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If Davey plays RD 1, Neeld's not serious.

One of the good things was JT's commentary - the skip's a natural. I love him.

Shouldn't persist with mediocrity anymore NSC. I know it was NAB, but his opponent went bloody hard.

Aaron Davey....MIA.

OD, Tappy has to step up like the rest of them. If he's injured, the kid will need time to recover and then given some time to get to the necessary fitness levels that are required to play AFL footy. If he doesn't 'buy in' or if he's sulking, Alberton awaits.

C & B, I reckon you're wrong about Strauss....the kid'll make it. He'll hold down a back six spot. Don't forget, it takes a long, long time to recover from a broken leg....

Hell no, the sooner the better. Unleash the boy!

Melbourne Storm were branded cheats for their salary cap creativity........they won a premiership. Is it ever brought up now? This Club has been thrown a lifeline. I hope they get off their derrier and use this opportunity. I have faith in Neeld and our leadership group.

Let's start healing. Let's move on. We don't know the full machinations of the 'deal.'

I think in the interests of privacy, we need to be careful about mentioning names or innocent parties. The fallout was mainly due to Bail challenging Gys to train the Neeld way and Gys resisted. That is all.

Same social group. Good friends, once upon a time. Bail challenged Gys at training to lift his game. Gys told him where to go. Tension ever since - got quite willing at times.

I haven't been to any training sessions (relying on reports and your observations, stuie) but, at the end of the day, he'll need to kick 2 - 3 goals per match to keep his spot in the team. I don't think it'll happen.

He'll find it hard to make an impact. He will always cop a hard tag, regardless of his form.

I acknowledged we were terrible....but do you really think they want to send a commentary to Renmark? Or Alice Springs? I was a decision made on budgets, not on watchability.

You're being a bit sensationalist, aren't you OD?Yes, a poor 2012, but this is purely based on a budgetary decisions made by Foxtel. There are plenty of other games not covered, one that includes last year's premiers.

True....whilst 2009 was a joke, allowing TJ to collect 40 odd touches was farcical. Getting traded that year was incredibly clever by the Club - you fool, Matthews.

I sang the Richmond theme song on that day in 2009. To this day, my tongue is still blistered. It was amateur hour.

Cool.......I just found it. But, it's a bit mean isn't it? This is a forum for talking footy. Bring it!!

Agree - should have seen the writing on the wall after a losing the big one in 2000....failed to heed alarm bells.

There's an ignore button?

What a game...best game that Trapper ever played. When Whopper kicked that goal, I dared to dream... Losing Powelly meant that rotations were gone.

If the sanctions that have reported are accurate, time to accept them and move on. The Club will recover and we've got the right people at the helm to advance our fortunes. Thank you to the interview panel that delivered Mark Neeld as our coach.

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Just bumped this up. Having a coffee in Richmond today and Jimmy Strauss popped into the same shop. Without being a gushing, dithering old fool, I had a quick chat to him and wished him all the best for this season. Here's the good news....he's huge, looked frighteningly fit and much taller than I thought. I really, really hope he has a great year.

Time to cleanse. Time to heal. Punish and move on. May the last 6 years never be spoken about again.