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Sometimes controversial but always from the heart. Dan is a professional who is an avid fan of sports of all varieties in his spare time. Dan is also enjoys giving back to the community by being the Head Coach of an AFL Amateur Football Club.
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The first round of JLT matches and seemingly quite a few Demons fans shutting down the practice match win for the Tigers as not impressive and the Tigers should of won by more against the “Demons kids”. Sure the Demons had the likes of big man Max Gawn, ball winner Jack Viney and fearless leader Nathan Jones out of their side but the Tigers also had their fair share of “stars” out of the game with Josh Caddy, Shaun Grigg, Jason Castagna and the new man Tom Lynch all missing for the Tigers.
On paper the teams were evenly matched and it was a fair contest in the first half with the Tigers looking the stronger team across all 4 quarters. Most should be able to admit that the 12 point deficit at the end of the game didn’t really reflect the powerful display the Tigers put on in the 2nd and 3rd quarters with the likes of Martin and Cotchin heavily rested in the last quarter.
Back to my original comment, there was no over the top celebration from the Richmond faithful as years gone past, they clearly know now that they are a contender and are a little jilted by the failure during last years Preliminary Final loss to Collingwood. However, is this a case of the Demons fans getting ahead of themselves during the JLT series? Which is purely an opportunity for teams to see how young and underdeveloped players can mix it with a handful of stars whilst also getting game fitness into the legs.
Many pundits are on the “Dees” bandwagon this season and perhaps that’s just another fairy tale similar to Richmond 2017 and the Bulldogs of 2016 but until September 2019, the “Dees” supporters should just keep a lid on it, we all remember what happened in 2016 when they thought a finals birth had been clinched.
Richmond's young stars start to shine