5 Worst Successive Captains

[Frankston Rover]

So they were both pea heart squealers....

Jack Dyer must be turning in his grave.

 

[Bazzar]

100% right, fearless player and leader. Free would've become one of the great Richmond captains IMO. He played the entire game out after Brereton fractured his jaw in the first half at the MCG in 1994. Was the leading kickgetter in the competition at the time.

I had that Henwood bump on video for years but lost the tape; 'twas the same game as Michael Mitchell's seven-bounce goal of the year.

Didnt Mitchel also take mark of the year that game? Tambling reminds me so much of Mitchel

 

[Ron The Bear]

A repeat of this post is warranted:

I thought that dobbing at the tribunal startd back in the 80's with Polkinghorne ?

 

[Ron The Bear]

Didnt Mitchel also take mark of the year that game? Tambling reminds me so much of Mitchel

The mark of the year came against Fitzroy earlier that year. Another potentially great Tiger forced into early retirement.

 

[Mr Lizard]

The mark of the year came against Fitzroy earlier that year. Another potentially great Tiger forced into early retirement.

I was sitting right in front of that, it was huge.


Whatever happened to Mitchell?

 

[Bazzar]

I was sitting right in front of that, it was huge.


Whatever happened to Mitchell?

Serious head injury from memory

 

[Ron The Bear]

I was sitting right in front of that, it was huge.

Whatever happened to Mitchell?

Too many knocks to the head, neurologist told him he risked brain damage by continuing. Didn't receive a lot of publicity at the time as Richmond were shit (yes, then as well) and the AFL have never encouraged that sort of thing.

In fact he only played another 26 games after the MOTY and 9 after the GOTY.

 

[doppleganger]

Another plus for Vandenberg is that he was instrumental in implementing discipline at Hawthorn and set an example that the other players looked up to.

What???
Hawthorn are still ridiculously undisciplined. Have a look at the SF against the Kangas......Hawthorn blokes lost the plot and went the man. Hawthorn try to act tough by going the man instead of the ball.....perhaps now that Vanders is gone and they have a proper leader in Mitchell this trait will be gone from the team?

I never called Lloyd a poor player, just a poor leader.

What makes Lloyd a poor leader? Because he wont go around hitting people?? Lloyd takes strong marks, kicks important goals.....it is hard to continually inspire a team from FF but Lloyd does a decent job.

But after all that i agree with the opening post, they would have to be the worst 5 consecutive captains of recent time.

 

[Ron The Bear]

Serious head injury from memory

Now that you mention it he copped a really heavy knock in a practice game against North at Bayswater in the 1990 pre-season (just prior to the MOTY & GOTY). That was the start of his problems.

 

[bomba4eva]

Another plus for Vandenberg is that he was instrumental in implementing discipline at Hawthorn and set an example that the other players looked up to.
I never called Lloyd a poor player, just a poor leader.

Vandenberg was the biggest pretender seen on an AFL field. What was the example that he set? Being a coward and attacking a player in a brawl who was being held down by two other hawthorn players? He is a soft, gutless player that didnt lead by example at all. What is this discipline you refer too? Getting into brawls?
You call Lloyd a poor leader but why is that? What has he shown that makes him a poor leader? Leadership qualities are things like stepping up when the team needs you and getting the best out of your players etc. What are your reasons for calling Lloyd a poor player? You know you are talking trash with nothing that shows Lloyd is a poor leader at Essendon.

 

[Mr Lizard]

You know you are talking trash with nothing that shows Lloyd is a poor leader at Essendon.

If Lloyd was a good leader, then more Essendon players would follow his example and have their shorts up around their ribcages.

QED.

 

[bomba4eva]

If Lloyd was a good leader, then more Essendon players would follow his example and have their shorts up around their ribcages.

