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[Tigerbob]

Someone very close to Wallace - try Phil Maylin olice:

One of them.

Does this mean we should also get rid of your source? or the person(s) who provide your source with the information?

Loose lips sink ships.

Maybe, or maybe the guy who informed him.

 

[Tiger_4_Life]

Wallace does come out smelling like roses. And fair enough to.

As for the players if they come out and win this week well they would lose even more respect in my eyes. What are the going to say after they win.

Newmans post match interview could go something like this.

"We rallied because we had the belief that we have every right to sack our coach. We showed everyone that we are made of the right stuff and are on the right track. Maybe next time people will stick fat with us when we choose to sack the coach"

haha that's awesome :clap

 

[The_General]

Someone very close to Wallace - try Phil Maylin olice:

Hmm, which hotel does Maylin like to drink at? The manningham or there abouts?

 

[tiger1966]

could this just be the News to Rock the Football world.

asfar as the leak gose, i think it is a player/s that is not getting any game time what so ever and has it in for wallace

 

[AstuteTiger]

Strong Richmond people will stick around.

We don't need bandwagoner's like the types I have seen this season.

Round one the joint was a buzz, people everywhere, regular clients and people in my industry I had no idea even followed Richmond announced themselves to the world as Tiger fans and members.

I was amazed.

Then as the losses appeared, they disappeared back into their cracks not to be heard.

We don't need these types. The loyal, passionate and real Richmond people will stick.

Thank god some sanity, for people saying oh i wont join up next year cause of this or that, what a joke, im a platinum member and it goes like this if u luv the club u stick with it in good times and bad...these hangers on that’s all they're....Just received a text msg from a cousin who cant always make it to games due to work schedule and so forth is a member though and pays up year in year out, texted me and said ill be there on sat even though really its hard due to work, he said after seeing that on the footy show they need all the support that they can get....we need supporters sticking fat not deserting us....make what u will out of TW, Newman and everyone else bottom line is do you love your footy club, sure they *smile* us over for how long now but im passionate about this club and the wheel will eventually turn mark my words...

As TB said strong people stick around!!!

 

[Merveille]

Wallace does come out smelling like roses. And fair enough to.

As for the players if they come out and win this week well they would lose even more respect in my eyes. What are the going to say after they win.

Newmans post match interview could go something like this.

"We rallied because we had the belief that we have every right to sack our coach. We showed everyone that we are made of the right stuff and are on the right track. Maybe next time people will stick fat with us when we choose to sack the coach"

Can't agree.
I think Newman has tried to take some kind of affirmative action, possibly under pressure from his peers. HE has decided to front Wallace, rather than 'white ant' him and go behind his back to the Bosses to put the player's case forward.

Maybe he thought Wallace would bow to this and bow out, having lost his players, or similar. This is where his judgement has erred - Wallace has counter-acted in an unexpected way (to Chris) and Newman has copped it fair in the jaw. I am sure he thought he was doing the right thing.

Either way, the relationship has to be fractured. I think if Newman can get through this it may make him as a footballer and a captain. Wallace is a desperate dead man walking (evident in what he said to Morton which, in my opinion, was a disgrace), so who cares what happens to him. The sooner he is gone the better

 

[Baloo]

Just caught up in all the posts and I'm at the stage where there is nothing left to do but laugh. Crying just doesn't do it for me now though it did a few pages back.

My ONLY concern now is our good young kids who went through this crap. You know, if I was Lids or Chimps father, I'd probably be telling them to make sure their cdontracts don't get renewed until GC come a knocking.

We need a very strong coach next year with some immediate visible changes to the culture of the club or else we're going to lose the only thing we have to look forward too, and that's our prized early Rd 1 draft picks.

 

[Blackcat]

I think as members and supporters of the club we need to send the playing group a message, that this is not on!!!!

I think the only way we can do this is by not turning up to the game on Saturday Night. If not one Richmond Supporter turned up to the game how would they feel then, it would send a bloody big message to that group of spoilt little kids.

By truning up to the game we are supporting the actions they took this week, I for one will not be attending the game because this is not on, how dare they think that they can run the club how they see fit.

Its got to stop here and now!!!!!

I'm sick and tired of this crap, without us forking out our hard earned money each year they wouldn't have a job!!!!

 

[Tiger_4_Life]

could this just be the News to Rock the Football world.

asfar as the leak gose, i think it is a player/s that is not getting any game time what so ever and has it in for wallace

Let's blame JON, he's the whipping boy of PRE so we might as well pin it on him

 

[Liverpool]

Thank god some sanity, for people saying oh i wont join up next year cause of this or that, what a joke, im a platinum member and it goes like this if u luv the club u stick with it in good times and bad...these hangers on that’s all they're....Just received a text msg from a cousin who cant always make it to games due to work schedule and so forth is a member though and pays up year in year out, texted me and said ill be there on sat even though really its hard due to work, he said after seeing that on the footy show they need all the support that they can get....we need supporters sticking fat not deserting us....make what u will out of TW, Newman and everyone else bottom line is do you love your footy club, sure they *smile* us over for how long now but im passionate about this club and the wheel will eventually turn mark my words...
As TB said strong people stick around!!!

Yep, exactly.....no individual is bigger than the club.

Let's blame JON, he's the whipping boy of PRE so we might as well pin it on him

I reckon it was Bling.....he went to Newman and said, "Look Chrissy....you have to get rid of Wallace for me...I know I can play half back flank but he won't give me a go back there!"
:hihi

 

[Ridley]

Just caught up in all the posts and I'm at the stage where there is nothing left to do but laugh. Crying just doesn't do it for me now though it did a few pages back.

