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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: yellowandback on October 24, 2012, 08:43:26 PM
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RICHMOND is a strongly considering acquiring out-of-contract North Melbourne forward Aaron Edwards.
The Tigers have already purchased free agents Troy Chaplin and Chris Knights and have signalled their interest in taking Edwards, who could be picked up in exchange for a late draft choice before tomorrow's 2pm deadline. Richmond's last pick is No. 74.
If Edwards is delisted, which seems likely if he is not traded, the Tigers can pick him as a free agent prior to the national draft. Edwards, 28, has been supplanted in North's forward line by the improving Robbie Tarrant and Lachie Hansen, the latter having just signed a two-year contract extension.
The Tigers view him as a potential foil for Jack Riewoldt and Tyrone Vickery and also as insurance if either of those players are injured.
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Vickery struggled with a shoulder injury this year. Edwards played just nine games in 2012 and has a career tally of 82, having arrived at Arden Street in 2007 as a mature age recruit from VFL club Frankston, where he made his name as a strong-marking spearhead after an earlier unsuccessful stint at West Coast (four games). He booted 17 goals in those nine games this year.
The Tigers opened up a spot on their list and some money by trading ruckman Angus Graham to Adelaide, receiving pick 40 for Graham and their own pick No. 50.
North Melbourne also has been talking to Melbourne about a deal for Cameron Pedersen, who is under contract, the Demons as yet unable to provide the draft pick that the Roos want. North also is trying to acquire Port Adelaide's Ben Jacobs. To date, the Power has been unwilling to sell Jacobs, a Victorian, for North's pick 38 or 39.
The Pedersen deal in turn, could be influenced by whether the Demons can send forward/ruck Stef Martin to Brisbane, with that compensation used by Melbourne and handed on to North for Pedersen.
The Bulldogs yesterday completed the trade of Koby Stevens from West Coast in exchange for draft pick no 44.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/tigers-on-prowl-for-north-forward-edwards-20121024-285vk.html#ixzz2ACxnDHNf
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RICHMOND is a strongly considering acquiring out-of-contract North Melbourne forward Aaron Edwards.
The Tigers have already purchased free agents Troy Chaplin and Chris Knights and have signalled their interest in taking Edwards, who could be picked up in exchange for a late draft choice before tomorrow's 2pm deadline. Richmond's last pick is No. 74.
If Edwards is delisted, which seems likely if he is not traded, the Tigers can pick him as a free agent prior to the national draft. Edwards, 28, has been supplanted in North's forward line by the improving Robbie Tarrant and Lachie Hansen, the latter having just signed a two-year contract extension.
The Tigers view him as a potential foil for Jack Riewoldt and Tyrone Vickery and also as insurance if either of those players are injured.
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Vickery struggled with a shoulder injury this year. Edwards played just nine games in 2012 and has a career tally of 82, having arrived at Arden Street in 2007 as a mature age recruit from VFL club Frankston, where he made his name as a strong-marking spearhead after an earlier unsuccessful stint at West Coast (four games). He booted 17 goals in those nine games this year.
The Tigers opened up a spot on their list and some money by trading ruckman Angus Graham to Adelaide, receiving pick 40 for Graham and their own pick No. 50.
North Melbourne also has been talking to Melbourne about a deal for Cameron Pedersen, who is under contract, the Demons as yet unable to provide the draft pick that the Roos want. North also is trying to acquire Port Adelaide's Ben Jacobs. To date, the Power has been unwilling to sell Jacobs, a Victorian, for North's pick 38 or 39.
The Pedersen deal in turn, could be influenced by whether the Demons can send forward/ruck Stef Martin to Brisbane, with that compensation used by Melbourne and handed on to North for Pedersen.
The Bulldogs yesterday completed the trade of Koby Stevens from West Coast in exchange for draft pick no 44.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/tigers-on-prowl-for-north-forward-edwards-20121024-285vk.html#ixzz2ACxnDHNf
Cue the "fantastic pick up. He's free. Let's knight Craig Cameron & Blair Hartley"
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:chuck
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I like him.
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Absolute rubbish player
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Hope we get Titch's older brother.
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Get it done, Sir Hartley :clapping
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:chuck
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Yeeeesssssss :clapping
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Inb4 Melbourne swoop in and cut our grass, adding to their star studded forward line bloated with guns. :shh
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I've been well behaved for a while now and this has tipped me over the edge...
Fat lazy player, don't want prefer mcguane
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;D
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:chuck
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RICHMOND is a strongly considering acquiring out-of-contract North Melbourne forward Aaron Edwards.
The Tigers have already purchased free agents Troy Chaplin and Chris Knights and have signalled their interest in taking Edwards, who could be picked up in exchange for a late draft choice before tomorrow's 2pm deadline. Richmond's last pick is No. 74.
If Edwards is delisted, which seems likely if he is not traded, the Tigers can pick him as a free agent prior to the national draft. Edwards, 28, has been supplanted in North's forward line by the improving Robbie Tarrant and Lachie Hansen, the latter having just signed a two-year contract extension.
The Tigers view him as a potential foil for Jack Riewoldt and Tyrone Vickery and also as insurance if either of those players are injured.
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Vickery struggled with a shoulder injury this year. Edwards played just nine games in 2012 and has a career tally of 82, having arrived at Arden Street in 2007 as a mature age recruit from VFL club Frankston, where he made his name as a strong-marking spearhead after an earlier unsuccessful stint at West Coast (four games). He booted 17 goals in those nine games this year.
The Tigers opened up a spot on their list and some money by trading ruckman Angus Graham to Adelaide, receiving pick 40 for Graham and their own pick No. 50.
North Melbourne also has been talking to Melbourne about a deal for Cameron Pedersen, who is under contract, the Demons as yet unable to provide the draft pick that the Roos want. North also is trying to acquire Port Adelaide's Ben Jacobs. To date, the Power has been unwilling to sell Jacobs, a Victorian, for North's pick 38 or 39.
The Pedersen deal in turn, could be influenced by whether the Demons can send forward/ruck Stef Martin to Brisbane, with that compensation used by Melbourne and handed on to North for Pedersen.
The Bulldogs yesterday completed the trade of Koby Stevens from West Coast in exchange for draft pick no 44.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/tigers-on-prowl-for-north-forward-edwards-20121024-285vk.html#ixzz2ACxnDHNf
Solid editors down at The Age. Makes me read the article like I'm Mario.
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I like him.
would be a decent get exact type we dont have.think about it and look how he plays as a forward compared to king,nahas, edwards and white.
hes totally different.
at pick 74 i would personally rather go with max duffy. drop a player like white and psd edwards. in fact edwards for white would be a massive upgrade as far as im concerned.
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Would rather have Griffiths play that third tall forward.
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Would rather have Griffiths play that third tall forward.
what makes you think hes a tall. hes a medium sized forward who can take a good grab. hes good on the lead and decent at ground level. we dont have a medium sized forward we either have giants or we have midgets.
griffiths should be one of our two kpfs. vickery should be expected to spend significant time in the ruck as such he has to play out of a pocket. if griffiths is only a third tall we should trade him for a genuine kpf.
brett ohanlon is the closest thing we have to a edwards and hes not ready and there are questions about him making it though he does have time on his side.
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Chris Knights 187cm. Surely that is medium size? He's certainly not small
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Chris Knights 187cm. Surely that is medium size? He's certainly not small
fair enough hes new and its hard to get the head around hes on the list. besides knights is expected to spend significant tme in the midfield.
at the end of the day just my opinion but both knights and edwards would be upgrades on what we have.
if they are value add ons so be it. its still list improvement.
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I've been well behaved for a while now and this has tipped me over the edge...
Fat lazy player, don't want prefer mcguane
(http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/22445917.jpg)
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I've been well behaved for a while now and this has tipped me over the edge...
Fat lazy player, don't want prefer mcguane
(http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/22445917.jpg)
I was doing some reading up on telling a cat's mood just before by watching tail and ear states. My now expert opinion says that the erect, and forward facing ears, would suggest that this cat is 'alert' or 'inquisitive.'
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Cue the "fantastic pick up. He's free. Let's knight Craig Cameron & Blair Hartley"
I only want BH knighted for getting rid of Gus for pick 40 lol , CC i don't peturb to know much about but from what i have read here CC couldn't run the Indiginous institute better than Bruce Ruxton ....
Edited to correct quote
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How old is Edwards? Don't trade for him, pick him up as FA or rookie him.
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Edwards is from the 2006 draft (jack, Connors) so he's jacks age. Not old. Was the best mid prospect in said outside Bryce squibbs.
:sleep
As for Aaron edwards don't want. Ohanlon can do that role... frankston suited Aaron.
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Edwards is from the 2006 draft (jack, Connors) so he's jacks age. Not old. Was the best mid prospect in said outside Bryce squibbs.
:sleep
As for Aaron edwards don't want. Ohanlon can do that role... frankston suited Aaron.
He's 28. Born in March 84.
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Meanwhile, Richmond was last night poised to lure former West Coast and North Melbourne forward Aaron Edwards on a one-year contract.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/afl/kurt-tippett-transfer-probe-deepens/story-fnca0u4y-1226502672229
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I've been well behaved for a while now and this has tipped me over the edge...
Fat lazy player, don't want prefer mcguane
(http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/22445917.jpg)
I was doing some reading up on telling a cat's mood just before by watching tail and ear states. My now expert opinion says that the erect, and forward facing ears, would suggest that this cat is 'alert' or 'inquisitive.'
My vet visits tell me this cat just got its temperature taken
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He may or may not be a good fit, but I hate nought so much that it doesn't matter at this stage. Maybe once a plyer is in our colours its different. But for now how visions of thos wanky white and blue socks pulled up.
Spunk boners
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What's going on, didn't really think a player like Edwards would be on our radar, maybe we can use him as the bloody ruckman we need..l :banghead
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I was doing some reading up on telling a cat's mood just before by watching tail and ear states. My now expert opinion says that the erect, and forward facing ears, would suggest that this cat is 'alert' or 'inquisitive.'
:lol
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What's going on, didn't really think a player like Edwards would be on our radar, maybe we can use him as the bloody ruckman we need..l :banghead
I just hope they know what they are doing
1 injury to Maric and our season is shot. Derikx is an unknown and Browne if rookied is not a footballer
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What's going on, didn't really think a player like Edwards would be on our radar, maybe we can use him as the bloody ruckman we need..l :banghead
I just hope they know what they are doing
1 injury to Maric and our season is shot. Derikx is an unknown and Browne if rookied is not a footballer
Dead right, they must think we are covered in the ruck department......how, I have no idea. :-\
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:chuck
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What's going on, didn't really think a player like Edwards would be on our radar, maybe we can use him as the bloody ruckman we need..l :banghead
I just hope they know what they are doing
1 injury to Maric and our season is shot. Derikx is an unknown and Browne if rookied is not a footballer
Dead right, they must think we are covered in the ruck department......how, I have no idea. :-\
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I wouldnt stress about it yet! It's not as if the list is final after tomorrow's deadline ;) there are plenty of ruckman that will be available in both the ND ans Rookie drafts, I would be gob smacked if we didn't pick up a mature age ruckman and a kid in either of these drafts.
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Really like this move.
Will be a substantial (& cheap) upgrade on some other mooted 3rd forward options like McGuane, Post and O'Hanlon.
Worth the punt IMO.
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:chuck
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What's going on, didn't really think a player like Edwards would be on our radar, maybe we can use him as the bloody ruckman we need..l :banghead
I just hope they know what they are doing
1 injury to Maric and our season is shot. Derikx is an unknown and Browne if rookied is not a footballer
I wouldnt stress about it yet! It's not as if the list is final after tomorrow's deadline ;) there are plenty of ruckman that will be available in both the ND ans Rookie drafts, I would be gob smacked if we didn't pick up a mature age ruckman and a kid in either of these drafts.
Dead right, they must think we are covered in the ruck department......how, I have no idea. :-\
I hope so TFT, I will be dismayed if we don't get one....
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Going out on a limb here, but reckon the club are aware of our slim ruck stocks.
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Going out on a limb here, but reckon the club are aware of our slim ruck stocks.
Yeah that's been mentioned before, but they don't seem to be getting involved with anyone...or they have their eye on someone and they are waiting for a last minute deal....or the draft.
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Here we have a Maori who likes to drink and party and has tribal tattoos.
Can see him becoming close mates with Dustin. Pass
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Going out on a limb here, but reckon the club are aware of our slim ruck stocks.
Yeah that's been mentioned before, but they don't seem to be getting involved with anyone...or they have their eye on someone and they are waiting for a last minute deal....or the draft.
To be perfectly honest I don't think there is anyone who would fit the bill that we wouldn't pay overs for? We must have our eye on someone in the Draft ;)
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Would be happy to pick Edwards up cheap. He has talent and would be good insurance. North have far better tall forward options than us, depth wise, at least. He is fourth in line there. Will be second/third here. This is 'Sydney style' trading. For reals.
As long as we pay stuff all for him. :thumbsup
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Would be happy to pick Edwards up cheap. He has talent and would be good insurance. North have far better tall forward options than us, depth wise, at least. He is fourth in line there. Will be second/third here. This is 'Sydney style' trading. For reals.
As long as we pay stuff all for him. :thumbsup
Yeah Sydney style trading and then he retires.
He's an old goat.
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Would be happy to pick Edwards up cheap. He has talent and would be good insurance. North have far better tall forward options than us, depth wise, at least. He is fourth in line there. Will be second/third here. This is 'Sydney style' trading. For reals.
As long as we pay stuff all for him. :thumbsup
Yeah Sydney style trading and then he retires.
He's an old goat.
couple of years as insurance. No problem with me. He's very similar to Morts in a number of ways. Talented, but inconsistent and a touch lazy. No one is hanging poot on Sydney for taking Morts now.
Edwards actually played pretty well in the games he played this year, I reckon. Probably would have played more games in team with less KPF depth.
As i said, as long as we play stuff all for him then I reckon in its a pretty smart trade.
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Would be happy to pick Edwards up cheap. He has talent and would be good insurance. North have far better tall forward options than us, depth wise, at least. He is fourth in line there. Will be second/third here. This is 'Sydney style' trading. For reals.
As long as we pay stuff all for him. :thumbsup
Yeah Sydney style trading and then he retires.
He's an old goat.
couple of years as insurance. No problem with me. He's very similar to Morts in a number of ways. Talented, but inconsistent and a touch lazy. No one is hanging poot on Sydney for taking Morts now.
Edwards actually played pretty well in the games he played this year, I reckon. Probably would have played more games in team with less KPF depth.
As i said, as long as we play stuff all for him then I reckon in its a pretty smart trade.
Morts is poo
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Would be happy to pick Edwards up cheap. He has talent and would be good insurance. North have far better tall forward options than us, depth wise, at least. He is fourth in line there. Will be second/third here. This is 'Sydney style' trading. For reals.
As long as we pay stuff all for him. :thumbsup
Yeah Sydney style trading and then he retires.
He's an old goat.
couple of years as insurance. No problem with me. He's very similar to Morts in a number of ways. Talented, but inconsistent and a touch lazy. No one is hanging poot on Sydney for taking Morts now.
Edwards actually played pretty well in the games he played this year, I reckon. Probably would have played more games in team with less KPF depth.
As i said, as long as we play stuff all for him then I reckon in its a pretty smart trade.
Morts is poo
Morts might be poo but he is something NONE of our player are .. a premiership player who also kicked 2 clutch goals in a GF
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WGAF?
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Would be happy to pick Edwards up cheap. He has talent and would be good insurance. North have far better tall forward options than us, depth wise, at least. He is fourth in line there. Will be second/third here. This is 'Sydney style' trading. For reals.
As long as we pay stuff all for him. :thumbsup
Yeah Sydney style trading and then he retires.
He's an old goat.
couple of years as insurance. No problem with me. He's very similar to Morts in a number of ways. Talented, but inconsistent and a touch lazy. No one is hanging poot on Sydney for taking Morts now.
Edwards actually played pretty well in the games he played this year, I reckon. Probably would have played more games in team with less KPF depth.
As i said, as long as we play stuff all for him then I reckon in its a pretty smart trade.
Morts is poo
Morts might be poo but he is something NONE of our player are .. a premiership player who also kicked 2 clutch goals in a GF
Wow coz he got lucky
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Not sure about Edwards. If he gets the ball he is a good kick but he lacks the size and pace to fulfill either the tall marking option or small crumber option. Would be good for depth I guess :huh
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I only want BH knighted for getting rid of Gus for pick 40 lol , CC i don't peturb to know much about but from what i have read here CC couldn't run the Indiginous institute better than Bruce Ruxton ....
Hartley was not involved in the trade OUT of Graham.
Hartley picks his targets FROM the opposition sides. He does not trade OUT players that we do not want anymore.
That is the work of Craig Cameron, List Manager and Football Head.
So he deserves and should get all the credit for the Graham trade.
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Not sure about Edwards. If he gets the ball he is a good kick but he lacks the size and pace to fulfill either the tall marking option or small crumber option. Would be good for depth I guess :huh
He plays like a full forward, but isn't a big lumbering body. Might be that zippy, hit-up CHF that we need.
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Bloody hell he is 29 wtf Tigers, don't trade a pick away ffs...
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Bloody hell he is 29 wtf Tigers, don't trade a pick away ffs...
But we are going to bin that pick anyway...
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Jay Clark @ClarkyHeraldSun twitter:
"North forward Aaron Edwards completed a fitness test at Tigerland yesterday. Tigers trying to spread the goalkicking load in attack. "
Tigers thinking forward
By Nick Bowen
12:57 PM Thu 25 Oct, 2012
NORTH Melbourne forward Aaron Edwards could be headed to Richmond after undertaking a fitness test with the Tigers on Wednesday.
Edwards' management company, Elite Sports Properties, confirmed the Tigers' interest in their out-of-contract client on Thursday.
Richmond has until Friday's 2pm deadline to complete a trade for Edwards, who could provide support for Jack Riewoldt and Tyrone Vickery in the Tigers' forward 50.
If the Tigers are unable to do so - or choose not to - they could still seek to snare Edwards in the event he does not re-sign with North.
If North delist Edwards before the start of the delisted player free agency period on November 1, the Tigers can claim him as a free agent. Unlike October's free agency period, North would not receive any compensation for losing Edwards as a delisted free agent.
Alternatively Edwards could attempt to join the Tigers via the more uncertain route of the NAB AFL Draft or the pre-season draft.
After kicking a career-best 36.8 in 19 games in 2011, Edwards played just nine games in 2012, kicking 17.6.
He did play a game after North's 115-point loss to Hawthorn in round 10 as North settled on the three-pronged forward line of Drew Petrie, Lachlan Hansen and Robbie Tarrant.
Edwards, who will turn 29 before the start of next season, has played 82 AFL games and kicked 124 goals.
After playing four games as a West Coast rookie in 2005, he came to North's attention after kicking 100 goals and winning the VFL's Liston Trophy with Frankston in 2006.
Click here for Edwards' career stats: http://www.afl.com.au/stats/tabid/73/default.aspx#page=career&playerid=14661
North selected Edwards with pick No. 82 in the 2006 draft.
North and Richmond declined to comment when contacted by AFL.com.au.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/150233/default.aspx
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WGAF?
gerks I see you've gotten over your stomach bug a few posts back... :thumbsup
Make sure you tuck into some hydralites so you are fit and ready to welcome Aaron Edwards with open arms.
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Hmmm Perplexing...After consulting Dr Google it appears that you do not have a stomach bug but a rare condition which is brought on by people who have an unnecessary letter in their name like the two A's in Aaron. Now I'd like to perform a quick test to confirm my hypothesis....Are you ready? Okay I have my plastic smock and googles on...here we go....
Danii Minogue......
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Bloody hell he is 29 wtf Tigers, don't trade a pick away ffs...
But we are going to bin that pick anyway...
If its the last pick fine but honestly, reminds me of the Kingsley pick up.....never worked.
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Bloody hell he is 29 wtf Tigers, don't trade a pick away ffs...
But we are going to bin that pick anyway...
If its the last pick fine but honestly, reminds me of the Kingsley pick up.....never worked.
I can see some similarity but Kingsley was a different style of player.
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Hmmm Perplexing...After consulting Dr Google it appears that you do not have a stomach bug but a rare condition which is brought on by people who have an unnecessary letter in their name like the two A's in Aaron. Now I'd like to perform a quick test to confirm my hypothesis....Are you ready? Okay I have my plastic smock and googles on...here we go....
Danii Minogue......
Gerks in the interests of reducing the chances of a snip I probably should have started with Siimon Reynolds. ;D You are such a dirty, dirty bird.
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Heard Aaron and Shane haven't played together since they were little.
Will be good for the family.
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Snip! Keep the smut talk off the forum.
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Bloody hell he is 29 wtf Tigers, don't trade a pick away ffs...
But we are going to bin that pick anyway...
If its the last pick fine but honestly, reminds me of the Kingsley pick up.....never worked.
I can see some similarity but Kingsley was a different style of player.
Yeah different players but I am more talking the trade, although Kingsley was 30 wasn't he?
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good one tiga ::)
;D
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Not sure about Edwards. If he gets the ball he is a good kick but he lacks the size and pace to fulfill either the tall marking option or small crumber option. Would be good for depth I guess :huh
I agree. Need to be very cautious
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http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/150247/default.aspx
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got the tuff stickers yewwww :cheers
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Richmond's club website said on Thursday afternoon that the Tigers were "close to finalising" a trade for Edwards, but did not specify what exchange they had offered North.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/150233/default.aspx
Interesting though that page on the RFC site, which Mrakov posted a link to, has been removed :huh3
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/150247/default.aspx
Has the club changed its mind?
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HUN web-site saying Tigers are "completing" the paperwork ;D
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/department-of-trades/kangaroos-forward-aaron-edwards-close-to-trade-to-richmond/story-fn69a32t-122650312
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Big Azza :clapping
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HUN web-site saying Tigers are "completing" the paperwork ;D
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/department-of-trades/kangaroos-forward-aaron-edwards-close-to-trade-to-richmond/story-fn69a32t-122650312
Page not found ;)
Try this: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/department-of-trades/kangaroos-forward-aaron-edwards-close-to-trade-to-richmond/story-fn69a32t-1226503124961
In any case the Herald-Sun story was basing their comment on what the RFC website said which no longer exists :huh3.
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I thought we are only going for players that will play 4-5 seasons with us said Craig Cameron said?
Hope we don't give up a Pick 40 for him ... worth Pick 60+ ...
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I thought we are only going for players that will play 4-5 seasons with us said Craig Cameron said?
Hope we don't give up a Pick 40 for him ... worth Pick 60+ ...
If we give up anything other than the last rounder we are freaking mad..
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I am sure we wont give up much, he would be delisted anyway.
I think he could be handy for a few seasons as that third tall forward option. He is a good kick for goal also.
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Snip! Keep the smut talk off the forum.
Can someone give me a hint about the smut talk? I am never involved in snips anymore. I miss the smut
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Snip! Keep the smut talk off the forum.
Can someone give me a hint about the smut talk? I am never involved in snips anymore. I miss the smut
Japanese pastimes and an Australian icon. It was an historical and cultural hotpot of discovery.
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Eff me are we doomed to keep recruiting duds into this KPF role; Kingsley, Miller, Edwards.
C'mon Jack starting kicking 150 and live up to your potential FFS
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Snip! Keep the smut talk off the forum.
Can someone give me a hint about the smut talk? I am never involved in snips anymore. I miss the smut
Japanese pastimes and an Australian icon. It was an historical and cultural hotpot of discovery.
I knew you'd come through with the goods.
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He's a freaking midget.
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We know he has a strong mark and an accurate set shot.
What is his work ethic like? Chasing?
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Really like this move.
Will be a substantial (& cheap) upgrade on some other mooted 3rd forward options like McGuane, Post and O'Hanlon.
Worth the punt IMO.
hooray someone else who thinks that.
hes a medium sized forward why we compare him to the likes of post mcguane riewoldt i dont know.
can see the kings nahas whites really having to work hard and do well just to get a game. isnt this where we need to get build some depth in areas we lack in.and yes we lack in other areas.
b/ morris 185/84 - chaplin 195/100 - grimes 193/87 grimes is quick hes a good kick his size says yes be third man up but run and carry.
hb/ batchelor 188/78 - rance 194/93 - conca 185/78 good kick hard runner. this backline compared to some is still small.
c/ deledio 188/88 - martin 187/86 - grigg 190/84
r/ maric 200/99 - tuck 189/92 - cotchin 185/83
hf/ s edwards 182/78 - b griffiths 200/100 yes people hes a kpf. - c knights 184/87 part of midfield rotations probably swapping here with martin.
f/ a edwards 184/90 - j riewoldt 195/93 - t vickery 200/95 ruckman forward.
int/ foley - ellis - pick 9 jake stringer 191/91 mid/for - newman/helbig/houli/nahas/jackson
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Just hope it's Pick 74 we give North Nelbourne.
No doubt Edwards is better than McGuane, Miller for that position.
McGuane was good defensively so you would hope Edwards is too.
2013 - 29
2014 - 30
2015 - 31
Probably get three years in Edwards, how many goals? you would hope over 100 in three years and that would be a success!
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yep, no doubt that edwards would be better than mcguane and miller for the medium forward position
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we will have at least 22 or more players on the list aged 22 or under how many do people want. we can wait and take edwards in the psd or we can f/a him. seems they dont want use pick 74 so we will just offer that.
im actually filthy on them i was hoping we could gain a pick around 45 or in the 20s. i was hoping to use pick 74 on a mature need well i suppose they have but thats not what i had in mind.
i dont have a problem taking older players who basically cost nothing and they actually are an improvement on players we have.
why does peoples common sense go out the window when it comes to richmond and trades. edwards does both.
bloody hell tuck 31, newman 30, king 29, and foley 27 are our older players. you would think we had no kids and a list full of oldies the way some are carrying on. we are not in the wallace yrs where we traded away early picks for older players to go with the myriad of older players we already had.
edwaqrds at 29 next yr would give us 2 or 3 yrs. he would definately play and offer us something and value add our list. who here can categorically say pick 74 or whatever it is we give up will do anything. .my money is on pick 74 never playing a game if we actually use it on a kid.
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Player Review: Aaron Edwards
Edwards started out the year on fire with 11 goals in the first three games. He continued his impressive accuracy with only one behind in that time and provided a good foil for Drew Petrie.
However as the team's form dipped, so did Edwards’. Possibly due to reduced midfield supply, he was unable to get as much of the football and kicked just six goals in the next six games.
Unluckily for him, the forward line hit its straps after his demotion in Round 10, meaning the veteran didn't play another game for the year after the heavy loss to Hawthorn. He was still impressive at VFL level for North Ballarat.
http://www.kangaroos.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/4912/newsid/150049/default.aspx
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No one worry about WAT. The name Edwards just makes his blood boil
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Both papers saying the deal is a swap of Aaron Edwards for our pick 74.
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Richmond is expected to secure North forward Aaron Edwards today. It is believed the clubs have struck an agreement to send Edwards to Tigerland for Richmond's pick No.74.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/department-of-trades/gysberts-pedersen-swap-on-cards/story-fn69a32t-1226503452396
Richmond will today finalise a trade for North forward Aaron Edwards with the two clubs all but agreed on a trade that will be for a late pick - probably Richmond's pick No. 74.
