One-Eyed Richmond Forum
Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: tony_montana on September 09, 2017, 02:32:22 AM
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How well is this bloke travelling? Love his hardness and the flexibility he gives our backline as he's a quick and mobile tall. Really tough and rarely loses a contest. I'm a big fan at how quickly he's settled into the side and how well he's going 10-12 games into his career. Deserves credit
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He makes the back line better by being there too... :clapping
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Still prone to some deadset howlers which are amplified in defence but his decision making can surely only get better with more experience. Probably not a better backline to learn from though.
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Apart from one poor kick he was exceptional :clapping
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Apart from one poor kick he was exceptional :clapping
This, i can only recall one poor kick/decision, apart from that he was simply outstanding last night and played with a poise that belied his 10 game experience. His pass to Floss for Floss's goal was great, setup like he was going to have a shot, and had the guts to hit the pass. Got some smarts and have I mentioned how much I love the fact that hes tough as nails and rarely loses a contest?
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Apart from one poor kick he was exceptional :clapping
Interesting i thought he was very poor
First half he looked so far out of his depth, we had a coule who did but with him it shone
Poor decision making and some of his kicking :help
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He had a couple of stinkers but soaked up a lot of pressure for a inexperienced player in a final imo, will learn from it.
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He and George are the most vulnerable.
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Yep, looked like the weak link in a solid backline. That's including Bachar and Ellis. Can recall more than one awful kicks too. That being said, I don't think there's anyone to replace him and he offers enough
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agreed, but he also gave off a goal to Nick V which was timely.
There will be no changes and nor should there be.
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He and George are the most vulnerable.
Agree. These 2 would be players 21 and 22 if I was voting all the way down. The thing is though is that the back line looks very settled and he can interchange with most of the positions there. This group down back is very interchangeable, can swap on to different players and he is a cog in that machine.
I dont normally like Dermie and his making up of stuff which normally makes no sense. Last night he made a good point. A lot of the current backline has played together for many games now (couple of years). They know what each other is doing and this is what makes it all work. I wouldnt change that atm.
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I thought he was good.
He does the things good backman do naturally. Block, second man up and just generally helps out his fellow backman. He is no Rance but he hasn't put a foot wrong lately for an inexperienced player.
Some players are just easy targets for forum nuffies. And others are just excused from any criticism.
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forum nuffies...hmm, that is a term I haven't heard since a certain Jackstar used to hang round here
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He generally good but he still worries me heading into the PF and hopefully the GF....apparently he was BOG for DE%......which says the the probem wasn't (abd isn't) how many mistakes he makes but when & where he makes them....
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Great weaklink :thumbsup
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He generally good but he still worries me heading into the PF and hopefully the GF....apparently he was BOG for DE%......which says the the probem wasn't (abd isn't) how many mistakes he makes but when & where he makes them....
Your final point about not how many but where and when nails it for mine
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He was very strong in that 3rd q.
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For me he's just got to keep it simple not to cute with kicking.
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Tigers defender Nathan Broad goes from plumbing to preliminary final
LAUREN WOOD,
Herald Sun
September 23, 2017
FROM plumbing’s “bad side” to a preliminary final.
It hasn’t quite sunk in as yet for Richmond defender Nathan Broad.
Saturday’s preliminary final against Greater Western Sydney will be just the 24-year-old’s 11th AFL game — in front of an expected crowd of 100,000 people, no less — and he knows that he is experiencing a ride some players wait more than 300 games for.
Some never get there.
It’s a far cry from Broad’s former life as a Perth plumbing apprentice.
“The (work was primarily the) bad side of plumbing — not the clean stuff,” he says.
“It was maintenance plumbing, so I was going to maybe six different places during the day doing hot water systems or toilets. I completed one year and got drafted.”
Taken as mature-age recruit from WAFL club Swan Districts, the “tradie life” suited Broad.
There were no sausage rolls or Big M’s at “smoko” as he plied his trade in the state league, but he loved the work and still hits the tools one day a week at Rod Laver Arena.
“I was very strict on myself with food and was drinking water all the time, but I loved the tradie life,” Broad says.
“I loved getting up early and going to work — plumbing was something that I loved.
“Working at Rod Laver mixes it up a bit and it’s not all footy. It’s all mechanical there — all clean and all brand new so it’s very different to some of the pipes I used to deal with. I’d much prefer that.”
To be preparing to play off for a Grand Final berth can only be described in one word.
“It’s crazy,” he says.
“My mates text me all the time saying what a crazy story it is now that I’m playing in a prelim. I would never have picked it, that’s for sure.”
Especially after this year.
Two days before Round 1, Broad was felled with a shoulder injury during a routine light captain’s run.
He was “filthy”.
Reconstruction surgery on his AC joint followed, then weeks of rehabilitation under rehab and conditioning coach Rob Inness, who he credits as “the reason that these rehab boys are coming back in career best form”.
Broad spent the preseason manning up Jack Riewoldt and learning everything that forwards hate.
As for the step from the WAFL to AFL, there’s freedom to thank.
“I thought the AFL had passed me a bit — I still dreamt of it — so I went back to just enjoying footy and playing with my best mates,” he says.
“Luckily enough Richmond threw me a lifeline.”
Broad’s bestie couldn’t have been happier.
She flew in to Melbourne on Friday, is staying on hip Chapel Street and is 80 years old.
It’s “Nan” — Evelyn.
“She’s probably my best friend,” he says, beaming.
“She’s so understanding, and just loves footy. She’s over here all the time.
“She loves the tatts, and just understands young people. I love her.”
Evelyn, who now dons a Tigers scarf rather than Fremantle, isn’t leaving Melbourne for two weeks — just in case — but wants to go to next weekend’s Grand Final regardless.
“She said ‘I’ve booked an apartment on Chapel Street because I love the shopping and pretend I’m not even here ... if you have some free time or a free night, then pop in and we’ll have dinner, otherwise I’m going to do my own thing’,” Broad says.
“You’d think she was 50. I get along with her really well and we chat nearly every second day.”
He does harbour some concern about 4.45pm Saturday, though.
“I’m a bit worried about her because she does get nervous, and she gets really worried but she’s not a yeller or anything — she sits with her scarf on and has good eyesight so she knows where I am all the time,” he says.
“She wants me to get the bright boots back, as it was a bit easier.
“If we could get into the Grand Final, for her and everyone, my mates back home and for everyone, it’d just be unbelievable.”
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/tigers-defender-nathan-broad-goes-from-plumbing-to-preliminary-final/news-story/0d7686222d1b48b60969da15d4258a09
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How did we see his game today ?
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Greene went missing. Big tick for Broady
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Very average. Big question mark for me
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I agree did his job on Green.
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He saved a goal in the square against the odds at a crucial time
Did a couple of real good things
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Thought Grimes was on Greene but they probably changed it up during the game
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They changed it up. I remember watching Grimes run rings around Johnson.
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They changed it up. I remember watching Grimes run rings around Johnson.
I could have run rings around Johnson ;D
But Grimes did the main job on Greene, Broad took over at certain times
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Broad stays in the team.
Always in the right spot it's uncanny...
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His disposal can be heart in mouth stuff at times but he is doing more right than wrong. A pretty handy defender.
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Not ready yet
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Think the question is Broad or Batch? Or maybe Garth, but I wouldn't throw him in the deep end