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Richmond's Stagnation - The Misread | The Means Test with Adam Simpson! (22.06.26)
22 Jun 2026
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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Nate, thank you. All right.
Chapter 2: What are Richmond's current struggles and fan frustrations?
Can you figure out what to say about North Melbourne, Richmond yesterday? Oh, I can't. Yeah. A bit of agitation from a couple of Tigers fans anyway. Is there? You just can't quite see it.
Yeah. Look, if it's part of the plan and when you're in a rebuilding side and you go, all right, this year we're going to be good at contest and pressure. And to do that, we need to go straight and we'll get speed off the down the line plays. Freo do this well. And we can defend behind our ball movement, so we're not going to get scored against a lot.
Chapter 3: How is Richmond's game strategy impacting their performance?
And you never know, we might jag a couple of wins. And then you present to the board and you say, by the end of this year, we'll be not 18th at these stats, we'll be 14th. And that's your progression. Then next year, we will start switching the ball, take the corridor on. That is a strategy, Gerard. It feels like that's what they're doing because they are a straight line side team.
I think there's some Tiger supporters. So when Sam Mitchell took over Hawthorne, they were a switch and go, and we're going to get scored against, but we're going to score, and we're going to play exciting footy, and we'll keep ā building our list as we go. And they weren't as deeply cut their list as perhaps Richmond is with the injuries as well. So yeah, I'm intrigued.
The style of play is not one for excitement and it's, we'll beat you straight line, kick it to our, hopefully a Lynch and Nankervis are playing and we'll work around that. And that is the cause of frustration, I think, for some supporters. And then North decide to kick around that. And they have 122 uncontested marks. And, you know, they keep them to, you know, six goals for the game.
Six goals, 12, mind you. So they go, well, our defence is working better. Look at that. That's a good evidence to suggest that we're going well. But I think both teams will look at that review on Monday. And North will take the points. And they're on seven wins now. So they're improved. But they're not doing it in a ā pretty way, are they? No. But they've got the wins.
Where can the Richmond gains come from in the back portion of the season?
I don't know what players are coming back, Gerard. I don't know the kids well enough to suggest that they're going to make a difference if they do come back. But from what I've heard, the talent is there, the young talent. They just haven't had a chance to play together. And I think we asked, we did a game about a month ago, and we asked the CEO about the
How important is it for that group to play together? Not just be on the list. They need to actually not just have 50 games in a young player, get 50 together. Yeah. And that's what they're missing though. I think their development's been pushed back 12 months in my eyes. It's going to take another extra year to see the young talent work together. And then there's the senior players.
So where are they going to be in two years? That's a worry a little bit.
That's right. If the development of the young players is 12 months delayed, that hurts at the experienced end. They're only just going to make it anyway.
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Chapter 4: What are the implications of player injuries on Richmond's season?
They're going to have to go get the, you know, this, the rock solid 300 gamers who are on the back nine. That's my gut feel, but I'm sure there's a plan there. And maybe the plan is just to suck it up this year and play this day away because that's how we're going to learn for the future years.
It's just a hint of misread around Richmond at the moment.