The Tigers view the recruitment of Edwards as an ideal back-up to support forwards Jack Riewoldt and Tyrone Vickery.
Edwards has been squeezed for a spot at North, which has shown a preference for playing Robbie Tarrant and Lachie Hansen alongside their premier tall forward Drew Petrie, and they also have young forward Aaron Black on the list.
The Tigers opened up a spot on their list, and some money, by trading ruckman Angus Graham to Adelaide, receiving pick 40 for Graham and their own pick No. 50.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/saints-hold-out-hope-on-late-trade-for-brown-20121025-2880l.html#ixzz2AK8TzfWP
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I agree with claw. I hated it whenever he played against us so for me that's a good sign and he can kick. For pick 74....I'm happy with that. :thumbsup
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Is he tuff though?
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SEN just confirmed A Edwards to tigers
Source N0rt melb press release ;D
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Turning circle of a tram, and goes one way. Really needs to add defensive pressure & sticky tackles to his game. But does he have the pace ?
Still admire the attack on the pack & footy for the 07 SF grab - sensational - but that was 6 years ago !
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Source N0rt melb press release ;D
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh17/hully78/homeless13.jpg)
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Source N0rt melb press release ;D
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh17/hully78/homeless13.jpg)
:lol
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I have two issues with this.
1. Why were Melbourne not interested?
2. He's not from an Adelaide team.
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pick 74 hey.
a pick they reckon they werent going to use.
just had a look at all our picks from pick 50 onwards since 2000. it doesnt make for pretty reading.
the best we have managed with picks after 50 in that time is tuck and mark graham who were both mature recruits, grahams circumstance similar to edwards this yr with age etc.
raines still plays for brisbane and most tiger supporters have no time for him.
all those picks over all those yrs and how many good players have we found after pick 50. seems to me we are better off taking mature players with these types of picks.
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Richmond has agreed to a trade deal with North Melbourne to secure the services of forward Aaron Edwards.
Details of the trade will be released upon official paperwork being lodged with the AFL today.
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/150247/default.aspx
North Melbourne head of football Donald McDonald wished Edwards well.
"Aaron worked extremely hard to turn his career around with us and we hope he enjoys his time with Richmond," McDonald said.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/150233/default.aspx
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pick 74 hey.
a pick they reckon they werent going to use.
just had a look at all our picks from pick 50 onwards since 2000. it doesnt make for pretty reading.
the best we have managed with picks after 50 in that time is tuck and mark graham who were both mature recruits, grahams circumstance similar to edwards this yr with age etc.
raines still plays for brisbane and most tiger supporters have no time for him.
all those picks over all those yrs and how many good players have we found after pick 50. seems to me we are better off taking mature players with these types of picks.
Unless someone else is delisted (or Newman is moved outside the list) we won't even use 43.
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I have two issues with this.
1. Why were Melbourne not interested?
2. He's not from an Adelaide team.
1. Dees ended up with pick 74 so they were involved.
2. Edwards played for Frankston which is the same as Adelaide anyway.
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I have two issues with this.
1. Why were Melbourne not interested?
2. He's not from an Adelaide team.
1. Dees ended up with pick 74 so they were involved.
2. Edwards played for Frankston which is the same as Adelaide anyway.
Carry on then ;D
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pick 74 hey.
a pick they reckon they werent going to use.
just had a look at all our picks from pick 50 onwards since 2000. it doesnt make for pretty reading.
the best we have managed with picks after 50 in that time is tuck and mark graham who were both mature recruits, grahams circumstance similar to edwards this yr with age etc.
raines still plays for brisbane and most tiger supporters have no time for him.
all those picks over all those yrs and how many good players have we found after pick 50. seems to me we are better off taking mature players with these types of picks.
Unless someone else is delisted (or Newman is moved outside the list) we won't even use 43.
Surely they will use 43...afterall losing Gus would have been for nothing :'(........................................................................................ :lol
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I have two issues with this.
1. Why were Melbourne not interested?
2. He's not from an Adelaide team.
1. Dees ended up with pick 74 so they were involved.
2. Edwards played for Frankston which is the same as Adelaide anyway.
Carry on then ;D
Can confirm they had to tick off the Melbourne interest and the relation to Sth Aust before the deal could be done. Hence the slight delay. :shh
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pick 74 hey.
a pick they reckon they werent going to use.
just had a look at all our picks from pick 50 onwards since 2000. it doesnt make for pretty reading.
the best we have managed with picks after 50 in that time is tuck and mark graham who were both mature recruits, grahams circumstance similar to edwards this yr with age etc.
raines still plays for brisbane and most tiger supporters have no time for him.
all those picks over all those yrs and how many good players have we found after pick 50. seems to me we are better off taking mature players with these types of picks.
Unless someone else is delisted (or Newman is moved outside the list) we won't even use 43.
Surely they will use 43...afterall losing Gus would have been for nothing :'(........................................................................................ :lol
:lol but there are only 3 spots left :(
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:lol but there are only 3 spots left :(
(http://i46.tinypic.com/vregsy.jpg)
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:lol
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Azza says farewell
NMFC Media
12:54 PM Fri 26 Oct, 2012
After a whirlwind couple of days for Aaron Edwards, he has said farewell to North Melbourne and Aegis Park.
"I got back from America on Friday with no talks to any football clubs and on the Tuesday, Richmond gave me a call. I went and had the medical...next thing you know they were saying we're trying to get a trade for you," Edwards told kangaroos.com.au.
Edwards spent six years as a Roo arriving via West Coast and Frankston in the VFL. He signed off with this message:
"Even though I'll be playing for Richmond I'll still have an eye on North Melbourne because I feel like I'm North Melbourne at heart."
http://www.kangaroos.com.au/tabid/4912/default.aspx?newsid=150306
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Azza says farewell
NMFC Media
12:54 PM Fri 26 Oct, 2012
After a whirlwind couple of days for Aaron Edwards, he has said farewell to North Melbourne and Aegis Park.
"I got back from America on Friday with no talks to any football clubs and on the Tuesday, Richmond gave me a call. I went and had the medical...next thing you know they were saying we're trying to get a trade for you," Edwards told kangaroos.com.au.
Edwards spent six years as a Roo arriving via West Coast and Frankston in the VFL. He signed off with this message:
"Even though I'll be playing for Richmond I'll still have an eye on North Melbourne because I feel like I'm North Melbourne at heart."
http://www.kangaroos.com.au/tabid/4912/default.aspx?newsid=150306
If he plays when we match up, hope he kicks an absolute bag on these plebs :shh
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"Even though I'll be playing for Richmond I'll still have an eye on North Melbourne because I feel like I'm North Melbourne at heart."
If thats the case then you can learn to be Coburg at Heart. >:( Footballers really can say the dumbest things at times.... ::)
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haha Tiga you beat me to it
what an idiot fair dinkum
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We can do a comparison of interviews after he has a chat down at Punt Rd. Will say something similar lol :rollin
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Can he play ruck?
Jesse white would've been a better backup for ruck/forward. He's younger too.
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Can he play ruck?
Jesse white would've been a better backup for ruck/forward. He's younger too.
Jesse White would not have come for pick 74 and arguable if he is better or not.
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Can he play ruck?
Jesse white would've been a better backup for ruck/forward. He's younger too.
Jesse White would not have come for pick 74 and arguable if he is better or not.
He's younger and can play ruck which Edwards can't do.
If we needed a backup option for Vickery then I think White would've been a better option than Edwards.
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I think he only made those comments so the BF Norf fans didn't slash his tyres. :whistle
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Can he play ruck?
Jesse white would've been a better backup for ruck/forward. He's younger too.
:lol
how tall do you think he is?
backup for ruck/forward :lol
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Best I can do under the circumstances as the Club he has such a soft spot for has already ripped him off their websites playing list.
(http://i47.tinypic.com/smsoee.jpg)
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Best I can do under the circumstances as the Club he has such a soft spot for has already ripped him off their websites playing list.
(http://i47.tinypic.com/smsoee.jpg)
Not buying it. When did he get the tats removed?
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Not sure. Doesn't sit well. Hope I am badly wrong
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What did you do with the tats tiga!!!???!!????
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Can he play ruck?
Jesse white would've been a better backup for ruck/forward. He's younger too.
:lol
how tall do you think he is?
backup for ruck/forward :lol
Cameron stated that Edwards was picked up as insurance for our forward line as this year Vickery was injured.
My point was if Vickery goes down again we have no Vickery type to fill his role.
If Maric goes down and the big X doesn't learn how to mark a footy then we're stuffed.
I'm not saying White is a great player but with his age and size we would've been better served to get him as a backup than Edwards because White can pinch hit in the ruck as well as play forward.
I'm not sure what you think is so funny.
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Best I can do under the circumstances as the Club he has such a soft spot for has already ripped him off their websites playing list.
(http://i47.tinypic.com/smsoee.jpg)
Not buying it. When did he get the tats removed?
As I said tigsy, best I could do. His official profile pic is gone and with it his tattooed arm!! I'll see if I can find his tats somewhere else
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(http://mm.afl.com.au/Portals/0/images_richmond/edwardspolo_246b.jpg)
https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC/status/261681340120973313/photo/1
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Edwards highlights:
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/roar%20vision%20archive/tabid/11454/contentid/499758/default.aspx
Edwards interview:
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/roar%20vision%20archive/tabid/11454/contentid/499807/default.aspx
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Just a opportunity that popped up we couldn't let slide I think. He goes alright, pretty happy with this
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Edwards highlights:
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/roar%20vision%20archive/tabid/11454/contentid/499758/default.aspx
Edwards interview:
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/roar%20vision%20archive/tabid/11454/contentid/499807/default.aspx
Seems like a knob in the video lol
I've heard bong heads talk better
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yeah, but you were probably stoned at the time, too.
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yeah, but you were probably stoned at the time, too.
Most likely
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;D
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Can he play ruck?
Jesse white would've been a better backup for ruck/forward. He's younger too.
:lol
how tall do you think he is?
backup for ruck/forward :lol
Cameron stated that Edwards was picked up as insurance for our forward line as this year Vickery was injured.
My point was if Vickery goes down again we have no Vickery type to fill his role.
If Maric goes down and the big X doesn't learn how to mark a footy then we're stuffed.
I'm not saying White is a great player but with his age and size we would've been better served to get him as a backup than Edwards because White can pinch hit in the ruck as well as play forward.
I'm not sure what you think is so funny.
what's funny is people talking about a 6 ft bloke as if he was kpp/ruck.
Cameron never said he was a backup for vickery. he said our goal output dropped when vickery was sidelined, which is also incorrect as vickery had done FA.
Jessie white is a noodle bender...thats Hartley's official rating and thats why we didnt pursue him.
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This bloke 2 things none of our forwards did consistently well this year - lead and kick straight
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For pick 70 odd its fine. Doubt you would find better at that end of the draft. Nice to have another option for the fwd line. We dont have that 3rd mid sized fwd as an option. O'hanlon is still very raw
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From r1 2012 it was clear we lacked forward options as we sqwandered an overwhelming I50 surplus on an almost weekly basis. Edwards and knits will mean we dont face up in our front half with nahas king edwards and white EVER again. Wilst we give time for the likes of elton to develop :clapping
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pick 74 hey.
a pick they reckon they werent going to use.
just had a look at all our picks from pick 50 onwards since 2000. it doesnt make for pretty reading.
the best we have managed with picks after 50 in that time is tuck and mark graham who were both mature recruits, grahams circumstance similar to edwards this yr with age etc.
raines still plays for brisbane and most tiger supporters have no time for him.
all those picks over all those yrs and how many good players have we found after pick 50. seems to me we are better off taking mature players with these types of picks.
Unless someone else is delisted (or Newman is moved outside the list) we won't even use 43.
thats great imo. we need to cut out the hacks. reckon most would be pretty dirty if we did not use pick 43. i know i would be. i was real hopeful of us getting another pick around 45 or god forbid 25. alas it didnt happen. that would have meant two more to go.
you never know we may take someone in the psd heres hoping.
as it is it looks like one of white mcguane or derickx who else is uncontracted.
have to say you would think mcguane and derickx are very much needed with the dearth of talls and ruckmen on the list.
white well hes now behind knights, edwards, nahas, king, edwards, reckon hes redundant myself have thought that for the last 4 yrs.
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Can he play ruck?
Jesse white would've been a better backup for ruck/forward. He's younger too.
:lol
how tall do you think he is?
backup for ruck/forward :lol
Cameron stated that Edwards was picked up as insurance for our forward line as this year Vickery was injured.
My point was if Vickery goes down again we have no Vickery type to fill his role.
If Maric goes down and the big X doesn't learn how to mark a footy then we're stuffed.
I'm not saying White is a great player but with his age and size we would've been better served to get him as a backup than Edwards because White can pinch hit in the ruck as well as play forward.
I'm not sure what you think is so funny.
we have griffiths elton and astbury who can all play as a key forward. i assume derickx is there as a ruck forward and is vickerys back up. we need to find a competitive ruckman.
would not be surprised if someone like stephenson or seaby are not rookied or even go in the psd. personally and ive said it a few times id take jack hannath from centrals but i dont think he will last to the rookie draft.
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Surely we use pick 43. Surely someone gets the arse and we use it? Isn't this meant to be a deep super draft?
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Not sure how I feel about picking up Edwards. On the plus he plays above his height and is a good kick for goal, and certainly helps fill the gaping mid-sized forward role in the team, at least as a stop gap until if/when O'Hanlon steps up. On the down side he can be inconsistent though certainly has heaps more talent than most players that are going to get drafted in the 70s. Edwards and Knights both a bit speculative in some respects, with Edwards probably the more known quantity in the short term and knights having more potential upside in the long term. Both came cheap (effectively from picks at the bum end of the draft), fill needs, and more likely than not improve the list. Not quantum leaps forward but that's what the top end of the draft is for.
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just watched his highlights reel, did someone say something about hands like a steel trap, nice work tigers :shh
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He will play a similar role as back up forward like Miller although they are quite different players. i like the fact he kicks straight, marks well and leads hard. Someone mentioned his turning circle and lack of defensive pressure which is valid but this is why he comes over for pick 74 (along with his age).
The question really becomes about the positives outweighing the negatives and whether it will be enough to tip those close losses of 2012 into wins next year.
I think his success at the Tigers will rely heavily on the quality of our mid fields inside 50 kicking.
People lauded Geelong for recruiting the JPod but the midfield made him successful with the quality of their delivery inside 50. This might be a similar scenario. :pray
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Can he play ruck?
Jesse white would've been a better backup for ruck/forward. He's younger too.
:lol
how tall do you think he is?
backup for ruck/forward :lol
Cameron stated that Edwards was picked up as insurance for our forward line as this year Vickery was injured.
My point was if Vickery goes down again we have no Vickery type to fill his role.
If Maric goes down and the big X doesn't learn how to mark a footy then we're stuffed.
I'm not saying White is a great player but with his age and size we would've been better served to get him as a backup than Edwards because White can pinch hit in the ruck as well as play forward.
I'm not sure what you think is so funny.
what's funny is people talking about a 6 ft bloke as if he was kpp/ruck.
Cameron never said he was a backup for vickery. he said our goal output dropped when vickery was sidelined, which is also incorrect as vickery had done FA.
Jessie white is a noodle bender...thats Hartley's official rating and thats why we didnt pursue him.
Where did Hartley say this?
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He will play a similar role as back up forward like Miller although they are quite different players. i like the fact he kicks straight, marks well and leads hard. Someone mentioned his turning circle and lack of defensive pressure which is valid but this is why he comes over for pick 74 (along with his age).
The question really becomes about the positives outweighing the negatives and whether it will be enough to tip those close losses of 2012 into wins next year.
I think his success at the Tigers will rely heavily on the quality of our mid fields inside 50 kicking.
People lauded Geelong for recruiting the JPod but the midfield made him successful with the quality of their delivery inside 50. This might be a similar scenario. :pray
well said :clapping
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Can he play ruck?
Jesse white would've been a better backup for ruck/forward. He's younger too.
:lol
how tall do you think he is?
backup for ruck/forward :lol
Cameron stated that Edwards was picked up as insurance for our forward line as this year Vickery was injured.
My point was if Vickery goes down again we have no Vickery type to fill his role.
If Maric goes down and the big X doesn't learn how to mark a footy then we're stuffed.
I'm not saying White is a great player but with his age and size we would've been better served to get him as a backup than Edwards because White can pinch hit in the ruck as well as play forward.
I'm not sure what you think is so funny.
what's funny is people talking about a 6 ft bloke as if he was kpp/ruck.
Cameron never said he was a backup for vickery. he said our goal output dropped when vickery was sidelined, which is also incorrect as vickery had done FA.
Jessie white is a noodle bender...thats Hartley's official rating and thats why we didnt pursue him.
Where did Hartley say this?
Let it go. White is finished
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Jessie white is a noodle bender...thats Hartley's official rating and thats why we didnt pursue him.
:lol
That's my official rating too
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just watched his highlights reel, did someone say something about hands like a steel trap, nice work tigers :shh
No they didn't. :lol ;D
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Not sure how I feel about picking up Edwards. On the plus he plays above his height and is a good kick for goal, and certainly helps fill the gaping mid-sized forward role in the team, at least as a stop gap until if/when O'Hanlon steps up. On the down side he can be inconsistent though certainly has heaps more talent than most players that are going to get drafted in the 70s. Edwards and Knights both a bit speculative in some respects, with Edwards probably the more known quantity in the short term and knights having more potential upside in the long term. Both came cheap (effectively from picks at the bum end of the draft), fill needs, and more likely than not improve the list. Not quantum leaps forward but that's what the top end of the draft is for.
here here well said.
just on ohanlon. if hes the only young medium sized forward we have wouldnt you say we have all of our long term medium forward eggs in one basket and need to get another on the list.especially as ohanlon is a very late pick psd and like most 18 yr olds taken this late dont make it.
i have to say we are heading in the right direction despite craig cameron and his ineptness.
we are screaming out for mids at least 3 or 4 genuine ones. we are screaming out for two ruckmen one experienced one a kid we are lacking long term sml/med forwards
and we are at least 3 kpds shyof what is needed yet we may go into the nd useing just 3 nd picks. we need to balance out the list but it never ever seems to happen with this bloke in charge.
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Not sure how I feel about picking up Edwards. On the plus he plays above his height and is a good kick for goal, and certainly helps fill the gaping mid-sized forward role in the team, at least as a stop gap until if/when O'Hanlon steps up. On the down side he can be inconsistent though certainly has heaps more talent than most players that are going to get drafted in the 70s. Edwards and Knights both a bit speculative in some respects, with Edwards probably the more known quantity in the short term and knights having more potential upside in the long term. Both came cheap (effectively from picks at the bum end of the draft), fill needs, and more likely than not improve the list. Not quantum leaps forward but that's what the top end of the draft is for.
here here well said.
just on ohanlon. if hes the only young medium sized forward we have wouldnt you say we have all of our long term medium forward eggs in one basket and need to get another on the list.especially as ohanlon is a very late pick psd and like most 18 yr olds taken this late dont make it.
i have to say we are heading in the right direction despite craig cameron and his ineptness.
we are screaming out for mids at least 3 or 4 genuine ones. we are screaming out for two ruckmen one experienced one a kid we are lacking long term sml/med forwards
and we are at least 3 kpds shyof what is needed yet we may go into the nd useing just 3 nd picks. we need to balance out the list but it never ever seems to happen with this bloke in charge.
I disagree with you Claw, how many players do you think we can put on the field at one time? We are not "screaming out" for all these players. We have most of them , just need to develop them to the next stage. Back up ruckman seems to be the one place we seem to be out but Im sure they have a plan in place for this. This draft ( the four picks inside 50) will see the big turnover nearly complete. Offcourse there will be failures to come on etc but I dont think we are as far off as you think it is.
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Can he play ruck?
Jesse white would've been a better backup for ruck/forward. He's younger too.
:lol
how tall do you think he is?
backup for ruck/forward :lol
Cameron stated that Edwards was picked up as insurance for our forward line as this year Vickery was injured.
My point was if Vickery goes down again we have no Vickery type to fill his role.
If Maric goes down and the big X doesn't learn how to mark a footy then we're stuffed.
I'm not saying White is a great player but with his age and size we would've been better served to get him as a backup than Edwards because White can pinch hit in the ruck as well as play forward.
I'm not sure what you think is so funny.
what's funny is people talking about a 6 ft bloke as if he was kpp/ruck.
Cameron never said he was a backup for vickery. he said our goal output dropped when vickery was sidelined, which is also incorrect as vickery had done FA.
Jessie white is a noodle bender...thats Hartley's official rating and thats why we didnt pursue him.
Where did Hartley say this?
In a meeting
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Can he play ruck?
Jesse white would've been a better backup for ruck/forward. He's younger too.
:lol
how tall do you think he is?
backup for ruck/forward :lol
Cameron stated that Edwards was picked up as insurance for our forward line as this year Vickery was injured.
My point was if Vickery goes down again we have no Vickery type to fill his role.
If Maric goes down and the big X doesn't learn how to mark a footy then we're stuffed.
I'm not saying White is a great player but with his age and size we would've been better served to get him as a backup than Edwards because White can pinch hit in the ruck as well as play forward.
I'm not sure what you think is so funny.
what's funny is people talking about a 6 ft bloke as if he was kpp/ruck.
Cameron never said he was a backup for vickery. he said our goal output dropped when vickery was sidelined, which is also incorrect as vickery had done FA.
Jessie white is a noodle bender...thats Hartley's official rating and thats why we didnt pursue him.
Where did Hartley say this?
In a meeting
:clapping
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pick 74 hey.
a pick they reckon they werent going to use.
just had a look at all our picks from pick 50 onwards since 2000. it doesnt make for pretty reading.
the best we have managed with picks after 50 in that time is tuck and mark graham who were both mature recruits, grahams circumstance similar to edwards this yr with age etc.
raines still plays for brisbane and most tiger supporters have no time for him.
all those picks over all those yrs and how many good players have we found after pick 50. seems to me we are better off taking mature players with these types of picks.
needed to add newman at 55 in 2000 and jackson at 53 in 2003.
just on picks over 50.
i had a look at geelong probably the most succesful side since 2000.
i count just 13 nd picks used past pick 50 since 2000. two of them f/s picks. compared to 26 odd by us. so we have used twice as many picks past this point. a point with a extremly high fail rate
geelong have used 40 top 50 picks since 2000. richmond have used 34 top 50 picks despite finishing contantly in the bottom 8 and warping that figure with 6 top 50 picks in 2004.
we have a side above us actually useing more of the successful picks than us over a long period of time.
where we use our picks and how we use them is important.
to me the success rate of mature state league players is pretty decent. ithink with later picks past 50 we should be useing them more on mature players. we may not get 100 game players with the likes of edwards but we will get players who can make a short term decent contribution rather than no contribution at all.
anyway just thought it might be interesting for some.
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Just glad we didn't give up anything more than that!
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pick 74 hey.
a pick they reckon they werent going to use.
just had a look at all our picks from pick 50 onwards since 2000. it doesnt make for pretty reading.
the best we have managed with picks after 50 in that time is tuck and mark graham who were both mature recruits, grahams circumstance similar to edwards this yr with age etc.
raines still plays for brisbane and most tiger supporters have no time for him.
all those picks over all those yrs and how many good players have we found after pick 50. seems to me we are better off taking mature players with these types of picks.
needed to add newman at 55 in 2000 and jackson at 53 in 2003.
just on picks over 50.
i had a look at geelong probably the most succesful side since 2000.
i count just 13 nd picks used past pick 50 since 2000. two of them f/s picks. compared to 26 odd by us. so we have used twice as many picks past this point. a point with a extremly high fail rate
geelong have used 40 top 50 picks since 2000. richmond have used 34 top 50 picks despite finishing contantly in the bottom 8 and warping that figure with 6 top 50 picks in 2004.
we have a side above us actually useing more of the successful picks than us over a long period of time.
where we use our picks and how we use them is important.
to me the success rate of mature state league players is pretty decent. ithink with later picks past 50 we should be useing them more on mature players. we may not get 100 game players with the likes of edwards but we will get players who can make a short term decent contribution rather than no contribution at all.
anyway just thought it might be interesting for some.
That was a good read claw, thanks for sharing those stats
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They'll either play good or they won't.
That's my summary.
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Not sure how I feel about picking up Edwards. On the plus he plays above his height and is a good kick for goal, and certainly helps fill the gaping mid-sized forward role in the team, at least as a stop gap until if/when O'Hanlon steps up. On the down side he can be inconsistent though certainly has heaps more talent than most players that are going to get drafted in the 70s. Edwards and Knights both a bit speculative in some respects, with Edwards probably the more known quantity in the short term and knights having more potential upside in the long term. Both came cheap (effectively from picks at the bum end of the draft), fill needs, and more likely than not improve the list. Not quantum leaps forward but that's what the top end of the draft is for.
here here well said.
just on ohanlon. if hes the only young medium sized forward we have wouldnt you say we have all of our long term medium forward eggs in one basket and need to get another on the list.especially as ohanlon is a very late pick psd and like most 18 yr olds taken this late dont make it.
i have to say we are heading in the right direction despite craig cameron and his ineptness.
we are screaming out for mids at least 3 or 4 genuine ones. we are screaming out for two ruckmen one experienced one a kid we are lacking long term sml/med forwards
and we are at least 3 kpds shyof what is needed yet we may go into the nd useing just 3 nd picks. we need to balance out the list but it never ever seems to happen with this bloke in charge.
I disagree with you Claw, how many players do you think we can put on the field at one time? We are not "screaming out" for all these players. We have most of them , just need to develop them to the next stage. Back up ruckman seems to be the one place we seem to be out but Im sure they have a plan in place for this. This draft ( the four picks inside 50) will see the big turnover nearly complete. Offcourse there will be failures to come on etc but I dont think we are as far off as you think it is.
next yr we will actually put on 44.
look at our senior side look at what we go with and then mirror it.
pretty simple really. you need the numbers to cater to long term development structure and depth.
3 tall defenders
2kpf, 1 fror/ruck
1 ruckman
14 mids/flankers
1/ utility or spare depending on what the 21 is lacking in quality or experience. could be a mid. usually a a ruckman as some side go 3 tall for and 2 rucks.
this is how most sides structure up and it is what we try to do.
i agree we need to develop but to have smooth transition when injury hits or delistings happen or players retire list management is simply about numbers, we dont have enough in the right areas age goups we dont a good spread of age for each position and quality we dont have enough spread thru the team and too many on the list are below standard.
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Just having a read through the North Melbourne posters' responses to the trade on BF. Most of them speak highly of them and say that he could be a good get for us. :thumbsup
have a read...
http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/aaron-edwards-to-richmond-for-pick-74.978871/
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He will make a good replacement for Nahas.
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Arrested for drink driving lastnight apparently.
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Arrested for drink driving lastnight apparently.
:huh3
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Arrested for drink driving lastnight apparently.
:huh3
Nothing official as yet.
Read it on BF so it must be true :p
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Apparently Robbo wants to talk about Azza Edwars now on Sen
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Apparently Robbo wants to talk about Azza Edwars now on Sen
Quite an odd rant by Robbo as what he said could apply to most traded/recycled players who were on the outer at their old club.
* Robbo said he has the same concerns about Aaron Edwards as Rodan. A mature player now at his third club.
