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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on January 12, 2009, 05:31:45 AM
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Who do you think are our 4 most important players for us to achieve our goal of playing finals this year?
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In order of importance
1.Lids
2.Richo
3.Axel
4.Thirsty
Obviously we need more than these four to have a good season but as a rule if these guys are in top form then we are in with a good shot.
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Mine are
1. Lids
2. Richo
3. Simmo
4. Moore
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Same 4 here Chucky
1. Simmo
2. Lids
3. Richo
4. Moore
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Richo- spiritual leader
Browny- all class when firing
Lids- too fast and too classy
Cousins- will lift the whole city of Richmond and other parts of the globe if he fires
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Lids
Simmo
Richo
Moore
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Lids
Simmo
Richo
Moore
+Chuck
+MT
+Me
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1. Simmo
2. Gus/Vickery - 2nd Ruck
3. Jack/Clever - Step up and make the fwd line theirs
4. Lids/Foley in ther centre.
I know that isnt 4 guys per say but that is who i think wil make the difference this year.
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Richo - heart and soul of the club. Will be that on field leader much in the same way as Crawford was at Hawthorn this year with the team willing him on for one last chance of ultimate success.
Lids- Silky skilled midfielder and dead eye idiot for goal. If he takes his game to a new level he will be an A+ grade player.
Cuz- club has taken a gamble on him and in monetary terms it has paid off with extra revenue from memberships and merchandise. I don't think we can fathom the extent of hysteria he will create if he can bring his A game to the club. As well as the inrease to our play our midfield and our team's status in the competition. We'll be the envy of every other club. The euphoria and adulation will be equivalent to Royce KB Sheeds and co running around in the halcyon days of the early 70's.
Thursfield- Holding down a key position backman post able to play on the monsters like the Hall's Buddy's Brown's and being more than able to hold his own. He'll need help from Kel and Lukey but he has shown an excellent temperament and has acquitted himself well to the big jobs on the monster forwards.
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Same 4 here Chucky
1. Simmo
2. Lids
3. Richo
4. Moore
Simmonds then daylight but I am another for that 4some.
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In no particular order.
1. Jack, Cleve, Shultz. (Somebody needs to step up and take CHF).
2. Rance. (Would make a huge difference in quality to our back line at CFB).
3. White. (Consolidate and improve on last year and make our midfield truly dangerous).
4. Tambo. (Finally live up to the hype. Stick it up the naysayers. Take the class of the team up another notch).
I left Cuz out on purpose. Though he can/should be great, I don't think we should rely on him to provide sustained success.
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Richo- spiritual leader
Browny- all class when firing
Lids- too fast and too classy
Cousins- will lift the whole city of Richmond and other parts of the globe if he fires
I agree.
Richo is the King of melbourne. Our onfield talisman. The club champion. We need him firing and leading.
Brown. I LOVE watching Browny play. An AA forward any year he gets a run.
Deledio. Already an elite mid. Time to step up to superstar status. he can do it. An outdide punt for Charlie.
Cousins. IF he is fit focussed and if he fires he will electrify games. he is a superb player.
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Same 4 here Chucky
1. Simmo
2. Lids
3. Richo
4. Moore
Simmonds then daylight but I am another for that 4some.
Agree that Simmo is crucial for the sides structure & performance, however can't see a 3rd defender as critical to results.
Its no coincidence that RFC performed better when there was a competitive inside midfielder (Tuck) getting first hands on the pill in the 2nd half of the season, so mine is;
1. Simmo
2. Lids
3. Tuck
4. Willy T
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Just to clear the air Darth Tiger are you referring to Moore as the 3rd defender?
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Simmo then daylight for me too.
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Just to clear the air Darth Tiger are you referring to Moore as the 3rd defender?
Yep, not intended as a knock on Moore, more a definition of his role as he floats between the pacy small forwards to marking half forwards.
Doesn't play deep, and generally doesn't take the lead-up forward.
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Agree that Simmo is crucial for the sides structure & performance, however can't see a 3rd defender as critical to results.
