They’re at a crossroads’: Caro’s concern for Richmond (3aw)

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The vibe around the whole place has been too relaxed, too stress free and too silently cocky.
Time passes, things change.

Agree on the changes Louie suggests.

Also,think it was a huge mistake not giving Towner a shot over Conca.
I'm talking before his injury.

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When you put your trust in a process that has been processed by the opposition, it's time to go to the next plan.

[🏅Dooks]

The vibe around the whole place has been too relaxed, too stress free and too silently cocky.
Time passes, things change.

agreed - and it appears to have rubbed off on a few site members too.

[Francois Jackson]

The vibe around the whole place has been too relaxed, too stress free and too silently cocky.
Time passes, things change.

Agree on the changes Louie suggests.

Also,think it was a huge mistake not giving Towner a shot over Conca.
I'm talking before his injury.

the writing was on the wall long before the game. We had a bad day yes, but i thought they had a bit of cockiness about them tbh and the pies pounced. Thats life.

Furthermore, i noticed at training as they came out there were barely any smiles for the fans who came out to watch them and perhaps some think they are better than what they are. (conca, bellis, lambert to name 3)

Once we barely won that game against the dogs i thought okay, but i think the writing on the wall was the loss against the dons in VFL, which by the way i only saw jack R there and not a single other player (stand to be corrected)

Thats 2 teams who failed to make a GF.

Peaked too early or as i suspect a bit of arrogance that they thought it would happen against the pies who brought it and we didnt.

[The Machine]

I’d put it to Balta that there’s a spot in the backline between him and Nathan Broad.
I’d like to put the same challenge to Oleg for Houli’s spot and Menadue/Lloyd for Grigga spot.
Lynch will come and it will be up to us to see if he can be that pinch hitter in the ruck, the experiment with Grigg obviously started to get exploited through the year and we were increasingly exposed through the back half of this season.
I think the spine of Rance, Astbury, Dusty, Jack and Lynch is a once a generation set up.
Possibly not equaled in my memory and the equal of Brisbane in the early 2000’s and Hawks of the 80’s.
The only chink is midfield depth where I hoping the emerging youth of Higgins, Graham, Menadue, Naish and Rioli can begin to be the start of a second string that offer support to Cotchin, Prestia, Martin and Shedda.
This group has 2, maybe 3 years to stamp itself into immortality as the group of this decade - even ahead of the Hawks.
They’ve proven themselves to me, I’d think another flag or 2 will consolidate the view of the broader football world that they are one of the all time great teams of the AFL - something I think they’ve now
deserved, particularly after the humility they showed after Friday nights game.
They are a great team and they have started to restore our reputation as a great club, something that I will always cherish this group for achieving.
The first flag was for us the fans, I think they owe to themselves to win a second flag for them - the players.

Well said 

[Tiger Khosh]

Many more than Riewoldt were at that game

[georgies31]

This may be not be related,but next time we have success don't write a book about it 6 months later telling the whole afl world what we did and what was successful and our processes  etc.Do it 5 or 6 years down the track.Why would we do that you keep
all the edges you can.


Clubs started copying us I'm not talking just game plan,but the mentality side of it to.Pies sounded like us at one stage coach and players and a few other clubs to when they talk.

[wayne]

Last year it was all about embracing the hype, get caught up in it.

This year they shut off the media and kept things in house...

[Francois Jackson]

Deadeye Wayne. I was thinking this a while back.

No one really knows why or how it went wrong but i think a loss late in the season wouldn’t have hurt to reset their mindset.

A few probably thought it would just happen this year.

[🏅Dooks]

This may be not be related,but next time we have success don't write a book about it 6 months later telling the whole afl world what we did and what was successful and our processes  etc.Do it 5 or 6 years down the track.Why would we do that you keep
all the edges you can.


Clubs started copying us I'm not talking just game plan,but the mentality side of it to.Pies sounded like us at one stage coach and players and a few other clubs to when they talk.

fair point.

[Eat_em_Alive]

This may be not be related,but next time we have success don't write a book about it 6 months later telling the whole afl world what we did and what was successful and our processes  etc.Do it 5 or 6 years down the track.Why would we do that you keep
all the edges you can.


Clubs started copying us I'm not talking just game plan,but the mentality side of it to.Pies sounded like us at one stage coach and players and a few other clubs to when they talk.

Very underrated post.

[mat073]

Being the hunted kinda sucked.

[Diocletian]

Only right at the end....

[mightytiges]

Being the hunted kinda sucked.

We certainly played like the hunted. Whether we'd been worn down by every side every week using us as reigning premiers as a barometer for where they were at or that we simply just didn't mentally and physically turn up to play on Friday night, we definitely didn't have anywhere near the intensity and attack on the footy required for a final. That's what is most frustrating about the loss.

[Gracie]

Being the hunted kinda sucked.

We certainly played like the hunted. Whether we'd been worn down by every side every week using us as reigning premiers as a barometer for where they were at or that we simply just didn't mentally and physically turn up to play on Friday night, we definitely didn't have anywhere near the intensity and attack on the footy required for a final. That's what is most frustrating about the loss.

New territory for the players. Were the Hunters in 2017 and became the Hunted in 2018.

Back to being the Hunters in 2019....maybe with a stack on new talent