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Dylan Grimes bound for Richmond Tigers in pre-season draft
Sam Edmund
Herald Sun December 14, 2009 10:26PM
LAST year there was the Ben Cousins saga and the Graham Polak rookie-list transfer fiasco, but today's pre-season draft will be a vastly different affair for Richmond.
The Tigers' second pick shapes as one of the few unknowns in a seven-club draft that is largely expected to follow the script.
Melbourne is committed to former Brisbane Lions defender Joel Macdonald with the first pick, Fremantle is set on regaining Adam McPhee at No. 3 and the Swans will take veteran full-forward Daniel Bradshaw at No. 4.
The experienced trio have all been training with their prospective clubs in recent weeks.
Richmond would not comment yesterday, but new coach Damien Hardwick is determined to take an untried youngster after the club dramatically abandoned its youth policy this time last year to recruit Cousins.
It's believed the Tigers will use their pre-season pick on Northern Knights defender Dylan Grimes, who has been one of a dozen hopefuls training with the club during the past fortnight.
Grimes, the brother of star Melbourne half-back Jack, is a quick 193cm, 82kg defender renowned for his closing speed.
The 18-year-old was surprisingly overlooked in last month's national draft, despite assurances from one Melbourne-based club that it would draft him.
Geelong Falcons defender Joe Dare, South Australia's Matthew Panos and Calder Cannons forward Serhat Temel were also left to take their chances in today's drafts.
Grimes said last night he was rapt to be given a chance to impress at Punt Rd.
"I'd love to play for Richmond, and if they'd like to have me there, then that would be good," he said.
"Obviously I was pretty disappointed after the draft, and luckily Richmond gave me a call pretty much straight afterwards. It's amazing how quickly the boys make you feel at home and how they embrace you.
"Even though I've only been there two weeks I almost feel part of the group. It makes you want it more after missing out on the (national) draft."
Dumped Eagle Jamie McNamara is clinging to hope West Coast will re-draft him via pick No. 5. Cameron Cloke and one-time Swan James Meiklejohn have been linked to Port Adelaide's pick No. 6, while Essendon is understood to like either Werribee midfielder Michael Barlow or former Hawk forward Mitch Thorp at No. 7.
Richmond has created room on its list for five more selections in the rookie draft after Hardwick's off-season clean-out, with Graham Polak certain to be offered a lifeline.
Gold Coast recruiting manager Scott Clayton is expected to use almost all of the club's five priority picks in the rookie draft on ex-AFL talent, with Luke Ablett and Daniel Harris linked to the AFL's 17th team.
Melbourne looks like having to honour promises it made to Michael Newton and John Meesen that it would rookie-list the delisted pair if they did not get drafted elsewhere.
The Dees have five ruckmen on their list, but have been unable to offload Meesen, who still has another year on his contract to run.
The pre-season and rookie drafts will be conducted over the internet from 11am today.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/dylan-grimes-bound-for-richmond-tigers-in-pre-season-draft/story-e6frf9jf-1225810385309
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It's official ...... Welcome Grimesy :)
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Dylan Grimes
D.O.B: 16-Jul-1991
Club: Northern Knights
State: VIC
Height: 192cm
Weight: 81kg
Position: Defender
Quick tall defender with great closing speed. Task orientated with strong defensive skills and a sound ability to read the play. Vic Metro U18 representative in 2009. From Hurstbridge FC.
Video: http://offseasondraft.championdata.com/afl_off_season_draft/offSeasonDraft/player_profile.jsp?player_id=114417 (http://offseasondraft.championdata.com/afl_off_season_draft/offSeasonDraft/player_profile.jsp?player_id=114417)
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welcome Dylan!
he becomes Hardwick's 8th!
:)
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I was surprized he was never taken in the ND. Looks a player for mine. Ready made defender. Will be another Moore and Thursfield for us.
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2009 National Draft - Dylan Grimes (Pick 2)
richmondfc.com.au
DOB: 16/07/91
Height: 192.5cm
Weight: 81.7kg
Club: Northern Knights, TAC Cup
More video: http://bigpondvideo.com/AFL/230210
What the recruiters say:
Dylan is a highly competitive and committed player from the Northern Knights in the TAC Cup. Coached by former Kangaroos premiership coach Denis Pagan in 2009, Dylan was mainly used as a close checking defender but was also versatile enough to play in the midfield. Dylan is the brother of Jack (drafted by the Melbourne Football Club in 2007) and is highly rated for his leadership skills both on and off the field.
Dylan played 16 games for the Knights in 2009 averaging 14 possessions per game with a split of 7:7 contested to uncontested possessions and 4 rebound 50’s per game. In round 5 against the Gippsland Power, Dylan had 22 possessions with 8 rebound 50’s. Dylan was named best on ground in the round 18 clash against the North Ballart Rebels with an 18 possession, 9 tackle performance in his sides tight fought 5 point win.
At the AFL Draft Camp in Canberra, Dylan highlighted his athletic ability recording impressive times of 2.95 sec for the 20m sprint and 24.69 for the repeat sprint. Dylan also recorded a very strong 14.0 level on the endurance based beep test and was quick through the cones on the agility test with an 8.20 sec time.
Dylan brings an extremely strong competitive nature to the Richmond Football Club and a strong discipline to make himself the best player he can be. He will look to be groomed as a defender in his early time at the club with the athletic ability to make a natural progression to the midfield group in years to come.
Dylan Grimes in his own words:
What type of player are you?
Key-position defender that runs off and can use his pace in the midfield. Plays a lot as a “shut-down” type player, but likes running off the lines and attacking as well. Not particularly solid, so I use my run and jump rather than body on body.
Which AFL player do you feel you resemble, and why?
Probably Harry Taylor – he is a young, developing backman, who uses his pace and judgment to counter-attack and be a good “three-way-player”.
What are your strengths as a footballer?
Probably leg speed and versatility as a defender in that I can play on a tall, marking forward or crumbing, resting midfielder.
What parts of your game would you like to improve?
Probably my forward skills. I haven't had a lot of experience there, but would definitely like to develop that area of my game.
Which AFL team do you support and how did you come to barrack for them?
Passionate Melbourne supporter. I have barracked for them all my life and, after my brother Jack got drafted to them, it made me follow them even closer.
Who has been the biggest influence on your career so far, and why?
Probably my brother Jack, or Denis Pagan. I have been pretty close with Jack since we were young, and I have learned a lot from his experience. Denis was my coach at the Knights this year and he has passed a lot of his experience and wisdom as a player and a coach to me as a person and a footballer.
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/Season2010/2009NationalDraft/DylanGrimes/tabid/15513/Default.aspx
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Good selection here. Could become a handy player.
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Tigers grab Grimes
richmondfc.com.au
By Tony Greenberg 11:50 AM Tue 15 December, 2009
Richmond has selected young Northern Knights defender Dylan Grimes with its pick in today’s 2009 AFL pre-season draft.
Grimes, 18, played 16 games for the Knights in 2009 under the coaching guidance of Denis Pagan, averaging 14 possessions per game, with a season-high 22 possessions and eight rebounds in the round 5 match against Gippsland Power.
He was named best-on-ground in the round 18 clash with the North Ballarat Rebels, following an 18-possession, nine-tackle performance, and also impressed when representing Vic Metro in the ’09 under-18 championships.
At 192.5cm and 81.7kg, Grimes is regarded as an athletic, tall, disciplined defender, with great closing speed. He has strong defensive skills, but also knows when, and how, to effectively run off his opponent.
“We were surprised to see him slip through the national draft. We’re thrilled he was available to us at pick two (overall) in the pre-season draft,” said Richmond’s Recruitment Manager Francis Jackson.
“He has been training with the main group for the last two weeks and has fitted in really well.
“We think he will be a really competitive and versatile player for us, who can play on ‘talls’ and ‘smalls’.”
Grimes is the younger brother of Melbourne on-baller, Jack Grimes, who was the Demons’ second selection in the 2007 national draft.
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/88156/default.aspx
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A caller on SEN rang up and said that his son played in the same team as Grimes and stated that he is a specialist defender and not a defender/midfielder like many others are. All of his training and playing has been focused purely on developing his defensive skills. MMM a genuine key defender of the future. :pray sounds like a Fletcher/Lake/Thornton type which we so desperately need. :thumbsup :thumbsup
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Anything like his bro and a good get will be :thumbsup
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Denis Pagan in Inside Football (Grimes' coach at Northern Knights):
"Dylan has probably been disadvantaged a little this year because he's had to play in a key defensive spot but he's better suited to a wing/half back flank. It's been tough for him because he hasn't got huge body strength but he's got all the requirements to play AFL football"
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A pre-draft article on Grimes.
Grimes doesn't mind getting hands dirty
Inside Football, November 2009
Dylan Grimes put his older brother Jack under the hammer leading up to the draft camp.
"I had a few questions I was willing to shoot at him," said Dylan.
"He said to try and enjoy it. While you are there to do a job you need to enjoy the experience and get something out of it.
According to Kevin Sheehan, Dylan is a different player to his brother at Melbourne.
"He's a taller player," Sheehan said. "We saw him play some very good football deep in defence for the Northern Knights. Also had some time down forward and in midfield.
"He's a rapidly developing player who makes great decisions in defence - when to run off.
Grimes, like so many camp attendees, has a full agenda with study and sport.
"I'm doing Year 12 at the moment," he said. "It's not too bad. The second week of the holiday is gone because of this but 1 wouldn't swap this for anything. We're getting now to the business end of the year in footy and school.
Footy wise, he has finished on a high.
"I feel like I've got better as the year has gone on," he said. "I had a shaky start because I didn't do the whole pre-season because of injury. I've started to hit form at the end of the year."
He had a broad spectrum of experience this year with Northern Knights.
"I've had a bit of experience as a defender. But my previous coach had planned to play me up the ground a bit more in the midfield and on the wings.
"We were riddled with injuries this year and had a couple of key defenders out so I spent most of my time back there.
"This is my fourth or fifth year in defence. I enjoy it."
Originally from Hurstbridge as a junior, Grimes did not initially dream of a career in the AFL.
"I did my first big pre-season at Hurstbridge and that was the first time I really started to take my football seriously," he said.
"I'd played basketball for nine years and was never going to take that seriously but I wasn't sure whether football was the right thing for me either.
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Fallout from the NAB Challenge practice match took another twist late yesterday amid allegations teenage Tiger recruit Dylan Grimes had been bitten on the back.
It was unclear last night whether the Tigers would take any action.
A Richmond official last night declined to comment on allegations that Grimes had been bitten.
Contacted by the Herald Sun on the Grimes allegations, a Collingwood spokesman said it was the first he had heard of it.
Herald-Sun (http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/collingwood-richmond-tribunal-feud-on-hold/story-e6frf9jf-1225838903313) Links (http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/richmonds-jake-king-dobbed-in-by-collingwoods-travis-cloke/story-e6frf9jf-1225838900287)
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Cloke is a dog. Weak as pee.
He has opened Pandora's Box by breaking the code.
Fair enough that we 'bite' back.
He said, she said is not evidence IMO.
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Someone said he touched their special area. :whistle
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Hope Grimesy had his rabies shot ;D. Must have been a gummy bite as we know Pies have no teeth ;).
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Patrick Smith claims Richmond know who the Collingwood player is. Adrian Anderson said the AFL don't respond to "anonymous accusations" so they won't be doing anything unless a formal complaint is made. He's unaware of any "credible evidence" for the AFL to investigate. Reading the Herald-Sun article today Anderson said it doesn't even say if Richmond is the one making the allegation.
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Healy whinging on 3aw right now because Gale and Cameron wouldn't come on their show to refute or confirm the biting allegation. He said we're worse for allowing the allegation to fester and target the whole Collingwood team because we won't put up or shut up and name the Magpie biter. Richmond looks the bad guy and we can't afford more negative publicity.
It must be a slow news day for the media ::) :sleep
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When rabid mongrels aren't given any free lunches a bi product of this is unnecessary unsubstantiated uninformed unintelligent vitriol.
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Nearly fell over when Mike came on tonight, didn't bag us and said it's just the usual argy bargy between two clubs with a history of not liking one another (Got that one right Mike ;D ). Instead said Kingy probably had a right to bring up the biting incident at the hearing given Cloke has told the world his version.
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The perpetrator should be easy to find.... There aren't too many people in Collingwood who still have their own teeth. ;D
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The perpetrator should be easy to find.... There aren't too many people in Collingwood who still have their own teeth. ;D
Maybe someone just threw their false ones at the kid and they just latched on ;D
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the filth!!!
rnd 17 against the bogans MUST WIN GAME and a few more brawls, I want to see cloke and captain hack squeal!
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Agree Tony. Captain Hack as you call him after his comments last year. Could there be a more w@nker of a captain going around in the AFL.Maybe Juddy will give him a run for his money. Will get he deserves one day soon for not thinking before speaking. :lol :rollin :lol
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a single tooth mark was found on Grimes back, now all the tiges have to do is work out which tooth it is and which magpie has that particular tooth left in its head.
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a single tooth mark was found on Grimes back, now all the tiges have to do is work out which tooth it is and which magpie has that particular tooth left in its head.
:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obrY5u-IBBU&feature=related
Fir up
2:15 Hislop on Maxwell ;D.. Ge Maxwell is weak as pee.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obrY5u-IBBU&feature=related
Fir up
2:15 Hislop on Maxwell ;D.. Ge Maxwell is weak as pee.
Video says more about J. Bowden than anything else unfortunately - a persons character crystallized in a single moment where his teammate has three blokes on him and he's standing there watching.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obrY5u-IBBU&feature=related
Fir up
2:15 Hislop on Maxwell ;D.. Ge Maxwell is weak as pee.
Someone explain to me again, how did we get blamed for starting this melee?
King gave Didak a tap, Didak stages, then Pies players start melee.
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Dont know if Didak was staging, looked like he had the wind knocked out of his sails to me. I cant work out how King didnt get a free kick when three blokes jumped on him and one had him around the neck ???
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Dont know if Didak was staging, looked like he had the wind knocked out of his sails to me. I cant work out how King didnt get a free kick when three blokes jumped on him and one had him around the neck ???
Go back a few seconds and King should have gotten a free for tackling Didak and causing him to drop the ball.
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Video says more about J. Bowden than anything else unfortunately - a persons character crystallized in a single moment where his teammate has three blokes on him and he's standing there watching.
Yep not a good look by Joel.
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Video says more about J. Bowden than anything else unfortunately - a persons character crystallized in a single moment where his teammate has three blokes on him and he's standing there watching.
Yep not a good look by Joel.
Reckon he would say the same too if he watched it back mate
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typical feral Collingwood. always quick to cry foul, but they're only too happy to dish it out, in this case to a player with no history against them (unlike Kingy haha). Cloke is a whinging little sook who deserves every hit he gets, and Maxwell is not exactly perfect either! i wonder if Travis Choke would be as quick to pick a fight with or "dob in" someone like say, Barry Hall or Jonathan Brown...
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Tiger cub to debut
The Age
August 25, 2010
RICHMOND's young defender Dylan Grimes is likely to make his debut against Port Adelaide on Sunday, becoming the 42nd player the Tigers have used this season.
Grimes would also, amazingly, be the 12th player to have made his AFL debut for the club this year.
''Dylan was best on ground in the VFL last week and he is a strong chance to play this week,'' Richmond general manager of football Craig Cameron said yesterday. ''He has been good for some time.''
A brother of impressive Melbourne running defender Jack Grimes, Dylan, 19, who was taken in the pre-season draft last year, is taller than his older sibling and is more of a likely key-position player.
As with Jack, he has poise and composure and has pace and confidence to play a rebounding role.
Given their lowly position, the Tigers have made the decision to put a large number of players in for surgery so they will be ready for pre-season training.
Grimes, 19, has made rapid progress in the VFL in recent weeks with a best-on-ground performance for Coburg on Saturday.
He will replace first-year player David Astbury, who has had hip surgery.
"He (Grimes) is a key back.
"He's quick and happy to defend, but also keen to create some rebound with his leg speed," Cameron said.
The teenager received a rude introduction to league football when he was allegedly bitten on the back by a Collingwood opponent in a practice match at Visy Park in March.
The Tigers chose not to lodge a complaint.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/tiger-cub-to-debut-20100824-13qef.html
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/no-farewell-game-for-jordan-mcmahon/story-e6frf9jf-1225909627449
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Wishing him the best of luck for a long and successful career at the club.
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lol he was toofthed/gummed on the back by a collingwood opponent wtf? Where do they recruit these classy troglodytes from?
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lol he was toofthed/gummed on the back by a collingwood opponent wtf? Where do they recruit these classy troglodytes from?
We couldn't lodge a complaint because the chances of identifying the culprit from a bite mark containing one tooth was considered near impossible when dealing with Collingwood. ;D
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yeah and dna was impossible, those mouths contain more bacteria than a komodo dragon bite lol
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Well done Grimesy! WTF happened to Astbury? Guess Thursfield has come up alright then.
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Well done Grimesy! WTF happened to Astbury? Guess Thursfield has come up alright then.
thats a bloody good question Gerk what the stuff happened to Astbury?
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Grimes is a reasonable height too at 193cm. Could be great long term prospect. We have a lot of talented defenders in the mix which will add much needed competition for spots over the next few years.
I'm interested to see what type of players he is (ie is he mobile, attacking, defensive etc)
Stripes
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Grimes is a reasonable height too at 193cm. Could be great long term prospect. We have a lot of talented defenders in the mix which will add much needed competition for spots over the next few years.
I'm interested to see what type of players he is (ie is he mobile, attacking, defensive etc)
Stripes
From what I've seen of him at Coburg, I reckon he'll give us a lot of run out of defence with his pace. I believe he started his career on the wing. Like Astbury, I reckon he reads the game really well too.
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Well done Grimesy! WTF happened to Astbury? Guess Thursfield has come up alright then.
thats a bloody good question Gerk what the eff happened to Astbury?
He went in for surgery, hip I think.
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lol he was toofthed/gummed on the back by a collingwood opponent wtf? Where do they recruit these classy troglodytes from?
It was the match where Jake King got two weeks for striking Travis Cloke based on Cloke's evidence as there was no video.
In his first game for Richmond, Dylan Grimes was bitten by Travis Cloke (a known offender). Jake King, as a leader of the young player group last year, took offence to this and when confronted Travis verbally abused him and shoved him away. King retaliated to this assault with a punch and was promptly jumped on by their ruckman Fraser and others. Note that the Cloke and King families in the stands almost got to blows as well.
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Fantastic News.
Amazing effort by Hardwick t have 37 players used this season and to have won as many games as we have he's ticked all the boxes.
- Play the kids
- See what each player has to offer
- Still remain competetive in majority of games
- Evidence a game plan that can be developed
- Have shown some improvement across the board of the footy department compared with Round 1.
Tick, Tick, Tick, Tick, Tick.
Cheers to you Damien.
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He went in for surgery, hip I think.
lol yeah that was in the article dude
When did it get injured? What is the extent of the injury? Could he have played this week? Is he having the op early so Grimesy gets a guernsey? etc.
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He went in for surgery, hip I think.
lol yeah that was in the article dude
When did it get injured? What is the extent of the injury? Could he have played this week? Is he having the op early so Grimesy gets a guernsey? etc.
stuff off
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LMAO
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I'm interested to know why he wasn't drafted if has all of these attributes and is the brother of a rising star.
What are his perceived weaknesses?
Soudns like a good PSD pick up.
Good luck Grimey.
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I think his kicking was under question but he seems a good full back prospect
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I think his kicking was under question but he seems a good full back prospect
Yep his kicking was the concern. That's why he slipped to the PSD.
Good luck to Grimesy on Sunday :)
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He went in for surgery, hip I think.
lol yeah that was in the article dude
When did it get injured? What is the extent of the injury? Could he have played this week? Is he having the op early so Grimesy gets a guernsey? etc.
eff off
;D
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been enjoyable watching so many kids make their debut on 2010.
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excellent pace, awareness, recovery, limited body strength and average disposal.
Best and really only position in the AFl will be a negating full back, competing with Gourdis for this role in 2011 and beyond
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I couldn't see this on the net so I scanned it in....
Grimes climbs to senior status
By Matt Windley
Sunday Herald-Sun
29 Aug 2010, Page 61
THE ascension of Dylan Grimes to senior AFL football is a win for perseverance.
The 19-year-old will become the 42nd player used by Richmond this year after overcoming several setbacks to get to where he is today.
Grimes missed the Under-18 national championships last year after he was overlooked by Vic Metro selectors.
Late last year he thought his AFL dream was dashed after he was overlooked in the National Draft.
And he has even been overlooked once in the AFL system -- waiting for 22 weeks as 11 Tiger cubs made their senior debuts ahead of him.
Grimes could barely contain his excitement when he spoke to the Sunday Herald Sun this week, but said it could have been a different story for him had Richmond not come calling before last December's pre-season draft.
"After missing out in the draft I thought, `Maybe this isn't for me','' Grimes said.
"I was happy with what I'd done at school, so I applied for uni courses and I was sort of coming to grips with the fact that maybe football wasn't going to be my career.
"I made contact with the Northern Bullants and thought I could go train down there for a while, but then I was really lucky to be able to train with Richmond and then be picked up in the pre-season draft.''
Grimes' selection is also a win for the good guys.
Denis Pagan, his coach at the Northern Knights in the TAC Cup last year, says of Grimes: ``He's a quality individual -- and I mean quality with a capital Q.''
Not that Grimes has been given a sympathy game.
Richmond football manager Ross Monaghan spoke in glowing terms about Grimes' character, but said it was impossible to ignore the versatile defender after the form he has shown in the VFL.
"He's spent quite a good part of the year playing VFL reserves,'' Monaghan said.
"But he's never dropped his head. Eventually he got chances at VFL senior level and acquitted himself really well to the point where he was knocking the door down for an AFL game.''
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a very solid debut game from the youngster i thought. shown some real potential.
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We found a player here! Infact we found 3 today.
Grimes, O'Reilly and Taylor all showed they can be real good players.
Gourdis to needs to be persevered with!
We lost but we had a good day. Its not often you lose and can say your club found 3 or 4 players!
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Always tough to analyse a debut. Really impress with his closing speed.
He looks promising though
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We found a player here! Infact we found 3 today.
Grimes, O'Reilly and Taylor all showed they can be real good players.
Gourdis to needs to be persevered with!
We lost but we had a good day. Its not often you lose and can say your club found 3 or 4 players!
Yes lots of upside from today.
Now when is our next match?
:thumbsup
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6 month wait now.
Grimes obviously needs to build up his body and strength but he did okay today for his debut.
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Yep! We have found a CHB/FB! Impressed me.
Taylor just needs to get more confidence! He can play and seems second to the ball. Once Taylor starts attacking the football and kicking straight, Taylor will be dangerous.
Not convinced about Jimmy-O!
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Grimes and Taylor were very nervous and both need to get stuck into the protein powder and weights over the summer big time. Taylor looked like a twig blowing around in a storm at times. Grimes made some errors of inexperience and size but had the game sense to indicate a good future lays ahead. Gourdis was the most impressive for mine. O'Rielly...juries out - more game time required I feel.
Great to have found so many potential players this year. Makes a nice change from all the disappointment of potential unrealized in seasons past.
Stripes
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Of course O'Rielly needs more game time he picked up a footy 18 months ago.
I've got confidence in our development team to develop him into a handy run and carry player.
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Not convinced about Jimmy-O!
Tadhg Kennelley:
2000 - Rookie List, no games, elevated to Senior List 2001.
2001 - 8 games, 49 disposals (36k 13h), 11 marks, 5 tackles, 3g 1b, 1 free for 5 against. Ave 6.1 disposals, 1.4 marks, 0.6 tackles.
2002 - 20 games, 227 disposals (127k 100h), 36 marks, 26 tackles, 7g 3b, 8 free for 10 against. Ave 11.35 disposals, 1.8 marks, 1.3 tackles.
2003 - 24 games, 370 disposals (206k 164h), 85 marks, 38 tackles, 8g 2b, 11 free for 14 against. Ave 15.4 disposals, 3.5 marks, 1.6 tackles.
Jamie O'Reilly:
2010 - Rookie List and elevated to Senior List. 3 games, 42 disposals (18k 24 h), 11 marks, 1 tackle, 4 free for 4 against. Ave 14 disposals, 3.7 marks, 0.3 tackles.
Bit early to make a call on him for mine.
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Yep! We have found a CHB/FB! Impressed me.
Taylor just needs to get more confidence! He can play and seems second to the ball. Once Taylor starts attacking the football and kicking straight, Taylor will be dangerous.
Not convinced about Jimmy-O!
Jimmy was rock solid, no blunders, no turn overs took em on and was pretty good actually. Taylor while showing some good signs did muff his delivery and only had about 50% efficiency whereas James was at 73% I think. Morton was awesome today I thought and Kingy the little champ is still on a roll.
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Yep ORLY looked like he's going to be a player to me. Goo and Grimey whilst inexperienced have composure that some of our older backs lack. If Grimes can put on some meat, Thursfield and McGuane are gone. One of them should be traded this year anyway.
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Jimmy O looks like a natural footballer to me. I think it was the third Quarter from the half back flank he made a run splitting two port blokes just by running the right angle. You just cannot teach that sort of thing.
As for grimes, you really could not ask for much more from a kid on debut. :thumbsup
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Vision of Grimes receiving his guernsey from Dick Clay :)
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/roar%20vision%20archive/tabid/11454/contentid/291832/default.aspx#playvideo
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Just wondering about this kid. i have not had him in contention for many games this yr mainly due to his size.thing is i reckon hes potentially our best defender and our most likely long term fb.
has he enough size to play a third tall role or even kp.
atm i have gourdis playing fb but athlete that he is i worry enormously about his footskills.
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IMO Grimes could eventually play a KP defensive role size wise at 193cm. He's put on 4kgs over summer to 87kg. Probably needs another preseason to push his weight above 90kg needed to play KP. At the moment he's a third tall.
I have always doubted Goo would make it btw due to his footskills.
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Like the look of this kid. Should aim to be somewhere around 93 kgs in the next 18 months if he wants to hold down a key position in the backline.
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IMO Grimes could eventually play a KP defensive role size wise at 193cm. He's put on 4kgs over summer to 87kg. Probably needs another preseason to push his weight above 90kg needed to play KP. At the moment he's a third tall.
I have always doubted Goo would make it btw due to his footskills.
i wonder if they wont try gourdis at ff in the makebelieve cup. would still like to give gourdis a go at fb things cant be any worse than the incumbent.
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atm i have gourdis playing fb but athlete that he is i worry enormously about his footskills.
For all his flaws, McGuane will get a game ahead of Gourdis at FB. Believe it or not Luke is a better kick.
Hopefully Grimes will be the eventual replacement for both.
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IMO Grimes could eventually play a KP defensive role size wise at 193cm. He's put on 4kgs over summer to 87kg. Probably needs another preseason to push his weight above 90kg needed to play KP. At the moment he's a third tall.
I have always doubted Goo would make it btw due to his footskills.
How quick is he MT? Can he do the job defensively?
I only saw the one game of him last year - hard to gauge from that. But 193cm is a pretty good size, a pleasant surprising actually - he didn't look that tall to me.
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How quick is he MT? Can he do the job defensively?
I only saw the one game of him last year - hard to gauge from that. But 193cm is a pretty good size, a pleasant surprising actually - he didn't look that tall to me.
Fastest at the club. That quick enough?
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How quick is he MT? Can he do the job defensively?
I only saw the one game of him last year - hard to gauge from that. But 193cm is a pretty good size, a pleasant surprising actually - he didn't look that tall to me.
Fastest at the club. That quick enough?
Wow... fair dinkum?
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atm i have gourdis playing fb but athlete that he is i worry enormously about his footskills.
For all his flaws, McGuane will get a game ahead of Gourdis at FB. Believe it or not Luke is a better kick.
Hopefully Grimes will be the eventual replacement for both.
mcgaune might be a better kick
Gourdis is younger. Faster. Taller. Stronger.
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atm i have gourdis playing fb but athlete that he is i worry enormously about his footskills.
For all his flaws, McGuane will get a game ahead of Gourdis at FB. Believe it or not Luke is a better kick.
Hopefully Grimes will be the eventual replacement for both.
mcgaune might be a better kick
Gourdis is younger. Faster. Taller. Stronger.
Isn't that a Guy Sebastain song?
:cheers
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How quick is he MT? Can he do the job defensively?
I only saw the one game of him last year - hard to gauge from that. But 193cm is a pretty good size, a pleasant surprising actually - he didn't look that tall to me.
Fastest at the club. That quick enough?
actually gourdis has a 2.83 for 20 metres grimes isnt far off him with a 2.9. the thing is with grimes hes a good kick has a brain is a nice height is agile enough and if he can bulk up will have all the tools to play fb. the only real issues with gourdis is kicking and for want of a better way of putting it mental strength. athletically i reckon gourdis has it over most talls in the comp. the ability to take on and stop the power forwards one on one is the main hope i have for him but i question why we would replace poor kicks with more poor kicks. dont get me wrong im all for grimes and gourdis getting a fair go at the top level. id play without even blinking gourdis in front of mcguane as we are looking for an improvement on him. weather thats a long term improvement who knows.
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How quick is he MT? Can he do the job defensively?
I only saw the one game of him last year - hard to gauge from that. But 193cm is a pretty good size, a pleasant surprising actually - he didn't look that tall to me.
Fastest at the club. That quick enough?
actually gourdis has a 2.83 for 20 metres grimes isnt far off him with a 2.9. the thing is with grimes hes a good kick has a brain is a nice height is agile enough and if he can bulk up will have all the tools to play fb. the only real issues with gourdis is kicking and for want of a better way of putting it mental strength. athletically i reckon gourdis has it over most talls in the comp. the ability to take on and stop the power forwards one on one is the main hope i have for him but i question why we would replace poor kicks with more poor kicks. dont get me wrong im all for grimes and gourdis getting a fair go at the top level. id play without even blinking gourdis in front of mcguane as we are looking for an improvement on him. weather thats a long term improvement who knows.
good post claw - agree on everything u just summed up
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Grimes ready to get dirty
By Jennifer Witham
richmondfc.com.au
2:04 PM Fri 08 Apr, 2011
YOUNG Richmond defender Dylan Grimes is likely to have a sleepless night on Friday after being told he will take on either Lance Franklin or Jarryd Roughead in the Tigers' clash with Hawthorn on Saturday night at the MCG.
The 19-year-old, who made his AFL debut in round 22 last year and has just that solitary appearance to his name, has been added to the side in the wake of backman Luke McGuane's two-week suspension.
Coach Damien Hardwick said the unavailability of McGuane, Alex Rance (suspension) and Will Thursfield (ankle) meant Grimes and fellow emerging defender David Astbury would tackle the Hawks' twin towers.
"Between [Grimes] and Astbury … they're going up against some premiership players and All Australian players," he said on Friday.
"It's a fantastic opportunity for our footy club to show the football world we think we've got some guys that are taking us places."
Hardwick joked he would also lose sleep over playing his young pair alongside the power forwards before he focused on the positives of Grimes that have lifted him into the senior team.
"We've got great faith in Grimesy, we think he's going to be a long-term player for this footy club and he's probably going to get a fair initiation tomorrow night," he said.
"He's got elite speed and he's very, very competitive, which is something we love at our footy club.
"It's one of the foundation blocks of the players that come here and he is very good in that area.
"He'll be a welcome addition down there, he's going to be a good player, a long-term player for us and we look forward to the challenge we set him."
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/111171/default.aspx
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Huge ask for a second gamer :o I didn't realize that Thursfield was injured too so this selection was forced in the end. Whatever happens, this will be a great learning experience for the two young defenders. I think you'll see both Roughhead and Buddy playing closer to goal where they can use their superior strength to out muscle our boys and give them better efficiency in front of goal which they have coped their fair share of criticism over lately.
Makes the midfield battle even more crucial that it even would have been :pray
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Remember Will Thursfield dominated Nick Riewoldt in only his 2nd game of AFL
Grimes' turn next
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a 2005 model Nick Riewoldt half a effing decade ago ::)
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a 2005 model Nick Riewoldt half a effing decade ago ::)
You mean a 23-24 year old Riewoldt? The same age Franklin is now?
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Go grimey go! :thumbsup
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Don't underestimate him, that is all :shh
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Grimes effort pleases coach
10/4/2011
Gregor Mactaggart
Sportal
"I thought Dylan did a pretty good job for a kid playing his second game of AFL footy," Hardwick said.
"The amount of contests he got to was pretty creditable for the young fella. I think we've found a player going forward."
"Buddy's an elite player in this competition and we're asking a kid that's played two games to have a crack at it."
"I thought he stood up manfully, he got beaten by a better player on the night, but he'll learn an enormous amount from that."
Full article here:
http://www.sportal.com.au/afl-news-display/grimes-effort-pleases-coach-118120
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Looks like he's a definite starter against collingwood.
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Considering what he was up against with little support defensively from the mids I thought he did OK
When Buddy had the space to run Grimes struggled, when Grimes was able to create a contest he did well
Kid will learn but a huge ask in game 2 IMHO
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He won't get the press and publicity of our young guns further up the field but Grimes did his role well tonight which is all you can ask of a cub in his 4th game. Playing on Buddy and Cloke in his first two games this year hasn't dented his confidence or focus and he's now shown an ability to play on talls and smaller forwards. Thomas had no impact tonight and the times he was matched up on Hansen he was able to get the spoil in.
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Grimes was good. Rance was ok. McGuane was terrible.
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He won't get the press and publicity of our young guns further up the field but Grimes did his role well tonight which is all you can ask of a cub in his 4th game. Playing on Buddy and Cloke in his first two games this year hasn't dented his confidence or focus and he's now shown an ability to play on talls and smaller forwards. Thomas had no impact tonight and the times he was matched up on Hansen he was able to get the spoil in.
He did do well didn't he, actually moves very well to, reminds me a bit of Dustin Fletcher, will be better when he is able to have the confidence of his ability to take a pack mark. He missed a couple tonight.
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Grimes was good. Rance was ok. McGuane was terrible.
agreed, I havent seen grimes do alot wrong yet, he's really solid defensively, must be perserevered with , his confidence will grow and he will add offensively to his gaem, he can take a good mark
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He's going to be good. He's got a hard job and he's getting better with every week.
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Grimes was good. Rance was ok. McGuane was terrible.
Yep. :thumbsup
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Grimes was good. Rance was ok. McGuane was terrible.
disagree mcguane was abysmal rance was terrible especially first half and dylan was solid all game. when he gets some genuine size about him we will have our fb for the next 10 yrs.
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Rance was pretty good tonite but I really liked Grimes game. We've found one in this kid I reckon.
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Not expecting it now as he will still be finding his feet at this level especially against the quality opponents he's had to play on, but in time say by the time he reaches around 30 games you would like to see him add an offensive component to his game when he gains the confidence and knowledge of when to peel off his direct opponent and rebound outside defensive 50. That's what distinguishes a top modern full back like Scarlett from a fringe key defender like Thursty who remained just an old school spoiler. If Grimes can add that attacking component on top of his already decent 1-on-1 contesting and spoiling then we'll have found a player. He obviously also needs to bulk up more but that will come after a few more preseasons in the gym.
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Rance was pretty good tonite but I really liked Grimes game. We've found one in this kid I reckon.
Rance lack a 'football brain' IMHO
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Grimes is doing well, he has come along way.
He was playing VFL reserves for the first half last year so his rise has been very steep.
He is still green and has a lot of improvement left in him. He is very determined and will be a good player for us.
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Think Grimes is in front of Rance already.
Rance ordinary last night, the holding the ball was a disgrace along with his 2 dropped chest marks,
I dare not mention his handball to Nason in the last quarter where Nason ended up in the car park below. :banghead
My wife who goes to 2 games a year said, why did he handball to a team mate who was covered? I said he wanted to get him killed. ::)
it was a big hit on Nason
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I just watched the replay after downloading it and Rance was pretty good, he was very attacking with his disposal and his kicking has improved a long way.
A bit rusty at the start of the match, but most of the goals were kicked on McGuane, not Rance
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Think Grimes is in front of Rance already.
Rance ordinary last night, the holding the ball was a disgrace along with his 2 dropped chest marks,
Agree he made mistakes - wans't alone there
But that dive on the goal line right on the siren was a gem - that sends a message about courage & desperation IMHO
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WP, the handball to Nason in front of us was terrible.
nearly got Nason killed
The hit was a big one
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WP, the handball to Nason in front of us was terrible.
nearly got Nason killed
The hit was a big one
Not disputing that Jack again & again ;D
But crdit where credit is due - that dive/spoil on the goal line was fantastic
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the spoil was good.
problem is we play him as a tall, when he needs to play on a medium type
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My opinion on Rance is he lacks footy awareness. No doubt he is very courageous he puts his body on the line. I've always admired a player for this. But he seems to be always unaware of what's coming so he gets caught too often.
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My opinion on Rance is he lacks footy awareness. No doubt he is very courageous he puts his body on the line. I've always admired a player for this. But he seems to be always unaware of what's coming so he gets caught too often.
I don't recall this happening at all against North
Remember, he's still only played 2 dozen games
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I just watched the replay after downloading it and Rance was pretty good, he was very attacking with his disposal and his kicking has improved a long way.
A bit rusty at the start of the match, but most of the goals were kicked on McGuane, not Rance
Yeah agree his kicking has come up to the required level, he got better as the game went on and he creates. As opposed to McGuane who just stops and blows his sexual safety whistle.
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Spoiler Dylan Grimes grows in stature
Matt Windley
From: Herald Sun
April 30, 2011
YOU may not know it but, until last week, Dylan Grimes held an AFL record.
His tally of 15 spoils against Hawthorn in Round 3 tied him with Brisbane Lion Daniel Merrett and Geelong's Harry Taylor for the most in a game.
But Grimes' time at the top was short lived as Merrett had 19 spoils against St Kilda last week.
"I didn't even know I had the record," Grimes said.
"A.C (Richmond media manager Adrian Ceddia) mentioned it to me after I'd already been knocked off by Merrett.
"My main role really was to shut down my direct opponent and go from there. I guess I was just lucky that sometimes I found myself in the right position."
Grimes remains No.1 in the AFL this season for spoils, averaging 13 per game.
Following the suspensions of teammates Alex Rance and Luke McGuane in the opening rounds, the 19-year-old was required to hold down a key defensive post against two of the best forwards in the game.
At 193cm and 87kg, he gave away plenty of size against Hawthorn's Lance Franklin (193cm/96kg) and Collingwood's Travis Cloke (196cm/103kg) the next week.
But Richmond's No.2 pick in the 2010 pre-season draft, who tonight will play just his fifth senior game after making his debut in Round 22 last year, has enjoyed taking on some of the game's best forwards.
"My development has really been fast-tracked, I reckon, from the opportunity I've had to play on such high quality players," he said.
For the record, Grimes held Franklin and Cloke to three goals each before restricting North Melbourne's Lindsay Thomas to just five possessions and three behinds in the Tigers' first win of the season last weekend.
Richmond football manager Ross Monaghan said the fact Grimes had been able to retain his spot after the return of Rance and McGuane was "a real credit to him".
"He's earned an opportunity and he's really stood up and grasped it with both hands," Monaghan said.
"We realised we were undermanned in terms of body strength and size down back for a couple of weeks where we had suspensions.
"But he coped as best as he could. He was certainly undersized, but what he lacks in genuine stature he makes up for in terms of real commitment and real want to do well.
"He also gives us some real flexibility because he's so quick.
"And, with an attitude like his, he just saw the opportunity to play against the likes of Franklin and Cloke as a chance to improve. He wasn't daunted by it. It holds him in good stead for the future."
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/spoiler-dylan-grimes-grows-in-stature/story-e6frf9jf-1226047338605
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Rance is not a bad player
Grimes looks the good.
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Guy Mckenna gave Grimes a big wrap on the radio
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Rance is not a bad player
Grimes looks the good.
Rate them both Today, Grimes closing speed and spoils were fantasic and rance showed heaps today too.
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Reads the play well and jumps in as 3rd man with a big spoil a lot - actually spoils 1 on 1 a lot too. Really like the look of Grimes, awesome closing speed. Sorry to threadjack but Rance's improvement is out of sight, could be looking at 2 of our long term defenders there
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Played his best game for us tonight, if there is a knock that would be he looks to spoil to often, sometimes he just needs to back himself and go for the mark or just try and take the ball and go! I am sure it will come as his confidence grows........
Dito Rance........
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Agree with both previous posters. I like what I've seen from Grimes but I hope with all my heart he doesn't go down the Thursfield path. At least he appears to involve himself much more in general play than Will. And Rance is starting to make me reconsider my opinion of him. He is showing a lot of improvement and finally living up to his potential this year.
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Last quarter he was pushing right up to the centre and getting involved :thumbsup
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Grimes been really solid in all his games in my opinion. Has the nerves when going for easy marks and likes to spoil instead of marking. An area that is easily improved.
Great closing speed and reads play really well. Is as good as Nick Maxwell is now.
Rance was sensational tonight.
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Was thinking that a player like Merrett could be the missing piece of our backline but I'm not even sure that is the case.