Its no coincidence that RFC performed better when there was a competitive inside midfielder (Tuck) getting first hands on the pill in the 2nd half of the season, so mine is;
1. Simmo
2. Lids
3. Tuck
4. Willy T
Can't have Thursfield as more important to our team structure than Moore DT. Thursfield goes down, meh, we've got other options for the role he plays and the output he produces. Moore goes down we are significantly compromised until/unless Rance comes on - I believe (hope) he will end up being a similar type.
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Yep, not intended as a knock on Moore, more a definition of his role as he floats between the pacy small forwards to marking half forwards.
Doesn't play deep, and generally doesn't take the lead-up forward.
You got me stuffed then Darth, I am fairly sure he played on Buddy and Fev both times in 2008.
In my view he is our number 1 defender, Thirsty probably was at the end of 2007 but you would think Moore has well and truly overtaken him and McGuane.
I remember he did play on Milne once but that was when he was giving us a bath and TW had already tried a number of different alternatives.
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No probs fella's I just see Willy T as taking the Riewoldt types and Moore on the Robbo types. Granted Moore takes Buddy as Buddy tends to be across HFF more than deep.
Think you may find that Willy had Fev with Moore & McGuane alternating the chop outs when dropping off Fisher.
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Cool DT it's all just opinions anyway :thumbsup
Apart from the Thursty on Fev bit which thinking back I think you are right.
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Will was on Fev game 1...Fev tried to rough him up and Polly came in and set him straight.
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Hughes
Riewoldt
Schulz
McGuane
If they all step up next year to play 22 games and are not on the fringes of selection each week, then we'll make the finals.
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Deledio
Cotchin
Richardson
Simmonds
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Simmonds - goes without saying how important he is to the side
Riewoldt - a key forward who can kick goals and set up his teammates. I hopeful he can step up, if not then Morton
Foley - the absolute key to our side in the mid field, turns games when they are in the balance.
Lids - Mainly because of his versatility - forward or mid in the main but has also shown he can do a job off a back stuff
Apologies to Richo, McGuane, Newman and Tuck.
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To maintain our 2008 standard we need these players to continue their excellent form -
Simmo - we saw what happened to the side when he went down a couple of years back. He is the most important player to our structure until our other rucks step up which appears years away yet.
Richo - Was a surprize packet of 2008. Is an out and out champion and nigh impossible to match up on or stop when on song.
Tuck - Our strength in the middle. Puts his head over the ball and body on the line week in and week out to feed our younger mids.
Morton - Was our best forward option throughout the year and was consistent by boot and on the lead all year. With talls to support him on the scoreboard he will get weaker opponents and be even more damaging. Great pick up.
To improve in 2009 we need to maintain what we have achieved and have these players improve/perform-
Hughes - We need a FF, period. Hughes had a couple of good games but went missing too often. Needs to learn how to lead more productively and improve his second efforts. If he can get his hands on the ball more he will be a great asset to the team otherwise we need to bring in Schulz, Vickery or even Putt to fill this role because a power forward in crutial to our success.
White - has the pace, skills and now strength. 2009 will be his breakout year as a midfielder and with opposition teams focusing on Foley, LIds, Tuck, Cousins, Cogs and even Cotchin he will have space to shine.
GUS - With a strong powerful 2nd ruck we have a ruck combination that while be able to feed our improving mids much more consistently. Patto has heart but he is not able to relieve Simmo for long enough forcing Simmonds to have to shoulder too much of the ruck burden throughout the game and season.
Raines - We need a small, shutdown defender desperately. I am hoping Raines can fill the role otherwise Kingy, Bling, Polo or Hislop but it is a hole we need filled urgently.
Other players that I was tempted to include was Cuz, Bling and Cogs.
Stripes
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How times change in one season :-\. Most of names mentioned either missed large chunks of the year or fell away badly to have a shocker of a season.
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How times change in one season :-\. Most of names mentioned either missed large chunks of the year or fell away badly to have a shocker of a season.
