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Tigers awful to watch: Patrick Smith (SEN)
« on: June 23, 2014, 08:04:15 PM »
Patrick Smith: Tigers awful to watch
Joshua Papanikolaou
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23-6-2014


Lowly placed Richmond kept it close against a Sydney side with little spark on Friday night but Patrick Smith was not overly impressed with their slow-going style of football.

The Tigers only managed one goal in the second half which meant they racked up a hefty 250 disposals for a return of one major and five behinds to finish the game.

“It was awful to watch, very disappointing.

“Again, Damien Hardwick said they are playing pretty good footy and I’m not sure that they are,” explained Smith on Hungry for Sport.

With only three wins from ten games Richmond will not play finals this year after winning a lofty 15 games last season.

Smith believes Damien Hardwick got the most out of his squad in 2013 and they simply have not come close to that level of football after the break-out season.

“Maybe Richmond’s year last year was where a team plays to its ultimate maximum then just retreats back down the ladder because in reality the list isn’t very good.

“Maybe they are in that stage where they need to rethink its whole list structure.”

http://www.sen.com.au/display-article-2013/Patrick-Smith-Tigers-awful-to-watch/70508

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Re: Tigers awful to watch: Patrick Smith (SEN)
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2014, 08:05:26 PM »
Let's hear it for Stuffing Einstein

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« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2014, 08:10:54 PM »
Let's hear it for Stuffing Einstein
in fairness to him very few scribes have come out and said what he has said.
its been mostly how dissapointing are richmond they have a decent list.  finally even the media are seeing us for what we are.

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Re: Tigers awful to watch: Patrick Smith (SEN)
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2014, 08:24:50 PM »
Let's hear it for Stuffing Einstein
in fairness to him very few scribes have come out and said what he has said.
its been mostly how dissapointing are richmond they have a decent list.  finally even the media are seeing us for what we are.


Claw you keep on banging on our list not good enough ,but never give reasons why.I think ourlist is good enough to make the top 8 not top 4 and were not in the premiership window yet,but there is still alot of talent there to work it.Offcourse we have weak links and a few duds but all teams have them.

My view is our football department went off track and got ahead of themselves with a poor preseason,draft,trade week.rooke draft,fitness gameplan etc.I still maintain that if we had a Ross Lyon,Roos or Hinkley we would be alot better team better gameplan,mentally strong etc and less duds recruited from other clubs toout there.

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« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2014, 09:25:27 PM »
Let's hear it for Stuffing Einstein
in fairness to him very few scribes have come out and said what he has said.
its been mostly how dissapointing are richmond they have a decent list.  finally even the media are seeing us for what we are.


Claw you keep on banging on our list not good enough ,but never give reasons why.I think ourlist is good enough to make the top 8 not top 4 and were not in the premiership window yet,but there is still alot of talent there to work it.Offcourse we have weak links and a few duds but all teams have them.

My view is our football department went off track and got ahead of themselves with a poor preseason,draft,trade week.rooke draft,fitness gameplan etc.I still maintain that if we had a Ross Lyon,Roos or Hinkley we would be alot better team better gameplan,mentally strong etc and less duds recruited from other clubs toout there.
geez and here i was thinking i have given plenty of reasons right across these boards and people were getting sick of it.

there is  only one tall fwd in riewoldt  who manages to consistentl kick goals  and even with him there are plenty who argue about his overall game.
only one decent tall defender and i regularly argue he is not suited to play on and stop big key fwds.
only one ruckman in maric.  hes how old again.
only 4 consistent reasonably well rounded mids martin, deledio, cotchin and miles.
no quality sml or medium fwds
no quality sml or medium defenders
we lack depth in all areas. having numbers is not depth.
mate ive argued about these things and much more for how long now.  im not sure what else i need to say to drive home the point that the list is poor. it has always been poor.it will remain poor if we cant even acknowledge where it is at.

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Re: Tigers awful to watch: Patrick Smith (SEN)
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2014, 09:44:35 PM »
Don't think Morris is at least decent?

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Re: Tigers awful to watch: Patrick Smith (SEN)
« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2014, 09:48:22 PM »
our list is rubbish

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Re: Tigers awful to watch: Patrick Smith (SEN)
« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2014, 10:32:54 PM »
Did I really just read that claw hasn't given reason for why he doesn't rate our list?  :lol :lol

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Re: Tigers awful to watch: Patrick Smith (SEN)
« Reply #8 on: June 23, 2014, 10:53:11 PM »
Hehe

Patrick is ok these days, says things most journos don't have the balls to say outright

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Re: Tigers awful to watch: Patrick Smith (SEN)
« Reply #9 on: June 24, 2014, 12:14:26 AM »
Let's hear it for Stuffing Einstein
in fairness to him very few scribes have come out and said what he has said.
its been mostly how dissapointing are richmond they have a decent list.  finally even the media are seeing us for what we are.


Claw you keep on banging on our list not good enough ,but never give reasons why.I think ourlist is good enough to make the top 8 not top 4 and were not in the premiership window yet,but there is still alot of talent there to work it.Offcourse we have weak links and a few duds but all teams have them.

My view is our football department went off track and got ahead of themselves with a poor preseason,draft,trade week.rooke draft,fitness gameplan etc.I still maintain that if we had a Ross Lyon,Roos or Hinkley we would be alot better team better gameplan,mentally strong etc and less duds recruited from other clubs toout there.
The list was good enough until tigeritis™®© spreads throughout the club again.
All players are good when they arrive. But if you don't cure the disease it will eventually destroy you.

If you don't get rid of it it will eventually infect everyone, players that were great kicks start turning the ball over, fast players become slower, good contested markers start dropping the ball, those with sure hands begin fumbling,etc etc.
But this isn't isolated to just the playing group, coaches, assistants, trainers, fitness staff, CEOs become delusional and only see giants of the game, world beaters that deserve contract extensions and exorbitant salaries for underachieving.   

Then we wonder why there's a cycle of Skata at punt road.

RFC, ruining players careers and breaking supporters hearts for 32 years.
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Re: Tigers awful to watch: Patrick Smith (SEN)
« Reply #10 on: June 24, 2014, 12:19:56 AM »
Then we wonder why there's a cycle of Skata at punt road.

What is causing the skata? Where is it located?
Why can't they get rid of the stench?
Got any actual solutions or do we just go plop, plop, plop and sling it at them?

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Re: Tigers awful to watch: Patrick Smith (SEN)
« Reply #11 on: June 24, 2014, 01:25:02 AM »
the coach and jack
Caracella and Balmey.

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Re: Tigers awful to watch: Patrick Smith (SEN)
« Reply #12 on: June 24, 2014, 02:54:39 AM »
Sometimes I wish Matthew Knights was coach.

We might not win many games with his "all sizzle and no sausage" approach.

But at least it would be worth watching.

Friggen hate football at the moment.
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Re: Tigers awful to watch: Patrick Smith (SEN)
« Reply #13 on: June 24, 2014, 11:45:48 AM »

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Re: Tigers awful to watch: Patrick Smith (SEN)
« Reply #14 on: June 24, 2014, 12:16:25 PM »
Then we wonder why there's a cycle of Skata at punt road.

What is causing the skata? Where is it located?
Why can't they get rid of the stench?
Got any actual solutions or do we just go plop, plop, plop and sling it at them?

Players who offer nothing like Titch Edwards getting contract extensions is one then having someone come on here and say Dusty should be traded because he doesn't run defensively is enough but Titch getting an extension is fantastic is another.
Can't think of anything else right now.

The Skata Cycle. 32 years and counting. Plop Plop Plop. ®©™