The Real Richo: The power of perception (Richo with Archer)

[Moi]

Moi - the Mercilous - rofl

I really do luv Richo, Julz
Honest
I just have this pretty nasty streak 

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guys im im not disagreeing with u either. our fwd line functioned best this yr v the eagles, richo wasnt in our fed line

ok , if richo must stay on, play him on the wing, he can run, has stamina. will be able to run back and plug holes in defence and run fwd if needed.

keep him out of fwd 50 and let the kids play there. if terry can do that, keep him .

remember legends must end at some time or another, better leave with a legend reputation, and not a has beens try hard one.

Last time he started on a wing he got thrashed by Nick Riewoldt

i remember that, that day proved richo isnt as good as ppl think

riewoldt can play f, ff, wing, on ball, chb, fb, hbf all over, wher can richo play? besides up fwd and with julz? nowhere

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massive turnout today to honor our champ

20,000 people . i think that says it all, not only did no one show up, not even the players wanted to give the ball to richo

after 250 games the champ still does not understand where to run and where not to run and he cannot play up fwd with other talls

sure he kicked a massive 4 goals again, wow, all at a time when the game was already lost

jack showed more more promise today, with half of richos game time he kicked one less goal

today we saw jack, edwards, thursty, mguane  have a real dip and good show. jake tried his lil guts out again

raines sugar tiv hyde tuck joel are still a joke , richo should retire end of story

[WilliamPowell]

massive turnout today to honor our champ

20,000 people . i think that says it all, not only did no one show up, not even the players wanted to give the ball to richo

after 250 games the champ still does not understand where to run and where not to run and he cannot play up fwd with other talls

sure he kicked a massive 4 goals again, wow, all at a time when the game was already lost

xXx you are entitled to your opinion and I am not going to get into arguement with you today

But I will only say this....

Today was a shameful effort by Tiger fans for not showing up to honour Richo - actually it was DISGRACEFUL in my view.

Regarding him not knowing where to run to.... I'll let that go through to the keeper as well

Perhaps today was the reason we are where we are and it aint got nothing to day with Richo.

When things are crap people should stick together, come together and stand as one - today was the perfect time to do it and we couldn't and for some people they wouldn't and that is.  well.... IMHO Richo deserved better

We as a Club dont know how to do it, we have "influential" supporters thinking that this Club is theirs and no-one elses and they continue to stir things in the back ground but gee at least it makes them feel good and above all else important. Great! Then there were people who didn't show up today because thet are p_issed off with the Club but in doing so the show no regard to a bloke who has given absoutely evereything to this Club and still does.

xXx you think he should retire and again that's your opinion.

But for me however, we need Richo now probably more than ever - his passion for this Club cannot be questioned and god how I wish a few more people had his passion.

The day Richo retires the RFC will be a lot poorer place

[Passionfruit]

Richo is the only player who plays with passion, something sadly missed at punt road.

The younger players such as King, Edwards and Foley will be good passionate players in the future.- same Riewoldt

The rest were a disgrace

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passion can only get u so far, it worked in the 60's. it worked in th e70's but since teh 80's hit, passion went out th edoor and skill started to take place .

to win games u need skill and brains. passion is nice but it wont win u games

when st kilda got rid of lockett , all said they were crazy, it was the best thing they ever did!

we should have learned from that

saints did, cos they then also got rid of barry hall also

in hindsight, when terry took over, we not only should have got rid of ottons, but richo also

i want the tigers to look fwd, forget the present and the past

we have cleve and jack who can play chf, they are the future.

cleve worked his arse off yesterday again for coburg, he deserves gametime at the top level with jack and jay

we continually get stuck in this bs cycle that is the rfc.