Thinking exactly the same! Little wonder we failed dismally! It shows how astute some of the posters here can be! :thumbsup
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I just slapped myself as punishment for posting Simmonds. Oh father, the shame of it!
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Hughes
Riewoldt
Schulz
McGuane
If they all step up next year to play 22 games and are not on the fringes of selection each week, then we'll make the finals.
Just shows your wonderfull knowledge of the game they call Australian Rules, :lol
Hughes and Schulz , this would have to be the funniest post for a long long time :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :lol
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Hughes
Riewoldt
Schulz
McGuane
If they all step up next year to play 22 games and are not on the fringes of selection each week, then we'll make the finals.
Just shows your wonderfull knowledge of the game they call Australian Rules, :lol
Hughes and Schulz , this would have to be the funniest post for a long long time :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :lol
You must struggle to understand the word "if."
Infamy was spot on. IF those four had all stepped up we would have had a decent spine and structure and probably have made the finals.
It was never a prediction that they were going to have a good year.
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Hughes
Riewoldt
Schulz
McGuane
If they all step up next year to play 22 games and are not on the fringes of selection each week, then we'll make the finals.
Just shows your wonderfull knowledge of the game they call Australian Rules, :lol
Hughes and Schulz , this would have to be the funniest post for a long long time :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :lol
You must struggle to understand the word "if."
Infamy was spot on. IF those four had all stepped up we would have had a decent spine and structure and probably have made the finals.
It was never a prediction that they were going to have a good year.
Good to see some know how to read, cheers TA, shame it needed explaining
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Simmo, Brown, Moore = rubbish
Richo got hurt
Thursty was average
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Hughes
Riewoldt
Schulz
McGuane
If they all step up next year to play 22 games and are not on the fringes of selection each week, then we'll make the finals.
Just shows your wonderfull knowledge of the game they call Australian Rules, :lol
Hughes and Schulz , this would have to be the funniest post for a long long time :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :lol
You must struggle to understand the word "if."
Infamy was spot on. IF those four had all stepped up we would have had a decent spine and structure and probably have made the finals.
It was never a prediction that they were going to have a good year.
Your all clowns.
To even contemplate the thought of schulz and hughes just shows hows deluded some are.
Lets extend the contracts for these 2 shell we ;) ;) Ooooooooooops, they already did with Schulz last year :lol :lol
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Your all clowns.
To even contemplate the thought of schulz and hughes just shows hows deluded some are.
Lets extend the contracts for these 2 shell we ;) ;) Ooooooooooops, they already did with Schulz last year :lol :lol
You really do lose credibility when you consistently show your inability to spell words correctly.
Hopefully you can't use "too much to drink" as an excuse at 7:30am.
:cheers
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Hughes
Riewoldt
Schulz
McGuane
If they all step up next year to play 22 games and are not on the fringes of selection each week, then we'll make the finals.
Just shows your wonderfull knowledge of the game they call Australian Rules, :lol
Hughes and Schulz , this would have to be the funniest post for a long long time :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :lol
You must struggle to understand the word "if."
Infamy was spot on. IF those four had all stepped up we would have had a decent spine and structure and probably have made the finals.
It was never a prediction that they were going to have a good year.
Your all clowns.
To even contemplate the thought of schulz and hughes just shows hows deluded some are.
Lets extend the contracts for these 2 shell we ;) ;) Ooooooooooops, they already did with Schulz last year :lol :lol
You just confirmed you struggle to understand the word "if." :o
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Your all clowns.
To even contemplate the thought of schulz and hughes just shows hows deluded some are.
Lets extend the contracts for these 2 shell we ;) ;) Ooooooooooops, they already did with Schulz last year :lol :lol
You really do lose credibility when you consistently show your inability to spell words correctly.
Hopefully you can't use "too much to drink" as an excuse at 7:30am.
:cheers
Not to mention your use of "Your" not "You're" as well.
:thumbsup
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Your all clowns.
To even contemplate the thought of schulz and hughes just shows hows deluded some are.
