Dear RFC_Official,
Can you please tell the club that its loyal supporters want the following things:
1. No spin - this is an industry that is judged purely and simply on win/loss ratios. It sickens me when the coach says we are a better side than last year when we are clearly not. He can say that if we finish 4th as we finished 5th last year at the end of the home and away season. I'm sure all their KPIs would be saying we are not too. If they are then they need new KPIs.
2. Speed - the side has become slower than a dead snail, both in ball movement and leg speed. Our fastest player from last year Matty White is not even in the top ten at Pot Adelaide for speed. That is an indictment on our recruiting.
3. Fitness - we seem to be the least fit side in the competition. This comes after what supposedly was our biggest preseason ever. Something is wrong there.
4. Injuries - I am a doctor and I am horrified by the way we have handled guys like Maric, Deledio, Cotchin, Morris and now Hampson. We must not run our players into the ground by playing them injured. As for the injury list that is published, the club must think we are absolute morons. Rance broke his fifth metatarsal and wasn't put on the injury list during the week it happened. He was omitted at the last minute. What the hell is going on there?
5. Selection - guys that continually fail at basic skills like manning up, chasing, harassing, blocking for your teammate, shepherding are being played week after week. I'd rather the club played kids who would learn to do these things. I was watching a 10 game junior grapple Cotchin at the centre bounces on Sunday and not once did one of our players come in and protect the captain. It's easy to place yourself between the two and bump the other guy to let them know it's not going to be easy to harass our captain. But no, not a single peep from any of his teammates.
The supporters want to hear that the club is hurting too and that things are being done to rectify the situation. We are the lifeblood of the club and as such we should be treated with the utmost respect and not treated like fools whose only worth is our money.
Please pass this on to the powers that be as they rudely never answer any emails sent to them.
Thank you.