My ONLY concern now is our good young kids who went through this crap. You know, if I was Lids or Chimps father, I'd probably be telling them to make sure their cdontracts don't get renewed until GC come a knocking.

We need a very strong coach next year with some immediate visible changes to the culture of the club or else we're going to lose the only thing we have to look forward too, and that's our prized early Rd 1 draft picks.

As much as I have been an advocate of one of the younger coaches (Hardwicke etc) getting the gig as the next coach, these recent events lead me to believe that we need a hard, tough, no *smile* experienced coach to cull this softo loser playing list and pull those that stay into line. Malthouse or Matthews need to be the targets. They won't put up with the type of *smile* Newman, Johnson and Simmonds have tried to pull.

 

[RFC not KFC]

Why would anyone be surprised that the captain made such a boo-boo as to go to the coach instead of the president? Anyone who has Brendan Fevola as a best mate surely has questionable judgement.

 

[Tigers2011]

Hardwick mentored by Sheedy would be ok. Just because they're young, doesn't mean they wouldn't be tough on the players.

I would think some trades of reasonably high profile players are on the cards now as well as a new coach.

 

[TigerForce]

Why would anyone be surprised that the captain made such a boo-boo as to go to the coach instead of the president? Anyone who has Brendan Fevola as a best mate surely has questionable judgement.

Good point. Then again Newman wouldn't have told Fev and then..............nuh can't be right.....could it? Fev panelist on Footy Show......hmmm

 

[btoz_01]

I think as members and supporters of the club we need to send the playing group a message, that this is not on!!!!

I think the only way we can do this is by not turning up to the game on Saturday Night. If not one Richmond Supporter turned up to the game how would they feel then, it would send a bloody big message to that group of spoilt little kids.

By truning up to the game we are supporting the actions they took this week, I for one will not be attending the game because this is not on, how dare they think that they can run the club how they see fit.

Its got to stop here and now!!!!!

I'm sick and tired of this crap, without us forking out our hard earned money each year they wouldn't have a job!!!!

So the idea is we dont all turn up to the game as that shows we dont support the players in their actions ? What absolute garbage.
Again its the supporters or players that are to blame that the coach is clueless more spin and it just goes on and on :spin :spin :spin

 

[Ridley]

So the idea is we dont all turn up to the game as that shows we dont support the players in their actions ? What absolute garbage.
Again its the supporters or players that are to blame that the coach is clueless more spin and it just goes on and on :spin :spin :spin

You're kidding yourself if you think the players aren't implicit in the continual *smile* performances of the RFC. Wallace is no good and needs to go but the players are every bit as much to blame.

 

[btoz_01]

You're kidding yourself if you think the players aren't implicit in the continual sh!t performances of the RFC. Wallace is no good and needs to go but the players are every bit as much to blame.

The coach will be gone sooner rather than later but the players will be there next year.
If you lose the players you may as well not be there. We can all only take so much snake oil and spin from the man. :spin
Its upto the board to act and end this charade once and for all

 

[Ridley]

The coach will be gone sooner rather than later but the players will be there next year.
If you lose the players you may as well not be there. We can all only take so much snake oil and spin from the man. :spin

True but many of the players are complete duds and hacks and shouldn't be there either. You can't seriously think that removing Wallace alone will solve all of our problems?? Our playing list is shithouse.

 

[RedanTiger]

Can't agree.
I think Newman has tried to take some kind of affirmative action, possibly under pressure from his peers. HE has decided to front Wallace, rather than 'white ant' him and go behind his back to the Bosses to put the player's case forward.

Maybe he thought Wallace would bow to this and bow out, having lost his players, or similar. This is where his judgement has erred - Wallace has counter-acted in an unexpected way (to Chris) and Newman has copped it fair in the jaw. I am sure he thought he was doing the right thing.

Either way, the relationship has to be fractured. I think if Newman can get through this it may make him as a footballer and a captain. Wallace is a desperate dead man walking (evident in what he said to Morton which, in my opinion, was a disgrace), so who cares what happens to him. The sooner he is gone the better

This is my take on the whole thing as well.
Think Newman has gone to Wallace to reinforce the player's disatisfaction with the problems as stated verbatim by Hutchy. Has then bought up the other issues like abusing the players over losing his job.

Has then said to Wallace something along the lines of "If you can't handle the prerssure or what I'm putting to you on behalf of the players, then why don't you just walk away?"

Very close to the same as asking for the coach to resign, but subtly different.

IMO If that is what happened then Newman should front the presser after Saturday's match and as soon as he is asked about asking for Wallace's resignation he should say that it is a lie. Then Hutchy (or his source) must either come out of the woodwork or admit they lied/exagerated.

If Newman did ask Wallace to walk then he must resign as Captain. Since I believe Wallace leaked the contents of that original meeting then he can also resign as coach.

Only then can we get this whole thing cleared up, with the exception of the person who leaked about the petty matter of the Morton spray which I don't think was either Wallace or Newman. As McVeigh focussed in on, this leak from within the inner sanctum was the most worrying thing for me since I can understand all the other crap in terms of people fighting for their career but that one is just destructive to everyone and the club.

 

[btoz_01]

True but many of the players are complete duds and hacks and shouldn't be there either. You can't seriously think that removing Wallace alone will solve all of our problems?? Our playing list is sh!thouse.

Walla$e and his non existent game plan is our main problem.
A new coach will then go through our pitiful list and decides who stays. My first 5 to go are Bowden, Simmonds, Johnson, Brown & McMahon