Lets extend the contracts for these 2 shell we ;) ;) Ooooooooooops, they already did with Schulz last year :lol :lol
You really do lose credibility when you consistently show your inability to spell words correctly.
Hopefully you can't use "too much to drink" as an excuse at 7:30am.
:cheers
I cant multi task, thats my problem, LOL
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Hughes
Riewoldt
Schulz
McGuane
If they all step up next year to play 22 games and are not on the fringes of selection each week, then we'll make the finals.
Just shows your wonderfull knowledge of the game they call Australian Rules, :lol
Hughes and Schulz , this would have to be the funniest post for a long long time :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :lol
You must struggle to understand the word "if."
Infamy was spot on. IF those four had all stepped up we would have had a decent spine and structure and probably have made the finals.
It was never a prediction that they were going to have a good year.
Your all clowns.
To even contemplate the thought of schulz and hughes just shows hows deluded some are.
Lets extend the contracts for these 2 shell we ;) ;) Ooooooooooops, they already did with Schulz last year :lol :lol
You just confirmed you struggle to understand the word "if." :o
AS SO HAS THE RFC, LOL
Only if we picked him instead of him
Only if he was a better kick.
Only if he had a half as brain, he would of been a better player.
Only if we signed Wallace to a 2 year contract instead of 5.
Only if we drafted Pav instead of Fiora.
ONLY IF
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Is it time for this thread to look ahead at 2010? Would love to hear who everyone rates next season!
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Hughes
Riewoldt
Schulz
McGuane
If they all step up next year to play 22 games and are not on the fringes of selection each week, then we'll make the finals.
Just shows your wonderfull knowledge of the game they call Australian Rules, :lol
Hughes and Schulz , this would have to be the funniest post for a long long time :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :lol
You must struggle to understand the word "if."
Infamy was spot on. IF those four had all stepped up we would have had a decent spine and structure and probably have made the finals.
It was never a prediction that they were going to have a good year.
Your all clowns.
To even contemplate the thought of schulz and hughes just shows hows deluded some are.
Lets extend the contracts for these 2 shell we ;) ;) Ooooooooooops, they already did with Schulz last year :lol :lol
You just confirmed you struggle to understand the word "if." :o
AS SO HAS THE RFC, LOL
Only if we picked him instead of him
Only if he was a better kick.
Only if he had a half as brain, he would of been a better player.
Only if we signed Wallace to a 2 year contract instead of 5.
Only if we drafted Pav instead of Fiora.
ONLY IF
Oh good. You now know what it means.
Now you can go back and correctly apply it to Infamy's post.
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Hughes
Riewoldt
Schulz
McGuane
If they all step up next year to play 22 games and are not on the fringes of selection each week, then we'll make the finals.
Just shows your wonderfull knowledge of the game they call Australian Rules, :lol
Hughes and Schulz , this would have to be the funniest post for a long long time :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :lol
You must struggle to understand the word "if."
Infamy was spot on. IF those four had all stepped up we would have had a decent spine and structure and probably have made the finals.
It was never a prediction that they were going to have a good year.
Your all clowns.
To even contemplate the thought of schulz and hughes just shows hows deluded some are.
Lets extend the contracts for these 2 shell we ;) ;) Ooooooooooops, they already did with Schulz last year :lol :lol
You just confirmed you struggle to understand the word "if." :o
AS SO HAS THE RFC, LOL
Only if we picked him instead of him
Only if he was a better kick.
Only if he had a half as brain, he would of been a better player.
Only if we signed Wallace to a 2 year contract instead of 5.
Only if we drafted Pav instead of Fiora.
ONLY IF
haha dont worry Jackstar ;D
Uni students teaching us older generation how to spell & put sentences together :lol
its ok my friend cause when you need them to do anything practical like work ;D They shy away & run to the doctors to get medical certificates for Centrelink payments.
they live on several forums all day & collect off us taxpayers
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haha dont worry Jackstar ;D
Uni students teaching us older generation how to spell & put sentences together :lol
its ok my friend cause when you need them to do anything practical like work ;D They shy away & run to the doctors to get medical certificates for Centrelink payments.
they live on several forums all day & collect off us taxpayers
I wish I was a Uni student again
A couple of lectures in the morning then the afternoon down the "Nott" sitting in the beer garden talking politics and philosophy.
