I get what you are saying and I cannot disagree that we were on a decline. However we could have won 2016. That smith miss was the end of an era, however we had the team to do it had he kicked the goal. The mental resolve was exhausted after many close wins that you mention.
Re freekickhawthorn, I never bought into that.
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We were also up to our eyeballs against the Dogs.... Granted we lost but I still don't understand how a team lays 100 tackles and gets rewarded with 3 times. That began the era of the flick handpass.
Richmond have now perfected it to the sling throw and the over the head throw.