05-01-2018, 08:39 AM
(05-01-2018, 07:55 AM)blue4life link Wrote:I'd give it another few years before I declared Richmond as the modern day trendsetter.
As of now they've won one Premiership after a dream run with injury, I saw them play Collingwood the other day and they aren't anything to get excited about in my opinion.
Footscray's flag was much more impressive given their injuries to key players and winning finals on the road against all the odds, but two years down the track and they battled to beat a depleted Carlton.
Richmond could win it again given that their injury count is still low and that there isn't any real standout team, but they could just as easily not make the grand final.
Richmond are a textbook example of a champion team as opposed to a team of champions. Looking at their list, you think they're average, but when they play together, the whole is much greater than the sum of their parts. They beat the Pies by 7 goals plus change.
If this is a team that isn't anything to get excited about, I hope our team also fails to excite you, very very soon.