Lynch !!

[Dyer'ere]

Onto the Dimma comments.

Again, brewing for a while. I've mentioned above the old us v them thing. I think we're cooking it atm.

It was the Brisbane aftermatch presser a couple of rounds ago. As he sat down for it Dimma was beyond the edge of guarded. He was anticipating negative media and was handling his clear agitation. Did he tug at his wrists as he sat? Spoiling for a fight.

And sure enough the anti Richmond narrative soon surfaced. Brisbane had been unlucky in the game due to poor scoring conversion. Dimma didn't directly say that they only get shots where we let them and that they are a notorious prayer team due to a lack of tall forwards but he hist is straight on the head. Richmond too experienced was his clear message.

Media is part of football tactics. We are good at that but so are our opponents. Further to all of the above anti-Tom Lynch media is part of tactics. To put pressure on him. And Richmond.

If you accept that the Tom Lynch is soft dogwhistling is part of the narrative you can see that Dimma has to strike back. And one of the best ways of doing that is to discredit the attackers.

Enter David Small Schwarz.

*Oh, but David Schwarz had a well-publicised mental health challenge. He must not be criticised.* A times I think that's a reasonable view. But this time David has found himself at the crest of the anti-Tom Lynch narrative and the club is attacking that.

Tom Lynch is soft, eh? Well, there was a blue at the 20-minute mark of X Grand Final and David Schwarz cried during that. Hardwick's comment is unambiguous - David Schwarz was crying 20 minutes into the 2000 GF. At the time of the blue. [Because David Schwarz was physically soft.]

FWIW I think Hardwick totally bungled this. For a start, who gives David Schwarz air? And then why in that way? Better to dismiss Schwarz.

But Hardwick did some useful things. The club will be counselling Lynch on how to hold on during intense media scrutiny. Hardwick can now show him how it's done because the media spotlight has shifted from Lynch to him. And that too is a very useful thing. ;D

 

[Baloo]

I wouldn't want to be the teams facing us or Hawthorn this week. The media have given both of us a reason to come out frothing at the mouth looking for a very physical encounter.

 

[Tigers of Old]

Just on Schwarz. I read his book. it was a great read that he chose to share but it also showed an individual who has a few demons.
This post is not to pot a guy with flaws as he seems like a decent enough fella who's done well to turn his life around..

However if you make the personal choice to take up a media role, then choose to use that role to take personal pot shots at players well beyond the usual analysis, then don't be surprised when things get personal the other way. That's called self defence in my book. Not guilty your honour.

Far from contempt, Hardwick has earned respect here. Other journalists won't be so quick to go there next time. Not before time.

 

[Mr Brightside]

Sorry if this has allready been posted

 

[TigerTribe5]

There is a significant strand of the entire narrative about Lynch that is about the platicness of the tough guy. Evidence of plasticness? The clip above where Lynch, having successfully bumped a youngish Dangerfield (but nothing special) lurches back over to him and pushes him over again when he's off balance, and then gobs off.

Plasticness is about showy and Lynch can be very showy. You can't be plastic without showy. (Anybody here prefer the strong silent type? Usually, I do, particularly if an assassin.)

The implication, the unstated allegation of plasticness is that the toughguy is not real. The plastic tough guy is the first bluff you'd call.

On the topic of Lynch's genuine toughness, I refer you to the 2019 Preliminary Final during which Tom Lynch, at crucial stages, applied his 100kg at full speed and at great velocity to up 500kg of moving heathen. Heroically and irrespective of personal risk. It was the PF. We were *smile*. He rose and hit hard, at risk. He was instrumental in winning a match we were losing. Mentally tough. Physically tough.

Tom Lynch may be showy but he is real. (You can be showy and still real.)

It is the platicness strand that is the main one in AFL playing/coaching circles atm. Or it has been, and for the entire season as I see it.

Showy is the biggest indicator of plasticness, gobbing off, pushing, standing over prone opponents, pushing supine players. Tom Lynch is showy. And conspicuous. So the narrative has long been there - Tom Lynch is soft. And all year it has been getting louder.

We're finally saying it. Plastic guys are soft. I refer you again to unforgettable bravery of the 2019 PF and remind you that it is established fact that Tom Lynch is not soft.

There has been dogwhistling.* There have been onfield incidents all on the unstated allegation against Tom Lynch - that he is soft.

Onfield? You have noticed that players in groups start each game verbally and physically targeting Tom Lynch. Singling him out. Why Lynch? Why not Jack? It's the obvious planning of it. The calculated grouping. They think he's soft. It's opposition team thinking put into action.

We have a team. We have planning. We know what's cracking down at Tigerland. And we think they're all against us. It may not be original but it's a view that may continue to profit us. Does anybody expect Richmond media victim Tom Lynch to get any protection from umpires?