* If he's all the things Craig Cameron said he is then why isn't he still at North doing these things. He has more talent than Hansen and Tarrant - he kicks the ball well and is a pretty good mark. Obviously Richmond want him to help out Vickery and Riewoldt. However when the whips were cracking at North I didn't see enough of Edwards standing up in a game or him even getting a game. He's not a bad player but he doesn't do enough often enough.
* Harford said Aaron Edwards is just a smaller (shorter) version of Brad Miller.
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yeah great pick up by the Tiges. Good for the young ones.
Il say again we didnt need his type around our club for pick 1 or pick 100
Frankston suits someone of his ilk.
Depth player. hahahaha give me a spell
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In January 2009, Edwards was caught driving way over the speed limit by police and found to have alcohol in his system. He was immediately suspended by the club for the first four matches of the 2009 AFL premiership season and fined $5,000.
In May 2009, Edwards had his licence revoked for four years for drink driving and fined $1,500 for refusing a breath test.
October 2012. Edwards was fined for being drunk in a public place early on Sunday morning and faces internal discipline from the Tigers - just three days after joining his new club.
This is the guy who you blokes want at the club :banghead :banghead
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Official:
Richmond recruit Aaron Edwards fined for being drunk
Mark Robinson
RICHMOND'S recruit of last week, Aaron Edwards, is this week in trouble.
Edwards was fined for being drunk in a public place early on Sunday morning and faces internal discipline from the Tigers - just three days after joining his new club.
More to come
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/richmond-recruit-aaron-edwards-fined-for-being-drunk/story-e6frf9jf-1226505395439
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Official:
Richmond recruit Aaron Edwards fined for being drunk
Mark Robinson
RICHMOND'S recruit of last week, Aaron Edwards, is this week in trouble.
Edwards was fined for being drunk in a public place early on Sunday morning and faces internal discipline from the Tigers - just three days after joining his new club.
More to come
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/richmond-recruit-aaron-edwards-fined-for-being-drunk/story-e6frf9jf-1226505395439
You have to pay to read this article?? :banghead :banghead Stuff me what is the world coming to! :chuck
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Official:
Richmond recruit Aaron Edwards fined for being drunk
Mark Robinson
RICHMOND'S recruit of last week, Aaron Edwards, is this week in trouble.
Edwards was fined for being drunk in a public place early on Sunday morning and faces internal discipline from the Tigers - just three days after joining his new club.
More to come
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/richmond-recruit-aaron-edwards-fined-for-being-drunk/story-e6frf9jf-1226505395439
You have to pay to read this article?? :banghead :banghead Stuff me what is the world coming to! :chuck
Yep. 30 bucks a month isn't it?
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Official:
Richmond recruit Aaron Edwards fined for being drunk
Mark Robinson
RICHMOND'S recruit of last week, Aaron Edwards, is this week in trouble.
Edwards was fined for being drunk in a public place early on Sunday morning and faces internal discipline from the Tigers - just three days after joining his new club.
More to come
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/richmond-recruit-aaron-edwards-fined-for-being-drunk/story-e6frf9jf-1226505395439
You have to pay to read this article?? :banghead :banghead Stuff me what is the world coming to! :chuck
Yep. 30 bucks a month isn't it?
no you dont
google the article then cut and paste it in another window and it will show the full article. if not the first attempt second will work
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So much for our no idiots policy. >:(
I'd cut him.
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Official:
Richmond recruit Aaron Edwards fined for being drunk
Mark Robinson
RICHMOND'S recruit of last week, Aaron Edwards, is this week in trouble.
Edwards was fined for being drunk in a public place early on Sunday morning and faces internal discipline from the Tigers - just three days after joining his new club.
More to come
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/richmond-recruit-aaron-edwards-fined-for-being-drunk/story-e6frf9jf-1226505395439
You have to pay to read this article?? :banghead :banghead Stuff me what is the world coming to! :chuck
Yep. 30 bucks a month isn't it?
no you dont
google the article then cut and paste it in another window and it will show the full article. if not the first attempt second will work
Tight ass
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Official:
Richmond recruit Aaron Edwards fined for being drunk
Mark Robinson
RICHMOND'S recruit of last week, Aaron Edwards, is this week in trouble.
Edwards was fined for being drunk in a public place early on Sunday morning and faces internal discipline from the Tigers - just three days after joining his new club.
More to come
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/richmond-recruit-aaron-edwards-fined-for-being-drunk/story-e6frf9jf-1226505395439
Some much for the no "DH" policy as Dimma would say :P. We don't need to recruit another Connors. Edwards had alcohol issues at North.
You have to pay to read this article?? :banghead :banghead Stuff me what is the world coming to! :chuck
Cut and paste the link into google before clicking on it ;). You may need to also clear your cookies and try again if it doesn't show the whole article the first time around.
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Official:
Richmond recruit Aaron Edwards fined for being drunk
Mark Robinson
RICHMOND'S recruit of last week, Aaron Edwards, is this week in trouble.
Edwards was fined for being drunk in a public place early on Sunday morning and faces internal discipline from the Tigers - just three days after joining his new club.
More to come
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/richmond-recruit-aaron-edwards-fined-for-being-drunk/story-e6frf9jf-1226505395439
Some much for the no "DH" policy as Dimma would say :P. We don't need to recruit another Connors. Edwards had alcohol issues at North.
You have to pay to read this article?? :banghead :banghead Stuff me what is the world coming to! :chuck
Cut and paste the link into google before clicking on it ;). You may need to also clear your cookies and try again if it doesn't show the whole article the first time around.
Oh you're a tight arse too ?
Enough with the piracy.
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So much for our no idiots policy. >:(
I'd cut him.
you could just get Liam Jurrah to do that
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What :huh :banghead
Hope he gets that out of his system immediately or he will have the shortest career at tigerland in history.
He's going to have his work cut out gaining the respects of the players, coaches and supporters now.
Idiot.
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INTOXICATED TIGER FINED
RICHMOND recruit Aaron Edwards has been locked up by police just a day and a half after being traded to the club.
The former North Melbourne and West Coast forward was arrested for being drunk in a public place at about 12.30 on Sunday morning and spent about four hours behind bars before being released.
"No charges were laid," Richmond said in a statement on Monday afternoon.
Victoria Police confirmed that a 28-year-old Docklands man had been booked.
"The man was arrested in Collins St, lodged in police cells and given a penalty notice for being drunk in a public place," a police spokesperson told AFL.com.au.
The fine was $563.
Edwards was traded from the Kangaroos in the final hours of the Gillette AFL Trade Period on Friday.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/150429/default.aspx
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Apparently Robbo wants to talk about Azza Edwars now on Sen
Quite an odd rant by Robbo as what he said could apply to most traded/recycled players who were on the outer at their old club.
* Robbo said he has the same concerns about Aaron Edwards as Rodan. A mature player now at his third club.
* If he's all the things Craig Cameron said he is then why isn't he still at North doing these things. He has more talent than Hansen and Tarrant - he kicks the ball well and is a pretty good mark. Obviously Richmond want him to help out Vickery and Riewoldt. However when the whips were cracking at North I didn't see enough of Edwards standing up in a game or him even getting a game. He's not a bad player but he doesn't do enough often enough.
* Harford said Aaron Edwards is just a smaller (shorter) version of Brad Miller.
Maybe he's a bit like Fev, Aker etc. The club will onlu put up with their bad attitude while they are killing it onfield.
I hope the drunken episode is used to motivate him into having a great preseason and fantastic year for the club.
Could spend a great deal of the year kicking goals for the reserves otherwise :help
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I'm not trying to make excuses for the guy, but i'd like to know a little more about the incident. Is getting peed on a saturday night in the off-season really that bad? I guess it is, if he was absolutely pickled on the street. :-\
I'm peed in public most weekends. :laugh:
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there wouldnt be too may people not sloshed on collins st at 12.30 sunday morning.
so does that mean he was that drunk he stood out, or just unlucky
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I think we actually need to be a bit careful too. Its not beyond the realm of possibility that this was a set up. There are definetly people around that know that Aaron likes a drink and that he probably would be out on the streets on a sunday morning after having a few beers. Nice way to give the tiges a nice kick in the guts. After all he wasnt arrested for anything no crime was committed how many people would have been on the streets in melbourne over the weekend drunk, hundreds I would say and he managed to get picked out, coincidence I think not. But still they new he was suseptible. watch your back Aaron.
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If he was playing for Norf this wouldn't be news, but now that he's with a big 4 club, this will help sell digital passes.
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Shinboner spirit and culture ::)
Some may say it'd be harsh but the Club would have every right to rip up his one-year contract and boot him out.
Oh you're a tight arse too ?
Well I do have Scottish in me ;D.
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WTF would Harf & Robbo know FFS
and what "drunken episode" LMAO
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says more about the nanny state of Victoria than this bloke :lol
my god what a bad ass :lol :lol :lol
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Regardless of who it is or where it was, a $563 fine for being drunk and that's all? Seriously? If this was anything like fair dinkum then 9/10 people walking the streets of Melbourne on any given Sat night should be booked. Must be more to the story or he has been a victim of the tall poppy syndrome. But either way.......$563 for that? Gotta get the state out of bankruptcy one way or the other I suppose!
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says more about the nanny state of Victoria than this bloke :lol
my god what a bad ass :lol :lol :lol
For sure
Just move on I think, He wasn't drunk on the field, late for practise, drink driving, urinating in public, giving a bird to the camera 4 hours B4 a game, smoking dope, shooting horse, molesting schoolboys/schoolgirls/ young girls/ stealing buses and driving them around melbourne, romping naked through a nunnery, breaking windows, stealing cars, linked to a bikie gang, attacking people with a machete, going to Bali with a boogie board or in a fight. I reckon we've got a good one!!
the papers will print anything at the moment.
Down at Barnbougle last weekend and there were 20 blokes in the same state......and loving it
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FFS.....stuffing great pick up......bloody fool, not what we need at the club, I hope he doesn't try and hang with Martin, could be another bad influence :banghead
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If he was playing for Norf this wouldn't be news
Disagree.
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Move him on, we gave him a chance and within the week he discraces himself. He already has three strikes re drinking witrh the last time seeing him lose his licence for four years.
Not a player we need with his baggage
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If only you blokes hadn't scared off Jakester then he would of been able to warn us all about this fella.
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FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE DOLLARS!!!!
WTF did he glass some prick in a beer barn? Seems a bit steep for looking a bit wobbly in public, after all PUBS are in PUBLIC hence the name, public house...where they sell pee
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It's actually only a $60 fine
+ $250 for being an islander
+ $250 for having tatts
+ $3 for having an extra A at the start of his name
Surprised he wasn't shot or tasered
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FFS.....stuffing great pick up......bloody fool, not what we need at the club, I hope he doesn't try and hang with Martin, could be another bad influence :banghead
:lol wuss
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It's actually only a $60 fine
+ $250 for being an islander
+ $250 for having tatts
+ $3 for having an extra A at the start of his name
Surprised he wasn't shot or tasered
:ROTFL :ROTFL :ROTFL
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Victorian Police have released video of the incident
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=826_1340594700
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Victorian Police have released video of the incident
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=826_1340594700
:lol
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Arrested for drink driving lastnight apparently.
Drink driving, don't you love Chinese whispers, he was in a cab :lol
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Arrested for drink driving lastnight apparently.
Drink driving, don't you love Chinese whispers, he was in a cab :lol
That's not what I was told
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Arrested for drink driving lastnight apparently.
Drink driving, don't you love Chinese whispers, he was in a cab :lol
That's not what I was told
He was caught on the roof of a cab with a Chinese driver?
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Good replacement for Connors, well done Tiges :clapping
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Aaron Edwards got drunk once in 2009 and now again in 2012??? WHAT A DRUNKEN BASTARD!!!
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Effn alcoholics these days...they're everywhere
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As long as he knuckles down now I can't see an issue. He was having a day out with mates he will be seeing less of over the coming years.......
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I blame the government for not stopping the boats
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Effn alcoholics these days...they're everywhere
Not an alcoholic, unless he goes to the meetings he is just a drunkard like the rest of us
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Effn alcoholics these days...they're everywhere
Not an alcoholic, unless he goes to the meetings he is just a drunkard like the rest of us
Good point Al
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Just looked at one of the RFC stories Edwards by the Dozen maybe they should name it Edwards drinks a Dozen , Another stat they could add now has been done D&D at 2 different clubs . Bravo
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Should be cut for being so stupid. Police Wouldn't be involved unless he was being a drunken knob
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How many of you complaining about it can honestly say you haven't been drunk in public? Spuds
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AFL forward Edwards finds trouble again
By Roger Vaughan,
AAP
October 29, 2012, 4:10 pm WST
Just two days after gaining his third AFL life, key forward Aaron Edwards has dismayed Richmond with another alcohol-related incident.
Victoria Police locked up Edwards for several hours early Sunday morning and fined him $563 for being drunk in a public place.
No charges were laid over the arrest, which happened at 12.30am on Collins St in the Melbourne CBD.
Edwards was on leave and it is unclear whether the Tigers will take their own action, but club officials have spoken to him.
North Melbourne and Richmond struck a deal involving Edwards on Friday, the last day of the AFL trade period.
The 28-year-old went to Punt Rd in exchange for pick 74 in next month's national draft.
It is the third time that Edwards has found himself in off-field trouble during his AFL career.
In 2009, Edwards lost his licence for four years and was fined $1500 for refusing a breath test.
Police had caught him speeding on the way to an Australia Day training session.
That followed an earlier infringement notice for exceeding the blood alcohol level while driving.
The Kangaroos suspended Edwards for the first four games of the 2009 season and fined him $5000.
Two years previously, North also fined him for an alcohol-related incident after he was thrown out of a Lionel Richie concert at a winery in country Victoria.
In 2003, Edwards and West Coast star Daniel Kerr were recorded by WA police discussing illicit drugs with convicted dealer Shane Waters.
The AFL investigated the pair, but ruled there was insufficient evidence to take action.
Edwards made his AFL debut with West Coast in 2005 and played four matches before being delisted.
He starred for VFL side Frankston in 2006, kicking 100 goals and winning the JJ Liston Trophy as the competition's best player.
North then recruited him with pick 82 in that year's national draft.
He played 78 games with the Kangaroos for a career total of 82, with 124 goals.
Edwards played nine games for North this past season and kicked 17 goals.
The Tigers recruited him to add depth to their forward line as they aim for their first finals series since 2001.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/afl/15246927/afl-forward-edwards-finds-trouble-again/
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We've all been drunk but some of us have on off switch and some don't.
The one's that don't generally get into strife.
Old enough to know better and is a almost out the door before he started.
lol @ 'due diligence'.
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Police Wouldn't be involved unless he was being a drunken knob
I love naivety.
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Should be cut for being so stupid. Police Wouldn't be involved unless he was being a drunken knob
In that case he would have been charged with Drunk and disorderly.
He received an on the spot fine for being drunk in a public place. No charges laid.
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Could of just been fined for having tribal tats but having no tribe.
Cut the bloke some slack. He hit the turps at a Lionel Richie concert.
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WTF have we drafted ???
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'Drunk in public'. Seriously, how the fruit is that even a law? They'd arrest half of Melb's cbd on a Saturday night if they enforced that consistently.
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Could of just been fined for having tribal tats but having no tribe.
Cut the bloke some slack. He hit the turps at a Lionel Richie concert.
Gotta be honest with you dwaino. The care factor is awfully low on this. Blobbo writing the article takes it the rest of the way to a zero.
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Could of just been fined for having tribal tats but having no tribe.
Cut the bloke some slack. He hit the turps at a Lionel Richie concert.
Gotta be honest with you dwaino. The care factor is awfully low on this. Blobbo writing the article takes it the rest of the way to a zero.
Yeah mate, honestly couldn't give a stuff about it either. He's off the clock at the moment. Just unlucky really. Blobbo probably didn't know whether or not to finish his fifth Big Mac or write that.
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Could of just been fined for having tribal tats but having no tribe.
Cut the bloke some slack. He hit the turps at a Lionel Richie concert.
Gotta be honest with you dwaino. The care factor is awfully low on this. Blobbo writing the article takes it the rest of the way to a zero.
Yeah mate, honestly couldn't give a stuff about it either. He's off the clock at the moment. Just unlucky really. Blobbo probably didn't know whether or not to finish his fifth Big Mac or write that.
He's regretting the decision as we speak. No 24hr Maccas near his joint and he's in a mad rush to get in the drive-thru before midnight closing time. :shh
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Richmond recruit Aaron Edwards fined for being drunk
Mark Robinson
From: Herald Sun
October 30, 2012
A LONG and boozy Cox Plate day ended in jail for new Richmond recruit Aaron Edwards.
The perennial trouble-finder, who joined the Tigers on Friday, spent four hours in a police cell after being picked up for being drunk in a public place.
It's believed police picked up Edwards, 28 (left), in Collins St about 12.30am on Sunday.
He had spent Saturday with his former North Melbourne teammates at Moonee Valley races and continued drinking into the night.
Just three days after being traded from the Kangaroos, Edwards had to tell his new bosses of the incident.
It's not known if Edwards, who is yet to meet his new teammates, will face further discipline from the Tigers.
The Tigers did not comment.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/richmond-recruit-aaron-edwards-fined-for-being-drunk/story-e6frf9jf-1226505395439
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How many of you complaining about it can honestly say you haven't been drunk in public? Spuds
And ended up in jail? Probably none of us. Edwards should be cut. Dodgy decision to begin with
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The nancy boys from the nanny state
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The nancy boys from the nanny state
There'd be a few seasons of Territory Cops made and a windfall to the government if they applied that law in Mitchell St on any given Sat night! ;D
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Officially a worse decision than the Miller experiment. Pointless, stupid and irresponsible decision by Craig Cameron. :banghead
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How many of you complaining about it can honestly say you haven't been drunk in public? Spuds
And ended up in jail? Probably none of us. Edwards should be cut. Dodgy decision to begin with
Bang, great call! Only fools get arrested and/or lose their license 3 times.
What an absolute toss.
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Officially a worse decision than the Miller experiment. Pointless, stupid and irresponsible decision by Craig Cameron. :banghead
100% right. Funny thing is this site wouldv'e gone into meltdown if it was Edwards, Melbourne's new recruit or Edwards Carlton's new recruit.
Your trying to create a good culture yet bring in a 3 time repeat offender
Your an idiot Cameron
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This site has gone into meltdown :lol
Over a $563 fine
LMFAO
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This site has gone into meltdown :lol
Over a $563 fine
LMFAO
Its not the money i have an issue with. It couldve been 5 cents. If you think its cool to be locked up after being at the club for 3 days then thank god the club dont think like you.
its the fact we have brought a bloke who is a repeat offender to the club when IMO there was no need.
How is Edwards any different than Connors. Same rubbish we dont need
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How many of you complaining about it can honestly say you haven't been drunk in public? Spuds
And ended up in jail? Probably none of us. Edwards should be cut. Dodgy decision to begin with
I beat up on my wife
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Mick Molloy having a bit of fun with this on MMM this morning. Was wondering if Edwards got the same cell as he did last Christmas. Also said that Collins st was Punt Rd end, and was probably on his way from Arden st for training. Said his punishment should be not allowed to join in on 2013 grand final motorcade.
This will blow over in a week. Just like Buddy's driving disqualification. Or even Scotland's assault charge.
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How many of you complaining about it can honestly say you haven't been drunk in public? Spuds
And ended up in jail? Probably none of us. Edwards should be cut. Dodgy decision to begin with
It's hardly jail. It's lock up i.e custody for your own and other's protection. They let you go once you show some sobriety.
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Officially a worse decision than the Miller experiment. Pointless, stupid and irresponsible decision by Craig Cameron. :banghead
100% right. Funny thing is this site wouldv'e gone into meltdown if it was Edwards, Melbourne's new recruit or Edwards Carlton's new recruit.
Your trying to create a good culture yet bring in a 3 time repeat offender
Your an idiot Cameron
I wouldn't be suprised when the next indiscretion of his involves one D.Martin.
He should NEVER have been picked up and Gale should look to replace Cameron ASAP.
Vote 1 Neil Balme.
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Lucky break for Edwards as a Saints star has been arrested overnight
Gram it is
ch 10 & ch 7 just reported that they are not allowed to say what Gram was in court for today. If they'd can't say either can OER. Though the AFL web-site is saying stalking allegedly. :-\. Sorry for the edit daniel
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How many of you complaining about it can honestly say you haven't been drunk in public? Spuds
And ended up in jail? Probably none of us. Edwards should be cut. Dodgy decision to begin with
Yes but the rules tightened up only recently, and considering most of you will probably be a bit too 'mature' then to go clubbing in Melbourne CBD you can remove that outlier.
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How many of you complaining about it can honestly say you haven't been drunk in public? Spuds
And ended up in jail? Probably none of us. Edwards should be cut. Dodgy decision to begin with
...and considering most of you will probably be a bit too 'mature' than to go clubbing in Melbourne CBD you can remove that outlier.
Hey hey hey. You obviously haven't heard of me or my latest club hit! Grandad Style by PiSY
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This site has gone into meltdown :lol
Over a $563 fine
LMFAO
Its not the money i have an issue with. It couldve been 5 cents. If you think its cool to be locked up after being at the club for 3 days then thank god the club dont think like you.
its the fact we have brought a bloke who is a repeat offender to the club when IMO there was no need.
How is Edwards any different than Connors. Same rubbish we dont need
Bless you captain good! Did kids throw rocks at you at school ? Do they still?
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:lol
some serious drama queens poking their heads out of the closet
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Lucky break for Edwards as a Saints star has been arrested overnight
Gram it is
ch 10 & ch 7 just reported that they are not allowed to say what Gram was in court for today. If they'd can't say either can OER. Though the AFL web-site is saying stalking allegedly. :-\. Sorry for the edit daniel
Pretty clever the way they've done the job.
Ch 10 say Gram was in court but can't say what the charges were.
Ch 9 says a St Kilda player was in court and detailed the charges.
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see how easy it is to avoid litigation?
A St Kilda AFL player has appeared in a Melbourne court accused of breaching an intervention order.
The player, who cannot be named for legal reasons, allegedly sent 98 text messages and 16 Facebook messages to the woman, AAP reports.
The Moorabbin Magistrates Court heard that the player was charged in September with two counts of breaching an intervention order.
He then continued to contact the woman after being bailed, the court heard.
He was arrested last night and remains in custody.
Police have opposed bail saying they fear that he will contact the woman.
http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8556506
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see how easy it is to avoid litigation?
A St Kilda AFL player has appeared in a Melbourne court accused of breaching an intervention order.
The player, who cannot be named for legal reasons, allegedly sent 98 text messages and 16 Facebook messages to the woman, AAP reports.
The Moorabbin Magistrates Court heard that the player was charged in September with two counts of breaching an intervention order.
He then continued to contact the woman after being bailed, the court heard.
He was arrested last night and remains in custody.
Police have opposed bail saying they fear that he will contact the woman.
http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8556506
;D
They can afford better lawyers than us :thumbsup
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In January 2009, Edwards was caught driving way over the speed limit by police and found to have alcohol in his system. He was immediately suspended by the club for the first four matches of the 2009 AFL premiership season and fined $5,000.
In May 2009, Edwards had his licence revoked for four years for drink driving and fined $1,500 for refusing a breath test.
October 2012. Edwards was fined for being drunk in a public place early on Sunday morning and faces internal discipline from the Tigers - just three days after joining his new club.
This is the guy who you blokes want at the club :banghead :banghead
For the record he lost his licence for refusing a breath test and as he had a relevant prior conviction within the last 10 years his licence was cancelled and disqualified for a minimum of 4 years(mandatory sentencing). In relation to the fine for being drunk in a public the amount of the fine is harsh if the matter had gone to Court more than likely he would have been discharged from penalty as he spent 4 hours in the cells.
Not a good way to start at a new club. Hoping no relapses. But having said it occurred in the off season and he was not caught doing anything else.
Editd to correct quote
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I hope he is a mean drunk, about time we got some mongrel into our team.
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Aaron 'pee-er' James
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bad track record but hard to be too harsh on a bloke having some cans with his mates/ex-team mates...
that being said - you'd think he'd be doing everything to a) ensure he is fit and healthy heading into new team and new season b) impress his NEW team mates & coaching staff...
I don't begrudge him having a drink, but I can't tolerate and/or accept stupidity....hopefully the "4th wake up call" required??!!
Now owes onfield...lol @ the new Aaron James
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Idiot
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Some dude on BF saying the coppers locked him up for a laugh and when thy released him they said to him "you shouldn't have left Norf"
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Some dude on BF saying the coppers locked him up for a laugh and when thy released him they said to him "you shouldn't have left Norf"
"No that's the problem officer.I should've left North years ago."
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Some dude on BF saying the coppers locked him up for a laugh and when thy released him they said to him "you shouldn't have left Norf"
"No that's the problem officer.I should've left North years ago."
Looool
But they've played more finals
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Edwards to face Tiger wrath
By Sam Lienert
afl.com.au
4:49 PM Fri 02 Nov, 2012
RICHMOND coach Damien Hardwick says recruit Aaron Edwards can expect a harsh lesson when the Tigers' leadership group sanctions him for his recent drunken escapade.
Just two days after being traded to his third AFL club, the 28-year-old forward was locked up by Melbourne police and fined for being drunk in a public place early on Sunday.
He had already been sanctioned for alcohol-related offences previously in his career, with former club North Melbourne.
Hardwick acknowledged he did not react kindly when told of Edwards' latest indiscretion.
"It would be fair to say he nearly had the shortest (career) in the history of the Richmond Football Club, to be honest," the Richmond coach told Melbourne's SEN radio on Friday.
"He was deeply embarrassed by it.
"We all make mistakes and he'll learn a pretty harsh lesson.
"We'll deal with that when our leadership group gets back."
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/150700/default.aspx
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Idiot
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Butthead
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Tigers won't go easy on Edwards
Adam Cooper
The Age
November 3, 2012
RICHMOND coach Damien Hardwick has indicated recruit Aaron Edwards will face further punishment for being drunk in public last weekend.
Edwards was locked up by police for four hours on Sunday and fined after spending the previous day drinking with his former North Melbourne teammates at the Cox Plate.
The forward was traded to the Tigers last week.
Richmond had not commented on the issue until Friday, when Hardwick said Edwards would likely go before his new club's leadership group when the players returned from their holidays.
''He was deeply embarrassed by it and we all make mistakes. He'll learn a pretty harsh lesson, we'll deal with it when our leadership group gets back,'' Hardwick said. ''It's something we're trying to crack out of not only Richmond, but in footy clubs in general.
''You've got a great responsibility to be a role model within this game.
''It's not something we like to see our players do, or any player in the AFL for that matter.''
Edwards was suspended for four games in 2009 by North after the forward was caught speeding in his car and refusing a blood alcohol test.
The Kangaroos also fined him on that occasion and did so in 2007 when Edwards was ejected from a Lionel Richie concert at a winery.
Richmond this year showed it was serious when players transgressed off the field, by suspending Dustin Martin for two games and sacking Daniel Connors after the pair overslept and missed training sessions after taking sleeping tablets.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/tigers-wont-go-easy-on-edwards-20121102-28pqf.html#ixzz2B5muuwyZ
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are our players tea totallers if not i bet my bottom dollar every single player has let his hair down with a few too many drinks this off season. after when can you have a few and let your hair down if not in the off season.
the only thing i reckon edwards has done different to a deledio or cotchin is not get drunk but get drunk in public.
if people think a large portion of players in the afl dont enjoy a beer and dont occasionally get drunk then they are kidding themselves.
what happens on mad monday thats right they get rolling drunk but hey thats okay its sanctioned. what do the premiers do for a week after winning the flag thats right they get rolling drunk but thats okay its sanctioned.
talk about double standards.
at the end of the day these blokes need some time to do what every other 18 to 30 yr old does and that is party and have a good time end of season is the time to do it.
