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PUNT ROAD END | Richmond Tigers Forum
Phantom said:
1. At the end of 98 there were the supporters and the club.
2. Now the club was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the G, and the Spirit of Casey was hovering over the punt road end.
3 And Casey said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4 Casey saw that the light was cherry ripe, and He separated the light from the darkness. 5 Casey called the light "Spud," and the darkness he called "supporters." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first season.
6 And Casey said, "Let there be an expanse between the players to separate old from young." 7 So Casey made the expanse and separated the players under the age of 22 from the players above 28. And it was so. 8 Casey called the expanse "list management." And there was evening, and there was morning—the second season.
9 And Casey said, "Let the players under 22 be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear." And it was so. 10 Casey called the dry ground "Coburg," and the older players he called "premiership material." And Casey saw that it was cherry ripe.
11 Then Casey said, "Let the older players produce goals, wins and preliminary finals, according to their various skills." And it was so. 12 And Casey saw that it was cherry ripe. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third season.
14 And Casey said, "Let there be players to separate the Spud from the Supporters, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, 15 and let them be players in the playing list to give light to the club." And it was so. 16 Casey made two great trades—the greater trade to lift the forward line the lesser trade to lift Coburg. He also made the draft picks. 17 Casey set them in the playing list, 18 to split the Spud and the Supporters, and to separate Spud from the Supporters. And Casey saw that it was cherry ripe. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth season.
20 And Casey said, "Let the premiership material teem with older players, and let the older players ride above the club at the expense of the younger players." 21 So Casey contracted the older players, great creatures of the ruck, and every living discard and unmoving thing with which the premiership material teems, according to their lack of skill, and every winged flanker according to its lack of skilll. And Casey saw that it was cherry ripe. 22 Casey blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the premiership material, and let the old players increase in the club." 23 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth season.
24 And Casey said, "Let Coburg produce star players according to their skills: key forwards and players that move fast along the ground, and wild backmen, each according to its skilll." And it was so. 25 Casey made the wild backmen according to their skills, the playing stock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move fast along the ground according to their skills. And Casey saw that it was good.
26 Then Casey said, "Let us get a coach to preserve our own image, to increase our likeableness, and let him rule over the young players and the old players, over the playing stock, over all the club, and over all the players that move fast along the ground."
27 So Casey contracted Wallace,
to preserve his image he contracted him;
forward and back he contracted them.
28 Casey blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and win games; fill the supporter base and subdue it. Rule over the older players and the younger players and over every player on the list that moves fast on the ground."
29 Then Casey said, "I give you every last buck in the whole club and every buck we are likely to make. They will be yours for keeping. 30 And to all the old players of the club and all the old players of Coburg and all the players that move slow on the ground—everything that can kick on the left or the right—I give them a three year contract. " And it was so.
31 Casey saw all the list he had made, and it was overripe. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth season.