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PUNT ROAD END | Richmond Tigers Forum

I couldn't help but notice how quickly the commentators very quickly forgave the big JB unit for his critical miss. Luckily for the Lion's sake (and most of Victoria), Adcock managed to snap that goal and the Lions managed to hang on.

Even last week the amount of media about Richo's couple of early misses (he should have kicked 7 according to many) was omnipresent. I watched (too) much footy last weekend and I really didn't notice that much difference about Richo's kicking over the last 3-4 years relative to the other forwards. Lloyd ,Fev and Franklin all miss similar shots on about the same frequency over this time frame, although I think they kick more difficult goals more often.

I think because of the way Richo reacts for everyone to see, and when he misses, he misses badly we as an audience react to his misses more than any other footballer. Is my head screwed on wrong? or is everyone's RAS (reticular activating system) looking out for the Richo behind or miss? (not his bum).

(And note doesn't even get mentioned in Realfooty articule (they love Browny) -> http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/brown-always-going-to-be-a-winner/2008/03/29/1206207431066.html)