He's 26 years old now and has played over 100 games after being drafted back in 2002
Just goes to show how much more development our backs have when you have Rance (21yo/28 games), Astbury (20yo/21 games) & Grimes (19yo/5 games)
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Grimes is well ahead of Thursfield now in the pecking order, but what Grimes has shown and Rance's improvement also indicate is that we have some depth in our backline as we still have Moore and Astbury to come back in and Thursfield in running around for Coburg. We are actually drafting and developing under Hardwick something we were lacking in previous coaching tenures. :thumbsup
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You wouldn't want to be a gun youngster next year..
Most likely Top 7 picks..
GWS
GWS
GWS
Port
GWS
North
GWS
GWS looms very unappealing.
Port is worse.
North maybe be in Tassie by the time your 21.
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You wouldn't want to be a gun youngster next year..
Most likely Top 7 picks..
GWS
GWS
GWS
Port
GWS
North
GWS
GWS looms very unappealing.
Port is worse.
North maybe be in Tassie by the time your 21.
Nothing wrong with Tassie
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as the sites unofficial pessamist just thought id say something positive for once and this bloke is damn good reason to be positive,
to say grimes has been good and will be missed is to put it lightly.
as stated at the start of the yr he is potentially our best tall defender.
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agree, Claw.
I really rate him. He seems to have poise when he gets the pill and strong evasive/decision-making skills.
Hope his recovery is swift. Will be interesting to see whether Asty gets a call up this week.
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Grimes and Batch are really giving us something to build the backline around. Hopefully Astbury can regain some form and we'll be sitting pretty in a year or two.
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agree, Claw.
I really rate him. He seems to have poise when he gets the pill and strong evasive/decision-making skills.
Hope his recovery is swift. Will be interesting to see whether Asty gets a call up this week.
I see the poise when he is going the spoil but I don't see it when he is unsure about marking. Twice on Saturday night he seemed loss as teh ball came in and he didn't need to spoil
That is the one thing he really needs to work on IMHO and that's going for the mark and that decision making process. He doesn't need to spoil all the time
A group of us were talking about it after the game and agreeed that the reality is that there a possibility that one day one of those spoils that should have been a mark will cost us a game
Even if he wasn't injured I would have looked at sending him back to Coburg this week just to work on and build his confidence in that area.
But that's something they can work on with him - all other signs with him though are super positive
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WP - Dimma has publically said that he is instructing them to spoil to kill the contest. That indecision is probably the thought that he could mark it, but has been instructed to focus on punching it for now.
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WP - Dimma has publically said that he is instructing them to spoil to kill the contest. That indecision is probably the thought that he could mark it, but has been instructed to focus on punching it for now.
yep I know Infamy - I heard that interview. he said they've told when in doubt "kill the contest"
But he did concede that is something that needs to be worked on
Would look at starting it now
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WP - Dimma has publically said that he is instructing them to spoil to kill the contest. That indecision is probably the thought that he could mark it, but has been instructed to focus on punching it for now.
yep I know Infamy - I heard that interview. he said they've told when in doubt "kill the contest"
But he did concede that is something that needs to be worked on
Would look at starting it now
I translated that it would be worked on in the next phase of development, read: next preseason
The kid has still played under 10 games, while they will be working on confidence and composure all the time, I don't think they will change something they have been drilling into them all year so quickly
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WP - Dimma has publically said that he is instructing them to spoil to kill the contest. That indecision is probably the thought that he could mark it, but has been instructed to focus on punching it for now.
yep I know Infamy - I heard that interview. he said they've told when in doubt "kill the contest"
But he did concede that is something that needs to be worked on
Would look at starting it now
I translated that it would be worked on in the next phase of development, read: next preseason
The kid has still played under 10 games, while they will be working on confidence and composure all the time, I don't think they will change something they have been drilling into them all year so quickly
thats the way I read it too
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agree, Claw.
I really rate him. He seems to have poise when he gets the pill and strong evasive/decision-making skills.
Hope his recovery is swift. Will be interesting to see whether Asty gets a call up this week.
I see the poise when he is going the spoil but I don't see it when he is unsure about marking. Twice on Saturday night he seemed loss as teh ball came in and he didn't need to spoil
That is the one thing he really needs to work on IMHO and that's going for the mark and that decision making process. He doesn't need to spoil all the time
A group of us were talking about it after the game and agreeed that the reality is that there a possibility that one day one of those spoils that should have been a mark will cost us a game
Even if he wasn't injured I would have looked at sending him back to Coburg this week just to work on and build his confidence in that area.
But that's something they can work on with him - all other signs with him though are super positive
Send him back to Coburg? :help
Bumbest thing i have read for a long time! Including Jacks stuff last week.
The kid has been a star.
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Injured-Tiger Dylan Grimes video interview:
http://bigpondvideo.com/RichmondTV/375097/dylan-grimes-interview/
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reminds me of how thursfield was going so well in his first year? then did his knee and was out for the season...never came back right
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Grimes up and about
richmondfc.com.au
By Tony Greenberg
Wed 27 Jul, 2011
Not even a season-ending hamstring injury can dampen the enthusiasm promising, young defender Dylan Grimes is feeling about his playing future at Richmond.
Grimes, who suffered the major hamstring tear in the Round 9 Dreamtime clash with Essendon, recently signed a new two-year deal with the Tigers, and he couldn’t be happier.
“I’m absolutely rapt. Although in recent weeks we haven’t really shown it, we’re moving forward, so I’m excited to be part of the group,” he said in a ‘Roar Vision’ interview on the Club’s website this week.
“With the Club culture we’ve got going, and the steps forward that we’ve taken this year, there are a lot of young guys really enthusiastic about the future. “It’s just a really vibrant and exciting place to be around.”
The 20-year-old, who was a standout in defence during seven senior
appearances for Richmond this year, after making his senior league debut in the final home-and-away round match of the 2010 season, has turned his injury setback into a positive.
“The hamstring’s going along really well and the few weeks off that I’ve had has given me the chance to put on some size in the gym and work on a few core exercises . . .” he said.
“So, technically speaking, this has been a great opportunity for me to get my body right in a few areas.”
And, Grimes can’t wait to get back out on the field of battle for the Tigers.
“The few games that I played this year really gave me that desire, that urge, to get back out there as soon as I can and I’m really, really excited about next season, he said.”
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/119526/default.aspx
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hopefully he's not as injury prone as his brother
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Grimes up and about
richmondfc.com.au
By Tony Greenberg
Wed 27 Jul, 2011
“.... the few weeks off that I’ve had has given me the chance to put on some size in the gym and work on a few core exercises . . .” he said.
“So, technically speaking, this has been a great opportunity for me to get my body right in a few areas.”
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/119526/default.aspx
This is good news.
For too long oir injured players haven't used their time off to hit the weights.
Well done Grimey. :thumbsup
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Grimes up and about
richmondfc.com.au
By Tony Greenberg
Wed 27 Jul, 2011
Not even a season-ending hamstring injury can dampen the enthusiasm promising, young defender Dylan Grimes is feeling about his playing future at Richmond.
Grimes, who suffered the major hamstring tear in the Round 9 Dreamtime clash with Essendon, recently signed a new two-year deal with the Tigers, and he couldn’t be happier.
“I’m absolutely rapt. Although in recent weeks we haven’t really shown it, we’re moving forward, so I’m excited to be part of the group,” he said in a ‘Roar Vision’ interview on the Club’s website this week.
“With the Club culture we’ve got going, and the steps forward that we’ve taken this year, there are a lot of young guys really enthusiastic about the future. “It’s just a really vibrant and exciting place to be around.”
The 20-year-old, who was a standout in defence during seven senior
appearances for Richmond this year, after making his senior league debut in the final home-and-away round match of the 2010 season, has turned his injury setback into a positive.
“The hamstring’s going along really well and the few weeks off that I’ve had has given me the chance to put on some size in the gym and work on a few core exercises . . .” he said.
“So, technically speaking, this has been a great opportunity for me to get my body right in a few areas.”
And, Grimes can’t wait to get back out on the field of battle for the Tigers.
“The few games that I played this year really gave me that desire, that urge, to get back out there as soon as I can and I’m really, really excited about next season, he said.”
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/119526/default.aspx
Best thing i have read on here for ages!. Now this is a kid we can build our side aroud. Great attitude and will be a star!
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Good to see Grimesy is back training :thumbsup
(http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/302552_10150295119618276_298686323275_7758209_517266_n.jpg)
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He got a taste for it this year. Hopefully(I expect him to) puts in the hard yards over the pre-season. Anything can happen next year.
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Bigger core and thighs, those hips don't lie.
Hopefully will hit the upper body weights over the summer
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His first kick didn't go far ;D, he stills needs to build up a lot of strength.
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His first kick didn't go far ;D,
LOL, pure gold
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Not sure if he's been on yet but Grimesy is on the TAC Cup Future Star show which is on now.
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Was on right at the start of the show.
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Was on right at the start of the show.
Damn!
Ta CUB. Did Grimesy mention how he was going as far as coming back from that hammy?
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Was on right at the start of the show.
Damn!
Ta CUB. Did Grimesy mention how he was going as far as coming back from that hammy?
Does TAC cup have a ninemsn website where you can watch the show like footy classified if you;ve missed it?
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Does TAC cup have a ninemsn website where you can watch the show like footy classified if you;ve missed it?
I think some interviews are posted on youtube. I couldn't find anything on the Ch 9 website.
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Does TAC cup have a ninemsn website where you can watch the show like footy classified if you;ve missed it?
I think some interviews are posted on youtube. I couldn't find anything on the Ch 9 website.
I surfed around looking for one as well after I posted and didn't have any luck finding one either.
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Dylan Grimes - Under the Tigerscope
http://bigpondvideo.com/RichmondTV/420613//
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Making a mark
By Paul Daffey
Mon 12 Mar, 2012
DYLAN Grimes is unusual among AFL footballers.
Most AFL players have made the elite level after spending their junior careers up forward or in the midfield because they're the most talented players.
Rarely does a player get through to AFL level after spending his junior career in defence.
Grimes has never played anywhere but defence.
He's spent his whole football life spoiling, and it's something the Richmond coaches are trying to change.
"There's been a bit of a focus for me to take more marks," Grimes said after the Tigers' 59-point victory over Geelong on Saturday.
"Last year I had a tendency to do more spoiling than the coaches would have liked. But this year I've been doing a lot of work on marking."
To that end, he had a very successful game against the Cats. He took seven marks, which is excellent by his standards, but more to the point he took three contested marks.
"That's the most I've had in a game for my entire life," he said.
Grimes missed most of last season after tearing a hamstring tendon in round nine. He was ready to return in the final rounds but the coaches advised him to hold off and put his energy into the pre-season.
Now the 21-year-old just wants to play.
"My body's feeling really good," he said.
"It's good to get back into games and get out of pre-season mode."
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/130503/default.aspx
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Mark Robinson's thoughts on Grimes ....
8. Dylan Grimes
Might've found one here, the Tigers. For too long a problem area on the ground, the Tigers are re-building their tall backs. Kel Moore's body has let him down, Luke McGuane is probably a third tall, meaning Grimes and Alex Rance will be asked to play on the monsters. Rance massively improved last year, and Grimes would appear to be following him. Just eight games in his first two seasons, he is ready for a bigger role.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/why-carlton-can-win-the-premiership/story-fn5937w8-1226296657546
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"There's been a bit of a focus for me to take more marks," Grimes said after the Tigers' 59-point victory over Geelong on Saturday.
"Last year I had a tendency to do more spoiling than the coaches would have liked. But this year I've been doing a lot of work on marking."
Have to say this is great to hear/read - went the spoil far too many times last year when he should have gone the mark. Good to know the coaches have flagged it and more importantly he is listening and working on it
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Noticed that he was taking quite a few grabs against the cats.
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i love "Punchy" Grimes...gives a good honest contest & is rarely gets beat one out...looked like he was more poised overall against the cats (kicking and marking were real pluses)...definitely think our backline is considerably improved with him in the side...
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It was his hamstring injury in the last quarter of the dreamtime class that started the rot of loss of form from the club. At that stage we were flying.
A very important cog in the wheel for our defence.
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I think Grimes is Gerard healy's new favourite player was going on and on about how good the kid was on Saturday ;D
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I think Grimes is Gerard healy's new favourite player was going on and on about how good the kid was on Saturday ;D
Schulzenfest is still his favourite but he gave Grimesy some air time on the weekend.
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Grimes interviewed in the rooms after the game yesterday ...
http://bigpondvideo.com/RichmondTV/444772/In%20the%20rooms:%20Grimes%20post%20match/ (http://bigpondvideo.com/RichmondTV/444772/In%20the%20rooms:%20Grimes%20post%20match/)
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Loving your work this year Grimesy :thumbsup. Is forming a handy partnership down back with Rance. Thankfully Dylan's long-term hammy injury of last year hasn't affected his closing speed. Just a smart footballer too which we desperately needed in our backline and today added more rebounding attacking runs to his usual solid defensive spoils.
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Today was by far the best rebounding display Ive seen from him to date. His defensive work is always quality, was a bit iffy about his rebound, man he looked polished today.
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He is our Mr Reliable / Mr Dependable.
Loving his development. :thumbsup
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Pick 2 PSD gives pick 8 from the same ND a complete lesson on AFL football. :clapping :gotigers
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Grimeball was good for a weirdo
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Our Dustin Fletcher :thumbsup
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Ironfist.
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Best game I've seen him play yesterday he was outstanding
Butcher was clueless when Grimes was on him ;D
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Look what popped in to meet Dylan Grimes @FoxFooty @Trossman18
(http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg876/scaled.php?tn=0&server=876&filename=di6fz.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640)
http://yfrog.com/ocdi6fzj
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Hopefully it wasn't delivered by the spud farmer from Bungaree
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Spudder the slapstick comedian. :clapping
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From SportsNewsFirst....
Hornsby also declared Rising Star nominated young defender Dylan Grimes had been back in training, as he continues to recover from a hamstring strain.
Grimes could make a playing return after Richmond’s Round 13 bye.
“He (Grimes) ran really strong today,” Hornsby said.
“So he’s got a couple of boxes to tick from a running and strength point of view, which he’s going really well with.
“That will allow him to train fully next week.
“And then we will look to either play him on the bye weekend or give him other week of training again.”
http://www.sportsnewsfirst.com.au/articles/2012/06/13/foley-to-boost-tigers-for-giant-clash/
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Hardwick said today should be available after bye. Could have played this week but didn't want to risk it
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Grimesy named on the bench for Coburg this weekend. Looks like we'll give him a run in the VFL before bringing him into the side against Adelaide :thumbsup.
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Grimesy named on the bench for Coburg this weekend. Looks like we'll give him a run in the VFL before bringing him into the side against Adelaide :thumbsup.
Good news. Let's hope the hammies are just as good.
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I'd like to see him get a run for the Burgers. He will be better for it. They will only play him if his hammies are 100%, you would think.
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With Grimes, Foley and Morris back for Adelaide, I expect a very close game that could go either way.
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With Grimes, Foley and Morris back for Adelaide, I expect a very close game that could go either way.
The Saints got close to them by employing a tactic that we are naturally more suited at. Adelaide, like most contest ball teams, get frantic numbers to the ball. The Saints only sent 2-3 max to the same contest and left their better ball users a handball away just outside the contest. That way they were able to swoop on the loose ball if it spilled, put pressure on the Crows immediately if they won possession, or hurt Adelaide bad with their extra outside numbers. I reckon we'll employ a similar tactic. Foley will be important in this regard.
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Can anybody shed any light on Grimes? Rumor has it he hurt the hammy again
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Tigers may send Grimes to Germany
Caroline Wilson
July 4, 2012
RICHMOND could send teenaged defender Dylan Grimes to Germany to seek treatment for his troubled hamstrings.
The Tigers, still in the hunt to play a role in September, have revealed their star defender could be flown overseas this month for an appointment with Dr Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfarth, a world leader in the treatment of soft-tissue injuries who famously treated former Cat Max Rooke on the eve of the 2007 finals series.
Having revealed that Tyrone Vickery's accursed 2012 season was finished and the ruckman-forward would next week undergo a shoulder reconstruction, Richmond appears to have been optimistic in its claim Grimes could be available within four weeks.
The revelation came after the Tigers' horror trip to Adelaide at the weekend that dealt a blow to their finals hopes when they failed to defend a 33-point quarter-time lead. The Tigers also lost inspirational forward Jake King for at least a month and, last night, failed in their appeal against Daniel Jackson's latest suspension.
But the loss of Grimes looms as the biggest disappointment. The talented young backman suffered a season-ending hamstring injury last year and then injured his other hamstring in the Dreamtime game against Essendon in May.
Having just returned from injury, Grimes sustained a hamstring tendon injury in his left leg during the Adelaide game and appears no realistic chance to return to the side until the Tigers' second-last home-and-away game against Essendon in round 22.
In 2007, Geelong spent a reported $20,000 on sending Rooke to be treated by Muller-Wohlfarth in Germany for a hamstring injury before the finals. On returning, Rooke played in Geelong's premiership and was part of another in 2009.
Richmond sent Mark Coughlan, who also battled hamstring injuries, to Muller-Wohlfarth in 2008. Coughlan was injected 102 times with Actovegin during his treatment.
Vickery has missed the past two games with knee soreness but has been managing the shoulder problem, sustained in a pre-season game at Geelong, along the way. Injuries have dogged him this season after a highly encouraging top-five finish in the Jack Dyer Medal last year.
''We have tried to manage Tyrone through this season with his shoulder but, ultimately, it was impacting his performance and the best course of action is to get it fixed now, so he is able to complete a full 2013 pre-season,'' said Richmond's general manager of football, Craig Cameron, who confirmed the club was investigating sending Grimes to Germany.
Muller-Wohlfarth's use of Actovegin - a highly filtered extract from calf blood that improves the circulation of oxygen in humans and thereby aids recovery - is controversial. In July last year, the sale, importation and use of Actovegin was banned in the US. It is not prohibited under the World Anti-Doping Agency list, but when updates were made last September, WADA said it was ''aware of its [Actovegin's] use in some sports, possibly in conjunction with other substances that may be prohibited''.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/tigers-may-send-grimes-to-germany-20120703-21fs9.html#ixzz1zaHIy3D1
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This is disastrous news IMO.
Best young defender we have had since I can remember and he's lame. :( :( :(
Please give us a break.
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Owl was right
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get the horse spunk ready krauts
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Grimes in Germany
richmondfc.com.au
Tue 10 Jul, 2012
Richmond’s rising star defender Dylan Grimes has arrived in Munich, Germany, for treatment on his injured hamstring.
Grimes, along with the Tigers’ strength and rehabilitation coach, Terry Condon, will spend a week with world-renowned doctor Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt.
The treatment involves Grimes being injected with actovegin, an extract of calf’s blood, and anti-inflammatory traumeel, in an effort to stimulate muscle repair.
Read the full article at: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/140982/default.aspx
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From RFC twitter:
RFC - "Happy 21st Birthday to Dylan Grimes who is spending it in Germany after surgery last week"
Jess_Vernon - "how did Dylan's surgery go?"
RFC - "apparently went well, although as pointed out it wasn't surgery, more treatment on his knee. Will find out more when hes back"
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Knee? WTF?
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From RFC twitter:
RFC - "Happy 21st Birthday to Dylan Grimes who is spending it in Germany after surgery last week"
Jess_Vernon - "how did Dylan's surgery go?"
RFC - "apparently went well, although as pointed out it wasn't surgery, more treatment on his knee. Will find out more when hes back"
Argh, was talking about knee when I was typing that out. Hamstring, I meant hamstring.
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Argh, was talking about knee when I was typing that out. Hamstring, I meant hamstring.
Don't worry Mr RFC_O, you're forgiven me thinks the club has a lot on its plate and the moment ;D
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From RFC twitter:
RFC - "Happy 21st Birthday to Dylan Grimes who is spending it in Germany after surgery last week"
Jess_Vernon - "how did Dylan's surgery go?"
RFC - "apparently went well, although as pointed out it wasn't surgery, more treatment on his knee. Will find out more when hes back"
Argh, was talking about knee when I was typing that out. Hamstring, I meant hamstring.
:lol
Your mistake wasn't as bad or costly as some others over the weekend! :banghead
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From RFC twitter:
RFC - "Happy 21st Birthday to Dylan Grimes who is spending it in Germany after surgery last week"
Jess_Vernon - "how did Dylan's surgery go?"
RFC - "apparently went well, although as pointed out it wasn't surgery, more treatment on his knee. Will find out more when hes back"
Argh, was talking about knee when I was typing that out. Hamstring, I meant hamstring.
:lol
Your mistake wasn't as bad or costly as some others over the weekend! :banghead
But it is indicative
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From RFC twitter:
RFC - "Happy 21st Birthday to Dylan Grimes who is spending it in Germany after surgery last week"
Jess_Vernon - "how did Dylan's surgery go?"
RFC - "apparently went well, although as pointed out it wasn't surgery, more treatment on his knee. Will find out more when hes back"
Argh, was talking about knee when I was typing that out. Hamstring, I meant hamstring.
:lol
Your mistake wasn't as bad or costly as some others over the weekend! :banghead
Phew was thinking Freudian slip at one stage. ;D
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Grimes good news
By Tony Greenberg
richmondfc.com.au
2:03 PM Fri 20 Jul, 2012
Rising Richmond star defender, Dylan Grimes, received a positive prognosis on his injured left hamstring in his recent trip to Germany.
Grimes, accompanied by the Club’s strength and rehabilitation coach, Terry Condon, spent a week in Munich with world-renowned doctor Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt.
“The prognosis was very good and, for us, the important thing is we seem to have found the root cause of the problem and addressed that.
“So, certainly from here on in, we expect a good result.
“We’re pretty positive, definitely long-term, but given these new findings, we still have to sit down with our doctors and collate all this information.”
Read more and the full article at: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/142110/default.aspx
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Bloody gold, grimesy in the waiting room with usain bolt, hope he was called out first :lol
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Tiger Dylan Grimes' long trip to hamstring recovery
Glenn McFarlane
From: Herald Sun
August 01, 2012
INJURY-plagued Richmond defender Dylan Grimes ran at "top-end speed" yesterday for the first time since returning from cutting edge treatment in Germany.
But the Tigers will weigh up risk against reward before deciding within a week whether Grimes, 21, plays again this season.
Richmond football manager Craig Cameron said the early indication was that Grimes' trip for treatment on his troublesome hamstrings had been a success.
"Dylan has come back in good spirits," he said.
"It would appear to be so far, so good.
"He is happy for the opportunity to go and trial the treatment provided.
"They just have a different way of looking at it; they are a bit ahead of the curve with some of the treatment that they have got over there."
Grimes flew to Germany for treatment with one of the world's foremost experts in soft-tissue injuries, Dr Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfarth.
Geelong's Max Rooke made a similar trip in 2007, as did Richmond's Mark Coughlan in 2008.
"At 21, Dylan could be a long-term, important key back for us," Cameron said.
Grimes has played 17 games in three seasons.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/tiger-dylan-grimes-long-trip-to-hamstring-recovery/story-e6frf9jf-1226439797613
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Not worth weighing up, can start getting prepared for next year.
Surely we can give the game time to griff or batch?
Griff needs the game time and batch needs to work himself back into form imo anyway.
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If I remember correctly, Coughlan didn't have any more issues after he visited that surgeon.
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Nick Riewoldt is saying that his better form is due to the treatment from the same doctor.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/143225/default.aspx
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It won't matter lol. Those Grimses is cursed I tellsya ! Cursed!
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if it doesnt work send him to China. :thumbsup
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Richmond's Dylan Grimes travels a long way to feel like the Tiger of old
Matt Windley
From: Herald Sun
August 24, 2012
DYLAN Grimes had no one to blame, which made it all the more frustrating.
It was June 30, he had just suffered a third major hamstring injury in 14months and the Richmond defender was beginning to question if he would ever put his injury woes behind him.
"I can't point the finger at any one and say we cut any corners or anything like that, we were actually pretty conservative," Grimes said.
"So when it went I wasn't angry at any one, there wasn't a stone we left unturned. The question I had was just `why?'
"I thought, `geez, I'm a third-year player, I've played 17 games and I've done three hamstrings'. I was sort of thinking `is my hamstring ever going to get right?', which is just an irrational thought.
"But I was just frustrated that, I'm coming up to my fourth pre-season, and I've only played 17 games and I feel like every time I start to get confident and start to play good footy in the AFL I was just getting injured again."
Grimes suffered a season-ending tear to the tendon in his right hamstring during last year's Dreamtime at the 'G game against Essendon.
The Dreamtime curse struck again this year when his left hamstring tendon failed, but that injury only kept him out for six weeks.
His relief was shortlived, because with only minutes remaining in his return against Adelaide the left hamstring went again.
It was then that elite performance manager Matt Hornsby and club doctor Greg Hickey floated the idea of sending Grimes to Germany for treatment with world-renowned doctor Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt, whom former teammate Mark Coughlan and former Cat Max Rooke had visited previously.
The wonder doc has also treated the world's fastest man, Usain Bolt, soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo and U2frontman Bono.
"I arrived in Germany with Terry Condon, our rehab manager, and the treatment pretty much started straight away for a good five days," Grimes said. "They thought it was an issue with my lower back. Basically it's nerve related and it was interrupting the signal going down to my hamstring through the nerve and causing a bit of a reaction.
"It's not a traditional diagnosis, it's a pretty left-of-centre way of looking at things, but the benefit of having that knowledge is that my rehab program is now a lot about building lower back and deep core strength. It's more holistic, I guess.
"The belief the club showed to send me over to Germany and spend so much of its resources on a third-year player was pretty humbling. I'm just determined now to pay back that faith.
"We got a pretty good indication of what we need to do to stop it from happening again. I'm feeling good, really good."
He may have been some 16,000km away, but Grimes could not escape the clutches of drug testers, who woke him at 6am - wearing just his undies - to take a range of blood and urine samples.
The trip also cost him a birthday - his 21st.
"We left on the Sunday and got home on the Tuesday and my birthday was the in-between day. I had two hours in Singapore, where it was the 16th of July.
"I thought about staying in Germany for an extra couple of days. It wouldn't have been too bad if I missed the flight."
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/grimes-travels-a-long-way-to-feel-like-the-tiger-of-old/story-e6frf9io-1226457003996
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He may have been some 16,000km away, but Grimes could not escape the clutches of drug testers, who woke him at 6am - wearing just his undies - to take a range of blood and urine samples.
Wow. They must have their suspicions about the treatment this doctor prescribes.
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Well lets hope this is the cure for the boy, :pray I fear another injury like this next year could... :-\
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What we miss when Grimesy isn't playing ...
http://bigpondvideo.com/RichmondTV/490073/Grimes%20highlights/
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Hammy again apparently :(:
http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/grimes-broken-down-again.981651/
Edit: Confirmed - it's another hammy :(
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/151686/default.aspx
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Ja not good.
In our most important 15 or so
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Better be bloody rubbish :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead
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If it is true we had better start structuring for a future without him.....and hope that his tendons become more resilient as time goes on.
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If it is true we had better start structuring for a future without him.....and hope that his tendons become more resilient as time goes on.
Build around the reliability of the Griffiths and astbury bodies
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If it is true we had better start structuring for a future without him.....and hope that his tendons become more resilient as time goes on.
Exactly.
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Bigfooty :shh
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Bigfooty :shh
Aren't you a mod there?
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was doing some reading on hamstring tears the other day.
The key identifiable risk factor for hamstring strain is a
previous injury. Most studies involved Australian Rules foot-
ball and noted that athletes with a previous history of ham-
string strain were two to six times more likely to suffer
subsequent strains during their lifetime (2,8,18,31,45). Most
subsequent strains occurred within the first 2 months after
return to sport, although the risk continued over time
(2,8,15). In some reports, athletes were three times more
likely to suffer another hamstring injury even after a year
(18).
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Bigfooty :shh
Aren't you a mod there?
Sure am
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I've sent RFCO a tweet about the rumour.
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I've sent RFCO a tweet about the rumour.
He's not allowed to reveal anything until he gets the green light from the club
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I've sent RFCO a tweet about the rumour.
He's not allowed to reveal anything until he gets the green light from the club
So does it hurt to do so anyway??
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I've sent RFCO a tweet about the rumour.
He's not allowed to reveal anything until he gets the green light from the club
So does it hurt to do so anyway??
Yes
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I've sent RFCO a tweet about the rumour.
He's not allowed to reveal anything until he gets the green light from the club
So does it hurt to do so anyway??
Yes
Ummm no it doesn't >:(
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Back to the topic ppl and leave out the insults ::).
Cotch was asked about this on SEN and said he didn't know :-\.
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Back to the topic ppl and leave out the insults ::).
Cotch was asked about this on SEN and said he didn't know :-\.
Positive sign.....you would think the captain would know.......
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Back to the topic ppl and leave out the insults ::).
Cotch was asked about this on SEN and said he didn't know :-\.
Actually he said Grimsey left the track early so something's happened.
Will have to wait for scans to find out how bad it is
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Both Grimes boys bodies are made of paper mache. Positive signs that Jack has become less injury prone as he's gotten older. Hopefully Dylan will follow suit.
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Silence speaks louder than words. :(
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cut our losses
his body wont hold up so why waste time and money
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Needs more calf juice, may even become a blood thirsty monster after what they did to him in germany... just sayin :shh
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cut our losses
his body wont hold up so why waste time and money
Yeah, let's just get the firing squad out - put the poor ba$tard out of his misery
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cut our losses
his body wont hold up so why waste time and money
Cause he's a grade full back if fit
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A wall of silence from the Club on twitter :(.
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u r alll soft
he is damaged goods
his body will never hold up to this game
so why waste time with him, who cares what he can be or how great a bloke he is
he is broken
Edited: can make your pint without the petty name calling
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Wish people would stop asking if Mraky Doozy is a mod on BF.
He clearly is.
Let him be.
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Here's and idea why don't we wait to see what the problem is (if there is one).
Rather than jumping to the conclusion wait for the scans. It may be a strain or small tear as opposed to be torn off the bone
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Here's and idea why don't we wait to see what the problem is (if there is one).
Rather than jumping to the conclusion wait for the scans. It may be a strain or small tear as opposed to be torn off the bone
Too conventional WP :clapping
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Just watching the game vs Sydney on Fox at the moment. Grimes is a bloody gun. Really hoping he's all good.
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oh well better now than the final series
in 2013. :thumbsup
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Wish people would stop asking if Mraky Doozy is a mod on BF.
He clearly is.
Let him be.
Thank you :clapping
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Wish we had taken another tall mid/defender in the draft as a back up then. :whistle
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was doing some reading on hamstring tears the other day.
The key identifiable risk factor for hamstring strain is a
previous injury. Most studies involved Australian Rules foot-
ball and noted that athletes with a previous history of ham-
string strain were two to six times more likely to suffer
subsequent strains during their lifetime (2,8,18,31,45). Most
subsequent strains occurred within the first 2 months after
return to sport, although the risk continued over time
(2,8,15). In some reports, athletes were three times more
likely to suffer another hamstring injury even after a year
(18).
At a young age I did a hammy badly and tried to rush back and did it again. It now can go getting off the couch. Granted I didn't get the treatment Grimesy did
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Hamstrings at his age are a massive worry. I lived on the trainers table due to mine but that was when I was in my mid 20's, not 20-21 or whatever Grimesy is. Pity because he is a gun
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was doing some reading on hamstring tears the other day.
The key identifiable risk factor for hamstring strain is a
previous injury. Most studies involved Australian Rules foot-
ball and noted that athletes with a previous history of ham-
string strain were two to six times more likely to suffer
subsequent strains during their lifetime (2,8,18,31,45). Most
subsequent strains occurred within the first 2 months after
return to sport, although the risk continued over time
(2,8,15). In some reports, athletes were three times more
likely to suffer another hamstring injury even after a year
(18).
At a young age I did a hammy badly and tried to rush back and did it again. It now can go getting off the couch. Granted I didn't get the treatment Grimesy did
The bad news for you is that age is an even bigger risk factor
Specifically, athletes older than 23 yr
were 1.3 to 3.9 times (17,31) and athletes older than 25 yr
were 2.8 to 4.4 times (14,15) more likely to suffer a ham-
string injury than younger players. Data suggest that risk of
injury increases by 30% annually
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Confirmed :(
Grimes hamstring setback
richmondfc.com.au
11:29 AM Sat 24 Nov, 2012
Richmond will assess the extent of a hamstring injury suffered by key defender Dylan Grimes yesterday.
“Dylan left the training track early during Friday’s session, with soreness in his hamstring,” said Richmond’s Elite Performance Manager, Peter Burge.
The Roar is Back in season 2013. Buy your membership today.
“We will seek medical opinion in the coming days to determine the extent of the injury.”
Grimes had been training strongly in the pre-season since recovering from hamstring problems earlier this year.
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/151686/default.aspx
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Lucky we picked up the gardener then
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Footy can be a cruel game sometimes. Let's hope it's just a minor one for Grimesy's sake.
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he is finished unfortunstely
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Its November.
Dylan 21 and 4 months old.
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This is not good, honestly, I am not sure he can keep going on like this... :-\
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Similar to the earlier hysteria about Cotch with his issues. He is only young and has heaps of time to pull through this.
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he is finished unfortunstely
Its not looking good at all but its too early to say he is finished. The club should put him in cotton wool now for a few months IMHO probably April/May and then he can start an 8 week "pre-season" to see if he can play 2 or 3 games in August and hopefully some finals. What can I say just hoping for the best for the kid.
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Jack played 32 games in 4 years and played 21 this year (his 5th)
Dylan will hopefully get his body right like Jack.
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i think it was one of those podcasts that it was mentioned that in Roaches first couple of years he kept tearing hamstrings but as his body matured he came good.
Butch Gale had chronic hamstring problems his whole career yet still played nearly 200 games. he played 90 odd games in his 5 years at richmond
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his issues are lower back related and a good gonsted chiro can fix it easy , but the docs would not advise him this cos they all have theior heads stuck up their arses and think they know all
so that means his career is stuffed
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his issues are lower back related and a good gonsted chiro can fix it easy , but the docs would not advise him this cos they all have theior heads stuck up their arses and think they know all
so that means his career is stuffed
I'm pretty sure this guy should be our fitness coach, less so because of his medical background, more so his ability to articulate his point
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his issues are lower back related and a good gonsted chiro can fix it easy , but the docs would not advise him this cos they all have theior heads stuck up their arses and think they know all
so that means his career is stuffed
I'm pretty sure this guy should be our fitness coach, less so because of his medical background, more so his ability to articulate his point
:lol
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:lol :lol
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:lol :lol :lol
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effn 30 years of emoticon pyramids ffs
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he is finished unfortunstely
Wasn't there a rumour at one stage that GWS wanted Grimes for Tyson? :shh
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Which hamstring? Has he torn both hamstrings or just one that keeps reappearing?
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lucky we snagged a tall defender in the draft then. but wait a minute that tall defender is a mid lol.
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Perhaps astbury will take this chance
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Richmond's Dylan Grimes cut down with a hamstring injury
Michael Warner, Glenn McFarlane
From: Sunday Herald Sun
November 25, 2012
INJURY-plagued Richmond defender Dylan Grimes has suffered yet another setback with his dodgy hamstrings.
Grimes strained his troubled left hamstring at training on Friday and will have scans tomorrow to assess its severity.
"Dylan left the training track early during Friday's session, with soreness in his hamstring," club elite performance manager Peter Burge said.
"We will seek medical opinion in the coming days to determine the extent of the injury."
Grimes, 21, had been tearing up the pre-season before Friday's setback.
He suffered two hamstring injuries on the left leg this year before travelling to Germany to receive cutting-edge treatment with one of the world's foremost experts in soft-tissue injuries, Dr Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt.
Geelong's Max Rooke made a similar trip in 2007, as did Richmond's Mark Coughlan in 2008.
In 2011, Grimes tore the tendon from his right hamstring in the Dreamtime at the 'G clash against Essendon.
Grimes has played just 17 games in three seasons but is considered one of the rising stars of the competition.
The Tigers hope he will form part of a strong defensive unit including Port Adelaide free agent Troy Chaplin, Alex Rance, Chris Newman, Bachar Houli, Jake Batchelor, Steve Morris and Ben Griffiths.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/richmonds-dylan-grimes-cut-down-with-a-hamstring-injury/story-e6frf9jf-1226523389894
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Which hamstring? Has he torn both hamstrings or just one that keeps reappearing?
he has torn both tendons , left twice , right once
he is roo ted
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This isn't good ;D
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Concerns with Grimey's hammies and Griffs shoulders was one of the reasons I was advocating us getting Kristian Jaksch in the draft. We needed at least 1 really big KPP from this draft.
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Grimes strained his troubled left hamstring at training on Friday and will have scans tomorrow to assess its severity.
"Dylan left the training track early during Friday's session, with soreness in his hamstring," club elite performance manager Peter Burge said.
"We will seek medical opinion in the coming days to determine the extent of the injury."
Strain? Hmmm surely that wouldn't be season let alone career ending
Let's wait for the scans and then go into meltdown ;D
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Grimes strained his troubled left hamstring at training on Friday and will have scans tomorrow to assess its severity.
"Dylan left the training track early during Friday's session, with soreness in his hamstring," club elite performance manager Peter Burge said.
"We will seek medical opinion in the coming days to determine the extent of the injury."
Strain? Hmmm surely that wouldn't be season let alone career ending
Let's wait for the scans and then go into meltdown ;D
That's not as fun though. :lol
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Grimes strained his troubled left hamstring at training on Friday and will have scans tomorrow to assess its severity.
"Dylan left the training track early during Friday's session, with soreness in his hamstring," club elite performance manager Peter Burge said.
"We will seek medical opinion in the coming days to determine the extent of the injury."
Strain? Hmmm surely that wouldn't be season let alone career ending
Let's wait for the scans and then go into meltdown ;D
That's not as fun though. :lol
So true :thumbsup
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things are getting pretty desperate for this young lad, so much for that German crackpot Goebbuls, i mentioned elsewhere we need to do something completely left field...could do alot worse than ask bart Cummings what he d do :huh
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things are getting pretty desperate for this young lad, so much for that German crackpot Goebbuls, i mentioned elsewhere we need to do something completely left field...could do alot worse than ask bart Cummings what he d do :huh
He might say he needs to be put down! :lol
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Tigers hopeful on Grimes
By Andrew Lowther
12:15 PM Sun 25 Nov, 2012
RICHMOND will learn as early as Monday the severity of a hamstring injury to rising star Dylan Grimes.
Grimes, 21, left training on Friday complaining of soreness in his hamstring.
The defender has been plagued by hamstring problems since being selected by the Tigers with pick 2 in the 2009 pre-season draft.
He has suffered hamstring injuries in the last two Dreamtime at the 'G matches.
In 2011, Grimes suffered a season-ending hamstring injury in the Dreamtime match against the Bombers.
In that instance, Grimes tore his hamstring off the bone.
Report says hamstring injuries on the slide
Grimes has played 17 games for the Tigers, including nine in 2012. His last game was in round 14 against Adelaide.
He travelled to Germany in July with the Tigers' strength and rehabilitation coach, Terry Condon, spending a week with world-renowned soft-tissue specialist Doctor Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt.
The treatment involved Grimes being injected with actovegin, an extract of calf’s blood, and anti-inflammatory traumeel, in an effort to stimulate muscle repair.
It was similar treatment to that experienced by former Richmond midfielder Mark Coughlan and Geelong premiership player Max Rooke.
Despite the setbacks, Grimes is highly rated across the AFL and won nomination for the NAB AFL Rising Star award in round two.
The Tigers reported Grimes had been training strongly so far this pre-season before Friday's hiccup.
Grimes' brother Jack is co-captain of Melbourne.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/151699/default.aspx
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Not a very informative article. Suppose we will know more after scans. lets hope for good news
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Which hamstring? Has he torn both hamstrings or just one that keeps reappearing?
he has torn both tendons , left twice , right once
he is roo ted
No he didn't....
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Just goes to prove once again that we need to continually be working on developing our depth across all positions. No one can been irreplaceable. Astbury is apparently killing it on the training track this preseason so he would be my first choice as a backup. Even though Griffiths would fill the role, I still think he is too valuable to be used exclusively for depth behind Chaplin, Rance and Grimes. I want to see him as our 3rd tall forward with A. Edwards his backup.
Disappointing for Grimes but lets hope it is his only a minor hiccup of the season ahead and he has the season of his career in 2013. :pray :thumbsup
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Agree with all that :thumbsup
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Which hamstring? Has he torn both hamstrings or just one that keeps reappearing?
he has torn both tendons , left twice , right once
he is roo ted
No he didn't....
yes he has
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Which hamstring? Has he torn both hamstrings or just one that keeps reappearing?
he has torn both tendons , left twice , right once
he is roo ted
No he didn't....
yes he has
Well somebody is wrong, who is it?
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Just goes to prove once again that we need to continually be working on developing our depth across all positions. No one can been irreplaceable. Astbury is apparently killing it on the training track this preseason so he would be my first choice as a backup. Even though Griffiths would fill the role, I still think he is too valuable to be used exclusively for depth behind Chaplin, Rance and Grimes. I want to see him as our 3rd tall forward with A. Edwards his backup.
Disappointing for Grimes but lets hope it is his only a minor hiccup of the season ahead and he has the season of his career in 2013. :pray :thumbsup
ooh yes that old chestnut. Thought it wouldnt be far off someone would whip that out.
