach confirmed that this means the Tigers will continue to try and recover their poor opening half of the season and try make their fourth consecutive finals appearance, stating that his side’s best footy was still in front of them.
“We’re not playing anywhere near as well as we can, we’re well below expectation… I still feel our best footy is in front of us,” said Hardwick.
“We have probably never had our best side available to pick. Most sides haven’t to be stuff and we need to make sure we perform better with the players we have on the park. We’re off it, we’ll get better and we’ll keep striving to where we want to go.
“We are still firmly in the belief if we get everything right we can challenge for the eight. It’s tough, we know that, but we’ve done it before. We’ll back ourselves in and give ourselves every chance”
Hardwick says that questions will be asked of all aspects of the side as the Tigers prepare to bounce back against Gold Coast at the MCG next Sunday.
“We’ll question the way we played, we’ll question the way we coached and we’ll question the way the players came out and performed,” he said.
“That happens on a weekly basis and it’s a performance based industry and at the moment we’re well short.”
http://www.sen.com.au/news/afl/06-16/dimma-i-still-believe-in-our-players
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Hardwick stressed the injuries were no excuse for the loss to North Melbourne, but yesterday admitted the interrupted seasons of Grimes and others had hurt the Tigers’ season.
“(Alex) Rance is our best defender, there’s no doubt ‘Grimsey’ is our second best,” Hardwick told SEN on Saturday.
“He’s incredibly underrated by those in AFL circles. I think he’s played four games for us so we haven’t had the consistency of his performance, which is probably the reason our backline hasn’t quite functioned the way we’d like it to.”
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/stuff-despite-seventh-defeat-of-the-season/news-story/4e52826508afc564a5aacc4fed4699df
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Dimma: I still believe in our players
Justin Talent
SEN
05 Jun 2016
Richmond coach Damien Hardwick believes his side can still play finals footy this year and trusts that his current playing group can do the job despite an increasingly worrying injury list.
Richmond was handed their seventh loss of the season by ladder leaders North Melbourne by 70 points, ending a three-win streak and severely denting their hopes of making the top eight.
This has been further impacted by a significant injury toll, with Steven Morris, Dylan Grimes and Ben Griffiths the new names to be added to a list that already includes Bachar Houli, Reece Conca and new recruit Chris Yarran, who is still yet to play a game in the yellow and black.
However Hardwick believes that the youngsters coming in to fill the shoes of the injured players can make a mark.
“I’ve got belief in the group, there’s no doubt about that,” he said on SEN’s Crunch Time.
“Some of the guys are not playing as well as what we would like but I’ve also got faith in the younger guys coming through.”
The Tigers coach confirmed that this means the Tigers will continue to try and recover their poor opening half of the season and try make their fourth consecutive finals appearance, stating that his side’s best footy was still in front of them.
“We’re not playing anywhere near as well as we can, we’re well below expectation… I still feel our best footy is in front of us,” said Hardwick.
“We have probably never had our best side available to pick. Most sides haven’t to be stuff and we need to make sure we perform better with the players we have on the park. We’re off it, we’ll get better and we’ll keep striving to where we want to go.
“We are still firmly in the belief if we get everything right we can challenge for the eight. It’s tough, we know that, but we’ve done it before. We’ll back ourselves in and give ourselves every chance”
Hardwick says that questions will be asked of all aspects of the side as the Tigers prepare to bounce back against Gold Coast at the MCG next Sunday.
“We’ll question the way we played, we’ll question the way we coached and we’ll question the way the players came out and performed,” he said.
“That happens on a weekly basis and it’s a performance based industry and at the moment we’re well short.”
http://www.sen.com.au/news/afl/06-16/dimma-i-still-believe-in-our-players
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Hardwick stressed the injuries were no excuse for the loss to North Melbourne, but yesterday admitted the interrupted seasons of Grimes and others had hurt the Tigers’ season.
“(Alex) Rance is our best defender, there’s no doubt ‘Grimsey’ is our second best,” Hardwick told SEN on Saturday.
“He’s incredibly underrated by those in AFL circles. I think he’s played four games for us so we haven’t had the consistency of his performance, which is probably the reason our backline hasn’t quite functioned the way we’d like it to.”
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/stuff-despite-seventh-defeat-of-the-season/news-story/4e52826508afc564a5aacc4fed4699df
The backline has functioned the way it's supposed too with guys like Chaplin, Astbury, Hunt, Houli, Batchelor and BEllis in it. Not one of those guys would get a game in a top 8 side in their backline. Not one!!
Can anyone defend any of them as a true AFL standard defender?
Throw in CEllis who is not a natural defender and only in his 10 odd game and simply put, we are easy to score against.
