Im rapt l was at the game friday night,it was an exciting finish and a brilliant result for the team and the club as well as giving the hardcore fans a time to remember.
I dont see myself as a brightsider, there are way too many concerning issues at the minute that are not being addressed.
The resignations from the board were shrouded with secrecy and left us to guessing what the agenda for the resignations were.
The finances are alarming to say the least.
The members have the right to know what the hell has happened to a 600,000 surplus in 02,to projections of 2 million $ losses at seasons end.
If satisfactory reasons can't be given(eg simply blaming poor on field results) or addressed then don't be surprised to see upheavals or an emergency AGM called for.
The president of our club must come up with some damn good answers IMO to continue in his current role,but thats not for me alone to decide, the members as a whole will be the judge and jury for this matter.
Recruitment has been a MAJOR problem for years fast becoming decades now.
Im a outspoken critic of our recruiting manager and his staff he oversees, and as l have taken up acres of space on this site with why l won't go on again, suffice to say the 8 years Greg Beck has had have been disappointing and have been one of the reasons we are not progressing on-field.
Watching the match it was clear to me that even though we won,we are probably still the wost side in the comp.
I'll be slaughtered by some for this assessment(fair enough) but these are my reasons:
We jumped the Hawks through sheer endeavor and a willingness to play for the first 20mins.
It was fantastic to see such intensity from our guys and Hawthorn were momentarily rattled and so we jumped away with guys like Hilton, who seemed desperate to cement his spot, stepping up.
Great start.
Unfortunately the game from thereon unfolded as l feared it would.
Hawthorn made tactical changes, our intensity began to wane and as they worked their way back into the game and our flawed gameplan and skill levels deteriorated under pressure again(I am fearful what will happen when we travel interstate when we are going to be under constant pressure from moments bounce)
Once again Frawley reverted to stacking guys back to stifle the oppositions thrust forward,but in the process denied us the attack that had provided a handy lead early...Was l the only one dimayed to see a player run the ball out of defence only to slow down to wait for a player to appear upfield??
It defeats the whole purpose of thrusting forward!!
Our players must also be accountable for not getting numbers forward quick enough and for the poor disposal that led to turn overs resulting in goals to Hawthorn.It was pleasing to see we were playing on in general rather than stagnating which was encouraging though.
We were poor in the second and third quarters and l watched Ottens start to lose all faith in his rovers and began trying to ruck and rove his own work.We kicked to contests where our players were outnumbered and wouldn't run the neccessary hard yards to provide options.
Blokes like Hilton were now becoming exposed for a lack of fitness.
The last quarter we gutsed out rather than won the game.We merely hung on through desperation rather than skill.
I also thought Hawthorn made some shocking errors and showed a lack of brains which helped too.
I was nervous and overjoyed when the siren sounded and shouted the song out like a lunatic.
This is probably why l'll never be a darksider either as a few of them have mentioned they didn't care about the result, well l watch RFC players live out my Childhood dream every week and when lm at a game l feel emotion for them and love seeing them win.
Are the priority picks more important than winning?
More importantly, are we going to have the right Administration guiding the club??
Will we finally have a successful coaching staff to take us
upwards??
And importantly will we use any of the picks we land astutely
and finally have Australias best youth in Richmond guernseys in 2005??
Burning questions and important times at tigerland.
Oh and if my assesment is seen as negative its not meant to be,its my honest opinion of where we're at right now.
Any win will be a bonus.
Yes Cogs and Richo will be back but every club has injuries and its nieve to think you'll go into every game at full strength.
GO THE TIGES
I dont see myself as a brightsider, there are way too many concerning issues at the minute that are not being addressed.
The resignations from the board were shrouded with secrecy and left us to guessing what the agenda for the resignations were.
The finances are alarming to say the least.
The members have the right to know what the hell has happened to a 600,000 surplus in 02,to projections of 2 million $ losses at seasons end.
If satisfactory reasons can't be given(eg simply blaming poor on field results) or addressed then don't be surprised to see upheavals or an emergency AGM called for.
The president of our club must come up with some damn good answers IMO to continue in his current role,but thats not for me alone to decide, the members as a whole will be the judge and jury for this matter.
Recruitment has been a MAJOR problem for years fast becoming decades now.
Im a outspoken critic of our recruiting manager and his staff he oversees, and as l have taken up acres of space on this site with why l won't go on again, suffice to say the 8 years Greg Beck has had have been disappointing and have been one of the reasons we are not progressing on-field.
Watching the match it was clear to me that even though we won,we are probably still the wost side in the comp.
I'll be slaughtered by some for this assessment(fair enough) but these are my reasons:
We jumped the Hawks through sheer endeavor and a willingness to play for the first 20mins.
It was fantastic to see such intensity from our guys and Hawthorn were momentarily rattled and so we jumped away with guys like Hilton, who seemed desperate to cement his spot, stepping up.
Great start.
Unfortunately the game from thereon unfolded as l feared it would.
Hawthorn made tactical changes, our intensity began to wane and as they worked their way back into the game and our flawed gameplan and skill levels deteriorated under pressure again(I am fearful what will happen when we travel interstate when we are going to be under constant pressure from moments bounce)
Once again Frawley reverted to stacking guys back to stifle the oppositions thrust forward,but in the process denied us the attack that had provided a handy lead early...Was l the only one dimayed to see a player run the ball out of defence only to slow down to wait for a player to appear upfield??
It defeats the whole purpose of thrusting forward!!
Our players must also be accountable for not getting numbers forward quick enough and for the poor disposal that led to turn overs resulting in goals to Hawthorn.It was pleasing to see we were playing on in general rather than stagnating which was encouraging though.
We were poor in the second and third quarters and l watched Ottens start to lose all faith in his rovers and began trying to ruck and rove his own work.We kicked to contests where our players were outnumbered and wouldn't run the neccessary hard yards to provide options.
Blokes like Hilton were now becoming exposed for a lack of fitness.
The last quarter we gutsed out rather than won the game.We merely hung on through desperation rather than skill.
I also thought Hawthorn made some shocking errors and showed a lack of brains which helped too.
I was nervous and overjoyed when the siren sounded and shouted the song out like a lunatic.
This is probably why l'll never be a darksider either as a few of them have mentioned they didn't care about the result, well l watch RFC players live out my Childhood dream every week and when lm at a game l feel emotion for them and love seeing them win.
Are the priority picks more important than winning?
More importantly, are we going to have the right Administration guiding the club??
Will we finally have a successful coaching staff to take us
upwards??
And importantly will we use any of the picks we land astutely
and finally have Australias best youth in Richmond guernseys in 2005??
Burning questions and important times at tigerland.
Oh and if my assesment is seen as negative its not meant to be,its my honest opinion of where we're at right now.
Any win will be a bonus.
Yes Cogs and Richo will be back but every club has injuries and its nieve to think you'll go into every game at full strength.
GO THE TIGES
Gee, don't get me started. I was a big supporter of Casey and although I'm not ready to call for his head, I do want to know where the money has gone.