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are our players tea totallers if not i bet my bottom dollar every single player has let his hair down with a few too many drinks this off season. after when can you have a few and let your hair down if not in the off season.
the only thing i reckon edwards has done different to a deledio or cotchin is not get drunk but get drunk in public.
if people think a large portion of players in the afl dont enjoy a beer and dont occasionally get drunk then they are kidding themselves.
what happens on mad monday thats right they get rolling drunk but hey thats okay its sanctioned. what do the premiers do for a week after winning the flag thats right they get rolling drunk but thats okay its sanctioned.
talk about double standards.
at the end of the day these blokes need some time to do what every other 18 to 30 yr old does and that is party and have a good time end of season is the time to do it.
You mean they are not accountable to internet nuffers and media idiots.
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As always. If he wins a game or two for us all will be forgiven. If he doesn't he will be hounded out by years end.
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are our players tea totallers if not i bet my bottom dollar every single player has let his hair down with a few too many drinks this off season. after when can you have a few and let your hair down if not in the off season.
the only thing i reckon edwards has done different to a deledio or cotchin is not get drunk but get drunk in public.
if people think a large portion of players in the afl dont enjoy a beer and dont occasionally get drunk then they are kidding themselves.
what happens on mad monday thats right they get rolling drunk but hey thats okay its sanctioned. what do the premiers do for a week after winning the flag thats right they get rolling drunk but thats okay its sanctioned.
talk about double standards.
at the end of the day these blokes need some time to do what every other 18 to 30 yr old does and that is party and have a good time end of season is the time to do it.
You mean they are not accountable to internet nuffers and media idiots.
or the coach??
listen to Dimma's presser. Thank god you blokes dont run the club. Dimma nailed it.
yeah all good guys go out get peeed get locked up, refuse breatho's. Thats what all AFL players do.
hahaha get real
what he did was very foolish, especially after given another chance to continue his career.
In an ironic twist i think it was the best thing for him. He now has a bigger point to prove and dare i say chances are less that he will do it again whilst at the RFC.
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Spent a few hours in lock up and no charges laid. Gee whiz, someone inform the inquisition.
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Spent a few hours in lock up and no charges laid. Gee whiz, someone inform the inquisition.
Are you that thick? Just asking
3rd time repeat offender
2 days after he was drafted
Our own coach said himself no place for that in AFL
Again thank god club isn't run by people like yourself
Maybe Terry as a coach would've been more suited to your argument
Dimma is making us tougher
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Spent a few hours in lock up and no charges laid. Gee whiz, someone inform the inquisition.
Are you that thick? Just asking
3rd time repeat offender
2 days after he was drafted
Our own coach said himself no place for that in AFL
Again thank god club isn't run by people like yourself
Maybe Terry as a coach would've been more suited to your argument
Dimma is making us tougher
You get picked up these days for showing a few wobblies. I'm glad you aren't in the praetorian guard wandering town then because you'd of swung me from the gallows by now. Maybe you should start a movement to come down on every RFC player to have copped a parking fine, because that's the equivalent of what Edwards has copped.
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are our players tea totallers if not i bet my bottom dollar every single player has let his hair down with a few too many drinks this off season. after when can you have a few and let your hair down if not in the off season.
the only thing i reckon edwards has done different to a deledio or cotchin is not get drunk but get drunk in public.
if people think a large portion of players in the afl dont enjoy a beer and dont occasionally get drunk then they are kidding themselves.
what happens on mad monday thats right they get rolling drunk but hey thats okay its sanctioned. what do the premiers do for a week after winning the flag thats right they get rolling drunk but thats okay its sanctioned.
talk about double standards.
at the end of the day these blokes need some time to do what every other 18 to 30 yr old does and that is party and have a good time end of season is the time to do it.
You mean they are not accountable to internet nuffers and media idiots.
or the coach??
listen to Dimma's presser. Thank god you blokes dont run the club. Dimma nailed it.
yeah all good guys go out get peeed get locked up, refuse breatho's. Thats what all AFL players do.
hahaha get real
what he did was very foolish, especially after given another chance to continue his career.
In an ironic twist i think it was the best thing for him. He now has a bigger point to prove and dare i say chances are less that he will do it again whilst at the RFC.
and in the age of where everyone has to be seen to be squeaky clean and holier than though what exactly was hardwick supposed to say.
do you think hes the only one who has got drunk this off season. good on him i dont have a problem with it. theres a time to abstain and work hard and there is a time to be like all normal people and do what normal people do that time is in the off season.
sheesh jack riewoldt looked peeed at the brownlow lets haul him in front of an inquisition after all he was consuming alcohol.
its about time the media and supporters realised all afl players are representative of what goes on in society. you will have your druggies many more than most think you will have a majority who enjoy a drink you will have thives rapists and tax evaders need i go on.
you put these blokes up on pedestals at your own risk. when they dont meet your expectations you should not be crying like a baby.
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I'd need a gut full of liquor just to say hello
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are our players tea totallers if not i bet my bottom dollar every single player has let his hair down with a few too many drinks this off season. after when can you have a few and let your hair down if not in the off season.
the only thing i reckon edwards has done different to a deledio or cotchin is not get drunk but get drunk in public.
if people think a large portion of players in the afl dont enjoy a beer and dont occasionally get drunk then they are kidding themselves.
what happens on mad monday thats right they get rolling drunk but hey thats okay its sanctioned. what do the premiers do for a week after winning the flag thats right they get rolling drunk but thats okay its sanctioned.
talk about double standards.
at the end of the day these blokes need some time to do what every other 18 to 30 yr old does and that is party and have a good time end of season is the time to do it.
You mean they are not accountable to internet nuffers and media idiots.
or the coach??
listen to Dimma's presser. Thank god you blokes dont run the club. Dimma nailed it.
yeah all good guys go out get peeed get locked up, refuse breatho's. Thats what all AFL players do.
hahaha get real
what he did was very foolish, especially after given another chance to continue his career.
In an ironic twist i think it was the best thing for him. He now has a bigger point to prove and dare i say chances are less that he will do it again whilst at the RFC.
and in the age of where everyone has to be seen to be squeaky clean and holier than though what exactly was hardwick supposed to say.
do you think hes the only one who has got drunk this off season. good on him i dont have a problem with it. theres a time to abstain and work hard and there is a time to be like all normal people and do what normal people do that time is in the off season.
sheesh jack riewoldt looked peeed at the brownlow lets haul him in front of an inquisition after all he was consuming alcohol.
its about time the media and supporters realised all afl players are representative of what goes on in society. you will have your druggies many more than most think you will have a majority who enjoy a drink you will have thives rapists and tax evaders need i go on.
you put these blokes up on pedestals at your own risk. when they dont meet your expectations you should not be crying like a baby.
your smarter than that, this is not about Jack R or tax evaders or rapists
Jack R wasnt a three time repeat offender who got locked up, and wasnt drafted at the RFC 2 days prior.
We don't need your Dan Connors types at this club.
Edwards does this thing again and Dimma will show him the door but according to you he shouldn't because his having a beer with mates
Last chance for this bloke and its a good thing
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I'd need a gut full of liquor just to say hello
:lol
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I'd need a gut full of liquor just to say hello
Bit harsh!! Coach Davey has had a crack at a couple of those Gal's ;)
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are our players tea totallers if not i bet my bottom dollar every single player has let his hair down with a few too many drinks this off season. after when can you have a few and let your hair down if not in the off season.
the only thing i reckon edwards has done different to a deledio or cotchin is not get drunk but get drunk in public.
if people think a large portion of players in the afl dont enjoy a beer and dont occasionally get drunk then they are kidding themselves.
what happens on mad monday thats right they get rolling drunk but hey thats okay its sanctioned. what do the premiers do for a week after winning the flag thats right they get rolling drunk but thats okay its sanctioned.
talk about double standards.
at the end of the day these blokes need some time to do what every other 18 to 30 yr old does and that is party and have a good time end of season is the time to do it.
Yes the one and only Kevin Bartlett. 5 premierships, 5 best & fairest and AFL legend. A tea totaller. :cheers
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are our players tea totallers if not i bet my bottom dollar every single player has let his hair down with a few too many drinks this off season. after when can you have a few and let your hair down if not in the off season.
the only thing i reckon edwards has done different to a deledio or cotchin is not get drunk but get drunk in public.
if people think a large portion of players in the afl dont enjoy a beer and dont occasionally get drunk then they are kidding themselves.
what happens on mad monday thats right they get rolling drunk but hey thats okay its sanctioned. what do the premiers do for a week after winning the flag thats right they get rolling drunk but thats okay its sanctioned.
talk about double standards.
at the end of the day these blokes need some time to do what every other 18 to 30 yr old does and that is party and have a good time end of season is the time to do it.
Yes the one and only Kevin Bartlett. 5 premierships, 5 best & fairest and AFL legend. A tea totaller. :cheers
Dermie, Lethal, Jimmy Buckley, Wayne Johnston, Johno Brown etc for every KB, there are 100 of the others. Don't see any link between tee totalling and winning B&Fs or Flags
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E Edwards is a gimp.
No Joni brown or w Carey.
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E Edwards is a gimp.
No Joni brown or w Carey.
Exactly. And should never had been even considered for our club.
As pointless as Miller as he will never be part of any premiership tilt.
But on what ive read on some posts since picking him up he's a Monty for 30-40 goals next season.
Rubbish!
He shouldn't be given a game. He's still an 17 year old in a 29 year old body. Grow up.
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But on what of read on some posts since picking him up he's a Monty for 30-40 goals next season.
Rubbish!
Really???? Please point these posts out for us all. :(
Or are you talking poo again? :yep
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E Edwards is a gimp.
No Joni brown or w Carey.
Exactly. And should never had been even considered for our club.
As pointless as Miller as he will never be part of any premiership tilt.
But on what ive read on some posts since picking him up he's a Monty for 30-40 goals next season.
Rubbish!
He shouldn't be given a game. He's still an 17 year old in a 29 year old body. Grow up.
lol going by that sydney should never have played bolton, goodes, malceski, mattner, okeefe, pyke, richards, roberts-thompson, and shaw all 28 plus this yr the same as edwards all obviously too old to play the game. yet all played in a premiership.
unlike sydney we have just 3 28 yr olds edwards makes 4 the list is overflowing with old men lol.
seems some just cant grasp that there is two sides to recruiting short term and med to long term. the aim of getting someone like edwards, chaplin, and knights even i maric the last 3 26 yr olds all would be classified as short term options, is to quickly make finals and allow us time to develop younger blokes to take their places when the real push happens. they are also taken to fill depth problems in the list.ie we have just 2 genuine medium sized forwards brett ohanlon and now edwards he sure as hell is ready to go and he sure as hell fills up a gap in the list.
when will you ever realise not all recruiting decisions are long term decisions. you want finals you better get your head around the need to take your fair share of mature players.
aaron edwards did exactly what wrong.
lets see he got drunk with mates at a time when all players at all clubs are allowed to drink and have a good time, the off season. i know lets just sack every player who gets drunk this off season regardless of weather they get caught out or not.
we all get drunk apart from the odd tee totaller and we all get drunk at times way past the age of 28. why do you think footballers should be any different to everyone else in their spare time.
finally if you cant see the reasons for taking miller and the need to get an experienced player like him for the short term. all i can say is thank god you have nothing to do with the club.
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He would have preferred to have played an injured griffiths than Miller, Craw.
Says it all really.
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E Edwards is a gimp.
No Joni brown or w Carey.
Exactly. And should never had been even considered for our club.
As pointless as Miller as he will never be part of any premiership tilt.
But on what ive read on some posts since picking him up he's a Monty for 30-40 goals next season.
Rubbish!
He shouldn't be given a game. He's still an 17 year old in a 29 year old body. Grow up.
lol going by that sydney should never have played bolton, goodes, malceski, mattner, okeefe, pyke, richards, roberts-thompson, and shaw all 28 plus this yr the same as edwards all obviously too old to play the game. yet all played in a premiership.
unlike sydney we have just 3 28 yr olds edwards makes 4 the list is overflowing with old men lol.
seems some just cant grasp that there is two sides to recruiting short term and med to long term. the aim of getting someone like edwards, chaplin, and knights even i maric the last 3 26 yr olds all would be classified as short term options, is to quickly make finals and allow us time to develop younger blokes to take their places when the real push happens. they are also taken to fill depth problems in the list.ie we have just 2 genuine medium sized forwards brett ohanlon and now edwards he sure as hell is ready to go and he sure as hell fills up a gap in the list.
when will you ever realise not all recruiting decisions are long term decisions. you want finals you better get your head around the need to take your fair share of mature players.
aaron edwards did exactly what wrong.
lets see he got drunk with mates at a time when all players at all clubs are allowed to drink and have a good time, the off season. i know lets just sack every player who gets drunk this off season regardless of weather they get caught out or not.
we all get drunk apart from the odd tee totaller and we all get drunk at times way past the age of 28. why do you think footballers should be any different to everyone else in their spare time.
finally if you cant see the reasons for taking miller and the need to get an experienced player like him for the short term. all i can say is thank god you have nothing to do with the club.
It's a big difference when a team is already in the eight fighting for a premiership berth and topping up for role specific needs ie Podsiadly/Geelong, than a team building for long term success and a much awaited finals berth.
Aaron Edwards did exactly what wrong? You asked...
The fact that you must ask says much about your knowledge on AFL matters.
First of all he's a fringe player with limited ability.
Secondly he's been at 3 clubs with limited game time in senior footy.
Thirdly he's 29 years old.
Lastly hes just been given a life line at his third club and if he had any brain would/should do anything & everything to make one last go at it at AFL level. Considering the fact that Richmond is regarded as an up & coming team you'd think he'd finally pull his head in and say to himself, ok I've got a couple of years left I'm gonna be the best I can be and maybe just give up the booze till I'm finished playing.
Why should AFL players be any different you ask? Again it's very clear to me but ill explain it to you very clearly so you can understand.....
An AFL career is very short on average. So what's a few years to maximize the best of what talent you possess and give yourself every opportunity to excell, not just for yourself but for the team that's given you the opportunity.
Aaron "Lockup" Edwards, is at the end of his somewhat limited career thus far and was given an opportunity by a third club ( stupid as the decision may be) to be a depth player for them.
He had a choice to make but given his history and playing career you'd have thought it would've been a chance to prove something and you never know what can happen. But the choice he made underlines how dumb this guy is and that he should never be given the opportunity to wear the tiger jumper for being so stupid.
Facts are he's not even a has been. He's a wannabe hack, he's still an immature kid and he'll never ever lead us anywhere. Players like him shouldn't even considered for this club especially if they are 29 years old unless we are in the top four and we are getting a role specific player to get us into a premiership which is nowhere near where we as a club are at our current development.
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Honestly.... :sleep
8 pages on this bloke and he won't even pull the gurnsey on round 1....
Lerts move on and bag him out when he actually plays.. ;D
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:lol
You just sit back and keep sharpening them 'Edwards Darts' WAT. You'll get to throw them soon enough. ;D
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E Edwards is a gimp.
No Joni brown or w Carey.
Exactly. And should never had been even considered for our club.
As pointless as Miller as he will never be part of any premiership tilt.
But on what ive read on some posts since picking him up he's a Monty for 30-40 goals next season.
Rubbish!
He shouldn't be given a game. He's still an 17 year old in a 29 year old body. Grow up.
lol going by that sydney should never have played bolton, goodes, malceski, mattner, okeefe, pyke, richards, roberts-thompson, and shaw all 28 plus this yr the same as edwards all obviously too old to play the game. yet all played in a premiership.
unlike sydney we have just 3 28 yr olds edwards makes 4 the list is overflowing with old men lol.
seems some just cant grasp that there is two sides to recruiting short term and med to long term. the aim of getting someone like edwards, chaplin, and knights even i maric the last 3 26 yr olds all would be classified as short term options, is to quickly make finals and allow us time to develop younger blokes to take their places when the real push happens. they are also taken to fill depth problems in the list.ie we have just 2 genuine medium sized forwards brett ohanlon and now edwards he sure as hell is ready to go and he sure as hell fills up a gap in the list.
when will you ever realise not all recruiting decisions are long term decisions. you want finals you better get your head around the need to take your fair share of mature players.
aaron edwards did exactly what wrong.
lets see he got drunk with mates at a time when all players at all clubs are allowed to drink and have a good time, the off season. i know lets just sack every player who gets drunk this off season regardless of weather they get caught out or not.
we all get drunk apart from the odd tee totaller and we all get drunk at times way past the age of 28. why do you think footballers should be any different to everyone else in their spare time.
finally if you cant see the reasons for taking miller and the need to get an experienced player like him for the short term. all i can say is thank god you have nothing to do with the club.
I see you never replied to my earlier post. Do you think its okay a player given a last shot, at a career is putting himself in a position to get arrested as a 3 time repeat offender 3 days after getting selected?? You seem do not think its an issue but i bet if it was the scum you and others would be laughing at them.
RFC wont look at Edwards on this one incident they will look at him as a whole
If he had just done this once i agree so what let him be, but we need to set an example and create a bloods like culture which thankfully i think we are. Your policy of letting it be, all players are allowed to drink is a thing of the past.
Your mate Terry's era.
Things have changed bud on the field and in society,and like Dimma said we don't need that at our club nor do we need losers like that on the streets or drink driving.
Players like Knights, Chaplain fill a void at our club that i agree with, this bloke is just a trouble maker from Frankston who puts football as a second priority to going out and getting smashed.
Odds on to start the year at Coburg after this episode and lets hope he stays there
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Relax people he will be fine
Some players have different attitudes
Daniel is mates with sewells good mate and he said buddy at one point needed hodge or someone equiv to go out with him most nights
Edwards will be fine
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Honestly.... :sleep
8 pages on this bloke and he won't even pull the gurnsey on round 1....
Lerts move on and bag him out when he actually plays.. ;D
That is one of your best posts WAT
Impressive :clapping :clapping :clapping
:thumbsup ;D :thumbsup
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:lol
You just sit back and keep sharpening them 'Edwards Darts' WAT. You'll get to throw them soon enough. ;D
God I have two to choose from now, how good is that and I can bag them both in one sentence by only saying their name once.. :lol
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Honestly.... :sleep
8 pages on this bloke and he won't even pull the gurnsey on round 1....
Lerts move on and bag him out when he actually plays.. ;D
That is one of your best post WAT
Impressive :clapping :clapping :clapping
:thumbsup ;D :thumbsup
Well WP, after all these years I am glad I have finally impressed you... :thumbsup :thumbsup
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Honestly.... :sleep
8 pages on this bloke and he won't even pull the gurnsey on round 1....
Lerts move on and bag him out when he actually plays.. ;D
That is one of your best post WAT
Impressive :clapping :clapping :clapping
:thumbsup ;D :thumbsup
Well WP, after all these years I am glad I have finally impressed you... :thumbsup :thumbsup
Let's not get too carried away eh?
;D ;D
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are our players tea totallers if not i bet my bottom dollar every single player has let his hair down with a few too many drinks this off season. after when can you have a few and let your hair down if not in the off season.
the only thing i reckon edwards has done different to a deledio or cotchin is not get drunk but get drunk in public.
if people think a large portion of players in the afl dont enjoy a beer and dont occasionally get drunk then they are kidding themselves.
what happens on mad monday thats right they get rolling drunk but hey thats okay its sanctioned. what do the premiers do for a week after winning the flag thats right they get rolling drunk but thats okay its sanctioned.
talk about double standards.
at the end of the day these blokes need some time to do what every other 18 to 30 yr old does and that is party and have a good time end of season is the time to do it.
Yes the one and only Kevin Bartlett. 5 premierships, 5 best & fairest and AFL legend. A tea totaller. :cheers
Dermie, Lethal, Jimmy Buckley, Wayne Johnston, Johno Brown etc for every KB, there are 100 of the others. Don't see any link between tee totalling and winning B&Fs or Flags
Tetleys were our sponsor when we won the 1980 flag and teetotal Tommy coached our previous 4 flags before that, so there have been links to tea totaling for our last 5 flags. :lol
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:lol
You just sit back and keep sharpening them 'Edwards Darts' WAT. You'll get to throw them soon enough. ;D
God I have two to choose from now, how good is that and I can bag them both in one sentence by only saying their name once.. :lol
:lol
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Relax people he will be fine
Some players have different attitudes
Daniel is mates with sewells good mate and he said buddy at one point needed hodge or someone equiv to go out with him most nights
Edwards will be fine
Comparing Edwards to Buddy Franklin. It's like comparing Barb from Carlscum to Jennifer Hawkins.
:ROTFL
Edwards will always be a serviceable VFL forward.
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On the ball, as usual, mr tigra :lol
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Relax people he will be fine
Some players have different attitudes
Daniel is mates with sewells good mate and he said buddy at one point needed hodge or someone equiv to go out with him most nights
Edwards will be fine
Comparing Edwards to Buddy Franklin. It's like comparing Barb from Carlscum to Jennifer Hawkins.
:ROTFL
Edwards will always be a serviceable VFL forward.
Would tap
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edwards or barb?
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edwards or barb?
Barb
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you shouldn't be so fussy.
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you shouldn't be so fussy.
I'm not.. Barb is everything you'd want in a man.
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:lol
:clapping
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Relax people he will be fine
Some players have different attitudes
Daniel is mates with sewells good mate and he said buddy at one point needed hodge or someone equiv to go out with him most nights
Edwards will be fine
Comparing Edwards to Buddy Franklin. It's like comparing Barb from Carlscum to Jennifer Hawkins.
:ROTFL
Edwards will always be a serviceable VFL forward.
:bow... :clapping...Post of the off season!!
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:lol
the lights are shining bright today.
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Relax people he will be fine
Some players have different attitudes
Daniel is mates with sewells good mate and he said buddy at one point needed hodge or someone equiv to go out with him most nights
Edwards will be fine
Comparing Edwards to Buddy Franklin. It's like comparing Barb from Carlscum to Jennifer Hawkins.
:ROTFL
Edwards will always be a serviceable VFL forward.
ooh but he is, didn't you know that Tigra
its also okay to get smashed in Collins St and act like a fool at night time.
thought you would've known that
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:clapping
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O L D M O L E S. . . . .
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E Edwards is a gimp.
No Joni brown or w Carey.
Exactly. And should never had been even considered for our club.
As pointless as Miller as he will never be part of any premiership tilt.
But on what ive read on some posts since picking him up he's a Monty for 30-40 goals next season.
Rubbish!
He shouldn't be given a game. He's still an 17 year old in a 29 year old body. Grow up.
lol going by that sydney should never have played bolton, goodes, malceski, mattner, okeefe, pyke, richards, roberts-thompson, and shaw all 28 plus this yr the same as edwards all obviously too old to play the game. yet all played in a premiership.
unlike sydney we have just 3 28 yr olds edwards makes 4 the list is overflowing with old men lol.
seems some just cant grasp that there is two sides to recruiting short term and med to long term. the aim of getting someone like edwards, chaplin, and knights even i maric the last 3 26 yr olds all would be classified as short term options, is to quickly make finals and allow us time to develop younger blokes to take their places when the real push happens. they are also taken to fill depth problems in the list.ie we have just 2 genuine medium sized forwards brett ohanlon and now edwards he sure as hell is ready to go and he sure as hell fills up a gap in the list.
when will you ever realise not all recruiting decisions are long term decisions. you want finals you better get your head around the need to take your fair share of mature players.
aaron edwards did exactly what wrong.
lets see he got drunk with mates at a time when all players at all clubs are allowed to drink and have a good time, the off season. i know lets just sack every player who gets drunk this off season regardless of weather they get caught out or not.
we all get drunk apart from the odd tee totaller and we all get drunk at times way past the age of 28. why do you think footballers should be any different to everyone else in their spare time.
finally if you cant see the reasons for taking miller and the need to get an experienced player like him for the short term. all i can say is thank god you have nothing to do with the club.
It's a big difference when a team is already in the eight fighting for a premiership berth and topping up for role specific needs ie Podsiadly/Geelong, than a team building for long term success and a much awaited finals berth.
so you would rather take an 18 yr old rookie with many deficiencies who will take 3 yrs to bulk up and more than likely will never play a game than take podsiadly and the 4 or 5 yrs of real good footy geelong will get out him. for no other reason than you think sides have to be in contention to take older players mate that is tunnel vision at its finest.
you build the long term with your early picks, you add experience depth and fill holes in the list with psd, rookie, and late nd picks regardless of age. if you think taking mature players is just for top 8 sides you are terribly mistaken.
me id gladly take pods because and with hindsight so would every other club in the comp not because they are in some sort of mythical window but because pods can bloody play and he cost nothing a rookie pick ffs.
you take good players regardless of ladder position and list needs. please tell me where it says inexperienced sides dont need to take decent experienced big bodied players who fill a need. age has nothing to do with it where you take em does and weather you take kids early in the nd.
i will get back to the rest of your post later.
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E Edwards is a gimp.
No Joni brown or w Carey.
Exactly. And should never had been even considered for our club.
As pointless as Miller as he will never be part of any premiership tilt.
But on what ive read on some posts since picking him up he's a Monty for 30-40 goals next season.
Rubbish!
He shouldn't be given a game. He's still an 17 year old in a 29 year old body. Grow up.
lol going by that sydney should never have played bolton, goodes, malceski, mattner, okeefe, pyke, richards, roberts-thompson, and shaw all 28 plus this yr the same as edwards all obviously too old to play the game. yet all played in a premiership.
unlike sydney we have just 3 28 yr olds edwards makes 4 the list is overflowing with old men lol.
seems some just cant grasp that there is two sides to recruiting short term and med to long term. the aim of getting someone like edwards, chaplin, and knights even i maric the last 3 26 yr olds all would be classified as short term options, is to quickly make finals and allow us time to develop younger blokes to take their places when the real push happens. they are also taken to fill depth problems in the list.ie we have just 2 genuine medium sized forwards brett ohanlon and now edwards he sure as hell is ready to go and he sure as hell fills up a gap in the list.
when will you ever realise not all recruiting decisions are long term decisions. you want finals you better get your head around the need to take your fair share of mature players.
aaron edwards did exactly what wrong.
lets see he got drunk with mates at a time when all players at all clubs are allowed to drink and have a good time, the off season. i know lets just sack every player who gets drunk this off season regardless of weather they get caught out or not.
we all get drunk apart from the odd tee totaller and we all get drunk at times way past the age of 28. why do you think footballers should be any different to everyone else in their spare time.
finally if you cant see the reasons for taking miller and the need to get an experienced player like him for the short term. all i can say is thank god you have nothing to do with the club.
Aaron Edwards did exactly what wrong? You asked...
The fact that you must ask says much about your knowledge on AFL matters.
First of all he's a fringe player with limited ability.
Secondly he's been at 3 clubs with limited game time in senior footy.
Thirdly he's 29 years old.
