What time is it?

[ElwoodBlues1]

Richmond recruited well with Nankervis, Prestia and Caddy.....increased their depth, they also reconstructed their game plan and went the small forward/pressure lineup....it was canny recruiting and a brave game plan which they executed week after week.
Grimes and Astbury stayed on the park after being injury prone croc's and Rance was freed up to dominate as a intercept marking player....
Houli became a top quality rebounder with his excellent disposal......Lambert was freed up with Prestia and Caddy arriving to be a real nuisance player for opposing teams....they introduced ready made mid size forwards in Townsend and Graham who were both strong bodied types who kicked straight, they were the Tory Dickson types who didnt need many possies to hurt you as they kicked so straight. Momentum built and Martin was just too much for any individual player to handle for 100 mins and they always had the Martin to Full Forward move up their sleeve to win the close ones or finish teams off...

It was impressive from Hardwick and crew given the clubs recent decade of failure and lacking a team of genuine superstars, he got everything he could out of that list and surprised with his game plan which everyone including me thought would fail in finals...

[PaulP]

Observing from the outside, I get the feeling Balme and Caracella were also very good appointments.

[Professer E]

Rumour floating around that Worsfold isn't liked by the playing group and another middling year could see unrest.

Whorethorn sold the farm to get O'meara.  If he doesn't turn into an elite topliner they will have given up four first rounders.... Theres your rebuild right there.

[madbluboy]

Whorethorn sold the farm to get O'meara.  If he doesn't turn into an elite topliner they will have given up four first rounders.... Theres your rebuild right there.

4 first rounders? How do you figure that?

[ElwoodBlues1]

Rumour floating around that Worsfold isn't liked by the playing group and another middling year could see unrest.

Whorethorn sold the farm to get O'meara.  If he doesn't turn into an elite topliner they will have given up four first rounders.... Theres your rebuild right there.

Matthew Lloyd has been anti Worsfold and sown the seeds of doubts on him when talking in the media.... a poor 2018 and I reckon Woosha might be back to the pharmacy...

[cookie2]

Matthew Lloyd has been anti Worsfold and sown the seeds of doubts on him when talking in the media.... a poor 2018 and I reckon Woosha might be back to the pharmacy...

A promising future at Chemist Warehouse awaits?  ;D

[ElwoodBlues1]

A promising future at Chemist Warehouse awaits?  ;D

From one rule breaking business to another.... Chemist Warehouse is a clever conglomeration that breaks business rules in Australia
and has been allowed to get away with it.....sound familiar..

[cookie2]

From one rule breaking business to another.... Chemist Warehouse is a clever conglomeration that breaks business rules in Australia
and has been allowed to get away with it.....sound familiar..

Don't know too much detail about CW only that it is a shadowy, secretive organisation!

[PaulP]

3.40pm.

[DJC]

Richmond recruited well with Nankervis, Prestia and Caddy.....increased their depth, they also reconstructed their game plan and went the small forward/pressure lineup....it was canny recruiting and a brave game plan which they executed week after week.
Grimes and Astbury stayed on the park after being injury prone croc's and Rance was freed up to dominate as a intercept marking player....
Houli became a top quality rebounder with his excellent disposal......Lambert was freed up with Prestia and Caddy arriving to be a real nuisance player for opposing teams....they introduced ready made mid size forwards in Townsend and Graham who were both strong bodied types who kicked straight, they were the Tory Dickson types who didnt need many possies to hurt you as they kicked so straight. Momentum built and Martin was just too much for any individual player to handle for 100 mins and they always had the Martin to Full Forward move up their sleeve to win the close ones or finish teams off...

It was impressive from Hardwick and crew given the clubs recent decade of failure and lacking a team of genuine superstars, he got everything he could out of that list and surprised with his game plan which everyone including me thought would fail in finals...

Good analysis EB.

It's been fun talking about Ninthmond but it would be a mistake to think that they fluked a premiership.  It was a well thought out and well executed campaign.

I doubt whether they can repeat the effort but they will be in the mix and I think NM's 2315 is a good call.