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Go Swans!
Shitty Big V :(

Damn Heith black

Lol at fevs shot after the siren I did better then that :P
Something brewing at Richmond!

Connors and Martin involved in an incident.

Robinson saying "RICHMOND has sacked troubled midfielder Daniel Connors and suspended star Dustin Martin over social behaviour."

Drugs likely?
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IAMColonel said: Something brewing at Richmond!
Connors and Martin involved in an incident.
Robinson saying "RICHMOND has sacked troubled midfielder Daniel Connors and suspended star Dustin Martin over social behaviour."



Looks like they'll finish 9th again now.
If that. Without Vickery and now Connors they're going to have to persist with Elton, who was clearly not up to it last week. Then bring in someone that is below him in the pecking order.

Think they might be better off bringing in another ruck and sending Miller up forward 100% of the time, bad for our SC's with Maric though.
www.richmondfc.com.au/...

Press conference will be starting in a few minutes 12.30pm.

Edit: Changed to 2pm.

Dustin has been suspended for two weeks.
Connors quit.
Martin gone for 2.

Both went on a sleep medication bender on Monday night and missed Tuesday's training. The medication was Connors.

Really disappointing, I liked Connors, but I'm glad he didn't have time to settle into the team this year. Would have been worse if he did have a huge amount of influence.

I suspect Dusty only suspended for 2 due to us playing Melbourne and Gold Coast in the next 2 games.

Poor form.
Sacked mid-season?

WTF [MOG]

Ben said: Sacked mid-season?
WTF

Not sacked... "quit" :P

Richmond supporters knew it was coming, one more poor life decision from Connors and he was gone.

You can't have bad eggs playing for your club.
wow dustin martin suspended for 2 weeks as well as goddard.....

ffs that and chapman and zaharakis.

i have easy opponent but will cop a few 0's i think.

Milky said:

Ben said: Sacked mid-season?
WTF

Not sacked... "quit"
Richmond supporters knew it was coming, one more poor life decision from Connors and he was gone.
You can't have bad eggs playing for your club.



Really worked for Carlton... and the Bulldogs.
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IAMColonel said:


Milky said:


Ben said: Sacked mid-season?
WTF

Not sacked... "quit"
Richmond supporters knew it was coming, one more poor life decision from Connors and he was gone.
You can't have bad eggs playing for your club.


Really worked for Carlton... and the Bulldogs.

You can't compare Connors to Fevola and Akermanis.

Connors has played 26 games... Fevola kicked 623 goals, Akermanis won a Brownlow.
Anyone following the U/18 competition for potential recruits? Would love to pinch Jimmy Toumpass with our pick he'll be a gun, local kid & a chance to slip to our pick.

Daniher looks a ripper too I bet Micky will be happy, Daniher, Hurley & Crameri will be a crazy forward line.
Daniher did look good, wish he'd chosen the Swans.

Didn't see the whole lot but I liked the look of Kennedy from SA and Membrey from VIC Country, he was the one up forward with the colourful tatts on his arm.
11 shots on goal and 9 contested marks:) just put him in the vfl already. thats where he wants to play. forgot about the game not impressed i missed it. Him at FF and Hurley CHF is going to be fun. Hopefully he can be a rare KPP and play a heap next year.

Dusty Lids said: 11 shots on goal and 9 contested marks:) just put him in the vfl already. thats where he wants to play. forgot about the game not impressed i missed it. Him at FF and Hurley CHF is going to be fun. Hopefully he can be a rare KPP and play a heap next year.



No room for Gumby? :P
Just found some great value on Sportsbet. Jamie Elliot (Collingwood) for the rising star at $301. Looking at the list, no one is standing out (with short odds) and he's been awesome since coming into the side.

iSR said: Just found some great value on Sportsbet. Jamie Elliot (Collingwood) for the rising star at $301. Looking at the list, no one is standing out (with short odds) and he's been awesome since coming into the side.

Talia has got it in the bag.
He's been good, but also unassuming. Think he won't get noticed enough to win it.

Milky said:

IAMColonel said:


Milky said:


Ben said: Sacked mid-season?
WTF

Not sacked... "quit"
Richmond supporters knew it was coming, one more poor life decision from Connors and he was gone.
You can't have bad eggs playing for your club.


