IT'S TIME TO GO THE TANK- IT'S OUR ONLY HOPE! [merged]

[mightytiges]

Well at least we've secured pick 3  .

Who says we didn't need a priority pick  . We need all the new talented blood we can get  . An extra 1.5 wins for nothing.

the extra pick would be good but we need about 10 priorities to right the ship. we are so bad, the extra pick wouldnt have made much difference.

One extra pick in the top 20 mightn't sound much but it's one extra dud we could've delisted from our list and replaced. This year proves a couple of extra wins against ordinary sides is no recipe to develop a winning culture as was argued in this thread. You need draft as many talented players to begin with before you can progress forward and develop a winning team.

It would help if the AFL allocated PPs to a club like ours who haven't made the finals in 8 years and probably won't for at least another 3. That's who PPs are meant for.

[Francois Jackson]

Well at least we've secured pick 3  .

Who says we didn't need a priority pick  . We need all the new talented blood we can get  . An extra 1.5 wins for nothing.

the extra pick would be good but we need about 10 priorities to right the ship. we are so bad, the extra pick wouldnt have made much difference.

One extra pick in the top 20 mightn't sound much but it's one extra dud we could've delisted from our list and replaced. This year proves a couple of extra wins against ordinary sides is no recipe to develop a winning culture as was argued in this thread. You need draft as many talented players to begin with before you can progress forward and develop a winning team.

It would help if the AFL allocated PPs to a club like ours who haven't made the finals in 8 years and probably won't for at least another 3. That's who PPs are meant for.

thats why i have respect for the Blues, Buldogs, Hawks and whoever else went down that tanking road.

look where they are and look where we are. The lions have made finals 3 times since 1982 and thats Fitzroy. how stuffin sad is that.

i couldnt believe it when i heard that last night.

they recruit via draft and a collection picks via trading out players, whereas we recruit hacks from other clubs.

we need to find more picks peoples and thats a sad reality of where we sit right now.

[cub]

Thank god the season is over.

LeCras @ 4.50 for leading goalkicker was a monty - At least I went out with a bang 

1 ? - Do we tank from round 1 next year or not ? 

[mightytiges]

Are their priority picks next year to tank for? I didn't think so with GC17 coming in  .

look where they are and look where we are. The lions have made finals 3 times since 1982 and thats Fitzroy. how effin sad is that.

i couldnt believe it when i heard that last night.

A cheap shot by Bruce last night and a stupid stat anyway given our last finals appearance was 5 years after Fitzroy died.  At least we've still got our club no matter how crap the side is and has been for a long time. The media loving hanging it on us to get a reaction.

[cub]

Being sarcastic man

[Judge Roughneck]

This is it. The last year where we can find good picks before GC come in. The best place for Richmond to finish is 16th.

That means - first pick in the ND, then a priority pick at the start of the second, then the next pick.

The most important thing is getting the priority pick. We need a key forward. Rumblings about town that young Tom Hawkins may be gettable at seasons end.

We need to trade out whatever we can, from the players who wont make it at Richmond,

Richard Tambling and Shane Edwards being just 2 of these that now number Many.

bugger

[Ramps]

This is it. The last year where we can find good picks before GC come in. The best place for Richmond to finish is 16th.

That means - first pick in the ND, then a priority pick at the start of the second, then the next pick.

The most important thing is getting the priority pick. We need a key forward. Rumblings about town that young Tom Hawkins may be gettable at seasons end.

We need to trade out whatever we can, from the players who wont make it at Richmond,

Richard Tambling and Shane Edwards being just 2 of these that now number Many.

bugger

Look at the brightside Tambling and Edwards improved during the course of the year.

[Chuck17]

1 ? - Do we tank from round 1 next year or not ? 

To my mind next year need to play the kids regardless of form as long as they show the attitude Hardwick requires.

We need to get experience into these kids as quickly as possible unfortunately we wont get as good as draft picks due to compromised drafts but in effect we still need to tank.

[mightytiges]

Dees are teasing us. 11 points up midway through the 2nd qtr.

[1965]

Dees are teasing us. 11 points up midway through the 2nd qtr.

Even a draw would do. Go dees

[tiger till i die]

knowing our luck we will pick another tambling rather than a Buddy 

[mightytiges]

Dees are teasing us. 11 points up midway through the 2nd qtr.

Even a draw would do. Go dees

Saints woke up late in that 2nd quarter and hit the front. Margin now 18 and growing. Melbourne doesn't want to win even if they could and no matter how badly St Kilda plays today. Pick 3 is ours. One Jordie shot for goal from first pick  .

[1965]

Dees are teasing us. 11 points up midway through the 2nd qtr.

Even a draw would do. Go dees

Saints woke up late in that 2nd quarter and hit the front. Margin now 18 and growing. Melbourne doesn't want to win even if they could and no matter how badly St Kilda plays today. Pick 3 is ours. One Jordie shot for goal from first pick  .

If Jordie missed that goal, the Dees would have thrown the Freo match two weeks later.

 

[mightytiges]

Dees are teasing us. 11 points up midway through the 2nd qtr.

Even a draw would do. Go dees

Saints woke up late in that 2nd quarter and hit the front. Margin now 18 and growing. Melbourne doesn't want to win even if they could and no matter how badly St Kilda plays today. Pick 3 is ours. One Jordie shot for goal from first pick  .

If Jordie missed that goal, the Dees would have thrown the Freo match two weeks later.

 

Possibly but the way Freo played that day and on the road all year it would've been hard. It's just a massive advantage Melbourne are getting.

[Hellenic Tiger]

Dees are teasing us. 11 points up midway through the 2nd qtr.

Even a draw would do. Go dees

Saints woke up late in that 2nd quarter and hit the front. Margin now 18 and growing. Melbourne doesn't want to win even if they could and no matter how badly St Kilda plays today. Pick 3 is ours. One Jordie shot for goal from first pick  .

If Jordie missed that goal, the Dees would have thrown the Freo match two weeks later.

 

Possibly but the way Freo played that day and on the road all year it would've been hard. It's just a massive advantage Melbourne are getting.

We can blame Jordy all we like, the genesis of all this is Miller and the Dried Sultana. The absence of any one of these three people in the last 2 years of history of the RFC would have seen Melbourne miss the priority pick and us getting it this year.