AFL Autopsy Rnd 21: Chewed up and spat out by the Dogs

[number 75]

Not sure why people are so angry or shocked, all week we knew we were f’ed this match.

Don't get me wrong, the effort was deplorable, but let's all take a deep breath.

This is why this club is F***ed we accept mediocrity ,,,we expected to lose maybe but by 100 points F**k me this is not local footy it's AFL.
Stop making excuses for unacceptable effort !!!!

 

[Despair]

Crowe, Woosha, Dodoro all gone.
Heppell stood down as Captain.
Zaharakis, McNeice delisted.
Fantasia and Tipungwuti traded.

Start again, lets go.

 

[faible]

You know how you can return defective products when they don’t perform the intended purpose? Imagine if we could ask for membership refunds on the basis that the players aren’t performing their intended purpose...

 

[JayJ20]

I hope they show the players when the Bulldogs cheer squad were clapping our 2nd goal and laughing because that's what we have become the laughing stock of the AFL.

 

[jmoo wan]

Blokes I wouldn't want to go to war with:

1. Zach Merrett
2. Orazio Fantasia


Oh wait, they are our leadership group.....

why would you even want to go to war?

that’s pretty ****ed up.

 

[Yoda_]

you guys are nuts. 6 of our best 10 out injured and another couple clearly carrying injuries. obviously the margin is huge, but there was a complete gulf in class and size.

>> "insert - reference Richmonds long injury list early/mid season to which they continued to challenge/win games of football" here <<

 

[Halftimehero]

lol

 

[Highly Evolved]

It's a full moon. That's why we didn't pay well, yeah?

 

[Schnitzengruben]

This was just a terrible performance. Worthy of multiple sackings, starting with Woosha and Crow.

These bruise-free passengers need to stop focusing on crap like 'Don Air' podcasts and advertising their investment Gym's. Hardly even of them want to actually play footy; they just want to cash their pay-cheque. Zaka is the perfect example of this ethos.

 

[ghostdog]

Rocket scientist compared to Shiel

Oh, I'm staying away from that one. Shiel kicked a goal.

 

[lmaohelp]

Hey relax lads. No point screaming about sacking people and calling for a change. It just never happens. We are a soft football club with no heart that can't make the hard decisions. We have gone full circle this season. Started like this against GWS then world beaters and now back to s**t. No one will get sacked. It's a mates club. They all sit around patting each other on the back drink their own bath water and collect a pay check each and laugh about it.
I haven't given the club a cent since 2012, I guess that's something to be proud of now.

Its hard not too. we need change, we need a CEO change, too interested esports rather than making sure our club is stable, we need a coach who strives for perfection and wants finals success

 

[DapperDon]

Mate I get what you’re saying, but I have been following this club for 37 years, and I have never seen anything like what was dished tonight. I can’t breath, let alone take a deep breathe. I am normally pretty measured, but right now I am just spewing.

i'm 39 so have followed as long as you, remember in 92 when Hawks beat us by 140odd?
Crows beating us by 130odd in the 00's
West Coast where LeCras kicked 12

We have had plenty of insipid games (sadly) it's a very real problem the club has had for a long time and I now fear it's going to take a lot longer to get out of this cycle of shitness.

I think we need to be ruthless, but the majority of supporters I feel aren't ready for what needs to be done.

 

[calyam]

Using injuries as an excuse is crazy. If we'd lost by 5 goals that might've been justified. But to lose by over 100 to a very ordinary side reflects far more than a few injuries.

 

[DapperDon]

This is why this club is F***ed we accept mediocrity ,,,we expected to lose maybe but by 100 points F**k me this is not local footy it's AFL.
Stop making excuses for unacceptable effort !!!!

The club is ****ed because I said take a breath?

Sorry, I didn't realise I had so much pull.

 

[DallasCrane316]

I know we have injuries, I wasn’t expecting the win. But to show up and not even seem to be making an effort. Disgusting.

 

[adsla69k]

Its hard not too. we need change, we need a CEO change, too interested esports rather than making sure our club is stable, we need a coach who strives for perfection and wants finals success

Lol I was joking. I want to sack the lot. I'm normally first to call it on here. I would have sacked Woosha round 2 or 3. Dodoro would have been sacked a few years back. Langford cut last year with McNug. Never would have picked up Z Clarke because he was laughing stock at Freo, what would change. Not trading in a good ruckmen since Hills is a travesty. **** this club. Carlisle was right!

 

[Alfred E Neuman]

>> "insert - reference Richmonds long injury list early/mid season to which they continued to challenge/win games of football" here <<

Please go on. Well researched as always.

 

[Doss]

Bullish!t, there was no fight.

Not sure how you missed the sarcasm there mate.

 

[MightyDon]

Is there a coaching contract trigger?

 

[Prince27]

Using injuries as an excuse is crazy. If we'd lost by 5 goals that might've been justified. But to lose by over 100 to a very ordinary side reflects far more than a few injuries.

The Bulldogs aren't an ordinary side mate.

 

[Falcon27]

i'm 39 so have followed as long as you, remember in 92 when Hawks beat us by 140odd?
Crows beating us by 130odd in the 00's
West Coast where LeCras kicked 12

We have had plenty of insipid games (sadly) it's a very real problem the club has had for a long time and I now fear it's going to take a lot longer to get out of this cycle of s**tness.

I think we need to be ruthless, but the majority of supporters I feel aren't ready for what needs to be done.

Well I’m ready for change. And that means I want to see the likes of Xavier, Dodoro, Whoosa (guilty by association), Harvey, Dr Reid and any other person that institutionalized by the past GONE. We need radical change, and I am not sure bringing Caracella ‘back’ is the right thing.

 

[avignon]

In 50 years of supporting this club and going to games, this is the worst performance in that time. The 160 point Sydney drubbing came close but I'm talking about matches I've attended.

 

[thaibomber]

I think the Drug saga is still having an affect, players are just playing for the cheque, doing podcasts, investing etc.... Jobe telling them to prepare for life after footy, while good advice, was telling of how he felt after being shafted. No club spirit much since the shafting of the saga. Not saying players shouldn't invest etc but no club spirit visible and I think that has a lot to do with the saga.

 

[IggypopsTshirt]

why would you even want to go to war?

that’s pretty f’ed up.

If you’ve served, you’ve wanted to deploy. Nothing ****ed up about it.

 

[MightyDon]

In 50 years of supporting this club and going to games, this is the worst performance in that time. The 160 point Sydney drubbing came close but I'm talking about matches I've attended.

Is worse than when Jobe and others sat down in the middle of the ground with Knights coaching