Opinion Commentary & Media IV

[scottywiper]

So it kinda says they're going down the path Brad suggested and got canned for?

Myth.
It was just ONE of the options Brad suggested. It wasn't the only one.

 

[Supreme_Chancellor]

So it kinda says they're going down the path Brad suggested and got canned for?

2010: 9th
2011: 9th
2012: 8th
2013: 10th
2014: 6th
2015: 8th
2016: 8th
2017: 15th
2018: 9th
2019: 14th (Round 10)

One season of “bottoming out”.

 

[North11]

2010: 9th
2011: 9th
2012: 8th
2013: 10th
2014: 6th
2015: 8th
2016: 8th
2017: 15th
2018: 9th

One season of “bottoming out”.

Look at all those wasted years...

(Except 2014 and 2015)

 

[Supreme_Chancellor]

Look at all those wasted years...

(Except 2014 and 2015)

Only memorable for my first few finals games. Other than that, the 2010’s can GAGF!

 

[7577969923]

"The view internally is that the Roos' group of players aged 26 and over is not capable of taking them to contention and that the only way forward is invest more heavily in the national draft, a process that will take two or three years."

This is not a new phenomenon at the club. If we are honest we haven't had a list of senior players capable of contending for premierships since Corey and then Duck walked out the door. We have had some great players since then but never a list capable of genuinely contending.

If Brad Scott and Joyce had realised this 5 years ago we would be in a much better position.

 

[justroyal]

Worth noting that we got into this situation after a decade of him in charge, which I suspect was the greater aspect of the reason he got canned.

Nah I am in no means saying we should have stuck with bard. I just thought a lot of what we heard was that the club thought this list didn't need to bottom out(Obviously it always has)

 

[shinboner magic]

Nah I am in no means saying we should have stuck with bard. I just thought a lot of what we heard was that the club thought this list didn't need to bottom out(Obviously it always has)

They probably were over his s**t talking , that in the end got us back to where we started when bard was first given the job.

 

[shintemaster]

Myth.
It was just ONE of the options Brad suggested. It wasn't the only one.

That sounds correct. Brad offered a couple of different options - the club chose a third.

 

[Uncle_Leo]

So it kinda says they're going down the path Brad suggested and got canned for?

He suggested 6 months after recruiting Hall, Pittard, Polec, Tyson

Wonder why he was sacked

 

[Uncle_Leo]

2018 is really the season that has set us back

Gave plenty at the club false hope and instead of continuing on a track to a rebuild we stocked up because we just missed the 8

 

[Passmore]

2018 is really the season that has set us back

Gave plenty at the club false hope and instead of continuing on a track to a rebuild we stocked up because we just missed the 8

Well Uncle, there is no reason for false hope right now.

 

[scooby1279]

Fair effort by saints -

Congratulations to
@stkildafc
for breaking their membership record

47,000 members!
https://twitter.com/7AFL/status/1291164293308850177/photo/1

 

[chubbspeterson]

The amount of times Howey called Majak "Magic Door" was unbelievable. How do u get that wrong?

 

[Thewlis Dish]

The amount of times Howey called Majak "Magic Door" was unbelievable. How do u get that wrong?

Knowing his style I'd say that was deliberate.

 

[DaveyBoy123]

Looks like The Tiges are getting on the AFL's nerves a little... Can't wait for Caro to choose a side here... And Steven Adams rules:

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AFL ‘fed up’ as more details emerge of strange hub demands

The AFL has become increasingly frustrated at Richmond players for some weird, wacky requests and bills that have been sent to league HQ.

Other clubs are aware of the AFL’s frustrations in Queensland as the league does its best to keep the season running. One high-ranking club official said: “The AFL is off them massively. Self-entitlement is huge.”

It was a Richmond person who inquired about bringing a puppy to Queensland, which prompted the AFL to issue a strict edict last month to clubs telling them this is no holiday.

It’s also understood at least a few Tigers players asked the AFL to reimburse them for Coles online orders too.

It was Richmond’s senior players who were most vocal in the AFLPA’s giant phone hook-up earlier this year about the prospect of spending a prolonged period in hubs.

