05-20-2018, 11:19 PM
(05-20-2018, 11:02 PM)PaulP link Wrote:I don't dispute that, but we have a malaise that affects the entire club. We've tried 1001 coaches, we have more 1st rounders than GWS (and have had over the last 10 years), we've had expensive messiahs, dirt cheap rookie rejects etc., and we are still in a fug - both mens teams and both womens teams are terrible.
Turning this around requires a massive effort from the whole club - no point whining about Bolton, or Fraser or Murphy etc. One or two or three people won't fix this.
We need to identify truely tough characters and get them leading the club out of this hole.
We don't need thugs, just mentally tough people that will not back down.
Our captain is the weakest captain in the competition.
Start this process today. Make Cripps skipper.
Make Ed Curnow vice captain.
Any player that doesn't commit their body to the contest plays two's.
Make Liam Jones accountable for his man!!! First and foremost he has to beat his direct opponent before trying to leap over packs, and if he does leave his man he MUST impact the contest.
The one thing any team can give is effort. We need to start by become the best tackling team in the competition.
I don't mind if we get beaten but don't get smashed like yesterday.
We also need to start hurting opposition players when we tackle and bump. We are simply too nice. Richmond tackle and bump with intent every time.