For the club, a membership disaster, have spoken to several supporters who WONT be signing up, FACT.
Well good for them. They don't want to be part of the CLub - they don't have to Jack. People who chose not to renew for reason toher than financial are in a lot of cases just looking for an excuse not too.
Also have spoken to several people involved at other clubs.
They say we are a joke and Wallace will be unemployed by mid year.
I will be really honest here this is what really shiits me!
I don't give a rats about what other clubs think, what other people think - wouldn't waste my time talking to them.
Seriously why do you care what they think?
Do you think that Carlton, Collingwood or Hawthorn people give damn about what we think about them?
Nope, na, no nada!
But by gawd we spend so much time worrying about what other people think. Why?
The reaction to Friday night has been so predictable it's has me doing this
Why.... because we continue to react exactly the way people want us too.
Right on queue in Saturday's HUN was that twit Mark Robinson with his words of wisdom, did he write the same sort of tripe about the Pies, will he write the same tripe about the Demons. No he wont because the Dees were beaten by the Geelong. But he wrote it because he knew that he'd get a reaction
Then there was 3AW and the phone lines on Saturday - got the reaction.
All this for a practice match, 5 weeks out from the reall stuff. As I said it was disappointing but say the season already over is laughable.....
As for people from other Clubs - seriously who gives a shiit
For what its worth, other clubs love playing the tiges, I wonder why.
Can tell you the likes of Fev love playing the tiges
I dont think the RFC scare any other clubs either I might add.
Ten minutes into a game and soon as we put Richo behind the ball to stop the bleeding, they have a sense that we will roll over and die.
As I have said before, the result of the game doesnt matter to me personally but the way we go about it does.
You have to admit, what was produced by the club on friday nite wasnt good, Havent seen the stats but no doubt we would have had 10% or more possesions than them and they we all sideways etc etc.
If we get beat and had 20% less possesions, I could live with that.. as you can solve a few of those problems.
As for people not signing up , I dont blame them, few guys from the gym who I dont know all that well but have followed the tiges for years have had enough, honestly we have recruited extremely poorly, have trouble developing the players which is a real concern.
I have to laugh also listening to Gary March on friday nite on SEN while driving to the ground saying how good Richard Tambling was going.
What I seen on Friday nite Richard is going no where. I seen Richard play under 18,s on many occassions and he is now where near that now. He was a standout then.
Whats sad that they are so many players in his age group that have gone past him