Lastly hes just been given a life line at his third club and if he had any brain would/should do anything & everything to make one last go at it at AFL level. Considering the fact that Richmond is regarded as an up & coming team you'd think he'd finally pull his head in and say to himself, ok I've got a couple of years left I'm gonna be the best I can be and maybe just give up the booze till I'm finished playing.
Why should AFL players be any different you ask? Again it's very clear to me but ill explain it to you very clearly so you can understand.....
An AFL career is very short on average. So what's a few years to maximize the best of what talent you possess and give yourself every opportunity to excell, not just for yourself but for the team that's given you the opportunity.
Aaron "Lockup" Edwards, is at the end of his somewhat limited career thus far and was given an opportunity by a third club ( stupid as the decision may be) to be a depth player for them.
He had a choice to make but given his history and playing career you'd have thought it would've been a chance to prove something and you never know what can happen. But the choice he made underlines how dumb this guy is and that he should never be given the opportunity to wear the tiger jumper for being so stupid.
Facts are he's not even a has been. He's a wannabe hack, he's still an immature kid and he'll never ever lead us anywhere. Players like him shouldn't even considered for this club especially if they are 29 years old unless we are in the top four and we are getting a role specific player to get us into a premiership which is nowhere near where we as a club are at our current development.
okay seems i didnt have to fly off so will get into the rest of your post.
yep i asked exactly what was it a edwards did wrong and you conveniently sidestepped the question.
i will tell you what he did. he got drunk now the last time i looked that wasnt a crime. he got drunk in the off season a period where he is allowed to drink and act like a normal person for a few months.
do we sack every player in the off season who gets drunk or has a few too many after mostly abstaining from feb to sept each yr.
he did nothing wrong and he certainly didnt do anything that most players have not done this off season.
you call for his head be consistent and call for everyones head who has gut drunk in the off season.
as a afl player who abides by very stringent team rules for most of the yr who can begrudge him or any of the players (and you kid yourself if you think a large percentage havent been drunk this offseason ) having a few too many in his time away from those strict team rules.
his record at north is one of a hard trainer who doesnt let his drinking get in the way of what he needs to do during the footy season.
firstly what has the fact hes been a fringe player at north got to do with it. the only question i need to ask is he a better option than the other forwards we have, fringe player or not.
is he a type of player that we dont have, and does he fill a gap. the answer to those questions is an emphatic yes. the hope is he will be a regular at richmond.
recent fringe players are - houli struggled to get a game at essendon so did ivan maric and sean grigg but they were better options than what we had and they improved us.
they all bought badly needed experience to a side/ list lacking in it.
chris knights is a fringe player who has less form than edwards over the last 2 yrs is 26 yrs old but i dont hear you complaining about him oh thats right knights mustnt drink or if he does he just doesnt do it in public. and hes not 29. your hung up on age and your hung up on the fact players get drunk every now and then like the rest of us. . knights brings badly needed experience depth and fills a hole just like edwards.
secondly richmond is his third club the eagles let him go at the end of 2005 when he got in trouble.so he paid a price for mucking up.he knuckled down in 06 kicked over 100 goals in the vfl and got picked up by north.
the simple fact is edwards was contracted for this yr he would have been at nm this yr but we enquired about him seeing he was on the outer a bit and north seemingly having better options. so he wasnt on a last chance we actually went out and targeted him because he filled a hole and had more to offer than players we have. very similar to houli grigg knights etc.
thirdly - hes 29 whoopy do. does his age matter? we went over podsiadly at 29. hands up who would take him every day of the week yes please.. well you wouldnt you would rather use that pick on a kid where history says we waste two or three yrs trying to bulk him up and iron out his faults only to delist him having never played a game after 2 or 3 seasons.
you dont seem capable of grasping there are two types of recruiting. long term and short term, or useing late nd psd and rookie picks on kids is largely a waste of time where you get absolutely no return at all on your investment.
its incumbent upon all clubs to do both weather your a finals contender or a bottom 4 side. the age of a short term player doesnt matter as long as you look after the long term with good picks in the nd.
the last time i looked we have 4 picks in the top 43 and they will all be used on kids.personally id take another two 28 29 yr olds as long as they can play and improve our list and fill a need that allows kids who are not ready time to develop in the seconds. as long as we use those 4 nd picks on kids. seems with edwards knights and chaplin we have gone down that path we could do a few more.
lastly well i think i already established we werent offering him some sort of lifeline id say we offered him the opportunity to play regular senior footy and to opt out of his final yr of contract at north.
finally you may be right he may be a hack but hes a better standard of hack than many who are currently getting a game for us to me that makes him an upgrade yes a hack but an upgrade with it. you have heard of the term value add most teams do it.
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he got drunk now the last time i looked that wasnt a crime.
Well I just hope he sues the cops for arresting him, locking him up and fining him since he didn't commit a crime. ;)
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"Facts are he's not even a has been. He's a wannabe hack"
80 games and 125 goals are not the stats of a wannabe hack. What are the career stats of a hack, Mr Tigra? 100+ games and close to 200 goals? I thought "hacks" had no talent? Some people will go to any length to bag our club but seriously, Edwards has ability. He's been inconsistent but he has played some very good games of footy. Maybe he'll be a handy option up forward for us or maybe he's a bit old and just not good enough anymore to have an impact. We will know soon enough. Then again, maybe we miss out on the next James Hird by trading pick 77 in this super draft :lol
Edwards is obviously a bit of a moron but I hope he bags 5 in round one and shoves it up all these bible freaks who are bagging him.
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"Facts are he's not even a has been. He's a wannabe hack"
80 games and 125 goals are not the stats of a wannabe hack. What are the career stats of a hack, Mr Tigra? 100+ games and close to 200 goals? I thought "hacks" had no talent? Some people will go to any length to bag our club but seriously, Edwards has ability. He's been inconsistent but he has played some very good games of footy. Maybe he'll be a handy option up forward for us or maybe he's a bit old and just not good enough anymore to have an impact. We will know soon enough. Then again, maybe we miss out on the next James Hird by trading pick 77 in this super draft :lol
Edwards is obviously a bit of a moron but I hope he bags 5 in round one and shoves it up all these bible freaks who are bagging him.
Hallejuah Coach
Go the angry drunk Maori
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Why the bible comment Coach?
Re: Edwards i hope so too coach because it will mean we will beat the Cheats more than likely.
I think you will probably find he wont be playing rd 1, as the club might out him for the first few.
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Why the bible comment Coach?
Mail is the Richmond Supporters Bible Group have had several meetings re Edwards. They are not happy >:(
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i suppose every club has their nancy boys, old moles and two by twos amongst their supporters
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Geez Geez
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he got drunk now the last time i looked that wasnt a crime.
Well I just hope he sues the cops for arresting him, locking him up and fining him since he didn't commit a crime. ;)
Your ignorance is as amusing as your inability to troll and as such deserves no more comment than judgment at this time.
What Claw said.
I'm with you all the way.
stuffen poofter hypocrite supporters
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Edwards goes all in....
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Armchair experts that stalk club employees for "official info", to back up their claim
lol
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(http://www.ediblegeography.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Lips-that-touch-liquor.jpg)
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Geez Geez
Muhammad Ibn Abdullah!
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Aaron Edwards ... picked up for nothing and is better than Brad Miller in everyway ... expect for Brad's girl Pia :bow
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E Edwards is a gimp.
No Joni brown or w Carey.
Exactly. And should never had been even considered for our club.
As pointless as Miller as he will never be part of any premiership tilt.
But on what ive read on some posts since picking him up he's a Monty for 30-40 goals next season.
Rubbish!
He shouldn't be given a game. He's still an 17 year old in a 29 year old body. Grow up.
lol going by that sydney should never have played bolton, goodes, malceski, mattner, okeefe, pyke, richards, roberts-thompson, and shaw all 28 plus this yr the same as edwards all obviously too old to play the game. yet all played in a premiership.
unlike sydney we have just 3 28 yr olds edwards makes 4 the list is overflowing with old men lol.
seems some just cant grasp that there is two sides to recruiting short term and med to long term. the aim of getting someone like edwards, chaplin, and knights even i maric the last 3 26 yr olds all would be classified as short term options, is to quickly make finals and allow us time to develop younger blokes to take their places when the real push happens. they are also taken to fill depth problems in the list.ie we have just 2 genuine medium sized forwards brett ohanlon and now edwards he sure as hell is ready to go and he sure as hell fills up a gap in the list.
when will you ever realise not all recruiting decisions are long term decisions. you want finals you better get your head around the need to take your fair share of mature players.
aaron edwards did exactly what wrong.
lets see he got drunk with mates at a time when all players at all clubs are allowed to drink and have a good time, the off season. i know lets just sack every player who gets drunk this off season regardless of weather they get caught out or not.
we all get drunk apart from the odd tee totaller and we all get drunk at times way past the age of 28. why do you think footballers should be any different to everyone else in their spare time.
finally if you cant see the reasons for taking miller and the need to get an experienced player like him for the short term. all i can say is thank god you have nothing to do with the club.
It's a big difference when a team is already in the eight fighting for a premiership berth and topping up for role specific needs ie Podsiadly/Geelong, than a team building for long term success and a much awaited finals berth.
so you would rather take an 18 yr old rookie with many deficiencies who will take 3 yrs to bulk up and more than likely will never play a game than take podsiadly and the 4 or 5 yrs of real good footy geelong will get out him. for no other reason than you think sides have to be in contention to take older players mate that is tunnel vision at its finest.
you build the long term with your early picks, you add experience depth and fill holes in the list with psd, rookie, and late nd picks regardless of age. if you think taking mature players is just for top 8 sides you are terribly mistaken.
me id gladly take pods because and with hindsight so would every other club in the comp not because they are in some sort of mythical window but because pods can bloody play and he cost nothing a rookie pick ffs.
you take good players regardless of ladder position and list needs. please tell me where it says inexperienced sides dont need to take decent experienced big bodied players who fill a need. age has nothing to do with it where you take em does and weather you take kids early in the nd.
i will get back to the rest of your post later.
I would rather take players who can fill a role but that could also be there for our next premiership.
Knights, houli and maric.
Name one thing, besides pia miller, we got out of playing Miller? Of what benefit was he to our team long term let alone short term? How are we placed now that he's gone or are we in exactly the same position?
Is our forward line better for him playing?
Edwards is another of this useless type of picks. He won't add to our development as a team. He won't be there for the long term. He's not a good player. If he plays for us for any other reason than that we have exhausted all other possibilities we are going backwards. Those things were tried before at Richmond time and time again and it has done nothing for us.
We need finals we need players who can be there when we finally are playing in them.
And lastly you keep saying Edwards has done nothing most afl players do. Well how many have been locked up during this off season? Did Knights? Did Chaplin?
I said given his history he could've pulled his head in for one last crack. That would've shown he's fairdinkum. But this incident underlines how stupid and immature this bloke is and the type of fellow we don't need at our club considering our current development stage.
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Miller knew how to play as a forward and he contributed 1.5 goals a game. He knew when to lead, how to lead etc which got Riewoldt more opportunities. McGuane and others struggle with this.
Hate the "he won't be here when we win a premiership" stuff. Half our stuffing list will have changed by the time we make a granny
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Premiers 2013. Everyone on the list will be available for our next flag. :shh
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Miller knew how to play as a forward and he contributed 1.5 goals a game. He knew when to lead, how to lead etc which got Riewoldt more opportunities. McGuane and others struggle with this.
Hate the "he won't be here when we win a premiership" stuff. Half our stuffing list will have changed by the time we make a granny
Miller was filling a role at our club because the coaching staff thought he'd could. But the same coaching staff came to their senses and banished him to coburg when we had forward line issues such as Jacks form and Vickery injured. If he was of such high esteem and he was such an dour forward fulfilling his role why did they opt for Mcguane up forward instead?
On the issue of playing stocks for a premiership, besides 6 players nothing changed much for the cats in 3 years from 2006 -2009. Geelong finished 10th just below us in 2006 and gained Joel Selwood in the draft. They went on to win 3 premierships with the same nucleus of the team that we played in 2006.
As you can see only 6 players different to the 2009 premiership team.
It's important to build a great nucleus and once it's ready be role specific with older players that can help get the team over the line.
After finishing 9th in 2006 wallet and co. Thought it a great idea to pick up aging hacks also ie kent Kingsley because he thought we would be playing finals. We went down hill and Geelong played in grand finals and won premierships.
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The coaching staff came to their senses and opted for McGuane :lol :lol :lol
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The coaching staff came to their senses and opted for McGuane :lol :lol :lol
They came to their senses and dropped Miller for good.
They played Mcguane because their wasn't any other options.
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E Edwards is a gimp.
No Joni brown or w Carey.
Exactly. And should never had been even considered for our club.
As pointless as Miller as he will never be part of any premiership tilt.
But on what ive read on some posts since picking him up he's a Monty for 30-40 goals next season.
Rubbish!
He shouldn't be given a game. He's still an 17 year old in a 29 year old body. Grow up.
lol going by that sydney should never have played bolton, goodes, malceski, mattner, okeefe, pyke, richards, roberts-thompson, and shaw all 28 plus this yr the same as edwards all obviously too old to play the game. yet all played in a premiership.
unlike sydney we have just 3 28 yr olds edwards makes 4 the list is overflowing with old men lol.
seems some just cant grasp that there is two sides to recruiting short term and med to long term. the aim of getting someone like edwards, chaplin, and knights even i maric the last 3 26 yr olds all would be classified as short term options, is to quickly make finals and allow us time to develop younger blokes to take their places when the real push happens. they are also taken to fill depth problems in the list.ie we have just 2 genuine medium sized forwards brett ohanlon and now edwards he sure as hell is ready to go and he sure as hell fills up a gap in the list.
when will you ever realise not all recruiting decisions are long term decisions. you want finals you better get your head around the need to take your fair share of mature players.
aaron edwards did exactly what wrong.
lets see he got drunk with mates at a time when all players at all clubs are allowed to drink and have a good time, the off season. i know lets just sack every player who gets drunk this off season regardless of weather they get caught out or not.
we all get drunk apart from the odd tee totaller and we all get drunk at times way past the age of 28. why do you think footballers should be any different to everyone else in their spare time.
finally if you cant see the reasons for taking miller and the need to get an experienced player like him for the short term. all i can say is thank god you have nothing to do with the club.
Aaron Edwards did exactly what wrong? You asked...
The fact that you must ask says much about your knowledge on AFL matters.
First of all he's a fringe player with limited ability.
Secondly he's been at 3 clubs with limited game time in senior footy.
Thirdly he's 29 years old.
Lastly hes just been given a life line at his third club and if he had any brain would/should do anything & everything to make one last go at it at AFL level. Considering the fact that Richmond is regarded as an up & coming team you'd think he'd finally pull his head in and say to himself, ok I've got a couple of years left I'm gonna be the best I can be and maybe just give up the booze till I'm finished playing.
Why should AFL players be any different you ask? Again it's very clear to me but ill explain it to you very clearly so you can understand.....
An AFL career is very short on average. So what's a few years to maximize the best of what talent you possess and give yourself every opportunity to excell, not just for yourself but for the team that's given you the opportunity.
Aaron "Lockup" Edwards, is at the end of his somewhat limited career thus far and was given an opportunity by a third club ( stupid as the decision may be) to be a depth player for them.
He had a choice to make but given his history and playing career you'd have thought it would've been a chance to prove something and you never know what can happen. But the choice he made underlines how dumb this guy is and that he should never be given the opportunity to wear the tiger jumper for being so stupid.
Facts are he's not even a has been. He's a wannabe hack, he's still an immature kid and he'll never ever lead us anywhere. Players like him shouldn't even considered for this club especially if they are 29 years old unless we are in the top four and we are getting a role specific player to get us into a premiership which is nowhere near where we as a club are at our current development.
okay seems i didnt have to fly off so will get into the rest of your post.
yep i asked exactly what was it a edwards did wrong and you conveniently sidestepped the question.
i will tell you what he did. he got drunk now the last time i looked that wasnt a crime. he got drunk in the off season a period where he is allowed to drink and act like a normal person for a few months.
do we sack every player in the off season who gets drunk or has a few too many after mostly abstaining from feb to sept each yr.
he did nothing wrong and he certainly didnt do anything that most players have not done this off season.
you call for his head be consistent and call for everyones head who has gut drunk in the off season.
as a afl player who abides by very stringent team rules for most of the yr who can begrudge him or any of the players (and you kid yourself if you think a large percentage havent been drunk this offseason ) having a few too many in his time away from those strict team rules.
his record at north is one of a hard trainer who doesnt let his drinking get in the way of what he needs to do during the footy season.
firstly what has the fact hes been a fringe player at north got to do with it. the only question i need to ask is he a better option than the other forwards we have, fringe player or not.
is he a type of player that we dont have, and does he fill a gap. the answer to those questions is an emphatic yes. the hope is he will be a regular at richmond.
recent fringe players are - houli struggled to get a game at essendon so did ivan maric and sean grigg but they were better options than what we had and they improved us.
they all bought badly needed experience to a side/ list lacking in it.
chris knights is a fringe player who has less form than edwards over the last 2 yrs is 26 yrs old but i dont hear you complaining about him oh thats right knights mustnt drink or if he does he just doesnt do it in public. and hes not 29. your hung up on age and your hung up on the fact players get drunk every now and then like the rest of us. . knights brings badly needed experience depth and fills a hole just like edwards.
secondly richmond is his third club the eagles let him go at the end of 2005 when he got in trouble.so he paid a price for mucking up.he knuckled down in 06 kicked over 100 goals in the vfl and got picked up by north.
the simple fact is edwards was contracted for this yr he would have been at nm this yr but we enquired about him seeing he was on the outer a bit and north seemingly having better options. so he wasnt on a last chance we actually went out and targeted him because he filled a hole and had more to offer than players we have. very similar to houli grigg knights etc.
thirdly - hes 29 whoopy do. does his age matter? we went over podsiadly at 29. hands up who would take him every day of the week yes please.. well you wouldnt you would rather use that pick on a kid where history says we waste two or three yrs trying to bulk him up and iron out his faults only to delist him having never played a game after 2 or 3 seasons.
you dont seem capable of grasping there are two types of recruiting. long term and short term, or useing late nd psd and rookie picks on kids is largely a waste of time where you get absolutely no return at all on your investment.
its incumbent upon all clubs to do both weather your a finals contender or a bottom 4 side. the age of a short term player doesnt matter as long as you look after the long term with good picks in the nd.
the last time i looked we have 4 picks in the top 43 and they will all be used on kids.personally id take another two 28 29 yr olds as long as they can play and improve our list and fill a need that allows kids who are not ready time to develop in the seconds. as long as we use those 4 nd picks on kids. seems with edwards knights and chaplin we have gone down that path we could do a few more.
lastly well i think i already established we werent offering him some sort of lifeline id say we offered him the opportunity to play regular senior footy and to opt out of his final yr of contract at north.
finally you may be right he may be a hack but hes a better standard of hack than many who are currently getting a game for us to me that makes him an upgrade yes a hack but an upgrade with it. you have heard of the term value add most teams do it.
I never sidestepped the question.
What did he do wrong. He got peeed just after getting picked up by us, his third club.
What sort of moron is this guy. He's had problems at both clubs to the point where he struggles to get consistant games probably a detrimental influence to youngsters. Why isn't he still playing at west coast? Why doesn't north want him anymore?
Of Knights, Maric, Houli, Grigg they aren't 29 and none of them have a history of any sort of problems at their former clubs. They are good players who weren't given consistant games for other reasons ie form, injury, other players ahead of them.
You can't even compare Edwards to any of these players.
And I'll ask this question again in case you missed it.
Did Houli, grigg Maric or knights ever get locked up during the off season?
Lastly you can't even compare Edwards to J-Pod. Edwards isn't worthy to tie his shoe laces.
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Tigra,
Edwards and Miller provide "evidence" to Lids and Newman that we want finals now and that they will see finals in their careers. Else you're waiting for Griff/Elton/2012 draftee to step up.
That's an exit sign for the 25 year olds. So wave good-bye to Lids/Jack/Tuck etc. You at times have to play for the here and now and not just for 'development".
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Tigra,
Edwards and Miller provide "evidence" to Lids and Newman that we want finals now and that they will see finals in their careers. Else you're waiting for Griff/Elton/2012 draftee to step up.
That's an exit sign for the 25 year olds. So wave good-bye to Lids/Jack/Tuck etc. You at times have to play for the here and now and not just for 'development".
Rubbish.
Maric, Chaplin, knights, Grigg and Houli all add value to the team. Players for whatever reason couldn't cement regular spots in their former teams. So far Grigg and Maric have done very good since coming to us so as Houli to a lesser extent but has still provided stability to our defense. All are talented enough but also at a good age to provide that value and consistency we require.
Miller is a stop gap just in case we have no one else depth player which was the reason the tigers rookied him. They also hoped that he'd provide some leadership around the club which from all reports was more important than his playing ability. Fair enough if that's the reason not that I agreed with it either at the time.
But Edwards isn't a Podsiadly or a Buddy Franklin. Nor does he provide leadership.
He has a history if bad behavior.
Cameron stated that he's a depth player which means that if injury occurs and the forward line is lacking another avenue to goal then he may add some value. It's purely a stop gap if needed I totally understand this point.
But what I don't like about Edwards is that he's a pointless stopgap in my opinion.
A bad seed and potentially a bad influence on the youngsters at any club. Why not get a younger version of the same type of player even from the state leagues that have been busting their arse trying to make it. That have the hunger and desire, when given and opportunity, to do anything and everything to make this opportunity count.
Edwards has been given a lot of chances despite his limited ability but instead of doing everything and anything to make his last chance his most important in the AFL, the first we here of him is that he got locked up for being a moron.
I ask you..... Is this the sort of player we really need at Richmond?
Kent Kingsley was a bad idea and so is Aaron Edwards.
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How can you say Chaplin and Knights add something to the team but not Edwards? None of them have played a game yet.
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How can you say Chaplin and Knights add something to the team but not Edwards? None of them have played a game yet.
:lol
Yes I know this. But I'd expect both of them to be playing regular games in 2013. Chaplin a permanent kp back and Knights a regular half forward and adding to the midfield rotation.
Edwards on the other hand shouldn't be played unless all other avenues or possibilities have been exhausted. The team hopefully should find a permanent forward pocket that can provide consistency of performance and will be there for atleast the next 5 years and hopefully more.
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They came to their senses and dropped Miller for good.
They played Mcguane because their wasn't any other options.
Dropped for good? Yes dropped but for good?
Errr no he actually got injured playing for Coburg thereby bringing forward his decision to retire. But don't let any facts or truth get in the way of your complete bias (read hate total disdain) for said player
As for McGuane being played because their was no other options doesn't that just fly in the face of your argument that we should have been playing the kids no matter what? Eg Elton, Astbury, anyone?
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They came to their senses and dropped Miller for good.
They played Mcguane because their wasn't any other options.
Dropped for good? Yes dropped but for good?
Errr no he actually got injured playing for Coburg thereby bringing forward his decision to retire. But don't let any facts or truth get in the way of your complete bias (read hate total disdain) for said player
As for McGuane being played because their was no other options doesn't that just fly in the face of your argument that we should have been playing the kids no matter what? Eg Elton, Astbury, anyone?
Never said we should play kids no matter what.
My preference, once we lost the game at home against freo, was to bring up some youngsters to give some senior games and see how they go.
The club still felt it was still a chance so they played Mcguane, my preference then would've been to play some kids once we got beaten by Carlscum and we had no chance.
The club chose to persist with Mcguane. Fair enough but IMO he isn't the answer for us.
Miller got dropped and you can speculate whether or not he would've got a recall but he never did. Injury or not it was a pointless exersise because we are still in the same position.
Facts are he added nothing to our forward line. We still haven't got a permanent CHF so where have we improved by his inclusion in the team? Griffiths was played but required down back because our defense was decimated. Hopefully this coming season we see Griff up forward cementing his spot at CHF. If Vickery gets over his injury and can build on his potential from 2011 then we never have to see the likes of Edwards in our team.
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So now Edwards can be depth, but you just don't like him. Is that it ? That's all I get from your post.
So we dominate inside 50's for the year and just can't make it count on the board. The club knows that. Dimma has stated that. Repeatedly. Edwards kicks goals. Not always. But he can kick bags. Has done. May do so again. He definitely wouldn't allow Ben Rutten to just do what he liked and waltz away and pay him no attention. That's what happened when we played Todd Elton in a must win game.
I much prefer a culture that looks to win and continue winning. I bet Lids, Cotch, Newman, Jack etc do to. You reckon that's rubbish. I'll back my view on that any day.
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So now Edwards can be depth, but you just don't like him. Is that it ? That's all I get from your post.
So we dominate inside 50's for the year and just can't make it count on the board. The club knows that. Dimma has stated that. Repeatedly. Edwards kicks goals. Not always. But he can kick bags. Has done. May do so again. He definitely wouldn't allow Ben Rutten to just do what he liked and waltz away and pay him no attention. That's what happened when we played Todd Elton in a must win game.
I much prefer a culture that looks to win and continue winning. I bet Lids, Cotch, Newman, Jack etc do to. You reckon that's rubbish. I'll back my view on that any day.
Good call
I was first to put my hand in my head when I heard we were picking him up.
Most of it was due to the fact he was from that nothing club nought and another reason I can't remember now.
He's a tiger now and has a clean slate imo, bring on 2013 and let his games do the talking, if or when he stuffs up we'll all be here to discuss.
I'm up for a team that wins games by kicking goals, not by playing games like the wins against the dees(second one) gws and both bombres where we dominated and failed to show it on the scoreboard.
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E Edwards is a gimp.
No Joni brown or w Carey.
Exactly. And should never had been even considered for our club.
As pointless as Miller as he will never be part of any premiership tilt.
But on what ive read on some posts since picking him up he's a Monty for 30-40 goals next season.
Rubbish!
He shouldn't be given a game. He's still an 17 year old in a 29 year old body. Grow up.
lol going by that sydney should never have played bolton, goodes, malceski, mattner, okeefe, pyke, richards, roberts-thompson, and shaw all 28 plus this yr the same as edwards all obviously too old to play the game. yet all played in a premiership.
unlike sydney we have just 3 28 yr olds edwards makes 4 the list is overflowing with old men lol.
seems some just cant grasp that there is two sides to recruiting short term and med to long term. the aim of getting someone like edwards, chaplin, and knights even i maric the last 3 26 yr olds all would be classified as short term options, is to quickly make finals and allow us time to develop younger blokes to take their places when the real push happens. they are also taken to fill depth problems in the list.ie we have just 2 genuine medium sized forwards brett ohanlon and now edwards he sure as hell is ready to go and he sure as hell fills up a gap in the list.
when will you ever realise not all recruiting decisions are long term decisions. you want finals you better get your head around the need to take your fair share of mature players.
aaron edwards did exactly what wrong.
lets see he got drunk with mates at a time when all players at all clubs are allowed to drink and have a good time, the off season. i know lets just sack every player who gets drunk this off season regardless of weather they get caught out or not.
we all get drunk apart from the odd tee totaller and we all get drunk at times way past the age of 28. why do you think footballers should be any different to everyone else in their spare time.
finally if you cant see the reasons for taking miller and the need to get an experienced player like him for the short term. all i can say is thank god you have nothing to do with the club.
Aaron Edwards did exactly what wrong? You asked...
The fact that you must ask says much about your knowledge on AFL matters.
First of all he's a fringe player with limited ability.
Secondly he's been at 3 clubs with limited game time in senior footy.
