This is an email sent to my husband's beloved Tigers with a "please explain " for the team selection tonight!
Please feel free to share to any other frustrated Tigers supporters!
Date: 22 Mar 2017 10:38 pm
Subject: Team Selection - Question for Neil Balme and Damian Hardwick
To: <
info@richmondfc.com.au>
Hi
My name is ******, I have been a passionate supporter for 40 years and a member since 1994. Given this unwavering support I expect a response to these questions from both or one of the above people in our football department.
I cannot understand why we continue to play footballers like Taylor Hunt ( nothing personal ) in our Senior team who have poor disposal and are bad decision makers. Taylor has no upside and we leave players like Oleg Markov, Jayden Short, C Ellis, C Menadue and B Lennon who have showed some real potential out of the team. Our football club will not improve if we keep the same players who have reached their ceiling and continue to provide same output. We need to stop thinking about the short term and think long term and invest in these kids providing them with opportunity to string some games together and learn the game at the highest level to move forward. We will remain a mediocre team without some hard decisions made.
Please dont tell me that Taylor Hunt has earned his spot while the players I mentioned above haven't in the preseason because Taylor Hunt, B Ellis and B Griffiths should not be playing round 1 based on preseason form.
Damian I have been a great supporter of yours and you played a significant in us playing finals 3 years straight but I am losing faith. I thought we would be changing our ways from 2016 with a more attacking game style and more tackling pressure . Team selection seems to point towards more of the same.
Also Anthony Miles is a contested ball beast and our contested ball numbers suffer when he is not in the team. I dont understand why he is getting dropped ?
Please please explain to me what is the plan ?
Why we dont bite the bullet and stay the course like the Dogs and Saints are doing which will pay dividends. Get quality kids in the team and play them.
******