the only way to break this bs cycle we are always spinning in is to make damn hard and cruel decisions

we did it to gaspar

we did it to kellaway

now its time to do it to richo, sugar joel tuck and tiv

we are all entitled to  our opinions yes, but richo is not part of teh future plans, nor are the other above mentioned tools

there is no time lik ethe present to make tough changes to guarantee a better future

all the above mentioned players cannot give us anymore than they have, they have no improvement to offer absolutely none. so whats the point, yr after yr they have proven they cannot be part of success but we continue with the same damn failed structures and stock

we cannot go fwd with the old cattle we have , we need new bulls in the team, with better skills and more upside to offer

forget emotions , emotions get u know where , emotions just cloud whats real

[Passionfruit]

You obvsiously havent seen the Kangas play

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The day Richo retires the RFC will be a lot poorer place

no we wont
we will have the deledios edwards riewoltds foleys tamblings hughes etc to excite us for the next 10 + yrs

some times one just has to let go

being romantic and holding on in hope is not the answer

[WilliamPowell]

You obvsiously havent seen the Kangas play

Took the keystrokes right out of my hand (aka took the words right out of my mouth) Jack.

I reckon if we had 10 Richos running around for us in 2007 we would be alot closer to the eight than we are now

Is it too late for Richo to be captain for 2008

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You obvsiously havent seen the Kangas play

i have and what gr8 skill they have, nothing to do with passion, just skill.

richo has passion, but cant win games anymore

the kangas play with pride and skill.

if they turned the ball over like we did, there passion would not hit targets 4 them

u know that, i know that, and thats something that wayne campbell told me years ago, passion does not win u games , skill does.

wayno is no fool, he knows

[WilliamPowell]

The day Richo retires the RFC will be a lot poorer place

no we wont
we will have the deledios edwards riewoltds foleys tamblings hughes etc to excite us for the next 10 + yrs

some times one just has to let go

being romantic and holding on in hope is not the answer

Actually you've just highlighted why the big bloke's so important xXx (and I'm sure you didn't mean too).

They need someone to teach how to be passionate about the RFC - Richo is the man that does it  whether you want to acknowledge it or not

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You obvsiously havent seen the Kangas play

Took the keystrokes right out of my hand (aka took the words right out of my mouth) Jack.

I reckon if we had 10 Richos running around for us in 2007 we would be alot closer to the eight than we are now

Is it too late for Richo to be captain for 2008

if we had 10 richos we would have 10  more players with passion missing goals from the goalsquare, 10 more players who cant continually hit targets

10 more players who still cannot grasp the hands in the back rule

10 more players who will sook at all times to the umpire

wake up tiger fans

saw parts of the kangas game v the the worst team in the afl, remember we beat them

yep passion kicked every goal for them, all plays were set up by passion

top skills had nothing to do with it

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The day Richo retires the RFC will be a lot poorer place

no we wont
we will have the deledios edwards riewoltds foleys tamblings hughes etc to excite us for the next 10 + yrs

some times one just has to let go

being romantic and holding on in hope is not the answer

Actually you've just highlighted why the big bloke's so important xXx (and I'm sure you didn't mean too).

They need someone to teach how to be passionate about the RFC - Richo is the man that does it  whether you want to acknowledge it or not

u cant teach passion, u either have it or u dont

jack already has it, richo had nothing to do with it

same as foley

connors is another and edwards u can see is passionate

so is kingy

what did richo have to do with that, nothing

u are born with certain attributes , or u can be just born a dud like sugar who shows nothing

im a stubborn sicillian wp, sorry

[WilliamPowell]

if we had 10 richos we would have 10  more players with passion missing goals from the goalsquare, 10 more players who cant continually hit targets

I think you better get a copy of the tape xXx and you will find that Richo hit his team mates up the ground today - didn't miss, also kicked 4.0 today so the missing goals and not hitting targets chestnut don't apply this week

10 more players who will sook at all times to the umpire

But you'll take Fevola 

I'll take Richo, Richo Man  everytime

Richo = Champion

[Passionfruit]

Kangas play with passions and each will bleed for each other.
They are hard running players who will run through oppostion instead of dancing around them,,take note tiges, lol

Archer, Brown, Firrito,  Grant, Grima, Harris, Harvey, Jones, , no need to go on.
Thats why they will play finals while we are having our Best and Fairest count