See from 2.30 on the clip - what a pack of thugs

 

Is it possible that Richmond have finally gone properly ahead of themselves?

Would be hilarious if they now dropped a couple of their upcoming games, whether it's Freo or Essendon for the upsets or just some good solid failures against the eagles and cats.

Their top 4 ambitions already look shaky, any slip-up and it's an elimination final.

Wouldn't mind earning first shot at them, too.

 

  On 20/08/2020 at 09:50, Clintosaurus said:

Tugs think they are bigger than the comp, and the pissweak penalties their players get implies HQ agree.

Tugs - a Freudian slip?

Why bring up something that happened 20 years ago?What's crying got to do with lynch having cheap shots off the ball? David called him a boofhead. No need to get personal dimma. Also where is the proof that the ox was in tears? I've never seen footage or a photo. also so what if he was. Does Dimma have an issue with grown men crying? 

Seriously his mouth works quicker than the brain. A few times he has been in trouble. Don't forget the whole longmire incident this year. 

 

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  On 20/08/2020 at 06:37, dice said:

Exactly. Maybe someone in the media should remind Hardwick of that incident and why Schwarz was so upset ("crying")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D772QjpqD7o

What I find interesting about this particular clip is not that Lloyd squibs, but that big tough man Wallis seems to break a nail and is pretty upset about it.

A pity that football club isn't defunct. 

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  On 20/08/2020 at 12:07, A F said:

What I find interesting about this particular clip is not that Lloyd squibs, but that big tough man Wallis seems to break a nail and is pretty upset about it.

A pity that football club isn't defunct. 

Funny I thought the same thing when I saw it earlier ... the tough guy that hit a young player 

  On 20/08/2020 at 12:07, A F said:

 

A pity that football club isn't defunct. 

Might as well be as they've been irrelevant for 15 years.  Haven't won a final since 2005 and will always be known as the drug cheats.

Some would call it karma.

*sigh* Damian, remember the time 20 years ago, where you held a defenceless 18yo up to a then 30yo to get punched to the head neck and face on the football field in a 2v1?

Oh, yes different times etc etc 
 

 

Edited August 20, 20204 yr by Engorged Onion

Dimma: “Lynch shouldn’t be defined by or remembered for a couple of acts on the footy field. Remember that time Schwartz cried during the Grand Final?” 

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I don't understand why there is angst on the thread around Wallis punching Green in the throat. Dusty does it every other week and only cops a fine, if anything.

Hardwick has gone several rungs down the ladder in my estimation on this. He needed to point to all the media noise being a learning opportunity for Lynch who has played too close to the line and transgressed - rather than retaliating - and esp. getting personal. What a [censored]. He could learn a thing or two from Goody in this respect.  

Dimma: “Real men don’t cry, they grab each other’s balls and butts in the change room”

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Why do people criticise Michael Christian? He's a bureaucrat with very little discretion. 

Putting a different person in that position wouldn't change anything, would it?

  On 20/08/2020 at 06:37, dice said:

Exactly. Maybe someone in the media should remind Hardwick of that incident and why Schwarz was so upset ("crying")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D772QjpqD7o

 

There was another camera angle.  They only showed it once, iirc a least a quarter later.  Shows Long lining Simmonds up from 20-30 metres away charging full tilt for the hip to the top of the head.  An absolute disgrace.  Never cared what anyone said since - despise Long.

Never liked the softing of Hardwick name to the friendly, Dimma, especially by non Richmond fans. Interesting that yesterday Richmond stood down dozens of staff. Is the stress showing now. I have never forgiven the AFL for not investigating a future Grand Final send off rule after that. For us younger members it would be like AVB holding an 18 year olds arms while Steven May punched to vunerable body parts. It was not your typical AFL punch but more like a street fighter who revelled in the violence. As for whether Schwarta cried. Well 20 years ago that might have carried weight with some but more embaressing for Hardwich than Schwarta to bring up now. 

  On 20/08/2020 at 19:11, Half forward flank said:

Never liked the softing of Hardwick name to the friendly, Dimma, especially by non Richmond fans.

Dimwit might be more apt.

  On 20/08/2020 at 12:44, Ethan Tremblay said:

Dimma: “Real men don’t cry, they grab each other’s balls and butts in the change room”

Perfect !

Personal insult to the Ox.  Professional insult to fellow coach, Horse a few weeks ago.

Leopards don't change their spots:  once a thug, always a thug.  He has simply changed his weapon.

 

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  On 20/08/2020 at 04:17, Watts the matter said:

Hardwick has become my least favourite coach bringing what those dirty flogs did in the 2000 grand final into this.

I have certainly lost some respect for him, Chris Scott is still ahead though.

Yeah nah I've got no time at all for Hardwick on this.

His full forward is developing [censored] tendencies, and so is he.

The blatant hypocrisy of telling the football world not to judge Lynch on his two separate indiscretions but then to distract from Schwarz's comments whilst referring to something that happened 20 years ago is as stark as it is dumb.

It only gets worse when you analyse it further and realise what he's referring to is a series of Essendon players being flogs.

  On 20/08/2020 at 13:24, Trisul said:

There was another camera angle.  They only showed it once, iirc a least a quarter later.  Shows Long lining Simmonds up from 20-30 metres away charging full tilt for the hip to the top of the head.  An absolute disgrace.  Never cared what anyone said since - despise Long.

Couldn't agree more, he did a dog act that day and deserved to be cleaned up. Schwartz and Dimma. You'd have to think Dimma is fitter but I God 20 years later I still want him to smash half the Essendon team. 

  On 20/08/2020 at 22:41, Lucifer's Hero said:

Personal insult to the Ox.  Professional insult to fellow coach, Horse a few weeks ago.

Leopards don't change their spots:  once a thug, always a thug.  He has simply changed his weapon.

 

I don't believe it is an insult to the Ox albeit intended.

It shows me that the Ox cared deeply.

If you look at both Hardwick and the Ox 

which one out of their replies through the media comes out smelling OK. 

I think it’s clear,  the Ox was raising something that was being discussed widely.   It was a cheap hit by Lynch

Hardwick resorts to personal retorts that remind all of his dubious past 

enough said !

I’ve met Tom Lynch. Not the sharpest blade in the drawer. 

  On 20/08/2020 at 23:59, Mel Bourne said:

I’ve met Tom Lynch. Not the sharpest blade in the drawer. 

Without getting personal, he looks like a man baby created in a test tube. 

This isn't a great sign for Richmond, TBH.

Some ageing footballers who have lost a bit of their youthful zip get frustrated because things are harder for them than they used to be. That's when you see little things like Ablett Jnr give a couple of little sneaky one where he never used to. It's usually an indicator that the veteran is just hanging on and they know they're not as good as their brain instinctively remembers itself to be.

Richmond have had some pretty dodgy moments this year. I dare say that things aren't as easy as they used to be and they're feeling very vulnerable. I think Dimma has just given about 8 other clubs a real shot of confidence with those (hilariously stupid) comments.