Just playing with you but seriously the amount of times i heard that about Tambling or Edwards was beyond a joke.
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From today's Age.....
As the Tigers head north to what will be a humid pre-season camp, they are unsure of the extent of the latest hamstring concern hovering over key defender Dylan Grimes, who left training on Friday with soreness in his left leg.
Soreness would not normally faze teams in November, but the 21-year-old has had his past two seasons ended by hamstring injuries.
Richmond said on Sunday that Grimes would remain in Melbourne and was likely to have scans on Monday.
Grimes has suffered severe hamstring injuries in the past two Dreamtime matches against Essendon; the 2011 setback ended his season, while this year he missed the next five games.
A recurrence against Adelaide in round 14 prompted Richmond to send the 17-game player to Germany to see soft-tissue specialist Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt, who injected actovegin - an extract of calf's blood - into the muscles. Grimes did not play again in 2012 but had shown encouraging signs of recovery this pre-season.
The Age link (http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/new-tigers-fuel-finals-hopes-20121125-2a1gs.html)
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Remembrance-
Astbury was.a.bit.of a beast in his first season before injury.
If astbury can reach his potential he can replace grimes
(That.said I lobe grimsy and the.way he goes about it.)
Just goes to prove once again that we need to continually be working on developing our depth across all positions. No one can been irreplaceable. Astbury is apparently killing it on the training track this preseason so he would be my first choice as a backup. Even though Griffiths would fill the role, I still think he is too valuable to be used exclusively for depth behind Chaplin, Rance and Grimes. I want to see him as our 3rd tall forward with A. Edwards his backup.
Disappointing for Grimes but lets hope it is his only a minor hiccup of the season ahead and he has the season of his career in 2013. :pray :thumbsup
ooh yes that old chestnut. Thought it wouldnt be far off someone would whip that out.
Just playing with you but seriously the amount of times i heard that about Tambling or Edwards was beyond a joke.
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Which hamstring? Has he torn both hamstrings or just one that keeps reappearing?
he has torn both tendons , left twice , right once
he is roo ted
No he didn't....
yes he has
Only tore one, pretty sure it was the right one
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one off the bone.
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Any results of the scans yet?
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come on Mr official tell us..the suspense is killing me
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come on Mr official tell us..the suspense is killing me
Mr RFC_O is up in Cairns I believe ;D
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its getting close to mid evening now..where the hell where these scans performed ?on the golan heights in Syria?
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come on Mr official tell us..the suspense is killing me
Mr RFC_O is up in Cairns I believe ;D
Ge tough gig.
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come on Mr official tell us..the suspense is killing me
Mr RFC_O is up in Cairns I believe ;D
they dont have broadband up there? ;D
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Just give the bloke some steroids.
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Just give the bloke some steroids.
Yep. He'll be leg pressing 1000 kilos in a week
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Dylan Grimes
@dylgrimes2
Just about to go under the knife.. Thanks everyone for the support, it has been so overwhelming! Can't wait to see the boys back in melb!
:(
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Is his 2013 over before it has begun? :banghead Going under the knife, must be pretty bad.
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Bloody hell!!! This guy must be following Cogs' old training schedule! Just can't pull a trick. Astbury will have to cover him now and perhaps even McGuane. Griff can't be a backup - he offers too much when he's on the park.
How is it that some players go through almost their whole careers injury free and other hurt themselves even thinking about playing footy? :banghead
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Bad luck again for the man with the hamstrings made from playdoh
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“Given Dylan’s history with hamstring injuries, we believe surgery was the best option,” said Richmond’s Elite Performance Manager, Peter Burge.
“We won’t know the extent of his recovery time until it settles from the surgery.
“Despite the setback, Dylan is keen to start his rehabilitation and is hopeful of being ready for the start of the 2013 season.”
Full article here: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/151787/default.aspx
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Finally get a good defender and the guy's lame. :-\
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“Given Dylan’s history with hamstring injuries, we believe surgery was the best option,” said Richmond’s Elite Performance Manager, Peter Burge.
“We won’t know the extent of his recovery time until it settles from the surgery.
“Despite the setback, Dylan is keen to start his rehabilitation and is hopeful of being ready for the start of the 2013 season.”
Full article here: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/151787/default.aspx
Cross fingers surgery goes well and he is right for the season opener
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Blame it on the Morrabin surface! Farkn poo hole
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roo ted
time to move on from grimes
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so he tore it off the bone again FFS :banghead :banghead :banghead
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sometimes one has to be cruel to be kind and just say to grimes , sorry but we cannot go any further
he has that much scar tissue in his hammys now they will only get tighter
its sad but hey so was cogs draga the ox and many other potential stars whose careers were destroyed by injury
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sometimes one has to be cruel to be kind and just say to grimes , sorry but we cannot go any further
he has that much scar tissue in his hammys now they will only get tighter
its sad but hey so was cogs draga the ox and many other potential stars whose careers were destroyed by injury
You are probably right, reckon hes cooked, 3 ops for hammy tearing off the bone is insane. Know of 3 that have happened in the afl, richo, silvagni and Gibson. Prob more, but not heaps, this guy has done 3 in 2.5 years
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so he tore it off the bone again FFS :banghead :banghead :banghead
Did he?
All reports say a slight tendon tear not that it's been torn off the bone
Massive difference I would have thought ;D
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so he tore it off the bone again FFS :banghead :banghead :banghead
Did he?
All reports say a slight tendon tear not that it's been torn off the bone
Massive difference I would have thought ;D
Regardless of whether it was tendon off the bone or muscle ripped from tendon, it still requires reattchment surgically and a significant rehab time
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so he tore it off the bone again FFS :banghead :banghead :banghead
Did he?
All reports say a slight tendon tear not that it's been torn off the bone
Massive difference I would have thought ;D
Regardless of whether it was tendon off the bone or muscle ripped from tendon, it still requires reattchment surgically and a significant rehab time
Reattachment surgery?
Not how reads
From: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/151787/default.aspx
"Talented, young Richmond defender Dylan Grimes has undergone surgery to repair the tendon in his left hamstring.
Grimes damaged his hamstring during last Friday’s training session at Moorabbin, and the Tigers’ medical staff subsequently discovered a small split in the tendon. "
Don't think putting a few staples in a tendon = re-attaching it to anything.
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so he tore it off the bone again FFS :banghead :banghead :banghead
Did he?
All reports say a slight tendon tear not that it's been torn off the bone
Massive difference I would have thought ;D
Regardless of whether it was tendon off the bone or muscle ripped from tendon, it still requires reattchment surgically and a significant rehab time
Reattachment surgery?
Not how reads
From: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/151787/default.aspx
"Talented, young Richmond defender Dylan Grimes has undergone surgery to repair the tendon in his left hamstring.
Grimes damaged his hamstring during last Friday’s training session at Moorabbin, and the Tigers’ medical staff subsequently discovered a small split in the tendon. "
Don't think putting a few staples in a tendon = re-attaching it to anything.
disagree, stapling or suturing it back is re-attaching it for mine ;D
Whether its slight or not means SFA especially in Grimesy's case, he'll be out for a long time. Won't play in the early rounds of the season.
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Hamstring surgery for Richmond defender Dylan Grimes
Al Paton
From: Herald Sun
November 27, 2012
RICHMOND hopes Dylan Grimes will be available for Round 1 next season after surgery on his cursed hamstring.
Grimes went under the knife today after hurting his left hamstring for the third time this year. It is understood he suffered a small split in the tendon.
Grimes, who had been firing in pre-season training, pulling up sore at training last Friday.
He is the only Richmond player not taking part on a training camp in Cairns.
Grimes, 21, has played just 17 games but is seen as a key to the Tigers' young backline.
He has been plagued by hamstring injuries, travelling to Germany for treatment by soft-tissue expert Dr Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt this year after injuring his left hamstring twice.
In 2011 he tore the hamstring tendon in his right leg.
"Given Dylan’s history with hamstring injuries, we believe surgery was the best option," Richmond’s elite performance manager Peter Burge said.
"We won’t know the extent of his recovery time until it settles from the surgery.
"Despite the setback, Dylan is keen to start his rehabilitation and is hopeful of being ready for the start of the 2013 season."
Grimes tweeted today: "Just about to go under the knife.. Thanks everyone for the support, it has been so overwhelming! Can't wait to see the boys back in melb!"
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/hamstring-surgery-for-richmond-defender-dylan-grimes/story-e6frf9jf-1226525071883
Richmond's Grimes has hamstring surgery
Sam Lienert, AAP
Updated November 27, 2012
Promising Richmond defender Dylan Grimes will be out of action indefinitely after undergoing hamstring surgery.
The Tigers say Grimes is hopeful of regaining fitness in time for the start of next season but they are not yet able to make an accurate prediction.
... after making a solid start to pre-season training, he pulled up sore at training last Friday.
Subsequent scans revealed a split in his left hamstring tendon.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/afl/15495965/richmonds-grimes-has-hamstring-surgery/
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This puts pressure on Rance and the best dressed gardener I have ever laid eyes on. Wouldn't back either of those two to beat a quality forward very often. We need you Grimesy. Is there such thing as a hamstring transplant? Where is Tiv
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Blame it on the Morrabin surface! stuffn poo hole
Soft tissue injuries for St Kilda circa 2006-08
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Well this has changed my mind now regarding Griffiths. Unless Astbury tears it up this preseason and steps up in Grimes place, Griffiths may have to play CHB after all. Disappointing all round. :'(
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This puts pressure on Rance and the best dressed gardener I have ever laid eyes on. Wouldn't back either of those two to beat a quality forward very often. We need you Grimesy. Is there such thing as a hamstring transplant? Where is Tiv
If we consult some Isaac Asimov we just may work out how to give him bionic hammies.
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Batch needs to step up in 2013.
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Well this has changed my mind now regarding Griffiths. Unless Astbury tears it up this preseason and steps up in Grimes place, Griffiths may have to play CHB after all. Disappointing all round. :'(
Totally throws planning out without Grimes.
He's the coolest head in defence I have seen at Tigerland since Bowden but the difference being is a genuine key defender with a huge appetite for hard work.
I would almost go so far as to say he was one of our 5 most important players next season & I'm now genuinely concerned about our defence in 13.
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Can we play him in a motorised wheel chair?
Can still punch the ball away.
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Batch needs to step up in 2013.
He'll take more steps. I like the way this kid plays. Can play tall and small and is solid. :thumbsup
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Batch needs to step up in 2013.
He'll take more steps. I like the way this kid plays. Can play tall and small and is solid. :thumbsup
Jake 'shank it' Batchelor?
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Batch needs to step up in 2013.
He'll take more steps. I like the way this kid plays. Can play tall and small and is solid. :thumbsup
Jake 'shank it' Batchelor?
blame it on the rain?
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Batch needs to step up in 2013.
He'll take more steps. I like the way this kid plays. Can play tall and small and is solid. :thumbsup
Jake 'shank it' Batchelor?
In the air he's fine Johnny. The kid is a keeper.
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Batch needs to step up in 2013.
He'll take more steps. I like the way this kid plays. Can play tall and small and is solid. :thumbsup
Jake 'shank it' Batchelor?
In the air he's fine Johnny. The kid is a keeper.
Can kick as well, made a couple of blues which stood out this season, but hes a ripper kick
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Batch needs to step up in 2013.
He'll take more steps. I like the way this kid plays. Can play tall and small and is solid. :thumbsup
Jake 'shank it' Batchelor?
In the air he's fine Johnny. The kid is a keeper.
Can kick as well, made a couple of blues which stood out this season, but hes a ripper kick
Yep the Freo game and had a howler against GWS as well no thanks to some umpiring howlers but loved his games against Collingwood,St Kilda and Essendon.
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Batch needs to step up in 2013.
He'll take more steps. I like the way this kid plays. Can play tall and small and is solid. :thumbsup
Jake 'shank it' Batchelor?
In the air he's fine Johnny. The kid is a keeper.
Needs a tan. He's pink
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Batch needs to step up in 2013.
He'll take more steps. I like the way this kid plays. Can play tall and small and is solid. :thumbsup
Jake 'shank it' Batchelor?
blame it on the rain?
Great song. Absolute Classic
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Batch needs to step up in 2013.
He'll take more steps. I like the way this kid plays. Can play tall and small and is solid. :thumbsup
Jake 'shank it' Batchelor?
In the air he's fine Johnny. The kid is a keeper.
Needs a tan. He's pink
Don't care what colour you think he is the kid can play. :thumbsup
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Batch needs to step up in 2013.
He'll take more steps. I like the way this kid plays. Can play tall and small and is solid. :thumbsup
Jake 'shank it' Batchelor?
In the air he's fine Johnny. The kid is a keeper.
Needs a tan. He's pink
Don't care what colour you think he is the kid can play. :thumbsup
Needs.... a..... tan......
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Batch needs to step up in 2013.
Don't think batch can cover.
I know others disagree, for mine Grimes is a pure full Back.
Mr. Bach is more a back pocket that can play tall
But a 4th / at best 3rd back.
IMO. 3 talks and batch taking the 4th tall forward equates to best case scenario
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Query on Tiger return
Jon Pierik
The Age
November 28, 2012
RICHMOND is unable to say when Dylan Grimes will return to the field after the injury-riddled defender underwent hamstring surgery on Tuesday.
Grimes, 21, hurt his left hamstring at training on Friday. Scans showed he had a ''nick'' in the tendon.
It was the third time this season that same hamstring had been an issue.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/query-on-tiger-return-20121127-2a5qb.html#ixzz2DRycCew6
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This is really not good news and all jokes aside if this continues he may have to give the game away, I know he is only young etc...etc....but gee, it's not looking good. :-\
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its a shame as he has a lot of potential and was going to be a key to our back 6 not only next season also with years to come... for a 21 year to have so many problems recently with a hammy signs could point to him nearly giving it away... its only nov and we already have a key part of our defence down for at least half the year :banghead :banghead :banghead
GO U TIGERS
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Get him doing some ballet like Michael Gale did. :shh
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Time to fast track Mcintosh.
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Time to fast track Mcintosh.
Could win the rising star award
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Get him doing some ballet like Michael Gale did. :shh
absolutely
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Dylan Grimes dylgrimes2 twitter:
"Op went really well. Thanks again for all the support! Now I have a matching scar on my left leg #speedstripes #tigerstripes #noovertakingme"
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Dylan Grimes dylgrimes2 twitter:
"Op went really well. Thanks again for all the support! Now I have a matching scar on my left leg #speedstripes #tigerstripes #noovertakingme"
So was it the opposite leg or the same?
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Time to fast track Mcintosh.
but hes a mid isnt he. ::)
reckon with this scenario we need to take a mature key defender in the rookie draft or psd. kyle hartigan please.
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Batch needs to step up in 2013.
He'll take more steps. I like the way this kid plays. Can play tall and small and is solid. :thumbsup
Jake 'shank it' Batchelor?
blame it on the rain?
do we blame the inordinate amount of fumbles each week on the rain too.
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Time to fast track Mcintosh.
but hes a mid isnt he. ::)
reckon with this scenario we need to take a mature key defender in the rookie draft or psd. kyle hartigan please.
Don't roll your eyes at me! ;D
Most of his games have been in defence. He played his last 4 games as a mid/mid back and its his elite endurance that the club thinks would suit a midfield role, but with Grimes going down this may change everything. With flossy drafted specifically to bolster our midfield stocks, its the backline which needs immediate attention IMO and McIntosh may fill that hole msayin'.
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Reckon if round one was tomorrow it's Griffo & Astbury who get the last tall spots up forward and down back.
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Dylan Grimes dylgrimes2 twitter:
"Op went really well. Thanks again for all the support! Now I have a matching scar on my left leg #speedstripes #tigerstripes #noovertakingme"
So was it the opposite leg or the same?
The hammy he tore off the bone was his right. The 2 strains last season and this new tear were all his left.
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Batch needs to step up in 2013.
He'll take more steps. I like the way this kid plays. Can play tall and small and is solid. :thumbsup
Jake 'shank it' Batchelor?
blame it on the rain?
do we blame the inordinate amount of fumbles each week on the rain too.
Its a song by Milli Vanilli re Mrakov's avatar claw :whistle
You want to exxagerate the fumbles a bit more?
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Dylan Grimes dylgrimes2 twitter:
"Op went really well. Thanks again for all the support! Now I have a matching scar on my left leg #speedstripes #tigerstripes #noovertakingme"
So was it the opposite leg or the same?
The hammy he tore off the bone was his right. The 2 strains last season and this new tear were all his left.
:clapping :clapping someone got it right and didn't say he tore both until now
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Time to fast track Mcintosh.
but hes a mid isnt he. ::)
reckon with this scenario we need to take a mature key defender in the rookie draft or psd. kyle hartigan please.
Don't roll your eyes at me! ;D
Most of his games have been in defence. He played his last 4 games as a mid/mid back and its his elite endurance that the club thinks would suit a midfield role, but with Grimes going down this may change everything. With flossy drafted specifically to bolster our midfield stocks, its the backline which needs immediate attention IMO and McIntosh may fill that hole msayin'.
lol a term of endearment i think everyones using the rolly eyes thing thought id get in too.
yes i know wheres hes played ive just been bitching ever since we took him, that we took a tall defender and now hope HOPE !!!!!!! to turn him into a mid. seems this practice is proven and all right me i have issues with it. not that anyone would guess ;D.
perhaps we got lucky eh. :-\ and they will claim its good recruiting taking a tall defender at this pick. obviously they could forsee the grimes injury :whistle.
geez perhaps just for once we will play and develop a kid where hes spent most of his time. na cant be any good come from that sort of nonsense. ::)
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voted into leadership group. :thumbsup
wont be ready until first half of the year. :banghead
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stuff him off
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he will come back play 5 games and do it all over again
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TearTime at the G ??
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he will come back play 5 games and do it all over again
Bet you it all be five excellent games.
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I'd sure be holding off any talk of a new contract.
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Grimes looks at the bright side
By Adrian Ceddia
richmondfc.com.au
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Richmond defender Dylan Grimes has not let his recent hamstring setback distract him from being fit for the start of the 2013 season.
Read the full article here: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2012-12-13/grimes-looks-at-the-bright-side-
VIDEO: Grimes' interview ...
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2012-12-13/grimes-on-recovery
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Follow the leader
By Adrian Ceddia
richmondfc.com.au
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Dylan Grimes of Richmond in action during the AFL Round 09 match between the Richmond Tigers and the Essendon Bombers at the MCG, Melbourne.
Emerging Richmond defender Dylan Grimes credits his recent inclusion in the playing group to the selflessness of former captain Chris Newman.
Grimes and influential ruckman Ivan Maric were voted into the leadership group via a player and coach vote during the Club’s pre-season camp in Cairns.
“I can’t underestimate how selfless it was for Chris to step down. For him to do that, it’s given young players like me an opportunity to stand up and fill in his role,” Grimes said.
Read the full article here: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2012-12-19/follow-the-leader
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Dylan Grimes @dylgrimes2 twitter:
"Surgeon says "EXTREMELY unlikely to re-injure the hamstring"... Couldn't be happier!! First of many running sessions today.. Can't wait!"
:pray
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:-[
Dylan Grimes @dylgrimes2 twitter:
"First running session and done a calf #morescans #newbodyforchristmas #gimmeabreak"
doesn't sound good
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It gets worse
Dylan Grimes @dylgrimes2 twitter:
"Just lost both arms making a sandwich #tweetwithmyfeet #sandwichwasgoodtho #goingtobetoughtospoilafootball"
:(
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there's no subtlety these days
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:lol :lol
But good to hear about the surgery going well, even if it's taken with a grain of salt
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:-\...this guy....I really hope he comes good but geez it's one thing after the next!
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Similar to cogs; tremendous potential.
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Just watching the Sydney game again, stuff Grimes, GET BETTER...
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Dylan Grimes @dylgrimes2 twitter:
"Surgeon says "EXTREMELY unlikely to re-injure the hamstring"... Couldn't be happier!! First of many running sessions today.. Can't wait!"
Let's hope Grimesy doesn't mozz himself. The Dreamtime game will be the proof :-\.
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Dylan Grimes @dylgrimes2 twitter:
"Surgeon says "EXTREMELY unlikely to re-injure the hamstring"... Couldn't be happier!! First of many running sessions today.. Can't wait!"
Let's hope Grimesy doesn't mozz himself. The Dreamtime game will be the proof :-\.
Grimesey will be pooing himself before the Dreamtime game
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Dylan Grimes @dylgrimes2 twitter:
"Surgeon says "EXTREMELY unlikely to re-injure the hamstring"... Couldn't be happier!! First of many running sessions today.. Can't wait!"
Let's hope Grimesy doesn't mozz himself. The Dreamtime game will be the proof :-\.
Grimesey will be pooing himself before the Dreamtime game
He could always fake a hammy and miss it :badidea
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Dylan Grimes @dylgrimes2 twitter:
"Surgeon says "EXTREMELY unlikely to re-injure the hamstring"... Couldn't be happier!! First of many running sessions today.. Can't wait!"
Let's hope Grimesy doesn't mozz himself. The Dreamtime game will be the proof :-\.
Grimesey will be pooing himself before the Dreamtime game
He could always fake a hammy and miss it :badidea
Probably a good idea. Our reserves side is better than the Bummerz. Rest all the stars.
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Dylan Grimes @dylgrimes2 twitter:
"Surgeon says "EXTREMELY unlikely to re-injure the hamstring"... Couldn't be happier!! First of many running sessions today.. Can't wait!"
Let's hope Grimesy doesn't mozz himself. The Dreamtime game will be the proof :-\.
Grimesey will be pooing himself before the Dreamtime game
He could always fake a hammy and miss it :badidea
Probably a good idea. Our reserves side is better than the Bummerz. Rest all the stars.
Our reserves side doesn't have Jacko in it
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Dylan Grimes @dylgrimes2 twitter:
"Surgeon says "EXTREMELY unlikely to re-injure the hamstring"... Couldn't be happier!! First of many running sessions today.. Can't wait!"
Let's hope Grimesy doesn't mozz himself. The Dreamtime game will be the proof :-\.
Grimesey will be pooing himself before the Dreamtime game
He could always fake a hammy and miss it :badidea
Probably a good idea. Our reserves side is better than the Bummerz. Rest all the stars.
Our reserves side doesn't have Jacko in it
Will soon
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Dylan Grimes @dylgrimes2 twitter:
"Surgeon says "EXTREMELY unlikely to re-injure the hamstring"... Couldn't be happier!! First of many running sessions today.. Can't wait!"
Let's hope Grimesy doesn't mozz himself. The Dreamtime game will be the proof :-\.
Grimesey will be pooing himself before the Dreamtime game
He could always fake a hammy and miss it :badidea
Probably a good idea. Our reserves side is better than the Bummerz. Rest all the stars.
Our reserves side doesn't have Jacko in it
Will soon
Here's hoping
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does he drink a lot of pi$$?
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Dylan Grimes @dylgrimes2 twitter:
"Surgeon says "EXTREMELY unlikely to re-injure the hamstring"... Couldn't be happier!! First of many running sessions today.. Can't wait!"
Let's hope Grimesy doesn't mozz himself. The Dreamtime game will be the proof :-\.
Grimesey will be pooing himself before the Dreamtime game
He could always fake a hammy and miss it :badidea
The thing that has made Dylan great so far has been his ability to push hard to the contest and stretch just that extra little bit to spoil his opponents.
If he can't do that post hamstrings, then he's not the same player that we've all fallen in love with and is of name only.
No point holding back, he's got to keep doing it.
Just hope his body holds together in the process.
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VIDEO: Yep he's back on the track, Dylan Grimes tells us about his return to full training looking at Round 1 return ...
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2013-03-01/grimes-returns-to-training
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Grimes back on track
By richmondfc.com.au
Friday, March 1, 2013
Grimes - “I was feeling pretty good a couple of weeks ago and felt like I could have trained, but it was the fitness staff’s decision to hold me back just a little bit longer and make sure that the hamstrings were in good nick.”
“I feel really good . . . no issues whatsoever. The ‘hammies’ are feeling great, and the rest of the body’s feeling really good as well, so I’m just hoping to get some game time in before Round 1.”
Read more and the full article at: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/richmond/news/2013-03-01/grimes-back-on-track.workstation#sthash.pLNtcYe3.9aze48nz.dpuf
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Looks like he has used several lay-offs to build a strong frame. Well done Grimesy :thumbsup
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Understatement of the year:
Grimes is vital to our back line as he is our best one on one defender and best kick out of the back line from a tall.
Plays 22 and we make the finals.
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Here's hoping Dyl's surgeon is BOG.
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Positive signs for Grimes
By Tony Greenberg
richmondfc.com.au
Monday, March 18, 2013
“Dylan played well defensively for his half of football, but looked a little rusty when we had the ball,” said Coburg’s coach and Richmond development coach Tim Clarke.
“This composure with the football will come over the next few weeks, leading into his AFL return.
“It was great to see his defensive intensity back on the field.”
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2013-03-18/positive-signs-for-grimes-
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:pray
Next step for Grimesy is to get through a full game at Coburg.
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:pray
Next step for Grimesy is to get through a full game at Coburg.
Good signs for Dylan.
Maybe give him a rest in the Dreamtime game. :shh
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Sneaky chance for rd 1
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Grimes gathers momentum
By richmondfc.com.au
Monday, March 25, 2013
Talented, young Richmond defender Dylan Grimes took another decisive step on the comeback trail when he played three quarters for Coburg in its VFL practice match against Box Hill last weekend.
Grimes, who is returning from the latest bout of hamstring surgery that he underwent late last year, produced a solid performance, picking up 11 disposals (including four rebound-50s), taking three marks, and applying three tackles.
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2013-03-25/grimes-gathers-momentum
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Grimes ability to leave his man and punch
= :bow :bow :bow
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:clapping good to have him back
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It is, I had almost forgotten what a stingy, miserly defender he is. Great to have him back :thumbsup
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Grimes ability to leave his man and punch
= :bow :bow :bow
Spot on Bents, spot on
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Great to have him back and did not lest us down at all..Coaches rested him at various times too.Maybe we are getting smarter at how we bring players back
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I love this weird looking gazelle.
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god i hope his body holds up
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I was nervous about Grimesy going into the game after he played 3 qtrs at Coburg the week before but thankfully he got through unscathed.
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I was nervous about Grimesy going into the game after he played 3 qtrs at Coburg the week before but thankfully he got through unscathed.
He definitely needed the run, pretty sure he played only 3 qtrs, he was off the ground for long periods of time, but we have missed that run out of defence. He adds so much and the backline looked really cohesive for much of the time..
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I was nervous about Grimesy going into the game after he played 3 qtrs at Coburg the week before but thankfully he got through unscathed.
He definitely needed the run, pretty sure he played only 3 qtrs, he was off the ground for long periods of time, but we have missed that run out of defence. He adds so much and the backline looked really cohesive for much of the time..
65% game time
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Now out for 6-8 weeks
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yep
From RFC Website:
Grimes foot setback
By richmondfc.com.au
4:30pm AEST Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Richmond defender Dylan Grimes will be out of action for the next 6-8 weeks, as he recovers from a foot injury.
Grimes, who was sidelined following the Round 6 game against Geelong, was initially scheduled to return after a couple of weeks.
“Unfortunately, Dylan’s foot has not responded as quickly as we had hoped it would, so we will now take a very conservative approach with him,” said Richmond’s General Manager of Football, Dan Richardson
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2013-05-21/grimes-foot-setback
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Omg! This guy will never get on the park!
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Bad luck. Needed him back. Hopefully he will get some luck.
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Gee whiz. Just take this horse out the back and put it down.
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Dwaino we sat cogs and foley out..we will sit grimesy out too..have faith
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Shoot :-[
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Gee whiz. Just take this horse out the back and put it down.
As harsh as it is that's pretty much the case. He will never be able to play 10 consecutive games.
Horrible news, he is such a valuable player to our back line.
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The injury update page on the RFC website says Grimesy is gone for the season :(.
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/season/injury-list
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Club just tweeted his foot had to be amputated :banghead
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Club just tweeted his foot had to be amputated :banghead
Good to go this weekend then :cheers
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Doc Larkham called it, this is the long term injury
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It's becoming very frustrating with Grimes, honestly another season gone in round 8 and he has played what, 3 games or so. I hope he makes it but I am not sure his body can hold up to the rigours of this game. Devastating news this!!!!
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:banghead :banghead :banghead
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Love the freak but has to be put on the trade table and see what we can get for him
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The injury update page on the RFC website says Grimesy is gone for the season :(.
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/season/injury-list
Well, well the RFC injury update pageis now saying Grimes out for 6-8 weeks
Great to see the left got in touch with the right and got on the same page ;D
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The injury update page on the RFC website says Grimesy is gone for the season :(.
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/season/injury-list
Well, well the RFC injury update pageis now saying Grimes out for 6-8 weeks
Great to see the left got in touch with the right and got on the same page ;D
Wonder if the original status was a Freudian slip? :help
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The injury update page on the RFC website says Grimesy is gone for the season :(.
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/season/injury-list
Well, well the RFC injury update pageis now saying Grimes out for 6-8 weeks
Great to see the left got in touch with the right and got on the same page ;D
Wonder if the original status was a Freudian slip? :help
The cynic in me reckons what the injury page said originally is the probably the more accurate of the 2 and the 6-8 weeks was an "in hope let's appease the masses" pitch ;D
Call me a cynic if you wish
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so what exactly is wrong with his foot?
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so what exactly is wrong with his foot?
It's sore obviously ;D
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so what exactly is wrong with his foot?
That is one of the many great questions of the universe. Stephen Hawking is working on it as we speak.
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I'm starting to fear that he will never be able to finish a full season. The Grime's bodies just don't seem to hold together under the rigors of AFL football. Depth has never been more important. We will need to find or develop another tall defender to play in his place because I don't feel we can guarantee his fitness from this point on. :'(
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We ask the big questions on OER ;D
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I'm starting to fear that he will never be able to finish a full season. The Grime's bodies just don't seem to hold together under the rigors of AFL football. Depth has never been more important. We will need to find or develop another tall defender to play in his place because I don't feel we can guarantee his fitness from this point on. :'(
FRAWLEY!!!!! Get the job done Tiges. :thumbsup
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I'm starting to fear that he will never be able to finish a full season. The Grime's bodies just don't seem to hold together under the rigors of AFL football. Depth has never been more important. We will need to find or develop another tall defender to play in his place because I don't feel we can guarantee his fitness from this point on. :'(
FRAWLEY!!!!! Get the job done Tiges. :thumbsup
Would be ideal and he is a restricted free agent so if we can fit him in our salary cap jig saw I say go hell for leather!
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What exactly does the club achieve by being so sly and secretive about injuries? These days you cant keep it from the opposition, just no need for the smoke and mirrors. Just come out and say I
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Got nothing to do with the opposition.
It's done to keep luring in members.
Deny, delay or underestimate any mention of injury to fan favourite players (Riewoldt, Maric, Cotchin etc) and thus raise hopes that Richmond will be worth membership cost.
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honesty is always the best policy
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Got nothing to do with the opposition.
It's done to keep luring in members.
Deny, delay or underestimate any mention of injury to fan favourite players (Riewoldt, Maric, Cotchin etc) and thus raise hopes that Richmond will be worth membership cost.
as bad as used car salesmen
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far out most us are a captive audience...they don't have to convince us to buy membership.and the rest of the latent tiger support will not be swayed by injuries as to whether they buy membership..wins on the board are the only thing that will sway them
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far out most us are a captive audience...they don't have to convince us to buy membership.and the rest of the latent tiger support will not be swayed by injuries as to whether they buy membership..wins on the board are the only thing that will sway them
Exactly finals become a real possibility and 3 game memberships towards June July will become very popular especially when members will want to line up for finals tickets. :thumbsup
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Grimesy is still wearing a moon boot ...
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BL87cbvCQAEcXJW.jpg:large)
https://twitter.com/AFLAuskickVic/status/342057456362471425/photo/1
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Player Injury Expected return date
Reece Conca Foot Available
Brandon Ellis Hamstring Available
Shane Tuck Shoulder 2 weeks
Ricky Petterd Calf 2-3 weeks
Dylan Grimes Foot 4-5 weeks
Chris Knights Knee Season
Cadeyn Williams Shoulder Season
:pray
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Tucky back sooner than I thought..great news
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Grimsey in a moon boot and they reckon 4-5 weeks? lol won't play again this year
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Grimsey in a moon boot and they reckon 4-5 weeks? lol won't play again this year
I can't see it happening either M. :'(
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Grimsey in a moon boot and they reckon 4-5 weeks? lol won't play again this year
I can't see it happening either M. :'(
Grimesy was one of the guests at Club80 last night and was out of the moonboot :thumbsup :clapping
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Grimsey in a moon boot and they reckon 4-5 weeks? lol won't play again this year
I can't see it happening either M. :'(
Grimesy was one of the guests at Club80 last night and was out of the moonboot :thumbsup :clapping
We were told not to tell anyone ::) ::)
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We were told not to tell anyone ::) ::)
Dam,The cats out of the bag.
(http://i43.tinypic.com/96c9rt.jpg)
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Grimsey in a moon boot and they reckon 4-5 weeks? lol won't play again this year
I can't see it happening either M. :'(
Grimesy was one of the guests at Club80 last night and was out of the moonboot :thumbsup :clapping
We were told not to tell anyone ::) ::)
Touche
But I'm only telling what I saw not what I was told ;)
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Tucky back sooner than I thought..great news
agree
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Tucky back sooner than I thought..great news
Fill in the blank
Petterd being out longer than expected..._______news?
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Tucky back sooner than I thought..great news
Fill in the blank
Petterd being out longer than expected... is de rigueur
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Grimsey in a moon boot and they reckon 4-5 weeks? lol won't play again this year
I can't see it happening either M. :'(
Grimesy was one of the guests at Club80 last night and was out of the moonboot :thumbsup :clapping
We were told not to tell anyone ::) ::)
Touche
But I'm only telling what I saw not what I was told ;)
Took a while for a comeback and tacked it on later? :lol
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They must be part of the conspiracy to sign up unsuspecting members :banghead
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Grimsey in a moon boot and they reckon 4-5 weeks? lol won't play again this year
I can't see it happening either M. :'(
Grimesy was one of the guests at Club80 last night and was out of the moonboot :thumbsup :clapping
We were told not to tell anyone ::) ::)
Touche
But I'm only telling what I saw not what I was told ;)
Do you realise the position you put the club in when you rebel against their requests :banghead We are sworn to secrecy for a reason :banghead
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Tucky back sooner than I thought..great news
Fill in the blank
Petterd being out longer than expected... is de rigueur
:clapping
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Defender Dylan Grimes continued to train away from the main group as he recovers from a foot stress fracture.
AFL website link (http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-07-16/no-pav-but-tigers-wary-)
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stuff him off
To be fair to Username, he's been one week since 2012.
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Grimes has All the attributes to be a gun except one thing
a body that can hold up, he is made of fairy floss
lets hope he can string 5 more games together and not break down..
but I doubt it..
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He ll be doing well to get back, the tigers line up is harder to break into than Fort Knox these days :shh
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Cant wait to see him back but needs to improve his kicking to be elite which he can be given time on the park.
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Considering our defense is currently ranked 3rd in the competition (granted we haven't played the Hawks & Swans yet and Essendon for a second time) so our defensive structure is holding up well despite Grimes absence. I think he would improve the backline, taking Petterd's/Batchelor's role. I feel he would offer more than these players but would need to earn his spot playing for Coburg with not many games left in the season to do it... :-\
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Grimes = Petterd spot
better in every aspect apart from maybe amount of possession. However IMO Grimes kicks lazer beams as opposed to Pettard helicopters n
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so we can expect to see bruce reid playing for the burgers this week?
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his body must hold up and i fear it wont
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his body must hold up and i fear it wont
You think he has torn his hammies 4 times, I'll take you're comments regarding the matter with a grain of salt
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this gringo is cactus
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his body must hold up and i fear it wont
You think he has torn his hammies 4 times, I'll take you're comments regarding the matter with a grain of salt
he has had at least 4 hammy injuries since.he started plus now his current injuries
he has never had continuity in his footy since he started
the grain of salt is more like a mountain of salt
now back to ur paddock
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If only we could inject him with steroids
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If only we could inject him with steroids
Whale steroids would do the trick
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Someone get on the blower to Hirdy, FFS.
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I want to be a Tiger for life: Grimes
By Nathan Schmook
afl.com.au
Friday, July 26, 2013
RICHMOND defender Dylan Grimes has declared he wants to be a Tiger for life as he prepares to make his anticipated return from a serious foot injury this weekend.
Sidelined since round six after suffering a stress fracture in his foot, Grimes will play half a game with the Coburg VFL reserves on Sunday.
The 22-year-old, who suffered long-term hamstring injuries in 2011 and 2012, said the past few months on the sidelines had been the hardest thing he'd dealt with in football.
The setback has not derailed plans to keep the talented backman at Punt Road beyond this season, however, with the club in ongoing talks with Grimes's management.
"We have been in negotiation but I don't think there's any question of where I'm going to play the rest of my career," Grimes told AFL.com.au
"I'd love to be a one-club player and Richmond have given me more than I could ever hope for from an AFL club.
"I'm ecstatic to be part of the playing group and the leadership group, so I won't be going anywhere at all."
Grimes is scheduled to play a full game at VFL level next week, with a view to being available for senior selection against the Brisbane Lions in round 20.
He said he hadn't set any goals around playing at AFL level as the Tigers close in on their first finals appearance since 2001.
"I'd love to be able to play a part in the Richmond journey towards the latter part of this season, but it's very much governed by the coaches' thinking," he said.
"The positive sitting on the sidelines was seeing the success we were having and knowing there was a possibility I could come back towards the latter part of the season.
"That kept me going and it's been great to see the development from the stands.
"I'm really hoping to be involved in some of that development in the last few games."
Recruited in the 2010 NAB AFL Pre-Season Draft, Grimes has played 22 games in a promising but injury-riddled start to his career.
After undergoing hamstring surgery at the end of 2012, he had set himself to play a full season this year, compounding his disappointment when the foot injury was discovered in May.
"Every time I've been injured I've felt like I'd just found my feet at AFL level and this was another case like that," he said.
"I felt like my match fitness was just coming back, I was feeling confident out on the field and then sure enough I got injured again.
"I'd gone from playing one week to not being able to walk around the house. It was really hard to deal with."
Grimes questioned whether he would get confidence back in his body and whether he would ever play a full season.
However, his return has gathered momentum over the past two weeks and the young leader is positive about what the future holds.
"You just keep getting each session under your belt and then all of a sudden you're back where I am now, just about to come back for my first game," he said.
"As soon as you're back playing it's out of your mind and all you're concentrating on is footy. Things couldn't be better now."
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-07-26/im-a-tiger-for-life-grimes
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Will take him a lifetime to make 50 games :clapping
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If only we could inject him with steroids
Whale steroids would do the trick
From experience Chuck... ;D
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What a rippa of a bloke he sounds like.....
Shown more in his 22 games than Griffiths and Astbury put together.
If he can stay on the park he will be really valuable to our side.
Just need a decent CHF and our big men for our best 22 would be complete.
McBean could be our man.
My best 22 come finals time :pray
Grimes Chaplin Morris
Houli Rance Lids
Vlastuin Foley Grigg
Martin McBean Newman
Vickory Jack Edwards
Maric Cotch Jackson
Conca Ellis/King Petterd Tuck
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Worried about
Pettard
King
Grigg
Jackson
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think Jackson is showing we don't need to worry anymore
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Worried about
Pettard
King
Grigg
Jackson
A few options for ya-
I think what the following says is, we have about 30 odd players to choose from that could come in and actually provide something decent to the side. It's been a long time since we could say that. The RFC is in pretty good shape.
Petterd = A. Edwards/O'Hanlon
King = Arnot/Helbig
Grigg = Ellis/White
Jackson = Lonergan/Dea
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From Coburg_FC's twitter:
"Dylan Grimes played just the first half of Development, and had 14 possessions with 7 marks, a good return!"
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:clapping
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Great news Dylan got through the game,but I fear if a fly lands on him during the week his whole body might give way.
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just need him to be fit for grand final and maybe pre lim.
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just need him to be fit for grand final and maybe pre lim.
Yep win the flag and then he can fall to pieces like the car in blues brothers
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Grimes comeback on track
By richmondfc.com.au
4:55pm AEST Monday, July 29, 2013
“It was good to have Dylan out there. He got through half a game of footy, which was part of his training plan,” said Richmond’s Elite Performance Manager, Peter Burge.
“This week he’ll progress into the VFL ‘ones’, with quite a bit more game time.
“Then, hopefully, he’ll put himself in a position for AFL selection, providing he pulls up well.
“We’ll just do the right thing by Dylan and his career.”
Read more and the full article at: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2013-07-29/grimes-comeback-on-track
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Dylan is a ripper, think some don't realize how important he is to the team. REAL GUN
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grimes 8)
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Everytime this thread is bumped I open it with dread
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Feel the same way tony
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Glenn McFarlane lists the men who could have a big say in September after returning from injury
Glenn McFarlane
Herald Sun
August 08, 2013 12:44PM
DEAR AFL medical staff,
The men listed here - Dale Thomas, Adam Goodes, Grant Birchall, Luke McPharlin, Paul Chapman, Courtenay Dempsey and Dylan Grimes - could play a massive role in their teams' push for the flag, so long as they get the chance.