It was maybe six rounds ago that Lynch started to get on the front foot. He gobbed off at them. He started the push and shove. He was, as Dimma appositely put it, 'aggressive'. Not responsive as he had been. This aggressive idea was clearly planned. We're a team. Who combats the tactics of other teams.

The thing was brewing all season but finally came to a head when Sam Collins got a gut punch of undetermined power before a marking contest. And fell over. After that Sam Collins punched Jack Riewoldt in the face (observable blood). And Jarrod Witts scragged Lynch across the face (observable blood).

And Tom Lynch's Collins punch was the big news. Because it's about Tom Lynch. And the dogwhistling about him being soft.

I'd like to touch on the notion that everybody else is bigoted. So I just did.

The treatment of Lynch by the media on this matter has been unfair. We'll see how the tactics of our opponents have worked out over the coming weeks. And you can make up your own mind own fair they are.

Yep Tom is genuinely tuff! Remember the Port game of 2019 - 3 of their plastic tuff guys took him on & they came off second best.

Our Tiger Tom genuinely takes no *smile*! He's a ripper!

 

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Sorry if this has allready been posted View attachment 10292

Funny how dipstick Lyon, Robbo or Ox are bring this up.
Gone a little quiet.

 

[DavidSSS]

Good for Footy Classified for going in to bat for Lynch. Played the shot of Collins hitting Lynch in the guts and say he was getting payback for all the scragging etc from the idiot. Good on them especially LLoyd and Ross

I note Collins isn't getting reported for his punch, any explanation from the Amateur Hour at the AFL?

DS

 

[Tass]

I note Collins isn't getting reported for his punch, any explanation from the Amateur Hour at the AFL?

DS

Bueller, Bueller.....

 

[craig]

Couldnt hang Tommy the Tiger so move on nothing else to see here people .........................................wankers.

 

[The_Celebrant]

Theo thers

I presume this was the same Theo Thers that I knew ... ran a fish and chip shop just north of Rockhampton ... ring a bell? His potato cakes were legendary. But for reasons not even revealed in his eulogy, he refused to stock Chiko Rolls.

 

[Tigers of Old]

Tom was smashing into packs like nothing the week after surgery on his broken hand. He's tough alright.

 

[LeeToRainesToRoach]

I've read his book. I am not convinced he had depression, i think his gamblig addiction made him depressed; which is different.

Just on this... for whatever reason, an old article about Schwarz was rehashed in today's HS. It contains the story about his last bet on the day of his son's christening, and Clare Lindop pulling the whip with the race in hand and the horse crashing through the rail etc.

I looked it up at the time of the article - there was no race meeting at Port Augusta that day. The other details (rider, odds, Lindop's mounts running soon after with a broken leg) didn't check out either.

I don't dislike Schwarz and am not out to bash him, but he's obviously not averse to a bit of embellishment and I think he's guilty of it in his criticism of Lynch.

 

[spook]

Ox is a funny nickname for a bloke as dumb as a horse.

 

[tigerman]

Ox is a funny nickname for a bloke as dumb as a horse.

The ox is slow, but I've got no patience.

 

[tigertim]

I've read his book. I am not convinced he had depression, i think his gamblig addiction made him depressed; which is different.

I read it too. I remember how he describes meeting his now wife. He went out, met her at a club but she had a boyfriend, she went to the states soon after and when she came back she needed somewhere to stay so rung up Schwarz and asked if she could stay with him. Hmmm, I wondered if he may have left a bit out....

 

[kiwitiger]

Be interesting to see how he responds tonight ,

Not wanting to read too much into it , but this type of distraction can effect different sportspeople in different ways ,

Thought the diving accusations took something away from rance for example

 

[Tigers of Old]

I am sure someone told me during the week you'd never see Charlie Dixon carrying on like Tom Lynch during the week.
Well that person should head over to the AFL site & take a look because what Charlie did in todays game was considerably worse. lets see what happens..

 

[craig]

Ox is a funny nickname for a bloke as dumb as a horse.

Or an ass

 

[craig]

Be interesting to see how he responds tonight ,

Not wanting to read too much into it , but this type of distraction can effect different sportspeople in different ways ,

Thought the diving accusations took something away from rance for example

Might not exactly be a great night conditions wise for big Tommy.

It'll be a night of creating more chances for the smalls i reckon, will most likely be greasey conditions.

 

[Tass]

I am sure someone told me during the week you'd never see Charlie Dixon carrying on like Tom Lynch during the week.
Well that person should head over to the AFL site & take a look because what Charlie did in todays game was considerably worse. lets see what happens..

Nothing will happen