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PUNT ROAD END | Richmond Tigers Forum
my positive from last night is that performances like this force the club to confront the horrible truth of their inadequate playing list, forged over the years by what can only be described as the worst recruiting in the competition.
like Ben Cousins, an individual or organisation can only start on the road to recovery when they admit they have a problem.
far from being "locked and loaded" and ready to launch the club into a sustained period of finals football, as per Terry and other club officials confident statements, we are of course the exact opposite.
whilst we are better than last night and will win some games this year, it's all immaterial if you are not on an upward path.
brown, simmonds, bowden, johnson will all be retired by year end if not sooner, and richo cannot go on forever.
that's a core quarter of Terry's best supposed side.
as we get into the season and it becomes clear that the competition continues to move past richmond, then the delusions of grandeur can be dispensed with and the true planning for the future can begin.
it starts with throwing the kids in at the deep end and sadly also means a rout of the list and a long rebuild.
that carries risk as the tigers brains trust are still to fully appreciate the emphasis on skill that the modern game demands, by foot in particular, so as in the past a rebuild is not guaranteed to brings the desired rewards at draft time.
but we might as well get started.
like Ben Cousins, an individual or organisation can only start on the road to recovery when they admit they have a problem.
far from being "locked and loaded" and ready to launch the club into a sustained period of finals football, as per Terry and other club officials confident statements, we are of course the exact opposite.
whilst we are better than last night and will win some games this year, it's all immaterial if you are not on an upward path.
brown, simmonds, bowden, johnson will all be retired by year end if not sooner, and richo cannot go on forever.
that's a core quarter of Terry's best supposed side.
as we get into the season and it becomes clear that the competition continues to move past richmond, then the delusions of grandeur can be dispensed with and the true planning for the future can begin.
it starts with throwing the kids in at the deep end and sadly also means a rout of the list and a long rebuild.
that carries risk as the tigers brains trust are still to fully appreciate the emphasis on skill that the modern game demands, by foot in particular, so as in the past a rebuild is not guaranteed to brings the desired rewards at draft time.
but we might as well get started.