05-01-2018, 08:52 AM
(05-01-2018, 08:39 AM)PaulP link Wrote: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.
You could say the same and more about Footscray 2016 and Sydney 2012, and Collingwood 2010 wasn't a stellar team talent wise but they finished on top with a percentage of 141.
I'm not selling Richmond short, but I don't think that they're in the same class as the great Hawthorn, Geelong and Brisbane sides of the past two decades.
It all comes down to recruiting, if you can get all of your ducks in a row on that score the sky's the limit.
The only thing in this world worth more than a hill of beans is the Carlton Football Club.