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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on July 04, 2014, 02:06:53 PM
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Jake King keen to play on
Damian Barrett
afl.com.au
July 4, 2014
JAKE King has indicated his desire to play on for a ninth AFL season next year after being ruled out for the remainder of 2014.
King's manager and mentor, former North Melbourne champion Glenn Archer, said King would push to earn a new contract for 2015.
The 30-year-old has failed to play a game since round three this season, fighting an ongoing toe injury.
"He's got a foot issue, he's had it all year, he's had it for a while now," Archer told The Footy Show.
"He won't play for the rest of the year. I think it will be a stepping stone approach next year, hopefully (he will) do a pre-Christmas (training block), see how it goes, into a pre-season, see how it goes and then hopefully get another year out.
"Jake's a realist, he knows unless he can get it right that will be the end.
"In his mind, he thinks he can give another year but it's going to be up to his body.
"I would imagine that would be his last year."
Archer shared his frustration at the fascination of King's friendship with former bikie boss Toby Mitchell.
It was highlighted over the weekend after King ventured to Perth to visit young cancer sufferer Nate Anderson.
King surprised the five-year-old at his home before flying him to Melbourne to watch Richmond's win over St Kilda and meet Tigers players post-match.
"The thing that really hit home was the article that was written on the weekend," Archer said.
"He did a magnificent thing, he and the Richmond Football Club brought over a young boy, Nate, who's terminally ill and gave him a magnificent experience at the football.
"But again they write an article in the paper and they put a picture of Toby and Jake and actually have some controversial comments attached to the article. That's wrong.
"I know for a fact it's frustrated Jake.
"I feel that I've actually got to stand up and say something to the public because the misreporting is starting to do my head in as well.
"He's friends with Toby Mitchell. Jake is probably the most staunch and loyal person I've ever come across and I've met a lot of people over my time.
"He won't drop off a friendship because of people taking photos and putting it in the paper."
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-07-03/king-keen-to-go-on
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Oh good
Better hurry up and delist arnot. Helbig. And. Mcintosh to make some room
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Always liked Kingy but it's time to move on. If a 30 year old depth player who spent a season out injured gets a contract extension it's beyond me
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Selfish from King
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He can say what he likes but final say is up to the football department, surely they couldn't make another poor list management decision, we will be the laughing stock of all other clubs if we aren't already.
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Delist Arnot & McDonough so "Kingy" & "Newy" can have a farewell tour next year.
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If his body is right by all means give back to the club with a strong season. l like Jake he has alot to offer when fit. His on field presence lifts the Tigers & the fans :thumbsup
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If his body is right by all means give back to the club with a strong season. l like Jake he has alot to offer when fit. His on field presence lifts the Tigers & the fans :thumbsup
theres no point in King or Newman or a few others going on. Its not the right decision for the Richmond FC and or the supporters.
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Love Kingy but its time to hang up the boots.
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I love Jake but its time to let him go. Another year on our list will not help us long term. We need to open his spot on the list to allow some new blood into the club. Jake, Newman and couple of others need to make way for new long term players.
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keep him in the VFL for on field leadership. Off-field is another matter entirely of course.
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Selfish from King
just following Newmans Lead.
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Let's face it Newman has more ability in his left nut than King so he would need them both to be staying on to get a gig and that just isn't happening.
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Let's face it Newman has more ability in his left nut than King so he would need them both to be staying on to get a gig and that just isn't happening.
i think that's a misconception
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Shame how Newman been unselfish for so long
Till now...
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No disrespect to King, thanks for the service but if this club is serious it is time to start letting go of blokes like King and Newman whether they want to play on or not.
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No disrespect to King, thanks for the service but if this club is serious it is time to start letting go of blokes like King and Newman whether they want to play on or not.
if the club is true to its word there will only be about 5 changes, i take that to mean rookies as well.
people had better get the ky gel out and apply plenty to their rear ends because if they think newman and king will be cut they are going to get royally reamed.
cmon people you know its true, you can just see it happening after all its richmond.
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No disrespect to King, thanks for the service but if this club is serious it is time to start letting go of blokes like King and Newman whether they want to play on or not.
if the club is true to its word there will only be about 5 changes, i take that to mean rookies as well.
people had better get the ky gel out and apply plenty to their rear ends because if they think newman and king will be cut they are going to get royally reamed.
cmon people you know its true, you can just see it happening after all its richmond.
Unfortunately santa I fear you are once again on the money.
