Defence was good. Pressure was good. Clearance, tick.
Polish. Dimma mentioned this as the missing ingredient last night, in case we all had our eyes closed.
We know this. Even Dimma, the battler-lover, knows it. It's why we drafted the Superhunks. Precision with the ball.
Emerging youth. One of @Dyer'ere 's key indicators of imminent success. (He called it with Geelong early last year, and Sydney even earlier.)
The two go hand-in-glove for us. Our emerging youth are glamour users. But they are young, and we don't break our youth at Richmond. We are not some Poor Adelaide or Carltoon rabble. We will introduce them with discernment. A few runs in the autumn, blanket on the back while the mudders go round, freshened with an eye to a Memsie return. Time them to the day, have them running on top of the ground come spring carnival. Bart Hardwick has the reins, after all.
Juddy. The Sonz. First two off the rank. Next week, ploise. Adelaide are young. We are oldish. We can afford it. (And we'll be better.)
Our classy children won't play all year. If we can swing it, they will take turns for a month or so with the big boys, drop back to apply learnings in midweek grade and be kept sound.
Emerging youth. Polish. The final ingredients in our September Soufflé. (A delicate balance to get right, in the kitchen and on the field.)
(Did I miss any metaphors?
)
Polish. Dimma mentioned this as the missing ingredient last night, in case we all had our eyes closed.
We know this. Even Dimma, the battler-lover, knows it. It's why we drafted the Superhunks. Precision with the ball.
Emerging youth. One of @Dyer'ere 's key indicators of imminent success. (He called it with Geelong early last year, and Sydney even earlier.)
The two go hand-in-glove for us. Our emerging youth are glamour users. But they are young, and we don't break our youth at Richmond. We are not some Poor Adelaide or Carltoon rabble. We will introduce them with discernment. A few runs in the autumn, blanket on the back while the mudders go round, freshened with an eye to a Memsie return. Time them to the day, have them running on top of the ground come spring carnival. Bart Hardwick has the reins, after all.
Juddy. The Sonz. First two off the rank. Next week, ploise. Adelaide are young. We are oldish. We can afford it. (And we'll be better.)
Our classy children won't play all year. If we can swing it, they will take turns for a month or so with the big boys, drop back to apply learnings in midweek grade and be kept sound.
Emerging youth. Polish. The final ingredients in our September Soufflé. (A delicate balance to get right, in the kitchen and on the field.)
(Did I miss any metaphors?
)
