One-Eyed Richmond Forum
Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on January 25, 2012, 07:15:33 PM
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Dimma coming up on 3aw with Healy and Russell sometime before 8pm tonight.
So tune into 693AM in Melbourne or listen over the web via http://www.3aw.com.au/
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pity they crapped on for so long about free agency.
You have to wonder about these clowns. they asked about post but didnt know if he was still on the list or not :wallywink
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Summary
* Free agency - it's going to be a funny one and become more frequent as the years progress as more players become available under free agency. Something that's come into the game and we have to live with. It's become more common as we go along.
* No doubt you'd like to get your best players like Lids such signed up early. We have 5-6 guys in that category. List manager does that job and we'll do our upmost to make Brett happy and get him re-signed.
* Dimma is an advocate for more player movement not less. He believes AFL lists are too rigid as there's no movement for 12 months. It also helps both club and player. We could have got John McCarthy who we were keen on if free agency was around last year.
* Anything that makes rebuilding of your list faster is a good thing. We all want to get better quicker. You don't want to be down at 17/18th for long. Not good for the comp. to have so too many teams out of contention early on. Helps coaches too to avoid being sacked.
* Dimma is very happy with the new coaches brought in - Ross Smith and Mark Williams. Adds more experience to the coaching staff.
* Healy and Russell didn't know Postie was still on our list ::) :wallywink. Dimma said it's a make or break year for Postie. He's a slow developer in terms of his body development but he's finally lost the puffy fat, built up his body strength and explosive speed off the mark. We're expecting a big year from him. We need him to step as a key position player.
* Dimma was then asked if he had his back 6 settled in his mind. Believes we developed Grimes and Rance last year. We want to move Lids and Newy into the midfield. There's still positions that need rectifying but we believe we have the talent down there. We're trying Griffs and Postie in defence. There's young guys like Matt Dea and we've brought in Morris. We've got the players there but they are inexperienced and need gametime under their belts.
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The acid test has clearly now been put on Postie by Dimma. Seems he is getting first dibs at CHB although Dimma said in one of his responses that Postie can play both key defence and key forward.
As for our back six it seems Dimma has in mind:
B: Grimes Rance Morris
HB: Dea Post/Griffs Houli
Batchelor must fit somewhere in there as well you'd presume. I'd have him ahead of Dea. Ellis is another who can play that half-back flanker role.
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What about Astbury?
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Rance and Grimes have 2 of the 3 tall spots covered, would think Post, Astbury & McGuane would be battling for 3rd tall. Regardless of what Dimma says, I just cant see Griff getting CHB on merit, hes not a CHB's ahole
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What about Astbury?
Injured with a knee recently, won't be available for seniors till at least mid-season.
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I would of thought Griff would be playing the preseason in the backline to learn about defensive forward work and how defenders play rather than to become a backman...
We recruited him as a forward, thats where he played in the games he played last year.....why do some think he will now become a backman just because he is "being tried down there"??
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Because people take sound bites as a Lord of the Rings trilogy
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We recruited him as a forward, thats where he played in the games he played last year.....
Don't look too deeply into history T WA T, it will give you a headache.
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We recruited him as a forward, thats where he played in the games he played last year.....
Don't look too deeply into history T WA T, it will give you a headache.
Sorry lost me..... :huh
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We recruited him as a forward, thats where he played in the games he played last year.....
Don't look too deeply into history T WA T, it will give you a headache.
Sorry lost me..... :huh
he'd probably talking about all the forwards that have become outstanding backman
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We recruited him as a forward, thats where he played in the games he played last year.....
Don't look too deeply into history T WA T, it will give you a headache.
Sorry lost me..... :huh
he'd probably talking about all the forwards that have become outstanding backman
Honestly, go read his other thread and if you get any logic out of that then I will believe you.