But please , stop sticking up for him and Miller.
Excuse me, but I'll say what I like
If I come out and say let’s tank games, like I did last year, I would be hounded down and shot like I justifiably was.
Any sport, whether it’s playing lawn bowls, is about winning. And as soon as you have another mindset, like tanking games, you get what you deserve.
But, to me, Wallace’s biggest mistake was to say that you don’t have to bottom out to improve.
I think he’s found out in this competition, it does pay to lose.
The ethics of that are another issue.
Hindsight’s another factor. At the time, I might have gone for Franklin instead of Tambo. But now thinking about it I probably would have liked Cameron Wood. But there’s nothing to suggest Tambo still won’t be a good choice in a couple of years.
But the thing about this is that at the time, Wallace was universally applauded for these decisions by the majority of us. Do we not take any responsibility for this at all? Or do we just pass the buck and start undermining the club from every angle like we’ve seen here?
Well, I’m not going to. And whether that’s a decision that will bite me on the bum, I will live with it. But I’m damn sure I’m not going to run from my mistakes, start blaming others for a situation which I was fully supportive of myself.
So I’m saying to Jack, Bully and all you other weaklings, what do you say to that? Was there never a time you were supportive of the structure in the last couple of years? If so, I don’t believe you.
The same with the club. I never heard any bleating coming from the club up until this year. They were very supportive of what was happening. I thought they understood the situation – if what I read here is correct, they’re just plain stupid like everyone else.
So if any of this garbage about Wallace going this year is true, well I’m going as well. I’ve had enough of weak individuals running and supporting this club. I’m sick of the constant changes which happen from week to week. One week we’re the best things in town, the next you want to bomb the place.
The only thing I wanted was strength and unity behind the appointment of Wallace. To, at long last, see a tenure from beginning to end. No, never going to happen. You’re so blinded by what’s happening at other clubs to see the mountain we had to climb in order to survive in this competition.
There’s lots of things I’ve seen happen, the choices made which I haven’t liked. It’s not all sunshine and lollipops believe me from my end, like most of you think. I don’t enjoy thrashings, having people laugh at poor old Richmond continuously or throwing my good hard-earned money away with no return.
But I did see a light at the end of the tunnel, and now it’s just a train coming the other way. And that train is full of weak, soft-cocked, traitorous, good for nothing, useless supporters and hanger-ons who want to take lots of glory because they have big mouths but very small hearts, no intestinal fortitude, but plenty of hot air.
