StCicatriz
Brownlow Medallist
- Aug 3, 2016
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This is ridiculous.... the form was there. I'm not sure why you won't acknowledge it.Not sure, I think if you have to go back more than 12 months and talk about a pretty short period of time you might be clutching at straws.
At the risk of upsetting the cult of Ross this current gamestyle is ALL Ross and the form of 12 months ago when he’d just taken the wheel and seemed to be far less structured and just assessing players strength and weaknesses seems irrelevant to what he wants to do.
I’ve banged on about it a few times but listening to Hardwick talk about exploiting players strengths rather than trying to fix weaknesses is what led to Richmond being Richmond.
Look at our list and we have a pretty solid number of quick, skillful outside runners and a few decent defensive runners as well as pretty good defensive unti. Our midfield sucks and we can’t score but I’m not sure that really on the front 6.
We’re built for quick slingshot, risky corridor footy, we should be playing in games where it’s 15 goals a piece.
Instead Ross wants to make every game a dour slog when we struggle with clearance and contest.
The year is a rite off, we all see that, but the last 2 years and beyond will be a rite off unless Ross changes the gameplan, let the kids loose, play with some flair, enjoy our footy and see what you’ve actually got. I don’t know how you even assess someone like Collard when he’s trying to crumb off packs of 8 defenders with 5 set up behind the pack. Same goes for all the kids really.
I'm not defending Ross either. Not defending the current plight.
I'm merely stating they had showed what was capable. You can't argue against something that actually happened.
Now you can discount it and see well it was along time ago but you atleast have to acknowledge it occurred.
So did it happen or not?