Tom Lynch is doing his reputation a disservice and at least one rival is ready to bring it to his attention.
The Richmond striker was beaten with two $ 1000 fines for beating Sam Collins and Jarrod Witts in the Tigers’ win over Gold Coast on Monday – a penalty imposed after Lynch with a on Round 10 He was fined for thrusting Brisbane star Alex Witherden’s head into the ground.
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The 27-year-old has also been mocked for pretending to circumcise Collins just so the Suns defender wouldn’t flinch at all – compare to Kobe Bryant’s famous reaction to a Matt Barnes ball fake.
Lynch left the Suns to join Richmond in 2019 and won a Premier League in his first season in yellow and black. However, this season he has come under fire for making more headlines with “cheap shots” than with shots on goal.
It seems like Lions nut Mitch Robinson can’t stand it as he appeared to be targeting Lynch during a live video game streaming session on Twitch.
When responding to a comment from a streamer that Lynch was the GOAT (the greatest of all time), Robinson said, “Is he? Do you fucking know him? “
To other comments Robinson replied, adding, “He went to a good team to be successful, that’s what he did. He went to a Premiership team and thinks it is so good.
“He’s just cleaning my head. He’s damned.”
Those remarks come after Robinson Lynch trolled on Twitter referring to his ugly headbutt against teammate Witherden when the Lions star responded to the Collins non-eyelid footage.
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Melbourne great David Schwarz said on 3AW radio yesterday that Lynch will win Goose of the Year if he continues to behave as he is.
“I think what happened to Tom is that someone at Richmond Football Club told him, ‘Tom, I want you to go out and be a little more aggressive because I think you are not showing enough bite,” said Black.
“I would grab him by the neck if he was my opponent and just let them know. Young Collins obviously didn’t enjoy it, but Lynch has been doing this for three or four weeks. “
AFL 360 co-host Mark Robinson also took aim. “If Tom Lynch were a buddy of mine, I would sit here now and say, ‘Buddy, you’re ad **** what are you doing?'” Robinson said.
‘If you don’t care what people think, no problem. But as a great buddy of yours, I tell you that everyone thinks you’re a real head turner for what you’re doing right now.
“Going upstairs and (pretending) to hit Collins made him look like a fool. Why do you act like that? Play hard, hard football, earn respect. Right now he’s losing respect.
“He can live with that, it’s up to him. He’s a good person, Tom, but he just misbehaves in the field. “
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