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Title: Is Cotchin in the top 5 Tigers of all time?
Post by: one-eyed on April 04, 2018, 10:37:15 AM
A question asked by Ch7:

Is @tcotchin9 a top five Tiger of all time? #7AFL #GameDay

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Title: Re: Is Cotchin in the top 5 Tigers of all time?
Post by: Damo on April 04, 2018, 10:58:46 AM
Not even close
Title: Re: Is Cotchin in the top 5 Tigers of all time?
Post by: YellowandBlackBlood on April 04, 2018, 11:20:44 AM
Titus
Dyer
Hart
Bartlett
Bourke
Maurice Rioli
Richo
Weightman

And a few others still ahead of him IMHO.

Repeat his performances again this year with a flag and he will push his claim a lot more strongly....
Title: Re: Is Cotchin in the top 5 Tigers of all time?
Post by: Dougeytherichmondfan on April 04, 2018, 01:21:24 PM
Cotchin at his best has to be close to that group. When he's crashing his way through packs I can't think of anything more magnificent. Just wish he could find it more often.
Title: Re: Is Cotchin in the top 5 Tigers of all time?
Post by: mat073 on April 04, 2018, 03:03:34 PM
Cotchin is somewhere between 10-20 .
Title: Re: Is Cotchin in the top 5 Tigers of all time?
Post by: Slipper on April 04, 2018, 06:30:34 PM
Not even close

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Title: Re: Is Cotchin in the top 5 Tigers of all time?
Post by: ¾ T!geɹ on April 04, 2018, 06:42:54 PM
Cotchin is somewhere between 10-20 .
I agree.
It's a really tough top 5 to get into let alone the top 10
I'd rank (at the moment) quite a few other players ahead of him such as The Ghost (ok one of my all time fav players so a bit biased, but still an awesome player), all of who yellowandblack mentioned in the previous post, Roach, Knights and probably about even with Sheeds.
Mind you though, I think with another 5 or 6 years of footy ahead of him, he will definitely be top ten, and maybe top 5.
But as I said the top 5 is seriously hard to break into.
Title: Re: Is Cotchin in the top 5 Tigers of all time?
Post by: Slipper on April 04, 2018, 06:48:05 PM
And don't forget Roy Wright in all of this.
Title: Re: Is Cotchin in the top 5 Tigers of all time?
Post by: YellowandBlackBlood on April 04, 2018, 08:13:52 PM
And don't forget Roy Wright in all of this.
Sat next to the great man at a club function several years ago. He was a real gentleman.  :clapping :bow
Huge loss to the Richmond family.
Title: Re: Is Cotchin in the top 5 Tigers of all time?
Post by: WilliamPowell on April 04, 2018, 08:49:13 PM
At this stage; No

In the future? Perhaps
Title: Re: Is Cotchin in the top 5 Tigers of all time?
Post by: Darth Tiger on April 04, 2018, 09:21:57 PM
Geez, there could be a few midfielders ahead of him, however...
Would Cotch displace Ian Stewart in the Team of the Century ?
I say yes due to consistency, longevity and output for 10 years.
Brownlow = tick
Premiership = tick
B&F = tick tick tick
Title: Re: Is Cotchin in the top 5 Tigers of all time?
Post by: taztiger4 on April 05, 2018, 12:41:17 PM
he has gone beyond Richo,Flea & Maurice for me
Title: Re: Is Cotchin in the top 5 Tigers of all time?
Post by: YellowandBlackBlood on April 05, 2018, 01:02:13 PM
he has gone beyond Richo,Flea & Maurice for me
Why? Richo played in crap sides and single handedly won games for us time and time again. Flea is a legend. He was so good and played for his state proudly on do many occasions, usually in its bests. Best handballer ever at Richmond. Put Maurice in our current side and we'd be near invincible. That's how good he was.
Title: Re: Is Cotchin in the top 5 Tigers of all time?
Post by: taztiger4 on April 05, 2018, 01:30:53 PM
he has gone beyond Richo,Flea & Maurice for me
Why? Richo played in crap sides and single handedly won games for us time and time again. Flea is a legend. He was so good and played for his state proudly on do many occasions, usually in its bests. Best handballer ever at Richmond. Put Maurice in our current side and we'd be near invincible. That's how good he was.

Brownlow medalist & Premiership Captain, joined a poo side

Flea & Maurice both joined great teams (that obviously went pear shaped)

Richo , agreed , flawed genius still think Cotch goes beyond him
Title: Re: Is Cotchin in the top 5 Tigers of all time?
Post by: Diocletian on April 05, 2018, 04:13:30 PM
Richo was......enigmatic.... :shh
Title: Re: Is Cotchin in the top 5 Tigers of all time?
Post by: eliminator on April 05, 2018, 05:16:36 PM
he has gone beyond Richo,Flea & Maurice for me
Why? Richo played in crap sides and single handedly won games for us time and time again. Flea is a legend. He was so good and played for his state proudly on do many occasions, usually in its bests. Best handballer ever at Richmond. Put Maurice in our current side and we'd be near invincible. That's how good he was.

Agree. Richo commonly had two opponents on him and still won the contest. He was one of the greatest contested marks in the game. Imagine if he had not been seriously injured in 1995. Richo holds the record for the most goals kicked at the MCG. Flea was another player who continued to play at a very high level during dark times. Maurice was a brilliant footballer. Trent hopefully will become an all time great. But the focus should be on whether Rance is now an all time great at Richmond. In the modern era he definitely fits the category as one of the club's greatest defenders.
Title: Re: Is Cotchin in the top 5 Tigers of all time?
Post by: ¾ T!geɹ on April 05, 2018, 06:07:30 PM
he has gone beyond Richo,Flea & Maurice for me
Why? Richo played in crap sides and single handedly won games for us time and time again. Flea is a legend. He was so good and played for his state proudly on do many occasions, usually in its bests. Best handballer ever at Richmond. Put Maurice in our current side and we'd be near invincible. That's how good he was.

Agree. Richo commonly had two opponents on him and still won the contest. He was one of the greatest contested marks in the game. Imagine if he had not been seriously injured in 1995. Richo holds the record for the most goals kicked at the MCG. Flea was another player who continued to play at a very high level during dark times. Maurice was a brilliant footballer. Trent hopefully will become an all time great. But the focus should be on whether Rance is now an all time great at Richmond. In the modern era he definitely fits the category as one of the club's greatest defenders.
And don't forget that Richo had some of the greatest dummy spits of all time when the ball didn't come to him.
Talk about the passion of winning games single handedly :thumbsup
Title: Re: Is Cotchin in the top 5 Tigers of all time?
Post by: lamington on April 05, 2018, 07:36:52 PM
Richo deserved to win the brownlow over Cooney.
Title: Re: Is Cotchin in the top 5 Tigers of all time?
Post by: Slipper on April 05, 2018, 09:24:54 PM
Richo deserved to win the brownlow over Cooney.

Off the top of my head I could name quite a few others who deserved to win it that year ahead of Cooney.