It's that annual August balancing act where players who have been battling injury - some of them serious - dare to dream of making a comeback and their coaches match risk with potential reward.
And this is where, you, the medical staff, play such an important part as the senior coach prepares to make the hard call on whether to play them or not.
DYLAN GRIMES (RICHMOND)
Surely it is just a question of when Damien Hardwick decides to pull the trigger on Grimes' return to the senior line-up.
Given what has happened in the past, there is no doubt it won't be a hasty decision on the defender who has played only 22 games in four seasons.
Grimes has played one and a half games in the VFL on his return from a foot injury suffered against Geelong in Round 6.
Suspect the Tigers will err on the side of caution. Maybe a return against GWS in the penultimate round?
THE CHANCE: If his body holds up, Grimes will play finals as the Tigers are a better side with him in it.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/afl/glenn-mcfarlane-lists-the-men-who-could-have-a-big-say-in-september-after-returning-from-injury/story-fni5ezdn-1226693480808
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Dempsey :lol
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AA
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Dempsey :lol
:lol :lol
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Feel the same way tony
Everytime this thread is bumped I open it with dread
Yep abit like the Dusty contract thread. Heart in mouth stuff.
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Feel the same way tony
Everytime this thread is bumped I open it with dread
Yep abit like the Dusty contract thread. Heart in mouth stuff.
im too scared to go into it
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Grimesy looked and moved more like his pre-injury self last night. What did everyone else think?
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Grimesy looked and moved more like his pre-injury self last night. What did everyone else think?
Totally agree. Was really attacking and intercepted the footy numerous times too. Reads the ball so well. Play quite high too which intern, when he got the footy off the Bombers he kicked inside 50 for us..
The entire backline really jelled well together. Exciting times ahead.
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Was thrilled. He obviously just needed some game time. Coming good at the pointy end.
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Improving with each game, and his not even as good as I remember. Hopefully there's still a lot more improvement left :thumbsup
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Was really good last night. If he can stay injury free he will be AA soon
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if Grimesy can stay injury free for awhile he will rocket to AAA let alone AA
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AUDIO: Dylan Grimes on SEN
http://soundcloud.com/sen1116
* Everyone knows what kind of a character Choco is and how much of influence he's had on us. Every player at the club would not hesitate in saying that they would love him to stay on. At the same time, we've had some coaches like Justin Leppitsch move on and we wish them all the best with their journey. We're a club that's looking to move forward and we're trying to bring everyone along with that challenge, so I'd love for him to stay and I hope he does.
* The body is pretty good. I haven't got too much to complain about this early in the pre-season. I think it's the fittest I've been in my career, starting pre-season, and I'm rapt to be out on the park at the moment. It’s third day in, so things aren’t getting too hard at the moment, but I’m sure they’ll pick up.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-11-13/please-stay-choco
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I have my fingers ( and toes) crossed but there are four certainties in life.....death , taxes , jackstar will reappear after a loss and Grimes will definately break down.
I really hope the football gods are kind to Dylan and Chris Knights .
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haha
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Gun - unfortunately held together with tape.
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Hes a tape gun?
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Hes a tape gun?
Yes
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Would explain the penchant for being as slim as a Jim
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Maybe like one of those guns made on a 3D printer.
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Grimes fragility requires someone like astbury to pull the finger out
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What's GO with Dylan boys, not named again?
Hammy?
Heart Muscle?
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What's GO with Dylan boys, not named again?
Hammy?
Heart Muscle?
He had hammy tightness so I think they are just managing him back, ready for round one.
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Will need to play next week against the dons to play round 1 you'd think. We'll see.
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Grimes fragility requires someone like astbury to pull the finger out
yep we sure need one of the big kpds to step up to allow rance to play the third tall role.
if astbury cant step up the one who should be taking grimes spot at third tall is mcintosh, that is if we even play and develop him as a defender :o.
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Will need to play next week against the dons to play round 1 you'd think. We'll see.
Agree! Although we did play him back for his first game after only one half in the seconds last year didn't we??
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Will need to play next week against the dons to play round 1 you'd think. We'll see.
Agree! Although we did play him back for his first game after only one half in the seconds last year didn't we??
That does ring a bell WA.......
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Will need to play next week against the dons to play round 1 you'd think. We'll see.
Agree! Although we did play him back for his first game after only one half in the seconds last year didn't we??
That does ring a bell WA.......
Yeah I think we were all surprised at the time! He doesn't seem to lose much fitness if at all any when he is out for a bit.
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I believe he completed all pre-season training before this latest setback (hammy tightness), so hopefully he wont be too underdone. Needs to play a full game next week.
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Grimes fragility requires someone like astbury to pull the finger out
yep we sure need one of the big kpds to step up to allow rance to play the third tall role.
if astbury cant step up the one who should be taking grimes spot at third tall is mcintosh, that is if we even play and develop him as a defender :o.
Mc is way off the pace at this stage of his development, not even close to afl standard yet, needs a fair bit more development before we can think about him in the starting 22
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Grimes fragility requires someone like astbury to pull the finger out
yep we sure need one of the big kpds to step up to allow rance to play the third tall role.
if astbury cant step up the one who should be taking grimes spot at third tall is mcintosh, that is if we even play and develop him as a defender :o.
Mc is way off the pace at this stage of his development, not even close to afl standard yet, needs a fair bit more development before we can think about him in the starting 22
Don't think he's that far off. His biggest issue was not being able to break tackles. What I liked was he didn't drop his head and kept trying to play his game. He'll learn from that and bounce back. Better than other kids who go into their shell when they make a mistake and don't want the footy.
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Reported today in the papers that Grimesy may be back in a fortnight.
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Reported today in the papers that Grimesy may be back in a fortnight.
He was playing in the scratch match @ PRO yesterday afternoon
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Grimes fragility requires someone like astbury to pull the finger out
yep we sure need one of the big kpds to step up to allow rance to play the third tall role.
if astbury cant step up the one who should be taking grimes spot at third tall is mcintosh, that is if we even play and develop him as a defender :o.
Mc is way off the pace at this stage of his development, not even close to afl standard yet, needs a fair bit more development before we can think about him in the starting 22
Don't think he's that far off. His biggest issue was not being able to break tackles. What I liked was he didn't drop his head and kept trying to play his game. He'll learn from that and bounce back. Better than other kids who go into their shell when they make a mistake and don't want the footy.
Agree about not dropping his head, but would be surprised if he plays senior footy this season
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Grimes fragility requires someone like astbury to pull the finger out
yep we sure need one of the big kpds to step up to allow rance to play the third tall role.
if astbury cant step up the one who should be taking grimes spot at third tall is mcintosh, that is if we even play and develop him as a defender :o.
Mc is way off the pace at this stage of his development, not even close to afl standard yet, needs a fair bit more development before we can think about him in the starting 22
Don't think he's that far off. His biggest issue was not being able to break tackles. What I liked was he didn't drop his head and kept trying to play his game. He'll learn from that and bounce back. Better than other kids who go into their shell when they make a mistake and don't want the footy.
Agree about not dropping his head, but would be surprised if he plays senior footy this season
This conversation, like our pre-season so far, suffers from a severe lack of Ben Darrou.
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Must surely be a real chance to come into the side. Would not be at all surprised to see Chaplin or Rance cool their heels.
Both have hardly set the world on fire this pre season and struggled against GC. Neither should be a walk up start on their round 1 performance.
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Get him in if fit. An upgrade on Astbury
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Must surely be a real chance to come into the side. Would not be at all surprised to see Chaplin or Rance cool their heels.
Both have hardly set the world on fire this pre season and struggled against GC. Neither should be a walk up start on their round 1 performance.
If that's the case, 90% of the list aren't a walk up start!
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Must surely be a real chance to come into the side. Would not be at all surprised to see Chaplin or Rance cool their heels.
Both have hardly set the world on fire this pre season and struggled against GC. Neither should be a walk up start on their round 1 performance.
Reckon there's more chance of me playing this week than there is of Chaplin or Rance getting dropped = No Chance at all ;D
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Must surely be a real chance to come into the side. Would not be at all surprised to see Chaplin or Rance cool their heels.
Both have hardly set the world on fire this pre season and struggled against GC. Neither should be a walk up start on their round 1 performance.
Reckon there's more chance of me playing this week than there is of Chaplin or Rance getting dropped = No Chance at all ;D
Don't under-estimate your chances WP! :jump
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Must surely be a real chance to come into the side. Would not be at all surprised to see Chaplin or Rance cool their heels.
Both have hardly set the world on fire this pre season and struggled against GC. Neither should be a walk up start on their round 1 performance.
There is more chance of Coach growing back his lost testicle that was shot off in the war then that happening.
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Perhaps but reckon Grimes will come in for someone and we won't play 4 tall defenders.
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Perhaps but reckon Grimes will come in for someone and we won't play 4 tall defenders.
Since he returned to the side late last season incl finals he played on smalls and some medium talls.
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Must surely be a real chance to come into the side. Would not be at all surprised to see Chaplin or Rance cool their heels.
Both have hardly set the world on fire this pre season and struggled against GC. Neither should be a walk up start on their round 1 performance.
There is more chance of Coach growing back his lost testicle that was shot off in the war then that happening.
Poor Coach! :'(
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Must surely be a real chance to come into the side. Would not be at all surprised to see Chaplin or Rance cool their heels.
Both have hardly set the world on fire this pre season and struggled against GC. Neither should be a walk up start on their round 1 performance.
There is more chance of Coach growing back his lost testicle that was shot off in the war then that happening.
Poor Coach! :'(
it was shot off in the war on drugs so he didn't feel anything but a small prick
he's ok
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if carlton do what they always do against us they will play plenty of tall forwards.
looking just at the physical attributes of players both height and size i can envision one of casboult/rowe as one kp , waite as the other , with kruezer starting forward and resting there when he needs a rest in the ruck. they may even play everitt forward as well. they will also likely have the option of playing hendeson forward. depending on what role is given to everitt and how we structure up. either way imo they will have 3 real tall and big forwards most of the time.
to counter this we should go something like this.
astbury 195/95 v rowe 198/96 or casboult 199/103 , rance 194/96 v waite 194/93 , chaplin 195/97 v kruezer 200/103. theres no match up for grimes in this lot but if everitt at 194/88 plays as well there should be a spot for grimes at 193/89.
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Must surely be a real chance to come into the side. Would not be at all surprised to see Chaplin or Rance cool their heels.
Both have hardly set the world on fire this pre season and struggled against GC. Neither should be a walk up start on their round 1 performance.
Reckon there's more chance of me playing this week than there is of Chaplin or Rance getting dropped = No Chance at all ;D
Hope you still fit into your jumper WP. ;D
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Must surely be a real chance to come into the side. Would not be at all surprised to see Chaplin or Rance cool their heels.
Both have hardly set the world on fire this pre season and struggled against GC. Neither should be a walk up start on their round 1 performance.
Reckon there's more chance of me playing this week than there is of Chaplin or Rance getting dropped = No Chance at all ;D
Hope you still fit into your jumper WP. ;D
Your opinion was they would be dropped - and neither has been so I am very safe
Rance hasn't been dropped he is out injured. The fact that club refused to list him on the injured list is another thing all together :banghead
So I don't need a jumper and BTW I don't own a jumper ;D
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Grimes fragility requires someone like astbury to pull the finger out
yep we sure need one of the big kpds to step up to allow rance to play the third tall role.
if astbury cant step up the one who should be taking grimes spot at third tall is mcintosh, that is if we even play and develop him as a defender :o.
Mc is way off the pace at this stage of his development, not even close to afl standard yet, needs a fair bit more development before we can think about him in the starting 22
Don't think he's that far off. His biggest issue was not being able to break tackles. What I liked was he didn't drop his head and kept trying to play his game. He'll learn from that and bounce back. Better than other kids who go into their shell when they make a mistake and don't want the footy.
Agree about not dropping his head, but would be surprised if he plays senior footy this season
This conversation, like our pre-season so far, suffers from a severe lack of Ben Darrou.
gotta say while i like aspects of grimes game, and i acknowledge injuries have stifled him, he must be the most over hyped tall defender in the afl. its unbelievable for a bloke whos managed just 9 games in any one season.
whoa claw hold up it will turn into a cry fest with supporters jumping to his defense.
lets just to date i dont see him as either a kpp or a running rebounder. hes another glass half full to date with the potential imo to be a fair bit better than that. he aint there yet and the love of him is sickening.
people do realise theres much more to the game than being third up and puching, seems not.
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So I don't need a jumper and BTW I don't own a jumper ;D
;D
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Just hope he is ready........,
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'Sickening' aye Claw? It's sickening to hear Richmond fans talk up Grimes?
When are you due back in Mordor again mate?
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LMAOOOO @ the fires of mount doom
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if carlton do what they always do against us they will play plenty of tall forwards.
looking just at the physical attributes of players both height and size i can envision one of casboult/rowe as one kp , waite as the other , with kruezer starting forward and resting there when he needs a rest in the ruck. they may even play everitt forward as well. they will also likely have the option of playing hendeson forward. depending on what role is given to everitt and how we structure up. either way imo they will have 3 real tall and big forwards most of the time.
to counter this we should go something like this.
astbury 195/95 v rowe 198/96 or casboult 199/103 , rance 194/96 v waite 194/93 , chaplin 195/97 v kruezer 200/103. theres no match up for grimes in this lot but if everitt at 194/88 plays as well there should be a spot for grimes at 193/89.
I hope they do. There is 3 months worth of rain about to pee on us tomorrow. stuff I hope my seat isn't in the peeing rain. My hair will go frizzy. So will poor Tyrone's :(
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Why?
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yesterday I saw signs of Dylan getting back to his best.For me that was one of the very few good things to come out of the game
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agree
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Given his injury history I am prepared to give him some time but I am not hopeful that he is the player we are hoping he becomes. :(
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Hammy injuries have curbed his development big time. Just not the player he was.
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Give him a preseason ffs
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Infected by tigeritis. .....too late.
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Think he needs more than a preseason. Marking the ball would be a good start for Grimes :P
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Everyone makes mistakes.
That dropped mark was not the primary reason for the general debacle
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Absolutely everyone makes mistakes and I wasn't referring to that dropped mark last night. I think Grimes could be a good player but marking the ball, fumbling below his knees and kicking from his first game until now, I see are his main issues and ones that need attention. I hope he improves throughout this year as we desperately need a guy like him in our team.
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Everyone makes mistakes.
That dropped mark was not the primary reason for the general debacle
Good post.
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I'm still a big fan. Throws his body in and not afraid of the contest. Can build a side around guys like Grimes if he can stay on the park.
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I'm still a big fan. Throws his body in and not afraid of the contest. Can build a side around guys like Grimes if he can stay on the park.
Agree and also one of the better kicks coming out of defence. When you have Rance and Charlie Chaplin next to you, you can't underestimate the better skilled blokes
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Grimes - Astbury
Rance
Griffiths
Riewoldt - McBean
Maric/Vickery
Not the worst spine potentially in the game
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Grimes deserves some slack in this, had long periods off. If your teammates that don't miss games are playing like headless chooks htf are you supposed to get any confidence or expect any backup....
We're rooted
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Grimesy will be right. Just needs to string some games together. Can play.
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At the time I was disgusted but I've calmed down.
Yeh.Too easy to blame him
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Grimes is another who's just going atm but escapes a bit of scrutiny as he's working his way back.
Not overly impressed with his game though. Very patchy.
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Grimes is another who's just going atm but escapes a bit of scrutiny as he's working his way back.
Not overly impressed with his game though. Very patchy.
Soon as Rance comes back he can go find form in the VFL. Shouldn't be playing but he has to. Been pretty crap to be honest.
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Grimes > chaolin
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Grimes > chaolin
A better version of crap. :lol
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Grimes > chaolin
A better version of crap. :lol
The cream of the crap?
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Showed some good signs tonight :clapping Ran hard, showed courage with the ball and made some nice spoils.
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I rate Dylan highly but I still think he has some way to go yet
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One of the only positives of the night
He got through a Dreamtime game without getting injured
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He's useless. Accepting mediocrity again
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Played very well last night. More of the same please.
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trade
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trade
I'm not sure on Grimes. A dud like Dawson can come on with age. I think Grimes will be an ok 3rd defender. Can't see us getting much for him?
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He's a keeper. Starting to get back to some form after being stuffed by injuries. Can play and still very young. Only 21 or something.
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Had a pretty good year 2012? I think it was then the hammy went. Reckon he could come pretty good. Almost 23
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Grimes. Dea. Helbig. Bachelor types are all in th 22 and younger group. They should be given games IMO
I maintain they are not the primary problem on the list. Look at the older blocks of players on the list and there is the problem
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Reckon hes starting to show some signs he's coming through it.
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WGAF about him not being able to chase franklin.
Made up for it with his timmy Cahill tackle brilliant
Big fan of grimes. Should be left in the backline to develop with bachelor, dea and co
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loved Dylan of 2012..Thought he was starting to find form but his outmanouvering by Goodes last night was was so deft,made Dylan look second rate
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He looked very slow when Adam Goodes ran off him last night. In fact, I think Stephen Hawkings would've given him a run for his money
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Agree looks slow now..wonder if the continual hammy issues have restricted his aerobic output..used to love it when he would sweep across half back
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He has always been an overrated footballer. Lacks creativity and skills. Pretty much a stopper and nothing else. Really don't need another one of these.
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Can can he be overrated if he w not good enough for the national draft?
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Thought he was going to collapse whilst chasing Goodes
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Thought f ranklin was going to collapse when grimes spear tackle him
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He applied the squirrel grip
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Love what Grimes brings to the team.
He will get stronger and regain more fitness over time. Has missed a lot of footy.
I know Dimma rates him and Dea really highly. Both will be given every opportunity in the next few years. I really hope both can stay injury free because a backline consisting of Rance, Dea, Grimes, Morris and Lids/Vlaustin could become very good.
I don't rate Astbury so IMO need to find someone else to play that roll.
What it shows me is we have the makings of a very good backline, midfield and forwardline are our big issue.
Need a couple of ready to go mids and a decent key forward in the up coming draft/FA/trade period.
I don't rate Griffith either, hopefully Elton or McBean can step up....you never know.
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loved Dylan of 2012..Thought he was starting to find form but his outmanouvering by Goodes last night was was so deft,made Dylan look second rate
What was noticeable when that happened was the huge difference in size between Goodes and Grimes. I know Dylan is not going to win a Mr Universe title anytime soon but he looked like a puny runt standing next to Goodes - boy vs man! :help
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yep..well summed up
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Goodes is a decade older
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Grimes should have an extended spell in the ressies to develop his game, used to be a great spoiler , and pretty good intercept mark, I can't see any of his strengths come through right now as he is battling confidence . Plenty of players could come in for his spot
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I think it's coaching.
Even Cotch has gone backwards and isn't the same player he was 2 years ago. Grimes is no different in that sense.
Defensive midfield pressure has fallen away too and that isn't helping our defenders.
All good about the players being stripped away like some ugly wallpaper this season.
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I think it's coaching.
Even Cotch has gone backwards and isn't the same player he was 2 years ago. Grimes is no different in that sense.
Defensive midfield pressure has fallen away too and that isn't helping our defenders.
All good about the players being stripped away like some ugly wallpaper this season.
Tigeritis™®© is alive and well @ the RFC.
Which player after being at the club for more than three years has really improved?
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I think it's coaching.
Even Cotch has gone backwards and isn't the same player he was 2 years ago. Grimes is no different in that sense.
Defensive midfield pressure has fallen away too and that isn't helping our defenders.
All good about the players being stripped away like some ugly wallpaper this season.
Tigeritis™®© is alive and well @ the RFC.
Which player after being at the club for more than three years has really improved?
How far back can we go
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I think it's coaching.
Even Cotch has gone backwards and isn't the same player he was 2 years ago. Grimes is no different in that sense.
Defensive midfield pressure has fallen away too and that isn't helping our defenders.
All good about the players being stripped away like some ugly wallpaper this season.
Tigeritis™®© is alive and well @ the RFC.
Which player after being at the club for more than three years has really improved?
How far back can we go
I dunno...... soft-dick, wallet, spud, wallscheat eras. Take your pick. Go back to 1996.
Can't include exceptional players though ie. Richo they are always going to be the exception to the rule but they would've been even better if playing at a better club.
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One goal down but Grimes has plenty more to come
Ben Collins
June 29, 2014 10:37 AM
IN AN increasingly impatient world, it's refreshing that Dylan Grimes is being rewarded for displaying the old-fashioned virtue of patience.
This season has been a case in point for the injury-plagued Richmond defender.
As Grimes enjoyed the best of his five pre-seasons at Richmond, there were alarm bells when he suffered another hamstring problem in early February.
Serious hamstring injuries had sidelined him for much of the 2011-12 seasons. A foot stress fracture had cost another 11 games last year.
However, Grimes overcame this hamstring issue to be selected in the Tigers' round-two blockbuster against Carlton at the MCG.
He played four games in a row, and in round six was generally deemed to have done well to restrict Hawthorn sharpshooter Jack Gunston to just two goals in a 66-point loss.
The Richmond selectors didn't agree and Grimes was sent back to the VFL.
After two games in the seconds, played either side of a bye, Grimes forced his way back into the Tigers line-up and, aside from missing the round 12 clash with North Melbourne due to a toe injury, has remained a member of Richmond's back six since.
In his initial return from VFL exile in round 10, he kept Greater Western Sydney's young star Jeremy Cameron to just one goal as the Tigers romped to a 113-point win.
Logically, there has been a correlation between continuity and performance.
"This season is the most consistent I've had in terms of just being out on the field," he told AFL.com.au after Richmond's 44-point win over St Kilda at Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
"It's great just to string some games together and get some confidence back in my body.
"Previously, I'd always had those doubts – 'Is my body going to hold up in the dying minutes? Am I at risk?' That stuff can really play on your mind.
"But the body's feeling great and it's no coincidence that the form line is starting to improve as well."
One of the factors, Grimes suspects, is that he is playing 3kgs lighter than last year, largely to play more of a running role than a key post.
"I think this role suits me a little bit more, and as a result there's probably less load going through the limbs, which is a good result too," he said.
Grimes, who will turn 23 on July 16, was also forced to be patient for his first AFL goal, which he finally slotted against the Saints in his 36th game.
"It felt a bit awkward lining up, so it was a good feeling when it went through. It's taken me almost 40 games to get it," he said about his second-quarter effort that prompted his teammates to mob him.
"The guys were providing a lot of run off half-back so that gave me the opportunity to get a bit further up the ground than what I normally do."
Given his relative youth and versatility, it's easy to see an injury-free Grimes being an integral part of the Tigers' defence for much of the next decade. He believes he has plenty of improvement left in him.
"Hopefully the sky's the limit. I want to improve in a lot of areas," he said.
Grimes has played nine games in 2014 and will notch double figures for the first time in a season when Richmond hosts another lowly opponent, the Brisbane Lions, at the MCG next Saturday afternoon.
The Tigers beat the Lions by 43 points at the Gabba in round five – the memory of which, Grimes says, will give his team further confidence.
"We had a good result against them up there so we're hoping to repeat that effort this time," he said. "We played a really exciting brand of football and hopefully we can do it again to get a win against Justin Leppitsch, my old defensive coach."
Like most defenders in the AFL, Grimes is glad Lions great Jonathan Brown has retired.
"I'm not going to lie – it's a bit of a relief that he won't be playing," he said.
"He's an absolute star of the game and I've got the utmost respect for him. He's pretty good on the lip too, so it's nice not to have to worry about him any more.
"I played in his last milestone game – his 250th game – so I'll always remember that.
"But they'll restructure without him and we'll need to be on our game to get the result we want."
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-06-29/one-goal-at-a-time-for-grimes
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Can can he be overrated if he w not good enough for the national draft?
he came to richmond and the ferals go ga ga.
he once had 10 spoils in a game and he was the next f/b of the century.you know how it goes . ;)
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I think Grimes played a pretty good game on the weekend. Gave a bit more run than he has coming back from his injuries..starting to get a bit more confidence in himself and his body.
The remaining games this year will tell a pretty big story for this bloke. I like what he brings.
I really goer..
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I think Grimes played a pretty good game on the weekend. Gave a bit more run than he has coming back from his injuries..starting to get a bit more confidence in himself and his body.
The remaining games this year will tell a pretty big story for this bloke. I like what he brings.
I really goer..
Is overdue for an injury then
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I think Grimes played a pretty good game on the weekend. Gave a bit more run than he has coming back from his injuries..starting to get a bit more confidence in himself and his body.
The remaining games this year will tell a pretty big story for this bloke. I like what he brings.
I really goer..
Let's just hope he doesn't get injured again
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I think Grimes played a pretty good game on the weekend. Gave a bit more run than he has coming back from his injuries..starting to get a bit more confidence in himself and his body.
The remaining games this year will tell a pretty big story for this bloke. I like what he brings.
I really goer..
Agree, thought it was his best game for the year and the improved run and carry was what stood out most.
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I think Grimes played a pretty good game on the weekend. Gave a bit more run than he has coming back from his injuries..starting to get a bit more confidence in himself and his body.
The remaining games this year will tell a pretty big story for this bloke. I like what he brings.
I really goer..
Is overdue for an injury then
Patience grasshopper, we play Essendon in a month.
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Grimesy on SEN this morning ...
AUDIO: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2014-08-15/grimes-on-sen-15th-august
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Trade Bait
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Agree and try and get Kristian Jaksch to be his replacement.
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Haven't seem him run as fast as he did today for ages
Was half wincing waiting for the Ping of the hammy when he was striding out
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He is quick, can't remember who it was but he ran down a renowned speedster a few games ago.
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GHealy was glowing in his praise, said going to kill finals...
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his involvement in that coast to coast goal was fantastic
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Best game since he did his hammy in the dream time game three years ago….
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Can can he be overrated if he w not good enough for the national draft?
he came to richmond and the ferals go ga ga.
he once had 10 spoils in a game and he was the next f/b of the century.you know how it goes . ;)
Dylan Grimes early football was tantalising, looked every part a adequate partner for rance, for mine at least
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Best game since he did his hammy in the dream time game three years ago….
Yep really happy for him and the team as he starts gaining confidence
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Grimesy's interview post-match ...
VIDEO: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2014-08-24/round-22-grimes-post-match
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Best game since he did his hammy in the dream time game three years ago….
Yep really happy for him and the team as he starts gaining confidence
Used the ball well in the greasy conditions too and didn't hesitate or slow it down when the team was surging. Best game in a while. :thumbsup
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Ran 10000 miles today
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Best game for the club, easily :clapping
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Loved that knock on he did.
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Great game.
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The chase down of Spencer White was great - rekn the commentary team showed vision of Spence White sprinting away from a VFL opponent Buddy style about 4 times, then when he tried to do the same, Grimes ran him down - think it surprised the flogs a fair bit
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The chase down of Spencer White was great - rekn the commentary team showed vision of Spence White sprinting away from a VFL opponent Buddy style about 4 times, then when he tried to do the same, Grimes ran him down - think it surprised the flogs a fair bit
Still didn't stop them from fluffing White more despite being run down by the big weirdo.
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The chase down of Spencer White was great - rekn the commentary team showed vision of Spence White sprinting away from a VFL opponent Buddy style about 4 times, then when he tried to do the same, Grimes ran him down - think it surprised the flogs a fair bit
Still didn't stop them from fluffing White more despite being run down by the big weirdo.
LOL at White - kicked 2 goals from being a lazy stuff not being bothered to run with his opponent down the ground.
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The chase down of Spencer White was great - rekn the commentary team showed vision of Spence White sprinting away from a VFL opponent Buddy style about 4 times, then when he tried to do the same, Grimes ran him down - think it surprised the flogs a fair bit
Still didn't stop them from fluffing White more despite being run down by the big weirdo.
LOL at White - kicked 2 goals from being a lazy stuff not being bothered to run with his opponent down the ground.
Yep funniest thing I seen in along time, a lazy prick getting the commentators all excited and creaming on each other
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Best game for the club, easily :clapping
Agree...played with purpose and belief :clapping
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Best game for the club, easily :clapping
Agree...played with purpose and belief :clapping
Let's hope if there is a 34 year old running away from him - he doesn't get left in his wake this time.
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Best game for the club, easily :clapping
Agree...played with purpose and belief :clapping
Let's hope if there is a 34 year old running away from him - he doesn't get left in his wake this time.
Lets hope he smashes franklin in a big tackle again
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will agree with people here . he had a good game.
i reckon though what he produced against the saints has to be the norm. he really has needed to add that run and rebound to his game to warrant a place. thing for me is its barely enough.
also when physically challenged is where i want to see him stand up. been a bit soft has grimesy,
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will agree with people here . he had a good game.
i reckon though what he produced against the saints has to be the norm. he really has needed to add that run and rebound to his game to warrant a place. thing for me is its barely enough.
also when physically challenged is where i want to see him stand up. been a bit soft has grimesy,
The guy has had the stuffing taken out of his confidence because his body has failed him so many times. This is the Grimes that we saw briefly before the first Hamstring went twang.
Hopefully he can get continuity in his health. I'm sure if he has that he will make these games the norm.
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The run used to be a big part of his game before the injuries crippled him..good to see its returning
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will agree with people here . he had a good game.
i reckon though what he produced against the saints has to be the norm. he really has needed to add that run and rebound to his game to warrant a place. thing for me is its barely enough.
also when physically challenged is where i want to see him stand up. been a bit soft has grimesy,
The guy has had the stuffing taken out of his confidence because his body has failed him so many times. This is the Grimes that we saw briefly before the first Hamstring went twang.
Hopefully he can get continuity in his health. I'm sure if he has that he will make these games the norm.
we will see wont we. he has a great opportunity this week to stand up and actually produce against a quality opposition when its needed.
the norm aint worth jack poo if its only ever against mediocrity
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will agree with people here . he had a good game.
i reckon though what he produced against the saints has to be the norm. he really has needed to add that run and rebound to his game to warrant a place. thing for me is its barely enough.
also when physically challenged is where i want to see him stand up. been a bit soft has grimesy,
The guy has had the stuffing taken out of his confidence because his body has failed him so many times. This is the Grimes that we saw briefly before the first Hamstring went twang.
Hopefully he can get continuity in his health. I'm sure if he has that he will make these games the norm.
we will see wont we. he has a great opportunity this week to stand up and actually produce against a quality opposition when its needed.
the norm aint worth jack poo if its only ever against mediocrity
If your memory takes you there, his best game ever was his ?15th against the Swans.....
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Grimesy plays his 50th on Sunday :clapping.
http://finalsiren.com/PlayerStats.asp?PlayerID=2055
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Grimesy plays his 50th on Sunday :clapping.
http://finalsiren.com/PlayerStats.asp?PlayerID=2055
Good on ya Dylan, pretty good played IMB and has had a shocking injury run. Lets hope he can string a few together on the trot
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Unremarkable career and wondered if his spaghetti arms were better suited to a role as Popeyes missus as opposed to a defenders role at the Tigers.
He's hung in there and hopefully the trajectory continues to be positive with form and fitness over the next 5 years (as compared to his first 5 years ;D)
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I thought Dylan was pretty good last week ....best game in a couple of years
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I thought Dylan was pretty good last week ....best game in a couple of years
yep agree
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I thought Dylan was pretty good last week ....best game in a couple of years
That's enough of your positivity.
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I like Frank, but Gotta do something about those muppet arms.
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I thought Dylan was pretty good last week ....best game in a couple of years
That's enough of your positivity.
Agree, just not on, please administer a few quick slaps to one self
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No hiding I'm a fan of Dylan's.
I just think he plays with as much intensity as anyone.
He is quick, desparate, a good tackler, a very good spoiler but most importantly he takes the game on. And with the way footy is played these days everyone needs to be able to help out moving the ball from defense to attack.
With even more confidence, and experience I think he will get much more attacking and give us even more run off HB.
He also plays tall and small which is a huge credit to him.
Congratulations to him for 50 very good games, I hope he can stay fit as he could be a really important to us.
Let's hope we can have another good win for him.
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If the games that he was injured are taken out of the equation he has a total of 36
Hold the 50 game applause for a few more games thanks folks
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I thought Dylan was pretty good last week ....best game in a couple of years
Played a good game against Collingwood. Needs to maintain that level of form.
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No hiding I'm a fan of Dylan's.
I just think he plays with as much intensity as anyone.
He is quick, desparate, a good tackler, a very good spoiler but most importantly he takes the game on. And with the way footy is played these days everyone needs to be able to help out moving the ball from defense to attack.
With even more confidence, and experience I think he will get much more attacking and give us even more run off HB.
He also plays tall and small which is a huge credit to him.
Congratulations to him for 50 very good games, I hope he can stay fit as he could be a really important to us.
Let's hope we can have another good win for him.
Another player you and I agree on! :thumbsup
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No hiding I'm a fan of Dylan's.
I just think he plays with as much intensity as anyone.
He is quick, desparate, a good tackler, a very good spoiler but most importantly he takes the game on. And with the way footy is played these days everyone needs to be able to help out moving the ball from defense to attack.
With even more confidence, and experience I think he will get much more attacking and give us even more run off HB.
He also plays tall and small which is a huge credit to him.
Congratulations to him for 50 very good games, I hope he can stay fit as he could be a really important to us.
Let's hope we can have another good win for him.
Another player you and I agree on! :thumbsup
:cheers
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:bow
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Have liked this bloke most of the time, and I have to say he's playing awesome footy.
Nice bloke too!
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One of his best games last night, showed he's worth his place in the side when he's up and about.
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Has finally matured into the player I thought he could be. Just shows if you can stay injury free, you can change your career around. :clapping
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Full credit to him for last nights (and last weeks) game. I'd written him off earlier in the year but he's been great the last 2 weeks. Still think he's prone to making some shocking errors but if he can rid himself of this aspect of his game he can be very serviceable for us.
The theatrical high free kicks he receives actually break the tension for me whilst watching the game as I can't help but laugh.
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Best game he's played in a long time, good to see him maturing and developing into a nice player
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Full credit to him for last nights (and last weeks) game. I'd written him off earlier in the year but he's been great the last 2 weeks. Still think he's prone to making some shocking errors but if he can rid himself of this aspect of his game he can be very serviceable for us.
The theatrical high free kicks he receives actually break the tension for me whilst watching the game as I can't help but laugh.
Hitting some good (excellent) form, with peaks above previous years best form.
Needs to address the difference between his best and worse. A lot of it is between the ears
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Full credit to him for last nights (and last weeks) game. I'd written him off earlier in the year but he's been great the last 2 weeks. Still think he's prone to making some shocking errors but if he can rid himself of this aspect of his game he can be very serviceable for us.
The theatrical high free kicks he receives actually break the tension for me whilst watching the game as I can't help but laugh.
X2
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Dylan has been exceptional since the North game. He plays a very important roll for us and is doing a fantastic job. I'm really happy for the kid considering what he went through with his injuries. Which makes what he has been able to achieve even better.... Not sure about him ducking his head though :banghead God I hate that!
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Looking like the player he was back in 2012.
Kicking is very good , makes good decisions.
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High draft pick according to Basil :shh
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Been great. You can tell he's worked on his game really really hard.
Also is our new Jake King in terms of drawing free kicks really well.
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High draft pick according to Basil :shh
With FJ's record I don't blame him for thinking he was a high draft pick :shh
Basil is a spud
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hope the body holds together :pray :pray :pray
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Can say that again Ollie :clapping
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:bow
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Is getting better and better and better
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Is getting better and better and better
played a great game once he got some confidence going. Certainly taking many risks. Master of the duck tackle :snidegrin Starting to mark the ball under pressure & when the team is under the pump. Maybe with Dea at his side next week & Batchlor having a rest he would be even more confident :clapping game well played :gotigers
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Is getting better and better and better
played a great game once he got some confidence going. Certainly taking many risks. Master of the duck tackle :snidegrin Starting to mark the ball under pressure & when the team is under the pump. Maybe with Dea at his side next week & Batchlor having a rest he would be even more confident :clapping game well played :gotigers
While backing back into packs, after getting punched in the face
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Has learnt the art of clunking marks :cheers has taken time but is playing great footy this year......well done!
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:bow
Pls stay fit
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Alarmingly is looking quite competent the last month. Reckon teams have caught onto his high free kick drawing ways though.
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Good, it has been pathetic
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Grimesy's 24th birthday today :birthday. He's been in good form this year too.
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Good, it has been pathetic
Good luck to him.....beats Newman & Morris not doing anything.
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I would hate to play on a defender like Grimes. Now that he has got a few games under his belt, he is starting to read the play well. He wears his opponent like a glove. Grimes is so stingy he is still waiting for the bible to come out in paperback. He looks fitter and gets to more contests as a result, continues to improve which has been great for our defence.
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Good, it has been pathetic
Disagree, the onus is on the tackler.
Well done to Grimes and Miles. Evading tackles has become a super important part of the game with all of this congestion.
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Miles is a bit of a ducker but he goes in hard for the ball while doing it. Grimes already has the ball but stops, props and drops his head/arms. Not a good look IMO
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Miles is a bit of a ducker but he goes in hard for the ball while doing it. Grimes already has the ball but stops, props and drops his head/arms. Not a good look IMO
Agreed. Some of Grimes' have been real cringey.
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We've been calling him Dylan Selwood the last few games.
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Miles is a bit of a ducker but he goes in hard for the ball while doing it. Grimes already has the ball but stops, props and drops his head/arms. Not a good look IMO
Agreed. Some of Grimes' have been real cringey.
Yep. Seeing Selwood's frees always frustrated me but his and Miles' high tackles are nothing compared to the theatrics of Grimes.
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grimes is just taller, so he has to bend at the kness more. makes him more unbalanced when he cops the arm around the head
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Miles is a bit of a ducker but he goes in hard for the ball while doing it. Grimes already has the ball but stops, props and drops his head/arms. Not a good look IMO
Agreed. Some of Grimes' have been real cringey.
Just a bit unco
Get off his t@s
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He had a few great intercept marks late but boy howdy he needs to improve his kicking.
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Intercepted well all game
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He had a few great intercept marks late but boy howdy he needs to improve his kicking.
Think he hits them quite well generally. It's his decision making which is the issue. When he chooses the wrong options its glaringly obvious.
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yeah agree with that. generally his desision making is pretty good though, but just seems to have some bad brain fades. luckily it doesn't happen too often and is outweighed by his good work.
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A couple of blues in last q , uncharacteristic, has been excellent this year
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yeah agree with that. generally his desision making is pretty good though, but just seems to have some bad brain fades. luckily it doesn't happen too often and is outweighed by his good work.
Yeah, and rewind 2 years and that's what we were all saying about Rance.
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This guy is mini Rance.
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overall he's been super serviceable to the club. I need to constantly remind myself he's had injuries which have interrupted his development. What I love about this guy is that he's not just a lock down defender and is always thinking about rebounding/slingshotting the ball back so we can get a score on the board ala like Rance.
Mini Rance is a very good way to sum up where he's currently at. No doubt he's going to be super important next couple of weeks as our back 6 are going to be tested thoroughly
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Wait till Chaplin is peeed off
Grimes will explode :bow
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Grimes is good and quick and is necessary
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Did Breust even play last night? :shh
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:cheers
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Always been a gun. Just needed to get his body right.
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Love grimsey
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His ability to play tall and small is going to be invaluable.
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His ability to play tall and small is going to be invaluable.
He's pretty good overhead, too. I wonder if he might make a good third tall forward?
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His ability to play tall and small is going to be invaluable.
He's pretty good overhead, too. I wonder if he might make a good third tall forward?
no hes natural defender ...
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Did Breust even play last night? :shh
I thought that he was a last minute withdrawal last night! :snidegrin
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Injury is behind the knee apparently.
"We have to wait on scans but they're precautionary at this stage," Hardwick said.
"[Grimes] has obviously had an injury history with us so we'll bide our time with that one."
Source: Dimma's press conference (http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-08-08/it-felt-like-a-100point-loss-hardwicks-lament-after-tigers-cop-hiding)
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Tom Browne @TomBrowne7 2 hours ago
"Can reveal good news for @Richmond_FC fans, Grimes close to signing new 3 yr deal. Deal pretty much wrapped up @7NewsMelbourne"
https://twitter.com/TomBrowne7
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what about lennon ffs
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Well this is good, bloody need him down back.
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Is 3 years a bit long? Pretty poor history with injuries
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Is 3 years a bit long? Pretty poor history with injuries
Long term deals seem to be back in vogue thanks to Free Agency
But regarding Grimes, reckon it is the right call
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Is 3 years a bit long? Pretty poor history with injuries
Long term deals seem to be back in vogue thanks to Free Agency
But regarding Grimes, reckon it is the right call
Based on performance/upside I agree. But geez those hammies are dodgy
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Stood up in the final .
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Is 3 years a bit long? Pretty poor history with injuries
Long term deals seem to be back in vogue thanks to Free Agency
But regarding Grimes, reckon it is the right call
Based on performance/upside I agree. But geez those hammies are dodgy
Can't remember him doing a hammie this year, only the knee issue.
