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Richmond's seeming reluctance to go into a Hub

Scoop

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Smart women is Brooke, genuinely amazed she was this dumb. Something don’t add up.

But Nathan Buckley has just said to Brooke, hold my beer.
 
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Ridley

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I paid over 600 bucks for our family memberships and that's not including the $500+ i spent on club 2020 merchandise.
I don't give a shiit about the fine.
How do you know they are using membership money to pay the fine?
Money could be taken from sponsor's.
The AFL is playing tough guys but 8 reckon the fines are *smile*.
The club hasn't even commented on it.
You need to get in the real world Zips. What anyone pays has no bearing on the argument. The club has basically pleaded with members not to cancel to help keep the club afloat in these stupid times. Now they have to pay $20k because Brooke Cotchin had to go to a spa and felt the urgent need to broadcast the event on social media. In the middle of a pandemic when her home town is in lockdown and hundreds of thousands of people have lost their jobs.

Perspective required.
 
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zippadeee

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You need to get in the real world Zips. What anyone pays has no bearing on the argument. The club has basically pleaded with members not to cancel to help keep the club afloat in these stupid times. Now they have to pay $20k because Brooke Cotchin had to go to a spa and felt the urgent need to broadcast the event on social media. In the middle of a pandemic when her home town is in lockdown and hundreds of thousands of people have lost their jobs.

Perspective required.

I am in the real world.
Do you think your getting a refund?
I don't see it as a big deal.
Who cares. Ive know a hundred of RFC supporters and they don't care either.
If it's about memberships,
It works out at .20 cents per member.
If your struggling i will pay your share.
Your bagging the club captains wife.
 
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Ridley

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agree with that. It was bad that she broke the hub, but to be fair - their is no rules really up here regarding what you can or cant do, there is stuff all self distancing etc. Everyone is just doing what they want & coming from Melbourne, it would have been very appealing, especially with the sun out etc. Its a big commitment from the players and the families to relocate up here and basically be locked in. She definitely shouldnt have done it, but lets hope its a one-off. Without knowing all the technical side of the hub up here, perhaps the AFL hasn't given the families enough distraction & love to make it easier. Pretty much half the melbourne clubs now have copped a fine of somesort.
Pretty sure they were given clear rules about what they could and couldn’t do. I’m sure it’s so tough up there in the 20 plus degree winter in a resort fully paid for by the AFL. Nah much better off in locked down Melbourne stuck in your house because a deadly virus is running rampant.

It’s not that hard to do the right thing.
 
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Ridley

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I am in the real world.
Do you think your getting a refund?
I don't see it as a big deal.
Who cares. Ive know a hundred of RFC supporters and they don't care either.
If it's about memberships,
It works out at .20 cents per member.
If your struggling i will pay your share.
Your bagging the club captains wife.
Where did I say I was asking for a refund? I pay a lot more than the figure you mentioned but that’s not even close to the point. If criticising someone for acting entitled and deliberately breaking the rules in a pandemic is bagging then guilty as charged. So she’s the wife of the captain? That makes her immune from criticism for stupid decisions does it? That makes her more important than mere mortals does it?

Why did she pull down the Instagram post Zips? If she did nothing wrong why not just leave it up ? I know a lot of Richmond supporters as well. Plenty do care. It’s reflective on this forum as well.
 

zippadeee

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Where did I say I was asking for a refund? I pay a lot more than the figure you mentioned but that’s not even close to the point. If criticising someone for acting entitled and deliberately breaking the rules in a pandemic is bagging then guilty as charged. So she’s the wife of the captain? That makes her immune from criticism for stupid decisions does it? That makes her more important than mere mortals does it?

Why did she pull down the Instagram post Zips? If she did nothing wrong why not just leave it up ? I know a lot of Richmond supporters as well. Plenty do care. It’s reflective on this forum as well.

Stop causing issues mate.
If your that stressed out
Cancel your membership.
She is the wife of the club captain.
Respect mate.
We don't need to attack her.
She did wrong, lets move on.
Big deal.
 
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Ridley

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Stop causing issues mate.
If your that stressed out
Cancel your membership.
She is the wife of the club captain.
Respect mate.
We don't need to attack her.
She did wrong, lets move on.
Big deal.
Yeah I’m the one causing issues :rolleyes:

FYI I’ll decide what do do with my membership. Just because she is the captain’s wife doesn’t mean she is above the law.
 
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zippadeee

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Where did I say I was asking for a refund? I pay a lot more than the figure you mentioned but that’s not even close to the point. If criticising someone for acting entitled and deliberately breaking the rules in a pandemic is bagging then guilty as charged. So she’s the wife of the captain? That makes her immune from criticism for stupid decisions does it? That makes her more important than mere mortals does it?