Really worked for Carlton... and the Bulldogs.

You can't compare Connors to Fevola and Akermanis.
Connors has played 26 games... Fevola kicked 623 goals, Akermanis won a Brownlow.



Both teams are worse now than they would be (Dogs have been on a steep decline ever since that decision!). So will the Tigers be, with a depleted forward line, for at least the rest of the year until they have to sacrifice another draft pick to get a player that will only be as good as Connors.

There is either something else going on, or it's another example of the elitist power trip that AFL clubs are on. For making a stupid suggestion in the paper, and making a bad name for himself (Aker)? For doing stupid things that impact his own life (Fev)? They're decisions that are made in the midst of media pressure, and probably AFL pressure 'to protect the game', it's weak and could be manageable, they're grown men, worse things happen.

They were bad enough. But for missing training? No, not even, for being an hour late for training. With a legitimate excuse. Not even because they were out drinking, they were at home, one had a beer, and that wasn't even the one who got the sack.

Connors must have asked to leave because he couldn't put up with their scrutiny anymore. Should have been a clip across the ear and a makeup training session.
from what a remember connors was a gun a year or 2 ago. was pretty good.

might be worth a punt if he can be mature.
Connors has been a forward for his first 2 games and his last 2. He is honestly no loss to our forwardline, especially with Ashbury and Elton coming through and Vickery (when he is in form) being a decent forward option.

You can't say he has the same influence on Richmond as Fev and Aker had at Bulldogs. It just isn't so.

Of course he doesn't. Those 2 players were coming to the end of their careers so you can see why they were shoved out the door, whereas Connors is good enough to fight for a spot in the team for another 7 or 8 years.

That Elton was horrible on the weekend. Vickery has been shit all year and is now injured. You're relying on Riewoldt and a Demons reject. I just don't see how you can throw away a required player for missing a training session. Nonsensical.

IAMColonel said: I just don't see how you can throw away a required player for missing a training session. Nonsensical.

See I disagree. If he was really that important he would have played more than the 28 games he played in SIX seasons, of which he spent nearly all those 28 games as a half-back.

If you've only seen him in the last 2 weeks, then yes, you'd probably think he was a natural forward. But he wasn't. He isn't the answer to our forwardline hole. Brad Miller isn't either.

Elton was horrible on the weekend, but it was his first game and he is playing the position that takes longest to become good in. He played no worse than Patton has played the last 2 weeks (first game not included). And I hate Vickery, but when he is up, he is a damn good forward. He is a strong mark and a decent kick. But he is up and down like a yo-yo, if he was consistant he'd be great.

Other options? We have a few, Griffiths, Post, Ashbury and Dea are all capable of sitting in that half-forward position if given time to settle. Especially Post who has shown some promise in that forward role in the past.

As a Richmond supporter, I'm glad Connors is gone. He had potential, no doubt, but his influence on the team was almost always negative. He has being behaving badly for years.

Football is a job, there are strict rules you have to follow and like any job you'll be fired if you don't follow them. Footballers shouldn't be able to get away with breaking the rules just because they are 'required'.
Connors to be fixed by the Swans?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not bagging Richmond, I'm bagging the ridiculous sanctions and scrutiny the AFL, its clubs and media, all put on the players. In any other sport they deal with them, work around it, because their worth for the team is greater than any 'influence' they have on these other grown men, who can and should be looking after themselves (like Martin, he is not a child). Take Ben Cousins away from the Eagles when his problems started a decade ago, do they win a premiership? Try taking that away from the supporters, would you be okay with that? If you say it doesn't matter who the player is, then surely Cousins should have gone (if they did in fact know). If Buddy did what Connors has, should he go? Hell no. I'd be filthy as hell with my club. Player shouldn't matter, but it does.

I'm not denying he did something wrong. He is an idiot. The punishment just does not fit the crime.

(Thinking also of Todd Carney in League, another great example - even Joey Barton who is an absolute douche, still captains QPR in the EPL)

kangle4 said: Connors to be fixed by the Swans?



You must lick your lips every time a club does away with a player for bullshit like this.
 
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