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The location of the training base is irrelevant to just about every point youve chosen to go with regarding this topic. Its a choice of locale to do a job and speak to the clubs heritage and bithplace. Ppl dont follow a club because of where it trains...not as such. Jolimont IS a pretty accessible place. There are more points of travel embarkation than that that might access the world at Richmond alone. A home for the club is for the entirety of the club...admin and Football . As to the idea of recognition there could be generations that grow up noticing a football club next to the G...not of yellow and black lineage but flying a Red and Blue flag right next to the home of footy. Would never happen across the road.

Let the 'mute' be your friend

Yes and no....some crumbers up the sharp end might not have hurt...not height !!

Something , i at least , always keep in mind with CW is she has deep family links across this game.She feels the 'wronging' that's supposedly been endured and whenever possible has a sly dig in retaliation. Its a shame as she does often have an interesting insight. I just find myself often questioning her motive or cause celebre.

Redifines Idiocy. In a gamed defined by a scoreboard, apparently scoring isnt a priority. You're an absolute Einstein in your lunchbox. You have mates

Was it us so much shutting shop or having our doors closed by someone else ? Thats how i see it. We do ok til we're denied....then we're stuck !!

Yossarian might argue that point. Spargo seems to have the seat in front. Tbh...if Jeffy id be reconsidering where my future lay.

Keep me on ignore...you don't deal well with facts do you. The refining was in season.. and you have the hide to call me capt obvious.. youre capt oblivious Change at Richmond came because of CHANGE.. wholesale change. If thats obvious then paint me 20 shades of it

In season ? Their real turnaround happened out of season. The box was turned up side down and shaken violently. At the same time the list was looked upon with big red textas. There were fine tunings In Season...but it was a different car effectively.

I find it hard to ' give' us some games simply on the basis we should .. The bogey game for me is Freo in Darwin. I want us to win....i struggle to envision it. Ive been ( for me ) quite chipper in other games. I have us finishing 9th. That's also a result of some other team's run home and being even stevens about how they might go. Ive been relatively conservative on scores. Blowouts here or there may well alter the finish. 9th....hmmmmm☹️ ...maybe we are following in Richmond's footsteps !! ?

Well....thats definitely a better thing...escaping the basement ??? Alas the real party isin the Penthouse...and we're not in the right lift atm

Yes Ernest it is a perspective...but to me one that glosses over the myriad of variables and differences between us and any them. It's not just a case of time /wait and see etc. A lot more happened at Punt Rd than games into bods

She can be such a nasty vile thing at times

It's very likely hes now a square peg where round holes exist. I dont think he's the style of player the 'brains trust ' seek. If he's set effectively an impossible requisite how long would anyone bother ? It's easy for some to say it's up to him but i very much doubt it. Its up to Goody...up to Macca etc I wonder if Jeffy is familiar with the writings of Heller ??

Yes we are..... and even you start describing how ! All we are is a yo yo middle order team at present. We need to stop kidding ourselves. There are many things to cheer about....but beating up cellar dwellers loses its shine when a 'real' team shows up with the resulting reality check. Currently we're mutton dressed as lamb in that when you look closely the truth stares you back. We can only hope to emulate Richmond's progress and success. The Toiges turned the corner when they brutally looked introspective. They realised what they were doing WRONG and set about changing that ( and the personnel ) We might need to follow suit.

Not necessarily

Youd be forgiven for thinking hes out of favour ( carrying a marked card ) ..eh ?

Barney if he's not on a plane or a boat somewhere the poor ol' thing needs to be somewhere ?

havent seen a min of this blokes game but the reviews etc suggest he might well grow into a KPB ..He HAS the physical attributes where as neither Lever or Pig are geared that way. If Lever can be re-released back to what he does super well then we might be getting somewhere

Be very VERY surprised if this lad goes anywhere. Too important to Collingwood's list...too important to their brand etc The argy bargy of 'negotiation' will eventually come to a ...dare I say....happy ending. North and Aints will STRUGGLE to land anyone...to many other BETTER destinations out there.

i'll ask it: Is Big Tom just blowing hard after some runs..if so...why ? he's normally an endurance king OR Is he struggling with his "niggle" ?

anything above tracks is a curiosity of sorts.. reminds me a little of how it works in China where NO ONE owns the land but they might own whats on it...and have the right by a lease to have it there. My understanding is you can buy air space but NOT above tracks...there it is a lease...invariably 99 years. The chattels are yours in the normal commercial manner...so YOU reap any benefit other than the outgoing of the air-lease This is NO reason not to consider this scenario.

I think he the jury as they say is still out...i'm sitting with the jurors,if not one of them. We know only too well from experience theres a chasm of difference between a player having all of the required to be absolutely anything and actually attaining that. One does not guarantee the latter.. Yes time will be THE thing.... and TIME judge many to be a bust

im not even sure so much it's about how hard our blokes will fight, though at times you might wonder if a limiter/governor has somehow been implanted. it just seems to me some teams are far more switched on/alert when the pressure goes into the red zone. Mention has been made of structures. Structures are NOT, I repeat not a player decision. They are a COACH"S area of influence. That and the strategist. We have some good ideas and structures for a specific style of game. Once any influence of them has been exhausted by a team with a BETTER set of structures our all go 'poof' into thin air and we are steering aimlessly thereafter whilst the opposition runs riot. Damo has been around the block a few times. He's learnt considerably. He's managed to groom/grow a few of his charges ( to say the least ) into a formidable troupe. The result...they have an understanding of what to do with the ball...and WHEN that far outreaches the scope of our team and our BOX. If Simon truly wants to develop both himself, our list and our 'brand'/ style he might fair far worse than lock himself ( and his fellow gurus ) in a room and watch ALL of Richmonds games. He might truly learn something useful...both about how they tear teams new orifices and how occasionally someone gets the better of them. As Bing181 suggest...he is one Grand Finalist....who's the other ? who knows other than to say it's NOT us by a country mile !!

Was out dining with family and friends last night but the venue had a sports bar nearby and a couple of sneaky visits had. What i saw is what we need to be...abd we're nowhere near it yet. May or may not be heading in right direction but we're quite some distance from what i saw Richmond doing. Good luck to them Over to you MFC