Richmond vs North Melbourne - Round 15, 2013

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lolz.
Whether we needed it or not -WE GOT IT

[Ruanaidh]

I was really ticked off today but I have to say sometimes you have these abreations.
Whilst I don't expect to win the flag this year I cast my mind back to last year when we trounced the hawks by as many points and no one expected it.
Maybe this is the reality check we needed before the harder games start

Geelong...Collingwood......Fremantle.......Essendon.....North....reality checks abound. We are a middle of the table side.

[dwaino]

I was really ticked off today but I have to say sometimes you have these abreations.
Whilst I don't expect to win the flag this year I cast my mind back to last year when we trounced the hawks by as many points and no one expected it.
Maybe this is the reality check we needed before the harder games start

None of that here thanks. We're only to point out what Hardwick doesn't know but was so painstakingly obvious to us and simply rectified, and how Arsebury, some guy named Elten, and Griffiths' massive influence at VFL will take us to the promised land.

[Ruanaidh]

I was really ticked off today but I have to say sometimes you have these abreations.
Whilst I don't expect to win the flag this year I cast my mind back to last year when we trounced the hawks by as many points and no one expected it.
Maybe this is the reality check we needed before the harder games start

None of that here thanks. We're only to point out what Hardwick doesn't know but was so painstakingly obvious to us and simply rectified, and how Arsebury, some guy named Elten, and Griffiths' massive influence at VFL will take us to the promised land.

Well, if one or two of them don't stand up we are rooted

[Tigeritis™©®]

Can't be up every week, occasionally you will have a downer, just unfortunate that we got nort on a day where everything went right for them and everything went wrong for us. Harsh lesson but poo happens.

We must respond next week and win, do that and no damage, lose next week and things begin to look shaky.

Character test will be to see if they come out shattered next week.

Need to approach every game as tho we have things to prove, which they didn't today.
Seems like the prep for the Tiges was based on the assumption we would win

Next week is a very big game in the context of the character and culture we are trying to build.

I thought every week was. Especially this week.

I thought you only wanted us to respond against the Scum?

No. 
Every week but especially & crucially against the Scum.

[Dubstep Dookie]

Anyone for some McBean fwd line x-factor?

Couldn't do any worse than the poo served up today.

[TigerTimeII]

apparently Hardwick went bezerk after the game.. i hope he was screa ming At himself becausee he is mainly responsible for this

[The Big Richo]

Edwards doing media. stuff me.

Stephenson being on an AFL list. stuff me.

King playing 100 games. stuff me.

Hardwick's ability to produce a plan b, c or d on game days. stuff me.

Golden opportunity for a Top 4 finish. stuff me.

[Dubstep Dookie]

We didnt want it as much today. There were a few who tried - White, Foley, Morris. Rance and Jackson at times.

The rest were largely appalling.

Stephenson, Dea, Junk time Jack and Vlas were completely ineffective around the ground.

Batch was a liability.

Both Edwards, Vickery, Conca and Lids were disappointing.

Cotchin Martin and Grigg got a bit of the pill but had little impact.

[RedanTiger]

apparently Hardwick went bezerk after the game.. i hope he was screa ming At himself becausee he is mainly responsible for this

Yep.
Sent the strongest message to the team that this was going to be a walk-in-the-park win.
Dropped Arnot, the hard-nut kamikaze, to bring in Vlastuin, who got 6 possessions before injury and came straight back in.
Leave out Tuck, our hardest inside mid because Cotchin and Foley are enough.
Got well ahead of himself and sold the team on the same message that we could relax and ignore what the opposition was going to bring. 

Edit: Ohh and here's a news flash, Batchelor is NOT a TALL. You might get away with it a few times but as a rule he will get flogged by a strong-marking, tall forward.
But hey we can take the gamble eh coach.

[one-eyed]

Coaches' votes (Hardwick and Brad Scott):

North Melbourne v Richmond
10 Lachie Hansen (NM)
6 Brent Harvey (NM)
6 Jack Ziebell (NM)
3 Leigh Adams (NM)
3 Scott Thompson (NM)
2 Taylor Hine (NM)

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-07-09/coaches-votes-rd-15