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VIDEO: Dimma faces the media today and agreed with Roos' criticism last night

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Hardwick backs Roos' criticism
By Paul Daffey
afl.com.au
2:03 PM Tue 17 Jul, 2012



RICHMOND coach Damien Hardwick agrees with former Sydney Swans coach Paul Roos' description of Richmond's finish to the game against Gold Coast as "the worst 50 seconds in the history of the AFL".

Roos, speaking on Fox Footy's On the Couch program on Monday night, pointed out 15 mistakes by Richmond during that frantic final minute.

"It's probably a fair call," Hardwick said of Roos' claim. "When you're 10 points up with 33 seconds to go you assume we'd win the game. But it didn't happen."

Hardwick said that as coach he accepted responsibility for the two-point loss, which was inflicted on the Tigers when Gold Coast midfielder Karmichael Hunt kicked a goal after the siren.

"It's always my responsibility," Hardwick said. "It's my team.

"There are areas that I need to fix. There are areas the players need to fix.

"It's a game of mistakes. The side that makes the least mistakes generally wins.

"We made too many."

Richmond was criticised for its set-up for the last ball-up in the centre square.

The Tigers' best clearance player, Trent Cotchin, was sitting on the bench during that final ball-up.

Hardwick said the midfielders knew how to set up for the last ball-up but they failed to carry out the plan.

He said it was a breakdown in communication that stranded Cotchin on the sidelines for the final two minutes.

"He was at the boundary line and he just came off naturally," Hardwick said.

"You'd expect another player to come off in the last two minutes [and release Cotchin to go back on] but it didn't happen."

Hardwick said the Tigers would hopefully learn from their mistakes.

"We've got to learn from it, get better and get our season back on track," he said.

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We all made mistakes in final minutes against Gold Coast, admits Richmond coach Damien Hardwick

    Eliza Sewell
    From: Herald Sun
    July 17, 2012 2:02PM


RICHMOND coach Damien Hardwick has mulled over the last seven minutes of Saturday's shock loss to Gold Coast, insisting the players and coaches all made mistakes.

Hardwick said the club, which faces North Melbourne in a crunch game on Sunday, could not afford to make the same errors again.

"We had a pretty full on review yesterday," Hardwick said.

"There's a two minute period where we just make some fundamental errors.

"...There were areas no doubt I need to fix, the playing group need to fix.

"It's a game of mistakes AFL footy. The side the makes the least generally wins."

Hardwick said star midfielder Trent Cotchin was on the bench in the crucial final minutes because of a "breakdown in communication".

"We just couldn't get him back on ... it was just another lesson," he said.

The coach said the absence of Dustin Martin ( club suspension), Dan Jackson and Matt White (both suspended) had cost the club.

Martin and Jackson will return on Sunday.

“Dustin trained today and will go about his business this week and we probably expect a big couple of weeks from Dusty.  He will be fresh obviously, but also Dan (Jackson) is the same,” Hardwick said.

“When they come back into the side, we expect them to play some good footy for us.”

Hardwick believes Martin will benefit from what he’s experienced over the past couple of weeks . . .

“He’ll get better from it, he’ll learn a lesson from it, our young blokes will learn a lesson from it, and we’ll march on,” he said.

“Obviously, he is disappointed.  He wants to be out there with his team-mates and he has let them down.  But he will be a better player as a result.”

Hardwick was happy the club won't sell anymore games to Cairns after next season, but he backed the Tigers "sound economical decision" to do it in the first instance.

"It's been a decision we had to make," he said.

Hardwick was confident Ivan Maric (groin) would play against the Kangaroos, but the Tigers will have to nurse him though the remainder of the season.

"He probably won't train for the remainder of the year, just get out there and play," he said.

Defender Jake Batchelor has hurt his medial ligament and will miss about three weeks.

Hardwick believes his charges have the mettle to bounce back and grab the precious four premiership points.

“We get an enormous opportunity versus the Kangaroos on Sunday, who have been in terrific form, probably the form side of the competition,” he said.

“But we’re confident we can play to our best and beat them . . .

“It’s going to be a real test, but after the weekend we’ve had, we’re really looking forward to it.”   

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Hardwick was confident Ivan Maric (groin) would play against the Kangaroos, but the Tigers will have to nurse him though the remainder of the season.

"He probably won't train for the remainder of the year, just get out there and play," he said.

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Nor are your ways my ways,” says the Lord.
 
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are my ways higher than your ways,
And my thoughts than your thoughts."

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The worst last 33 seconds in AFL History, hopefully we don't have the worst 100 minutes in AFL history on Sunday against the roos