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Lids can expect a hostile Tiger reception: Caddy
afl.com.au
17 September 2017
FORMER Richmond star Brett Deledio can expect a hostile reaction from fans when he takes the field in Saturday's preliminary final against Greater Western Sydney says Tiger recruit Josh Caddy.
Deledio requested a trade from the Tigers during last year's trade period after 243 games and two best and fairests at Richmond despite having a year remaining on his contract.
The Tigers netted a future first and third round draft pick in the trade but agreed to pay a portion of Deledio's contract during 2017.
Now the 30-year-old finds himself pitted against his former club in a preliminary final after being part of the Giants win over West Coast's in Saturday's semi-final.
It was Deledio's first finals win in five attempts and set up a clash with his old club.
"The Tigers supporters loved him but I'm sure they will be right off him this weekend," Caddy told Channel 7's Gameday.
Deledio is not the only former player up against old teammates during the preliminary final with Geelong's Patrick Dangerfield playing against his former club when the Cats take on the Crows on Friday night.
Caddy, who joined Richmond from Geelong during last year's trade period and was part of the Tigers' win over his former club in the qualifying final last week, said he suspected it would be difficult for Deledio.
"It's amazing how footy works out. I'm sure Brett is still happy he is playing in a preliminary final but it would be mixed emotions for him for sure," Caddy said.
A fan favourite, Deledio played in 110 wins and 128 losses for Richmond after the club used its No.1 pick at the 2004 NAB AFL Draft to recruit him.
He struggled with a calf injury in the first half of the season but has slotted into the Giants line-up at the end of the season and played off a half back stuff against West Coast.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-09-17/lids-can-expect-a-hostile-tiger-reception-caddy-
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Will kick 10 on Houli :lol
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There is no "love" for The Traitor ...
Would like to remind people he jumped shipped to find success.
First asked Geelong, then ended up with GWS ...
The Traitor should be "booed" ...
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There is no "love" for The Traitor ...
Would like to remind people he jumped shipped to find success.
First asked Geelong, then ended up with GWS ...
The Traitor should be "booed" ...
All 3 in the prelim
Smart guy ;)
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He's our enemy now. Hope hes balling his eyes out Nick Riewoldt style after the game .
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There is no "love" for The Traitor ...
Would like to remind people he jumped shipped to find success.
First asked Geelong, then ended up with GWS ...
The Traitor should be "booed" ...
I'd jump ship too if I only had one or two years left, and after playing almost 250 games without any finals win, that's gotta hurt.
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Lids turned down offers from other clubs during his time with us to remain a Tiger. He earned the right to do what he wanted to IMO. I think it was a mistake, but that is what happens in life.
And quite frankly, we got a very good deal from the Giants for him.
He was a very good player for us in his 243 games and a club leader through difficult times.
I wish him all the best, and hope that despite the Tigers beating the Giants on the weekend, he will have a good game.
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Richmond 'just another club', says GWS Giants' Brett Deledio
Andrew Wu
The Age
September 17 2017 - 6:37PM
Greater Western Sydney recruit Brett Deledio has viewed Richmond as "just another club" this year but the Tiger army will not be seeing their former favourite son as just another player.
After dreaming almost his entire career of a flag with the Tigers, Deledio will be out to spoil the yellow and black party in the preliminary final on Saturday.
Taking on the former club for the first time can be an emotional time for players, as Essendon's Brendon Goddard showed in a teary interview in 2013, but few will be doing so in Deledio's position.
Deledio has never pushed this deep into September. He is celebrating a major milestone - game number 250 - against the club he called home for 12 years and won two best and fairests.
And he is likely to have close to a full house of success-starved Tigers fans cheering their side to their first grand final appearance in 35 years.
Deledio marked a major land mark on the weekend, tasting victory in a final for the first time after 249 games - only eight men have played more matches before breaking their September duck.
The 30-year-old remains friends with several former teammates and has keenly followed the Tigers' progress but that is where the emotional ties end.
"They're just another club I've got a lot of great mates at. I'm rapt for them that they're playing good footy after the year that we had last year," Deledio told Fairfax Media on the eve of the finals.
"I'm rapt for my close mates that are there, that they're getting to taste finals again. I keep in contact with a lot of them regularly. That's about where it ends.
"We don't talk about us versus them even when the Giants are playing the Tiges. It's more about us being friends than us as opponents.
"I know them inside and out pretty much after being there for 12 years, it's hard not to keep a close eye and tabs on what's going on because you know the players, you know what they're doing. You watch a lot of their games and see how the boys are going, which is good. But it all ends when we're playing."
First-season Tiger Josh Caddy says Deledio should expect a fiery reception from the Tigers faithful.
"I don't know Brett, the Tigers supporters loved but I'm sure they'll be right off him this weekend," Deledio said.
"It's amazing how footy works and how things like this happen. I'm sure Brett's still happy he's playing in a preliminary final but it will be mixed emotions for him, I'm sure."
