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Tom Lynch Incident (incl. Dimma vs The Ox)

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I am no longer angry so now find the comment bizarre and the only way to understand it is through Hardwicks definition of manhood. I have knocked around blokes environments like a lot of others here but  I would not want my kids learning under him. Real old school Public bar rules around being a man which usually involved a powerful male belting an unfortunate smaller, often younger  person or blow in. Ring any bells Hardwick (Brad Green). 2000 was pure thuggery. On talent they would have beaten us nine and a half times out of ten. 

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    Very very stupid move by Hardwick to dredge up the 2000 Grand Final; illustrating the gutless violence that Essendon served up that day.

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    Dear Abby,

    I'm torn about who to barrack for in the Rich vs Ess game this week.  I usually have no trouble barracking for the team whose win is in the Demons' interest.   Advice please.

    Yours,

    Perplexed of Demonland

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      On 21/08/2020 at 01:02, sue said:

    Dear Abby,

    I'm torn about who to barrack for in the Rich vs Ess game this week.  I usually have no trouble barracking for the team whose win is in the Demons' interest.   Advice please.

    Yours,

    Perplexed of Demonland

    just hope for a draw with injuries galore and half the players on report

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      On 20/08/2020 at 09:45, KLV said:

    Check this out, Hardwick’s response to criticism of tom lynch by David Schwarz 

    https://wwos.nine.com.au/afl/tom-lynch-drama-gets-personal-as-richmond-coach-damien-hardwick-hits-back-at-david-schwarz-criticism/34108234-50cb-4e74-a9f0-e0e1886c4c3d

    I’ve held Hardwick in some esteem for his efforts with the tigers, but these remarks display, at the end of the day, a fragile ego and a nasty streak.
    Smugly sniggering at a football player showing emotion. Great message for the kids d***head.

    Didn’t realise there was already a thread on this. You guys are all over it!

     

    I've also respected Hardwick in his time at the Tigers. I also try hard not to let past experiences cloud judgements on players and coaches character. But bringing up something from 20 years ago? The ONE part of that triumphant game and season from the Bombers that they should be trying their hardest to suppress and forget? Not on.

    The guy is clearly just defending his player, sure he's sacrificing his own reputation but that's his choice. 

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      On 20/08/2020 at 10:09, Pickett2Jackson said:

    The Ox came back from 3 knee recos not to mention his serious gambling addiction.

    Has Hardwick ever faced any adversity in his life?   Shameful comment from him

    Adversity ??Yep small mans syndrome!! Angry at being a pretty limited player with zero skills but with a motor mouth! Had no comment to make to press when asked about the ugly incident of a few weeks ago. Firmly now entrenched as a hated football person. I wonder privately what Lynch's standing in the footy world would now be, particularly amongst the players. Well said Mitch R!!!

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      On 21/08/2020 at 00:17, Ethan Tremblay said:

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

    Indeed. Like they were trying to clone Tim Robbins but something went wrong. 

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      On 21/08/2020 at 01:21, daisycutter said:

    just hope for a draw with injuries galore and half the players on report

    They'd all get off anyway. Protected species.

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    The problem in 2000 was that the Ox flew the flag 2 qtrs too late.
    The game was long gone by then.
    Shoulda been cracking skulls from the bounce.
    Surely the club knew the Essendon thuggery was coming.
    They'd been doing it to us for 20yrs prior.

    As for Hardwick.
    He spent his first 5yrs of post game press conferences in tears.
    Glass houses and all that.

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      On 21/08/2020 at 01:21, daisycutter said:

    just hope for a draw with injuries galore and half the players on report

    Was it Richmond and Essendon   that had a brawl during a finals game about 30 years ago ?   I know its not the South Melb bloodbath v Carlton (??) from the 1950's

    My memory has gone now, once I stopped drinking too much beer,  

     

    Not sure I respect Mitch Robinson, but it [censored] me off badly when he called us softy's  probably cos it was too close to the truth !!

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      On 21/08/2020 at 03:08, Pickett2Jackson said:

     

    Meeting them in the finals is where we will get our revenge

    Yes that would be nice. 
    The next game at The ‘G will be interesting 

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      On 21/08/2020 at 03:09, 640MD said:

    Was it Richmond and Essendon   that had a brawl during a finals game about 30 years ago ?   I know its not the South Melb bloodbath v Carlton (??) from the 1950's

    My memory has gone now, once I stopped drinking too much beer,  

     

    Not sure I respect Mitch Robinson, but it [censored] me off badly when he called us softy's  probably cos it was too close to the truth !!

    The Windy Hill Brawl was 1974

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    Thanks, Windy Hill  therefore    Essendon v  ??      and only 46 years ago,      Demons were not playing very well in 74

    I was sitting in the red seats back then, given up playing for a while, and the cheer squad, so I sat on the sensible side of the ground.

     

    Go Dees

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      On 21/08/2020 at 03:14, Sir Why You Little said:

    The Windy Hill Brawl was 1974

    A very moving game...at one point half the players were over the boundary the other half were on the ground.......slight exaggeration.

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      On 21/08/2020 at 03:50, willmoy said:

    A very moving game...at one point half the players were over the boundary the other half were on the ground.......slight exaggeration.

    It was a serious street fight Players, Officias and Police 

    I remember watching it on TV 

    2 Clubs who excel in the art of Thuggery 

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      On 21/08/2020 at 03:39, 640MD said:

    Thanks, Windy Hill  therefore    Essendon v  ??      and only 46 years ago,      Demons were not playing very well in 74

    I was sitting in the red seats back then, given up playing for a while, and the cheer squad, so I sat on the sensible side of the ground.

     

    Go Dees

    Essendrug v Richmond 

    it is on Youtube 

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    To you Dimma , I'd like to quote you:

     

    Perhaps you should have "a good hard look at yourself."

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      On 21/08/2020 at 04:14, leave it to deever said:

    To you Dimma , I'd like to quote you:

     

    Perhaps you should have "a good hard look at yourself."

    Yeah, 

    One bloke allegedly cried and another held a kid while a bigger thug belted him.

    Hold your head high Schwarta. I dont think I would want to win our next flag like that...

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      On 20/08/2020 at 22:47, titan_uranus said:

    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.

    Agreed. Also like the the word [censored] is no longer censored. 

    Edited by A F
    haha turns out when I type it, it is!

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      On 21/08/2020 at 03:06, Sir Why You Little said:

    Such a shame we have already played Richmond 

    Such a Shame

    Not so fast SWYL.

    Lets knock them out in Week 1 of the finals.

    An earlier poster here talked about Ox's physical trials and addisiction which he overcame to become an advoctae for the issue. Thats courage.

    Hardwick and Lynch? Hitting blokes in the back of the head or guts when unprepared - weak.

    Based on the Tige's President Peggie Lynnch's comment on the ABC this week, I suspect their Board isn't impressed.

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      On 21/08/2020 at 04:25, Demon17 said:

    Not so fast SWYL.

    Lets knock them out in Week 1 of the finals.

    An earlier poster here talked about Ox's physical trials and addisiction which he overcame to become an advoctae for the issue. Thats courage.

    Hardwick and Lynch? Hitting blokes in the back of the head or guts when unprepared - weak.

    Based on the Tige's President Peggie Lynnch's comment on the ABC this week, I suspect their Board isn't impressed.

    got a link?

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