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Hardwick

kendo

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I love Hardwicks pressers . Did anyone hear what he said about marvel ?
 
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The_General

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I love Hardwicks pressers . Did anyone hear what he said about marvel ?
He said he hates going there, and probably shouldn't say it. But hates it, because "our people don't show up".
He also said you want big crowds, don't schedule us away from the MCG.
 

SpaceAce

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Loved Dimma’s comments and swipe at the Marvel dump!!
In particular “our people don’t come here” and “the MCG has soul”.
Well said.
 
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Smoking Aces

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He said he hates going there, and probably shouldn't say it. But hates it, because "our people don't show up".
He also said you want big crowds, don't schedule us away from the MCG.
Enter Kane Cornes and his usual dribble about us playing at the G.
 
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Smoking Aces

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On a footy note, I love his flexibility during the game. Not afraid to throw the magnets around.
 
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Get the sense Hardwick is currently very frustrated with the AFL given his recent comments. Heck he’s only human & would largely be reflective of the club’s annoyance at the way the game is being run. We are all exasperated by the SHocking decisions being made at AFL house. Really is time for a change in our game’s senior executive.
 
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zippadeee

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I reckon he shouldn't have said anything.
The supporters did it for him.
18k that's 1989 numbers.
The AFL is cutting there own by making us play at that dump.
If that game was at the G, minimum 35k wouldve turned up.
Richmond supporters have the upper hand..
Will fill the clubs pockets with buying memberships and merchandise sales.
But they won't bow over for the AFL.
When was the last time Man Utd played a home game at Turf Moor??
Thats what is like..
 

zippadeee

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Yep! On cue, the idiot has come out and called our club ‘precious’ and once again brought up the fixture.
I detest the jerk
He is blinded by the shiit around him.
Port played 15 games at home last year and still found a way to fall over.
They finished on top of the ladder And only get double up games against Footscary and Stkilda from last years top 8.
How many times in the last 10 years have we played port at the G?
Who's precious now??
 
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seven

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We’re still leading in attendance this year.
Think we are averaging 44-45k a game
 

Brodders17

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We’re still leading in attendance this year.
Think we are averaging 44-45k a game
i assumed we would be, despite a little flak around the place for our supporters.

after everything tiger members and supporters have done over the last 40 years, i reckon we are entitled to stay home on a Saturday night in May rather than going to a ground we hate, against a *smile* team in awful weather.
 
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bairdy380

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I reckon it was a deliberate double action.
Get the pub fight out of frame and give the AFL a bit of a nose tweak regarding Marvel. Classic misdirection
 
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TigerPort

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Live outside of Victoria so my question is how much did COVID play in the low crowd?

Marvel appears more crammed in both in seating and exiting the stadium after the game. Also the previous game at the MCG had that guy that tested positive after attending that game and using public transport. Would that have spook a number of potential attendees v GWS?
 
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ceehook2

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On a footy note, I love his flexibility during the game. Not afraid to throw the magnets around.
wind back to the days where we couldn't win the close ones
and the game in Cairns with Cotch & Dusty got caught on the bench

the coaching group have come along way

Its hard for us TV watches to tell what moves have been made by the coaching group
by Dimma's admission , "Dusty does what Dusty wants" and floats down forward when he thinks its right
and that in its self is a level of maturity from player and coach

if the likes of Jack Ross or RCD float around the field and do what they like , smack , on the bench or back to the VFL

this is my take on things
when opposition sides start chains of handballs along the boundary line
we have players just off that have to make the decision
follow my man who is dropping back
or peel off and impact the play
when we improve , typically after half time , we seem to get more decisive as to when the peel off and impact
and from a couple of player interviews it sounds like they refer to it as "step in"

and the "step in" creates tackles blocks intercepts ... pressure acts ... Richmond type of game
and the halftime rev up is giving the players the license to Step in , don't hesitate , nail tackles , create pressure , keep coming at them
rather than making positional moves on the fly

has anyone had access to the rooms to comment on that ?