Losers mentality from the top to bottom

[Lunchtime]

A rumor that a few blokes were having a beer? Are you serious?

Thats what the person said. Clearly he's annoyed. Players are allowed to have relaxation time.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

I appreciate this perspective. I really do. And of course there is a completely reactive and shameless change of views that can snap quickly and then return and then return back to amongst the shithouse punditry.

BUT

Richmond are younger, MUCH more talented, have a system that is easily defined (and will falter at times, for sure). But most stark by comparison was the vigor and aggression and confidence. The mass of talented, sharp young players in comparison to ours is just depressing.

I think that’s more to do with their young players having senior teammates they can rely on in a system they all understand and have played together for years. Vlaustin almost single-handedly held them together this weekend. Our only good senior players are imports who are still trying to gel themselves.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

Is there any truth to this post or just a rumour?

In another thread it turned out it was a player’s birthday. No-one here cared even before that. Sam F is an atrocious attention seeker.

 

[TheKanga]

Some just are starting to not care

For the first time ever on Friday I had a fleeting thought "maybe I should adopt a 2nd team" which felt like a gross thought.

 

[zoomba23]

Thanks for that, Master 'Alastair Clarkson' Yoda.

Airy fairy optimism leads to a failure in standards. A failure in standards leads to apathy. Apathy leads to subpar effort. Subpar effort leads to suffering

 

[Gasometer]

Thanks for that, Master 'Alastair Clarkson' Yoda.

Airy fairy optimism leads to a failure in standards. A failure in standards leads to apathy. Apathy leads to subpar effort. Subpar effort leads to suffering

It was a joke

 

[Gasometer]

For the first time ever on Friday I had a fleeting thought "maybe I should adopt a 2nd team" which felt like a gross thought.

My energies are going into cheering on Piastri for the rest of the year

 

[zoomba23]

It was a joke

I know. I'm wilfully having a go at a fictional character

 

[Epictetus]

I think that’s more to do with their young players having senior teammates they can rely on in a system they all understand and have played together for years. Vlaustin almost single-handedly held them together this weekend. Our only good senior players are imports who are still trying to gel themselves.

Granted, they have successful senior footballers. Which will further enhance the speed of their progression past us.

But my eyes tell me they are just better, the young players. And the players we have brought in from other clubs on big money and eye watering contracts offer little demonstrative leadership and absolutely cannot play. They are, as a group, shithouse. Almost to a player, they are shit. Parker gets a pass because he tries and plays with a bit of venom.

We have just made a mess of it.

 

[Mr north man]

I might have a short memory, but I do not recall multiple 'bullshit' chants from any fanbase. North fans are the loudest they've been in probably a decade. We're amped up and the players are listless. It's a mind boggling contrast. Either the coaches are totally incompetent or their messages are falling on deaf ears.

It does not have to click at all. We've declined and declined and the gradient has just steepened last weekend. If we were rubbish with 8k crowds, sure. But the fans all feel like this is our time for a natural uptick, turning up and throwing their full support behind the club, and the players aren't having a bar of it.

Our future hangs by a thread. It's the most bizarre phenomenon

Since our season is over yet AGAIN maybe a fear of GOD should be put into the players and especially certain players who think I won’t be dropped no matter how bad I play.
Thats if Clarkson has the guts to do it but I doubt he will as I recon he doesn’t want to upset the players.
I would drop Logue bring in Pink
Drop Zuhaar bring in Harvey
Drop Daniel bring in Hardeham
Drop Tucker bring in Archer
And the big one Drop Simpkin and bring in Phillips.
Then bring in Teakle play of bench with Xerri resting in quaters
This would send a message to the players that this BS is going to stop.
But in reality the world that we live in of the NMFC
Archer in Fisher out.

 

[kool kangas]

In another thread it turned out it was a player’s birthday. No-one here cared even before that. Sam F is an atrocious attention seeker.

Most likely for Logues birthday. He's was on the 13th April...

 

[koshari]

Richmond passed us in Round 1. Then they were rubbish for weeks and we roared past them by beating Melbourne. Now they’ve passed us again because they won again. It must be exhausting thinking this every time another battling club wins or almost wins. Opposition, venue, player availability, so many things feed into performance each week, no single game says that much.

Agree. However look at the breakdown of quarters. Subtract the 4th against godees and we have been very ordinary.

 

[koshari]

My energies are going into cheering on Piastri for the rest of the year

Mine going into our renno.

 

[Gasometer]

Mine going into our renno.
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In the immortal words …

“Everybody stay at Koshi’s place”

 

[Frank Thring]

Until our "blue ribbon" top draft picks roll up the sleeves and start doing the team things, we are going nowhere. Clarko needs to make a statement and drop a couple of these high end draft picks that refuse to defend. It has to be addressed now. Other clubs drop talented players, but we never do. We should change our name to the Silk Road Roos.

 

[koshari]

In the immortal words …

“Everybody stay at Koshi’s place”

Working bee caviet

 

[Davroo]

It was bloody brutal Friday. It’s beyond frustrating to see us do the same thing week in week out with a bunch of players set up to fail.

Our mix is way off with too many one paced, non defensively minded footballers. Tucker, Stephens, McDonald etc, need to be dropped to improve our speed around the ball and improve defensive intensity.

Our zone on kick outs is beyond embarrassing. We sit back to far and allow opposition to run in out and give up easy kicks. The way Carlton switched the ball and we have them overlap was just ridiculous because of our zone sitting deep and inviting them to pick us apart.

A lot of our problem I believe come down to selection mix, slight adjustments defensively and just pure effort.

 

[Caracas]

It was bloody brutal Friday. It’s beyond frustrating to see us do the same thing week in week out with a bunch of players set up to fail.

Our mix is way off with too many one paced, non defensively minded footballers. Tucker, Stephens, McDonald etc, need to be dropped to improve our speed around the ball and improve defensive intensity.

Our zone on kick outs is beyond embarrassing. We sit back to far and allow opposition to run in out and give up easy kicks. The way Carlton switched the ball and we have them overlap was just ridiculous because of our zone sitting deep and inviting them to pick us apart.

A lot of our problem I believe come down to selection mix, slight adjustments defensively and just pure effort.

So, just about everything…