WHY DIMMA? PLEASE TELL ME WHY?
A few questions if you don't mind please Dimma?
You labelled Richmond's effort in its 32-point loss to Melbourne as "insipid" and questioned the toughness of our players after the Tigers were "out-muscled" in the wet at the MCG. WHY DIMMA? PLEASE TELL ME WHY?
Hardwick's men matched it with the Demons in dry conditions in the first half at the MCG on Friday, but were disappointing when the opposition rolled their sleeves up and went to work as the rain poured down in the second. WHY DIMMA? PLEASE TELL ME WHY?
"You know what the wet finds out? It finds out a lot about your playing group," Hardwick said after the 12.11 (83) to 6.15 (51) defeat. "A performance like that indicates we're not tough enough. WHY DIMMA? PLEASE TELL ME WHY?
“We just looked impotent after half-time." WHY DIMMA? PLEASE TELL ME WHY?
The Tigers were found wanting in and around the packs in a display Hardwick said was as poor as he had seen in a long time. WHY DIMMA? PLEASE TELL ME WHY?
"Contested ball is normally a foundation block of our footy club ... [but] tonight we didn't come to play," he said. WHY DIMMA? PLEASE TELL ME WHY?
"We weren't tough enough, the opposition out-hunted us and out-muscled us. WHY DIMMA? PLEASE TELL ME WHY? We played insipid footy - plain and simple." WHY DIMMA? PLEASE TELL ME WHY? "Our best is well and truly good enough. Unfortunately the inconsistency of our performance thus far this year is not getting it done." WHY DIMMA? PLEASE TELL ME WHY? A week after ‘captain’s round’, where Jobe Watson, Luke Hodge and Joel Selwood simply inspired their sides to victory, Trent Cotchin was again beaten. WHY DIMMA? PLEASE TELL ME WHY? Jack Riewoldt and Dustin Martin failed to kick goals and All-Australian Alex Rance had his colours lowered by Jesse Hogan in game No.4. WHY DIMMA? PLEASE TELL ME WHY? The Brett Deledio graph also continued its trend. Without him the Tigers rarely win WHY DIMMA? PLEASE TELL ME WHY? Hogan tossed Alex Rance aside in their first marking contest and then proceeded to shade the game’s best defender throughout the first half. WHY DIMMA? PLEASE TELL ME WHY? If Richmond’s atrocious start to last season was tough, the Tiger army awoke to the realisation this morning that it should not be considered a genuine top-four contender after this. WHY DIMMA? PLEASE TELL ME WHY? Even though defenders Troy Chaplin and Chris Newman were out, Richmond’s midfield was lacking in the second half and its inconsistency continues to haunt coach Damien Hardwick. WHY DIMMA? PLEASE TELL ME WHY? Richmond created plenty of chances forward throughout the night and led the inside-50s 44 to 32 at the last change but were made to pay for their wastefulness, particularly early. WHY DIMMA? PLEASE TELL ME WHY? The Tigers took six marks inside 50m in the opening quarter but Ben Griffiths missed a set shot on goal from 20m out early and Jack Riewoldt kicked four behinds for the night, undermining the efforts upfield. WHY DIMMA? PLEASE TELL ME WHY? Cotchin’s one-possession second term again asked the question of the team’s second-tier midfielders whether they can step up and ease some of the reliance upon the skipper and star teammate Dustin Martin to carry their engine room. WHY DIMMA? PLEASE TELL ME WHY? Melbourne may lack star power in the middle but Roos’ band of blue-collar workers led by NEAFL recruit Aaron vandenBerg, Nathan Jones, Dom Tyson and first-year tough-nut Angus Brayshaw shaded their more fancied opponents as the rain fell in the crucial third term. WHY DIMMA? PLEASE TELL ME WHY? The Tigers won the inside-50 count 57-43 – a stat they haven’t lost this season – but managed their lowest score against the Demons in 25 years in a scrappy game dampened by driving rain in the second half. WHY DIMMA? PLEASE TELL ME WHY? Hardwick lamented his side’s poor goalkicking, drop in contested ball dominance and said the display was “as poor an effort” as he’s seen for a long time. WHY DIMMA? PLEASE TELL ME WHY?
“A performance like that indicated we’re not tough enough,” Hardwick said. “We’re better than that bloody performance. We looked impotent after half-time. WHY DIMMA? PLEASE TELL ME WHY?
“Our best is well and truly good enough. Unfortunately, inconsistency in performance thus far this year is not getting it done. WHY DIMMA? PLEASE TELL ME WHY? "At the end of the day, a performance like that indicates we're not tough enough. WHY DIMMA? PLEASE TELL ME WHY? "To put up that second-half performance when you don't hunt the ball, the side looks stronger than you over the contest – we were fumbling and bumbling away – you're never going to win a footy game," Hardwick said" WHY DIMMA? PLEASE TELL ME WHY? It was as poor an effort as I've seen from our footy club in a long time. Really poor. WHY DIMMA? PLEASE TELL ME WHY? "We were disappointing in an area we're normally good at. Contested ball is normally a foundation block of our footy club. WHY DIMMA? PLEASE TELL ME WHY? "Tonight we didn't come to play. We weren't tough enough, the opposition out-hunted us, outmuscled us. WHY DIMMA? PLEASE TELL ME WHY?