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Dimma: I still believe in our players
Justin Talent
SEN
05 Jun 2016
Richmond coach Damien Hardwick believes his side can still play finals footy this year and trusts that his current playing group can do the job despite an increasingly worrying injury list.
Richmond was handed their seventh loss of the season by ladder leaders North Melbourne by 70 points, ending a three-win streak and severely denting their hopes of making the top eight.
This has been further impacted by a significant injury toll, with Steven Morris, Dylan Grimes and Ben Griffiths the new names to be added to a list that already includes Bachar Houli, Reece Conca and new recruit Chris Yarran, who is still yet to play a game in the yellow and black.
However Hardwick believes that the youngsters coming in to fill the shoes of the injured players can make a mark.
“I’ve got belief in the group, there’s no doubt about that,” he said on SEN’s Crunch Time.
But they don't have any belief in your yesteryear gameplan or lack thereof
“Some of the guys are not playing as well as what we would like but I’ve also got faith in the younger guys coming through.”
Yet, the only they get an "opportunity" is when the playing group is decimated by injury, regardless of the individuals consist efforts in the VFL. If not for injury, we would NEVER had seen Miles. It's your way....play the faves.....or perhaps the ones you think believe In your plan.
The Tigers coach confirmed that this means the Tigers will continue to try and recover their poor opening half of the season and try make their fourth consecutive finals appearance, stating that his side’s best footy was still in front of them.
“We’re not playing anywhere near as well as we can, we’re well below expectation… I still feel our best footy is in front of us,” said Hardwick.
You mean, they're not playing anywhere near as well as they USED TO BE ABLE TO....because time has passed and the game methodology has changed, dimmer, even so much within the last two years. To those in the know, you only ever offer cliched rebuttals.
“We have probably never had our best side available to pick. Most sides haven’t to be stuff and we need to make sure we perform better with the players we have on the park. We’re off it, we’ll get better and we’ll keep striving to where we want to go.
Now, that is just pure stuffn bull poo.
Deal with it.
“We are still firmly in the belief if we get everything right we can challenge for the eight. It’s tough, we know that, but we’ve done it before. We’ll back ourselves in and give ourselves every chance”
A challenger for the eight???? That sounds wonderful....if we get EVERYTHING RIGHT! Brilliant. Vince Lombardi type stuff, because in reality, it means that you won't make the eight....and even if we do, you won't win a final because you've conditioned them to lose in the first week of finals for the last three years, largely due to your last minute inclusions based on favouritism instead of form. You've failed.you hold the record for most games coached without winning a final. Statistically, you're worse than Danny Frawley.
Hardwick says that questions will be asked of all aspects of the side as the Tigers prepare to bounce back against Gold Coast at the MCG next Sunday.
“We’ll question the way we played, we’ll question the way we coached and we’ll question the way the players came out and performed,” he said.
Why do you need to implement another "process". It's obvious why all of the above occurred.
We played like that because we're soft as butter. You're responsible for that.
You coached like that because you never really coach and when you need to, you can't. You just sit there waiting for suggestions from your assistants who have NFI either. You're last masterstrioke was when you threw your boy chaplin Into the fwd line. Lol. You're such a wanker with your moneyball mentality.
Try coaching with your heart....if you can find it.
“That happens on a weekly basis and it’s a performance based industry and at the moment we’re well short.”
STFU!
Hardwick stressed the injuries were no excuse for the loss to North Melbourne, but yesterday admitted the interrupted seasons of Grimes and others had hurt the Tigers’ season.
But he still brings it up.
“(Alex) Rance is our best defender, there’s no doubt ‘Grimsey’ is our second best,” Hardwick told SEN on Saturday.
“He’s incredibly underrated by those in AFL circles. I think he’s played four games for us so we haven’t had the consistency of his performance, which is
probably the reason our backline hasn’t quite functioned the way we’d like it to.”
The backline hasn't functioned the way you'd "like it to" because you're a deluded fool.
Astbury, Chaplin, B.Ellis, Houli ?
What do you think you have there?
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Σταθερότητα στη μετριότητα .
Statherótita sti metriótita .
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I can't believe the media love for this bloke. He's a failure, simple as that.
I admit I was fooled too by this charlatan, that was until the infamous EF loss to the cheating scum and ever since he's lost me, as well as most of the players. That single loss was the worst loss in the last 35 years and completely unacceptable IMO.
Unless this didn't convince everyone that this current regime is going to get us real success than maybe the loss to Melbourne on the Tommy Hafey tribute match, I would've thought, may have convinced even Bojo, if not the most ardent supporter of Hardwicks.
But the media just love this fellow for all his bedroom capers.
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He can believe all he likes. The fact is he the coach and his coaching group do not have a functional game plan that can win games of AFL football let alone VFL games.