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Frawley vows to swing the axe
Samantha Lane
afl.com.au
12:34:44 AM Sat 7 June, 2003
Richmond coach Danny Frawley says he will drop up to five players from the team that lost narrowly to the Kangaroos on Friday night, after his club lost its third consecutive match.
A clearly disappointed Frawley refused to single out players, but said four or five players were currently “being carried” by the side.
“You can’t continually win games of football when you’ve got three, four, maybe five players not putting their hand up and making contributions for their teammates. I’m not going to mention names.
“There’s probably four or five players in our side that we’re carrying at the moment. It’ll give an opportunity to give maybe one or two players from the VFL when they’re fit,” Frawley said after his side’s three-point loss.
“The Kangaroos were too good. They won the game, all credit goes to them, they’ve jumped on top of us on the ladder and we’ve lost three in a row now. We’re disappointed where we’ve been over the last three weeks and we did a hell of a lot of good work early, and we’ve let it go to be 6-5 at the halfway mark and there’s still 11 games to go.
Sydney beat the Tigers by 32 points at the MCG last week, and West Coast dished out a 52-point beating to the side at Subiaco Oval in round nine.
After making such a promising start to the 2003 season - winning six of its first eight matches - Richmond’s recent slump gives the club a 6-5 win-loss ratio at the season’s middle point.
The Tigers meet Carlton before the bye round, but then face a difficult fortnight on the road with matches against the Brisbane Lions at the Gabba and Adelaide at AAMI Stadium.
Frawley was pleased by the return of big man Brad Ottens, who had serious back surgery before the home-and-away series began. Ottens spent the first 20 minutes of the first and second quarters on the bench, but later played an important role for his club up forward. He finished with four marks and two goals in his 100th senior match.
“Brad was a little bit scratchy early, but as the game wore on he got better and better, so that’s a real positive.”
Frawley also praised the toughness of his team on Friday night.
Samantha Lane
afl.com.au
12:34:44 AM Sat 7 June, 2003
Richmond coach Danny Frawley says he will drop up to five players from the team that lost narrowly to the Kangaroos on Friday night, after his club lost its third consecutive match.
A clearly disappointed Frawley refused to single out players, but said four or five players were currently “being carried” by the side.
“You can’t continually win games of football when you’ve got three, four, maybe five players not putting their hand up and making contributions for their teammates. I’m not going to mention names.
“There’s probably four or five players in our side that we’re carrying at the moment. It’ll give an opportunity to give maybe one or two players from the VFL when they’re fit,” Frawley said after his side’s three-point loss.
“The Kangaroos were too good. They won the game, all credit goes to them, they’ve jumped on top of us on the ladder and we’ve lost three in a row now. We’re disappointed where we’ve been over the last three weeks and we did a hell of a lot of good work early, and we’ve let it go to be 6-5 at the halfway mark and there’s still 11 games to go.
Sydney beat the Tigers by 32 points at the MCG last week, and West Coast dished out a 52-point beating to the side at Subiaco Oval in round nine.
After making such a promising start to the 2003 season - winning six of its first eight matches - Richmond’s recent slump gives the club a 6-5 win-loss ratio at the season’s middle point.
The Tigers meet Carlton before the bye round, but then face a difficult fortnight on the road with matches against the Brisbane Lions at the Gabba and Adelaide at AAMI Stadium.
Frawley was pleased by the return of big man Brad Ottens, who had serious back surgery before the home-and-away series began. Ottens spent the first 20 minutes of the first and second quarters on the bench, but later played an important role for his club up forward. He finished with four marks and two goals in his 100th senior match.
“Brad was a little bit scratchy early, but as the game wore on he got better and better, so that’s a real positive.”
Frawley also praised the toughness of his team on Friday night.