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i was so proud of Dylan in the final ..he had that look of ..i will not give up..and played accordingly
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Is 3 years a bit long? Pretty poor history with injuries
Long term deals seem to be back in vogue thanks to Free Agency
But regarding Grimes, reckon it is the right call
Based on performance/upside I agree. But geez those hammies are dodgy
Can't remember him doing a hammie this year, only the knee issue.
Serious? Was out only couple of weeks ago with hammy issues ::)
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Will do his hammy as soon he re signs
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Is 3 years a bit long? Pretty poor history with injuries
Long term deals seem to be back in vogue thanks to Free Agency
But regarding Grimes, reckon it is the right call
Based on performance/upside I agree. But geez those hammies are dodgy
Can't remember him doing a hammie this year, only the knee issue.
Serious? Was out only couple of weeks ago with hammy issues ::)
The knee was earlier then. So how many times this year did he have hammy issues?
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Not sure maybe only once I can't remember that far, and it was only minor. But considering his history. I'd be happy if it was 3 years with conditions :thumbsup
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Not sure maybe only once I can't remember that far, and it was only minor. But considering his history. I'd be happy if it was 3 years with conditions :thumbsup
Well from memory that was the only hammy problem he had all season. So let's hope he's over it and he can be a big part of it next year.
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i was so proud of Dylan in the final ..he had that look of ..i will not give up..and played accordingly
His collision with whoever it was was commitment at its finest.
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This bloke has really impressed me over the last month with his attack on the ball and courage. Doesn't shirk the issue at all and doesn't go to ground/try to play the man. Just goes for the pill.
Keeper for sure.
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Not sure maybe only once I can't remember that far, and it was only minor. But considering his history. I'd be happy if it was 3 years with conditions :thumbsup
Well from memory that was the only hammy problem he had all season. So let's hope he's over it and he can be a big part of it next year.
Couldn't agree more :thumbsup
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http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/dylan-grimes-resigns-with-richmond-for-another-three-years-20150915-gjnmpz.html
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Dylan is becoming quite a footballer! He's composed under pressure, excellent overhead, courageous to a fault, has versatility & toughness. NEVER stuffs up in front of goal when harassed by a small forward (& if he does he rubber-necks the tackle upwards & gets a free for it :shh )! Loved it when he smashed Higgins & got up like nothing happened - there's never a short step from Dylan! :thumbsup
Rance has been our defensive star (& rightly so) but lets not overlook Grimes & Vlaustin for their excellent contributions in defence.
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i was so proud of Dylan in the final ..he had that look of ..i will not give up..and played accordingly
His collision with whoever it was was commitment at its finest.
That just summed up what is required to win finals. what was so disappointing was that after that, which should have inspired others, to see hunt take short steps in a contest on two occasions and griffiths on one
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Tiger defender Grimes signs three-year contract extension
AFL.com.au
September 17, 2015
VERSATILE Richmond defender Dylan Grimes has signed a three-year contract extension, tying him to Punt Road until at least the end of 2018.
After a wretched run with repeated hamstring injuries and a foot issue early in his career, Grimes has put together two strong seasons to establish himself as a key part of the Tigers' defence.
The 24-year-old played 19 games this year, taking his career tally to 63 matches after he was recruited with the second pick in the 2010 pre-season draft.
"Dylan has become a very important member of our team, and we’re excited to see him sign on for a further three years," general manager of football Dan Richardson said.
"Not only has he proven himself as a player, but he is a leader on and off the field who has the utmost respect from the coaches and his team-mates.
"He has worked incredibly hard to overcome some serious injuries in his first few years, at just 24 years of age, his best footy is ahead of him."
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-09-17/tiger-defender-grimes-signs-threeyear-contract-extension
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2015-09-17/three-more-years-for-grimes
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for all the leadership group gay poo that goes on, this bloke, flossy and rance are the ones that consistently show the way on how to approach the game match day.
Ivan would too, if his body would let him and miles isnt far behind.
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for all the leadership group gay poo that goes on, this bloke, flossy and rance are the ones that consistently show the way on how to approach the game match day.
Ivan would too, if his body would let him and miles isnt far behind.
lol wat ?
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the other three, not maric
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Why in the stuff are we bothering with signing our own up? We should be concentrating on landing the BIG FISH :banghead :banghead
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Why in the stuff are we bothering with signing our own up? We should be concentrating on landing the BIG FISH :banghead :banghead
Hers one of the RCGG!!!
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:clapping
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Why in the stuff are we bothering with signing our own up? We should be concentrating on landing the BIG FISH :banghead :banghead
Hers one of the RCGG!!!
you've never actually explained why you dont think its important to re sign our own quality players?
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Why in the stuff are we bothering with signing our own up? We should be concentrating on landing the BIG FISH :banghead :banghead
Hers one of the RCGG!!!
you've never actjually explained why you dont think its important to re sign our own quality players?
Because they're not big fish.
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Grimesy's interview on 'Roar Vision' ...
VIDEO: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2015-10-19/grimes-season-review-2015
* I’d never probably understood the level of impact that [my first full preseason] would have on me physically You always hear older players talk about it’s time on legs, it’s how many preseasons you’ve done, it’s your training age. But you actually get there and you realise the physical gains that you get from completing a whole pre-season. Starting the season fresh and playing 15-plus games of footy, the benefit you get from that is huge.
* Personally, it was great just to have a year where I didn’t have to worry about injury and didn’t have to invest all my time into just staying on the track. I could spend that time, instead of on injury prevention, on getting better - becoming a better player and a better person. That was really refreshing, to be honest. Not playing catch-up but being able to put a foot forward.
* My No. 1 focus for season 2016 is to replicate that - have a really unbroken preseason and a solid off-season and be ready to go Round 1.
Full article: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2015-10-19/grimes-great-gains-from-full-preseason
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Grimes' interview today:
VIDEO: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2016-02-24/grimes-on-nab-challenge
* It’s been a really solid pre-season. I’ve managed to have quite a lot of continuity on the track and same with a lot of our key players as well. Coming from a pretty good base of the last couple of years, we’re able to work on some finer things with the game plan, tweak a few things and take the next step in a few key areas that we deem pretty important after last season. We’re in really good nick but it’s still a long way to go. Our goal is to play really good footy in the NAB Challenge and take that form into the early parts of the season.
* I’m free for selection. I was a little bit disappointed not to play last week but we went with a younger side. Really excited about getting out there for the first time this season.
Full article: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2016-02-24/grimes-granted-his-preseason-wish
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Defender Dylan Grimes has suffered a setback in his recovery from a hamstring injury, with swelling behind his knee that the club needs to assess further.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-04-21/tigers-to-name-deledio-plan-to-make-late-call
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Will be out for the year.
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Package him up in the trade for Tomlinson....will never get a full season out of him....
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Package him up in the trade for Tomlinson....will never get a full season out of him....
Nar, really important to our side IMO..
Doesn't mean we couldn't do with Tomlinson though.
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I rate the kid but what use is he if we only ever get half-seasons out of him? I just see him breaking for good eventually......so perhaps we're better off unloading him while he's still worth something....
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I rate the kid but what use is he if we only ever get half-seasons out of him? I just see him breaking for good eventually......so perhaps we're better off unloading him while he's still worth something....
I see what you are saying but IMO he is our second best defender. And we need more than our fair share of decent tall backs. I just hope he can keep fit.
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In a perfect world he stays fit and plays for us but I'm with Dio. Never wanted to say this but I think we try and flick him :-\
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I don't think he's been THAT bad Geez he's played like 37 games over the last two years? Out of a possible 46 that's not so bad.
Deledio is about the same, are we going to trade him?
Personally I would trade Cotchin and Deledio before Grimes - at least you know you'll get great picks for those two. Grimes would be unlikely to get us a 2nd round pick...
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Depends on what you can get for him. A 2nd rounder is useless for us as we are rubbish at 2nd round picks
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Would absolutely keep, think by and large he plays most games these days and is very important to our setup down back
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Great game by Grimes last night. We look so much better when he is playing along side Rance. Goes hard every time :clapping
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if this guys body can hold together another 5-10 years huge bonus for the football club
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Hurley would be handy next to Grimes and Rance. Teams just wouldn't score ever. :lol
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He changed the game with one crunching tackle.
We went from a pack of pansies to a team of hunting Tigers with one action.
He's a ripper
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good old fashioned footballer
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Has more balls than most blokes on the field.
And is tougher than his physique gives him any right to be.
Makes me proud to see this bloke wear the Y&B to be honest.
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Rest him for the rest of the year and then trade
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Rest him for the rest of the year and then trade
Just such a stupid, not funny comment. :sleep
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Rest him for the rest of the year and then trade
Just such a stupid, not funny comment. :sleep
He thinks it's funny.
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What is hilarious is that you the king of sarcasm, are being sarcastic about someone for being sarcastic. That really is funny. We call that ironic humor.
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Has Grimes become another barometer for us like Lids?
With Grimes playing: 3 wins, 1* loss ...... * we were in front when he went off injured against the Pies.
Without Grimes: 0 wins, 5 losses.
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Good player. Makes a couple mistakes now and again but if his body holds up ( :pray) he could be very valuable
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I rate him very highly, yep does make some mistakes but overall very dependable backman
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Grimes changed his overall attitude but most importantly, he GREW UP
You're a good man, Dylan
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Works well with Rance and makes the right decisions most of the time and doesnt panic. Our defence is definitely strengthened with him there, king of the spoilers.
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Mini Rance.
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Grimes changed his overall attitude
How?
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Grimes in our back line makes players like Batchlor play better IMV. It also takes alot of pressure off Rance & the other half back flankers. It allows Batchlor to move more freely & allows him to set the play up. Grimes is the key to our back 6 being very stable & solid. Guts & pride for the jumper this lad. He is one footballer l have grown to have a lot of respect.
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Grimes changed his overall attitude
How?
You'll need to ask him that.
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Not sure. IMHO he's been good from day 1
Claw reckons he is soft
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:lol
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Grimes changed his overall attitude
How?
You'll need to ask him that.
Nicely dodged
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Rance is the superstar but Grimes is the glue that holds the whole backline together.
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Batch plays better when Dylan plays
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Tiger Dylan Grimes was left sore and required strapping after his right shin collided into the goalpost in the second quarter as he attempted to tackle Bomber Orazio Fantasia.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-07-18/injury-update-dogs-sweating-on-jake-stringer-star-tiger-brett-deledio-hurt-again
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Calamity Grimes - enigmatic, never static, made of plastic....
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Just another highly over hyped richmond player who is nothing more than a foot soldier ayt best.Oh and he is soft. :whistle
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:lol
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Just another highly over hyped richmond player who is nothing more than a foot soldier ayt best.Oh and he is soft. :whistle
he is many things, good bad and indifferent but one thing he isn't is soft
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Just another highly over hyped richmond player who is nothing more than a foot soldier ayt best.Oh and he is soft. :whistle
he is many things, good bad and indifferent but one thing he isn't is soft
As butter wp as butter.
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Claw
He ain't soft
Wasn't to soft when he ran down Lueberger on Saturday
WP no wonder I get frustrated with the garbage posted on here
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Claws just trolling now to cover the original silly comment
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I reckon Grimes is a very good player. If we had a proper CHB, he be the perfect 3rd defender.
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Just another highly over hyped richmond player who is nothing more than a foot soldier ayt best.Oh and he is soft. :whistle
he is many things, good bad and indifferent but one thing he isn't is soft
As butter wp as butter.
not one of your finest moments clawski
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Just another highly over hyped richmond player who is nothing more than a foot soldier ayt best.Oh and he is soft. :whistle
he is many things, good bad and indifferent but one thing he isn't is soft
As butter wp as butter.
Just asking claw, how many games have you seen Grimes play live?
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Just another highly over hyped richmond player who is nothing more than a foot soldier ayt best.Oh and he is soft. :whistle
he is many things, good bad and indifferent but one thing he isn't is soft
As butter wp as butter.
Just asking claw, how many games have you seen Grimes play live?
Too stuffing many and thats being honest. You guys can act all offended it wont change my opinion. He is so over rated and he is as weak as pee.
He aint one i would like to go into battle with thats for sure.
Unlike most when i see poo i call it if it improves im happy to say so. Dylan is a softie. I dont care if you blokes dont like it. Thats my opinion.
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Just another highly over hyped richmond player who is nothing more than a foot soldier ayt best.Oh and he is soft. :whistle
he is many things, good bad and indifferent but one thing he isn't is soft
As butter wp as butter.
Just asking claw, how many games have you seen Grimes play live?
Too stuffing many and thats being honest. You guys can act all offended it wont change my opinion. He is so over rated and he is as weak as pee.
He aint one i would like to go into battle with thats for sure.
Unlike most when i see poo i call it if it improves im happy to say so. Dylan is a softie. I dont care if you blokes dont like it. Thats my opinion.
Now you are just talking poo or trolling.
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Claw
He ain't soft
Wasn't to soft when he ran down Lueberger on Saturday
WP no wonder I get frustrated with the garbage posted on here
Now you see what it's like reading about Hampson :banghead
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Claws just trolling now to cover the original silly comment
she is trendy and edgy :shh
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Grimes fit, fresh and focused
richmondfc.com.au
Feb 3, 2017
Grimes' pre-season Dylan Grimes provides an update on his performance during pre-season.
An uninterrupted pre-season is what every AFL player hopes for, but it takes on even greater significance for dependable Richmond defender Dylan Grimes, who has endured more than his fair share of injuries since debuting at senior level with the Tigers in the final home-and-away round of 2010.
Grimes was plagued with hamstring problems throughout his first three full seasons of league football, managing just 25 senior games.
He’s had a much better run on the injury front over the past three seasons, playing 53 games, although he did miss five games early last year with another hamstring injury.
But, despite missing six games all-up during 2016, he still finished a career-high seventh in the Club’s Jack Dyer Medal, underlining his overall value to the team.
And, with a strong pre-season so far, he’s feeling in fine shape to take his game to an even higher level this year.
“It’s been really good. Touchwood, I haven’t had any injuries this pre-season and I’m feeling fit . . . running some good times and that sort of thing. So I’m really happy with where I’m at, physically, at the moment,” Grimes told ‘Roar Vision’.
“There are still a few things in my game that I’d like to tighten up before Round 1. There are always things you can work on, and this is the time where you put the effort in to bettering yourself as a player and the little deficiencies . . . Try to work on them as much as you can.”
Grimes outlined what the focus has been for the Tigers’ defensive group throughout the pre-season.
“The backs are just ticking away, as we normally do . . . We work on a lot of things pretty consistently. It becomes a repetition of spoiling technique, marking technique, and then a lot of the contest work as well,” he said.
“Having said that, offensively this year, we’ve brought in some real speed, and some real good users coming out of the backline.
“We’ve seen Oleg Markov, what he can do, last year. Kamdyn McIntosh has been floating out of the backline, and in the midfield as well. He’s a special player for us. Jayden Short is an exceptional user of the ball. And, we’ve brought in some real young talent in Ryan Garthwaite, who’s showing some awesome signs of being a really good key-position player for us.
“As a group, probably the main focus for us is just to continue to build a really solid offensive foundation coming out of the backline, because we do turn over a lot of balls, with players like ‘Rancey’ (Alex Rance) and Dave (Astbury), who are turnover kings in getting possession back for us.
“Being able to get guys like Jayden (Short) and Tay (Taylor Hunt) and Oleg (Markov) involved on the way out, is always going to be a focus because they’re such good users of the footy.”
Grimes envisages taking on a similar on-field role in 2017 to what he did last year . . .
“A third tall, but can play on a small player as well,” he said.
“With that, there’s a lot of diversity in opposition . . .
“I kind of like it in my game that I can get a wide range of opponents because it always keeps you on your toes and playing good defence.”
The 25-year-old also is keen to further develop his leadership skills at Tigerland.
“We had some strong leaders in the past retire, like ‘Chappy’ (Troy Chaplin) and Chris Newman . . . So the role of a middle-age player like Dave and myself, and guys like Tay Hunt, it forces us to come out of our shells, be a bit more of a leader around the Club, and support those more senior players like Rancey and ‘Cotch’ (Trent Cotchin), who do share a lot of the load of leadership on game-day,” he said.
www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2017-02-03/grimes-fit-fresh-and-focused
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Is this still going. No one wants to admit old dylan is as soft as butter oh boo hooo.Good ordinary player who is almost totally lacking in physicality.
But hey we dont have many top notch defenders of any description so we just have to talk up the good ordinary ones.
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Claw called Grimes soft a while back so now he has to come out with an anti-Grimes post every couple of weeks, but they all sound very contrived and kind of pathetic - like a kid in the school yard trying to prove a point that nobody cares about.
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..and is also completely wrong....
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Is this still going. No one wants to admit old dylan is as soft as butter oh boo hooo.Good ordinary player who is almost totally lacking in physicality.
But hey we dont have many top notch defenders of any description so we just have to talk up the good ordinary ones.
You're entitled to your opinion, we all are but your opinion that Grimes is soft is so far off the mark it's not funny.
Sadly, making a statement like that makes me think you don't watch many games or if you do you only see what you want to try and justify your stance.
Grimes is many things but soft he ain't.
And to back it up, I offer exhibit A, Elim final 2015 -v- N0rt. Get a copy watch it closely without your mandatory "my dud" specs on get back to us. Shows he isn't soft at all.
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I agree with some things you say claw, but on this occasion you are way off the mark. Grimes is anything but soft. My only issue with him was that he was developing the Selwood duck trying to draw free kicks over the last season. This will be stomped on this year from what I've read.
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Ridiculous ascertaition claw. Soft lol
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Grimes tactic to dray a free is nothing like selwoods,
Selwood would put his head down and charge into his opponents, which is already partially covered by the laws, but the new laws should address it fully.
Grimes bends his kness and lowers his body, and he does it so well and subtly it will be hard to crack down on. It is also very hard to to do,or many more players would be doing it, but grimes is one of the best in the league at it
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Grimes is far from soft... and something tells me Claw doesn't really think it but just likes to make waves. After all it's a boring time of year in footy terms.
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Grimes is far from soft... and something tells me Claw doesn't really think it but just likes to make waves. After all it's a boring time of year in footy terms.
It hasn't been quiet on OER in the last 24 hours mate! :lol
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Grimes is far from soft... and something tells me Claw doesn't really think it but just likes to make waves. After all it's a boring time of year in footy terms.
It hasn't been quiet on OER in the last 24 hours mate! :lol
Missed all that unfortunately.
Anything you can elaborate on?
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Grimes is far from soft... and something tells me Claw doesn't really think it but just likes to make waves. After all it's a boring time of year in footy terms.
It hasn't been quiet on OER in the last 24 hours mate! :lol
Missed all that unfortunately.
Anything you can elaborate on?
Not really bt. It's better left buried. :thumbsup
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Grimes is far from soft... and something tells me Claw doesn't really think it but just likes to make waves. After all it's a boring time of year in footy terms.
It hasn't been quiet on OER in the last 24 hours mate! :lol
Missed all that unfortunately.
Anything you can elaborate on?
Not really bt. It's better left buried. :thumbsup
Rubbish enlighten the poor fellow. After all he came up with the official name for them. Sometimes somethings just fit and that saying fits to a tee.
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Just another highly over hyped richmond player who is nothing more than a foot soldier ayt best.Oh and he is soft. :whistle
he is many things, good bad and indifferent but one thing he isn't is soft
As butter wp as butter.
Just asking claw, how many games have you seen Grimes play live?
Too stuffing many and thats being honest. You guys can act all offended it wont change my opinion. He is so over rated and he is as weak as pee.
He aint one i would like to go into battle with thats for sure.
Unlike most when i see poo i call it if it improves im happy to say so. Dylan is a softie. I dont care if you blokes dont like it. Thats my opinion.
Now you are just talking poo or trolling.
Isnt that the same kinda thing. :snidegrin
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Claw called Grimes soft a while back so now he has to come out with an anti-Grimes post every couple of weeks, but they all sound very contrived and kind of pathetic - like a kid in the school yard trying to prove a point that nobody cares about.
Yeah i did gave some reasons why and copped nothing but crap for it. Now days i just make the observation waiting for things to change. In many ways im just the messenger and i dont give a stuff if you blokes can see it or not or like it or not. My opinion no matter what some on here will look to ridicule and offer nothing to the debate, Hello the dick head brigade you know who you are cmon post and introduce yourselves. This should be fun.
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You are a noble warrior. Too beautiful for this cold world.
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The old claw use to have a certain level of dignity and integrity. Posted opinions albiet some controversial but many on the mark.
Not sure whats happened here.....
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Gee wiz Grimes looked soft with his tackling and running with the flight of the ball to only get a front on contact free by Betts...
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The thing Im loving about Grimes over the past few weeks is he's now doing the things that make him a complete defender.
He used to play ultra conservative, never going for the big marks, always looking for the boundary. Over the past few weeks he is now taking some strong contested marks, he's stopped fumbling and become a one grab player.
There was a play late in the 3rd qtr just before 3/4 time where port tumbled a ball inside 50, Grimes was running at it with an opponent 10 metres behind and another closing 10-15 in front, if he fumbled we were cooked and wouldve copped a goal on the siren, instead he took it at full pace dished off the handball and away we went.
GUN!!!! and the job he did on the inform Gray was 1st class. hasnt had a goal kicked on him in 5 weeks, has now got the confidence to go for marks and rebound more. Love it, is going to elite level
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Is this still going. No one wants to admit old dylan is as soft as butter oh boo hooo.Good ordinary player who is almost totally lacking in physicality.
But hey we dont have many top notch defenders of any description so we just have to talk up the good ordinary ones.
Lulz
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From Robbo's "Likes" column today:
2. DYLAN GRIMES
It seems every conversation about Richmond involves Martin, Rance, Cotchin and Riewoldt, yet plenty of players are contributing to Richmond’s success.
The mosquito fleet has elevated the Tigers, led on Saturday by Jayden Short up one end and Dan Butler the other.
Defender Dylan Grimes has also lifted. He is a coach’s dream. Give him a job and it gets done. He played on Port’s Robbie Gray for 74 minutes and kept him to 10 disposals and zero goals. He also took care of Hamish Hartlett when both went at the ball at full pace.
Hartlett copped the knee and Grimes won more plaudits for his straight-ahead attitude.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/expert-opinion/the-tackle-mark-robinsons-likes-and-dislikes-from-round-15/news-story/07f6efdf39ea5236ab85b7cedc5248e9
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Have rated this guy since day dot. Developing a man crush similar to Rance now LOL
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Can anyone confirm if he is soft as has been touted by some experts?
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Im happy for Grimesy
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Grimes going great guns
richmondfc.com.au
5 July 2017
The excellent form displayed by dependable Richmond defender Dylan Grimes throughout this season may not have attracted much attention within the wider AFL community, but inside the four walls at Tigerland he is held in extremely high regard.
Grimes, who turns 26 on July 16, is playing the best football of his league career, combining tight, disciplined defensive work, with some good rebound.
With his closing speed, composure, toughness, bravery, football ‘smarts’ and capacity to play on small and tall opponents, Grimes’ importance to Richmond’s backline is immense.
Read more: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2017-07-05/grimes-going-great-guns
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Is Dylan Grimes the most underrated defender in the AFL?
Herald Sun
July 5, 2017 11:05am
ALL the attention is on Dusty, Rance and Cotchin, but as Richmond’s premiership credentials grow, so does an unheralded defender.
Dylan Grimes destroyed Robbie Gray in the Tigers’ win over Port Adelaide on the weekend and, according to Champion Data, he hasn’t had a goal kicked on him by a direct opponent since Round 9 — six weeks ago.
Is he the most underrated defender in the game?
Link to AUDIO: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/superfooty-podcast-is-dylan-grimes-the-most-underrated-defender-in-the-afl/news-story/4cf566a4af0628173fe969e2ebcbc52d
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Surely would be in AA squad contention. Not sure we would have 3 picked in the final squad (assuming Dusty and Rance) unless we made the grand final but he has been awesome this year.
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I guess the question for AA is he attacking enough
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Is this still going. No one wants to admit old dylan is as soft as butter oh boo hooo.Good ordinary player who is almost totally lacking in physicality.
But hey we dont have many top notch defenders of any description so we just have to talk up the good ordinary ones.
Lulz
Higgins, check
Hartlett, check
Who's next? Hickey?
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Tiger Dylan Grimes part of vintage crop
Michael Gleeson
The Age
8 July 2017
Dylan Grimes is a good footballer. He is also a very good wine-maker, the owner of a vineyard that makes very good wines. Unlike other footballers about whom the cliche is applied, he actually does have something worth bottling.
Grimes is a vigneron. To our knowledge, he is the only one in the AFL. Last October, he bought Mount Macedon Winery.
Grimes loves wine, its complexity and nuance and how subtle changes can have a significant impact on the quality from the same grapes vintage to vintage, but he didn't set out to buy a winery. It wasn't about the wine. He and partner Elisha were hunting for the right rural property close to Melbourne that they could operate for weddings, receptions and corporate functions.
It was about lifestyle more than wine. Elisha was in wedding management at wineries in the Yarra Valley and Dylan came off a hobby farm at Panton Hill at the base of Kinglake mountain in the north-eastern part of the Yarra Valley when he stepped into football at Richmond. They wanted to have the lifestyle shift to the country and run a business.
The winery sits at the base of Mount Macedon on slopes that sweep down to state forest. The winery is now named after the mountain it nuzzles up to but when it was first bought and planted out it was owned by the singer Olivia Newton John for her Koala Blue label. The label went bust in 1991.
The winery changed hands a few times and one of the owners ripped out acres of ill-suited grape varieties and concentrated on pinot noir and chardonnay. Both are extremely good (well you can't guess at these things, it's best to be thorough in your research).
"We knew from the start it was very much a lifestyle choice. I come home all the time and I am in the paddock and it doesn't feel like work. We are lucky to find something we both love and can work on together as well," he said.
"We were looking for all different types of farms and originally this place had 20 acres of vineyards, now it has about six-and-a-half. The vines that were left were the original lot that was planted in 1989, so this was by far the better block and they kept these and pulled out the others. The irrigation and stuff is there so we will look to replant them in the long term, but with more pinot probably."
Grimes talks about the vineyard with infectious enthusiasm. They started small in October, just planning to get things right for weddings, but then a connection with Matt Harrop at Shadowfax had them bottling their own wine (the pinot will be under their label, the chardonnay has been sold under Shadowfax). They reopened the cellar door which had been closed for six years and now they are busy every weekend with lunches, wine sales and weddings. The property runs Black Angus cattle, poultry and has a herb garden to supply the cellar door restaurant.
Dylan splits his time between the vineyard and the city. When he is training and playing, he stays in Richmond with his brother Jack who recently retired after captaining Melbourne for a period.
The work on the vines and the paddocks draws him out constantly. The summer was hard. Pre-season is difficult and around that he was trying to renovate the cellar door facility and work in the vineyard. Having cracked into the work from the moment they settled, he arrived back for pre-season training the only Richmond player to have lower fat levels than when he left.
"I have never been happier. The first few months were challenging, pre-seasons are hard and I am tired and you come back here and work and often there are long days at the club as well."
As a vineyard owner, and producer of his own wine, he understands about balance. About getting conditions right to produce something special. His football club has done something similar this year in finally getting its balance right. Certainly in defence, where Grimes plays, they have.
After a run of seasons regularly interrupted by injuries, Dylan is playing the best and most consistent football of his career. Whether it is a cause or effect of getting the balance right in his life away from the game, being so occupied and stimulated is academic but he suspects that it is so.
"Whether there is a link I am not sure, I strongly believe players who have a balanced lifestyle play their best footy. I guess at the moment I am finding that balance," he said.
The balance is there on the field most notably in the trio of tall defenders at Richmond who bring the best out of each other. Alex Rance is popularly accepted to be the best defender in the game. Grimes and David Astbury are important in allowing him to be as good as he is. And in turn Rance's game elevates Astbury's, Astbury's complements Grimes'.
"The bond that Alex, Dave and I have formed as a deep three defence has been huge. We invested a lot in playing together, our backline has been unchanged other than a few injuries with Reece Conca going down and Bachar out more recently, but there has not been much of a shake up to the backline which helps us so much because the more you play with them the better you are.
"We are all three very different players, Dave is an absolute brute, he is the typical fullback who can win the ball back for you and take those marks and Rancey is just a freak of nature the way he plays and then I try and fill the gaps in between if there is a small forward playing deeper I take him or try and leave my man a bit to chop them out.
"When the ball is going in and you see Rancey going one on one I can hedge my bets and know that he is probably going to win that contest and the same with Dave so that allows me to be slightly more attacking with my position but playing with someone you haven't played with before you have to still stay on your man because you don't now what the result of the contest is going to be."
The effect is Richmond are among the best defensive teams in the competition. They rank first for keeping opposition side from converting times inside their forward zone to a score or a goal. They have conceded the second lowest number of points of any side.
They are the best team for a turnover in defence not resulting in a goal, and third fewest score from clearances at stoppages.
All of this is relevant because of the last 12 premiers, nine have been ranked in the top three for defence. Presently Richmond sit second.
Like a good wine, depth is found when everything is in balance.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/richmond-tigers/tiger-dylan-grimes-part-of-vintage-crop-20170707-gx6wmb.html
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Id go so far as to say he is easily in the top 10 tall defenders in the comp.
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A sharp-clawed little birdie once told me he was soft.... :shh
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2. Grimes' courage under fire
One of the few Tigers to show genuine fight was defender Dylan Grimes. Late in the second quarter, with his team copping a hiding and in desperate need of inspiration, Grimes dared to go where others fear to tread. He ran back with the flight of the ball into an oncoming Tim Membrey and copped a forearm to the face. Somehow Grimes had taken the mark. Momentarily motionless, he somehow regained his feet and shook off the Tiger trainer to take his kick and play out the rest of the quarter with a bruised, scuffed face and an apparently scrambled brain as he seemed a little disorientated before the half-time siren. It was no surprise when Grimes failed to reappear after the long interval.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-07-08/five-talking-points-st-kilda-v-richmond
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Love the Grimey :clapping
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As tough as they come :clapping
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Yeh great effort by grimes. The game was effectively over as well so it's not as if he really had to go back. Hopefully shows some other softies how to go about it
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It was an outstanding act of courage. Furthermore it shows his professional attitude of attempting to try his best at all times. It was really disappointing to see the reaction of his team mates afterwards. Only one being Prestia got stuck into Membrey and that was only half hearted.
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Nah he's soft as butter. Richmond losing on Saturday night was really due to his softness...
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:lol
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How many here dont think Brandy Ellis soft anyone? yet Brandy will go with the flight of the ball.
I see what i see but i will say Grimes has been v good the last 12 18 months. But ya just know these type of cats never change their spots.Lets just say once or thrice bitten thrice shy.
Na stuff it the bloke is soft and ya can like it or lump it.
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Omfg I think that is the dumbest thing I've ever seen posted.
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Grimes has always been hard at it. From the first game he played for us. Never seen him shirk a contest or panic the way others do. He's a deadset legend in my book and always has been.
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B Ellis sleeps with the light on.
Comparing him with Grimes is a wee bit silly. I'd love to say something else, but the worlds gone soft (like Ellis) and as a result political correctness is boss
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How many here dont think Brandy Ellis soft anyone? yet Brandy will go with the flight of the ball.
I see what i see but i will say Grimes has been v good the last 12 18 months. But ya just know these type of cats never change their spots.Lets just say once or thrice bitten thrice shy.
Na stuff it the bloke is soft and ya can like it or lump it.
:huh
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I'd like just one example of him being soft (like the plenty available of BEllis going soft) and maybe I'd entertain the idea but until then this is just Claw wanting to disagree with everyone
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I like Claws work usually but the Grimes call is nearly as bad as his Rance call all those years ago.
Grimes is as hard as a cats head. And you wouldn't say that about more than only a couple on any AFL list.
I bet he plays this week
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Grimesy's 26th birthday today :birthday. Let's hope it's a good one with a win.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DE0keB3U0AA8zZt.jpg)
https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC
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I like Claws work usually but the Grimes call is nearly as bad as his Rance call all those years ago.
Grimes is as hard as a cats head. And you wouldn't say that about more than only a couple on any AFL list.
I bet he plays this week
Well said.
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I like how grimesy goes about his footy, he definitely isn't soft. What I didn't like was when he used to blatantly cheat but to his credit I haven't seen him do this for a while.
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A week after being smashed he backs up and goes back with the flight of the ball again to get smashed again.
Yep soft, nice call
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Hard as a cats head. Got his face caved in and kept playing.
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Still waiting for just ONE example of him being soft
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Still waiting for just ONE example of him being soft
Never has been soft as far as i am concerned. Always plays the ball and puts his body on the line for his team. Solid player is Grimes :clapping
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This guy plays for the team and for the jumper. Not bad skills as well. Very proud to have him as a tiger
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Pity some of the more notable players in the team show the same ferocity for the jumper.
Honestly half of them play in skirts.
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Is 100x better than his much more highly fancied brother.
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A week after being smashed he backs up and goes back with the flight of the ball again to get smashed again.
Yep soft, nice call
:clapping :clapping
If what we've witnessed in last 2 weeks in particular is "soft" then I'll take that player as first picked in my side every week
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Still waiting for just ONE example of him being soft
Never has been soft as far as i am concerned. Always plays the ball and puts his body on the line for his team. Solid player is Grimes :clapping
Couldn't agree more
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Still waiting for just ONE example of him being soft
You will be waiting for some time. A very impressive feller. God bless those hamstrings. :clapping
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Still waiting for just ONE example of him being soft
You will be waiting for some time. A very impressive feller. God bless those hamstrings. :clapping
Another game and still no example :clapping
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A great player is Grimes. Has been for some time
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I can't believe he's not butter..... :shh
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Soft grimes almost killed Ah Chee
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total marshmallow isn't he? LOL
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Bahahaha
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Even claw can get one (or two) wrong.
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We all get it wrong occasionally, he just can't bring himself to ever admit it.
I don't mind clawski although lately he's being going overboard with the whole I'm a seer and we are putrid angle, sometimes you have to be able to stop and smell the roses and I for one can't understand how any tiger supporter cannot have enjoyed some of the footy we have played this season. For the most part we've been a very honest side that has a genuine crack. As for the Grimes thing, I am stunned that he sincerely believes that, I have never once seen him short step it or shirk it, just a crazy call. It's akin to the bummer supporters on bigfooty saying that Rance isn't even in the top few key defenders in the comp let alone the best ever. Sometimes some opinions are just forking ridiculous and need to be called out.
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Don't know why it's such a big deal to be wrong about something. You don't lose any points or anything. Just man up and admit it and move on and no one gives a poo.
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Richmond development coach Ryan Ferguson examines the AFL career-best season of quality Tiger defender Dylan Grimes in this week’s ‘Coaches’ Corner’.
Read more: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2017-08-09/focus-on-dylan-grimes
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Hes having a career best season because now instead of being ultra negative ie punching the ball all the time, going for the boundary, he has started going for his marks and taking them, going for a gallop and breaking lines instead of safety first boundary. Its great to see - hes a gun
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Is a soft gun still a 🔫? :snidegrin
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(http://nerfgunheadquarters.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cs18-PIC.jpg)
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:lol
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The way he speaks and represents himself is elite. He's a very smart bloke who was a very savvy rookie pick up.
Smokey for our next skipper?
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Best season I've seen from him....... and doesn't cheat as much now. :shh
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The way he speaks and represents himself is elite. He's a very smart bloke who was a very savvy rookie pick up.
Smokey for our next skipper?
Next skipper: Jack Graham
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Always loved this kid.
If conditions suit I wouldn't mind seeing him thrown forward for an experiment...
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No
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Fancy thinking grimes is soft ...
:shh
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Loved his speech at Jack Dyer night.So cool always so reliable.
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Couldn't convert his shot....soft....
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Toweled up EEEEEDDDDIIIIEEE...though was also extremly lucky not to give away a free to him in the goal square in the second quarter....(as was Jack for his jumper tug on Talia leading up to his first goal.... ) :shh
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Toweled up EEEEEDDDDIIIIEEE...though was also extremly lucky not to give away a free to him in the goal square in the second quarter....(as was Jack for his jumper tug on Talia leading up to his first goal.... ) :shh
Dominated Eddie, it was 1 of 6 emphatic wins for our defence.
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I love the Weirdo. Thought he was stiff not to at least make the AA squad of 40. Rarely beaten but also got his hands on the footy a lot more this season.
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Well done butters :clapping
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Physically and mentally soft
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Toweled up EEEEEDDDDIIIIEEE...though was also extremly lucky not to give away a free to him in the goal square in the second quarter....(as was Jack for his jumper tug on Talia leading up to his first goal.... ) :shh
Dominated Eddie, it was 1 of 6 emphatic wins for our defence.
Betts Buster Grimes :clapping
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(https://mountmacedonwinery.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/about.jpg)
https://mountmacedonwinery.com.au/about-us/
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This was a great defensive effort from Grimesy :clapping.
VIDEO: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2018-04-14/round-4-grimes-desperation-in-defence
Their intent to keep a clean sheet was demonstrated when the Lions looked close to scoring their first goal halfway through the third, and Dylan Grimes sprinted to pick up an unmarked Stefan Martin in the goalsquare, laying several tackles and stopping any score.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-04-14/five-talking-points-richmond-v-brisbane
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Can’t believe he didn’t get a free kick for incorrect disposal
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Agree.
But with the umpiring the way it is these days, on replay we were probably lucky he didn't get pinged for front on contact.
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True
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This was a great defensive effort from Grimesy :clapping.
VIDEO: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2018-04-14/round-4-grimes-desperation-in-defence
Their intent to keep a clean sheet was demonstrated when the Lions looked close to scoring their first goal halfway through the third, and Dylan Grimes sprinted to pick up an unmarked Stefan Martin in the goalsquare, laying several tackles and stopping any score.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-04-14/five-talking-points-richmond-v-brisbane
Pffft...soft.....
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This was a great defensive effort from Grimesy :clapping.
VIDEO: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2018-04-14/round-4-grimes-desperation-in-defence
Their intent to keep a clean sheet was demonstrated when the Lions looked close to scoring their first goal halfway through the third, and Dylan Grimes sprinted to pick up an unmarked Stefan Martin in the goalsquare, laying several tackles and stopping any score.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-04-14/five-talking-points-richmond-v-brisbane
Pffft...soft.....
Thanks claw...... :shh
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Soft, who, Grimesy is soft, WTF
May I remind you he is superman without the cape and underdacks. Don't believe me, then check out the haircut :snidegrin
Soft, Pigs Arse
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Soft, who, Grimesy is soft, WTF
May I remind you he is superman without the cape and underdacks. Don't believe me, then check out the haircut :snidegrin
Soft, Pigs Arse
It was an "in joke". :shh
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Soft, who, Grimesy is soft, WTF
May I remind you he is superman without the cape and underdacks. Don't believe me, then check out the haircut :snidegrin
Soft, Pigs Arse
It was an "in joke". :shh
:) Yeah, it wasn't a real serious post either, just wanted to say once again how great Grimesy is :thumbsup
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Loved Grimesy's game today. Solid again down back cutting off Pie attacks in the air and he was extremely clean by hand when a number of his teammates were often fumbling possession.
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Where is claw?
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This guy is such a quiet achiever just gets his job done everyweek no nonsense.
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was very very good
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This was a great defensive effort from Grimesy :clapping.
VIDEO: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2018-04-14/round-4-grimes-desperation-in-defence
Their intent to keep a clean sheet was demonstrated when the Lions looked close to scoring their first goal halfway through the third, and Dylan Grimes sprinted to pick up an unmarked Stefan Martin in the goalsquare, laying several tackles and stopping any score.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-04-14/five-talking-points-richmond-v-brisbane
Pffft...soft.....
Thanks claw...... :shh
Get it right.Should have added as butter.
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Continues to be underrated. Another top game from Grimesy.
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Continues to be underrated. Another top game from Grimesy.
Has gone from being a solid defender to being in the AA discussion this year and not before time
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Definitely been my favourite tiger the last few years. So versatile and rarely beaten and last year started to get involved in attacking play. Thought he was stiff to not at least make the AA squad last year. This year surely he’s in consideration for the 22.
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Yep so reliable these days :clapping
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Outstanding yesterday. His will to compete is inspirational.
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I actually thought he was close to BOG yesterday.
Repelled every attack that came his way and was never beaten. What more can a defender do?
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What’s wrong with Grimes?
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What’s wrong with Grimes?
Back soreness apparently.
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What’s wrong with Grimes?
Back soreness apparently.
Thanks doc. :thumbsup
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Thanks to our new partner @goodyear for giving us this insight into Grimesy‘s life! #MoreDriven
VIDEO: https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC/status/1004202841437700097
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The Herald-Sun paper version said Grimesy has only conceded 5 goals this year (in 12 games) :clapping.
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Not that he'll care but seriously Grimesy should be an All-Australian this year. I can't recall him being beaten once all season.
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So underated pure gun.
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If I had to name my one and only favourite player then this guy is the one. Just gets the job done every week and over the last 18 months or so has even started getting involved in attack from from the back. Thought he was stiff to not at least make the AA squad last year. Surely he’s in AA contention this year.
