One-Eyed Richmond Forum
Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: Moi on April 03, 2006, 11:50:43 AM
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Page 58 Herald Sun: At a press conference later this week:
"... the Tigers are hoping to announce they have resigned several of their younger players to long-term contracts.
The group is believed to include Brett Deledio and Richard Tambling ...."
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Hopefully, they sign Meyer up as well to stop the rumours about him being unhappy. And, of course, Rainsey who i think his contract is up as well.
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Normal punt rd strategy to announce re-signings or signings after a flogging lol
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I thought the good news was the entire St.Kilda team had the flu and they would forfeit this weeks round. :lol
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Hopefully, they sign Meyer up as well to stop the rumours about him being unhappy. And, of course, Rainsey who i think his contract is up as well.
IMHO both Meyer and Raines are important figures in our future
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is this happening tomorrow with Terry on Tuesdays?
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From the Age: http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/realfooty/articles/2006/04/03/1143916469244.html
If Nathan Brown's return from a broken leg was one rare positive, another was Brett Deledio's long-term commitment to the club.
Last year's Rising Star has agreed to a new three-year deal which will keep the No. 1 draft pick at Richmond until the end of 2009
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Last year's Rising Star has agreed to a new three-year deal which will keep the No. 1 draft pick at Richmond until the end of 2009
:woohoo
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YAY - Onya Lids :thumbsup
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hes the only one who should have been given a 5 year deal :banghead
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I thought the good news was the entire St.Kilda team had the flu and they would forfeit this weeks round. :lol
:pray :pray
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hes the only one who should have been given a 5 year deal :banghead
More likely Lids only wanted a three year deal. Takes him up to the end of Wallace's contract and at that time he will only be 21/22. So his value will be higher then and he will know who is the Richmond coach.
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No player should be getting 5 years. 3 years should be the max and only for star players.
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According to SEN, Lids has re-signed until 2009 and Newman until 2008. Patto will be stitched up soon too.
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Deledio and Newman re-sign
4:02:39 PM Tue 11 April, 2006
Scott Spits
Sportal for afl.com.au
Richmond has received a boost after announcing the re-signings of star youngster Brett Deledio and reliable utility Chris Newman.
The Tigers have secured Deledio - the winner of last year's NAB AFL Rising Star Award - on a three-year deal while 23-year-old Newman has re-signed for another two seasons.
Deledio, 18, the No.1 selection at the 2004 NAB AFL Draft, played all 22 matches in his debut season with the Tigers and represented Australian in the International Rules series against Ireland last October.
Newman has played 76 matches for Richmond since making his debut in 2002.
Richmond football director Greg Miller said re-signing the pair was important part of the plan to continue to develop the younger players on the club's list.
"You all know the club's taken a pretty clear direction, a pretty clear pathway of junior development over the last few seasons," Miller said.
"We have 30 players on our list who are 24 or under. I really think that these two boys represent the future leaders on that group."
Miller said it was a mutual decision between the club and Deledio's management to re-sign the emerging star until the end of 2009.
"Obviously there's a changing environment at the moment with the new negotiations on the TPP (total player payments)," he said.
"We took that into consideration and we've got contingency plans for both boys if there's an extraordinary change.
"We had to work through that issue over the last month but when Brett finishes this contract he'll be 21 years of age so they'll be a few more for him in store after that."
Deledio said he looked forward to being a part of Richmond's future and he had no concerns about re-signing for three years.
"I see myself as playing for Richmond for now. I'm not in any rush to go anywhere so to have a three-year deal is fine for me," Deledio said.
Newman was equally happy to ensure a future at Tigerland.
"We've got a young group and we're all very excited about what we can do," Newman said.
"We've all got a pretty clear direction and a pretty clear goal that we want to achieve - that's to eventually play finals and be in a successful team."
http://richmondfc.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=256868
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Fantastic that we have signed them both.
Agree with other comments that it would be good to sign up Meyer for another 2 and get some sort of commitment from him.
He seems to have all of the talent but is still very raw physically.
Hate to waste a pick on him and then lose him for nothing.
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Meet the new million-dollar Tiger teen
12 April 2006 Herald Sun
Bruce Matthews
RICHMOND'S young gun Brett Deledio is the AFL's latest million-dollar man after signing a three-year contract extension yesterday.
Deledio, who turns 19 on Tuesday, will still be only 22 when the new deal with the Tigers expires at the end of the 2009 season.
