Recent content by Schlurp

It is what it is. When we put enough holes on the field that our A listers can't cover our game plan disintegrates. I can't get past a better solution than the model we had when Fly developed our nursery and polished players came through the VFL to our main game. If we return to focusing on...

Disappointing result but I thought we played some of our best football of the year. Dogs jumped us in the first quarter, we adjusted and returned the compliment in the second with the second half being reasonably even albeit Dogs were cleaner and held on for the tight win. A couple of umpire...

And disposes of him legally.

I'm not sure it's helpful forensically looking at individual players with a view to highlighting whatever deficiencies we might see in their game. I'm more interested in looking at the game style of the front runners in 2023 and questioning whether we have the players or the structures to match...

Just indicating I'm old enough to have enjoyed the film when it was released. And I've never taken any interest in how much is in the glass. My focus has always been on how much is in bottle next to the glass. As a related sideshow, I saw Don McLean in concert in Canberra too many years ago...

Great film but we all know what happened to Hopper at the end.

I think Balta is one of those exceptionally athletically gifted souls who lose their edge when they start thinking about following instructions rather than simply playing. If I were Dimma, I'd just tell Noah to play to his strengths and give him the space to use his speed, height and leap. See...

Really looking forward to this. Dimma probably has the most complete list available to him in all his time at Richmond. I'm not expecting too much at the front end of the season given that the quality players we have recruited and developed still need time to gel together. The business end...

Reminds me so much of 2018. Underpar performances by too many players (Balta, Short. Baker and a well covered Bolton) coupled with injuries to a non playing Grimes and a rusty Dusty plus a hurt Cumberland. And we almost got there. Cornes is truly irritating. Nothing arrogant about not...

Yeah this has me a bit bemused too. Hopefully he gets the gig as medical sub.

Reminds me of Steve Morris. Tough, courageous but at AFL level, simply unable to make sound decisions and execute them.

Let's get the bleeding obvious out of the way now. A flat disinterested first half, key movers like Bolton, Rioli, Pickett and Vlaustin unsighted, the usual discipline lapses coupled with terminal inaccuracy in front of goal and it was always going to be hard. Add to that the slow delivery...

I'm now a bit calmer and these are my impressions from the game. First, the system works. We had so many A listers out, lost Lynch in the first 10 minutes, yet were still able to build to a 40 point lead at half time with the VFL regulars who replaced them. Sadly, with the exception of...

Only at the moment Tiger08. We have a good one here. He'll be far better than Gaspar in a few years from now. I'm interested in whether those turnovers get in the way of his nomination for Rising Star from this round.

It's too early to be hypercritical but Gibcus at the moment reminds me of Darren Gaspar. Smooth mover, great skills but questionable passing ability. They will come with sound coaching and experience. Really happy with Ross's game. Most composed that I can recall seeing. George was what...