Which is why the Hackson/Hartley/Hardwick/Richardson cartel of incompetence needs to be replaced ASAP.
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Let's face it Newman has more ability in his left nut than King so he would need them both to be staying on to get a gig and that just isn't happening.
i think that's a misconception
Career wise I mean, not just this moment in time.
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cue now for the barbaric posts, whats king done to ever deserve another season ::)
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Besides his many shortcomings.
At least he was one of the very few players that we as supporters can truly say wasn't soft.
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cue now for the barbaric posts, whats king done to ever deserve another season ::)
What exactly has he done in the last two and a half years to demonstrate it's worth giving with him another year and denying a spot to a kid?
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you still need experienced players in a team to play along side the younger players or they might turn into a team of floggers
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you still need experienced players in a team to play along side the younger players or they might turn into a team of floggers
Experienced at what? Losing? Means stuff all if they're past it. Not like him & Newman are N.Riewoldt, Hayes, Fletcher, Chapman, Gia & Murphy who were/are all quality players that have seen regular finals and won big games. We've got enough blokes who've played over 100 games now and thanks to our genius list managers the side isn't even that young anymore.
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you still need experienced players in a team to play along side the younger players or they might turn into a team of floggers
Experienced at what? Losing? Means stuff all if they're past it. Not like him & Newman are N.Riewoldt, Hayes, Fletcher, Chapman, Gia & Murphy who were/are all quality players that have seen regular finals and won big games. We've got enough blokes who've played over 100 games now and thanks to our genius list managers the side isn't even that young anymore.
Agreed, veteran champs can hang around for a couple of years, veteran soldiers need to be moved on.
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you still need experienced players in a team to play along side the younger players or they might turn into a team of floggers
What? They are a team of floggers
Houli grigg hampson Thomas cChaplin pettard foley aedwards etc
The list is not young
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NO NO NO and in case you didn't hear me NO
Jake can resurrect his career at GWS.
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supporters ike bo more than happy with the out put and performance of blokes like king. seems the club are too.
the simple fact is jake kings performances and standard does not warrant a contract if truth be told he has never ever really played consistently well enough to warrant a contract.
once again i blame the recruiters. for how long have we needed a quality sml fwd yet for for 9 yrs the best we have come up with is jake king. there is no need to wonder why we dont get anywhere.
unfortunately they are likely to hang onto such an underperforming player because he currently is the best option. what a shemozzle eh.
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dont worry about it anymore claw. mate its not worth the hassle believe me. I reached the point a while ago where I dont care what they do cause its not worth the worry. Next year will be the first year in such a long time that I wont be a member and Im looking forward to doing other things on weekends rather than worrying about whether Richmond wins or loses. From what I know I wont be the only one, the clubs gonna get a shock next year when thousands dont renew their membership but thats all they deserves. They treated the supporters and the members like shizen for years. Why should we worry about those bozos at the club, we dont owe them anything. Stuff'm.
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dont worry about it anymore claw. mate its not worth the hassle believe me. I reached the point a while ago where I dont care what they do cause its not worth the worry. Next year will be the first year in such a long time that I wont be a member and Im looking forward to doing other things on weekends rather than worrying about whether Richmond wins or loses. From what I know I wont be the only one, the clubs gonna get a shock next year when thousands dont renew their membership but thats all they deserves. They treated the supporters and the members like shizen for years. Why should we worry about those bozos at the club, we dont owe them anything. Stuff'm.
Genuine question: why are you still here then?
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Love Jake but its time to hang em up. This time next year we need to know if Lloyd and McDonough are worth persevering with long term - all King and newman playing on will do, is muddy the waters
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dont worry about it anymore claw. mate its not worth the hassle believe me. I reached the point a while ago where I dont care what they do cause its not worth the worry. Next year will be the first year in such a long time that I wont be a member and Im looking forward to doing other things on weekends rather than worrying about whether Richmond wins or loses. From what I know I wont be the only one, the clubs gonna get a shock next year when thousands dont renew their membership but thats all they deserves. They treated the supporters and the members like shizen for years. Why should we worry about those bozos at the club, we dont owe them anything. Stuff'm.
Genuine question: why are you still here then?
just here to pass some time and have some laughs ;D
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;D fair enough
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NO NO NO and in case you didn't hear me NO
Jake can resurrect his career at GWS.
Could of been a good pick up for them in the past couple of years but I reckon they're even past having 30 year old injury riddled soldiers