The No. 1 pick in the 2004 national draft will collect about $300,000 each year. And endorsement contracts outside the club for such a marketable young player are sure to push the total past seven figures.
Richmond, still searching for its first win this season, announced a double dose of positive news with popular midfielder Chris Newman extending his contract until the end of 2008.
"We have taken a pretty clear direction of junior development over the last few seasons. We have 30 players on our list who are 24 and under. These two boys represent future leaders of that group," Tigers football director Greg Miller said yesterday.
"Obviously, there's a changing environment at the moment with the new negotiations on the TPP (total player payments), so we took that into consideration. And there's contingency plans for both boys if there's extraordinary changes. We had to work through that issue over the last month."
Deledio and Newman, who turns 24 next month, join Jay Schulz to commit to Punt Rd this season and Miller said the club was close to re-signing Adam Pattison.
Deledio said he was happy to extend the existing contract by another three years to ward off rival suitors.
"Obviously with the pathway we're taking, I'm looking forward to being a part of that," he said.
"We've got a young group and we're very excited about what we can do. We have a clear direction and clear goals that we want to achieve, to play in finals and be a successful team.
"I'm in no rush to go anywhere, to have a three-year deal is fine by me."
Richmond coach Terry Wallace said Deledio's work ethic had become the benchmark for even some of the senior players.
"When you go for a first-round draft pick, you know it's going to be a player of genuine talent and excitement. What you don't know is just how much they want it, how much preparation they're prepared to put in to reach the elite level," Wallace said.
"What I've been impressed with Brett is his hunger and desire to learn, to better himself. He has probably, whether humiliated is the right word, set the scene for some of the senior players to live up to."
Wallace was similarly effusive in his praise of Newman, a less-heralded but equally dedicated worker who won selection in Australia's international rules team last year.
"When I arrived at the club, I suppose within the first month I saw a real quality player in Chris who I had thought at that stage hadn't reached his peak," Wallace said. "I set him a challenge early in the piece, I thought he was a player capable of taking a quantum leap in performance, and he took up that immediately.
"He was voted the hardest worker in the pre-season. I see him as a hard, tough, uncompromising player who will be a leader of some sorts at the club in the future."
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,18789290%255E19771,00.html
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The No. 1 pick in the 2004 national draft will collect about $300,000 each year. And endorsement contracts outside the club for such a marketable young player are sure to push the total past seven figures.
Not a bad earner for an 18 year old :yep.
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Talented Tiger pair’s re-signing delights Plough
10:02:40 AM Thu 13 April, 2006
richmondfc.com.au
The news this week that Chris Newman and Brett Deledio had extended their contracts at Richmond was sweet music to the ears of their coach Terry Wallace.
Both Newman, 23 next month, and Deledio, 19 next week, figure prominently in Wallace’s plans to develop the Tigers into a force to be reckoned with.
Wallace said the pair are already role models among the playing group at Tigerland, and he sees them as future leaders of the Club.
Deledio reminds Wallace of a young Scotty West, who had such an impact from the outset of his AFL career at the Western Bulldogs.
Wallace felt that the 31-year-old West, a seven-time Bulldog Best and Fairest winner, displayed similar traits of professionalism and desire in his debut season of 1993, when ‘Plough’ was coaching the Bulldogs’ reserves.
“Sometimes it takes a young gun, somebody who’s really trying to aspire and achieve, to wake up and show a few of the others around the place, and I think Brett’s had the ability to do that,” Wallace said.
“He has set the scene for some of the senior players to live up to and there are a few of those who can take a leaf out of the way he’s organised himself . . .
“When you go for a first-round draft pick, you know it's going to be a player of genuine talent and excitement. What you don't know is just how much they want it, how much preparation they're prepared to put in to reach the elite level.
“What I've been impressed with Brett is his hunger and desire to learn, to better himself. He has probably, whether humiliated is the right word, set the scene for some of the senior players to live up to.”
Wallace was equally enthusiastic in his praise of Newman . . .
“When I arrived at the club, I suppose within the first month I saw a real quality player in Chris, who I had thought at that stage hadn't reached his peak,” he said.
“I set him a challenge early in the piece, I thought he was a player capable of taking a quantum leap in performance, and he took up that immediately.
“He was voted the hardest worker in the pre-season. I see him as a hard, tough, uncompromising player, who will be a leader of some sorts at the club in the future.”
http://richmondfc.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=257413