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Richmond Rant / Re: Patrick Retschko

« Last post by the claw on Yesterday at 09:18:32 PM »

This trade makes so much sense its exactly what we should be doing more of when put into context of our premiership window.

We have a kid who was rated fairly well as a junior but missed in the nd because of its unusual depth. He did get drafted though as a rookie.
Geelong cant hang onto him because of senior players  so traded him thru no fault of his own to us. Given his role and superior attribtes for it  he is a perfect fit for us.

Fantastic year at vfl level for a first year player. Has fantastic athletic attributes and showed he can get the ball with it and does not avoid contact.. Our window demands we take  cheap long term options under 22 who tick most boxes for the level. He does.

This is exactly what we need to be doing a lot more of actually looking to move on from the Dows Ross's Sonsie's and in this case Ralphsmith's who have had an eternity to establish themselves weather this type of trade works out or not.

Serious question

He was a rookie at Geelong

Seeing we traded him in, has he come in as a rookie or does he go on the primary list?

We traded for him with a nd pick 99 he goes to the list proper.

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Richmond Rant / Re: Patrick Retschko

« Last post by WilliamPowell on Yesterday at 09:11:53 PM »

Serious question

He was a rookie at Geelong

Seeing we traded him in, has he come in as a rookie or does he go on the primary list?

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Richmond Rant / Re: 2025 AFL Draft

« Last post by the claw on Yesterday at 09:02:23 PM »

Gotta Take  Sharp if he is there. He is in  the best two available.

Why noone wants Dyson Sharp is bewildering. Acadamies and f/s aside he is one of the top two players in this draft.

Why would we not use pick 4 on CDT if we rate him next best Talls don't grow on trees and we have not taken one in the top 10 yet alone top 5 so far in this rebuild.

Just because this draft does not run deep it doesnt mean there is no talent after pick 2.

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Richmond Rant / Re: Ben Miller [merged]

« Last post by Francois Jackson on Yesterday at 08:54:49 PM »

wow. i had no idea he is 26 already, 27 next year.

so pretty much the same as young.

astbury was 21/22 when we started our rebuild.

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Richmond Rant / Re: 2026 free agents - Broad, Lynch, Miller, Nankervis, Prestia, Ross, Vlastuin

« Last post by the claw on Yesterday at 08:52:23 PM »

Would keep giving lynch 1 year deals provided his body holds up for atleast 15 games a season. Very important so that the likes of Armstrong/faull/fawcett/sims aren’t copping the best defender.

Nank as well needs to keep being retained until we have a successor.

Agree with that.
Add  its Broads farewell season he has stated retirement end of 2026. Prestia is dropping from the cliff but is saved because he is better than any of the mid tier mids we have.

Nankervis will need to be around for many  years the way we are producing Ruckmen. Can Guarantee we will end up going hard for a younger mature ruckman. While we are at it we should have some young insurance there right now for when Ryan gets the arse.

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Richmond Rant / Re: Ben Miller [merged]

« Last post by the claw on Yesterday at 08:45:07 PM »

He’s played 69 games of senior AFL football so yeah, that’s raw in terms of games played. In addition, less than half of those games have been as a key back so yeah, that’s raw in terms of afl experience.

I know that perhaps you expect every player to float down and have impact from day 1 but that is not going to be B Miller.
His 2025 was significantly better than 24 and that WAS better than his 23 year.
All parts of his game are improving and providing the curve continues to track up  - particularly spoils and intercept possessions which are tracking up nicely.
He kept a number of key forwards from scoring heavily - a huge result considering the lack of pressure on the opposition midfielders this year.

He’s travelling beautifully for a raw, developing key back.

I did second guess when you said “where did this crap come from”  as you are the king of said subject matter and therefore should be good at identifying it in a post. Maybe not.

Another outrageous wrong laughable post.

He was drafted in 2017 struggled for his first three years and could not crack a senior game at the end of those three years he hung on by the skin of his teeth being demoted to the rookie list. He would play one game the following year and would not be promoted to the senior list until 2023 yet some of us continued to back him in. Did you?.

He turns 27 next year he has been in our system for what will be 9 seasons. Yet your telling us all he is raw lol. Based on he has only managed 70 games in that time really thats great spin.
juniors 18 - 21 are raw and when they have 70 odd games they are no longer raw.  Its  freakin hilarious Ben Miller is raw at age 27 and after 9 seasons. a  physically mature 9th  year afl player turning 27 and hes freakin raw hhhhaaaaarrrrggggghhhh. Cut it out my sides are hurting.

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Richmond Rant / Re: 2025 AFL Draft

« Last post by Assange Tiger 😎 on Yesterday at 07:41:30 PM »

Loui Tufga the Tasmanian fisherman pumping out potential AFL players. Unreal

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General Discussion / Re: General Soccer discussion.

« Last post by Damo on Yesterday at 03:25:39 PM »

Scouse going well

Couldn’t happen to a bigger pack of flogs

Need to spend another half a billion in a single window…….

It’s now or never for arsenal this season I rekn Damo.

Was just saying that to my scouse mate
Arsenal didn’t bottle it last year .. their finish to the year was phenomenal, but Liverpool were better and kept them at bay

The Man City years, they were better 

This is Arsenal’s year .. they have the depth .. if they don’t win the league this year, it’s an all time bottle job

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General Discussion / Re: General Soccer discussion.

« Last post by Tiger Khosh on Yesterday at 03:11:44 PM »

Scouse going well

Couldn’t happen to a bigger pack of flogs

Need to spend another half a billion in a single window…….

It’s now or never for arsenal this season I rekn Damo.

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Richmond Rant / Re: 2026 free agents - Broad, Lynch, Miller, Nankervis, Prestia, Ross, Vlastuin

« Last post by Tiger Khosh on Yesterday at 03:02:02 PM »

Would keep giving lynch 1 year deals provided his body holds up for atleast 15 games a season. Very important so that the likes of Armstrong/faull/fawcett/sims aren’t copping the best defender.

Nank as well needs to keep being retained until we have a successor.