One-Eyed Richmond Forum
Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: Tigertailz on May 23, 2006, 06:50:54 PM
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Would really like to know who was booing on Saturday...was it the Crow supporters?If it was then that was to be expected.
I would be really disappointed if it was any of our own giving it to our own players.
I didnt make the game but was able to watch the replay and clearly heard it particularly during the second quarter and the commentators made passing comment that Richmond supporters were responsible.
The game wasnt pretty but i found it quite engrossing and full marks for the patience and concentration our guys had to play that way.
Swans won a grand final playing a defensive brand of football and the sooner people realise that the game is being revolutionised the better.
I would take a flag playing that way any day.
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It seemed like mostly Crow fans booing but i was surrounded by them up on the 3rd level so not a good guide. Alot of them were screaming at their own players to man up. Other than that they very kept very quiet :thumbsup.
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People might have just been booing the game of football itself, and what has happened to it lately.
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Around where I was sitting, people were getting a bit restless in the third quarter and one man yelled out that ‘we don’t like it’. I found it hard to watch at times, and it was a bit frustrating when players had the opportunity to attack but chose to go defensive.
I suppose thought that, if there’s a method to the madness and supporters understand what that madness is, then it’s easier to accept. What makes a negative game style particularly frustrating is when you don’t understand why it’s being employed, which is when it can give the impression that the coach has no answers. So when you see that sort of thing you can think it’s just a reactionary thing by the coach/coaching staff and therefore the players aren’t learning or getting anything out of the style they’re being asked to play.
Geelong supporters could be a bit confused at the moment. Up until a few weeks ago, Mark Thompson seemed proud of the fact that his team played an attractive brand of footy. Then out of the blue they go into this ultra defensive mode. What’s that all about? Wouldn’t fill their supporters with too much confidence to think all their previous plans have suddenly gone out the window. Makes the coach/team seem like they’re not sure where they’re going or what they’re doing.
I guess the way any game style is conveyed to those watching depends on the individual. Having weighed up lots of views and opinions, including my own, on the subject, the key thing for me, to this stage, doesn’t seem to be whether it’s an attacking or defensive style of footy – although something in between would be good – what matters most is whether the players get something out of whatever style they’re playing.
If the development of players and the team is what’s important to people then, effectively, what does it matter how attacking or defensive the game style they are watching is, as long as players are learning from it and it’s being carried out in a way that says this is a united and committed team? For Richmond supporters, the Adelaide game, however ugly to others, would seem attractive to them; maybe for those reasons. Obviously that game can be improved on, but it’s a start, and it showed that if a group of players truly embrace a game style, like the Richmond players seemed to on Saturday, then impossible is nothing. And footy can only be truly ugly when it’s played with little or no passion, spirit or commitment.
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If the development of players and the team is what’s important to people then, effectively, what does it matter how attacking or defensive the game style they are watching is, as long as players are learning from it and it’s being carried out in a way that says this is a united and committed team?
Our blokes have learnt there's more than one way to win a game of footy and either way takes great patience and discipline over 4 quarters. The game last week would also give the players alot of confidence in Wallace as a coach if they didn't have already. Unlike Spud who had only one gameplan which crumbled every week :scream.
For Richmond supporters, the Adelaide game, however ugly to others, would seem attractive to them; maybe for those reasons.
The main reason being we won lol ;).
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I love winning as much as anyone, but have seen enough hollow victories to know that winning isn't everything MT.
Winning only means something if it teaches you something; mainly how to keep winning. :thumbsup
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Fair points MT and TS
It wasnt until monday evening when i got to sit down and watch the game. After listening to 2 days worth of peoples opinions and understanding what the strategy was i guess i was in a better position to interpret the game instead of being there and watching it unfold.