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Sympathy for Richmond

Bluey's Dad
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Just read this:

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/recovery-session-six-weeks-ago-nobody-thought-tigers-list-needed-patching-20160502-gokf0o.html

Why is it that Richmond get sympathy, and can even use the perfectly valid excuse of the expansion clubs getting talent, but Melbourne can't?

We were shouting this argument from the rooftops 3 years ago and no one listened. Now Richmond cry foul and all of a sudden everyone agreed that the expansion clubs had too many concessions.

Sigh.

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    The complaints were always going to get louder when the expansion clubs started winning.

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    11 minutes ago, Tony Tea said:

    The complaints were always going to get louder when the expansion clubs started winning.

    I feel like it's lauder because it's Richmond when before it was us, but yeah GWS going so well hasn't helped.

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    Sympathy for Richmond who Lost a "Home" final against Carlscum who only made the 8 because of Essendrug...

    none whatsoever. Their use of the draft has been appalling since Hardwick arrived. But they will not admit it...

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    2 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Sympathy for Richmond who Lost a "Home" final against Carlscum who only made the 8 because of Essendrug...

    none whatsoever. Their use of the draft has been appalling since Hardwick arrived. But they will not admit it...

    I think we belonged to the same school of thought for about six years

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    2 minutes ago, old dee said:

    I think we belonged to the same school of thought for about six years

    Not excusing the MFC at all OD

    But this topic is about Richmond

    one of the "Big 4" (Fcuk i hate that term)....

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    Just now, Sir Why You Little said:

    Not excusing the MFC at all OD

    But this topic is about Richmond

    one of the "Big 4" (Fcuk i hate that term)....

    Perhaps I should have said people in glass houses should not throw stones.

    Drafting is not an exact science it is way harder than a lot believe.

     

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    1 minute ago, old dee said:

    Perhaps I should have said people in glass houses should not throw stones.

    Drafting is not an exact science it is way harder than a lot believe.

     

    Mate Drafting to appease a Fan Base with a few pissweak Finals appearances rather than going down the long hard road & doing it properly is far more pathetic than even Schwab's Red& Blueprint

    makes me laugh. 70,000 members and that is what they get for a membership. 

    I know Benny Gale. Top Bloke, but he should resign as CEO over this revelation. 

    The ultimate Bandaid solution. 

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    No doubt at all GWS were overcompensated as the AFL simply can t allow them to fail

    The problem is that al the clubs signed off on the concessions to both GCS and GWS.  

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    48 minutes ago, Choke said:

    I feel like it's lauder because it's Richmond when before it was us, but yeah GWS going so well hasn't helped.

    that reminds me......

    snoopylauda.jpg

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    You all know where sympathy is in the dictionary don't you - right between shite and syphilis  !!

    Moral is - don't go looking for sympathy, just get on and fix it.

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    1 hour ago, Choke said:

    Just read this:

    http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/recovery-session-six-weeks-ago-nobody-thought-tigers-list-needed-patching-20160502-gokf0o.html

    Why is it that Richmond get sympathy, and can even use the perfectly valid excuse of the expansion clubs getting talent, but Melbourne can't?

    We were shouting this argument from the rooftops 3 years ago and no one listened. Now Richmond cry foul and all of a sudden everyone agreed that the expansion clubs had too many concessions.

    Sigh.

    So 6 weeks ago nobody thought the Tigers list needed patching up....

    Well I know I said at the start of the year they would finish bottom 6, I thought they had a poor list and it needed more than just patching up. Blind Freddie could have seen what Richmond have been doing over the last 4 to 5 years.

    Apart from their top 6 they have next to nothing, too many media folk just look at their Champion data stats and forget to use their own brains.

    As for the expansion clubs, well this is a bigger story than just Richmond. It also is a huge reason why Hawthorn and Geelong remained at the top for so long.

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    1 minute ago, rjay said:

    So 6 weeks ago nobody thought the Tigers list needed patching up....

    Well I know I said at the start of the year they would finish bottom 6, I thought they had a poor list and it needed more than just patching up. Blind Freddie could have seen what Richmond have been doing over the last 4 to 5 years.

    Apart from their top 6 they have next to nothing, too many media folk just look at their Champion data stats and forget to use their own brains.

    As for the expansion clubs, well this is a bigger story than just Richmond. It also is a huge reason why Hawthorn and Geelong remained at the top for so long.

    Correct.

    My issue is that only when it now affects Richmond, a large club, does it get any traction.

    Back when it was killing us at the draft table, no one cared.

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    8 minutes ago, rjay said:

    So 6 weeks ago nobody thought the Tigers list needed patching up....

    Well I know I said at the start of the year they would finish bottom 6, I thought they had a poor list and it needed more than just patching up. Blind Freddie could have seen what Richmond have been doing over the last 4 to 5 years.

    Apart from their top 6 they have next to nothing, too many media folk just look at their Champion data stats and forget to use their own brains.

    As for the expansion clubs, well this is a bigger story than just Richmond. It also is a huge reason why Hawthorn and Geelong remained at the top for so long.

    I have always maintained that you can tell the talent of team and how far they will go,  not by the first 5 picked but by the last 5 picked. Richmond's bottom end is very very poor.

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    1 minute ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    wgaf

    why go and fret ? I'm not fretting at all. In fact I couldn't give a f****

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    2 hours ago, Choke said:

    Just read this:

    http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/recovery-session-six-weeks-ago-nobody-thought-tigers-list-needed-patching-20160502-gokf0o.html

    Why is it that Richmond get sympathy, and can even use the perfectly valid excuse of the expansion clubs getting talent, but Melbourne can't?

    We were shouting this argument from the rooftops 3 years ago and no one listened. Now Richmond cry foul and all of a sudden everyone agreed that the expansion clubs had too many concessions.

    Sigh.

    NOT ONE SHRED OF SYMPATHY OR EMPATHY, HAVE I FOR ANY OTHER AFL CLUB PERIOD!

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    Richmond have brought it on themselves with poor recruiting and a toxic culture. That's why they haven't been able to land any big fish.

    I look forward to watching Richmond, Freo and within a year or so North down towards the bottom of the ladder.

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    1 hour ago, Petraccattack said:

    No doubt at all GWS were overcompensated as the AFL simply can t allow them to fail

    The problem is that al the clubs signed off on the concessions to both GCS and GWS.  

    And their choice was?

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    I grew up in the 80s and only started to pay close attention to football in the early 90s.  I missed the Richmond dominant years and have only ever known them to be a complete basket-case.  Therefore, I don't have the 'hatred' for them that many other posters feels.

    I don't feel sympathy for them however as, like us, they've had plenty of opportunities through the draft to rebuild and develop their list and, like us for the first three rebuilds, they stuffed it up.

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    Wonder when they'll start on Essendon scooping the #1 pick this year and then get their best 12 players back next year.
    Now there's something that shouldn't happen.
    But will.

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