In an astoundingly sound commitment to staying the course, Richmond have
suspended Dustin (Sleepy) Martin for two games to get him back on course. The games are against Melbourne and Gold Coast. Looks good. Sounds great. What a meeting that must have been. Brilliant! What would the penalty have been had the games been, say, Freo and the Crows?
And as for Mr Connors? Poor silly bastard. Glad he got to kick a superb goal in the first Q last week against the Crows, a game in which the Tigers were not able to stay the course.
This week - no Jake King. No Daniels, Connors or Jackson. No Big Tyrone. No Grimesy. This is starting to look like a real football club at last.
I read it all as a massive blessing. So much expectation and a little success is benchmark preparation for failure in the hands of young men with fame and femmes and flags and fermented beverages foaming all around them. I love it!
And please spare a thought for young Todd Elton from the Dandenong Stingrays. His debut last weekend for the Tiges against Adelaide was one of the saddest and most embarrassing since John Waters' first few games for Collingwood in the film of David Williamson's The Club. Good player - playing up with Jack Riewoldt in a big game and BANG they had kicked 8 goals in the first quater. Elton was bedazzled by the razzle dazzle and managed 4 possessions and one behind for the match. He stumbled, fumbled and forgot to lead anywhere other than to defeat. He's been dropped for this week, but at least he's been there now.
It's all about depth for the future. Watch this space!
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