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Richmond Rant / Re: Richmond AFLW team [merged]

« Last post by WilliamPowell on Today at 07:47:55 AM »

Successful rescue. Ferg sand Sheahan were genuinely untenable. Whoever extended his contact should also be sacked . May have been Sheahan.

I am assuming she would have recommended it, senior management backed it and then it was ratified by the board. That's how these things normally work

But then again, the way our women's program was functioning who the hell knows

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Richmond Rant / Re: Richmond AFLW team [merged]

« Last post by TigerLand on Today at 12:20:13 AM »

Successful rescue. Ferg sand Sheahan were genuinely untenable. Whoever extended his contact should also be sacked . May have been Sheahan.

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Richmond Rant / Re: Richmond AFLW team [merged]

« Last post by Tiger Khosh on Yesterday at 11:57:02 PM »

Good start. Now to get the replacement hires spot on.

Makes the 12 month extension they gave Ferguson less than a year ago even more baffling.

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Richmond Rant / Re: Favourite player game

« Last post by sabartooth on Yesterday at 10:27:26 PM »

Alger   6
Balta   5
Clarke  4
Green  3
Lynch   8+
Sonsie  0-
Smith   1
Taranto 8

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Richmond Rant / Re: Best 23 in 2026?

« Last post by WilliamPowell on Yesterday at 08:37:41 PM »

That's enough with the petty insults and cheap shots

Stick to the topic and discussing it 

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Richmond Rant / Re: Richmond AFLW team [merged]

« Last post by WilliamPowell on Yesterday at 08:36:35 PM »

I guess that's why they had the review.

My thoughts are that last years results papered  over the cracks. This year well & truly showed where we're situated.

The ongoing poor recruiting, coaching & lack of fitness was there for all to see. Some of the list  changes etc were mind boggling.
Hopefully that'll be well & truly addressed from now on.

We're a professional sporting organisation whose AFLW team has been run in a totally amateur way for some time.

Perfect summation

the next couple of weeks are going to be very interesting

Trade week started today and then it's the draft ... what do we do? Who's running it?

The previous regime told a player she had to go and wasn't going to get a new contract. So that's a list decision that a new coach has had zero input in.

Interesting times ahead

But for now I'm back on board 

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Richmond Rant / Re: Richmond AFLW team [merged]

« Last post by Chuck17 on Yesterday at 08:32:23 PM »

Thank goodness for that

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Richmond Rant / Re: Best 23 in 2026?

« Last post by ajGreen on Yesterday at 08:25:54 PM »

I wouldn’t engage Andy. The guy is a circular reference.
It’s not hard to find many examples of older players - either in the club or brought into a club to take an on field role in player development.
It’s happened time and again over many years.

Not strictly a prerequisite but why wouldn’t you do it?
Norf has had to change it’s recruiting because Brad Scott dumped and ran on all his senior experience and their kids were exposed. Not yet fixed because the decay was so bad on morale.
If the circular reference doesn’t see that, he can continue to chase his tail.

Yeah, bit of an echo chamber.

This is also why we have Taranto and Hopper, if not the reason we recruited them initially.

Thankfully someone else manages the list and runs the club.

Yep coming from the bloke that was crying over not having Daniel Lowther, as a SSP

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Richmond Rant / Re: Richmond AFLW team [merged]

« Last post by Hart4Jack on Yesterday at 08:04:46 PM »

Anyone still of the opinion that the club's not taking AFLW seriously?

Thanks to the review they are now (finally)

I guess that's why they had the review.

My thoughts are that last years results papered  over the cracks. This year well & truly showed where we're situated.

The ongoing poor recruiting, coaching & lack of fitness was there for all to see. Some of the list  changes etc were mind boggling.
Hopefully that'll be well & truly addressed from now on.

We're a professional sporting organisation whose AFLW team has been run in a totally amateur way for some time.

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Richmond Rant / Re: Richmond AFLW team [merged]

« Last post by WilliamPowell on Yesterday at 06:30:43 PM »

Anyone still of the opinion that the club's not taking AFLW seriously?

Thanks to the review they are now (finally)