How will the players react?

[mightytiges]

How do you think the playing list, and especially the senior players, will react to Plough now after Gas' departure?

The senior players obviously now know Plough's short-term plan has changed from when Terry first arrived where he state at the time he wanted to give the older players something to play for and wanted to still win. We are now full speed on the generation next express and they're under the gun. Perform to a high level or goodbye.

[Life goes on]

Would beleive that all players would be disappointed as they ALL got on good with Gas. The younger players looked up to him.

[letsgetiton!]

i dont really care what the players think now. thats been teh problem over decades, whatthe players think and not whats best for the club.

the players will soon realise gaspar is a selfish self centred jerk

why do i say this, because was told he wont be selected over the kids who are performing, he should have copped it on the chin and play the year out in coburg.

the best thing gapar could have done for the so called club he says he loves is play for coburg and be on standby incase the kids fall out of form or get injured.

but once again this hack of a player who gives teh appearance of mr niceguy has put himself first over the club.

if he really loved richmond , he would not have retired and do as i said above, or bust his guts to force terry to re select him

the jerk has no heart no passion no desire and as far as im concerned , he can you know what( wish i didnt give up swearing on here)

[Tiger Spirit]

As long as the tail's not wagging the dog then wouldn’t expect much of a change.  Realistically, do they have a choice, because don’t their reactions need to depend on whether they want to get a game or not? 

This might make some nervous about their position in the team, but I don’t know how it can make them perform to a higher level than they already are.  If they could wouldn’t they already be doing that?  If not then questions needed to be asked way before now.  Better late than never I guess.

In all of this, I’d like to know when we get to the bit where players get to build their confidence levels, rather than seemingly being forced to perform or bust.

[one-eyed]

Poison Gas only explanation for sick Tigers
07 May 2007   Herald-Sun
Mike Sheahan

IT BEGGARS belief that one AFL team can beat another by 25 goals-plus these days. More so when the teams were 10th and 15th going into the game.

Yet, just eight days after Richmond held West Coast to a 23-point win, it has been beaten by Geelong by 157 points. After trailing by 107 points at halftime.

It is a staggering result, one that suggests problems much deeper than manpower.

The Tigers might have been 0-5 going into yesterday's game, but their worst result was a 32-point loss to the Bulldogs.

You also may remember they ran Sydney to 16 points in Round 2. While the Tigers weren't finals-bound, they were competitive, with the promise of better to come on a steady basis in the next 4-5 years.

Terry Wallace offered as much on the eve of the season, outlining a gradual build-up towards prolonged success.

Last night, the plan stood exposed as nothing more than a fantasy.

Darren Gaspar and Greg Tivendale might have been more valuable than Wallace and company believed.

While neither player is or was part of Wallace's long-term plan, and understandably so, the omission of both, particularly the sloppy sacking of Gaspar, appears to have upset the dynamics of this group.

It is impossible to rationalise a decision to name Gaspar on Thursday night to play against Geelong, then usher him through a forced retirement announcement on Friday.

It wasn't as if Dick Clay (or Will Thursfield) suddenly had emerged to take his place at full-back.

It wasn't as if height wouldn't be needed against Geelong, either, with permanent or part-time forwards including Cam Mooney, Nathan Ablett, Tom Hawkins and Brad Ottens.

Only the players know whether the Gaspar situation had a meaningful impact, but there's no other obvious reason for the most embarrassing performance in years.

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,21683687%255E19742,00.html

[mightytiges]

The game was also Plough's 50th in charge at Punt Road. I guess he won't forget this milestone  .

[TigerRocket]

It has taken me all evening to respond to many of the messages tonight .... I have never been so frustrated with the events of the past 24 hours. That having been said, Nathan Foley, Matthew Richardson, Graham Polak and Cleeve Hughes ... guys you can hold your head up (and three of you are the nucleus KIDs).
It so frustrates me to see our other younger (smaller bodied) KIDs get pushed around ... with no one prepared to stand up for them .... Lids was attacked from the start by Geelong and no one was there for him ... Blings shoulder was injured when a cat midfielder cannoned into his back after he had kicked the ball ... no one stood up for him .... and when three cats jumper on Lids in the third quarter the only one there to help him was Jacko (who by the way stood nose to nose with Scarlett and didn't back down one inch  ....  he's a Kid also right?). When Plough said we lacked depth in the 23-26 year age group I think what he really meant was that the guys that were in that group were not prepared to put there bodies on the line ... this puts the KIDs at risk ... they need protection ... everyone talks about JUDD .... give me Luke Hodge first at least he would supply some real 'grunt' in the middle.
Whilst penning the mesage I was scrolling through our list .. could not find any powerful mid-fielders (the old Strong Bodied Ruck Rover type) to bring in as the 'enforcer' we simply cannot install any 'fear' into the opposition at the moment ... and when we do get a run on they simply go 'man-on-man' and our smaller bodied kids are simply pushed out of the way ..... I think it may be a long year and we will certainly see which of the 'KIDs' stand up under the scrutiny of physical initimdation.
One final commet .... what Gaspar did was not club and team focused (retiring rather than playing the year out in the two's ... show some spirit and develop the kids the best way possible by showing them on the ground in the heat of battle) BUT what the club did to him and Andrew Kellaway (two of only three All Australians) was inexcusable and showed a complete lack of respect for team and club morale:help

[mightytiges]

Top post Rocket. Target Foley, Lids and Tambo and you stop Richmond's running game because no one else is able to stand up and be a threat to the opposition in the midfield.