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The way he pantsed curtly Hampton into retirement last week was sensational
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Some say he is soft, I say he epitomizes the Richmond spirit
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Some say he is soft, I say he epitomizes the Richmond spirit
Where is claw these days
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Some say he is soft, I say he epitomizes the Richmond spirit
Where is claw these days
Given Melbourne choked again probably on their forum giving them an depth list analysis complete with bad grammar
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Think I spotted him in the crowd down at Geelong tonight:
(https://cdndata.bigfooty.com/2018/07/529966_b392a583d427efcabf0ccac07415f2d8.jpg)
:shh
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:lol
Yeh that’s him
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This absolute gun :clapping
Can we all take a moment to appreciate that run and chase down on Stephenson when he started out of the camera shot from behind another tiger (think broad?) and absolutely put the burners on speeding past him and making the tackle which led to the turnover :bow
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right in front of me.
brilliant
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This absolute gun :clapping
Can we all take a moment to appreciate that run and chase down on Stephenson when he started out of the camera shot from behind another tiger (think broad?) and absolutely put the burners on speeding past him and making the tackle which led to the turnover :bow
Has to be in consideration for at the very least the AA squad.
I’d have Grimes over Hurn any day of the week.
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Do soft players normally get AA?
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Do soft players normally get AA?
:laugh: :bow
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Do soft players normally get AA?
Depends what type of soft they are.......
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Grimey wiped that prick out good. I noticed after Varcoe's crappy bump on Prestia a few of our blokes started putting the tackle bag tackles on, some of them hit just after they get rid of the ball and all you can see is the poor bastard sliding away like he just got hit by a hi lux.
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Reliable Richmond backman Dylan Grimes may still be under-rated throughout the football world, but within the four walls at Tigerland there’s no doubting his importance to the team.
Grimes goes about his football business with minimum fuss and maximum efficiency.
He is averaging 11.4 disposals, 6.2 intercepts, 5.2 one-percenters, 3.2 marks and 3.7 tackles per game, but those statistical numbers alone don’t adequately indicate Grimes’ value within the Richmond line-up.
His closing speed is elite, enabling him to consistently thwart opposition forwards’ scoring opportunities.
Full article: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2018-08-09/grimes-going-great-guns
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Dimma post-game gave Grimesy a big wrap. Praised his 1-on-1 and intercept work and said he'd be right up there in our B&F.
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Soft.as.butter.
(http://www.knifeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Knife465654.jpg)
:shh
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:snidegrin
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AA back pocket or gtfo.
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Does acts of brilliance up back that equal or better anything a key forward like Buddy or Jack can conjure up. That intercept spoil in the first q was sublime
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BOG for mine last night.
He has taken his game from a really decent stopper to a very good attacking defender whos intercept marking is a highlight.
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Love this bloke. My favourite Tiger and hands down the most underrated player in the comp.
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Richmond's rock comes to the rescue ... again
In a star-studded Richmond team, it says a lot that underrated defender Dylan Grimes is among the most highly valued inside the four walls of Punt Road. Time and time again, the reliable defender is able to produce – no matter the opponent or the situation. Without fellow key back David Astbury, Grimes started Friday night's game against Essendon on Jake Stringer, moved to Cale Hooker and also played as the floater across half-back. But regardless of where he was used, he did his job effectively. A crunching 50/50 contest at an important stage of the game against Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti, which he won, led to a Dustin Martin goal and typified his night. He finished fifth in the best and fairest in a premiership team last year, highlighting his importance, while his coach Damien Hardwick expects him to do similar again this season. Perhaps he may even be recognised with a maiden All Australian guernsey as well. - Riley Beveridge
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-08-19/nine-things-we-learned-from-round-22#/
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AA this year. Has to be.
Put all of our back 6 in the squad of 40 :shh
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"In a star studded Richmond team"
still not used to Richmond being described as that.
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He can play on Cale Hooker, Jake Stringer and Eddie Betts. And kills them all.
Should be AA but won't be as he is too unassuming, doesn't stand out.
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I don’t think he can be ignored anymore.
He has gone up a couple of levels this year imo.
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I don’t think he can be ignored anymore.
He has gone up a couple of levels this year imo.
Turned into jet :cheers
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Dylan Grimes does the little things to help his team win. His nine one percenters are the equal-most on the ground, and include three spoils resulting in a Richmond possession. He has also taken three intercept marks, the most of anyone on the ground.
http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2018/24/rich-v-haw
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Another great game by Grimes. Just doesn’t get beaten.
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AA selectors got this one wrong IMO.
Grimes has been a star this year but even better tonight.
I’m happy for him.
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Absolute star, gun have thought so for a number of years now
Media has finally caught up
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I love this guy
Seriously how good is he
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I love this guy
Seriously how good is he
(https://mainland.com.au/content/dam/mainland-aus/products/butter/buttersoft/9600-mainland-buttersoft-tub-renders---375g-2d-salted.png)
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AA selectors got this one wrong IMO.
Grimes has been a star this year but even better tonight.
I’m happy for him.
I can not believe he did not start in the backline for the AA team. Grimes absolutey torched his opponents all night. Is an absolute jet
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I love this guy
Seriously how good is he
(https://mainland.com.au/content/dam/mainland-aus/products/butter/buttersoft/9600-mainland-buttersoft-tub-renders---375g-2d-salted.png)
:lol
Just waiting for the peanut to say he doesn’t get enough possessions
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Grimey the tinker boxer, hard as a coffin nail.
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If I were into getting numbers on my guernsey still I’d get a 2. I stuffing love this bloke.
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Grimey the tinker boxer, hard as a coffin nail.
:clapping so good
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We only played 2 finals compared to other teams but Grimesy was still good enough to finish 4th in the Gary Ayres Award with 10 coaches votes.
GARY AYRES AWARD LEADERBOARD
23 Steele Sidebottom (COLL)
18 Taylor Adams (COLL)
17 Jack Redden (WCE)
10 Dylan Grimes (RICH)
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-10-01/mister-september-magpie-wins-gary-ayres-award
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How the hell Dom Sheed or McGovern didn’t make that list is staggering to me
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There's going to be a special about Grimesy on Fox Footy soon:
dylan_grimes2: It was a pleasure to spend yesterday morning with @sarahjonesfoxfooty in the vineyard talking all things wine, football and everything in between 🍇
sarahjonesfoxfooty: Thanks for having us at your beautiful farm @dylan_grimes2 Looking forward to showing it on @foxfooty
(https://instagram.fmel2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/vp/68986146472fcd82154175c0fef08792/5CD9B687/t51.2885-15/e35/49308642_678438669217313_7646292614721409801_n.jpg?_nc_ht=instagram.fmel2-1.fna.fbcdn.net)
https://www.instagram.com/dylan_grimes2/
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Out of interest, what is Grimesy's vineyard called?
and
Is his wine sold under the same name?
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Mount Macedon Winery
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https://mountmacedonwinery.com.au/
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(https://instagram.fmel2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/vp/2169102cdfa905393e8a3427e323f91f/5CD2B490/t51.2885-15/e35/47690405_549724588874783_2503784497514105820_n.jpg?_nc_ht=instagram.fmel2-1.fna.fbcdn.net)
https://www.instagram.com/trentcotchin9/
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Grimes breaks nose at training
richmondfc.com.au
Jan 17, 2019 2:48PM
Richmond defender Dylan Grimes has suffered a broken nose in a training drill at the Club on Thursday morning.
Grimes will have his nose re-aligned on Friday and the injury will not affect his preparation for the upcoming season.
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2019-01-17/grimes-breaks-nose-at-training
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BUTTERS
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Soft
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Here's our resident expert list manager & brave footy hero's reaction on BF:
LMFAO toughen up Dylan ive had mine broken at least 4 times. Even at my age im a slow learner never knowing whjen to duck or shimmy or for that matter when to shut up.
https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/2-dylan-grimes.1106328/page-15#post-59337525
:shh
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Had to laugh at the bloke telling him he'd have had his nose broken a lot more times than that if he lived in Richmond...:shh
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I reckon he is full of it, hard to get injured when your in your room 100% of the time plugging away on the keyboard with your pants around your ankles most of the time
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:lol
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I reckon he is full of it, hard to get injured when your in your room 100% of the time plugging away on the keyboard with your pants around your ankles most of the time
Probably got a bit too excited and vigorous and gave himself a few accidental uppercuts.....most likely while reading player profiles on the Melbourne website..... :shh
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Sooo ... if his nose runs with a limp now can we call him soft? :-\
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DxO3Cm-UcAAPYDz.jpg)
https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC/status/1086413203121160193
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The White Zoro!
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LOL
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Why Tigers’ ‘Batman’ can’t get any LeBron love
LAUREN WOOD,
Herald Sun
6 Feb 2019
And Dylan Grimes admits he is now even a little hesitant to take it off.
The Richmond defender suffered a gruesome broken nose at training last month — his fifth in recent times — thanks to a head clash with fellow defender Nathan Broad, who escaped unscathed.
The mask has been a fixture ever since, and Grimes said he isn’t rushing to cast it aside as the JLT Community Series looms.
“When you’re coming back from injury, no matter what it really is, you’re a bit tentative,” he said.
“You get this level of comfort from wearing the protection. I know a lot of players with mouthguards don’t really want to play without it.
“At the moment, I don’t really even want to train without it.
“It definitely still feels really raw and almost fragile … at the moment I’m pretty keen to keep it on and I’m not sure how long that feeling will last, but I certainly get over the sweat and sunscreen underneath it.”
Normally it is a case of “take a deep breath, count to three” and the doctor “pops it straight back in with a bit of force”, Grimes explained, but this time he needed surgery the following day.
“I wasn’t too comfortable — I wasn’t breathing too well out of it and it felt like a lot of pressure in my nose and sinus, so it was good to get it put back into place,” he said, with the current timeline to wear the mask for a few more weeks.
“I was having a laugh with a few of the boys that my modelling career was over right before it was about to peak.”
Set to get married in November, and joked that he would be wrapped in cotton wool in the lead-up to avoid the potential for a sixth break.
The 27-year-old’s recovery has been smooth since he went under the knife, although he would have preferred a change in the nickname stakes given a similar mask was favoured by NBA superstar LeBron James in recent years.
“Batman’ I’m getting quite a lot … Phantom of the Opera I get, as well,” he laughed.
“They’re the main ones. I was really hoping Lebron might get in over Batman, but I haven’t got that yet.”
Richmond has declared that “The Hunt Continues” this season, launching its membership campaign this week.
This season will be Grimes’ 10th at the club, and he said the recent training camp on the Gold Coast was “the best that I’ve been on” as the team looks to avenge last year’s preliminary final defeat.
“It was really great to spend some time with (new players from the draft and trade period) and getting to know them and them getting to know us,” he said.
“The culture that we’ve been growing for such a long time … seeing that develop to another level was really great.”
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/richmond-defender-dylan-grimes-not-rushing-to-ditch-batman-mask/news-story/d6aac409e1b332801b3cb5db090e6098
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The AFL stars working in Melbourne’s restaurants and bars
Dan Stock,
Herald Sun
19 March 2019
DYLAN GRIMES — MOUNT MACEDON WINERY
Tigers defender Dylan Grimes says the start of the footy season marks the end of days spent on the tractor tending the vines on his 80 acre Mount Macedon property.
“I have had an awesome time up here on the farm, immerse myself into farm life, and it’s getting harder to go back to footy (after preseason) because I’m so passionate and energetic about what we’re doing up here. Sometimes hard to leave,” he says.
Once owned by Olivia Newton John for her Koala Blue wine range, Dylan and fiancee Elisha took the keys to Mount Macedon Winery 2½ years ago and now tend to 6½ acres of vines that create cool-climate pinot and chardonnay, as well as running a restaurant, cellar door, accommodation and wedding centre on the property.
Dylan says having a country property to focus on has been beneficial for him both as a player and person.
“AFL is a bubble, you are very much entrenched in the season. For me to come up here and switch the mobile off, get out on the tractor, I find it really grounding. It gets my head away from football. I’m lucky to have two jobs, both completely different. It’s been really mentally refreshing,” he says.
With plans this year to double the area under vine, as well as set up a market garden and orchard to support the food offering at the cellar door, it looks like Dylan’s season 2019 is shaping up to be big both on and off the field — all with the view to set up for his post-playing days.
“I’ll get more heavily involved in the winemaking (in future). But now I’m loving the balance between farm life and footy and city and country. It’s a dream come true for me.”
(https://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/b941a45b48bf01f54da3263b9c44b36d?width=1024)
Dylan Grimes and fiance Elisha at Mount Macedon Winery.
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A food platter at Mount Macedon winery.
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Grimes says his winery helps balance the AFL bubble. Picture: Getty
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/eating-out/the-afl-stars-kicking-goals-in-the-restaurant-business/news-story/2732caff01c9584d37320b812d5d6531
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Nick Riewoldt’s dozen: The most irreplaceable players in the AFL
Dylan Grimes (Richmond)
He is one of the best lockdown defenders in the competition. To be able to put him on a player and take them out of a contest is so important for them. We know Alex Rance can do that, but his great strength is his intercepting — same with Nathan Broad, same with David Astbury. Grimes is really the one that I feel like they can just turn to do a job and he will just get it done. I don’t think they have another player capable of doing that as well as Grimes can do it. He would be one of the first magnets up every week because he is just so reliable in that space.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2019-st-kilda-champion-nick-riewoldt-lists-the-12-most-irreplaceable-players-in-the-afl/news-story/68777ab41bea59bfb6eb9569417c94a8
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Nick Riewoldt’s dozen: The most irreplaceable players in the AFL
Dylan Grimes (Richmond)
He is one of the best lockdown defenders in the competition. To be able to put him on a player and take them out of a contest is so important for them. We know Alex Rance can do that, but his great strength is his intercepting — same with Nathan Broad, same with David Astbury. Grimes is really the one that I feel like they can just turn to do a job and he will just get it done. I don’t think they have another player capable of doing that as well as Grimes can do it. He would be one of the first magnets up every week because he is just so reliable in that space.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2019-st-kilda-champion-nick-riewoldt-lists-the-12-most-irreplaceable-players-in-the-afl/news-story/68777ab41bea59bfb6eb9569417c94a8
Well Saint Nick hasn't obviously taken on board Claws opinion
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Grimesy had 13 intercept possessions including 6 in the last quarter.
(https://screenshotscdn.firefoxusercontent.com/images/7305d9aa-c314-4d45-9064-7cfe501b1f27.png)
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Can you have butter soft brick walls? :lol
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“I can Rance, I can Rance, everybody take off your pants to my safety Rance”
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Sensational tonight
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Can you have butter soft brick walls? :lol
:lol
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Grimes was Rance like last night, saved us on numerous occasions with his intercepts, very courageous and is our most consistent defender
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Grimes was Rance like last night, saved us on numerous occasions with his intercepts, very courageous and is our most consistent defender
So true Lozza. I actually said it to myself in the last how it was exactly what he would have done
He was massive
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1. Dylan Grimes is the best one-on-one defender in the competition
Tom Lynch was superb, kicking six goals, but Grimes was just as important in getting an undermanned Richmond across the line against Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval on Saturday. Grimes had 17 disposals, 13 of them contested, to go with five contested marks and six rebound 50s. The 27-year-old finally received recognition last year when he was named in the 40-man All Australian squad for the first time. With Alex Rance sidelined for the year, Grimes is standing up and taking a leading role in the Tigers' defence. Grimes rarely gets beaten one-on-one and stands up when it matters the most.
- Lee Gaskin
https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-04-14/nine-things-we-learned-from-round-four
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Grimes has been sensational these past two weeks. Infact the backline looks really solid with Edwards down there as well.
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Hardwick was effusive about defender Dylan Grimes, suggesting he should be the frame for All-Australian selection. ''He's right up there with [Alex] Rance. People always talk about Rance, but 'Robin' is not far behind him.''
Source: The Age (https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/tigers-season-starts-now-says-hardwick-20190630-p522qy.html)
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Absolutely awesome again today.
IMO it was between Lynch and Grimes for BOG.
Surely he gets mentioned in the AA debate??
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Absolutely awesome again today.
IMO it was between Lynch and Grimes for BOG.
Surely he gets mentioned in the AA debate??
You would have to think so
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We didn't want Rance to go down but it's shown what a star Grimes is :bow. If he isn't in the All-Australian side this year then it'll be a joke. He killed it once again down back tonight. He's taken over as the general of our defence.
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Superstar.
Marking, spoiling and closing speed is deadly ..
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awesome from Grimesy today, again. Tough as Tuck and cunning as whatever rhymes, I dunno
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What a man :clapping
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BOG last night
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awesome from Grimesy today, again. Tough as Tuck and cunning as whatever rhymes, I dunno
Careful with that use of "cunning"...can earn you the weekend off 'round these parts.... :shh
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Whatever do you mean??
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Was a little too butter soft for my liking! :lol
Champion.
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BOG last night
Absolutely!
Everyone can see how good he is but the thing I have noticed this year and last night more than ever, is he doesn’t give away free kicks even if he is late or out of position.
Very smart player and one of my favourites.
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First picked.
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From stop-gap to top Tiger: Why backman could win B&F
AFL.com.au
Sarah Black
Aug 3, 2019
HAMSTRINGS used to plague Dylan Grimes.
Between his debut in round 22 of 2010 and round 22 of 2016, the AFL Record Season Guide lists Grimes as having missed 39 matches through hamstring injuries alone.
Tiger fans would hold their collective breath whenever Grimes would lunge for a loose ball at top speed, fearful for the sudden stop and clutch.
During that period of six years, the key back played 79 games in total.
There was a trip to Germany to see expert and Bayern Munich head doctor Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt, as well as surgery on both hamstring tendons.
Coming up to almost three years later, could Grimes be poised for a surprise best and fairest?
Grimes has done a little bit of everything as the lynchpin to Richmond's back six. Picture: AFL Photos
After finishing fifth in the club's best and fairest in both 2017 and 2018, Richmond's injury crisis earlier this season – in conjunction with Grimes' own stunning form – means he's a serious chance to win this year's Jack Dyer Medal.
Always rated highly internally – Grimes has won Richmond's Francis Bourke award for demonstrating club values for the past two years – his reputation in the wider football community has skyrocketed since Alex Rance tore his ACL in round one.
The 28-year-old has been thrust into the apex position in Richmond's triangular defence, playing what commentators have often referred to as the goalkeeper role.
He has the confidence in his fellow defenders to peel off his direct opponent and – to borrow a phrase from netball – be a "here if you need" teammate.
Ball sails over the back of a pack, tumbling towards goal? Grimes is there.
A dangerous long bomb inside 50? Grimes is there.
Liam Baker suddenly finds himself in a one-on-one against Mason Cox? You guessed it, Grimes is there.
Against Collingwood last weekend, he took his game to another level again, swallowing up loose balls, killing contests and being recognised as the best player on the ground by the coaches with nine AFLCA votes.
"Dylan Grimes, once again I speak about him most weeks, the way he controls that back six," Richmond coach Damien Hardwick said post-match.
"He's always been really highly rated internally from our point of view, but I think people are starting to see the qualities he brings not only to our game, but the game of AFL.
"There's his lieutenant in Dave Astbury, and we're seeing the consistency in performance of Nathan Broad as well, another one of those underrated guys we're really pleased with.
"Don't get me wrong, I'd love to have Alex (Rance) back, but the situation is, those guys have really improved their game and defensively, we're pretty tough to score against at the moment, which is impressive."
Teammate and fellow intercept defender Nick Vlastuin said Grimes is a good chance for his first All Australian guernsey.
"Everyone's taken the load (since Rance's injury), but it's probably more fallen to 'Grimesy' and he's in some career-best form," Vlastuin said.
"He's always been that lockdown defender, but now he's built his game on dropping off and helping the other backs down there. That was the role 'Rancey' was playing."
https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-08-03/from-stopgap-to-top-tiger-why-backman-could-win-the-bf
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Grimes on SEN yesterday with Andy Maher and Bob Murphy:
AUDIO: https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=406322
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Grimes came back on but is there any further news on his ankle?
One of the last players we can afford to lose heading into the finals.
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Richmond hearts were in mouths late in the third quarter when All Australian hopeful Dylan Grimes limped off, having landed awkwardly on his right ankle in a marking contest.
However, he returned to finish the match, playing an important role in the thrilling victory.
"(Grimes) is walking around at the moment," Hardwick said.
"We'll assess it once we get more information. But he finished the game, which is a positive for us. It has blown up a little bit, which is generally not a bad thing.
"He's a really important player given the way we play, so we'll monitor him very heavily."
Source: AFL website (https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-08-18/have-some-common-sense-dimma-slams-studsup-rule)
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Surely we rest him next week if Essendon get up... :shh
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Claw said he’s soft
Any word on that ?
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Claw said he’s soft
Any word on that ?
(https://zurichmilk.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ML-SSB-BTR-SLT-NZ-16X500G-TUB-CTN-2.png)
Maybe he thinks he's hardened just a bit..... :shh
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(https://media.istockphoto.com/photos/fast-food-bread-and-nails-picture-id472179731)
:shh
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@Stevo7AFL is at the MCG with the latest on Dylan Grimes. #7NEWS #7AFL
Watch here: https://twitter.com/7NewsMelbourne/status/1163010000802869249
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I was in awe that even when down and in pain he still made second efforts on the deck to fist the ball away. Tougher than an RSL steak this guy is
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That was resuscitation number 3 for me I think, I think his nicname should be herpes cos nothing can kill him.
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https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/tigers-relief-as-grimes-cleared-of-major-damage-20190819-p52ij4.html
:thumbsup :thumbsup he is soft grimesy so play him this week then he gets a week off.
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"It was pretty painful when it first happened," Grimes told reporters.
"I've never really done an ankle so this is all a bit new to me. I wasn't really sure how serious it was initially.
"I think at this early stage, we've just got to take every precaution and try and get it right early in the week.
"Hopefully I'll train and, fingers crossed, get up to play."
https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-08-19/hopefully-ill-train-and-fingers-crossed-get-up-to-play
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Claw said he’s soft
Any word on that ?
Word is despite not posting for a while Santa posted before the Weagles game in hopes of a loss but unfortunately we got up and he has gone back under his rock in the North Pole
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Burge's update on Grimes:
Dylan Grimes, ankle
"'Grimesy' fell and stood on another player’s boot and rolled his ankle. He came back on the ground and finished the game. It was a bit bruised after the game and the next day, plenty of ice and compression for the first 48 hours, and today he’s walking around pretty good. At this stage, he’s a probable for this week and we'd anticipate him doing a little bit of training potentially later in the week. I’d say he’s a really good chance to play on Sunday."
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2019-08-20/round-23-injury-update
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Brilliant job on keeping Cameron quiet today. The glove!
No sign of any lasting effects from that ankle either :pray.
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Looked good to me. Cameron did SFA when the game was there to be won. Couple of junk goals. Anyone who didn't watch would think he'd played OK but he got a bath ..
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ANGRY CHARLIE
This is why Grimes is a lock for the All-Australian team.
The shutdown defender kept Charlie Cameron to only one possession in the first half.
After tearing the Cats apart last week, Cameron produced the quietest half of footy he has played all year, and was clearly unhappy with some of Grimes’ defensive tactics.
Cameron showed his frustration when he approached the emergency umpire and AFL staff on the bench early in the third term about the way Grimes was manhandling him.
Lions’ staff had to escort him away from the officials in an incident which the AFL will review.
The Lions will also take their case to the umpiring department.
Grimes had the speed to match Cameron and was typically courageous in the air, spoiling almost everything in his area.
Fagan had a long chat with Cameron on the bench in the second term in a bid to spark the livewire.
Source: Herald-Sun (https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/richmond-clinches-topfour-spot-with-convincing-win-over-brisbane-lions-setting-up-return-bout-in-qualifying-final/news-story/e1e195479131aa44dcf0b91eed316177)
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Be nice if our club took our case to the umpires to.
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Be nice if our club took our case to the umpires to.
Oh look it's the hardest job in the game... :shh
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Charlie Cameron stats vs Richmond
vs Richmond Round 23 2019.
2g 1b, 7 Disposals, 2 marks, 1 in50s, 2 tackles. Tears 500(PB). :clapping
vs Richmond Round 4 2018.
0g 1b, 7 disposals, 4 marks, 4 in50s, 3 tackles. Tears 50.
vs Richmond Grand Final 2017.
1g 0b, 16 disposals, 2 marks, 5 in50s, 5 tackles. Tears 350.
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Watch us get reamed by the umps up at the Gabba everytime Grimes touches him. We want to bring the blocking on Lynch and the holding on Dusty to their attention also, watching the replay some of the non calls were disgusting.
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Tipping the "noise of affirmation" will be of great assistance to them like it is to every home side except us... :shh
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Roos on OTC whinging about Grimes holding Cameron off the ball and saying that Fagan will have a word with the AFL and the umpires will crack down next match..... gotta make sure Richmond don't get a way with a single thing... :shh
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Wonder where Claw is
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2019-08-29/grimes-voted-afls-most-courageous
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Soft....AFLPA obviously has nfi.... :shh
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I think we can confidently mark that down as the worst take in OER history.
And that’s saying a lot...
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Wonder where Claw is
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2019-08-29/grimes-voted-afls-most-courageous
Butters?
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Has Claw posted since the bye ??
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Has Claw posted since the bye ??
I think he only posted then because he was expecting a loss the next week but it didnt happen
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I hear he’s been working on a few book ideas in between losses.
“Dylan Grimes and his untold battle with softness”
“Papering over the cracks - the Richmond Story”
“Never too tall - Why your club should have 57 key position players on its list, minimum.”
Among others...
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“List management. The Demons that are Melbourne”
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I hear he’s been working on a few book ideas in between losses.
“Dylan Grimes and his untold battle with softness”
“Papering over the cracks - the Richmond Story”
“Never too tall - Why your club should have 57 key position players on its list, minimum.”
Among others...
:lol :clapping
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“Glass half full types.....the downside”
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“Papering over the cracks - the Richmond Story”
Geez, how many pages can a book have?
This one would require a 7-part series like that Harry Potter poo
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"I'm a Talent Spotter and The List Manager's Stoned...." :shh
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:lol
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“Glass half full types.....the downside”
:snidegrin
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List Management for Dummies
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Grimes set for re-match with Cameron
The Age
30 Aug 2019
Richmond defender Dylan Grimes says he didn't notice Brisbane forward Charlie Cameron's frustration with his close-checking defensive style.
When their teams faced off in round 23, Grimes kept the Lions forward to two goals, with Cameron appearing frustrated at times by the Tiger's physical approach.
"I didn't even know it was happening to be honest," Grimes said on Friday.
"I sensed that he was a bit frustrated - not at me or the umpires at any stage, but mainly their stifled ball movement, I guess that we were able to get going through our team defence.
"But I mean, finals, as I've said, it's a different beast, and it's going to be really high pressure and in terms of ball movement it's quick out there as well - it's likely to be a bit warmer ... a bit dryer.
"So yeah, I think it can be a completely different game and probably one that maybe suits that free-flowing game style that he might be looking for a bit more. But who knows, we'll see."
Cameron's influence was relatively limited against Richmond, with the small forward restricted to just seven disposals.
But Grimes credited that to a team defence, and stressed facing Cameron at the Gabba posed a fresh challenge.
"I don't think I really did a number on him to be honest, he still got a couple of goals," Grimes said.
"But I think we play a brand of defence and the match-up has been spoken about a little bit but yeah, there was times when Bachar [Houli] was playing on him and there was other defenders playing on him and vice versa.
"We play a very rotational-based system and we don't back in any one-v-one match-up. We never really go into any game with a one-v-one focus.
"Yeah, he's definitely a great player. And I learned first hand [if] you give him a couple of sniffs, he's able to capitalise but yeah, I think it'll be a big hit out up there on their home deck - big crowd for them as well. So, who knows what he might get up to."
The Tigers have had to readjust defensively this year with Alex Rance's injury-enforced absence but Grimes said he felt Richmond's defence was well-settled heading into finals.
"The back six - we've really felt like we've been building throughout the whole year really," he said.
"And it's sort of been a constant trajectory upwards, we've felt, and our connection's been getting tighter and tighter as we get more used to the change in personnel and that sort of thing.
"But the team's been relatively settled for the last six or eight weeks and that's helped as well."
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/grimes-set-for-re-match-with-cameron-20190830-p52mex.html
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Brisbane still sooking to pressure the umps to deliberately target Grimesy :thumbsdown.
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A fortnight of publicity and complaints on behalf of Cameron will have the umpires on red alert, but Grimes gave away only 16 free kicks in 21 games this home-and-away season.
“Charlie will be looking for a big one. Grimes did a great job with what was very, very close checking.
“The umpires will be aware there was some disappointment from the Lions about the holding. It wasn’t paid so they will checking again and this time if they are there will be paid, I am sure.”
Cameron has won 23 free kicks for the year and given away 23, with Fagan urging him mid-game to get on the move to break the Grimes sleeper hold.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/brisbane/alastair-lynch-urges-lions-to-adopt-famous-leigh-matthews-mantra-against-richmond/news-story/27b8c277a8eaa8e851098c653845bedd
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Cameron got no where near it. Don’t know where all this holding bs is coming from.
Even for his first goal he was beaten by grimes just got a very fortunate bounce that took grimes out of the picture. His second goal was junk time stuff.
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The media often seems to make a point of "alerting" umpires to us.....:shh
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Hardwick declared defender Dylan Grimes would not change his tactics on Brisbane forward Charlie Cameron despite the All-Australian’s frustrations in Round 23.
“Charlie should walk up to Jack (Riewoldt) and Tom (Lynch) and ask them how they deal with it on a weekly basis,” he smiled.
“It’s the art of being a forward, unfortunately. We’ve got an All-Australian defender that’s a jet. He’ll play the same way and he’ll play it well.
“He’s done it his whole career. We look at our two boys at the other end and they just get on with it.”
Source: Herald-Sun (https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/richmond-ruck-toby-nankervis-firms-for-finals-recall-against-brisbane/news-story/45ab94b0cc10d3cd03350bf781c5b668)
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Big bad Dylan is holding me..... :thumbsdown
(https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/attachments/fb_img_1567148338213-jpg.737238/)
What a sook :'(
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Hope he got a free for that as the maggot was looking straight at it
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Hope he got a free for that as the maggot was looking straight at it
Don't think so.
Think that resulted in that goal where the ball bounced the wrong way for grimes and the sook got it.
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Post those to The HUN/AFL360 and see whether they run with them or put them in the bottom drawer.
Probably know the answer already.
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Dylan needs to wear his black Zorro mask again ... Z! ;D
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The targeting of Grimes has been deplorable and criminal! Makes me sick.
Thank goodness Dimma said something re: Lynch & Jack, they cop worse every stuffing week!
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Lions go to umpiring department over Charlie treatment.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-09-03/lions-go-to-umpiring-department-over-charlie-treatment
Lions won’t ‘whinge and moan’ over Grimes: Fagan.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/brisbane-asks-afl-about-treatment-of-charlie-cameron-as-it-prepares-for-dylan-grimesled-tigers/news-story/e063c0daf250b25f64a5452f5994fc82
::)
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Charlie Cameron is one of the AFL's most exciting players, arguably the best small forward in the game and freshly minted as a maiden All Australian. That said, the versatile Dylan Grimes thrashed him in both their meetings to date.
The usually elusive Lion had a meagre three possessions without a goal in 41 minutes against the Tiger in round four, 2018, while Grimes kept him to five touches and one major on 60 minutes a fortnight ago. In totality, Cameron went goalless in the first of those matches and kicked two goals in the latter.
Both were Richmond victories. Brisbane's record when the former Crow kicks three majors or more in 2019 is 8-1 compared to 8-5 when he slots two or fewer.
Charlie Cameron by the numbers
STATISTIC v RICHMOND v 2019 FINALISTS
Disposals 9.7 12.8
Goals 1.3 2.0
Score assists 0.5 1.4
Inside 50s 2.3 3.1
Ball-gets inside 50 1.3 2.4
https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-09-03/stats-files-the-matchups-that-are-key-to-winning-each-final
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Dylan Grimes: From overwhelmed to All-Australian
Peter Ryan
The Age
3 September 2019
As May turned into June, Richmond were battling to hold their feet in defence.
Alex Rance, with his big personality and rabid football, was absent. His sidekick, key defender David Astbury, was out with a hamstring injury.
The Tigers conceded 99 points to a rejuvenated North Melbourne, 104 points to Geelong and 101 points to Adelaide, losing all three matches to limp to the bye.
Suddenly, after winning six of seven games between rounds four and 10, the Tigers were wobbling again and, although his demeanour remained stoic, premiership defender Dylan Grimes was concerned.
Not only had he underestimated the size of the hole Rance left, he felt like he was failing in his attempt to fill the void.
Instead of hiding his worries, or bottling up the emotion he was feeling as footballs flew over his head and teammates moved around him in unfamiliar patterns – as he might have five years earlier – he decided to be honest.
"I had a lot of those games where I felt completely overwhelmed and I came in on a Monday and told the players that I was really struggling with the extra responsibility on field," Grimes said.
"Honestly from there I felt a huge lift from my teammates and they were able to really give me a chop out."
In trying to replicate Rance, the 28-year-old Grimes had struggled to complete his basic job, which was to beat his opponent – something he had done with monotonous regularity since becoming a mainstay in the team from 2014 onwards, after his troublesome hamstrings became trouble no more.
"'Rancey' is a phenomenal communicator and how he is able to get the best out of his teammates is really incredible," Grimes said.
"I found it really challenging to do that ... I think your tendency as a back when things aren't going well is that you try to control more and try to influence more of your teammates and try to get more help and help others as well.
"By doing so you tend to detract from your actual role, which is beating your opposition."
Since the bye, Richmond are unbeaten and have only conceded more than 70 points in a game once, their winning streak taking them from ninth on the ladder to third place and a qualifying final at the Gabba against the Brisbane Lions.
So good did Grimes become he earned All-Australian selection, deserved recognition for the understated No.2.
Grimes, right, celebrates the Tigers' win over the Lions with his teammates.Credit:AAP
He admits his teammates "were over the moon" at his selection and he was humbled by it, knowing that it was only through their support he had overcome his doubts to flourish in the second half of the season.
He ended the season averaging 13.2 disposals, 2.3 intercept marks, seven intercept possessions and 5.8 spoils and, as Lions dynamo Charlie Cameron found out in the final round, became as little fun to be around during a game as a grumpy dad packing the car for a family holiday.
Grimes credits coach Damien Hardwick and captain Trent Cotchin for turning around the way a football club deals with doubt and those feelings of vulnerability that are common to many elite sportspeople.
It's a feature of the club Richmond have become proud of and has underpinned their consistent performances in the past three seasons.
"The tendency of most athletes is to not want to show weakness and struggle and I was going through both of those things at the time and I thought opening up and sharing that with my teammates was the best thing for me and the team," Grimes said.
The approach is consistent with that espoused by New York Times bestseller Brene Brown, who was in the Richmond rooms after their round 20 win over Melbourne while she was touring Australia and is held in genuine esteem by the club.
Reading Brown's books has helped Grimes deal with the AFL furnace, as has his ability to step away from the city to his winery near Mt Macedon.
In the end it has allowed him to flourish.
His unique ability to read the play is a quality that has coaches trusting him to sit on the last line of defence as a virtual goalkeeper when the Tigers have the ball in their front half. It's hard to imagine a place on a football field where someone could feel more vulnerable, but Grimes takes it in his stride.
"It's contradictory to what you want to do and counter intuitive to how you really want to play the game, but we have found it really useful," Grimes said.
"Sometimes you get the benefit of being able to see everything but sometimes you can see the tsunami coming as well.
"I love the position I play in but it can get a bit lonely down there sometimes if the ball is either flying in or it's staying down the other end. Either scenario you can tend to feel really isolated as a back."
Of course that sense of isolation is now mainly felt in a physical sense, his decision to open up to teammates about how he was feeling ensuring he knows they have his back, whatever happens.
On Saturday night his battle at the Gabba against Cameron will be essential viewing, the pacy, creative forward against the veteran defender, wily, tough and quicker than most realise.
Grimes knows that catching Brisbane's roadrunner is not going to be easy.
"He really keeps you on your toes with the way he plays the game. He has energy, speed and is terrifically competitive as well. Combine those things and the quality finish he brings to the game as well and you have a dangerous player on your hands," Grimes said.
An opponent Grimes knows will be impossible to beat without a little help from his friends.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/dylan-grimes-from-overwhelmed-to-all-australian-20190903-p52nbv.html
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Cameron still sooking about Grimes while the article show a pic of Cameron with a fist full of Grimes' jumper ::) :nopity
https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-09-04/he-doesnt-want-to-go-toetotoe-with-speed-lions-plan-to-avenge-tiger-tamer
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Cameron still sooking about Grimes while the article show a pic of Cameron with a fist full of Grimes' jumper ::) :nopity
https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-09-04/he-doesnt-want-to-go-toetotoe-with-speed-lions-plan-to-avenge-tiger-tamer
I thought he was better than that....
I don’t mind Brisbane but this weeks whinging hasn’t done them any favours imo.
I just hope the umps don’t come out and start paying ticky touchwood frees to them. We get stiffed enough without this extra crap.
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Charlie is going to be looked after, put your house on it :banghead
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No mention of the 0 impact he had in the 2017 granny then.....
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No mention of the 0 impact he had in the 2017 granny then.....
Bit harsh- he did kick that crucial late goal that kept the margin under 50 .... :shh
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No mention of the 0 impact he had in the 2017 granny then.....
Bit harsh- he did kick that crucial late goal that kept the margin under 50 .... :shh
Yeah you’re right. Let’s also not forget the 7 disposal 1 point contribution in their 2018 loss either which to be fair was 6% of Brisbane’s total score.
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Cameron is an ordinary player. Basically he has never performed in big games. He is just average and now he is looking for special treatment from the umps lol.
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Next minute he'll pull the minority card out and expect a few cheap ones...
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RACIST
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Cameron is an ordinary player. Basically he has never performed in big games. He is just average and now he is looking for special treatment from the umps lol.
Neon Leon Davis 2.0 :rollin
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Anyone seen Charles tonight? Thought grimes didn’t want none?
Another scalp for Optimus!
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One of the great defensive efforts in a final particularly in first quarter when the tide was against us.
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Absolute gun! Those 5 intercept marks in the first quarter kept us in it. Class act post-game too praising Cameron, especially after Cameron and Brisbane sooked about Grimesy for the whole fortnight leading into the game.
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Mr September
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Man, we would be stuffed without the weirdo, what legend.
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Solid as a rock.
The opposite of Ellis.
Some players just stand up and say I’ll do it. Some players can’t handle the responsibility.
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Dylan Grimes has Charlie Cameron's measure
The Lions approached the AFL's umpiring department after the clubs' round 23 meeting to discuss some of Grimes' negating tactics on Cameron, but Grimes is simply outplaying the lethal small forward. The All Australian pair renewed acquaintances on Saturday night, with Grimes again leaving with the honours. Cameron, who has booted 54 goals this season and been pivotal to the Lions' sharp rise, managed just seven disposals and 1.2 and had little influence on the game. Grimes won crucial one-on-one battles, and also dragged in six marks as a key part of the defensive set-up. Cameron was given a free kick close to goal early in the game, but it was controversially reversed after Brisbane's Eric Hipwood lightly shoved Grimes, who fell to the ground and drew a poor decision from the umpires
https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-09-07/five-things-we-learned-brisbane-v-richmond
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Did Grimes take a dive?
Herald Sun
September 8, 2019
Dylan Grimes’ close checking on Charlie Cameron had been a hot topic in the lead up to tonight’s qualifying final between Brisbane and Richmond.
Cameron was left frustrated by the tactics Grimes employed in the Round 23 clash between the teams with the Lions seeking clarification from the umpiring department.
It didn’t take long for the Cameron-Grimes battle to heat up with the Lions goalsneak awarded a free kick after he was held without the ball.
Grimes was then bumped by Eric Hipwood and dropped to the ground, and the free kick was reversed.
Bulldogs great Luke Darcy said the umpire had overreacted after Grimes’ theatrical fall.
“Oh no. That’s an unbelievable call … Grimes has taken a dive for mine,” Darcy said on Channel 7.
Ex-Saint Leigh Montagna said the umpire had been taken for a ride by the Richmond star.
“That’s the umpire not handling the occasion – the umpire got sucked in there,” he said on Triple M.
Richmond coach Damien Hardwick staunchly defended Grimes and lashed those who had suggested that the flop was on.
“It’s funny isn’t it, because I look at the game in a lot of different ways, and I see guys shrugging their head and all that sort of stuff,” a frustrated Hardwick said.
“At what stage do we stop and just let them play the game? The game’s hard enough as it is. Pull their heads in, probably, a little bit, would be fair.”
Grimes had a laugh when showed the vision during a post-game interview on Channel 7.
“Oh no, I don’t know what to say about that. That’s an Academy Award,” Grimes said.
Fans on social media labelled Grimes’ act was not in the spirit of the game.
Alex Rance has really taught Dylan Grimes everything he knows.
Fine at the bare minimum.
Should be a suspension if the AFL were half serious.
Most blatant dive I’ve seen since Rance.#AFLLionsTigers
— Drunk Logic (@drunk_logic) September 7, 2019
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/dylan-grimes-accused-of-diving-and-not-playing-in-the-spirit-of-the-game/news-story/8129d57f795b3de52ed903002ee796c1
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Dylan got $1000 for staging
The umpire should cop a $10,000 fine and getting dropped for the remainder of the finals for being a :wallywink
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So did Zorko get a fine as well, or doesn’t his effort count cause it was so bad it didn’t earn a free kick?