Foxfooty.com.au has been told things have calmed down in the last fortnight, but the AFL was privately seething at some of the requests earlier on in the hub stay.

Nine journalist Sam McClure on Wednesday said the AFL was “fed up” after some players had put in requests for carpenters to alter apartments, as well as asking the league to cover costs for extra orders from Coles Express.

The AFL Players’ Association indicated to foxfooty.com.au it wasn’t aware of such desires, adding it wasn’t privy to what clubs are requesting of the AFL.

Port Adelaide legend Warren Tredrea pointed to recent comments from New Zealand-born NBA centre Steven Adams, who recently told reporters of life inside the league’s Orlando bubble: “Let’s be clear, mate. This is not Syria, mate. It’s not that hard … We’re living in a bloody resort.” Tredrea said the AFL players “need some perspective”.

It’s understood several Richmond players are on a significantly reduced income for the back-half of the season because their annual payments were heavily front-ended before COVID-19 struck. The annual front-ended practise is not unusual at wealthier clubs, which can afford to pay players in bulk before Christmas or over the summer. But now all footballers are making 50 per cent of their annual wage, some players are literally getting paid a few thousand dollars from May through to October after receiving bulk coin pre-COVID-19.

AFL ‘fed up’ as more details emerge of strange hub demands

‘Self-entitlement is huge’: AFL ‘fed up’ as more details emerge of bizarre hub demands

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[muttley45]

Clarko started it all with his rant about holding the ball, followed by Beveridge, Ratten, and Teague, now Goodwin has joined the club squealing for free kicks and protection for Max Gawn, there is something i can't stand about this tactic, besides, Gawn is big and ugly enough to look after himself.

 

[see see]

It’s understood several Richmond players are on a significantly reduced income for the back-half of the season because their annual payments were heavily front-ended before COVID-19 struck. The annual front-ended practise is not unusual at wealthier clubs, which can afford to pay players in bulk before Christmas or over the summer. But now all footballers are making 50 per cent of their annual wage, some players are literally getting paid a few thousand dollars from May through to October after receiving bulk coin pre-COVID-19.

It's unclear from the article but surely players in that situation aren't upset about it? They've dodged a massive bullet.

 

[Heaps of fun]

Port Adelaide legend Warren Tredrea pointed to recent comments from New Zealand-born NBA centre Steven Adams, who recently told reporters of life inside the league’s Orlando bubble: “Let’s be clear, mate. This is not Syria, mate. It’s not that hard … We’re living in a bloody resort.” Tredrea said the AFL players “need some perspective”.

It's worse; it's Queensland.

 

[LuvtheKangas]

I suspect Damo reads Bigfooty. So, I'd like to remind him that Tim Watson, of all people, has him completely sussed:

‘The Voice of Treason’ – and that’s who he’ll be known as henceforth. This ‘holier than thou’ attitude towards journalism, but is inconsistent in the true values of journalism, This is how I see it: He holds biases, he holds petty grudges, he loses his balance – which is a fundamental plank, I think, of journalism.

 

[Ball Dont Lie]

Geez this team was good. That forward line . Shame we never got them all fit and firing at the end of the year. It was our best chance to win it in the last 20 years.

 

[Bend_It_Like_Brown]

Shame we never got them all fit and firing at the end of the year. It was our best chance to win it in the last 20 years.

If Waite, Higgins and Jacob stayed fit that season, we could have been anything. 10-1 but just ran out of steam.

 

[Gasometer]

If Waite, Higgins and Jacob stayed fit that season, we could have been anything. 10-1 but just ran out of steam.

The worm turned in the second half of the * game.

 

[Gasometer]

But how good was it 2014-16 and screaming out “Drewwwww” and bang he took it. Fun times

 

[Bend_It_Like_Brown]

But how good was it 2014-16 and screaming out “Drewwwww” and bang he took it. Fun times

The night he destroyed Lake was spectacular. The North end was packed.

 

[Kanga Glory]

The voice of Treason has nothing so digs up five week old news

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IF ...
Ben Cunnington doesn't play again this year ...
THEN ...
deeper questions need to be asked why he was cleared to play when barely able to walk even before the start of round five - the last time he's been seen this year.