Richo out for 10 weeks

[TigerLand]

lmao at going to germany

tool

richo is 34 , is not part of future plans, now rooke and cogs have been successful at the german experiment, but more ppl fail to pull through that treatment than succeed, the stats prove that. same as the malceski knee surgery, that techique has more failures than passes. if richo was 24 and it was a last resort , sure try germany, but his career is finished

its time rfc move on and fwd

clean sweep right across the club

So you are going on record to say that Matthew Richardson has played his last game at RFC?

[Jackstar is back]

what is sad about all of this is that Richo had the injury BEFORE the kangas game.
he should not of played last week in sydney.
Sadly, he will retire at the end of the year .

[Francois Jackson]

Frightening, they talked as if he'll most likley be out for the rest of the year.

Missing 10 weeks leaves him 6 or 7 games. He then has to regain match fitness which will take a couple of games. Therefore he will only be at normal output levels for say 4 games = may as well be the season

TAKE A BOW RICHMOND FOOTBALL CLUB

EFFECTIVELY RUINED ONE OF THE CLUBS GREAT CHAMPIONS

NOT JUST WALLACE'S FAULT BUT THE REST OF THOSE stuff H E A D S HEADING THE FITNESS GROUP.

BAN ME DO WHATEVER YOU WANT FOR AVOIDING THE SWEAR FILTER BUT THIS IS effIN rubbish

Good passion Daniel.

Would you send him to Germany? Cogs is flying?

this club rips the heart and sole out of its supporters and this is no exception.

i doubt sending him to Germany will reduce his time on the sidelines.

I think he will come back but seriously enough is enough i have had a gutful of the way this club is run.

we are a stuffin joke

I accepted it with Cuz then was bemused with Simmo and Browny but now this is the final straw and someone should come out and apologise to all us fans.
Year in and year out we pay to see the stars of our game and sadly we may have seen for the last time one of the characters of all time.

Not many left really. Fev, aker maybe but thats it. The rest are robuts.

Watching him like is week was a kick in the guts but hearing this news is a farce and a disgrace

[WA Tiger]

This is amazing, are we ever going to get all our star players on the track at any one time?? Cog's was out, Cotch out, Brown out, Cuz out, Johnson out Pettifer out (not a real star) and now Richo. Unreal, when is this club going to get a break?? You can't win games with so many of our front line players out at the same time.

[Francois Jackson]

This is amazing, are we ever going to get all our star players on the track at any one time?? Cog's was out, Cotch out, Brown out, Cuz out, Johnson out Pettifer out (not a real star) and now Richo. Unreal, when is this club going to get a break?? You can't win games with so many of our front line players out at the same time.

this club has a cancer that just wont go away mate

[Judge Roughneck]

Cogs gets hurt - send him back on and he does his knee in tassie
Cuz does his hammy - send him back on and he rips it
Richo does hammy - can only wobble around. They play him next week. Out for 10 weeks.

Great job Richmond medics. 

[one-eyed]

Tiger supporter and Sportal journo Paul Gough has hammered the club in his article:

When will Richmond ever learn?
05/05/2009 1:29 PM
Paul Gough
Sportal

Richmond might be doing its best to defend the indefensible but when will the club ever learn that you have to look after your veteran players?

The decision to not only play 34-year-old spearhead Matthew Richardson with an injury against Sydney on Sunday but incredibly put him back onto the field when he suffered yet another injury in the first term has ended any chance the club had of salvaging a 2009 season that promised so much.

Full article at:
http://sportal.com.au/afl-news-display/when-will-richmond-ever-learn-69840

[Infamy]

NOT JUST WALLACE'S FAULT BUT THE REST OF THOSE stuff H E A D S HEADING THE FITNESS GROUP.

BAN ME DO WHATEVER YOU WANT FOR AVOIDING THE SWEAR FILTER BUT THIS IS effIN rubbish

Can I ask the moderators to listen to danielle's own advice and ban him... permanently, preferably an IP ban.
He'll never listen and never learn.

[Infamy]

what is sad about all of this is that Richo had the injury BEFORE the kangas game.
he should not of played last week in sydney.
Sadly, he will retire at the end of the year .

Brendan Fevola admitted on Footy Classified on Monday that he has played every game this year needing pain killing injections in his heel. Richo has apparently carried and played through this injury without pain killing injections for 12 months, yet last week was the week was the week we needed to tell him not to play even though he said he was ok to play?

How on earth would you know when to allow players to play or not? If every player we put on the field needed to be 100% before they crossed the white line, we'd be lucky to get a dozen players on the field at any one time.

[Judge Roughneck]

what is sad about all of this is that Richo had the injury BEFORE the kangas game.
he should not of played last week in sydney.
Sadly, he will retire at the end of the year .

Brendan Fevola admitted on Footy Classified on Monday that he has played every game this year needing pain killing injections in his heel. Richo has apparently carried and played through this injury without pain killing injections for 12 months, yet last week was the week was the week we needed to tell him not to play even though he said he was ok to play?