Thirdly he's 29 years old.
Lastly hes just been given a life line at his third club and if he had any brain would/should do anything & everything to make one last go at it at AFL level. Considering the fact that Richmond is regarded as an up & coming team you'd think he'd finally pull his head in and say to himself, ok I've got a couple of years left I'm gonna be the best I can be and maybe just give up the booze till I'm finished playing.
Why should AFL players be any different you ask? Again it's very clear to me but ill explain it to you very clearly so you can understand.....
An AFL career is very short on average. So what's a few years to maximize the best of what talent you possess and give yourself every opportunity to excell, not just for yourself but for the team that's given you the opportunity.
Aaron "Lockup" Edwards, is at the end of his somewhat limited career thus far and was given an opportunity by a third club ( stupid as the decision may be) to be a depth player for them.
He had a choice to make but given his history and playing career you'd have thought it would've been a chance to prove something and you never know what can happen. But the choice he made underlines how dumb this guy is and that he should never be given the opportunity to wear the tiger jumper for being so stupid.
Facts are he's not even a has been. He's a wannabe hack, he's still an immature kid and he'll never ever lead us anywhere. Players like him shouldn't even considered for this club especially if they are 29 years old unless we are in the top four and we are getting a role specific player to get us into a premiership which is nowhere near where we as a club are at our current development.
okay seems i didnt have to fly off so will get into the rest of your post.
yep i asked exactly what was it a edwards did wrong and you conveniently sidestepped the question.
i will tell you what he did. he got drunk now the last time i looked that wasnt a crime. he got drunk in the off season a period where he is allowed to drink and act like a normal person for a few months.
do we sack every player in the off season who gets drunk or has a few too many after mostly abstaining from feb to sept each yr.
he did nothing wrong and he certainly didnt do anything that most players have not done this off season.
you call for his head be consistent and call for everyones head who has gut drunk in the off season.
as a afl player who abides by very stringent team rules for most of the yr who can begrudge him or any of the players (and you kid yourself if you think a large percentage havent been drunk this offseason ) having a few too many in his time away from those strict team rules.
his record at north is one of a hard trainer who doesnt let his drinking get in the way of what he needs to do during the footy season.
firstly what has the fact hes been a fringe player at north got to do with it. the only question i need to ask is he a better option than the other forwards we have, fringe player or not.
is he a type of player that we dont have, and does he fill a gap. the answer to those questions is an emphatic yes. the hope is he will be a regular at richmond.
recent fringe players are - houli struggled to get a game at essendon so did ivan maric and sean grigg but they were better options than what we had and they improved us.
they all bought badly needed experience to a side/ list lacking in it.
chris knights is a fringe player who has less form than edwards over the last 2 yrs is 26 yrs old but i dont hear you complaining about him oh thats right knights mustnt drink or if he does he just doesnt do it in public. and hes not 29. your hung up on age and your hung up on the fact players get drunk every now and then like the rest of us. . knights brings badly needed experience depth and fills a hole just like edwards.
secondly richmond is his third club the eagles let him go at the end of 2005 when he got in trouble.so he paid a price for mucking up.he knuckled down in 06 kicked over 100 goals in the vfl and got picked up by north.
the simple fact is edwards was contracted for this yr he would have been at nm this yr but we enquired about him seeing he was on the outer a bit and north seemingly having better options. so he wasnt on a last chance we actually went out and targeted him because he filled a hole and had more to offer than players we have. very similar to houli grigg knights etc.
thirdly - hes 29 whoopy do. does his age matter? we went over podsiadly at 29. hands up who would take him every day of the week yes please.. well you wouldnt you would rather use that pick on a kid where history says we waste two or three yrs trying to bulk him up and iron out his faults only to delist him having never played a game after 2 or 3 seasons.
you dont seem capable of grasping there are two types of recruiting. long term and short term, or useing late nd psd and rookie picks on kids is largely a waste of time where you get absolutely no return at all on your investment.
its incumbent upon all clubs to do both weather your a finals contender or a bottom 4 side. the age of a short term player doesnt matter as long as you look after the long term with good picks in the nd.
the last time i looked we have 4 picks in the top 43 and they will all be used on kids.personally id take another two 28 29 yr olds as long as they can play and improve our list and fill a need that allows kids who are not ready time to develop in the seconds. as long as we use those 4 nd picks on kids. seems with edwards knights and chaplin we have gone down that path we could do a few more.
lastly well i think i already established we werent offering him some sort of lifeline id say we offered him the opportunity to play regular senior footy and to opt out of his final yr of contract at north.
finally you may be right he may be a hack but hes a better standard of hack than many who are currently getting a game for us to me that makes him an upgrade yes a hack but an upgrade with it. you have heard of the term value add most teams do it.
I never sidestepped the question.
What did he do wrong. He got peeed just after getting picked up by us, his third club.
What sort of moron is this guy. He's had problems at both clubs to the point where he struggles to get consistant games probably a detrimental influence to youngsters. Why isn't he still playing at west coast? Why doesn't north want him anymore?
Of Knights, Maric, Houli, Grigg they aren't 29 and none of them have a history of any sort of problems at their former clubs. They are good players who weren't given consistant games for other reasons ie form, injury, other players ahead of them.
You can't even compare Edwards to any of these players.
And I'll ask this question again in case you missed it.
Did Houli, grigg Maric or knights ever get locked up during the off season?
Lastly you can't even compare Edwards to J-Pod. Edwards isn't worthy to tie his shoe laces.
ill answer your question. but ive made my point and am pretty happy with my opinion on the subject.i wont reply to the rest its not worth going around in circles over and over.
anyway to answer your question. no those players never got locked up. houli aside as im not sure if muslims actually drink i bet the other two at some stage had more than they should and got peeed.
so he got drunk nothing more or less. but he got locked up to sober up. he caused no problems and didnt break any laws. and was then realeased. did he even get fined.
so he got drunk exactly the same as most players have done in the off season im sure.
is it the fact he got peeed or the fact he got locked up that you have a problem with. if he didnt get locked up your okay with it is that right.
you are in ga ga land if you think young men are not enrtitled to party hard in the off season.
just one other thing your right maric houli knights and grigg arent 28. edwards is 28 he turns 29 in march next yr. maric and knights both turn 27 next yr ivan in january. theres every chance they will not be there when we play for a premiership and if they are there they will be past their best and in their 30s.
as i said your hung up on age and your hung up on people who drink. you ignore list needs and have tunnel vision about recruiting.
edwards brings experience, he kicks goals hes a type we have just one of in ohanlon whos 19 and no where near it and the best place for him to develop would be coburg for now. edwards is actually an upgrade on our sml/med forwards. as such he improves our list i for one dont have a poroblem with us taking him i just wish we took moloney as well another 28 yr old. i would have been happy to take 5 players aged 22 thru 30 just as long as we take 5 kids in the nd and rookie draft. we need to recruit for both the short term and long term with aim to always improve the over all standard of the list.
anyway we sure as hell disagree on this. me im happy with my stance. there is no reason why we cant embrace both kids in the nd and mature/senior players with late nd/rookie/trades to to improve the overall standard of the list and fill holes that kids dont currently fill because they arent ready or good enough or holes where we dont have kids to start with..
i will say it again list management is not about age its about balancing out your list with both experience and the right numbers in type.
edwards record at north is one of a good clubman and a good trainer and hes a damn better medium forward than any player we have brett ohanlon is the only one and he is so far off it atm one has to question if he will make it. edwards improves our list at little or no cost. i will say though we need to look at a kid like kieren harper if there or a max duffy we need more than ohanlon and we should not have all our eggs in one long term basket.
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My problem with Edwards is not that I've never liked him as a player. It's more about what we need at the moment in our current development as a team.
You think getting a fringe player that hasn't cemented a consistent place in any team he's played in is worth the punt fair enough.
I don't think he's the answer for Richmond. Why? Because he's got too many deficiencies. He's got a bad track record at both previous clubs something we definately don't need. He proved he's not fairdinkum by his antics three days after getting a gig with a third club.
Like I've said before you'd think if a player was on his last chance he'd pull his head in for one last shot at it. Not just for himself but for the team that's given him the chance.
The incident just underlines his immaturity.
Do we need a player like this right now? I say no way.
Rather pick a 25 year old state player that'll take the opportunity given and give it everything he's got.
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Anyone think we need a little bit of quotational restraint in this thread?
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Anyone think we need a little bit of quotational restraint in this thread?
:lol
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Atleast KB agrees with me.
On SEN this morning he said "you'd think after getting dumped by a club Edwards would pull his head in but instead he's locked up for being a nuisance.
Not a great start at a club he's been given a chance. "
I totally agree KB and it shows that this bloke hasn't got a clue and shouldn't be playing for us.
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Anyone think we need a little bit of quotational restraint in this thread?
:rollin
I was thinking the exactly the same thing smokey. This thread will soon need its own search engine.
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Gee whiz. No wonder this site keeps exceeding resource limit. :banghead
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Goes alright our Azza. Who doesn't love a drink or 14?
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Atleast KB agrees with me.
On SEN this morning he said "you'd think after getting dumped by a club Edwards would pull his head in but instead he's locked up for being a nuisance.
Not a great start at a club he's been given a chance. "
I totally agree KB and it shows that this bloke hasn't got a clue and shouldn't be playing for us.
Stop trying to vindicate your own crummy arguments. He didn't say 'we shouldn't have recruited A. Edwards'. He said 'its not a good start for him at the club'. No one on here has said it was a good look for the club have they? KB is not agreeing with you, he's agreeing with everyone. If you're going to rabbit on, and attempt to pull support from your backside, at least do it over a worthy argument, not over a fringe player who cost us stuff all.
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this thread might get interesting if he pulls off the Quinella at the races
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Atleast KB agrees with me.
On SEN this morning he said "you'd think after getting dumped by a club Edwards would pull his head in but instead he's locked up for being a nuisance.
Not a great start at a club he's been given a chance. "
I totally agree KB and it shows that this bloke hasn't got a clue and shouldn't be playing for us.
KB is a wank3r
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This is the worst thread on the internet. Azza will be supplying the booze at the next RFC pee up. That's what the leadership group has decided and good on 'em.
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this thread might get interesting if he pulls off the Quinella at the races
Hahahaha
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This is the worst thread on the internet. Azza will be supplying the booze at the next RFC pee up. That's what the leadership group has decided and good on 'em.
Just playing his role!
Thats a step towards the leadership group......
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Aaron Edwards at training today with assistant coach Mark Williams (the other Mark Williams) ...
(http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/522163_10151259394533276_1853177538_n.jpg)
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151259394533276&set=a.10151259392213276.489352.298686323275&type=3&theater
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Aaron Edwards at training today with assistant coach Mark Williams (the other Mark Williams) ...
(http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/522163_10151259394533276_1853177538_n.jpg)
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151259394533276&set=a.10151259392213276.489352.298686323275&type=3&theater
They're talking about beer
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Aaron Edwards at training today with assistant coach Mark Williams (the other Mark Williams) ...
(http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/522163_10151259394533276_1853177538_n.jpg)
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151259394533276&set=a.10151259392213276.489352.298686323275&type=3&theater
They're talking about beer
Given our decrepit forward system last year I certainly hope so.
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Aaron Edwards at training today with assistant coach Mark Williams (the other Mark Williams) ...
(http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/522163_10151259394533276_1853177538_n.jpg)
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151259394533276&set=a.10151259392213276.489352.298686323275&type=3&theater
They're talking about beer
Given our decrepit forward system last year I certainly hope so.
Think Azza is a Steinlager man whereas Mark looks more like a VB guy.
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dont think azza is too fussy.
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dont think azza is too fussy.
Yes he is, he prefers them cold.
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dont think azza is too fussy.
Yes he is, he prefers them cold.
Not really, he drinks them like pee too
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Edwards will be a failure at RFC.
Yep its horribly negative but can anyone honestly see Edwards not being a huge whipping boy this season,
Unless he kicks 3 goals a game can't see him being successful. Hope I'm wrong.
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66 GOALS OR FAIL
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typical davey, set the bar low.
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FFS typical Alastair. :banghead You push our boys too hard! :banghead
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and dont you forget it :weights
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When are you going to realise that not everyone can reach the level of your son :santa
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:lol
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dont think azza is too fussy.
Yes he is, he prefers them cold.
Not really, he drinks them like pee too
Pee in, pee out. That's what it's all about*
*Disclaimer - not authorised as a signature on this website.
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66 GOALS OR FAIL
top 4 or fail
2013 Jack Dyer Medal:
1. ......
2. ......
3. Edwards
4. Edwards
;D
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66 GOALS OR FAIL
top 4 or fail
2013 Jack Dyer Medal:
1. ......
2. ......
3. Edwards
4. Edwards
;D
:lol
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dont think azza is too fussy.
Yes he is, he prefers them cold.
Not really, he drinks them like pee too
Pee in, pee out. That's what it's all about*
*Disclaimer - not authorised as a signature on this website.
I drink my beer at tea temperature
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Edwards will be a failure at RFC.
Yep its horribly negative but can anyone honestly see Edwards not being a huge whipping boy this season,
Unless he kicks 3 goals a game can't see him being successful. Hope I'm wrong.
Hope you are too.
How can you expect him to average 3 goals a game if Jack last year "just" averaged 3 goals a game?
If Aaron kicks 30-40 goals that's GREAT!
If Tyrone kicks 30-40 goals that's GREAT!
If Shane kicks 20-30 goals that's GREAT!
If Jake kicks 15-25 goals that's GREAT!
If Robin kicks 15-25 goals that's GREAT!
If Dustin kicks 15-25 goals that's GREAT!
If Jack kicks 50-60 goals that's GREAT!
It's our spread of goals that will make us a dangerous team.
That's 7 players kicking our goals for us and that's not including Cotchin, Grigg, Knights, Deledio or any one else kicking more than 15 goals in 2013.
My expectation for Aaron Edwards is to play all 22 matches kicking over 35 goals.
He does that, it was a good decision selecting him.
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66 GOALS OR FAIL
top 4 or fail
2013 Jack Dyer Medal:
1. ......
2. ......
3. Edwards
4. Edwards
;D
:lol
;D
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66 GOALS OR FAIL
top 4 or fail
2013 Jack Dyer Medal:
1. ......
2. ......
3. Edwards
4. Edwards
;D
:lol
And to top it off, WAT wins the Supporters competition to present the awards for 3rd and 4th B&F on JD Medal night!
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Richmond won't ban recruit Aaron Edwards for drunken arrest
RICHMOND forward Aaron Edwards will dodge a suspension despite being picked up for being drunk in a public place.
The Tigers are set to announce his penalty this afternoon, with Edward likely facing a suspended sentence after consultation from Richmond's new leadership group.
Edwards spent four hours in a lockup after a boozy afternoon with former North Melbourne teammates at the Moonee Valley races just days after being picked up by the Tigers.
But given he was not officially even at Richmond yet - and had not been schooled in the expectations at Punt Rd - he was not penalised with a game-based ban.
The sanction has been ticked off by the AFL, with Edwards at his third club and desperate to prove his worth given his one-year contract.
http://m.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/richmond-wont-ban-recruit-aaron-edwards-for-drunken-arrest/story-e6frf9jf-1226534611584
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finals or bust
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Hopefully there'll be no stuff ups and it was a once off
*cue Mr Tigra ;D
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What a joke.
This guy needs to be taught a lesson at his age on how to grow up.
I liked what the OX just said on SEN ....
...... A guy in his third chance at his third club. He needs to get off the pee. Edwards needs to grow up. Opportunities like these don't come very often and you'd think now that he's at his third club ge would make the best of it. He needs to grow up......
Well said David. :clapping :clapping :clapping
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Can't blame him for celebrating on the pee when he found out he was leaving n0rt :help
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“Aaron was extremely disappointed with his behaviour, but since he has joined the group for pre-season training, his attitude could not be questioned,” Richmond football manager Craig Cameron said.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/richmond-wont-ban-recruit-aaron-edwards-for-drunken-arrest/story-e6freck3-1226534611584
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finals or bust
Blaisee for President :clapping
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:birthday :santa :birthday
(http://imggot.com/img/2579-taco-laser-girl-400-589.jpg)
:birthday :santa :birthday
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How many years did we sign him for?? :shh
Is he married? What's his go?
Expectations are very low for this one.
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How many years did we sign him for?? :shh
Is he married? What's his go?
Expectations are very low for this one.
He's married to the big bottleski :clapping
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Nathan Brown @NathanBrown_07 twitter:
"Looking forward to seeing @azeds27 (Aaron Edwards) playing for @Richmond_FC, leads and works hard and will create space for @JackRiewoldt08"
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A really good trade. Edwards will play a lot of games for us this year and will create space for Riewaldt.
At this point in time Edwards is a better 3rd marking option than Astubury, Griffiths, Elton; none of who have proven they can play this role at AFL level, in fact I'm not even sure any of these guys have even kicked "a bag" at VFL level. That's not to say one or two of them won't become good forwards over time.
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He's 31 ffs
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He's 31 ffs
Turns 29 in March
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He's 31 ffs
Never let the facts get in the way of a mrakov story hey im 21 in juLy :lol
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He's 31 ffs
Never let the facts get in the way of a mrakov story hey im 21 in juLy :lol
Was 1 year off he'll be 30 in March. Will spend 1-2 seasons max at Tigerland.
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He's 31 ffs
Never let the facts get in the way of a mrakov story hey im 21 in juLy :lol
Was 1 year off he'll be 30 in March. Will spend 1-2 seasons max at Tigerland.
Will be 29 in March.
http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/A/Aaron_Edwards.html (http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/A/Aaron_Edwards.html)
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Settle down coconut
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He's 31 ffs
Never let the facts get in the way of a mrakov story hey im 21 in juLy :lol
Was 1 year off he'll be 30 in March. Will spend 1-2 seasons max at Tigerland.
Will be 29 in March.
http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/A/Aaron_Edwards.html (http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/A/Aaron_Edwards.html)
Do you reckon he'll play till he's 31? I don't. As soon as he starts spudding it up he'll be gone.
1-2 seasons max. My guess is delisted after this year. That's my call.
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He'll be around in 2014, even if only an insurance option. I think the coaching staff are hopeful that Elton will push him out of the side in 2014, having Riewoldt, Vickery and Elton as our main men up front.
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Rewoldt will totally dud out this season.
Lazy prick.
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Az was interviewed on Ch 7 news tonight about the night his was arrested for being drunk. He said he thought his career at Richmond was over before it began and he was scared going into facing the coaches and club officials. He copped his right whack which he deserved and since has put his head down and in his view had a good uninterrupted preseason so far.
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Richmond goalkicking great Matthew Richardson believes former North Melbourne forward Aaron Edwards can have a significant impact in the Tigers’ line-up.
“I think he’ll be a great foil for Jack,” Richardson said.
“He’s a hard-working half-forward, he hits up at the footy, he’s a nice kick, good mark, and he’ll open up space.”
Full article here: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2013-02-15/richo-tick-for-aaron-edwards
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He's 31 ffs
Never let the facts get in the way of a mrakov story hey im 21 in juLy :lol
Was 1 year off he'll be 30 in March. Will spend 1-2 seasons max at Tigerland.
Will be 29 in March.
http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/A/Aaron_Edwards.html (http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/A/Aaron_Edwards.html)
Do you reckon he'll play till he's 31? I don't. As soon as he starts spudding it up he'll be gone.
1-2 seasons max. My guess is delisted after this year. That's my call.
at age 29 its pretty obvious he was taken very much as a short term option. i disagree as long as the process is the correct one. i have one question did we take our fair share of kids in the off season. if yes there is no harm in taking older players even for just a yr or two.
it seems people dont think clubs should targeet short term solutions.
imo we got it the process spot on.
we also went from having just the one medium forward two if you include macdonald who we all knew was gonski a long way out, to potentially 4 in knights, petterd, edwards, and ohanlon.
with 3 very cheap mature picks that is a f/a pick 74 and a rookie pick we went from a glaring hole in the list to adequate cover. the process was right in adressing this area this yr.
the one i wanted us to take in 2011 was max duffy as a rookie. we may not have had a need to take an older player if we had done so.
how many picks in the 70s even play a game yet alone come straight in and provide something you dont have. even 1 yr of edwards will give us a better return than 95% of young players taken in the 60s or later.
if we had used a top 50 pick to get him we would have been negligent but we got him for practically nothing.
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He's 31 ffs
Never let the facts get in the way of a mrakov story hey im 21 in juLy :lol
Was 1 year off he'll be 30 in March. Will spend 1-2 seasons max at Tigerland.
Will be 29 in March.
http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/A/Aaron_Edwards.html (http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/A/Aaron_Edwards.html)
Do you reckon he'll play till he's 31? I don't. As soon as he starts spudding it up he'll be gone.
1-2 seasons max. My guess is delisted after this year. That's my call.
at age 29 its pretty obvious he was taken very much as a short term option. i disagree as long as the process is the correct one. i have one question did we take our fair share of kids in the off season. if yes there is no harm in taking older players even for just a yr or two.
it seems people dont think clubs should targeet short term solutions.
imo we got it the process spot on.
we also went from having just the one medium forward two if you include macdonald who we all knew was gonski a long way out, to potentially 4 in knights, petterd, edwards, and ohanlon.
with 3 very cheap mature picks that is a f/a pick 74 and a rookie pick we went from a glaring hole in the list to adequate cover. the process was right in adressing this area this yr.
the one i wanted us to take in 2011 was max duffy as a rookie. we may not have had a need to take an older player if we had done so.
how many picks in the 70s even play a game yet alone come straight in and provide something you dont have. even 1 yr of edwards will give us a better return than 95% of young players taken in the 60s or later.
if we had used a top 50 pick to get him we would have been negligent but we got him for practically nothing.
Just because he fills a hole in your great list structure theory doesn't change the fact the he is a 29 year old reject from North. Slight upgrade on Miller IMO without the gold looking partner to take the focus off his game.
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He's 31 ffs
Never let the facts get in the way of a mrakov story hey im 21 in juLy :lol
Was 1 year off he'll be 30 in March. Will spend 1-2 seasons max at Tigerland.
Will be 29 in March.
http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/A/Aaron_Edwards.html (http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/A/Aaron_Edwards.html)
Do you reckon he'll play till he's 31? I don't. As soon as he starts spudding it up he'll be gone.
1-2 seasons max. My guess is delisted after this year. That's my call.
at age 29 its pretty obvious he was taken very much as a short term option. i disagree as long as the process is the correct one. i have one question did we take our fair share of kids in the off season. if yes there is no harm in taking older players even for just a yr or two.
it seems people dont think clubs should targeet short term solutions.
imo we got it the process spot on.
we also went from having just the one medium forward two if you include macdonald who we all knew was gonski a long way out, to potentially 4 in knights, petterd, edwards, and ohanlon.
with 3 very cheap mature picks that is a f/a pick 74 and a rookie pick we went from a glaring hole in the list to adequate cover. the process was right in adressing this area this yr.
the one i wanted us to take in 2011 was max duffy as a rookie. we may not have had a need to take an older player if we had done so.
how many picks in the 70s even play a game yet alone come straight in and provide something you dont have. even 1 yr of edwards will give us a better return than 95% of young players taken in the 60s or later.
if we had used a top 50 pick to get him we would have been negligent but we got him for practically nothing.
Just because he fills a hole in your great list structure theory doesn't change the fact the he is a 29 year old reject from North. Slight upgrade on Miller IMO without the gold looking partner to take the focus off his game.
:thatsgold :clapping :clapping :clapping
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He's 31 ffs
Never let the facts get in the way of a mrakov story hey im 21 in juLy :lol
Was 1 year off he'll be 30 in March. Will spend 1-2 seasons max at Tigerland.
Will be 29 in March.
http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/A/Aaron_Edwards.html (http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/A/Aaron_Edwards.html)
Do you reckon he'll play till he's 31? I don't. As soon as he starts spudding it up he'll be gone.
1-2 seasons max. My guess is delisted after this year. That's my call.
at age 29 its pretty obvious he was taken very much as a short term option. i disagree as long as the process is the correct one. i have one question did we take our fair share of kids in the off season. if yes there is no harm in taking older players even for just a yr or two.
it seems people dont think clubs should targeet short term solutions.
imo we got it the process spot on.
we also went from having just the one medium forward two if you include macdonald who we all knew was gonski a long way out, to potentially 4 in knights, petterd, edwards, and ohanlon.
with 3 very cheap mature picks that is a f/a pick 74 and a rookie pick we went from a glaring hole in the list to adequate cover. the process was right in adressing this area this yr.
the one i wanted us to take in 2011 was max duffy as a rookie. we may not have had a need to take an older player if we had done so.
how many picks in the 70s even play a game yet alone come straight in and provide something you dont have. even 1 yr of edwards will give us a better return than 95% of young players taken in the 60s or later.
if we had used a top 50 pick to get him we would have been negligent but we got him for practically nothing.
Just because he fills a hole in your great list structure theory doesn't change the fact the he is a 29 year old reject from North. Slight upgrade on Miller IMO without the gold looking partner to take the focus off his game.
Wow you actually voice an opinion. Cmon front up and tell us who you stole it off.
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He's 31 ffs
Never let the facts get in the way of a mrakov story hey im 21 in juLy :lol
Was 1 year off he'll be 30 in March. Will spend 1-2 seasons max at Tigerland.
Will be 29 in March.
http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/A/Aaron_Edwards.html (http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/A/Aaron_Edwards.html)
Do you reckon he'll play till he's 31? I don't. As soon as he starts spudding it up he'll be gone.
1-2 seasons max. My guess is delisted after this year. That's my call.
at age 29 its pretty obvious he was taken very much as a short term option. i disagree as long as the process is the correct one. i have one question did we take our fair share of kids in the off season. if yes there is no harm in taking older players even for just a yr or two.
it seems people dont think clubs should targeet short term solutions.
imo we got it the process spot on.
we also went from having just the one medium forward two if you include macdonald who we all knew was gonski a long way out, to potentially 4 in knights, petterd, edwards, and ohanlon.
with 3 very cheap mature picks that is a f/a pick 74 and a rookie pick we went from a glaring hole in the list to adequate cover. the process was right in adressing this area this yr.
the one i wanted us to take in 2011 was max duffy as a rookie. we may not have had a need to take an older player if we had done so.
how many picks in the 70s even play a game yet alone come straight in and provide something you dont have. even 1 yr of edwards will give us a better return than 95% of young players taken in the 60s or later.
if we had used a top 50 pick to get him we would have been negligent but we got him for practically nothing.
Agree clawsy. The club has been pretty open about using him as a short term option whilst the likes of O'Hanlon (who clearly wasn't ready last season) is groomed as a longer term replacement. Even if Aaron only fills a role for us for 12 months and can kick a bunch of handy goals it will have been a successful cheap option for us.
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Should have taken Atkins, Hannath or Kyle Martin at that pick
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Should have taken Atkins, Hannath or Kyle Martin at that pick
If Edwards can't get a game ahead of McGuane you may well be right.
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Should have taken Atkins, Hannath or Kyle Martin at that pick
If Edwards can't get a game ahead of McGuane you may well be right.
Neither should be on the list, but if Edwards stops McG playing i suppose that is a small victory
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Big
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Should have taken Atkins, Hannath or Kyle Martin at that pick
If Edwards can't get a game ahead of McGuane you may well be right.
