I turned off the TV and didnt watch the last quarter. Just brought myself to watch the replay and agree with everything you said.
Crucial umpiring cost us dearly. The free or mark to Brown was a joke, the non free or mark to Yarran, 2 hands in the back that went ignored The second one that wasnt paid was against Menzel which resulted in them getting a goal.
The umpiring rot started in the first minute of the game, that free in front of goal was for absolutely nothing and their second goal was kicked from 6 inches over the boundary line.

Not at all - just that there is nothing to indicate that Arizona is providing any benefit.

As members (some of us, I may join you next year as a non member depending on end of season decisions) we are entitled to question how the club uses its funds.

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people just wanna believe were a big club... with super stars... and the club is heading in the right direction

wanna see how crap we are..?
i dare somebody to do an analysis of where our recruits are right now....

do nine years draft to current

but just first 4 rounds...
That will tell you the story

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Seriously. I can't believe reading this thread that people are surprised with the loss, or blaming the umpires.

We are bottom 4. We are at rock bottom. Absolutely nothing coming through the twos is the way of youth. The club needs to swallow their pride and completely blow it up and rebuild. I can easily name 12 players on this list should go - yet the club continues to give them contracts and the supporters love them and overlook their flaws as they cannot take their blue glasses off.

How is anyone surprised? Some of us have been screaming for this for a long time now.

Hopefully this is the last (of which there have been many) slap in the face the powers that be need, to really hack away at this list. The player development and recruitment.

We are shit. End of story.

so the last ten years of drafting is about arizona is it?

heres a newsflash..... we had nobody coming in before and during arizona...

just crazy thinking now..... right out there la la stuff

this is fundamental and wrong with the footy club since the AFL... before that we knew how to play the game

we have been run by bozos.. and sticks kernahan ran the joint for 6 years... and people were happy..
it starts at the top.....

to think we can do all the things we have been doing... and we would have a great side right now is crazy

alot of our best players cant perform... our most consistent player from the last decade just retired.. the next most consistent is 30 already

we have overlooked the midfield .. crucial
we stlll havent drafted one tall whos any good in the national draft... except kennedy and we have him away for a guy taking 1.5 mill a year for 6 years and a mill this year and hes only played 5 minutes for the season

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And rightly so too! I am in complete agreement. Trips like Arizona should be treated as a PRIVILEGE, not a damn right. Reward successful teams with overseas trips to train in special places to keep things fresh and interesting, but unless you see finals, then trips to Arizona should be EARNED, not freely given like some reward for just showing up and playing.

I don't see any benefit OTHER than bonding, mate-ship and a change of environment for players. I can think of a million places that could offer the very same thing right here, and cost a hell of a lot less. Money better spent elsewhere until we start being a regular contender in September. With success comes the $Money$ where overseas training camps are afforded. If I had my way, next summer would be spent AT THE CLUB, heads down bums up working hard and earning the right to travel overseas to train.

anyway... i dont give the club a cent... though i gave it $2 the other day when i bought two hot dogs.... but thats about it.. so i contribute

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If we get offered pick 25ish for casboult I would take it and run. He has improved but I cant see him as a kpf in a final

Cas is improving, but no-one will give a pick 25 for a 24 year old KPP who has kicked 17 goals from 24 games.

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casboult is terrible if youre going to be a finals team

but hes great for us..... we harbour no ambitions

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$2 for 2 hot dogs, bargain of the century. Bunnings eat your heart out.

I heard it was 2mil a year and 1.5 this year.

read his post properly before you go off on your repetitive agenda synners.

I generally respect a lot of your postts, but he is questioning why we spend money on going to Arizona rather than putting it into other areas that will better develop us, like recruiting.

he has a valid point, and this is a forum, where others can have valid points too. he actually goes a way to support your argument

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my last one was rubbish

I'll give you that
Arizona can chew my balls

Gibbs was awesome

I sincerely hope that's sarcasm????

Because we are Richmond in every single way bar name

You mean the Richmond that we lost to?

Tigers gave us 28 or thereabouts for Hammer.
#believe

Did I do that right

Betya the Lions used Docherty as motivation tonight.

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He (Mr Swann) said the honour and pride associated with the club's traditional navy blue jumper was priceless.