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So did Zorko get a fine as well, or doesn’t his effort count cause it was so bad it didn’t earn a free kick?
Yup fined same amount from memory.
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I think they should be more worried about disciplining Toby Green for his dog act on the Bont than the non event surrounding Grimes
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Tonight is Grimesy's 150th :clapping.
2010 1
2011 7
2012 9
2013 9
2014 19
2015 18
2016 16
2017 25
2018 23
2019 23*
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Total 150*
https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/D/Dylan_Grimes.html
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2019-09-20/key-milestone-for-grimes
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Champion.
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Dylan Grimes – 7
The All-Australian defender turned in another strong game to keep the Cats' key forwards quiet. Benefitted from not having to stop Tom Hawkins, but did the job on Lachie Henderson.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-09-20/every-tiger-rated-from-the-preliminary-final
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Grimes receive an early week Grand Final surprise when he pulled his first Brownlow votes in his 150-game career, scoring the best afield honours in the Round 4 win over Port Adelaide.
“I made an early charge, it’s only taken me 150 games to poll a vote,” he said with a smile.
He said the 2017 lead-up to the Grand Final was “a bit of a whirlwind” but “we’ve been through it once before so it means we can maybe enjoy it a little bit more.”
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/afl-grand-final-injury-news-jack-graham-pushing-to-play-after-shoulder-injury-stephen-coniglio-5050/news-story/622f86dcb46ebcfb3e6626fb27638f65
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Dylan Grimes – 7
Had the big task of taking Jeremy Cameron and did his job superbly – again. Was outmarked early by the Coleman medallist for the Giants' first goal, but that was his only slip-up of the day. Grabbed 11 marks to go with his 14 disposals at 100 per cent efficiency.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-09-28/player-ratings-richmond
DYLAN GRIMES 8.5
They might need to erect a statue of this bloke at Punt Rd Oval. As solid as ever in defence, primarily playing on Jeremy Cameron.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/afl-grand-final-player-ratings-dustin-martin-and-bachar-houli-shine-toby-green-phil-davis-flop/news-story/3b13f40fe020027c0e71ae275f356ff2
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Gun enough said.
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100% efficiency! Well well well...
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Congratulations, Mr & Mrs Grimes! 👰🤵❤️
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EIa7kx0XkAE8Yoz?format=jpg&name=900x900)
https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC/status/1190845401567395840
:clapping
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Dylan Grimes juggling coronavirus challenges at Mount Macedon winery with staying fit during AFL shutdown
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/richmond-star-dylan-grimes-opens-up-on-difficult-times-as-he-goes-from-backman-to-boss-to-keep-mount-macedon-winery-thriving/news-story/5d6580ca8791be3be90dddd3332fe9cd
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Grimes eyeing off De Goey AFL challenge
Shayne Hope
7 News
Wednesday, 10 June 2020 3:02 pm
Dylan Grimes isn't too proud to admit Collingwood superstar Jordan De Goey will likely have his moments in Thursday night's AFL season re-opener at the MCG.
The Magpies' matchwinner is one of the rampaging forward-midfield types that many experts believe will be favoured by the shortened quarters and a more ballistic style of game this season.
But after holding De Goey to just two goals in 124 minutes of direct opposition across their past three meetings, Richmond's All-Australian defender is well versed in putting the clamps on one of the game's most dynamic players.
"Every game you kind of have that moment where he's just that class above and a bit too good," Grimes told AAP.
"You can do as much as you can to try and stop him but he's an athletic gun and he's a very clean footballer as well, so he's going to win some.
"You do your best to tip the ledger your way but at some point you've got to throw your hands up in the air and say he's a gun, as good as any."
Some leading AFL figures contend that the game will be faster in 2020 with quarter lengths reduced from 20 minutes to 16, plus time-on.
This means versatile players like De Goey, Patrick Dangerfield and Nat Fyfe will be able to spend a greater percentage of game time on the ground while splitting their duties between the midfield and forward line.
"The guys that do it the best have the combination of power and speed, but also that class of finish, and I think De Goey does that as well as anyone," Grimes said.
De Goey isn't the only Magpies forward causing headaches for Richmond's defenders, who are unsure how Collingwood will set up without Mason Cox.
Jamie Elliott, Brody Mihocek, Will Hoskin-Elliott, Josh Daicos and Cox's replacement, off-season recruit Darcy Cameron, are all dangers that will keep Grimes and the Tigers' backline busy.
"You look at all these names and you go, 'Strewth, we've got a challenge on our hands'," Grimes said.
"The best forward lines and best teams don't rely (solely) on their guns, they try to get the best out of all their players and spread the load."
https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/grimes-eyeing-off-de-goey-afl-challenge-c-1091427
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Led our back six to a flag without Rance but ask yourself this - would Rance have done likewise without Grimes? :shh
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Led our back six to a flag without Rance but ask yourself this - would Rance have done likewise without Grimes? :shh
Grimes is an out and out star but rance from 2013 onwards was on another level.
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It was Grimesy's birthday during the week :birthday.
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Will get off. Nothing in the report.
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Yep.
Hand bounced off the shoulder and his elbow slipped up. Pure accident.
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Luke Hodge said post-game it'll get thrown out.
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It shpuld get thrown out
Laughable
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Grimesy deserves extra credit for the way onfield he is leading such a young and inexperienced backline and getting them to connect as a unit.
In All-Australian form too.
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Spot on, shows the character of the man, we got a bargain here
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What's the go with Grimes ?.
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What's the go with Grimes ?.
Hammy
Scams tomorrow
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What's the go with Grimes ?.
Hammy
Scams tomorrow
Yep, he’s gonna promise the umps that cladding is a better option than weatherboards
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Out until finals? Another soft-tissue blow for star Tiger
By Callum Twomey
afl.com.au
28 August 2020
RICHMOND is expecting Dylan Grimes' hamstring injury to be minor but concedes the gun defender could be out of action until this year's finals series.
Grimes suffered the injury during the Tigers' win over West Coast on Thursday night in the only sour point to the 27-point victory.
Coach Damien Hardwick said the club was optimistic Grimes would only be sidelined for a short period of time, even though it was likely to include multiple games as the AFL kicks into another crammed fixture block.
"We think it's on the minor end of the scale but we'll have it scanned either tomorrow or the day following and we'll give you guys the information," Hardwick said post-game.
"Dyl's had some history [with soft-tissue injuries] so we just have to be mindful with such an important players for us and one of the best defenders in the AFL. We've got to make sure he's right for when the whips are cracking."
Richmond's final game of the home and away season is scheduled for Saturday, September 19 against Adelaide, meaning any longer than a 23-day recovery from the injury would mean he won't play again until the finals.
"We're very conservative with these type of injuries and he's such an important player to the way we play. We just want to make sure he's back and he's right," Hardwick said.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/491143/out-until-finals-another-soft-tissue-blow-for-star-tiger
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“It started to get tight early on in that second quarter and I said to the doctor, ‘It’s starting to feel a bit iffy’,” Grimes told Channel Seven.
“Just on that lead with Liam Ryan … a couple of explosive steps I just felt a slight little pop but nothing too major.
“I’ve done a few hamstrings before and it didn’t feel like a really bad one.”
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2020/08/27/richmond-snap-west-coasts-winning-run-with-premiership-stars-suffering/
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Minor.
Broad in, Astbury close. We can cover it.
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Sam Edmund on SEN said Grimes has a standard hammy. So in doubt to play before finals given our last H&A game is Sept. 19. Club will be cautious as it is his first hammy since the time when he had regular hammy problems. Club will be hoping for a pre-finals bye to give him plenty of time to get right.
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Scans have confirmed Grimes has suffered a minor hamstring injury.
source: RFC twitter
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A 21-28 day hammy. Grimes will start running again after this weekend and he will then be assessed after our R16 bye.
source: Tom Browne Ch7.
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What a champion is Grimesy. Total legend :bow.
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What a champion is Grimesy. Total legend :bow.
Best in the AFL. Name another defender that can lock down talls, smalls and play the loose intercept role.
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What a champion is Grimesy. Total legend :bow.
Best in the AFL. Name another defender that can lock down talls, smalls and play the loose intercept role.
Rance :(
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Grimesy had 12 intercepts :o including 4 contested marks and of course the two speckies.
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Grimesy had 12 intercepts :o including 4 contested marks and of course the two speckies.
Gun- sensational player is Grimes :thumbsup
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IMO he sits alongside Rance as the best defender i have seen at the RFC.
No doubt about that.
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IMO he sits alongside Rance as the best defender i have seen at the RFC.
No doubt about that.
Agree. Champion player.
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Scotty Turner would have had a lot to learn off Grimesy, hard to imagine Jason Dunstall kicking 17 goals with Dylan on him?
Or different game these days
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Rance & Scarlett would've still had the likes of Dunstall, Ablett, Lockett kicking bags on them if they'd played in that side....maybe just slightly smaller bags... :shh
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Kane Cornes accusing Grimesy of "staging" again (http://oneeyed-richmond.com/forum/Smileys/default/rolleyes.gif).
‘I don’t blame him because the umpires keep paying it’: No MRO case to answer for Grimes
September 13, 2020 1:26pm
Ben Waterworth
FOX SPORTS
Port Adelaide champion Kane Cornes has urged the AFL umpiring department to get tough on Dylan Grimes after, he claims, the Richmond defender embellished contact he received during his side’s win against Geelong.
Grimes was awarded a 50m penalty after he took a mark but copped late contact from Cat Brandon Parfitt on Friday night.
The Match Review Officer findings from the Tigers-Cats game were released on Saturday, but Grimes’ incident wasn’t in Michael Christian’s list.
Grimes recently came under fire during the Tigers’ over Essendon after appearing to emphasise contact from Bomber Jake Stringer and fall forward close to goal. He was initially fined by Christian for staging but then cleared by the AFL tribunal after the Tigers challenged in written format.
It came nearly 12 months after Grimes was fined $1000 for staging during his side’s qualifying final win over the Brisbane Lions. Then in July this year, Grimes received backlash for allegedly accentuating contact from Bulldog Ed Richards, which resulted in a free kick to the Richmond defender but not a fine.
“I don’t blame him because the umpires keep paying it,” Cornes told AFL Media’s ‘The Round So Far’.
“It’s clear he’s put a lot extra on that when the contact was there, but he gets a 50m penalty.”
Cornes said the league’s officiators had to make every effort to “stamp this out” by not paying free kicks when Grimes has inflated contact.
“What the umpires have to do is identify Dylan Grimes as a serial stager, someone who continually exaggerates contact and not pay the free kicks. That’s the only way he’ll stop doing it,” Cornes said.
“It’s a shame because he was the best player on the ground.”
Grimes was a major reason why the Cats were held to just one goal in the first three quarters of the game and Coleman medal leader Tom Hawkins struggled to influence the game.
In his season-best game, according to the AFL Player Ratings, Grimes finished with 16 disposals, 12 intercept possessions and five intercept marks.
“When you get this bloke back into the side, what a joy it must be for Damien Hardwick and the whole defensive group,” Melbourne champion Garry Lyon told Fox Footy post-game.
St Kilda legend Nick Riewoldt added: “He’s a very versatile man. He can lock a small away, he can play the loose, he can play the deep and position himself well and then he can float across and intercept.”
A feature of Grimes’ performance was high marking, with the defender soaring high on two occasions to pull down some spectacular grabs.
“What about his marking?” Richmond coach Hardwick told reporters with a smile. “Crikeys – Jesaulenko a couple of times, he was very good. He got a bit carried away there towards the end.
“He’s an incredible player, Dylan. He was a rookie pick for us, he was there in my first year and many people talk about a young Dustin Martin or Trent Cotchin, but this guy’s an incredible talent.
“Defenders often don’t get the due (respect) they deserve. He has been a formidable football player for our footy club, both on and off the field. He’s a wonderful young man.”
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2020-dylan-grimes-staging-video-richmond-vs-geelong-fines-match-review-officer-mro/news-story/b8b7b288fc24920c9e87f1fed373a582
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What a turd that guy is.
Happy for him to be fined if all players milking them are fined.
Telling the umps to stop paying Grimes frees is cheating and will lead to him missing out on legit ones.
If you want to address it then you have to review all the soft ones and fine them.
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Can’t see it personally, well we neede something to make up for all the pushes in the back from Hawkins, which the umpires were not interested in, suggest Kane writes about that!!
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Every player stages or puts mayo on contests. Everyone.
Has this d head watched Dangerfield play at all.
Getting sick of these flogs.
Just don't read this or follow them anymore
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Our club needs to make a public comment about this prick. He is a turd and needs to be held to account.
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He is a Port Adelaide man. He has his agenda. Port probably our big rivals for the flag on 2020.
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He is a Port Adelaide man. He has his agenda. Port probably our big rivals for the flag on 2020.
That’s no stuffen excuse. He is calling Grimes a cheat and irrespective of any agenda needs to be put in his place.
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Doesn't mention no other players doing it and there were a few from cats on Friday seems a witch hunt.
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Hes doing it because if can get grimes to be penalised in games either not get free kicks or not get 50s then his team Port Adelaide will get an advantage ghats all this is about.
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He is doing it because he is a stuffwit....the end
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He is inciting hatred upon Grimes and is crossing a line
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Vote for Grimesy's speckie :thumbsup.
https://markoftheyear.afl/vote/round/17
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Great mark.
Hawkins saw Grimes coming and backed out of the way. Interesting.
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The Charlie Dixon grab was freakish
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:thumbsdown
Grimes’ staging getting to a point where it’s going to “tarnish his career”
By SEN
20 September 2020
Brendon Goddard says Richmond defender Dylan Grimes is going to be remembered as a “stager” if he continues to exaggerate contact.
It comes after Kane Cornes called for umpires to identify Grimes as “serial stager” and to stop awarding him soft free kicks.
Goddard believes the AFL isn’t doing enough to stamp out staging after Grimes and Tigers teammate Nick Vlastuin had their fines overturned at the Tribunal in August.
“What do I need to apologise for? That he (Grimes) is a serial stager? That hasn’t changed,” the former Saint and Bomber told ABC Grandstand.
“I’ve said he’s a great player and it’s a shame that we have to talk about some of his staging on the field as opposed to a lot of the great things he does in terms of his football.
“I think it’s getting to a point where it’s going to tarnish his career and he’s going to be remembered as a stager.
“The AFL had an opportunity to really put their foot down with him and (Nick) Vlastuin in the same game and they kind of backtracked and they fought their fine and they won.
“It only encourages his behaviour.”
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2020/09/20/grimes-staging-at-a-point-where-its-going-to-tarnish-his-career/
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Takes one to know one, eh Goddard :nopity
ST KILDA star Brendon Goddard has escaped penalty after taking a dive against Carlton.
Goddard is one of the few players to have an incident assessed by the match review panel under AFL rules to stamp out staging for free kicks. No player has been suspended under the rule.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/brendong-goddard-on-notice-for-staging/story-e6frf9jf-1226356484788
Just another irrelevant former player attention seeking by slandering a champion in Grimesy.
Still bitter about not achieving the ultimate at two clubs. Go whack another plate of pretzels :sleep
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He’s correct to a degree
There was ANOTHER bad one last night
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Yeah, to be honest, I dont like that Grimes stages as much as he does. He does do it a lot.
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This happens at so many contests it's not funny. Danger does it 5 times a game. To single DG out is tiger bashing
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yeah it does, but Grimes does it plenty and with extra mayo.
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He’s correct to a degree
There was ANOTHER bad one last night
Yeah but that Dangerflop is a gun eh? :shh
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And don't forget Selwood rolling his shoulders and dropping the kness at every oportunity...
He was salty not getting his regular frees yesterday and was talking to the umps about it the whole game :wallywink
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I don’t like the staging.
I was watching Geelong play and I noticed my attitude towards Gryan Miers has radically changed since he burst on to the scene. I was perplexed but then I remembered one very important piece of play in the ‘19 preliminary final.
https://t.co/AGprGPl1em https://twitter.com/7AFL/status/1175009332510855170?s=
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Grimes drafted in 2010.
2010: "Rance is a diver".
2011: "Rance is a diver".
2012: "Rance is a diver".
2013: "Rance is a diver".
2014: "Rance is a diver".
2015: "Rance is a diver".
2016: "Rance is a diver".
2017: "Rance is a diver".
2018: "Rance is a diver".
Rance does his ACL and retires.
2019: "Grimes is a diver".
2020: "Grimes is a diver".
(http://oneeyed-richmond.com/forum/Smileys/default/chickenlittle-p.gif)
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Grimes interview coming up on both Ch 7 and Ch 9 sports reports. Going to talk about the staging allegations and resulting death threats.
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Richmond defender Dylan Grimes says he's been unfairly targeted by accusations of staging this season.
@AyrtonWoolley #9News
Watch here: https://twitter.com/9NewsMelb/status/1310140873846534144
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Mainly just by one idiot
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Richmond's Dylan Grimes hits out at 'unfair' staging label
By Marc Churches
Nine's WWOS
27 September 2020
Richmond defender Dylan Grimes says he's been "unfairly" targeted by accusations of staging following multiple incidents in season 2020.
Port Adelaide great Kane Cornes earlier this month labelled Grimes a "serial stager" and urged umpires to stop awarding soft free kicks to the defender.
Grimes was most notably involved in a staging controversy during Richmond's Round 13 win over Essendon and was fined by the AFL for the offence before having the sanction overturned at the Tribunal.
Responding to the criticism, Grimes said he would hate to be known as someone who staged for free kicks while declaring he's been "unfairly judged" following the incident with Essendon.
Dylan Grimes believes that he has been unfaily labelled as a 'serial stager' due to one isolated incident (Getty)
"No player, I don't think, wants to be known for staging throughout their career," Grimes told reporters ahead of Richmond's finals campaign.
"In that particular incident, I felt I was unfairly judged for that.
"Even though I wasn't found guilty, it's definitely something I will be mindful of to not deliberately try and focus on doing."
Grimes shortly after the Essendon incident revealed he had received death threats on social media which led to Victoria Police stepping in and arresting two men.
"I never felt like the safety of my family had been questioned before or at risk before, so that was certainly something that was new for me," he said.
"I'm so thankful for the club and Victoria Police for the way handled things and made my family feel safe."
https://wwos.nine.com.au/afl/richmonds-dylan-grimes-hits-out-at-unfair-staging-label/21096983-0667-467c-9b4e-564482bc0b26
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Dylan Grimes
Has had Charlie Cameron’s measure for most of their recent history, but Cameron turned things around this time and moved Grimes up the ground. He suffered as a result.
Rating: 6
Source: Foxsports (https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-finals-2020-richmond-player-ratings-vs-brisbane-lions-second-qualifying-final-reviews-stats-tigers-best-and-worst-players/news-story/156df1b76297836ac1f12af8237ff86c)
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Probably his worst performance for some time.
The whole defence weren’t helped by the lack of pressure upfield and our defensive structure fell apart many times made it easy for them to transition the ball.
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Dylan Grimes
Used the ball efficiently in the defensive half and continued to set up the Richmond defensive structure throughout the game.
Rating: 6
Source: Foxsports (https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-finals-2020-richmond-player-ratings-vs-st-kilda-second-semi-final-reviews-stats-best-and-worst-players/news-story/afdeaa6b7f13cced41d21c91e03b900e)
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How we see Grimes game ?.
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How we see Grimes game ?.
Typical Grimes' game
Very good
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How we see Grimes game ?.
Typical Grimes' game
Very good
I thought he looked a little off. Less impact intercepting and a bit fumbly.
Went at just a tick of 60% with DE which is down on usual
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Dylan Grimes
A quiet night on the stats sheet but from his five touches four were intercepts. Not a huge night but didn’t cost the Tigers.
Rating: 5
Source: Foxsports (https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-finals-2020-richmond-player-ratings-vs-port-adelaide-first-preliminary-final-reviews-stats-best-and-worst-players/news-story/5a240d072bb6873234eb176397899eaf)
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Thought he was better than a 5 rating- he is such a good, no, a great player!
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Dylan Grimes – 5
Didn't win nearly as much of the footy as he normally does, with just four disposals, but completely shut Gary Rohan out of the game.
Source: AFL website (https://www.afl.com.au/news/521174/tigers-player-ratings-no-passengers-on-the-tiger-train)
Dylan Grimes
Grimes struggled with just the one touch in the first half after taking the extra responsibility when Vlastuin left the ground. Gary Rohan did well to keep him out of the play, with the All-Australian unable to intercept mark with ease.
Rating: 3
Source: Foxsports (https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-grand-final-2020-richmond-vs-geelong-dustin-martin-player-ratings-tigers-stats-best-and-worst-players-afl-finals-gabba/news-story/2c23bd9c6b85150e3f828938dc9c0006)
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Grimes was well held but it's also fair to say Rohan was embarrassed. 5 touches and no scoreboard impact.
Have a nice offseason splitting from your missus you cheating dirtbag Rohan.
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10 years ago gained a gun for only a PSD pick :thumbsup.
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/839460/bargain-basement-premiership-tiger-s-beginning-dylan-grimes
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Grimes' stalker has escaped a jail sentence. Has to write a letter of apology to Dylan and donate I think they said $1000 to the A&M Foundation.
The online stalker who made death threats is a 54 year old Essendon supporter who they claimed was drunk at the time.
source: 7news
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Eat a D
Mf
Serves him right
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Grimes' stalker has escaped a jail sentence. Has to write a letter of apology to Dylan and donate I think they said $1000 to the A&M Foundation.
The online stalker who made death threats is a 54 year old Essendon supporter who they claimed was drunk at the time.
source: 7news
I personally find it disgusting that this low life piece of crap escaped a conviction. He committed a criminal offence and should be used as an example to anyone else out there who feels entitled to do the same
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I hate the way people get a get out of gaol free card because they were intoxicated or affected by drugs. They made the decision to use these substances they should bear all the legal result as if they were sober.
Also using the word passionate to describe him is wrong. Maybe so but there are many passionate supporters of all clubs who don't issue death threats. Deluded would be a better word.....although deluded Essendon supporter describes quite a few of them. Need another adjective.
however this guy needs mental health services
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This summarises the issue with our legal system. Let’s justify the behaviour instead of stopping it in its tracks. The use of illicit drugs warrants its own punishment but its offered up and accepted as an excuse.
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Got off lightly indeed. Which is no great surprise
Agree Gracie, another lowlife coward hiding not only behind his keyboard but being drunk to get out of copping his right whack.
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The Essendon loser is 54 years old. He wasn't some young kid.
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Grimes is a champion. Saw him and Jack last night
Sold off his jumper that stringer ripped in dreamtime for peanuts IMO
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Case for the defence: How Grimes is one victim of new rules
By Wayne Carey
The Age
9 April 2021
Footy’s new faster gamestyle has given every coach plenty to think about.
Whether it’s down to the man on the mark rule, fewer rotations or a combination of both, the game has changed – and mostly for the better.
Clubs employ analysts who work with the coaches to identify which trends are here to stay and which others might fade as fast as they’ve emerged.
Three rounds is a small sample size, but already it’s clear forwards are getting more time and space inside 50 due to quicker ball movement.
While much of the focus has been on the attacking side of the game, the biggest adjustments may come in how teams set up defensively.
Right now, there are defenders who are being exposed.
In the age of ‘team defence’, applying pressure further up the ground has been a must. The theory is simple: if forwards apply enough pressure, the defence can better set up to create a turnover.
It also allows defenders to zone off and help their team-mates, ensuring they’re rarely forced to play one-out.
Now, that is changing.
While the stats don’t show a dramatic rise in one-on-one contests in the forward 50, that can be explained by the fact the ball is moving so quickly that defenders often aren’t in position to make a contest with their opponent.
They’re so used to guarding space, rather than an opponent, they’re being caught out.
There are a couple of players worth a closer look – not because they’re the worst culprits, but because they’re two of the best players in the competition, who might need to adjust.
Dylan Grimes and Harris Andrews would be among the first picked in any defensive setup. They have the ability to both nullify their opponent, and also zone off.
But have they’ve been hurt by footy’s new rules?
Shorter quarters last year mean that isn’t a fair reference point. But comparing a few key statistics from the early rounds of this season with their averages of 2019 there is a clear difference.
In 2019 – an All-Australian year - Grimes conceded, on average, 11.2 disposals, 3.8 marks and 1.2 goals a game. After three rounds in 2021, it’s 15 disposals, 6.7 marks and 1.7 goals.
Andrews, meanwhile, has gone from conceding 11 disposals, 4.7 marks and 1.4 goals a game to his opponent two years ago, to 12.3 disposals, 4.7 marks and two goals a match in 2021.
Interestingly, both have seen their average of one-on-one contests jump with Grimes going from 20.7% to 33.3% of his contests and Andrews 25.5% to 33.3%.
As always, statistics can be deceiving, but it begs the question about whether this is an anomaly or a trend.
How much will defenders – even of the calibre of Grimes and Andrews - have to adapt?
If the current trend continues, it wouldn’t be surprising to see a shift in how defenders are viewed at the junior level, in terms of their ability to shut down an opponent, and also how they’re coached once they’re in the system.
Right now, I assume every coaching group would be spending more time focusing on one-on-one contests, positioning and bodywork.
But that coaching is two-fold.
The best defenders, like Grimes and Andrews, are constantly making decisions about when to stay with their opponent and when to leave them to help team-mates.
Those decisions are no longer as simple.
Having said that – and I can’t believe I’m saying this – I do have a level of sympathy for the current defender.
The way they’re being umpired makes things that much harder.
The great defenders of the past, guys like Bruce Doull, David Dench, Glen Jakovich and Stephen Silvagni, got away with plenty.
They’d scrap and fight for every contest.
Now, though, there seems to be more ‘ticky-touchwood’ free-kicks being paid against defenders: whether it’s a slight arm around the body, or holding of the arm.
Often, you’re left wondering what their alternatives are.
Still, the current defender could do worse than channel a bit of Doull or Dench in making sure they beat their opponent first and then attack from there.
Darcy Moore is one player who’s got the balance right.
While Joe Daniher probably got the better of him the other night, Moore, this year, has shown he generally knows when to play tight and when to leave his man and fly for the footy.
So how do Grimes and the Richmond defence respond?
When Alex Rance went down with injury with injury before retiring, Grimes was the man that stepped up to take control of that defence.
But he also had a willing partner in Nick Vlastuin who could play the third-man up role to perfection and, as we know, Vlastuin is out injured.
It means Friday night’s clash against a potent Port Adelaide forward-line looms as an intriguing test. Could this be the round we start to see a shift in defensive thinking?
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/case-for-the-defence-how-dylan-grimes-is-one-victim-of-new-rules-20210408-p57hkq.html
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Dusty wasn't the only one Melbourne overlooked in the 2009 drafts ;).
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ezkkfd9VEAEtsh4?format=jpg&name=large)
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Man faces court charged with stalking Richmond’s Dylan Grimes
By Adam Cooper
The Age
May 4, 2021 — 3.57pm
A man has faced court accused of threatening and abusing Richmond defender Dylan Grimes and his wife in the days after the footballer received a controversial free kick in the Tigers’ win over Essendon last year.
Christopher Zammit allegedly sent abusive messages to Mr Grimes on the footballer’s Instagram account, which allegedly included a threat he would rape the footballer’s wife. Police allege the messages carried an intention to cause physical or mental harm to Mr Grimes and arouse fear or apprehension.
According to charge sheets released by Frankston Magistrates Court, Mr Zammit sent the abusive and threatening messages on August 23 last year, the day after Mr Grimes was awarded a contentious free kick in the Tigers’ win in Darwin.
The free kick denied Essendon’s Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti a goal. Mr Grimes was later accused of staging to get the free kick but was ultimately cleared of doing so by the AFL tribunal.
Mr Zammit, 40, of Frankston, faced court on Tuesday charged with two counts of stalking, two of using a carriage service to menace and one of making a threat.
Police also allege that on July 31 and August 1 last year, Mr Zammit abused AFL umpire Andrew Stephens in three voicemail messages left on a mobile phone connected to Mr Stephens’ business.
That alleged abuse came in the hours after Mr Stephens was one of three umpires who officiated in a game between Essendon and the Brisbane Lions which the Bombers lost.
Mr Zammit appeared before magistrate Fiona Stewart via a video link and had his bail extended to his next appearance on June 23. The court heard his lawyers and police were in discussions about finalising the case.
Mr Zammit is one of two men who were charged with stalking Mr Grimes in the days after Richmond’s win over Essendon.
In December, Essendon fan Andrew Alexander, of Mitcham, was spared a criminal record on the promise he be of good behaviour for six months and donate $1000 to a charity after sending a series of abusive emails to Mr Grimes and the winery the footballer runs with his wife.
Mr Alexander sent the emails – which included threats that Mr Grimes was “f---ed” and “f---ing dead” – while he was drunk two nights after the game, the court heard in December.
A magistrate also ordered Mr Alexander to write a letter of apology to Mr Grimes and his wife.
In August, Mr Grimes shared on Instagram some of the messages sent to him and wrote that he wanted to remind Essendon fans “this is a game we play for fun”.
Concussion will keep Mr Grimes out of Friday night’s grand final rematch against Geelong.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/games-streak-ends-gryan-miers-to-miss-grand-final-rematch-against-tigers-20210504-p57ot8.html
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Bomber grubs need to be jailed. There is no place in society for that type of nut job
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Agreed.
Pay $1,000 to a charity what a joke. Make it $10,000.
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Goalkeeper Grimes :bow.
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/938734/grimes-a-great-goalkeeper
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Grimes was a monster in this one. He had eight spoils and eight intercepts, including a couple of telling marks on the last line as the Bombers desperately attempted to swing the momentum in the third quarter. Whilst the Tigers have an incredible back six, Grimes’ presence and cool head under pressure are a big part of making them so damn effective.
Grimes has handed over duties of taking the best forward to Noah Balta this season. He has blokes like David Astbury, when fit, helping him hold the fort, and he has weapons like Nick Vlastuin, Jayden Short, and Liam Baker creating run from the defensive 50, but he is the glue that holds this defence together, and in a big one-off game, if you offer me Moore, Andrews, Weitering or Grimes in a do-or-die situation, I know who I am picking.
That’d be the guy who has been there and done that. And has the premiership medals to prove it.
Snippet from: https://themongrelpunt.com/afl-season-2021/2021/06/06/richmond-v-essendon-dreamtime-good-bad-and-ugly-released1/
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Ch 7 news said the Essendon fan who threatened and stalked Grimesy has been fined $1200 and banned from Richmond vs Essendon games.
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Ch 7 news said the Essendon fan who threatened and stalked Grimesy has been fined $1200 and banned from Richmond vs Essendon games.
Tough penalty that
NOT :banghead
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‘Boy, has it gone downhill for you’: Magistrate lashes Bombers fan who threatened Tigers star Dylan Grimes
By Erin Pearson and Adam Cooper
The Age
June 23, 2021 — 5.19pm
A “passionate” Essendon supporter who unleashed a tirade of abuse and threats against Richmond player Dylan Grimes following a contentious 2020 game has been banned from attending similar matches after pleading guilty.
Magistrate Richard Pithouse labelled 40-year-old Frankston man Christopher Zammit’s post-game behaviour utterly offensive and unnecessary after he used his mobile phone to send Instagram messages to Mr Grimes, including threatening to rape his wife, following the footballer receiving a controversial free kick in the Tigers’ round-13 win over Essendon last year.
The free kick denied Essendon’s Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti a goal. Mr Grimes was later accused of staging to get the free kick but was ultimately cleared of doing so by the AFL tribunal.
Frankston Magistrates Court heard Zammit, a father of four, also tracked down the work phone number of an AFL umpire and left a string of cryptic voicemail messages following his umpiring in an Essendon and Brisbane match the Dons lost 91-28 on July 31.
“Over the last 18 months ... we’ve gotten used to sitting at home watching television, watching football. It’s not nearly as boisterous or as much fun as when you are there, but your frustrations and anger were totally misconceived,” Mr Pithouse said.
“There is a rule of thumb that my wife has taught me ... that if you are going to send a sensational text don’t do it until the next day because 99 times out of 100 you won’t send it. When you do it on the spur of the moment it can only go downhill from there. And, boy, has it gone downhill for you.”
The court heard Zammit was working in a stressful occupational health and safety role during the COVID-19 pandemic, had a newborn child and was drinking excessively when he posted comments on Instagram photos belonging to Mr Grimes and sent the defender private messages in August.
Zammit’s lawyer, Tim Schocker, said the Frankston man had no criminal record, was university educated and deeply remorseful, evening penning a letter of apology to Mr Grimes.
Mr Schocker said his client had lost his job of more than a decade and had his working-with-children check removed as a consequence of his poor behaviour.
“Somewhat ironically, at one stage he trained to become an umpire for his children’s sport,” Mr Schocker said. “He is genuinely remorseful and sorry for what he has done.”
On Wednesday Zammit pleaded guilty to two charges of using a carriage services to menace. Charges of stalking were withdrawn.
Mr Pithouse spared him a criminal record, handing him to a 12-month good behaviour bond, without conviction, and ordering that he pay $1250 to the Frankston court fund.
The father of four is also prohibited from attending any Essendon and Richmond AFL games during that time.
“No one deserves to be treated in the manner that you treated those people,” Mr Pithouse said.
“The other thing is you don’t do your own club any good, Essendon, by being identified as an Essendon supporter stooping to such vile tactics. It’s unnecessary when your team at present seems to be speaking with their boots.”
Mr Zammit was one of two men charged with stalking Mr Grimes in the days after Richmond’s win over Essendon.
In December Essendon fan Andrew Alexander, of Mitcham, was also placed on a good-behaviour bond without conviction for six months and ordered to donate $1000 to a charity after sending a series of abusive emails to Mr Grimes and the winery the footballer runs with his wife.
Alexander was drunk when he sent the emails – which included threats that Mr Grimes was “f---ed” and “f---ing dead” – two nights after the game, a court heard.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/boy-has-it-gone-downhill-for-you-magistrate-lashes-bombers-fan-who-threatened-tigers-star-dylan-grimes-20210623-p583g0.html
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Damn Zammit really had a Schocker and his behaviour was Pithouse! :rollin
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It certainly wasn’t Dylan Grimes’ fault that Richmond suffered a disappointing Round 16 loss to Gold Coast.
With 15 disposals, five marks, and an extremely impressive, game-high 11 intercepts, he clearly was one of Richmond’s scarce winners on the night.
Grimes is averaging 12.7 disposals, 5.3 marks, 8.0 intercepts and 5.4 one-percenters per game this season. He is ranked sixth in the competition for total intercepts.
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/970252/vintage-grimes
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200 AFL-recognised games for Grimesy this week.
187* premiership games
13 preseason games
Source: https://www.sen.com.au/news/2021/07/15/get-your-digital-afl-record-for-round-18/
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The Big 3 0 for Grimesy :birthday.
Hope the boys make it a good night all round :pray.
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Grimesy as good at ground level as he is in the air.
2021 GROUNDBALL INTERCEPT LEADERS
6.4 Jake Lever (Melbourne)
5.8 Sam Taylor (GWS Giants)
5.6 Marcus Adams (Brisbane)
5.4 Sam Frost (Hawthorn)
5.4 Will Day (Hawthorn)
5.4 Jacob Weitering (Carlton)
5.3 Tom Doedee (Adelaide)
5.3 Dylan Grimes (Richmond)
5.3 Dyson Heppell (Essendon)
5.2 Harris Andrews (Brisbane)
5.2 Nic Newman (Carlton)
https://www.afl.com.au/news/662954/rise-of-the-interceptors-the-marking-machines-changing-the-game
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Watch here: https://twitter.com/FOXFOOTY/status/1426138331490914319
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Richmond defender Dylan Grimes has been put under the microscope by AFL greats for his “cheap” hit on Giants player Himmelberg that granted his opponent a goal early on Friday night.
Grimes’ action saw the Giants boot a goal mere minutes after another free kick was paid against forward Tom Lynch that denied teammate Jack Riewoldt a great set shot goal from the boundary line.
It was an action from Grimes that left St Kilda legend Nick Riewoldt baffled at the lack of composure from the experienced defender.
“That’s just rubbish, selfish, undisciplined stuff,” he told Fox Footy.
“As a forward, when your back is turned and you cop an elbow like that in the middle of the back, it gives you whiplash, it’s cheap, there’s nothing tough about it. Grimes is better than that.”
Former Brisbane Lions spearhead Jonathan Brown agreed, adding: “I used to hate that when we were playing. It used to make me want to turn around and go bang.”
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-news-2021-richmond-vs-gws-umpire-decisions-free-kick-count-video-social-media-reaction/news-story/186a72b97ed6f2c956e5fd280f18353a
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Grimes has been poor this year by his standards IMO.
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Grimes has been poor this year by his standards IMO.
Especially the last month.
It's really stood out. I watched and thought at times he looks spent (tired)
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I'd be resting him next week if he's available.
Bloke has been carrying that backline since Rance retired. Without Balta and Broad there to help him out he must be stuffed.
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Been a very long 5 years the best backman in the best backlines of this this decade , but can’t do it on his own even though he tried, deserves a break and a rest
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From SEN:
Lyon and Tim Watson didn’t like Richmond defender Dylan Grimes’ elbow to the back of GWS forward Harry Himmelberg.
Watson asked: “What about the Dylan Grimes one on Himmelberg on Friday night?”
Lyon: “Hated it.
“If you’re the forward standing in front of a backman…”
Watson: “You don’t deserve that, do you?”
Lyon: “Yeah. Then everyone jumped up in arms saying it was a ridiculous free kick – no it’s not.
“It’s a free kick.”
Watson: “I’m with you on that.
“It might have been lightish, but at the same time it was unnecessary.”
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2021/08/16/the-two-off-the-ball-incidents-lyon-hated-seeing/
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you watch that bull poo on tele and then you have to put up with nuffies like brown watson and Lyon no wonder so many people seem totally disenchanted with the game.
Fair dinkum the game has become unwatchable outside of watching your own team.
I wonder how many supporters out there used to watch most games but now only watch their own club? i certainly cant stand watching the crap when richmond are not playing.
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you watch that bull poo on tele and then you have to put up with nuffies like brown watson and Lyon no wonder so many people seem totally disenchanted with the game.
Fair dinkum the game has become unwatchable outside of watching your own team.
I wonder how many supporters out there used to watch most games but now only watch their own club? i certainly cant stand watching the crap when richmond are not playing.
That's me. Admittedly I have kids now but I used to watch an extra 1-3 games/weekend. Now it's too boring.
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you watch that bull poo on tele and then you have to put up with nuffies like brown watson and Lyon no wonder so many people seem totally disenchanted with the game.
Fair dinkum the game has become unwatchable outside of watching your own team.
I wonder how many supporters out there used to watch most games but now only watch their own club? i certainly cant stand watching the crap when richmond are not playing.
That's me. Admittedly I have kids now but I used to watch an extra 1-3 games/weekend. Now it's too boring.
I barely watch any game that’s not Richmond. Very very rare. Can’t stand the stupid rules they’ve stuffed up the game - prior opportunity the worst of the lot and the this new standing the mark rule is absolute rubbish.
I actually like watching games from the 90’s instead, footy at its best.
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Only watch neutral games if the result effects us or to watch a player who's been linked to us or might be available fe Dunstan on the weekend or Cerra during the year....other than just bits and pieces of matches here and there...like watching certain players, like atm Toby Greene and young Cox from the Bummers (oo-er)... :shh
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When the coach tells you who you're matching up on...
https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC/status/1451066480980680706
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Grimeys' life as a farmer:
In October we ticked over 5 years on the farm at @mountmacedonwinery, and given it hasn’t always been smooth sailing and we all tend to only post the highlights on insta, here are 10 pics of some of our swear word moments over the years.
In order:
dodgy handbrake = runaway tractor,
hand / arm in sick cow,
crushed our farm truck,
sheep bitten by fox,
rolled the bobcat down a hill,
tree fallen on restaurant before a wedding,
tree fallen on vineyard,
bogged the mower (second time that afternoon),
dragging a rotting kangaroo out of a dam,
one very happy farmer👌🏻
Pics here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CXE3vnlht_8/
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Dylan Grimes’ elevation to the captaincy role at Richmond places him up there with Club ‘Immortal’ Francis Bourke as the most decorated defender in Tigerland history.
Grimes has a super-impressive football CV – three premiership medals, (2017, 2019, 2020) a Jack Dyer Medal (2021), All-Australian blazer (2019), and now adds to that the honour of being the Club’s co-captain.
Bourke is a five-time Richmond premiership player (1967, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1980), but two of those were as a wingman in the early phase of his league football career (‘67 and ‘69).
He was the Tigers’ captain for two seasons (1976-77) and also a Jack Dyer Medallist (1970).
St Francis, as he’s affectionately known, is a revered figure at Punt Road . . . Richmond royalty, in fact. For Grimes to be rated alongside him, in terms of what he’s achieved throughout his playing career across the Tigers’ backline, is a huge compliment.