Neither should be on the list, but if Edwards stops McG playing i suppose that is a small victory
we could have had all three of those players and edwards just by not renewing player contracts.
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Should have taken Atkins, Hannath or Kyle Martin at that pick
If Edwards can't get a game ahead of McGuane you may well be right.
Neither should be on the list, but if Edwards stops McG playing i suppose that is a small victory
we could have had all three of those players and edwards just by not renewing player contracts.
and Craig Cameron rides off into the night
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GIDDEYUP
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Should have taken Atkins, Hannath or Kyle Martin at that pick
If Edwards can't get a game ahead of McGuane you may well be right.
Neither should be on the list, but if Edwards stops McG playing i suppose that is a small victory
we could have had all three of those players and edwards just by not renewing player contracts.
And what if the club didn't rate any of the 3?
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Should have taken Atkins, Hannath or Kyle Martin at that pick
If Edwards can't get a game ahead of McGuane you may well be right.
Neither should be on the list, but if Edwards stops McG playing i suppose that is a small victory
we could have had all three of those players and edwards just by not renewing player contracts.
And what if the club didn't rate any of the 3?
Bloody hell Smokey , how dare you suggest that tripe
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Should have taken Atkins, Hannath or Kyle Martin at that pick
If Edwards can't get a game ahead of McGuane you may well be right.
Neither should be on the list, but if Edwards stops McG playing i suppose that is a small victory
we could have had all three of those players and edwards just by not renewing player contracts.
And what if the club didn't rate any of the 3?
Further proof of Greg Francis' incompetence :banghead
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Should have taken Atkins, Hannath or Kyle Martin at that pick
If Edwards can't get a game ahead of McGuane you may well be right.
Neither should be on the list, but if Edwards stops McG playing i suppose that is a small victory
we could have had all three of those players and edwards just by not renewing player contracts.
And what if the club didn't rate any of the 3?
i know its only nab cup but how any one could not be impressed by martin and dwyer for that matter is beyond me. on what derickx has dished up so far a blind man can see hannath is a better propisition. if the club didnt think them a better option on what we have im sorry id say the club were wrong.
with our ruck stocks hannath in particular was worth giving a go. even if we kept derickx.
but hey lets not dare suggest that the club could have possibly got it wrong or could have done better. nope that just wont do. last time i looked as a footy side we havent achieved much at all.
we surely cant be getting it all right. but sometimes reading peoples posts you would think we do.
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The RFC always get it right
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The RFC always get it right
Especially when we need to go Left!
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Aaron Edwards is determined to win his teammates' respect after rocky start with Richmond
Sam Edmund
From: Herald Sun
February 20, 2013
IT WAS supposed to be a celebration. But for Aaron Edwards it ended in humiliation.
Edwards had been a Richmond player for little more than 12 hours in October when he was locked up in a police cell in the city for being drunk in a public place.
The former North Melbourne forward, having lost his driver's licence for refusing a breath test in January 2009, had been celebrating his move to Punt Rd with his Roos mates at Moonee Valley.
But a long and boozy Cox Plate day ended when he was detained on Collins St in the early hours of a Sunday morning.
Speaking for the first time since the incident, Edwards repeatedly admitted it was a "poor start" to life at his third AFL club.
When it came to notifying Richmond, the 28-year-old had the contact details of only one club official - list analyst Blair Hartley - and was yet to meet his teammates.
"I didn't know the protocols, I didn't know what to do. I'd only just got there and didn't have anyone's phone number," Edwards said.
"It wasn't an ideal start. I had walked through the doors at Richmond and had a meeting with 'Dimma' (coach Damien Hardwick) and that was the only time I'd been in the footy club.
"I had to walk in and meet all the hierarchy. I hadn't even talked to any of the players.
"But it got out in the open pretty quickly and that gave me a chance to cop my right whack and move on."
Edwards isn't the type to wallow in self pity or make grandiose vows about turning over a new leaf.
Nor will the man who has had his fair share of alcohol-related indiscretions swear off the grog completely.
But he is quick to acknowledge his wrongs and has worked tirelessly over summer.
"I haven't said a lot. It's a bit of a cliche, but I've tried to get the respect back on the footy field," Edwards said.
"Obviously I got whacked over the head at the start and I've since put my head down and a--- up and got to this stage of the pre-season unscathed.
"It's one of those things. Obviously you look back on it and in hindsight I should have gone home after the races, but it was a mistake.
"They (police) obviously thought I was drunk and drunk enough to put away. There was no altercation, I was just drunk."
Edwards will regain his licence in three months, ending four years of using public transport and taking early morning trains from Flemington.
"I'm an avid supporter of Myki. It has been my car keys for a while," he said.
"I catch the train in. It's not too bad. I travel pretty early, chuck the headphones in and cruise through."
Edwards admitted it still felt a little odd running around in yellow and black - the latest colour scheme in a career that started at West Coast, went backwards to VFL club Frankston before a resurgence at North Melbourne.
"I guess I've had a mixed bag, haven't I? I really enjoyed my time at North Melbourne and for no reason other than seeking more opportunities I left there," he said.
"I had a great exit meeting with North so there were no issues there. I didn't think I had that opportunity there.
"They had such a good second half of the year with the three-pronged attack (Drew Petrie, Robbie Tarrant and Lachie Hansen). That's football, I was pushed out of the way.
"Richmond offered me a spot and I was more than happy to take it.
"I'm not going to talk about finals or anything, but obviously we'd like to improve on last year and hopefully we can improve dramatically."
http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/afl/aaron-edwards-is-determined-to-win-his-teammates-respect-after-rocky-start-with-richmond/story-e6frg1xu-1226581380120
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He did touched the footy.
:ROTFL :ROTFL :ROTFL :ROTFL
:congrats :woohoo :weights
:ROTFL :ROTFL :ROTFL :ROTFL :ROTFL
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He did touched the footy.
:ROTFL :ROTFL :ROTFL :ROTFL
:congrats :woohoo :weights
:ROTFL :ROTFL :ROTFL :ROTFL :ROTFL
What about your mate Knights?
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He did touched the footy.
:ROTFL :ROTFL :ROTFL :ROTFL
:congrats :woohoo :weights
:ROTFL :ROTFL :ROTFL :ROTFL :ROTFL
What about your mate Knights?
Are you kidding? He hasn't played yet Y&B.
we'll soon find out though. The B sides playing
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He did touched the footy.
:ROTFL :ROTFL :ROTFL :ROTFL
:congrats :woohoo :weights
:ROTFL :ROTFL :ROTFL :ROTFL :ROTFL
What about your mate Knights?
He did ok Y & B. Not bad first hit out.
He's actually looks bigger than I originally thought he was.
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He hAd one touch by my calcs, an absolute mile off a r1 game
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At least Vickers showed a bit, if Maric or Riewoldt go down we are stuffed
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cant see him making an impact IMHO.
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Looked lost out there, was regularly in Jacks space and no mans land.
I wouldnt write him off yet though, still think he can offer us something and take some heat off Jack
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He's back-up only at this stage. Will be here for 1 year only to give Elton time to mature.....imo.
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He's back-up only at this stage. Will be here for 1 year only to give Elton time to mature.....imo.
Agreed. :thumbsup
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He's back-up only at this stage. Will be here for 1 year only to give Elton time to mature.....imo.
Agreed. :thumbsup
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He's back-up only at this stage. Will be here for 1 year only to give Elton time to mature.....imo.
Agreed. :thumbsup
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He's back-up only at this stage. Will be here for 1 year only to give Elton time to mature.....imo.
Agreed. :thumbsup
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He's back-up only at this stage. Will be here for 1 year only to give Elton time to mature.....imo.
Starting to think it was a wasted selection. McGuane looks ahead of him.
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He's back-up only at this stage. Will be here for 1 year only to give Elton time to mature.....imo.
Starting to think it was a wasted selection. McGuane looks ahead of him.
was definitely out of sorts to say the least.
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Forward yet to find his feet
Aaron Edwards was brought over by the Tigers to be a forward option but the first outing it appeared he had yet to be introduced to his teammates. The Tigers remained very Jack Riewoldt-focused. The game was played in the Tigers' forward half but they were not efficient in their use.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/forward-yet-to-find-his-feet-20130222-2exim.html#ixzz2LeOvHoUm
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Good 'ol "Lockup".
Considering changing his nickname to "donuts".
Stunning performance by "donuts" today.
:ROTFL
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All I can say is that after today's effort there's no way he'll play round 1.
:woohoo
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Good 'ol "Lockup".
Considering changing his nickname to "donuts".
Stunning performance by "donuts" today.
:ROTFL
Dropped a sitter chest mark and never looked like getting a possession.
Looks like Coburg all the way for lockup
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He's back-up only at this stage. Will be here for 1 year only to give Elton time to mature.....imo.
Starting to think it was a wasted selection. McGuane looks ahead of him.
Starting to think? What the penny just dropped now?
The spud is at his 3rd club and we did not need his type
Now we have another spud that occupies a pick that could've gone to a youngster
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Where are all his followers?
Wonder if they think he should play Rd 1 after what he has dished up so far
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Where are all his followers?
Wonder if they think he should play Rd 1 after what he has dished up so far
Followers. Classic Daniel.
There were some that thought he'd kick 30-40 this year. :lol
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Has looked well off the pace all pre season
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Has looked well off the pace all pre season
and thats being too kind, id suggest in three outings he s had 4 or 5 touches, not one effective. spilt a few marks but just cant get anywhere near it...pity coz he looks good at training
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Has looked well off the pace all pre season
and thats being too kind, id suggest in three outings he s had 4 or 5 touches, not one effective. spilt a few marks but just cant get anywhere near it...pity coz he looks good at training
1 touch in Nab 1
Didn't play in Nab 2
Donuts in Nab 3.
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Where are all his followers?
Wonder if they think he should play Rd 1 after what he has dished up so far
Followers. Classic Daniel.
There were some that thought he'd kick 30-40 this year. :lol
If he plays every game in the 2d hell finish 140 :shh
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Has looked well off the pace all pre season
and thats being too kind, id suggest in three outings he s had 4 or 5 touches, not one effective. spilt a few marks but just cant get anywhere near it...pity coz he looks good at training
1 touch in Nab 1
Didn't play in Nab 2
Donuts in Nab 3.
i thought he did get a kick or handball strt to opposition, grassed a dolly chest mark on the wing, classy :lol
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reaffirmed my belief that we should have picked up the big Q stick
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More ike we should be giving these chances to bo hanlon or elton, bugger q stick, he s being paid like a collins st lawyer and he aint worth it :shh
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More ike we should be giving these chances to bo hanlon or elton, bugger q stick, he s being paid like a collins st lawyer and he aint worth it :shh
O'Hanlon hasn't had a disposal yet and do we need another 198+cm player in our forward line doing nothing? You realise we want to play finals these days? Q Stick is worth his pay packet. Doesn't have the glove this year but he is still going to snag 40+ goals with ease
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More ike we should be giving these chances to bo hanlon or elton, bugger q stick, he s being paid like a collins st lawyer and he aint worth it :shh
what, a giant bloke that can play any position in the forward line and also ruck? nah, don't need those types ::)
lynchy would also have pulled jack's head in so fast i'd still be spinning
anyway, that's history, i think we both agree that azza is looking like ass
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The big Neanderthal Q would be trapping Jack's balls like he had them on a string.
:shh
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More ike we should be giving these chances to bo hanlon or elton, bugger q stick, he s being paid like a collins st lawyer and he aint worth it :shh
what, a giant bloke that can play any position in the forward line and also ruck? nah, don't need those types ::)
lynchy would also have pulled jack's head in so fast i'd still be spinning
anyway, that's history, i think we both agree that azza is looking like ass
Couldn't agree more
Proven goal kicker
Sound head on his shoulders who can play ruck
Good news is that his rubbish pre season will stop him getting selected rd 1.
Although we play dogs next week so what's the bet the spuds will fire and walk around with heads in the clouds
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Q Stick is worth his pay packet. Doesn't have the glove this year but he is still going to snag 40+ goals with ease
Not if he plays like he did last night.
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Dunno what ya on about, Smoko. I pay no attention to pre-season form. Have watched two minutes of pre-season this year and that was us against the Roos ;D Q Stick will be good coming out of that square with Pendles, Swanny, Thomas, Sidebottom etc streaming towards him. If he struggles then blame it on the AFL for banning his glove
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It is believed from sources close to the club that A. Edwards is suffering from a condition not all together rare at football clubs but has allegedly taken hold of the one they call "Lockup".
The condition is known as "porcorum epidermis thixophobia" or in lay men's terms a fear of touching pigskin.
It is unknown whether or not the club will be able to help him overcome his illness as it is feared it is so severe in his case that it may be incurable.
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If he struggles then blame it on the AFL for banning his glove
You are actually funny sometimes.
:lol
:cheers
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Dunno what ya on about, Smoko. I pay no attention to pre-season form. Have watched two minutes of pre-season this year and that was us against the Roos ;D Q Stick will be good coming out of that square with Pendles, Swanny, Thomas, Sidebottom etc streaming towards him. If he struggles then blame it on the AFL for banning his glove
;D I'm with ya Coach but just sayin' - his game last night was crap in a pure form.
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If he struggles then blame it on the AFL for banning his glove
You are actually funny sometimes.
:lol
:cheers
Most of the time I reckon. Occasionally I'll have the odd dud. ;D
Dunno what ya on about, Smoko. I pay no attention to pre-season form. Have watched two minutes of pre-season this year and that was us against the Roos ;D Q Stick will be good coming out of that square with Pendles, Swanny, Thomas, Sidebottom etc streaming towards him. If he struggles then blame it on the AFL for banning his glove
;D I'm with ya Coach but just sayin' - his game last night was crap in a pure form.
No worries, he is getting on a bit but by god can he still thump it a mile. On another story, our mate returns from his "holiday" tomorrow I believe. ;D
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No worries, he is getting on a bit but by god can he still thump it a mile. On another story, our mate returns from his "holiday" tomorrow I believe. ;D
He probably won't be able sleep tonight with nervous anticipation! ;D
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Will spend a lot of time at Coburg.
Our forward structure does not suit his forward abilities.
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I thought he would be an upgrade on Miller however he is making the ex demon look like Wayne Carey.
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I thought he would be an upgrade on Miller however he is making the ex demon look like Wayne Carey.
Thought the same when I saw Miller kick 10 in the VFL one day
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I thought he would be an upgrade on Miller however he is making the ex demon look like Wayne Carey.
No one,s an upgrade on Miller..The Pia variety that is. :o
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sheesh someone bust out the glen 20 in here or something?
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Dimma says Az is learning a different role ...
On the weekend [for Coburg], former North Melbourne forward Aaron Edwards kicked five goals.
"[Edwards] just has to continue to play well," Hardwick said.
"He's played a bit of a different role as well so he's learning a couple of new things he can take into AFL level.
"We're really pleased with the way he's going – he's just got to wait for his chance and it will come sometime sooner rather than later. He's just got to make sure he's patient and keeps doing the right things."
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-04-03/no-guarantees-for-tiger-tyro
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Dimma says Az is learning a different role ...
On the weekend [for Coburg], former North Melbourne forward Aaron Edwards kicked five goals.
"[Edwards] just has to continue to play well," Hardwick said.
"He's played a bit of a different role as well so he's learning a couple of new things he can take into AFL level.
"We're really pleased with the way he's going – he's just got to wait for his chance and it will come sometime sooner rather than later. He's just got to make sure he's patient and keeps doing the right things."
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-04-03/no-guarantees-for-tiger-tyro
This should attract some hysterical response from Mr "jazz hands" Tigra!
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Richmond recruit Aaron Edwards will make his debut in Tiger colours on Monday night against West Coast at Patersons Stadium.
Edwards will become the seventh new face in Yellow and Black colours this season, following fellow recruits Ricky Petterd, Chris Knights, Sam Lonergan, Orren Stephenson, Troy Chaplin and youngster Nick Vlastuin.
He has been rewarded for his outstanding form at VFL level with Coburg, where has kicked 20 goals in five appearances.
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2013-06-01/edwards-gets-his-chance
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Brad Miller MK2
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Brad Miller MK2
Brad milla wif tats
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and without the tasty bit of crumpet.....
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and without the tasty bit of crumpet.....
Have you seen his partner? He looks alright
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and without the tasty bit of crumpet.....
Have you seen his partner? He looks alright
:lol
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One of the best forward pressure proponents in the game the ground will suit him really well
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Our secret weapon :shh
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This is most definately a bigger waste of time than the Miller experiment.
This club truly has no idea.
They'll probably bring Nanas back in at some time during this season too.
This is terribly disappointing news.
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Our secret weapon :shh
I hope youre right, although it may take him a few games to find his AFL feet again
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Just happy to see Mcguane and Nahas out of the team.
Just hope he Edwards can do what he was recruited for.
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Hopefully he can pinch hit draw a defender to him and give Jack an opportunity to play 2010 Coleman Medal Footy.
Then when Edwards loses form hopefully Dimma is smart enough to replace him with Griffiths and return back to developing this side properly.
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aaron edwards @azeds27 twitter:
"I'm blessed with the honour of wearing the tigers outfit for the first time this weekend. #excited #gotigers #couldntbehappier"
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aaron edwards @azeds27 twitter:
"I'm blessed with the honour of wearing the tigers outfit for the first time this weekend. #excited #gotigers #couldntbehappier"
Dear A. "Lockup". Edwards,
Considering your getting a chance this season is somewhat of a shock to me as I wouldn't have thought you were necessary unless all good development options were exhausted, which hasn't been the case this year. Due to this unfortunate situation you have been given this opportunity once again in your checkered career.
It's with discontention I offer my congratulations despite my shock at your recruitment but more so now by your premature selection into the senior team.
What I expect from you is not much because your not much of a player.
Because you've been given yet another opportunity at senior level I will be watching closely your endeavour and commitment to the jumper albeit not a kangaroos jumper but you could pretend it is, so I'll be watching what you do with this windfall of generosity that the club has showered upon you.
Good luck! ... I'm no expecting much and I'm not holding my breath.
Regards,
Mr Tigra.
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aaron edwards @azeds27 twitter:
"I'm blessed with the honour of wearing the tigers outfit for the first time this weekend. #excited #gotigers #couldntbehappier"
Make the most of it azza, :clapping
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Meet and chatted with Azza at the player sponsors dinner, impressive, genuine bloke have no doubt he means what he's said that tweet
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This is most definately a bigger waste of time than the Miller experiment.
This club truly has no idea.
They'll probably bring Nanas back in at some time during this season too.
This is terribly disappointing news.
Cue jazz hands ;D
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VIDEO: Aaron Edwards interviewed in Perth ...
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2013-06-03/aaron-edwards-in-perth
Edwards eager to grab his chance
By richmondfc.com.au
Monday, June 3, 2013
“I had some good form in the VFL and it’s good to finally get a game . . . Hopefully, I can prove that I’m up to it,” Edwards told ‘Roar Vision’.
“It’s been a hard month, but you just keep on trying to do everything right and have a positive attitude . . .
“All I’ve got to do is try to do all the right team things . . . do everything right on that side of things, and the attitude as well. If we can get a win at the end of it, that’d be a perfect result.”
Read more and the full article here: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2013-06-03/edwards-eager-to-grab-his-chance
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In fairness to Azza he often plays his best footy when surrounded by Tiger jumpers. Go get 'em Az :clapping
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Azza says farewell
NMFC Media
12:54 PM Fri 26 Oct, 2012
After a whirlwind couple of days for Aaron Edwards, he has said farewell to North Melbourne and Aegis Park.
"I got back from America on Friday with no talks to any football clubs and on the Tuesday, Richmond gave me a call. I went and had the medical...next thing you know they were saying we're trying to get a trade for you," Edwards told kangaroos.com.au.
Edwards spent six years as a Roo arriving via West Coast and Frankston in the VFL. He signed off with this message:
"Even though I'll be playing for Richmond I'll still have an eye on North Melbourne because I feel like I'm North Melbourne at heart."
http://www.kangaroos.com.au/tabid/4912/default.aspx?newsid=150306
Does this mean he'll cry like a baby if we beat the Roos?
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Azza says farewell
NMFC Media
12:54 PM Fri 26 Oct, 2012
After a whirlwind couple of days for Aaron Edwards, he has said farewell to North Melbourne and Aegis Park.
"I got back from America on Friday with no talks to any football clubs and on the Tuesday, Richmond gave me a call. I went and had the medical...next thing you know they were saying we're trying to get a trade for you," Edwards told kangaroos.com.au.
Edwards spent six years as a Roo arriving via West Coast and Frankston in the VFL. He signed off with this message:
"Even though I'll be playing for Richmond I'll still have an eye on North Melbourne because I feel like I'm North Melbourne at heart."
http://www.kangaroos.com.au/tabid/4912/default.aspx?newsid=150306
Does this mean he'll cry like a baby if we beat the Roos?
Wont beat the Roos so will keep him happy.
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i still think we should play him as a marking medium sized player.
one thing for sure hes shown hes better than griffiths astbury elton and mcguane to date. if he has to play with someone like glass on him he will get gobbled up and spat out. better to have a matchup like selwood or hurn where he has an advantage in the air.
we have imo just the 3 genuine mid sized forwards in ohanlon, petterd and aaron. hes the best fit of the 3 atm.
griffiths/elton/astbury as one kpf, riewoldt the other, rotate ivan and vickery with a edwards as the medium. add some pace in king play another small forward s edwards as well and you have all the bases covered.
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The thing is he plays like. Pure full forward.
Don't think he can turn or do much when the ball is on deck
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i still think we should play him as a marking medium sized player.
one thing for sure hes shown hes better than griffiths astbury elton and mcguane to date. if he has to play with someone like glass on him he will get gobbled up and spat out. better to have a matchup like selwood or hurn where he has an advantage in the air.
we have imo just the 3 genuine mid sized forwards in ohanlon, petterd and aaron. hes the best fit of the 3 atm.
griffiths/elton/astbury as one kpf, riewoldt the other, rotate ivan and vickery with a edwards as the medium. add some pace in king play another small forward s edwards as well and you have all the bases covered.
If they want Glass to play on him, Glass will play on him. You don't get a choice who they send to him. It's like saying lets put Jack as a HFF so he doesn't get the best defender
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Lock up is gaining in confidence, pulling down some hangers
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Breaking Mitch browns eye vital
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He goes allright
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Takes 3 games to adjust in the change of tempo from VFL to AFL and vice versa. Started to look good towards the end of the game so hopefully something to build off.
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Lock up is gaining in confidence, pulling down some hangers
Lock up showing something close to something, he came in through the back door, the back door (in the draft)
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He did much better than I expected.
Good forward pressure. :thumbsup
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His pressure acts were pretty good, Saw him pressing all the time
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hah u beat me Tigra
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Agree decent intensity.
Delist mcgaune one kick
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Had a Presence up there, well done Aaron...... :clapping
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He did much better than I expected.
Good forward pressure. :thumbsup
:clapping
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A Edwards was a handy target across half forward tonight I though. Much better then Nakas!
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A Edwards was a handy target across half forward tonight I though. Much better then Nakas!
Handy is appropriate. His goal was good worked hard and got the free and took a speccy.
Lots of 1% too. :thumbsup
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A Edwards was a handy target across half forward tonight I though. Much better then Nakas!
Show the tape to mcagune. A guy with some ability
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A Edwards was a handy target across half forward tonight I though. Much better then Nakas!
Show the tape to mcagune. A guy with some ability
No use showing it to Mcguane bents.
Better of showing it to the big Griff. Would still love to see Griff up forward than Mcguane or Lockup.
What Azza showed us tonight is just what is expected of a forward in regards to defending pressure acts.
If Griffiths could be a solid presence up forward, like Aaron was tonight, add to that a booming kick, he'd be a terribly value weapon in our forward line.
I can't wait to see it to be honest but I don't know if we ever will.
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That third tall leading forward role will be up for grabs.
Unless Griff comes in and cements his spot at CHF thus leaving Vickery as the third tall, Edwards should have this spot. Has more skill than Luke and is a better shot for goal given the opportunity.
Will not surprise me however if Edwards loses his spot to McGuane later in the season.
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Didn't think he was much better than when McGuane was in form
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What stood out for me was his ability to take contested marks, especially in those one on one contests. As much as McG tries, he seems to drop alot of those marks when providing an option one on one.
Nice base, lets hope he can improve.
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Didn't think he was much better than when McGuane was in form
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That third tall leading forward role will be up for grabs.
Unless Griff comes in and cements his spot at CHF thus leaving Vickery as the third tall, Edwards should have this spot. Has more skill than Luke and is a better shot for goal given the opportunity.
Will not surprise me however if Edwards loses his spot to McGuane later in the season.
:o :o
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Played well and made a difference to our structure, was unlucky to not kick a couple
The question is consistency which was his knock at nought.
Stays in the team against the crows for mine
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My concern is he played well against the lesser sides but struggled against the better ones but that may have been a product of where Nought were as a club possibly.
Anyway lets see how he goes. A good start. Lets hope he can build on it. :thumbsup
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My concern is he played well against the lesser sides but struggled against the better ones but that may have been a product of where Nought were as a club possibly.
Anyway lets see how he goes. A good start. Lets hope he can build on it. :thumbsup
Luke McGaune [same postion as A Edwards] vs Melbourne
Round 8 19th May Melbourne Win 106-72 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 2
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Didn't think he was much better than when McGuane was in form
I was a bit worried at half time, he had barely laid a fingernail on it.
And while he didn't reach the lofty heights of McGuane's purple patch, he probably deserves another chance against Adelaide to show us what he's got.
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My concern is he played well against the lesser sides but struggled against the better ones but that may have been a product of where Nought were as a club possibly.
Anyway lets see how he goes. A good start. Lets hope he can build on it. :thumbsup
Luke McGaune [same postion as A Edwards] vs Melbourne
Round 8 19th May Melbourne Win 106-72 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 2
Pick a game he wasn't subbed out of
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Every game we lost mcgun played he averaged about 7 touches
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That's 7 more touches than Edwards got in those losses.
Edwards didn't take a mark in the F50 and had a disposal efficiency of about 35%. Look he played well and it was his first game back so deserves a decent crack at it.
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VIDEO: Edwards mows down Brad Sheppard
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2013-06-03/round-10-edwards-mows-down-sheppard
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My concern is he played well against the lesser sides but struggled against the better ones but that may have been a product of where Nought were as a club possibly.
Anyway lets see how he goes. A good start. Lets hope he can build on it. :thumbsup
Luke McGaune [same postion as A Edwards] vs Melbourne
Round 8 19th May Melbourne Win 106-72 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 2
And that would be the game when the club later admitted he probably shouldn't have played because he had a virus early in the week? I notice you didn't trot out his stats for any of the first 7 games when he was our best (most consistent) forward:
Round 1 Carlton 12d 3m 4t 2g 1b
Round 2 St Kilda 15d 4m 1t 2g 3b
Round 3 Bulldogs 14d 5m 2t 3g 1b
Round 4 Collingwood 10d 3m 1t 2g 1b
Round 5 Fremantle 10d 3m 2t 2g 0b
Round 6 Geelong 9d 3m 3t 1g 0b (the game that he was forced to ruck for much of the second half due to Maric and Vickery being injured)
Round 7 Port 11d 8m 1t 1g 1b
Compared to Edwards game last night:
11d 6m 4t 1g 1b
Not a lot of difference in my opinion and while I'm not saying that Edwards isn't a better option or that McGuane shouldn't have been dropped, I think you have allowed you hatred of McGuane to cloud the reality of it. Both players can be inconsistent and will test our patience at times this season but be fair in your appraisal at least.
