Footy Media bring it IN. Bring it in tight. Sit down and listen and listen good. Robbo pay attention…..look me in the eye Rohan……Ralphy are you listening ? Jake put the pen down for a sec and Patrick for god’s sake ……lift your head. The rest of you tune in and focus.
I’m not sure we have stuck to the game plan of late. You know where I told you to focus on the main man. The plan was to attack straight down the middle. Get it to the Star in the goal square. Not this ridiculous stuff you’re dishing up of going backwards, sideways and god forbid the scrums. That’s right the scrums of reports on medical monitoring of Essendon, the Match Review Panel Review (oh really !!) Equalisations Funds (zzzzzzzzz), Draft Shake Ups and wait for it another report about a game on Good Friday (you told us it was happening….you promised). You guys have let me down.
So tune in. Tune in big time. This morning Gary Ablett Snr and I were discussing heading off to the footy tonight (Friday). There is a game on isn’t there ? Isn’t there ? Don’t look at me with that stupid look Patrick. Someone told us a few days ago that Essendon was playing Richmond. So boys I headed down to the Bakehouse Café below my joint and checked it out in the papers.
Good news there is a game on Gaz. Trust me you’d hardly know given the media saturation of yawn material.
Boys surely this week the game deserved better. Boys we needed you to rev things up to create this as the game of the year. The fans want stories about Stars and what they do and what makes them tick and what great characters they are. I want to be revved up to go to the footy. It would help if Jack Riewoldt said something or Jake Carlisle was allowed to. I want to hear these two Stars talking it up and treating this like a title fight to the death.
Look me in the eyes boys look me in the eye…..tell me you remember when the Duck ruled the MCG on a Friday Night and all the talk by Micky Sheahan, Jonny Anderson and Daryl Timms was whether Craig “Ned” Kelly from Collingwood would pinch him on the bum or try to knock him out or get 6 kicked on him before half time. Or when Gazza went berserk against both the Tigers one day then the Bombers on another occasion kicking a lazy 14. Man you went alright Gazza didn’t you.
Robbo I wanted to hear Jacky Riewoldt say “this is going to be my stage this week and I’m going to lead us to the finals”. I wanted to know that Dustin Martin saw this as a pivotal game in taking the next step to be known as a “big game player”. I wanted to hear Joey Daniher say “I don’t care about investigations I want to take the next step and show Bomber Thompson “I’m the man”. I wanted to hear Jake Carlisle say “trust me the Richmond defence is going to know they are in a game of footy tonight”.
What game plan boys are you playing…..do you ever listen…..what this crap about Mitch Robinson showing more form in an Alleyway Saturday Night than all season on the back page. The bloody back page on a Friday when the two of the giants of AFL are playing. I want to read that Paddy Ryder feels like he’s now ready to assert himself on games and rise above the pack. That he wants to assume Adam Goodes mantle. Thanks what I want to hear.
Ok Robbo, Ralphy, Jake, Rohan……and bloody hell Patrick… come in tighter. Really tight. Why did you write that crap about Jacky Boy Riewoldt a few months a go. Why ? Now he’s like a muppet. Now he’s spinning crap about one week at a time and we’re not thinking finals. The boy’s a star on and off the field. I want Jacky and I want him NOW.
Ralphy time to step up. Rohan you’ve been at it a while…..lead son lead. Jake….Jake…Jake….got so much faith in you…don’t let me down. I’m throwing down the challenge to each and every one of you
Everything is on the line in this game. I want to read about who grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck and squeezed the living daylight out of it. Who said “look at me ….look at me”
Think …… Just Think !!!!
When it’s your turn to report on tonight’s game report it in a manner that excites and enlightens us
When it’s your turn to challenge the way the game has been reported this week challenge it !!!
When it’s your turn to put your thoughts on the line for us supporters…..you do it….then you do it again
Focus on the Players not the Politics
And tell yourself this is my day …….the day I returned the reporting back to the Players….back to what the supporters want to read.
Remember this simple message…….if it’s to be ……then it’s up to me
If it’s to be…… it’s up to ME…….now get there and show me what makes this team so special.
Meanwhile Gaz I guess if worse comes to worse and neither Jack, Dusty, Joey or Jake don’t turn it on we can always watch some replay of you on Youtube at the bar. By the way who did kick more goals in that elimination final at Waverley between Geelong or St.Kilda…was it you or me ? Let’s watch that. Now that was a game when the Stars turned it on.
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