Deledio described the build-up to the finals at the Giants as like "chalk and cheese" compared to the Tigers' ill fated September campaigns in 2013-15.
"They're two different cities. Down in Richmond you're completely in the bubble with a huge supporter base with a club that has a rich history for over 150 years," Deledio said.
"We're a brand new baby club, a club in its infancy and building a pretty strong supporter base already coming into our second finals campaign. You look no further than supporter bases and how old the clubs are."
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/richmond-tigers-just-another-club-says-gws-giants-brett-deledio-20170917-gyj64t.html
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Lids turned down offers from other clubs during his time with us to remain a Tiger. He earned the right to do what he wanted to IMO. I think it was a mistake, but that is what happens in life.
And quite frankly, we got a very good deal from the Giants for him.
He was a very good player for us in his 243 games and a club leader through difficult times.
I wish him all the best, and hope that despite the Tigers beating the Giants on the weekend, he will have a good game.
Save your diplomacy, come 4:45pm Saturday IT"S WAR!!!
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We as the crowd must put as much negative pressure as possible on him, he never handled the pressure in a final for us so we must make sure he doesn't for them either
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Its only a game of footy isn't it?
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na stuff lids, campo and the rest of those plastic club.
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Always a Tiger but 'Lids' has 'no regrets'.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-09-19/always-a-tiger-but-lids-has-no-regrets
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Lids turned down offers from other clubs during his time with us to remain a Tiger. He earned the right to do what he wanted to IMO. I think it was a mistake, but that is what happens in life.
And quite frankly, we got a very good deal from the Giants for him.
He was a very good player for us in his 243 games and a club leader through difficult times.
I wish him all the best, and hope that despite the Tigers beating the Giants on the weekend, he will have a good game.
Save your diplomacy, come 4:45pm Saturday IT"S WAR!!!
YESsssSSSS BIG MAN :clapping
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Lids turned down offers from other clubs during his time with us to remain a Tiger. He earned the right to do what he wanted to IMO. I think it was a mistake, but that is what happens in life.
And quite frankly, we got a very good deal from the Giants for him.
He was a very good player for us in his 243 games and a club leader through difficult times.
I wish him all the best, and hope that despite the Tigers beating the Giants on the weekend, he will have a good game.
Save your diplomacy, come 4:45pm Saturday IT"S WAR!!!
YESsssSSSS BIG MAN :clapping
C'MON idiots, WE ARE NOT SYDNEY SUPPORTERS CLAPPING BEHINDS FROM THE GRAND STAND.
We are:
1. Playing a team and the winner progresses to the Grand Final
2. We have waited since 1982 to play in another Grand Final, these pricks have been around 5 mins
3. I'm not clapping for any of the opposition, their intention is to BEAT US, get it??
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAT EEEEEEEEEEMMMMMMMM AAALLLLLIIIVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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It's war people, anyone wearing that god awful orange jumper needs to be given a right royal serve.
Oh he played for us, stuff that Lids needs to be carted off.
You reckon Jack Dyer would have gone all mellow with an ex player playing against us..
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It's war people, anyone wearing that god awful orange jumper needs to be given a right royal serve.
Oh he played for us, stuff that Lids needs to be carted off.
You reckon Jack Dyer would have gone all mellow with an ex player playing against us..
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It's war people, anyone wearing that god awful orange jumper needs to be given a right royal serve.
Oh he played for us, stuff that Lids needs to be carted off.
You reckon Jack Dyer would have gone all mellow with an ex player playing against us..
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:thumbsup :thumbsup
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Lids is all about LIds. He's no more Richmond now that Nahas, Vickery or that other flag chaser of the past - Ottens. His success means our failure so I'll be hoping he is downright miserable at the end of the game.
I'm for Richmond, not ex players. Be prepared to feel the anger roll over the fence and stifle you with its venom Lids for I'll be booing you and your sorry excuse for a team at every opportunity!
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He wanted to go to a club where he couod play when he wanted to.
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dont think there will be anything to worry about from this champion finals "bottler"
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deledio is comparativley irrelevant to me. i mean, he was a good player for us and boo him and all but keep your eyes on the prize. boo the lot of em and help get us over the line. its a whole team that stands in our way.
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Brett Deledio was a contracted player
He chose to leave, final decision was his. He could of vetoed any trade but in the end he wanted out and walked out
Stripes nailed it (BTW great to see you here again).
Lids is not a Richmond player and as such I am not interested in what he does or says... he will receive whatever treatment the Tiger army deems fit for him on Saturday night and I am confident in saying it won't be warm & fuzzy
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Brett Deledio was a contracted player
He chose to leave, final decision was his. He could of vetoed any trade but in the end he wanted out and walked out
Stripes nailed it (BTW great to see you here again).
