Just popping in from my self imposed sabbatical that will hopefully last as long as all the whiny bitching continues.
Things I assume I have missed:
Sack Hardwick
Cancel my membership.
I wrote a ranty email to Hardwick / Gale / O'Neal and they didn't reply. (with possible Tommy would've)
Sack half the list
Sack the assistants.
Play the kids
Williams for coach
Sheedy for coach
Knighta for coach
The players dont care / show up / put themselves on the line - so I won't.
Things that sucked about Saturday:
Sorry Tommy, you deserved better.
Richmond's almost guaranteed ability to suck my will to live in games that matter (100th anniversary v Carlton, EF last year v Carlton, hmmm noticing a trend)
That we were trying but we still sucked.
Astbury
Chaplin - nuff said.
Complete inability to get structure at a bounce
kicking for goal.
Helbig looking nothing like it in the 2s.
Dea looking meh in the 2s
Stonefist looking meh in the 2s
Hardwick sounding so lost after the game. I like Dimma but the next few weeks will make or break him.
The glimmers of hope.
Lennon
McDonough coming to terms with the pace of the game
The crowd giving Tommy a worthy farewell.
Maric
Darrou - looks composed, knows when to go, when to be goalie. Favourite moment of the whole day was 3rd quarter and and the Hawks have the ball at HF. Darrou is tailing his man back to the square, big shoves every 10 metres, the final one heaving the guy into the goal post that you could hear over the Coodabeens. Hope he gets his chance.
I'm glad we lost Saturday after the way we played. Scraping a win would've papered over the cracks. The cracks are big and getting bigger. Now they can't be avoided and Richmond are officially under the pump as the most disappointing team this year.
Now we see what we are made of.