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1061201/grimes-in-rarefied-richmond-air
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Richmond co-captain Dylan Grimes underwent surgery today to repair a ligament injury to his left thumb that occurred in the second quarter of Saturday’s AAMI Community Series match against Hawthorn.
At this stage Grimes’ availability is doubtful for Round 1 against Carlton.
https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC/status/1500708451273809922
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Surgery on a thumb ligament and only doubtful for round 1? Hmmm.
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Dr Google tells me its a 4-6 week recovery time for thumb ligament surgery.
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So why did we send him back out to play?
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So why did we send him back out to play?
Don't know. Perhaps Grimesy thought he tape it up and go back on.
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Judging by the size of the cast on his thumb be lucky to play any of the first 4 games.
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"I had just a ligament attached after the game in Tassie. Really unlucky circumstances, I just got my thumb caught in another player's jumper, so I'll miss a couple of weeks," Grimes told AFL.com.au at Marvel Stadium on Wednesday afternoon.
"I see the doctor today. Until this afternoon, I'm hopeful I'll play round one. I think it's on the shorter end of the recovery timeline. If it's not round one, I'm really hopeful it will be round two."
https://www.afl.com.au/news/716660/thumbs-down-top-tiger-battling-for-round-one-after-surgery
"I had surgery two days and it's still feeling pretty tender and sore but it's one of those ones that can turn around pretty quick," Grimes said, just eight days out from Richmond's round-one match.
"We haven't even ruled out round one yet so there's hopefully still a chance that can happen in my eyes."
https://thewest.com.au/sport/afl/sore-tiger-grimes-desperate-for-afl-opener-c-5989681
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Judging by the size of the cast on his thumb be lucky to play any of the first 4 games.
(https://www.aflphotos.com.au/images/thumbs/800/2022/03/09/917517.jpg)
(https://www.aflphotos.com.au/images/thumbs/800/2022/03/09/917454.jpg)
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Let’s hope he gets the Thumbs up sooner rather than later :thumbsup :thumbsup
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Let’s hope he gets the Thumbs up sooner rather than later :thumbsup :thumbsup
:lol :clapping
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Need some photoshop magic
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From what I saw Grimesy trained today with the main group without any noticeable bandage on his left hand.
Not sure if that means he's better than evens chance to play round 1 but it's a positive sign :pray.
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Maybe miracles do happen
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The next main training session should be Tuesday morning and then the Captain's run on Wednesday morning. If Grimesy traines fully in both of those then he must be a shot to play :pray.
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From twitter:
I have sources confirming Grimes will play round 1.
https://twitter.com/GT937orBust/status/1502468721037942785
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I wouldn’t play him if he is not 100% , thumbs can be nasty
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Tom Browne on 7news said Grimes was put through a bit of a session today and Richmond won't be making a call on whether he will play until Wednesday "the last minute".
The scroll along the bottom of the screen had Tuesday as a key fitness test.
Watch from 0:57 min mark: https://twitter.com/7NewsMelbourne/status/1502916003059052546
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Dimma said Grimes is more unlikely than likely to play.
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9news was far more positive about Grimes' chances.
Includes vision of Grimes training yesterday as well.
WATCH HERE: https://twitter.com/9NewsMelb/status/1502917362374397954
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Dimma said Grimes is more unlikely than likely to play.
Lets hope Dimma is playing some ducks and drakes here. Getting Carlton to prepare for Balta down back. Its a totally different team structure that way
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Richmond co-captain Dylan Grimes is firming to face Carlton on Thursday night.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/round-1-looms-injury-and-selection-news-ahead-of-the-first-game-of-the-afl-season/news-story/c47ae31003395ab017ac30f0abe4cfb2
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We have got some massive outs for this game.
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Who?
Flossy and ...............?
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Graham
Grimes
That’s big for me, perhaps not for others
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And Lambert
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Hopefully Grimes plays. Otherwise it’s going to be a pretty new setup in defence.
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Graham
Grimes
That’s big for me, perhaps not for others
Grimes is playing.
Lamberts one strength is his elite running ability. When he has a bung hip then he is borderline best 22. Last year he was well below his best.
Similarly I'm not a big fan of Graham - our worst clearance mid by some margin given his lack of pace over the first 5 metres.
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“Dylan’s responded really well. We probably thought he’d be in some form of doubt for the round 1 game but he trained strongly Sunday and he’ll hopefully train strongly again (on Tuesday),” Hardwick said.
Source: The Australian (https://www.theaustralian.com.au/breaking-news/afl-richmonds-dylan-grimes-set-to-play-in-round-1-but-cocaptain-toby-nankervis-stuck-in-health-and-safety-protocols/news-story/75748643280ad4ab383a324a72051a22)
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Grimesy did all the training session today bar the one tackling drill. If they are trying to protect his thumb from tackling then I see him playing key position defence on Curnow (presuming Tarrant gets McKay) where Grimesy will mostly do punching/spoiling the ball with his other hand (right hand) as well as intercept marking. You can't play on a small forward if you can't trust your ability to grab with your hand quickly to tackle.
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"Dylan trained today (Tuesday) and also on Sunday. So, Dylan's completed the full session today, it looks like he'll potentially be available for Thursday night. But, we'll do a final tick off with the medical team, Dylan and the match committee and assess that."
- Peter Burge.
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(https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/attachments/screenshot_20220315-154138_instagram-jpg.1344694/)
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Grimes on SEN this morning said he's playing Thursday night (provided he gets through the light Captain's Run training session).
WATCH: https://twitter.com/1116sen/status/1503917718617001984
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Jonathan Brown on On The Couch reckons he's heard that Grimes' hammy is a bad one and he's going to miss 8 weeks.
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https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/richmond-confirm-defender-dylan-grimes-sidelined-for-at-least-12-weeks-with-serious-hamstring-injury/news-story/5d4b01788dfe7cc54f8ee8d3503b47b4
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Well it was a matter of time until his hammy went again. He really had a terrific run !
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Yeah didn’t he have chronic hamstring issues before our dynasty? I really feel
For him but man when he was back on the park he really dominated
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https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/richmond-confirm-defender-dylan-grimes-sidelined-for-at-least-12-weeks-with-serious-hamstring-injury/news-story/5d4b01788dfe7cc54f8ee8d3503b47b4
Did people actually read the article?
Yes it's dated 2022 but..
It quotes Matt Hornsby who hasn't been at the Club for over 6 years
Mentions we are also without Will Thursfield for a number of weeks
Same injury and surgery that Nick Riewoldt had recently :o
Think Foxsports haven't a clue and have dredged up an article from 10 years ago ::)
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hahaha true WP.
I read the first paragraph of the 12 weeks, but seriously wtf. Will Thursfield
:lol :lol :lol
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Grimesy to miss a month according to 7news.
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Miller should get a good crack at it then
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Miller should get a good crack at it then
Well you know the coaches are stuffed in the head if they move Balta back again and play Soldo as 3rd tall resting.
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Miller should get a good crack at it then
Nope - Biggy
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On form this week in the 2’s , Biggy
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Biggie /Miller at least someone is getting a crack
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The news is less positive for hamstrung co-captain Dylan Grimes, who was subbed out of the Tigers' loss to St Kilda and is expected to miss 2-4 weeks with a "hopefully stock-standard" injury.
“We’ll be relatively conservative with Dylan ... we’ll take our time with it, and make sure we get it right," said Hardwick.
Source: zerohanger.com (https://www.zerohanger.com/key-tigers-to-return-hardwicks-sub-solution-117785/)
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Grimesy back next week against the Eagles according to Jack :pray.
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(https://resources.richmondfc.com.au/photo-resources/2022/06/07/cfb63aec-e509-4129-8583-59d846c13ad7/DIG06_-AFL-Milestones_Dylan-Grimes-200-Games_Article.png?width=952&height=592)
What makes the 200-game milestone for Grimes even more meritorious is the hardship he endured early in his AFL career.
Grimes, who was Richmond’s first pick (No. 2 overall) in the AFL pre-season draft at the end of 2009, made his senior debut with the Tigers in the final home-and-away round of the 2010 season against Port Adelaide at Marvel Stadium.
For the next three years, however, he was plagued with injuries, predominantly hamstring trouble.
From 2011-13, Grimes managed to play just 25 out of a possible 67 senior games for Richmond.
Eventually he was able to overcome his hamstring issues and become the Scarlett-like star defender McCartney predicted he would be.
(https://resources.richmondfc.com.au/photo-resources/2022/06/07/84651d39-6506-4f4f-b2c0-fef4ed61d729/09RiEs11DT-2758.jpg?width=952)(https://resources.richmondfc.com.au/photo-resources/2022/06/07/a25f02aa-866c-43eb-a8a6-61be58fe9323/GFAdRi17SB_2179.JPG?width=952)
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1144619/grimes-great-journey-to-200-game-milestone
:clapping :bow
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I remember seeing him ping his hammy live for the second or third time and thinking gee it's a shame he can really play but he seems doomed.
Such a wonderful thing that he's gone on to have an amazing career with flags, AA, captaincy etc. Very happy for him.
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Not soft! What a legend this guy is. Too many highlights to name but him living rent free in Charlie Cameron’s head during our dynasty is up there
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The Best of Grimes.
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/1144900/best-of-grimes
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You wonder if he could make a decent forward watching that.
Great pace, marking, solid kick, fast recovery etc.
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You wonder if he could make a decent forward watching that.
Great pace, marking, solid kick, fast recovery etc.
Not to discredit him, absolutely love Grimesy, but everyone looks like an AA forward in their highlights package 😂
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On ya Champ! :bow
(https://www.aflphotos.com.au/images/thumbs/800/2022/06/09/958996.jpg)
https://www.aflphotos.com.au/galleries/results/?q=collection:AFL%202022%20Round%2013%20-%20Richmond%20v%20Port%20Adelaide
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Gave Curnow an absolute bath tonight. What a gun!
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Gave Curnow an absolute bath tonight. What a gun!
Was hoping he could nail a goal but the 30m penalty kiboshed that
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Really really poor. Surprised there were no posts on Grimesy after the loss. Left chol on his own to get a tap in on the goal line to cut it to 2 goals, then punched it right into the middle of the field for andersons goal, then he dropped an uncontested chest mark at the 50m line in the lead up to the winner.
If our captain and one of our most experienced is at panic stations can’t expect the rest of the team to be any better.
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I was gettting around to Grimesy.
If I’m going to go to town on Ross and shed and anyone else then I will do the same for Grimesy.
He is playing rubbish lately. That goal to Chol was incredibly poor by our defenders,
Pathetic.
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💩
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Really really poor. Surprised there were no posts on Grimesy after the loss. Left chol on his own to get a tap in on the goal line to cut it to 2 goals, then punched it right into the middle of the field for andersons goal, then he dropped an uncontested chest mark at the 50m line in the lead up to the winner.
If our captain and one of our most experienced is at panic stations can’t expect the rest of the team to be any better.
Hard to disagree with any of that
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And the down field free, pushed him in the back after you could see the kick was going nowhere near the goals.
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And the down field free, pushed him in the back after you could see the kick was going nowhere near the goals.
Yup forgot about that one. Was a ridiculously bad 4th qtr by him.
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Really really poor. Surprised there were no posts on Grimesy after the loss. Left chol on his own to get a tap in on the goal line to cut it to 2 goals, then punched it right into the middle of the field for andersons goal, then he dropped an uncontested chest mark at the 50m line in the lead up to the winner.
If our captain and one of our most experienced is at panic stations can’t expect the rest of the team to be any better.
Hard to disagree with any of that
Was a poor game and he did panic late in the game which ultimately resulted in the winning goal. A legend but a game to forget.
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Grimesy has done a hammy according to the AFL website.
Another soft tissue injury if true :banghead.
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Grimesy has done a hammy according to the AFL website.
Another soft tissue injury if true :banghead.
Hahaha. We are the hammy kings at Punt Rd. Thanks Burgo you useless campaigner
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Dylan was on 3AW after the game
He said something along the lines of we always learn lessons after a loss and we would have learnt another one tonight. And one of things we need to learn is to ice games. Because we can't be doing what we've doing in finals
Got a newsflash for your Dylan, based on the last 3 weeks we won't be playing finals :banghead
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"... I thought Grimesy (Dylan Grimes) had pinged his hammy but he said it was just his glute, a little knock, so he’ll be right.”
Source: Nathan Broad on foxfooty.com.au. (https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/richmond-tigers/he-couldnt-move-tigers-explain-sub-call-as-contentious-rule-sparks-debate-amid-thrilling-finish/news-story/90a2a2fe5681e85e2a6aa191b6c03730)
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Co-captain Grimes was subbed out early in the second half with a hamstring injury.
“I don’t want to speculate, but it’s not great,” Hardwick said. “It’s a little bit challenging and emotional for all of us because he’s such an important player to the fabric of our football club. We hope it’s not too severe ... we’ve got our fingers crossed at this stage.
Source: The Age. (https://www.watoday.com.au/sport/afl/we-did-it-for-shane-hardwick-tribute-for-edwards-after-tigers-win-20220731-p5b634.html)
In the full presser video, Dimma said Grimesy told him it was a bad one :(.
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Burge and whoever decided the strategy this year should hang their head in shame.
I have a suspicion this is why he is leaving. Dimma I’m sure would have unloaded on him at various stages this year.
Disgraceful what has happened this year. Last chance at a flag and all we copped was soft tissue injuries.
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Burge should have been moved on end last year.
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To many recurring injuries this season very poor.
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Grimesy will be out for the rest of the season imho. Hes looking at 6 weeks minimum.
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Burge and whoever decided the strategy this year should hang their head in shame.
I have a suspicion this is why he is leaving. Dimma I’m sure would have unloaded on him at various stages this year.
Disgraceful what has happened this year. Last chance at a flag and all we copped was soft tissue injuries.
…but the soft cap is killing us apparently and we can’t afford toilet paper :rollin
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He was hobbling bad at 3qt. Looked like a nasty one
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I'm a bit worried about Dyl, not just his hammy but overall. All through the first half our defence looked static, reactive & pedestrian. Dyl was doing a reasonable individual job on Cameron (as he usually does) but our whole back 6 looked bad & the Brion forwards were having a great old time.
Then pwang goes the hammy ... so we moved Rioli onto Cameron & we suddenly looked brighter & sharper. Nank was slaving away in the ruck so we used Miller to give him a rest, somehow with our co-captains off the field we got a taste for it. Rioli was all over Cameron like a cheap suit, Miller was giving us something in the ruck & around the ground too. We clicked & off we went! Rioli even ran off Cameron & kicked a spectacular 55m goal in the last.
We went from sludgy to dangerous & blew them away. The Brions had their injury troubles too, but what was the thing that transformed us after our co-captains left the field? Was it simply the fact that our co-captains were off the ground? I kind of hope not ... but I'll enjoy a great come back win, it was awesome to see it go the other way for once. :cheers
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Grimes interviewed on Ch 9 arvo news before going into get his scan:
"[It was] sore this morning. Done hammies before and this doesn't feel great. Still hopeful but that may be due to still riding high off the back of the win last night."
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Tom Browne on 7 news said Richmond has told him Grimes' injury is medium term but they still hopeful he will play a part this season.
Medium term usually means 4-6 weeks out.
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If we make finals, with the pre-finals bye it would be 5 weeks from now. That’s enough time for him and dusty to recover provided we make it - still have my doubts.
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Latest update from Peter Burge:
Dylan Grimes, hamstring
"Dylan suffered a hamstring strain in the third quarter of the game on the weekend, which is really disappointing and frustrating for him and us. We're in a situation at the moment when we're getting some further investigation. He had some scans yesterday and it's a high hamstring strain up around the upper tendon and the upper hamstring, an area where he's had an issue in the past, 10 years ago he had some surgery on that same area... At this stage it's probably looking doubtful that he's going to play in the last three home and away games of the season. So, we're going to need to have a look at what lies beyond that. We'll gather some more information over the next couple of days and we'll give everyone an update."
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1187242/pilot-medical-update-round-21-2022
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Grimesy had surgery on his hammy today.
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Tigers' finals tilt takes a hit as co-captain undergoes surgery
Dylan Grimes has been ruled out of a comeback before finals.
By AAP
4 August 2022
Damien Hardwick concedes Richmond co-captain Dylan Grimes is unlikely to play again this season unless the Tigers make a deep run into the finals.
Grimes will miss the remaining three home-and-away rounds, starting with Saturday night's crunch game against Port Adelaide because of his latest hamstring setback.
The triple-premiership defender had surgery on Thursday to repair tendon damage in the hope he can return during September.
"He won't play in the regular season, that part's done and dusted," Hardwick told reporters on Thursday.
"(It depends on) how far we go in the finals and it gives him a chance if we make it.
"This (surgery) gives him his best chance to get back this year, we feel."
https://www.afl.com.au/news/812764/tigers-finals-tilt-takes-a-hit-as-co-captain-undergoes-surgery
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Would you bring him back for a prelim or GF if he hadn't played? Don't think so. He's done for the year.
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Would you bring him back for a prelim or GF if he hadn't played? Don't think so. He's done for the year.
I would.
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stuffin Burge you stupid stuff.
This sucks for Grimes himself.
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Would you bring him back for a prelim or GF if he hadn't played? Don't think so. He's done for the year.
No I wouldn't.
Not if we had a fit gibcus, Balta, Broad, Miller and Tarrant.
His form hasn't been great anyway.
Get fit for 2023.
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Hardwick said co-captain Dylan Grimes will meet with his surgeon on Wednesday to discuss the timeline on returning from his hamstring injury.
Source: RFC website (https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1199664/-open-season-gives-dimma-hope).
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I don't think the captaincy suits him .
Trying to play it tough like Cotchin - just became undisciplined.
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Sounds like he wouldn’t be back until the 2nd/3rd week of finals at the earliest which are 4-5 weeks away if we make it.
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Grimes on track for full pre-season
Jon Pierik
The Age
19 November 2022
Richmond co-captain Dylan Grimes has impressed club medical staff in his recovery from surgery and is ready to complete a full pre-season.
Grimes, 31, required hamstring surgery in August after he was hurt in the round-20 clash against Brisbane at the MCG. He missed the final three home-and-away games and what was the season-ending loss to the Lions in an elimination final at the Gabba.
The veteran defender has a history of hamstring issues, so understood what awaited in his recovery.
Tigers officials say he has been running and recovering well and will join in full training when the senior group officially resumes later this month.
Grimes remains a key part of the Tigers’ premiership plans, and his composure was missed late in the season.
Ahead of his 200th game in June, Grimes opened up about his hamstring battles, revealing he had been on the verge of retirement before his second hamstring tendon surgery a decade ago.
Between 2011-13, Grimes managed to play just 25 of a possible 67 senior games because of hamstring issues, and was sent to Germany to spend time with German doctor Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt for expert treatment.
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/afl/hawk-greats-back-nankivell-presidency-bid-tigers-co-captain-on-track-20221119-p5bzl8.html
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Grimesy interviewed on 9news.
- Hopes to captain again.
- Backs our recruiting (in bringing in Taranto & Hopper). It worked with Nank, Prestia, Caddy and Grigg who are all premiership players.
- Focused on new training method after doing his hammy which ended his year in September.
- "We've got a new fitness coach and a new weights coach as well. So, we're pretty much throwing the kitchen sink at it really. I probably didn't de-load as much as I normally would've over the break. So, just tried to maintain fitness over the off-season.
- "He's [Dusty] in good nick and in a great headspace and seems to be really happy around the Club"
https://twitter.com/9NewsMelb/status/1605109475756675073
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Grimes on his return post-hammy and preparation for 2023:
Grimes said he was cleared of his own injury about a week after Richmond’s narrow elimination final defeat and was buoyant about his fitness after adopting a different pre-season approach.
“It was my third bout of hammy surgery now, so we’ve got a bit of an idea of what to do,” he said.
“But, having said that, we’ve got a new fitness coach and new weights coach as well, so we’re throwing pretty much the kitchen sink at it, really.
“Most of the stuff that’s been different has been in the gym ... [and] I probably didn’t de-load as much as I normally would over the break and just tried to maintain fitness, so coming back there wouldn’t be that lag.”
Captaincy:
The Tigers are yet to make a captaincy call after Grimes and Toby Nankervis served as co-captains last season in the wake of Trent Cotchin stepping down.
Grimes will happily take on the role again, but said they were “blessed” with many options.
“When you look at some of the players we’ve got at the club, with Trent and Jack [Riewoldt] and such established leaders there, but [also] there are some young leaders coming through,” he said.
“My role as a leader won’t change a great deal, whether I’m captain or not.”
Thoughts on our recruiting:
The Tigers made their intentions clear when they off-loaded a bevy of high draft picks this year and next to bring in established midfielders Tim Taranto and Jacob Hopper from the Giants.
They handed both players seven-year deals, and the moves have been compared to Hawthorn’s recruitment of on-ball stars Jaeger O’Meara and Tom Mitchell at the end of 2016, as the Hawks tried to remain in flag contention.
O’Meara and Mitchell were coincidentally traded again in the most-recent trade period, with Hawthorn in rebuild mode.
But Grimes backed Richmond’s aggressive list strategy, saying Hartley and co’s track record demanded respect.
“I feel like the list management have proven their success in that way,” he said.
“You look back, and you’ve got Dion [Prestia], [Josh] Caddy, Nankervis and Shaun Grigg, who played in premiership years for us, so it’s hard to question their method when they’ve got those kinds of results on the board.”
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/bolton-re-signs-with-tigers-as-grimes-puts-hand-up-for-captaincy-20221219-p5c7hz.html
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Grimes again was the general in Richmond’s backline, finishing the match with 12 disposals, five marks, six intercepts, three crucial spoils and four one-percenters.
Despite missing key, tall defenders in rock-solid veteran Robbie Tarrant and talented youngster Josh Gibcus, the Richmond backs were able to restrict the Blues to an overall total of only 8.10 (58), with their dangerous duo, reigning Coleman Medallist, Charlie Curnow, and Harry McKay, managing just four goals between them.
“It’s kind of what you look for early in the season, that cohesion, that back seven to click,” Grimes said in a post-game interview on Channel Seven.
“At times, I felt we really connected as a back seven. And there’s opportunities for growth going forward . . .
“Those two players (Tarrant and Grimes) are quality players, so when they come back, I think it will help us a lot. But, having said that, I’m pretty proud of the boys that played down there tonight.”
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1284885/grimes-pride-in-tiger-backs
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This season has been the worst I’ve seen him play all career.
Too many dumb decision making and poor disposals have killed us at times.
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Why does he love to kick across goal in the wet?..
That’s not his go.
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'We know our system stands up' - Grimes
Dylan Grimes speaks with Richmond Media following the Round 4 loss against the Bulldogs.
WATCH: https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/1302893/-we-know-our-system-stands-up-grimes
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I don't think we do know that anymore tbh.
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That line hasn’t been relevant since 2020. Mainly because we can’t implement our system for more than 2 quarters of a game. Seriously 8 goals in 1 quarter and 4 in the other 3 compared is just crazy.
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Our system feels as weak as a wet paper bag these days.
Stand rule hurt a lot and the personnel aren't able to execute it like 5 years ago.
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'We know our system stands up' - Grimes
Dylan Grimes speaks with Richmond Media following the Round 4 loss against the Bulldogs.
WATCH: https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/1302893/-we-know-our-system-stands-up-grimes
Hate to break it to you Dylan but it didn't stand up.
If it did we would have won
Can i add you can tell he is down on confidence and form when he is punching the ball in contests that he should be grabbing. Did that quite a few times yesterday.
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Agree on Grimes punching vs marking. It was wet to be fair.
I actually think the defense has been decent this year, Rutten impact is obvious. Balta been solid and Young a great find. Defense is my least concern in all honesty.
Balta Young Gibcus is solid foundation for a long time.
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TIGERS VETERAN WANTS TO PLAY ON
Riley Beveridge
afl.com.au
13 April 2023
RICHMOND co-captain Dylan Grimes is keen to extend his career into a 15th season.
The triple-premiership defender, All-Australian and former best and fairest winner is among a host of veteran Tigers set to come out of contract at season's end, but is determined to play on into 2024.
Richmond will have decisions to make on a number of experienced stars, including Trent Cotchin, Jack Riewoldt, Robbie Tarrant and Grimes, when their current deals expire later this year.
But the 31-year-old Grimes wants to play on, with his manager Marty Pask from Kapital Sports Group revealing that discussions with the club are gearing towards another contract being offered later this season.
"I expect him to be able to keep playing on," Pask told AFL.com.au's Gettable.
"He expects to keep playing on and Richmond's got a preparedness for that to happen, too. I would think he'd keep going. Everything with where that sits right now, I'd be very, very confident he'd be playing next year."
https://www.afl.com.au/news/902207/tiger-wants-more-draft-bolter-rising-port-hopeful-on-young-duo
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I'm guessing the Club's plan going into this season was that this year would be Jack and Cotch's last year. Then Grimes finishes up in 2024. It will depend on how Grimesy finishes this season. You don't want too much experience leaving all at once. You want to space the retirements out so we can replenish our list as we go without doing a Hawthorn and crashing to the bottom of the ladder.
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Still believe if he didn't have the burden of captaincy he'd be playing alot better
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Still believe if he didn't have the burden of captaincy he'd be playing alot better
yeah I agree. He hasn’t been the same player since he got it
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Honestly if this guy wants to talk about 2024 he needs to pull a finger out of his ass.
Been pathetic this year. A shadow of his former self.
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The game has passed this old warrior
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Yep, he’s getting beat in the air and at ground level these days. Doesn’t provide any run or outlet options anymore.
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Finished.
Charlie Cameron will be licking his lips waiting for round 16.
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Cooked - pee him off
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'It wasn't like a Richmond brand' - Grimes
WATCH HERE: https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/1320572/it-wasn-t-like-a-richmond-brand-grimes
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Wish they’d stop using this sort of terminology in their press conferences and interviews. We haven’t had a consistent distinguishable style since 2020.
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Like Nank, fellow co-captain Grimesy also had arguably his best game for the year. Dylan had 8 defensive intercepts by the way.
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Yup his best game in maybe 24months
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Game day birthday for our co-captain Grimesy! (https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/svg/1f382.svg)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F1E-G6BaUAk-r1T?format=jpg&name=900x900)
https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC/status/1680366131847000065
:birthday
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Not sure what’s up with Grimes
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Grimes is absolute garbage - sun him now
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Absolute panic merchant.
Sub him off.
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Yeah he’s sadly a shell of the absolute general he once was.
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Finished. Ridiculous captaincy choice ridiculous contract extension.
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Been pathetic all year along with RIEWOLDT.
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Has to go..... With Mini.
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Will play every game if Minidud gets the gig.... :shh
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He is a premiership hero and has earned my respect. I just hope for his legacy he chooses to bow out sooner rather than later because his performances the past couple of seasons do not do it justice how good he was at his prime
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Was not at his best. Terrible performance. Probably lost confidence watching Balta give up on the game and his team.
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I am surprised he was given and wanted another year.
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That deliberate in the 3rd was a monumental brain fade.
And so costly, I even suggested to my friends at the time it was likely going to cost us the game
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Has hit absolute rock bottom. If the club is serious he should be dropped doe next week and retired at the end of the year
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Was probably his lowest point since his early years today and deserves that to be said but as a 3 time premiership player doesn't deserve some of the vitriolic comments on here. Come on guys, you are better than this.
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Well that’s debatable
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Pretty hectic day and have only seen the last quarter and a half.
So with that said it seems if Balta has a bad day there is no one to stop opposition talls getting on top.
The little ive seen this week and last week i keep asking myself where is the the help in the air.
People are not criticising Young it seems because he actually got a bit of ball but he is one of two kpds and last week and the bit i saw this week he hardly impacted in the air or left his man and helped out.
Will sit down and watch a replay but as poor as Grimes and Balta was according to people their two talls still kicked 10 goals between them.
Some of that has to be down to not just the two mentioned.
Have said a few times in threads i would not be surprised if Grimesy retires at seasons end after today if people are correct it is probably even more open to that possibility.
Like others i think he has really struggled most games this year.
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Grimes signed a contract extension after round 4 or 5, so he wont be retiring
He should however IMHO give up the captaincy and just concentrate on his own game
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7news tonight actually said Grimes is "likely to come under scrutiny for a dangerous tackle".
Go to 0:37 min mark: https://twitter.com/7NewsMelbourne/status/1695721695309639900
It wasn't even a dangerous tackle :facepalm.
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The game is stuffed
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What about Dusty getting sling tackled over the line, if he had hit his head…
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If Dylan gets weeks for that , then our game is absolutely stuffed
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Hopefully gets 12 months. #cooked :shh
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I actually thought Grimes played one of his better games for the year. Helped with having no genuine forwards. But on Rioli most of the day and did OK.
Grimes won't go for that. He didn't hit his head on ground not was their any impact or injury. Impact nil so no grading. Ridiculous thing to report.
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Reckon he should retire as a protest :shh
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7news tonight actually said Grimes is "likely to come under scrutiny for a dangerous tackle".
Go to 0:37 min mark: https://twitter.com/7NewsMelbourne/status/1695721695309639900
It wasn't even a dangerous tackle :facepalm.
No surprise, the MRO didn't even look at or mention it.
#IdioticMedia
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A selfless leader and teammate, Grimesy (https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/svg/1f49b.svg)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GBHL28MbkAAdc-q?format=jpg&name=small)
https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC/status/1734419651101384749
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Dylan Grimes
It was a down season for Richmond and Dylan Grimes was one of the many who struggled to perform to the lofty standards he has set over the years. His rating took a 38 per cent dive this season and the Tigers’ defence struggled as a result. It’s part of the reason the Tigers are desperate to get Josh Gibcus back to full fitness, given the promise the high-end draft pick has shown when he has been out on the park.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2023-player-ratings-players-who-need-to-improve-big-preseason-form-rankings-injuries-season-preview-latest/news-story/1679e49db994d6dc2905a2111c833fbf
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According to Mitch Cleary, Grimesy is no certainty for round 1 either with a persistent calf injury.
https://twitter.com/7NewsMelbourne/status/1753327456269037854
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Ending his career as he started it….
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The old man's curse injury.
Calf injuries for blokes over 30 are hard to get over and difficult to manage.
It's been tough to watch Dylan the last 2 seasons, not the player he once was and don't think the added responsibility of the captaincy helped. Was relieved when he gave that up this season.
Throw all that together in particular the calf issue and I wouldn't be at all surprised if half way through the season he pulls the pin
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He should pull the pin now.
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He should pull the pin now.
As a champion of our Club I think they will give him every opportunity to get it right and TBH I really don't have a problem with that
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Will be this years Jack & Cotch .
The cliff comes for everyone- even champs .
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Will be this years Jack & Cotch .
The cliff comes for everyone- even champs .
I kinda feel like his cliff was 2022 and yet here we are in 2024 and he is clinging to life.
I actually thought that would be Jack, not Grimes.
Is not as though he needs the cash.
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Will be this years Jack & Cotch .
The cliff comes for everyone- even champs .
I kinda feel like his cliff was 2022 and yet here we are in 2024 and he is clinging to life.
I actually thought that would be Jack, not Grimes.
Is not as though he needs the cash.
Fair call - the cliff has already come .
Getting games on past reputation.
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He should pull the pin now.
As a champion of our Club I think they will give him every opportunity to get it right and TBH I really don't have a problem with that
He is a champ but not on the levels of cotch and Jack who were both more capable of playing decent footy. Hang ‘em up grimesy
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Will never forget the Grimes of 2019-20.
Had been playing in Dance's shadow for years but finally showed the world he was basically the best defender in the game and won a deserved AA. Was untouchable at that stage.
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Should have retired. Will not play the full season. Selfish , taking a spot of a kid we could develop. Was a great defender in his day but now a liability. I bet by round 14:he will retire
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This man is a champion and a large reason for our recent success , should be given every chance to prove himself
No doubt Dylan being the man he is will put club first in any decision he makes, like he always does
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He was no doubt a champion, but is no longer. He is cooked
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Should have retired. Will not play the full season. Selfish , taking a spot of a kid we could develop. Was a great defender in his day but now a liability. I bet by round 14:he will retire
Actually, I don’t see him as selfish. I think he believes he can genuinely contribute. As I said, he doesn’t need the money.
I am not sure why he thinks he can contribute meaningfully to the seniors. Which, to me, is the issue.
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Let's just wait and see what happens. If his body is still failing him before the mid season draft I have no doubt either he or the club will call time like Grigg. If he is going ok then he more then deserves to play the season out. Loyalty is important...
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He was no doubt a champion, but is no longer. He is cooked
A champion player will remain a champion. Their form will tail off with age like everyone else but their achievements and contributions are cemented in our history.
I don’t think he has been the same player since 2021 let alone 2023 or 2022 but if there’s one thing I’ll never question with grimesy is his selflessness.
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When you carry on knowing you're cooked, that's selfishness. Yeah he WAS a champion. Good clubs make the hard calls, the right calls. Sentimental crap doesn't help future success .
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Really glad he is playing on, even if not in the 1s all the time. He'll be great for the development of Gibcus, Young, Banks & co. Shows he is a team man.
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When you carry on knowing you're cooked, that's selfishness. Yeah he WAS a champion. Good clubs make the hard calls, the right calls. Sentimental crap doesn't help future success .
Maybe, just maybe Blair convinced him to play on :shh
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Incorrect. He wanted to play on. Fair enough too as long as he's treated the same as everyone else. Could bounce back a little this year hopefully
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Let's hope the captaincy going to Nank alone helps his mindset
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When you carry on knowing you're cooked, that's selfishness. Yeah he WAS a champion. Good clubs make the hard calls, the right calls. Sentimental crap doesn't help future success .
Maybe, just maybe Blair convinced him to play on :shh
And there’s your problem.
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When you carry on knowing you're cooked, that's selfishness. Yeah he WAS a champion. Good clubs make the hard calls, the right calls. Sentimental crap doesn't help future success .
Maybe, just maybe Blair convinced him to play on :shh
And there’s your problem.
Well they did re-sign for 2024 very last year, around round 5 or 6 I think it was
I thought it was a strange and poor call then as it made no sense.
I just hate seeing champions of our Club struggling
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Reckon champion is a word used too loosely these days
Super player. Absolute gun when at his best. Not potting him or his worth, but I reserve use of the word champion.
Dyer
KB
Hart
Richo
Those blokes are champions
Rance, Dusty, Cotchin, Riewoldt etc, champions
I have Grimes a level below. In the Edwards, Deledio etc category. Sensational players, don’t get me wrong, but not champions.
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Reckon champion is a word used too loosely these days
Super player. Absolute gun when at his best. Not potting him or his worth, but I reserve use of the word champion.
Dyer
KB
Hart
Richo
Those blokes are champions
Rance, Dusty, Cotchin, Riewoldt etc, champions
I have Grimes a level below. In the Edwards, Deledio etc category. Sensational players, don’t get me wrong, but not champions.
Champ for me.
No way we'd have 19-20 without his best football and leadership down back
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Champion footballers don’t often get the final year they deserve.
Sometimes it gets pretty messy through injury and a drop off in form .
Even Trent said in his book , there were times last year his place in the 22 couldn’t be guaranteed .
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Players are exactly like us . We sometimes think we can go on for ever and the end will never come .But Impermanence is in all facets of our life ,and sometimes it requires a wise head to give us a tap on the shoulder.
Not saying this is the case with Dylan at all just generally speaking
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Reckon champion is a word used too loosely these days
Super player. Absolute gun when at his best. Not potting him or his worth, but I reserve use of the word champion.
Dyer
KB
Hart
Richo
Those blokes are champions
Rance, Dusty, Cotchin, Riewoldt etc, champions
I have Grimes a level below. In the Edwards, Deledio etc category. Sensational players, don’t get me wrong, but not champions.
Surely you don’t have grimes and edwards in the same category as Deledio.
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Two things separate Deledio from the like of Shedda. One has flags with us and the other doesn't. One stayed here forever and the other left after 11 years of fantastic service. But the bloke who left was also the one being chased by other clubs, getting great offers and refusing them until he finally decided it was time to move on
Got nothing against Brett for leaving. Still a sensational player for our club.
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Reckon champion is a word used too loosely these days
Super player. Absolute gun when at his best. Not potting him or his worth, but I reserve use of the word champion.
Dyer
KB
Hart
Richo
Those blokes are champions
Rance, Dusty, Cotchin, Riewoldt etc, champions
I have Grimes a level below. In the Edwards, Deledio etc category. Sensational players, don’t get me wrong, but not champions.
Surely you don’t have grimes and edwards in the same category as Deledio.
Do you have Grimes in the same category as Dusty, Hart, Bartlett etc ?
Not in the same ballpark
Grimes has been a sensational player, zero doubt. Absolute gun. But for me, isn’t a champion.
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The only ytwo champions currently at Punt Road that I rate as such are Dusty and 'Ceasar'
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Reckon champion is a word used too loosely these days
Super player. Absolute gun when at his best. Not potting him or his worth, but I reserve use of the word champion.
Dyer
KB
Hart
Richo
Those blokes are champions
Rance, Dusty, Cotchin, Riewoldt etc, champions
I have Grimes a level below. In the Edwards, Deledio etc category. Sensational players, don’t get me wrong, but not champions.
Surely you don’t have grimes and edwards in the same category as Deledio.
Do you have Grimes in the same category as Dusty, Hart, Bartlett etc ?
Not in the same ballpark
Grimes has been a sensational player, zero doubt. Absolute gun. But for me, isn’t a champion.
I was careful not to say champion player and that's why I used the term "champion of our Club". He is a very good player, very good but agree he isnt a champion like Hart, Bartlett, Rioli Snr, Richo or Dusty
But he has been a champion of our Club, great leader on and off the field, loyal to our Club, great to the fans. Always has been a Club first man. That's why I called him a champion of our Club
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Champion, champion of the club...whatever.
Dylan Grimes is the absolute epitome of a champion in my book. A preseason draft selection who fought terrible early career injuries to rise to become our most crucial defender (player?) in a premiership year (2019), play a pivotal role in developing a culture that saw us win 3 flags in 4 years, and then captain the club. Champion.
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The AFL media bozos consider Tom Spewart a champion, if that's the case Dylan Grimes is every bit as good imo. So therefore he must be a Champion.
Imo Spewart is overated, sure he's a very good player but not a champion.
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Reckon champion is a word used too loosely these days
Super player. Absolute gun when at his best. Not potting him or his worth, but I reserve use of the word champion.
Dyer
KB
Hart
Richo
Those blokes are champions
Rance, Dusty, Cotchin, Riewoldt etc, champions
I have Grimes a level below. In the Edwards, Deledio etc category. Sensational players, don’t get me wrong, but not champions.
Surely you don’t have grimes and edwards in the same category as Deledio.
Do you have Grimes in the same category as Dusty, Hart, Bartlett etc ?
Not in the same ballpark
Grimes has been a sensational player, zero doubt. Absolute gun. But for me, isn’t a champion.
I was careful not to say champion player and that's why I used the term "champion of our Club". He is a very good player, very good but agree he isnt a champion like Hart, Bartlett, Rioli Snr, Richo or Dusty
But he has been a champion of our Club, great leader on and off the field, loyal to our Club, great to the fans. Always has been a Club first man. That's why I called him a champion of our Club
No I don’t, but I consider those guys Richmond immortals. I guess it’s not so much the terminology used but moreso that grimes and edwards as gun 1-club players across 3 premiership are clear of Deledio. The likes of dusty, cotch, jack and rance are in that bracket above with our all timers.
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As someone pointed out earlier Dylan along with Trent was instrumental in changing how Richmond went about their football it was a profound culture change . For me that further elevates Dylan
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Thanks WP for a balanced reply
I love Grimes as a player .. and an even better bloke .. he’s frequently kicked the footy with locals in Woodend , just a great guy
He’s a Richmond superstar no doubt
Just an utter gun
But I’ve just got a hang up on the word champion .. and before the crew bark at me about multiple premiership players etc
That makes Nank, D Rioli and Broad etc champions
They aren’t
As an example, Daniel can look at Maurice as a CHAMPION OF OUR CLUB
Daniel (who is my favourite player), is a superstar .. not a champion
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How Dylan Grimes is going now he is no longer captain: “He still speaks up but I think he just doesn’t have that external pressure on him as much any more … he is pretty busy with his farm in Mt Macedon and getting the balance right this year, the captaincy probably did put a lot of pressure on him last year.” - Nick Vlastuin
Source: HeraldSun (https://www.themercury.com.au/sport/afl/afl-2024-richmond-star-nick-vlastuin-on-new-reality-and-fresh-coach-at-tigerland/news-story/2248e7f7e9df780afc623b94108d7098?amp&nk=3396dc50874750f6d7a1fd41f3628ce1-1711241463)
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Needs a spell in the vfl.
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Needs a spell in the vfl.
Needs retirement
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Somebody tap him on the shoulder
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Better than his last 2 seasons but the question is whether a 2nd or 3rd year player matched his output and whether they would still be getting played
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He'll play him until he literally can't walk because we've got no choice now... :shh
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I hope they persevere with Miller and Young who are our future.
Grimes was not missed at all today .
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I hope they persevere with Miller and Young who are our future.
Grimes was not missed at all today .
I felt the same unfortunately. Sad but true.
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:shh
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GRIMES DESTROYED US TONIGHT. if he doesn't retire immediately he must finish the year in the VFL. No excuses.