How on earth would you know when to allow players to play or not? If every player we put on the field needed to be 100% before they crossed the white line, we'd be lucky to get a dozen players on the field at any one time.

cause he hurt him self the game before FFS

[Hellenic Tiger]

Being at work and unable to post I will probably reiterate stuff that others have mentioned but this has been simmering inside me since I found out so I apologise to those who think its groundhog day. Here goes.

Cuz in round 1
Richo now,

You'd think if there was any doubt you would give him a scan and determine the extent of the damage. WTF are the medicos doing down there. Are they medicos or apprentices in their work experience year so the club can cut costs?

I am staggered angry and sadenned. For a club that's 1-5 we have been in the news this year every week for all the wrong issues which to me suggests the type of brothel we are as a footy club.

This message is probably more graphic and emotive as it is Richo but this guy has bled yellow and black and has given more to his club than the club has offered him. The truth is a new coach will come in whether in 5 weeks or the end of the year barring some unforseen and spectacular miracle of the like that we have never seen before or again and as part of his new agenda he will get rid of Richo. Mark my words we may have seen the last of him. Any complications and the year is gone. Round 18-22 if everything is perfect and nothing in his rehab goes awry. There is absolutely no guarantee.

Will he be eligible for a run at Coburg during their finals campaign if they make it. Ironically if it is to be his last season he may get that finals/ premiership tilt through Coburg if he chooses.

These medicos are accountable and derilect of their duty if Wallace is placing pressure on them to pass players fit to play in order to save his job. If that is the case that's negligence and malpractice to the player involved and negligence to us the supporter and member who expect the best but we are offered half fit lads so that the coach can hopefully gain one last ounce of energy from their defective bodies to hopefully stagnate his already sliding career fall for a little while longer.

If this is the case once again I feel let down by the RFC. Sucked in with the hype we have got 45K of members and without finals again to be lied to and disappointed.
This is a very sad state of affairs.
Richo I feel for you.

If I went to a doctor and he told me I was fine and I got a second opinion and that doctor told me I was fine I would accept that. There is more than 1 medico at the RFC being that we are a professional organisation only when they cajole money out of our wallets and elevating hype so there would have been more than 1 opinion to give him the go ahead and okay to play. Players always want to play but the players welfare and health should come first not the coaches contract.

I only hope a new coach offers him a 1 year deal next year as I remember Blumfield did this injury in 2003 I believe and it was quite nasty. Can take longer than expected and given Richo's age and history of recent hammies (last year) he could be in bit of trouble and alas we may have seen the last of him. 282 games and if he's luck 1 or 2 more by the end of the year.

After Round 1 our loss to the Cheats.
After Round 2 talking ourselves up for the Dogs.
After Round 3 our loss to the Dogs leaves us up to our necks in crisis facing the Dees.
After Round 4 our monthly board meeting coincides with another loss more negativity.
After Round 5 Richo "glute"
After Round 6 Richo hamstring tear off the bone


RFC thankyou once again for tarnishing our season with crap.
Thank you for raising the bar in the expectation stakes pre season only to reduce it come the season. No wonder we are seen as unprofessional and easy beats and have very little respect from our peers.

RFC Thank you.

[Jackstar is back]

Watched him in the warm up before the Kangas game, if he was a racehorse, he would of been scratched at the barrier.
SHOULD NOT HAVE PLAYED- FULL STOP.
Same as Cousins at 3/4 time round 1. should never of gone back on the ground.
Either should of Richo for that matter. as he was cactus at 3/4 time as well.
You have to manage players, not players manage themselves.
RFC is 100% to blame.

[cub]

   The things that happen while you sleep.

First I knew was 10 news just before I left for work.

Shock.
Told Junior just about had a tear in my eye.
He was in great form prior to this mess, so fingers crossed he at least gets a send off, hoping for another year if all is OK at the end.
Time to chuck Sarge and Cleve to the wolves, there is no Richo to get in their way now, so time to take another step towards the future.

Still very  and a bit 

Good luck Cho 

[WilliamPowell]

Sadly, he will retire at the end of the year .

Is this your humble opinion or one of your FACTS

These medicos are accountable and derilect of their duty if Wallace is placing pressure on them to pass players fit to play in order to save his job. If that is the case that's negligence and malpractice to the player involved and negligence to us the supporter and member who expect the best but we are offered half fit lads so that the coach can hopefully gain one last ounce of energy from their defective bodies to hopefully stagnate his already sliding career fall for a little while longer.After Round 6 Richo hamstring tear off the bone

Tucker I think you and many others are drawing a long bow to suggest that TW is pressuring the medicos to give players the all clear to save his job. If that was the case Cotchin would have been playing the entire year

The doctors are to blame here - they give the OK on medical issues the buck stops with them.

And just one more thing he hasn't torn his hamstring off the bone it is a partial tear of the tendon. Granted it aint great but it could be worse eg if it was torn off the bone. If it was torn off the bone he wouldn't have been able to walk unaided let alone hobble back onto the SCG on Sunday 

[Infamy]

And just one more thing he hasn't torn his hamstring off the bone it is a partial tear of the tendon. Granted it aint great but it could be worse eg if it was torn off the bone. If it was torn off the bone he wouldn't have been able to walk unaided let alone hobble back onto the SCG on Sunday 

Stop ruining a perfectly good rant with reason and facts