Lids is not a Richmond player and as such I am not interested in what he does or says... he will receive whatever treatment the Tiger army deems fit for him on Saturday night and I am confident in saying it won't be warm & fuzzy
one of the finest points made on the topic.
stuff him.
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THE last thing we want to see is him lining up for goal to kick the winner.
That can happen and would be such a Richmond way to go down.
For this reason we all must play our part and try to put him off his game as well as create an atmosphere of extreme hostility. It may or may not be a factor but if there's a chance to sway an umpires decision or put extra pressure on an opposition player kicking in or lining up for goal than it's our duty as tiger supporters to do our part.
:gotigers
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Let's bottle the prick....
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4. Deledio's 250th game was a nightmare
He was once a fan favourite in his 243 games for Richmond but there was no love for Brett Deledio in his milestone match, and first game against his old side. The 30-year-old started across half back but struggled to have any influence in the match, aside from a couple of strong tackles to thwart the Tigers before half-time. Deledio finished the game playing as a forward but gathered just 11 touches, with the former Richmond club champion forced to look on as his mates won through to the Grand Final he was craving when he left for the Giants at the end of last season.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-09-23/rioli-destined-to-be-a-september-star
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Did he play?
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Still feel for Lids, worked hard for our club for a long time and is a life member, skilled player and didn't bail when he could of earned big bucks, waited til he was at the end of his career so I won't rag on him.
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Isn't it funny how the footy gods work
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Still feel for Lids, worked hard for our club for a long time and is a life member, skilled player and didn't bail when he could of earned big bucks, waited til he was at the end of his career so I won't rag on him.
I hope he gets his chance and im sure he will
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Did he play?
He was on the ropes all night. :lol
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Poor bugger I do feel a bit sorry for him
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Football Gods have a sense of irony.
Was fit but not willing to line up for us late last year, disillusioned with the game plan etc.
Leaves to chase success anywhere possible.
Guy looks shot. I don't think GWS would have him on their list next year if he wasn't contracted.
And if he had stayed at RFC the Prestia/Caddy deals might not have gone through. And if we'd made the GF with him on our list I don't think he'd be best 22 either...
Sad because he was a servant of our club, but hey you dig your own grave sometimes...
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Dont feel for him in the slightest
He walked out, he made that choice
You reap what you sow and he has
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Always grateful ,we couldnt win without him at one stage
Now he has left we are reaping the rewards , good players and a first round draft pick is a win
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I knew we would win yesterday.
We have a great record when Deledio is out there playing...... :shh
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He and Stevie J were liabilities yesterday for GWS .
Lids wasn't prepared to put his body on the line .
Football gods certainly work in mysterious ways .
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I knew we would win yesterday.
We have a great record when Deledio is out there playing...... :shh
:clapping
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Lids wasn't prepared to put his body on the line .
He never was.
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Though the act of Rance consoling him after the game was an act of great sportsmanship by Rance.
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Though the act of Rance consoling him after the game was an act of great sportsmanship by Rance.
And cotchin
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For an elite kick he did f all yesterday. Was involved in one passage that led to a goal but was mostly unseen.
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Something like 72 meters gained .
Thanks Lids
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And to think I used to cop crap for voting against him in the favourite player thread each year.
:lol
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Dont feel for him in the slightest
He walked out, he made that choice
You reap what you sow and he has
Exactly, loved the booing when he managed to get a touch.
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Thought Deledio was not walking properly late in the game. Might have a leg problem again....or he cooked
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He will be back better than ever next year in round 16
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He will be back better than ever next year in round 16
:cheers :bow
:clapping
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He will be back better than ever next year in round 16
:cheers :bow
:clapping
only to soft it out
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One of his best games for us
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One of his best games for us
:lol
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This is purely speculative but from how it all panned out I saw it as he was basically told to look for alt options because we had no players with trade value last season.
I think it is a remarkable turn around to basically losing all matches when he doesn't play and now having a suite of HF types as well as elite runners which filled his void.
For me he didn't look totally fit and didn't see any of his run and carry. I take my hat off to the club for basically offloading him while he still had trade value and also the fact he might never play 12 games/season ever again
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Was fit but not willing to line up for us late last year, disillusioned with the game plan etc.
Everyone was crapped off at last year's game plan. I don't dis him for leaving after last year combined with the last 10 it would have pooed anyone off.
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Champion of the club but going missing in important matches was always his m.o......
...and yet I see a few people joining the pile-on in this thread who, IIRC, were calling for him to replace Cotchin as captain as recently as late last year.... :whistle :shh
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One of his best games for us
Ironically, it looked like he really was trying to help us. He kicked to Rance in one instance and there was no way on earth the giants player was going to stop him marking it lol
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Cotch ran straight to him after the final siren which I thought was a nice touch
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Cotch ran straight to him after the final siren which I thought was a nice touch
Then he cleaned the change rooms and had practice shots at goal in the dark :gotigers