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Richmond Rant / Re: General preseason training discussion [merged]

« Last post by Damo on Today at 11:32:48 AM »

Stopped reading at Mansell having elite goal kicking skills

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Richmond Rant / Re: Our midfield

« Last post by the claw on Today at 11:01:21 AM »

Pretty sure the idea is
Lalor
Smillie
McAuliffe
Cumming
Hotton
with old heads
Taranto
Hopper.

For me Grlj starts on a hbf.
Campbell and Retschko if he shines in preseason the wings. Would have loved to add Hunter Holmes into this mix.

Vlastuin. Balta. Miller. Trainor. Brown. Banks.

Back line looks pretty full And you'd likely have gibcus and broad best 23.

Smillie...

Grlj looks better fit wing /mid/Hff short term

For various reasons i Would not have thought any of Balta, Trainor, Brown or Banks are locks for the backline.

Grlj best position to start his career is simply H/B. In time i think they have an eye on a mid role.

Im not sold on Banks and dislike parts of his game a fair bit.  Brown needs to become more productive and find a bit of toughness..
Balta is coming of not just a horror year this year but was pretty ordinary the year before. Think second ruck and utility is the go with him. Its time to stop pandering to the older players and actually start playing younger blokes in roles we know they play best in.

I think to accomodate favorites Trainor could play wing again, who knows the thinking there. All of Balta, Miller Gibcus and Trainor will not play in defence. One will eithr miss altogether or find themselves in a different role. With the ruck changes and Balta's ability to play different roles he is an ideal choice for the second ruck role and can swing either forward or back providing great flexability. 

 we actually have several players with great attributes for the wing roles who would be a better fit than Trainor.
One who may surprise for a wing spot is NR-T. His outside game and run is quite good  he also has shown an ability to get contested ball as a mid and could be described as a genuine utility.

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Richmond Rant / Re: Iconic misses in draft history (AFLFA)

« Last post by the claw on Today at 09:50:38 AM »

1999 3 Aaron Fiora  4 Mathew Pavlich

2005 JO-N what a joke we could have picked almost anyone else and they would have been better.

How about 2010 Conca at 6.  4 of the next 5 picks was Caddy, Heppell, Prestia, and Lynch we royally stuffed that one up.

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Richmond Rant / Re: Iconic misses in draft history (AFLFA)

« Last post by WilliamPowell on Yesterday at 09:39:58 PM »

Reckon from 2009 they should add in pick 1 Scully

Melbourne stuffed up 

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Richmond Rant / Re: Iconic misses in draft history (AFLFA)

« Last post by Assange Tiger 😎 on Yesterday at 09:37:25 PM »

Poor Tambo. Wasn't the only bloke picked before Buddy

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Richmond Rant / Re: Iconic misses in draft history (AFLFA)

« Last post by Andyy on Yesterday at 07:27:04 PM »

Gotta wonder if we took Buddy +/- Roughy if we'd have ended up with dusty at all and subsequently the 3 flags

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Richmond Rant / Re: 2026 Membership

« Last post by Andyy on Yesterday at 07:25:24 PM »

Got our packages this week just gone.

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General Discussion / Re: Cricket thread

« Last post by one-eyed on Yesterday at 07:23:42 PM »

Apparently, the first three days in Adelaide are going to be in the mid-30s. So, this pitch should dry out pretty quickly.


https://x.com/GeorgeDobell1/status/1999728686296367379

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Richmond Rant / Iconic misses in draft history (AFLFA)

« Last post by one-eyed on Yesterday at 07:15:50 PM »

You could probably add Andrew McLeod’s trade from Fremantle to Adelaide to this list.

Are there any other ‘misses’ missing from this list?

https://x.com/FansAFL/status/1999622003511464032


For all our misses back then, I'd doubt any Tigers supporter would change anything given we still ended up winning 3 flags in 4 years.

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Richmond Rant / Re: Favourite player game

« Last post by one-eyed on Yesterday at 07:06:57 PM »

Onto Group C:

Brown      5
Campbell  5
Gray        5
Hopper    5
Miller       5
Ross        5
Smillie     5
Trezise     5
Vlastuin   5