QED.

lol well fortunately players at the Bombers have realised how ludicrous it is to play a game of footy with your shorts stuck up your a** crack. Perhaps that is why he wasnt kicking as straight this year compared to past years. Because his shorts were too low and hence his head wasnt looking as straight as usual with the usual wedgie stuck up his a**.
BTW what is QED?

 

[Ron The Bear]

Freo's captains 1995-2001

Ben Allan
Peter Mann
Chris Bond
Adrian Fletcher
Shaun McManus

 

[crannypeter]

no brother it gets the thumbs up it was good

she done this other trick with a banana she sayed she learn that when she first left school she say her famila make bananas lamana i thunk it was

 

[windyhill]

What was wrong with knighta and cambos captaincy?

"cambo" where do i start ?

 

[JSFish]

"cambo" where do i start ?

Go ahead....

 

[crannypeter]

if i have to stop to do them brother i forget the next word in my head then my stuff doesnunt make sense

 

[2011AndCounting]

2004 (year before Vanders' Captaincy) 4 wins.
2005 (1st year with Vanders as Captain) 5 wins/25% improvement.
2006 (2nd year with Vanders as Captain) 9 wins/80% improvement .
2007 (3rd year with Vanders as Captain) 14 wins/56% improvement (including finals).

In each year of Vanders' Captaincy, the Hawks have improved.

Take a look at your own captain first before mocking another. Hird will not be there to help highpants out.

Yeh

the more he got injured the better they played.

Hog was a Coleman medalist
Free was as tough as they come, played with a broken jaw after that snipa Dermie king hit him.
Knights was a class player, who devoted himself to a club that didn't deserve him
Campbell, I agree
Johnson, he has struggled with form but leads by example off the feild as a good captain should, Premiership player X2.

Frankston Rover you are a joke.

 

[lethalselbow]

Some dirty little bitch punches knighta in the face and deservedly gets 5 weeks, and it's knightas fault? He woulda got 5 weeks anyway, cos he was a dirty little sh*t

This weak as piss attitude is one of the reasons Essendon have appointed him.

It unites the gutless.

 

[Frankston Rover]

Freo's captains 1995-2001

Ben Allan
Peter Mann
Chris Bond
Adrian Fletcher
Shaun McManus

Ahh, we have a new contender.

Well done, Ron.

Yeh

the more he got injured the better they played.

Hog was a Coleman medalist
Free was as tough as they come, played with a broken jaw after that snipa Dermie king hit him.
Knights was a class player, who devoted himself to a club that didn't deserve him
Campbell, I agree
Johnson, he has struggled with form but leads by example off the feild as a good captain should, Premiership player X2.

Frankston Rover you are a joke.

No, YOU are the JOKE.

1. Jeff Hogg NEVER WON a Coleman Medal.
2. Knights was never a 'class' player. He was an in and under, blue collar midfielder.
3. Johnson, after being carried by Adelaide to two premierships, is a dud. What has he done at Richmond?

Get your facts right before you make yourself look stupid.

 

[JSFish]

This weak as piss attitude is one of the reasons Essendon have appointed him.

It unites the gutless.

I know, totally agree with you, getting hit in the face is weak as piss....

 

[lethalselbow]

I know, totally agree with you, getting hit in the face is weak as piss....

Spot on.

When you get hit in the head by a midget you can either

A. Start a bit of dwarf tossing

or

B. Squeal like a girl.

Option B describes Richmond's last 25 years.

 

[Leather Poisoning]

B. Squeal like a girl.

That's why he was their leader.

 

[JSFish]

Spot on.

When you get hit in the head by a midget you can either

A. Start a bit of dwarf tossing

or

B. Squeal like a girl.

When you get hit in the head by a midget you can either

A. Start a bit of dwarf tossing and get 10 weeks

or

B. Get the little f*ggot suspended

 

[crannypeter]

brother he d of been shived if he done that in jail that is a weak dog act you cop and shiv him back later when no one is looking

thats what lethal done to the dog bruns for eye gouging tucky only lethal forgetted about the camera still thats what real man do