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Guys,

Just wondering which of you have bought this book and what your thoughts are?

My copy arrived yesterday so I'll be getting stuck into the book tonight but I'd really love to hear from opposition supporters on how you found the book.

Cheers
 
I've ordered it for my brother-in-law for his 50th B'Day so I may get to have a flick before it gets wrapped.
Got a lot of time or Richo.:thumbsu:
Funnily I can't think too many North players I'd bother to read about though. Maybe Kelly Stevens.
 
Might get it soon, along with Herschelle Gibbs' book, which should be interesting...
 

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Back to the OP that requested thoughts from opposition supporters.

I'd be interested to see if Richo acknowledges his 'dummy spitting' from his years prior to his twilight at Richmond, and furthermore, writes about it.

I'm sure all of us can put our bromance aside for a second and recognise that he was a dummy spitter on the field, be it rightly (star player in a woeful team for too long) or wrongly (leadership qualities etc), before transforming himself into probably the most loved player in the AFL over the last 5 or so years of his career.
 
Power King said:
I'd be interested to see if Richo acknowledges his 'dummy spitting' from his years prior to his twilight at Richmond, and furthermore, writes about it.
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It's written by Martin Flanagan isn't it? In "The Game In Time Of War" he talks a lot about what a colourful on field character Richo is/was. Should be plenty written about it.
 
Power King said:
Back to the OP that requested thoughts from opposition supporters.

I'd be interested to see if Richo acknowledges his 'dummy spitting' from his years prior to his twilight at Richmond, and furthermore, writes about it.

I'm sure all of us can put our bromance aside for a second and recognise that he was a dummy spitter on the field, be it rightly (star player in a woeful team for too long) or wrongly (leadership qualities etc), before transforming himself into probably the most loved player in the AFL over the last 5 or so years of his career.
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All of which should make for an interesting book which is what you want from a bio, not reams of deathly accurate statistical facts.
Looking forward to it.
 
jozeph said:
I got mine last week, but I haven't started colouring it in yet.
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Very good. :D

Power King said:
he was a dummy spitter on the field...before transforming himself into probably the most loved player in the AFL over the last 5 or so years of his career.
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Without having read it yet, I think that's one of the themes of the book - that Richo hasn't changed. People just came to understand him better, assisted no doubt by Flanagan's insightful writing, e.g.

http://www.faithful.com.au/faithful-articles/2007/5/30/everyone-loves-richo/
 
Bought the book on Friday for my son and read it in just over a day. It's more like a series of short articles, (as books written by jornalists often are).

If you like Richo then there's definitely nothing in the book that would change your mind. It really gives the impression that what you see is what you get when it comes to Richo. All in all it's one of the better footy books I've read lately but I'd wait a while until it's out in paperback or in the bargain bin if you're not a big Richo or Richmond fan.
 

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