You always grasp your stats MT but the fact is they prove nothing at all. the stats dont show when the goals are missed in the crucial point of the game. Richo always misses the important goals when the game is in the balance.
stats dont show nothing of when the game is there to be won or taken control, so l dont know why you put them up, you cant denie Richo cost us many games at critical times
l reckon Richo needs anxiety tablets, cause when his close to goal 5 - 40 metres out he is overwhelmed by the oppostion supporters heckling him, he turns to pooh,
but can kick great goals on the run or beyond 55m because his brain is racing & his switched on & cant hear the heckling
If after all these years he cant grasp the task of slotting the ball through under preasure & direct in front 5 - 40m out then he should not be played in that position cause the whole team is counting on him & when he misses the players lose confidence & l been told this by several players that its costing the team dearly & there has been some flak caused by it. Also Richo is against his own players comming into his zone just look on his face his even stared down Robin the boy blunder recently
Yes many big blokes do kick badly we all know that, its been the case for the generation of football, l could name 100 players. some players are picked for there ruck skills & strong marking overhead but cant kick well. FF's are picked cause they kick well & thats there job, but its time we blooded a new permanent FF to win games, not to play someone because there been at the club 14 years whatever it is & can take strong marks & then kick the ball on the full or score points, which as l said is turning the ball over & as l stated many times before our forwards cant defend the forward 50 properly
l love Richo but his a better player for Richmond down the ground, he still runs like a 25 year old & is one of the best strong marks in the league over his career & he should be used that way. Richo has great recovery when going for his own ball after a attempted mark & when he gathers the ball in he often sets someone up. You can get your stats out every week but l see the same thing happen every week & its wearing very thin with supporters & players.
Some supporters like you say yeah the Saints & Skunks do the same & l agree they do but they also kick alot more goals than us, get your stats out & look at our percentages for the last 25 years + there always been pooh & thats why teams like the Saints & Skunks win & have good percentages come years end. When Kozsy for the Saints is missing someone else is kicking them & Kozsy is worse than Richo by a mile. Rewoldt fixed his problem so why cant Richo & Rewodlt for your stats is not the Saints FF so l dont know why you put them up for comparrison with Richo, why not put big Fraser G up or does he have better stats. l sure you will put them up cause they mean nothing to me FG has won many games for the Saints & kicks them when the game is in the balance. Richo has won us a hand full cause we have not won many games at all over the years
Dont take this personal either this is a discussion about a great player who l think is costing us game & l think change should have been made some years ago. Richo deserves his B&F cause his earned it not for kicking goals but his committment to winning the contested ball
l dont like stats cause they dont show how a game is really played. If you go off any Richmond stats & Jackstar can back this up, we over use the ball every game. Handballs, Marks, Kicks, going backwards, sideways, inside 50,s then out again then back in then out again & inside 50 again then bang there that big important turnover & bang goal to other team
someone once said to me we had the most inside 50's
l wonder how we got the most when our shots on goals are very low, its because we get it inside 50 then dont have confidence to have a shot & go backwards then come back in again & again gmae after game of leather burns
Hughes, Shultzs, & Rewoldt are our future so we should be playing them in there positions now. Take a look at Roughhead the new kid on the block his cemented that position at FF & is very dangerous, that lad aint even played to his full ability yet. he will destroy us like the days of Dinstall & Ablett but wait we have Thursfield yes can he become a great fullback, Franklin has cememted his position yet Deledio, Tambling, are still being thrown around & a few others are still scratching Polo, Polak, Shultzs, Hughes, Raines, McGuane, Rewoldt, Pettifer still get chucked around that shows me the coach is not confident in his players ability & cant coach this squad with his current assistant coaches there is a problem that lays underneath
anyway time to do some work but my point is we should be cementing the youngsters into thier positions & let them learn the hardway
Carlton are doing it with Gibbs & Murphy so why cant Richmond
& if Collingwood beat us be prepared for me cause l wont be taking it great
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Daniel161
we do have the wood on them we have the
wooden spoon from last year. l bet Wallet spanked the players with it after the bad effort against the Kangaroos