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Richmond Rant / Re: 2024 AFL draft
« Last post by Simonator on Today at 03:07:23 PM »Brisbane and Gold Coast will also need picks. We could end up with 4-5 top 20 if baker leaves and potentially 2 top 10
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Richmond Rant / Re: 2024 AFL draft
« Last post by torch on Today at 02:39:28 PM »So what I want to know is who are the next generation superstars the Swans are hiding at there "academy"?
Dunno but I'd be offering them 22, 40, 41, 47, 58, 66 and 68 for 18 + 19.
Go draft with 2, 18, 19, 29.
Perfect Andy!
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Richmond Rant / Re: 2024 AFL draft
« Last post by Andyy on Today at 02:12:25 PM »So what I want to know is who are the next generation superstars the Swans are hiding at there "academy"?
Dunno but I'd be offering them 22, 40, 41, 47, 58, 66 and 68 for 18 + 19.
Go draft with 2, 18, 19, 29.
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Richmond Rant / Re: State of Umpiring [merged]
« Last post by Diocletian on Today at 01:54:10 PM »If a player has time enough to take more than one step then they have time enough to get rid of it....same goes if they're spun more than 180 degrees in tackle with at least the non-ball carrying arm free...
Would also increase the minimum distance for a kick to be marked from 15 to at least 20.....
Get rid of all of Wimpleys "state of the game/stop Richmond" gay arse rules...
Also end the ludicrous "nominated" ruck mularkey ...under 9's stuff .....just penalise third man up and if both sides do it then play on.....
Then after all that's done - a complete moratorium on any further rule changes....
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Richmond Rant / Re: State of Umpiring [merged]
« Last post by Tigeritis™©® on Today at 01:41:24 PM »Disagree strongly. Just another unnecessary rule change. And what would it result in? Players just grouped together standing around the ball afraid of picking it up because if they do and get immediately tackled they give away a free kick?
I’ve said it before I’ll say it again, leave the bloody game alone. Don’t create rules to influence and effect the style in which the game is played. Let teams and coaches dictate their own style and do what their supposed to do and come up with strategies to beat their opposition.
No that's not what will happen at all. I agree with your sentiments that we should avoid more rule changes though.
You see the game was perfectly okay for approximately 150 years before they brought in the prior opportunity rule (1996 I think ) because of narcissistic coaches (ie Sheedy) and commentators wanting to "help" the ball player and stop taggers from "ruining the game".
Thing is that good ball players still were able to get the ball and dispose of it ie. Greg Williams, "Flee" Weightman, Dean Kemp, Paul Couch, Ablett snr. Etc.
Great players will always find a way to get the ball and win the ball even if they need to tap it forward a little and get some separation first. I used to do it playing junior footy too. The rule was always black and white and very easy to adjudicate, possess the ball and you must dispose of the ball by hand or foot or your penalised. We all knew this even playing back yard footy. It all changed when this stupid rule was invented. Now we have the grey in the game that was never there to begin with.
The fact is that this rule was an actual "rule change" and like all other "rule changes" it has mostly failed to have the desired effect and has inevitably resulted in a worst outcome that intended.
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Richmond Rant / Re: Daniel Rioli [merged]
« Last post by Diocletian on Today at 01:35:19 PM »aka "the standard response that's neither confirms nor denies..."
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Richmond Rant / Re: Adem Yze is our new coach [merged]
« Last post by Diocletian on Today at 01:28:10 PM »Horse sending Jordan to Walsh turned the game tonight...wish we'd play a tagger every now & then instead of just letting the oppo's best mids bring their own footy and do as thy please as they tear us apart every stuffing week...another thing that hasn't changed under Yze.....Didn’t Pickett play a tagging role a couple of weeks ago ??
Yes on Pertracca
Staggering that we are the only team to beat the Swans this year
Petracca plays for Melbourne....they won easily and he still got 23 and a goal...
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Richmond Rant / Re: State of Umpiring [merged]
« Last post by Tiger Khosh on Today at 12:08:25 PM »Disagree strongly. Just another unnecessary rule change. And what would it result in? Players just grouped together standing around the ball afraid of picking it up because if they do and get immediately tackled they give away a free kick?
I’ve said it before I’ll say it again, leave the bloody game alone. Don’t create rules to influence and effect the style in which the game is played. Let teams and coaches dictate their own style and do what their supposed to do and come up with strategies to beat their opposition.
I’ve said it before I’ll say it again, leave the bloody game alone. Don’t create rules to influence and effect the style in which the game is played. Let teams and coaches dictate their own style and do what their supposed to do and come up with strategies to beat their opposition.
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Richmond Rant / Re: State of Umpiring [merged]
« Last post by Hard Roar Tiger on Today at 11:31:55 AM »Agree with that post 
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Richmond Rant / Re: 2024 AFL draft
« Last post by Tigeritis™©® on Today at 10:43:22 AM »So what I want to know is who are the next generation superstars the Swans are hiding at there "academy"?
