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Damien Hardwick
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Can tell you now Dimma may come across as Mr Nice guy but he is a very arrogant man. That isn't an assumption. Mrs Hardwick is a ripper. Down to earth and also very loyal. Still reckon the fallout of the 2 has something to do with our decline.
dow did end up playing. Didn’t really matter although was a swap for a tall also giving nothing.
maybe two or three but no way we change five and win.
A hard call but all we want is a team that tries hard win or lose. These last two weeks we haven't see a Tiger roar
Dimma's pregame comment that we had a big review after the saints game and that we've gone back to the richmond blueprint on the training track during the week
leads me to believe that we've gone away from our blueprint
and that my suspicions were correct
Perhaps dimma is missing his assistants to give him the re assurance he needs to stick to our winning formula
We've been spooked and we've over corrected and gone away from our dna
leads me to believe that we've gone away from our blueprint
and that my suspicions were correct
Perhaps dimma is missing his assistants to give him the re assurance he needs to stick to our winning formula
We've been spooked and we've over corrected and gone away from our dna
I don’t understand why we don’t value clearances, especially centre bounce. Reached laughable levels tonight against makeshift rucks.
And then we ditch sideways/backwards short kicking (thank goodness) but just seem to go long bombs to stationary contests. What about moving it forward quickly to moving targets? I don’t understand what he’s trying to get the team to play at the moment.
And then we ditch sideways/backwards short kicking (thank goodness) but just seem to go long bombs to stationary contests. What about moving it forward quickly to moving targets? I don’t understand what he’s trying to get the team to play at the moment.
It's gone strange very quickly.
Is there something cooking in the background?
Is there something cooking in the background?
Watching it from level 3 you could clearly see the lack of movement and willingness to run hard upfield to provide a target and willingness to leave their man and run hard to provide a handball receive option to the ball carrier. Our guys were stationary and the guy with the ball had no other option but to bomb blindly. Not enough players willing to get on their bike. Very 2016 where we were very reactive, and slow to move the ball on.
We do value them. We are just no good at them. And the rest of our game no longer makes up for it.
Symptomatic of a team & players out of form & confidence. It could have been the sideways ball movement of recent weeks was simply to encourage players to run. Alas didn’t work & made us even less likely to score as opposition flooded back.
Only way out is for quicker ball movement to players on the move. The old run to create. Take the game on & enjoy their footy for the rest of the season. Nothing to lose now.
It’ll be better with our two best rucks back obviously but midfield clearance & contested ball is the no. 1 priority to fix for me. Relying on turnover footy isn’t working.
Dimma kept saying the Suns played well. My view is when comparing the low standard of play by the Tigers to the Suns, it wasn't that hard to look the better team even with their shortcomings