Why did she pull down the Instagram post Zips? If she did nothing wrong why not just leave it up ? I know a lot of Richmond supporters as well. Plenty do care. It’s reflective on this forum as well.

Why did she take down the post??
Because it was on her 'storyline'
It only stands for 24 hours before it automatically deletes.
 

zippadeee

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Yeah I’m the one causing issues :rolleyes:

FYI I’ll decide what do do with my membership. Just because she is the captain’s wife doesn’t mean she is above the law.

What law?
The AFL law?
Don't become a judge
People will be put to the chair for farting in public.
 

Ridley

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What law?
The AFL law?
Don't become a judge
People will be put to the chair for farting in public.
It was a figure of speech. Like the Steven Seagal movie.

“You ain’t above my law”.
 
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King Kong

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McChins will have to send Bucks home now. Every time he opens his fat mouth he ends up looking like a flog.
 
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amc11

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Where did I say I was asking for a refund? I pay a lot more than the figure you mentioned but that’s not even close to the point. If criticising someone for acting entitled and deliberately breaking the rules in a pandemic is bagging then guilty as charged. So she’s the wife of the captain? That makes her immune from criticism for stupid decisions does it? That makes her more important than mere mortals does it?

Why did she pull down the Instagram post Zips? If she did nothing wrong why not just leave it up ? I know a lot of Richmond supporters as well. Plenty do care. It’s reflective on this forum as well.

What makes you so sure Brooke Cotchin deliberately broke the AFL protocol rules rather than simply making an error of judgement regarding what was and was not allowed? There was certainly no breaking of any Queensland rules currently in place and there are strict requirements regarding numbers, social distancing and sanitizing. People are human, even those you believe to be entitled. I would imagine Mrs Cotchin was mortified when she realised the ramifications for the club by her doing something that is completely allowable to the rest of the population in Qld.

Tolerance and understanding is far more useful in these uncertain times than falling into the judgement trap.
 
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zippadeee

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It was a figure of speech. Like the Steven Seagal movie.

“You ain’t above my law”.

We don't need to be attacking our club.
She has done wrong, but we move on.
We need the boys to stand up in the next 2 weeks.
We don't need this shitt getting back to the club.
What's done is done.
Memberships, fines and money won't change by whinging about it.
We need Cotchin 100% switched on, we don't need distractions.
 
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22nd Man

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Relax mate.
She went to day spa on her own.
5 minutes away.
People get caught up on the fine.
Did you actually believe the clubs pay it??
Its the afl playing tough guy.
The players are doing the AFL a favour. Not the other way around.
If Brooke gets sent home, i hope Trent follows her.
One in all in.
The AFL can kiss my ass

Mrs Cotch: Trent Mind looking after the kids for a few hours?
Trent: sure anything for you my love, you want some down time, sit round the pool?
Mrs C: no off to a day spa
T: no worries, send me a Insta and make sure you tag it #hubbreakout

Of course this didn't happen so what did?
 

leon

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How about an apology to the members? You know those people that keep the club afloat and have paid good money not to see a single game this year.

Not sure about anyone else but I’m just thrilled that a portion of the 3 memberships my family pays for will go to paying a $20k fine to the AFL. All because Brooke Cotchin just had to go to a day spa and then just had to broadcast it via social media so everyone knew that her skin needed some loving :rolleyes:

Not sure I’ve ever heard anything as entitled in my life. I wonder if Brooke realises that people in her home town are stuck inside their homes for the foreseeable future, hundreds of people are getting infected with an insidious virus every day, people are dying.

Get some perspective woman.

You have put it perfectly. I can understand her needing a little escape and self-indulgence. After all, looking after two little girls and a baby the rest of the time - although Cotch is a devoted father.
But it was just thoughtless. Why do these millenials have to share everything mundane thing they do with the world? It's just vanity.
 
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Raoul Juke

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I really don't think she owes us much of an apology. There was a time when supporters *smile* hounded Trent and put him in a terrible mental space and put a lot of pressure on him. She had to live with that guy going through that and i have no doubt it would have affected her life greately
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There was a time when he was not "Premiership Captain", dont you remember? He was "weak captain" or "the captain who *smile* up a coin toss in a final thumping"

Did us supporters track her down and send her some bloody roses for the stress and anxiety we caused her home life?


Toughen up mate - some of the most self entitlement *smile* i have ever heard. The girl has committed her life to her husband and the sport for the next 6 weeks (maybe longer) so US supporters can see our team keep on succeeding - she dont owe us *smile*. Its not all about you
 
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