You could hardly say Richmond fans are impatient by nature. After many years in the wilderness suffering poor season after poor season attendances at games and membership numbers are still high.
I can’t help but feel we are growing really restless now we can sniff the air of imminent change though.
For too long we’ve paid our players too much for too little. The people responsible for the lengthy and expensive contracts have now left the club but they have probably left a legacy behind them too.
How can a player who finishes high in our best and fairest feel when he’s on a far lower salary than players who don’t put in as much for the club? I don’t have a clue about the facts, but surely it would have to cause some unrest in the ranks.
We need to have players who want to play for the jumper rather than for the $$$$. There are far more successful clubs than us who use far less of the salary cap.
We have Greg Miller and Ian Campbell in charge now and have to have faith that they will lead us in the right direction. It’s hard to have unconditional faith when we’ve been burned so many times before but we need to give the new staff at the club a chance to turn things around. It takes time.
Our sponsorships are very good considering we haven’t really performed at an acceptable standard for a prolonged period. Our playing list is gradually being turned over. Hopefully players holding the club to ransom come contract time is a thing of the past. Surely we’ve learnt a lesson that giving into them hasn’t worked in the past and has in fact caused a lot of damage.
It’s no use calling for Danny to be sacked on every thread on here. There would be no doubt in the world that the club would be at least considering other options for next year. The RFC really need to get this right for once no matter whom they have in mind.
I love Richmond despite all it’s failings and really believe we’ll be in a far better position to judge things after this season.
We have a whole culture to change so be patient for a few more months. There’s no point calling for sackings after every loss.
The end of this season is like a light at the end of a tunnel. The powers to be will have more freedom to shape our future whichever direction it needs to take and I suspect a big broom to sweep through many areas at Tigerland.
I’m genuinely excited about our future and a new culture of success.
Go Tiges.
I can’t help but feel we are growing really restless now we can sniff the air of imminent change though.
For too long we’ve paid our players too much for too little. The people responsible for the lengthy and expensive contracts have now left the club but they have probably left a legacy behind them too.
How can a player who finishes high in our best and fairest feel when he’s on a far lower salary than players who don’t put in as much for the club? I don’t have a clue about the facts, but surely it would have to cause some unrest in the ranks.
We need to have players who want to play for the jumper rather than for the $$$$. There are far more successful clubs than us who use far less of the salary cap.
We have Greg Miller and Ian Campbell in charge now and have to have faith that they will lead us in the right direction. It’s hard to have unconditional faith when we’ve been burned so many times before but we need to give the new staff at the club a chance to turn things around. It takes time.
Our sponsorships are very good considering we haven’t really performed at an acceptable standard for a prolonged period. Our playing list is gradually being turned over. Hopefully players holding the club to ransom come contract time is a thing of the past. Surely we’ve learnt a lesson that giving into them hasn’t worked in the past and has in fact caused a lot of damage.
It’s no use calling for Danny to be sacked on every thread on here. There would be no doubt in the world that the club would be at least considering other options for next year. The RFC really need to get this right for once no matter whom they have in mind.
I love Richmond despite all it’s failings and really believe we’ll be in a far better position to judge things after this season.
We have a whole culture to change so be patient for a few more months. There’s no point calling for sackings after every loss.
The end of this season is like a light at the end of a tunnel. The powers to be will have more freedom to shape our future whichever direction it needs to take and I suspect a big broom to sweep through many areas at Tigerland.
I’m genuinely excited about our future and a new culture of success.
Go Tiges.