Those were the days.
:cheers
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haha dont worry Jackstar ;D
Uni students teaching us older generation how to spell & put sentences together :lol
its ok my friend cause when you need them to do anything practical like work ;D They shy away & run to the doctors to get medical certificates for Centrelink payments.
they live on several forums all day & collect off us taxpayers
I wish I was a Uni student again
A couple of lectures in the mrning then the afternoon down the "Nott" sitting in the beer garden talking politics and philosophy.
Those were the days.
:cheers
I never went to Uni until I was in my 40's and I already had the arvo's in the pub down pat by then!! Spelling, grammar and maths were taught at Primary School in my day but I'm not sure what gets taught at that level now. Texting 101, How To Twitter, Beginning Disrespect, maybe?
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Your all clowns.
To even contemplate the thought of schulz and hughes just shows hows deluded some are.
Lets extend the contracts for these 2 shell we ;) ;) Ooooooooooops, they already did with Schulz last year :lol :lol
You really do lose credibility when you consistently show your inability to spell words correctly.
Hopefully you can't use "too much to drink" as an excuse at 7:30am.
:cheers
Not to mention your use of "Your" not "You're" as well.
:thumbsup
sorry i know im not involved in this but seriously who gives a fu.. get a life.
he doesn't how to spell, neither does he. I mean how old are you. 12. No one cares pal
Loser
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Your all clowns.
To even contemplate the thought of schulz and hughes just shows hows deluded some are.
Lets extend the contracts for these 2 shell we ;) ;) Ooooooooooops, they already did with Schulz last year :lol :lol
You really do lose credibility when you consistently show your inability to spell words correctly.
Hopefully you can't use "too much to drink" as an excuse at 7:30am.
:cheers
Not to mention your use of "Your" not "You're" as well.
:thumbsup
sorry i know im not involved in this but seriously who gives a fu.. get a life.
he doesn't how to spell, neither does he. I mean how old are you. 12. No one cares pal
Loser
I wondered when you would raise your ugly little head.
Tell me what was "he doesn't how to spell, neither does he." meant to mean?
At least we can understand what Jack is saying.
You, however, are an illiterate nasty little turd.
Go away.
:sleep
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Your all clowns.
To even contemplate the thought of schulz and hughes just shows hows deluded some are.
Lets extend the contracts for these 2 shell we ;) ;) Ooooooooooops, they already did with Schulz last year :lol :lol
You really do lose credibility when you consistently show your inability to spell words correctly.
Hopefully you can't use "too much to drink" as an excuse at 7:30am.
:cheers
Not to mention your use of "Your" not "You're" as well.
:thumbsup
sorry i know im not involved in this but seriously who gives a fu.. get a life.
he doesn't how to spell, neither does he. I mean how old are you. 12. No one cares pal
Loser
I wondered when you would raise your ugly little head.
Tell me what was "he doesn't how to spell, neither does he." meant to mean?
At least we can understand what Jack is saying.
You, however, are an illiterate nasty little turd.
Go away.
:sleep
exactly the type of comment i expected from a loser like yourself.
Now you go away and keep playing with your sad little self and correcting spelling errors...hahaha what a life some people have
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My most important tigers for 2010 are March, gale ,hardwicke ,and cameron.
If these guys get their act together we are on the march(he he)
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Funny stuff guys :thumbsup
As 2009 is shaping up as a rebuild (aka pain) year I am with Gigantor and think the off-field tigers performance will be where our future success will lie. The footy department need to get things right moving forward.
For the sake of the excercise though in the highly unlikely chance we are competitive the most important tiges will be Lids, Cotch, Riewoldt and Moore.
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Yep Simmonds crap form again in 2009 reflected our season.
Ruck stocks at an all time low.