Did I hear correct - god help us

[older saint]

While driving to the gym this morning i heard a take from the B & F last night
One part was Richo talking and i swear i heard him say " we cant control our ladder position".

is he or his speech writer for real, more spin than a politician.

Absolutely you can control your ladder position ...BY WINNING GAMES!!!!!!!
I have never heard such crap in my life , we finished 16th, not 9th on percentage - then yes sure you could say that others performed better, the draw etc, but we finished 16TH.

They treat us like mushrooms , take our money, playing on our emotions of loyalty and hope, and try to polish a turd and tell us its a diamond.

At least Ross Lyon was upfront and disappointed after finishing 2nd ( not 16th) at the B&F and got criticised for it.

Need to walk away i think as this has got me really mad - no wonder we are going backwards in a hurry

Rant over!

[saynta]

You need to listen to his whole speech.

[older saint]

You need to listen to his whole speech.

I will try to find it, but going to need to hear something special for this to be in context which is real and honest not spin

[Sainternist]

You need to listen to his whole speech.

It almost sent me to sleep. He is one of the dullest speakers in the business. Is it any wonder the players are giving uninspired performances under him?

[Sainter_Dad]

Is it any wonder the players are giving uninspired performances under him?

Then maybe they should play for us, the jumper, the pay packet, the pride …

If you need to be inspired by your boss - then maybe you are in the wrong job.

[maverick]

You need to listen to his whole speech.

No one needs to do that surely.
Maybe they could use him over at Guantanamo Bay as a torture chamber

[Cairnsman]

Can this God you speak of control the ladder?

[bigred]

You need to listen to his whole speech.

Yeah context kinda helps.

He pretty much put it on the players.

[Cairnsman]

You need to listen to his whole speech.

Yeah context kinda helps.

He pretty much put it on the players.

Yeah I heard that too, blamed the players for losing us so many games and only giving him a 33% wins.

[older saint]

Wow a good tradesman doesn't blame his tools.
Very disappointing if the case , as Billy Birmingham said " Lets work as a team and do it my way" ( Richie benaurd voice!)

[spert]

Richo is the reason a lot of Sainters wont be renewing their memberships next year.

[Cairnsman]

Wow a good tradesman doesn't blame his tools.
Very disappointing if the case , as Billy Birmingham said " Lets work as a team and do it my way" ( Richie benaurd voice!)

Yeah I know, it's like 101 stuff.

[Sainter_Dad]

Wow a good tradesman doesn't blame his tools.
Very disappointing if the case , as Billy Birmingham said " Lets work as a team and do it my way" ( Richie benaurd voice!)

Yeah I know, it's like 101 stuff.

Hey - not all of our players are tools!

[Cairnsman]

Wow a good tradesman doesn't blame his tools.
Very disappointing if the case , as Billy Birmingham said " Lets work as a team and do it my way" ( Richie benaurd voice!)

Yeah I know, it's like 101 stuff.

Hey - not all of our players are tools!

None of them are SD, should have used a sarcasm emoji but surprising they dont have one and I refuse to use the rolling eyes.

[Sainter_Dad]

lol @ Cairnsman - just taking the PI55!!!!

Just got abused by someone on another forum for not having the money to spend on our danger noodles with the implication that we should not keep them - just because I asked if anyone knew a place to get cheaper hides etc.

[bigred]

Judge for yourself. I pretty much think his message was that we have all the tools.... Time to build the house.

He is a genuine guy.

[desertsaint]

no concept of time. i've waffled n for five or six minutes' - 11 mins in.
so hard to listen to - just a monotonous drone. could sell him as a white noise sleep aid?
did hear the improvement will come from the players. well what about from him? surely he's set himself that same goal? lead by example, accept the blame and admit you need to do better.

[prwilkinson]

It’s nice to hear that a lot of players have still been around Moorabbin training.

[Cairnsman]

Judge for yourself. I pretty much think his message was that we have all the tools.... Time to build the house.

He is a genuine guy.

Clearly the the OP has not demonstrated actively listening and as such has heard incorrectly. Active listening, Google it to learn how.

[saint6709]

no concept of time. i've waffled n for five or six minutes' - 11 mins in.
so hard to listen to - just a monotonous drone. could sell him as a white noise sleep aid?
did hear the improvement will come from the players. well what about from him? surely he's set himself that same goal? lead by example, accept the blame and admit you need to do better.

I listened - probably a good remedy if your having trouble sleeping at night I would think -,he lost me a couple of times and I wasn’t sure who he was referring to —- not sure what to make of it really - it looks as though he stays for 2019, he certainly seems to think so - I think it’s going to be difficult for players and fans to muster up the kind of enthusiasm that will be required to see significant improvement - maybe a team of new assistants can generate something positive for the players to engage with ?

[Yorkeys]

Just win a few. Wayne Bennet is to boring what Turnbull is to plain English but he can get teams to win. Nowhere to hide in 2019 Richo. Put up or the club will shut u up. Possibly before Easter if we are not running at 50% by then.

[Jacks Back]

I wonder where Richo's is sojourning this off season and whether he gets a one way ticket

[bigred]

Am I on my own now where I am getting tired of the Richo hate?

Like it or not, we are stuck with him.

[freely]

fwiw i thought the speech was pretty good - don't know what else he could say. thanked all the right people. pleased to hear the players are hitting the gym!

[Enrico_Misso]

I think I heard 8 "Outstanding"'s and only 6 "Strong"'s in Richo's inspirational speech.

So it's a strong win to outstanding.