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McGaune was never our best forward. People judge him from lower standards because he is rubbish and Jack is a Coleman winner.
Edwards pressure was better IMO. And he looks like a footballer. Unlike McGun.
That's 7 more touches than Edwards got in those losses.
Edwards didn't take a mark in the F50 and had a disposal efficiency of about 35%. Look he played well and it was his first game back so deserves a decent crack at it.
err... even Geez would struggle to get the ball if hes not playing in the game
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McGaune was never our best forward. People judge him from lower standards because he is rubbish and Jack is a Coleman winner.
:clapping :lol
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His pressure acts...indeed all the forwards pressure acts, made a big difference last night. Has to happen every week.
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His pressure acts...indeed all the forwards pressure acts, made a big difference last night. Has to happen every week.
Agree. That is true for the whole team. Spud summed it up well when he said in reference to our increased commitment and work ethic last night that this has to be the rule not the exception with Richmond.
Challenge now is to keep it up. Amazing what happens when you tackle ferociously and work hard to make space.
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The biggest and only real difference between these two is that Aaron Edwards is at least capable of kicking more than 4 goals a game and when confidence is high could kick 5-6.
Luke McGuane will never ever do that and that is a simple truth.
On that alone A Edwards plays before Lukey.
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My concern is he played well against the lesser sides but struggled against the better ones but that may have been a product of where Nought were as a club possibly.
Anyway lets see how he goes. A good start. Lets hope he can build on it. :thumbsup
Luke McGaune [same postion as A Edwards] vs Melbourne
Round 8 19th May Melbourne Win 106-72 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 2
In 5 games against sides outside the 8 , jack has kicked 22 goals.
In 5 games against sides inside the top 8, jack has kicked 9 goals.
......just sayin'
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Jack is unselfish smart.
LEDs to dead part so vickey can gobble it up
Skill and guile to play off or chef.at a plus standard
Mcgaunraverage vfl footballer
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i still think we should play him as a marking medium sized player.
one thing for sure hes shown hes better than griffiths astbury elton and mcguane to date. if he has to play with someone like glass on him he will get gobbled up and spat out. better to have a matchup like selwood or hurn where he has an advantage in the air.
we have imo just the 3 genuine mid sized forwards in ohanlon, petterd and aaron. hes the best fit of the 3 atm.
griffiths/elton/astbury as one kpf, riewoldt the other, rotate ivan and vickery with a edwards as the medium. add some pace in king play another small forward s edwards as well and you have all the bases covered.
If they want Glass to play on him, Glass will play on him. You don't get a choice who they send to him. It's like saying lets put Jack as a HFF so he doesn't get the best defender
thing is they wont play a medium sized player on a tall that is why they go with 3 tall defenders religiously.
he got mitch brown in the end because mitch like his brother have very good pace.
logic says if we went
vickery at 200cm would get - mckenzie.
riewoldt 195cm - glass
elton/griffiths/ astbury - brown
edwards at 184 gets who. hurn selwood ????
hes a medium who takes a damn good mark lets play him as a medium he attacks the contest and defends well enough.
for me hes excellent on the lead its something that wasnt prominent in his game last night.
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I'm not a huge fan of Mcguane but he did have a pretty good first 3 weeks.
And let's not forget his screamer against the saints.
Lockup was ok against west coke but I'm not pinning our forward fortunes on either of them.
Let's face it, if we are debating between Mcguane and Edwards we have a serious problem finding a third tall.
C'mon Griff!..Pull your finger out!
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Jack is unselfish smart.
LEDs to dead part so vickey can gobble it up
Skill and guile to play off or chef.at a plus standard
Mcgaunraverage vfl footballer
Wut?
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thats just bent's ipad basdarising his reasoning as to why it's ok for some players to only perform against bottom sides and for others its not ok.
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Jack is unselfish smart.
LEDs to dead part so vickey can gobble it up
Skill and guile to play off or chef.at a plus standard
Mcgaunraverage vfl footballer
Jack is:
selfish/unselfish/petulant/enthusiastic/individualistic/team-first
(scratch out whichever is not applicable for the particular game in question)
When Jack plays every game with the same intelligence, defensive mindset and team-first attitude that he did on Monday night then he will be in a position to be called great but until then he will remain the same frustrating and inconsistent player that we all whack on here at regular intervals. If Jack had the same crack every week that McGuane or White does then he would already be a long way towards it.
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Really got into this game against the Eagles, much stronger than McGuanne and harder at it....very good game.
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offers a different aspect to mcguane, while still providing the defensive side that mr magoo does, plus a little more skilled.
last year i felt our forward line worked better with 2 rather than 3 genuine talls, and the WC game did nothing to change my view.
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Meh we will see
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Rather give griff a major rocket, get him in and c
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Rather give griff a major rocket, get him in and c
:clapping :clapping :clapping
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Really got into this game against the Eagles, much stronger than McGuanne and harder at it....very good game.
I remember reading somewhere that McGawn holds the benchpress title at richmond :shh
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Tyrone would kick the mcpoo out of him in a biff
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Rather give griff a major rocket, get him in and c
:clapping :clapping :clapping
Edwards is a much better option than Griffiths at the minute. Why do we need to tell a 22/23 year old monster to get some pig in him? He should be holding down a spot in our side but instead the only reason he gets a game at Coburg is because he's on an AFL list
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Watching the game again, love the tackle!!!!!! :clapping
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Rather give griff a major rocket, get him in and c
:clapping :clapping :clapping
Edwards is a much better option than Griffiths at the minute. Why do we need to tell a 22/23 year old monster to get some pig in him? He should be holding down a spot in our side but instead the only reason he gets a game at Coburg is because he's on an AFL list
How would we know? Has he been given the chance to sit at FF and have cot chin/deledio laser beam it to him?
Or has he been hardly getting the ball into the Coburg forward line with non vfl standard hacks like abdullah kicking it to him?
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Rather give griff a major rocket, get him in and c
:clapping :clapping :clapping
Edwards is a much better option than Griffiths at the minute. Why do we need to tell a 22/23 year old monster to get some pig in him? He should be holding down a spot in our side but instead the only reason he gets a game at Coburg is because he's on an AFL list
How would we know? Has he been given the chance to sit at FF and have cot chin/deledio laser beam it to him?
Or has he been hardly getting the ball into the Coburg forward line with non vfl standard hacks like abdullah kicking it to him?
:clapping the latter
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Rather give griff a major rocket, get him in and c
:clapping :clapping :clapping
Edwards is a much better option than Griffiths at the minute. Why do we need to tell a 22/23 year old monster to get some pig in him? He should be holding down a spot in our side but instead the only reason he gets a game at Coburg is because he's on an AFL list
How would we know? Has he been given the chance to sit at FF and have cot chin/deledio laser beam it to him?
Or has he been hardly getting the ball into the Coburg forward line with non vfl standard hacks like abdullah kicking it to him?
Jack didnt have trouble finding the ball or goals when at Coburg, even though they were ordinary.
Good players find the ball regardless of opposition
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Edwards didnt have too much trouble finding the ball at coburg either. nor did miller.
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Edwards didnt have too much trouble finding the ball at coburg either. nor did miller.
Good point Al even ordinary players can find the ball at Coburg
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Rather give griff a major rocket, get him in and c
:clapping :clapping :clapping
Edwards is a much better option than Griffiths at the minute. Why do we need to tell a 22/23 year old monster to get some pig in him? He should be holding down a spot in our side but instead the only reason he gets a game at Coburg is because he's on an AFL list
I agree with what your saying about him having some mongrel by now but he may have just lost all confidence.
Atleast we'll know one way or another.
He either wakes up and turns out to be another Tom Hawkins type or he end up like another Gus Graham.
Either way we will know something about him.
By playing Edwards it may be great for a short term fix (to get us finals) but not great for long term team development and sustained success.
....maybe we shouldve listened to a certain poster on here that suggested we get Jesse White. ;D
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Rather give griff a major rocket, get him in and c
:clapping :clapping :clapping
Edwards is a much better option than Griffiths at the minute. Why do we need to tell a 22/23 year old monster to get some pig in him? He should be holding down a spot in our side but instead the only reason he gets a game at Coburg is because he's on an AFL list
I agree with what your saying about him having some mongrel by now but he may have just lost all confidence.
Atleast we'll know one way or another.
He either wakes up and turns out to be another Tom Hawkins type or he end up like another Gus Graham.
Either way we will know something about him.
By playing Edwards it may be great for a short term fix (to get us finals) but not great for long term team development and sustained success.
....maybe we shouldve listened to a certain poster on here that suggested we get Jesse White. ;D
But not to the one who suggested Butcher
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Rather give griff a major rocket, get him in and c
:clapping :clapping :clapping
Edwards is a much better option than Griffiths at the minute. Why do we need to tell a 22/23 year old monster to get some pig in him? He should be holding down a spot in our side but instead the only reason he gets a game at Coburg is because he's on an AFL list
I agree with what your saying about him having some mongrel by now but he may have just lost all confidence.
Atleast we'll know one way or another.
He either wakes up and turns out to be another Tom Hawkins type or he end up like another Gus Graham.
Either way we will know something about him.
By playing Edwards it may be great for a short term fix (to get us finals) but not great for long term team development and sustained success.
....maybe we shouldve listened to a certain poster on here that suggested we get Jesse White. ;D
But not to the one who suggested Butcher
But he is "The Future"! ;D
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Rather give griff a major rocket, get him in and c
:clapping :clapping :clapping
Edwards is a much better option than Griffiths at the minute. Why do we need to tell a 22/23 year old monster to get some pig in him? He should be holding down a spot in our side but instead the only reason he gets a game at Coburg is because he's on an AFL list
How would we know? Has he been given the chance to sit at FF and have cot chin/deledio laser beam it to him?
Or has he been hardly getting the ball into the Coburg forward line with non vfl standard hacks like abdullah kicking it to him?
:clapping the latter
Doesn't seem to stop McBean :shh
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Rather give griff a major rocket, get him in and c
:clapping :clapping :clapping
Edwards is a much better option than Griffiths at the minute. Why do we need to tell a 22/23 year old monster to get some pig in him? He should be holding down a spot in our side but instead the only reason he gets a game at Coburg is because he's on an AFL list
How would we know? Has he been given the chance to sit at FF and have cot chin/deledio laser beam it to him?
Or has he been hardly getting the ball into the Coburg forward line with non vfl standard hacks like abdullah kicking it to him?
:clapping the latter
Doesn't seem to stop McBean :shh
Very good point
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Mcbean has been forward all season has he not?
Griff was full back for most of season. He can kick far but not 200meters.
More so Griff has been playing forward when the better Coburg mids are out of the team (vlastuin etc
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Very poor game from Aaron today backing up from an average game against the WC. I believe that Richmond needs to look further into its list to fill the third tall/lead up option.
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Both 2nd and 3rd options are pretty grim at this stage
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My major issue with hard wick is not playing
Mcbean or Griffiths or Elton
Instead of Aaron Edwards/mcgune
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Struggled today.
Even Martin ran in front of him to mark in the last quarter and kick a goal.
Third tall is really struggling.
Maybe time for McBean. :shh
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2 games more than he should've played. Seen enough of this spud
Time for mcbean
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i would persist, he played his role, sure he never had much of the ball but his off the ball work was very very good
he will keep his spot
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i would persist, he played his role, sure he never had much of the ball but his off the ball work was very very good
he will keep his spot
Why is it that only you and I think this :huh
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i would persist, he played his role, sure he never had much of the ball but his off the ball work was very very good
he will keep his spot
Why is it that only you and I think this :huh
because we r not sheep like the rest and se the bigger picture outside the square
they watch footy with blinkers on
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i would persist, he played his role, sure he never had much of the ball but his off the ball work was very very good
he will keep his spot
Why is it that only you and I think this :huh
because we r not sheep like the rest and se the bigger picture outside the square
they watch footy with blinkers on
You think keep playing a 29 y/o VFL player that has very little impact whatsoever, is a good idea?
....and you talk about blinkers because Lockup is part of the "bigger picture".
Hilarious! :clapping
:lol :rollin
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i would persist, he played his role, sure he never had much of the ball but his off the ball work was very very good
he will keep his spot
Why is it that only you and I think this :huh
because we r not sheep like the rest and se the bigger picture outside the square
they watch footy with blinkers on
I give you Exhibit A:
we r in good shape
conca ellis vlas are all captaincy material
once we get rid of our bottom 4 players and replace them with decent players we will be flag contenders
LMAO, and they say a week is a long time in footy. 2 weeks is an eternity.
banner should simply say.....
WE ARE NOT RICHMOND........ WE ARE stuffED!
killer instinct lmao been over 30 yrs since we had one
and killer instinct begins at the selection table and sadly softwick lacks this
soft coach produces marshmallow players
after tomorrow we are out of finals contention
another yr of failure
think hardwick needs the bullet
he is fos
because hardwick is a bigger spin doctor than mmr wallet himself
he has fooled us all
hardwick must be sacked or walk if we dont make the this yr
he is fos
hardwick cannot coach
all he does is try copy other coaches
has no idea what he is doing and which players to select
he is pathetic and talks the talk
another wallet
Waiting for the inevitable abuse that comes from anyone that disagrees with you or points out anything you dont like
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Very smart forward this bloke but not getting enough of the onion. Stays in next week unless someone kicks 6+ for Coburg today
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Username is the 12 year old troll of OER
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Where is Edwards at?
Haven't seen him playing for RFC or Coburg in recent weeks. Injured?
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Where is Edwards at?
Haven't seen him playing for RFC or Coburg in recent weeks. Injured?
Yeeeeeeeeessss!!!!
:clapping
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Did he even touch the ball yesterday?
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Did he even touch the ball yesterday?
"He performed his role and is unfairly criticised." :shh
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Did he even touch the ball yesterday?
"He performed his role and is unfairly criticised." :shh
He did a lot around the stoppages yesterday, the 1%'s.......
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Does he evn futbol ?
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Having said that though, I reckon if you stop the Best and Fairest count now, he wins it.
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Having said that though, I reckon if you stop the Best and Fairest count now, he wins it.
Is there a jazz hands emoticon?
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Thought Aaron was very good tonight, competed very well and uses his strength to open up opportunities for others.
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Thought Aaron was very good tonight, competed very well and uses his strength to open up opportunities for others.
X 2 :clapping :clapping :clapping
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was poo hot tonight
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Thought Aaron was very good tonight, competed very well and uses his strength to open up opportunities for others.
X 2 :clapping :clapping :clapping
x 3
Az was close to getting a vote from me. Play like that most weeks and he'll keep his place in the side as the 3rd forward.
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Yes he was good tonight but I have always suspected Aaron is a flat track bully.
At North he could kick his bags of 3 or 4 against the strugglers but seemed to go missing against the big boys. I want to see him play like that against the Cats , Hawks, Pies, Swans.
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T-bag surely this 3rd tall spot should be filled by a developmental KPF prospect rather than a 29y-o, <6ft, low possession, 3rd club hack, that has kicked 1 goal in his RFC career.
Not much upside there, really need a young tall to be played for 3 - 4 game stint, leavi ng Edwards as the 5th just in case the barrel is completely empty option.
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T-bag surely this 3rd tall spot should be filled by a developmental KPF prospect rather than a 29y-o, <6ft, low possession, 3rd club hack, that has kicked 1 goal in his RFC career.
Not much upside there, really need a young tall to be played for 3 - 4 game stint, leavi ng Edwards as the 5th just in case the barrel is completely empty option.
I totally concur Darth, I would rather see McBean in or Griff in at CHF with Vickery as the third tall but right now reality is Aaron is our third tall and IMHO he is a flat track bully.
I want to see those speccys and then some against the decent teams not the strugglers.
He is more polished and a more reliable kick than Luke but he is not the future and the sooner we get a kid in the better.
In six weeks time after we have played Sydney and Hawthorn if he has failed and knowing the Luke in the forward line option has been exhausted do we pull a surprise and promote McBean or anyone else or do we take the conservative and negative approach of McGuane based on his body size given we may be in finals contention.
In so many words McBean would have been perfect now given the quality of the opposition and may have an extra dose of confidence given the way the side is playing. :thumbsup
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McG would've kicked 3 tonight. Play Mcbean or Griff ImO
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BS Edwards played a good game as a third tall.. And is hard physical and tough
Good game will keep his spot
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Yes he was good tonight but I have always suspected Aaron is a flat track bully.
At North he could kick his bags of 3 or 4 against the strugglers but seemed to go missing against the big boys. I want to see him play like that against the Cats , Hawks, Pies, Swans.
That whole club goes missing against "the big boys". Bit hard for a hit up forward to get on the score sheet when the ball doesn't go down there.
Few armchair experts getting rowdy. He's going alright
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Aaron Edwards could be a huge bonus for Richmond's forward line as Tigers head towards September
Mark Hayes
Herald Sun
July 1, 2013
IT will be six years in September since Aaron Edwards took the mighty mark that might have ignited the career of an enormous talent.
Then 23 and with North Melbourne, the world - and on that semi-final night a pack full of Hawks - were at his feet.
But, on a path trodden by so many unfulfilled talents, Edwards drifted, just as he had from West Coast after 2005.
And when he spent a night in a police cell after a drunken celebration last October after switching to his third club, what was almost certainly going to be his last AFL chance threatened to be a short one.
So his transformation eight months later is nothing short of remarkable.
Gone is the player who won the Liston Trophy and VFL goalkicking award in 2006.
Gone are the days when he'll be expected to fully shoulder the expectations of a team's forward line.
But in their place is a dedicated soul who has clearly taken on the urgency of his situation.
And alongside the once overused Jack Riewoldt as a forward line foil, he last night showed exactly how valuable he could be to the Tigers.
It wasn't just Edwards' nine marks - just two off his personal best in his 86th career match despite no longer being the chief target.
Nor was it his precision field kicking, his goal or his bullocking nature in contests and shepherds that have greater effect than his 184cm frame would suggest.
It was his ability - in just his fourth senior game in the yellow and black - to orchestrate the space in which his fellow forwards could best operate.
He led to contests when he was the best alternative. He led away - taking his backman - from the dangerous zone when Riewoldt and the Tigers' marauding midfielders were hot to trot.
He ran hard to block spaces in the Tiger backline when the Saints made rare co-ordinated assaults, taking three marks in the defensive half and effecting eight pressure acts in the attacking end.
But perhaps most tellingly, he appeared to have won the respect of his teammates who listened as he barked instructions as to where they'd be best placed.
Eight of his 19 possessions were contested, the bulk of them when the heat was still in the game - almost as if he was fulfilling the promise of earning respect that he made to his new Tiger mates after his inauspicious arrival at Punt Rd.
Edwards has too much ink and testosterone to ever be described in a floral sense, but it seems - finally - that his footy career is about to blossom.
And in what easily could have been the autumn of his career, he looks like being a huge, unexpected bonus for Richmond.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/aaron-edwards-could-be-a-huge-bonus-for-richmonds-forward-line-as-tigers-head-towards-september/story-fni5f9jb-1226672202700
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Yes he was good tonight but I have always suspected Aaron is a flat track bully.
At North he could kick his bags of 3 or 4 against the strugglers but seemed to go missing against the big boys. I want to see him play like that against the Cats , Hawks, Pies, Swans.
That whole club goes missing against "the big boys". Bit hard for a hit up forward to get on the score sheet when the ball doesn't go down there.
Few armchair experts getting rowdy. He's going alright
Unless u r Benny Griffiths
Then u expectes to win the ball and kick it to yourself in the forward line
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Edwards discovers his Tiger niche
Exclusive to richmondfc.com.au
4:09pm AEST Monday, July 1, 2013
Richmond recruit Aaron Edwards attributes his recent strong form to an acclimatisation period in the Tigers’ forward line.
The former North Melbourne key forward has played four straight games alongside Jack Riewoldt and Ty Vickery in the Richmond forward half, and the trio is starting to click together.
“I’m playing in a new team with new structures…I’m getting used to it,” Edwards said.
“It’s my fourth game now, and I’m feeling more comfortable in my role. It’s going really well.
“I’m just playing my role in the three keys (forwards). We try to bring each other into the game…we’ve talked about that over the last few weeks, just us three really working for each other, and isolating each other, and it’s working really well.
Full article:
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2013-07-01/edwards-discovers-his-tiger-niche-
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Been really good. Adds a new dimension to his
Seems more skilled and agile than i remember, or perhaps he's just playing with greater intensity at the new club.
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Aaron Edwards proves just how valuable he can be to Richmond
by: Courtney Walsh
From: The Australian
July 06, 2013
FOR two months, Richmond fans nervous about its prospects of finally ending a decade-long finals drought must have pondered the wisdom of the decision to recruit Aaron Edwards.
While Edwards cost virtually nothing - he was traded from the Kangaroos for the lowly pick 74 in last year's draft - the serial offender was in trouble before he had even arrived at Punt Road when arrested for being drunk following the Cox Plate.
Then, despite ripping sides apart at VFL level, he was unable to break into the Tigers team as Richmond lurched to the mid-year bye breaking barely above even.
But with the Tigers to play Edwards' old club North Melbourne today, the 29-year-old has proved just how valuable he can be to a Richmond side on the verge of reaching its first finals series since 2001, according to coach Damien Hardwick.
"He certainly provides a different target to Jack (Riewoldt) and Ty (Vickery). With all three of those players, we've certainly got a different attacking force," he said.
"He's been outstanding. He's certainly had to earn his game. He'd been in terrific form at VFL level but he's got an aspect we don't have in our forward structure we certainly enjoy."
It is an assessment North Melbourne coach Brad Scott agrees with, though he has no regrets with the decision to trade the forward who still lives with Kangaroo Levi Greenwood.
"It was disappointing to lose Azza, but we had to keep moving forward. I hope he doesn't hurt us," Scott said. "I'm really pleased to see him get another opportunity at AFL level. I think he deserves it.
"But if you look at our side now - we'd have loved to have kept him - but we really felt if Aaron Edwards stayed on our list, then Aaron Black would have been playing the VFL.
"Majak Daw wouldn't have had his opportunity this year. We're fortunate in terms of the number of key position forwards we've had on our list."
It is not that Edwards is peppering the goals. He has kicked only three goals in his four outings in the yellow and black.
But others are revelling in the space provided by the hard-working forward, who is proving a critical sidekick to Coleman Medallist Riewoldt and emerging tall Vickery.
Exclude his effort against Adelaide in round 11 from the equation and Edwards has proved particularly valuable in a roaming role, having taken six marks in his first match for Richmond and nine marks in both his last two matches.
The Tigers have scored more than 16 goals in all four outings he has played. Only against the Bulldogs and Port Adelaide have they been more potent.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/afl/aaron-edwards-proves-just-how-valuable-he-can-be-to-richmond/story-fnca0u4y-1226675086361
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some of that article is a direct lift from the roo's website.
there is also an interesting article about how our forward setup has evolved
http://www.nmfc.com.au/news/2013-07-03/scouting-report-forward-setup
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Great article, that dude must have a lot of time on his hands
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Aaron Edwards proves just how valuable he can be to Richmond
by: Courtney Walsh
From: The Australian
July 06, 2013
It is an assessment North Melbourne coach Brad Scott agrees with, though he has no regrets with the decision to trade the forward who still lives with Kangaroo Levi Greenwood.
"It was disappointing to lose Azza, but we had to keep moving forward. I hope he doesn't hurt us," Scott said. "I'm really pleased to see him get another opportunity at AFL level. I think he deserves it.
"But if you look at our side now - we'd have loved to have kept him - but we really felt if Aaron Edwards stayed on our list, then Aaron Black would have been playing the VFL.
"Majak Daw wouldn't have had his opportunity this year. We're fortunate in terms of the number of key position forwards we've had on our list."
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/afl/aaron-edwards-proves-just-how-valuable-he-can-be-to-richmond/story-fnca0u4y-1226675086361
Enough said.
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Who's our Aaron black?
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Who's our Aaron black?
McBean
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lol at this . why on earth do people insist on describing edwards as a tall.
we structure up all wrong and we fail to get the outcome that best suits us by playing so few talls up forward.
bloody hell hansen firrito thompson and grima one if not two would have had edwards at any one time today . we are talking kpds manning up on a 184cm player.its wrong.
hes a medium sised player who can take a grab is excellent on the lead and can perform the hit up role well. play your 3 talls plus edwards this is where he has real value and where we can stretch sides.
ya know when he was at the eagles they didnt play him as a tall they played him as a leading forward in much the same way they do lecras a medium sized player.. north have gone with 3 genuine talls for ages now plus edwards when he was there. we have it wrong.
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Family still the kicker for Aaron Edwards
By Adam Baldwin
richmondfc.com.au
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
For Richmond key forward, Aaron Edwards, home is where the heart is.
This week’s Multicultural Round in the AFL marks a time to recognise the individual journeys of the league’s 817 players, particularly those with varying and unique cultural backgrounds. A common thread to all of those journeys is the importance of family.
For Edwards, who grew up in Hampton Park, in Melbourne’s outer south-eastern suburbs, family and football are no comparison.
Read more and the full article at: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2013-07-10/family-still-the-kicker-for-aaron-edwards
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LOCK-UP!!!!!!!!!1!
:cheers :clapping
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LOCK-UP!!!!!!!!!1!
:cheers :clapping
Had a great game did lockup.
He really really really wants to play finals and he showed it.
Well done Azza.
:clapping :clapping :clapping
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Look like a proper football side with out this mcgaune character :clapping
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;D
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Sensational attack on the ball.
Strong. Plays like a tall. Great kicking.
Jack should take a leaf outta this guys book.
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Can I to a Tigra and say I've been on board since the beginning. Looking back at the start of the thread I was the first to be for it ;D
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Best game for the club tonight.
Kick 4 next week in a victory against the Filth and he'll be a hero. :thumbsup
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Tattooed gun!
Did a lot of great stuff tonight apart from kicking 4.
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Can I to a Tigra and say I've been on board since the beginning. Looking back at the start of the thread I was the first to be for it ;D
You can start by sigging it, shaking those hands, and excessively formatting your posts to laboriously hammer you points home :cheers
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IS this WHAT you MEAN?
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:clapping
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its season end.
is there still anyone left who thinks we would have been better off useing pick 74 on a kid.
we got exactly what we wanted and needed. a short term fix to our medium forward list. and a player who improved our over all list. a player who immediately added size and experience to a young list.
at pick 74 he was a very good selection. we do need to have one eye on the future though. we probably need a couple more classy medium sized forwards on the list.
as i have stated on here right thru out my only gripe is we play him as a tall and i believe we should play him as a medium.
two kpf ie riewoldt mcbean. resting ruckman vickery medium forward edwards and two quick smalls king and ??????.
i really hope we use at least 4 nd picks again on kids and we target another 4 or so mature players with late nd, psd, rookie picks and thru f/a.i say again age should be no barrier to who we take just as long as we take our fair share of kids early in the nd.
once again we will have to cut our fair share of players from the list to do this, and its here that the arguments will come from again.
there are some damn promising mature prospects running around in the wafl.
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Should get at least another year out of him, maybe two.
Don't forget Knights will be back. He's my pick for mid-size forward.
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I don't think Edwards can play that medium role, but I could be wrong. The medium role seems set for our resting mids