« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Beware left footers if Terry comes to Tigerland  (Read 3251 times)

Offline mightytiges

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 58590
  • Eat 'Em Alive!
    • oneeyed-richmond.com
Beware left footers if Terry comes to Tigerland
« on: June 26, 2004, 04:04:19 PM »
On 3aw Rohan asked Wallace why Richmond's skill level is continually poor year after year. Wallace replied that we have too many one-sided players. In particular too many left footers as when they are caught on their wrong side they are forced to "crab" - go sideways. Spoke about Lucas at Essendon doing the same thing to explain it to Rohan then said imagine having 7 players in a team like that! IMO there's more to it than that (like guys who can't kick properly at all) but it was interesting to hear him say that nevertheless.

Our left footers: Tivs, Hyde, Duncan, Hall, Bowden, Fiora, ...?

They aloo talked about what A-grade players we have. They came up with 1 and a 1/2. Brown (1) and Richo (1/2). Cogs is a potential A-grader. Cambo was one and Johnson wasn't. Pretty spot on the money IMO.
Logged
All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be - Pink Floyd

Offline Fwoy3

  • Un-unRichmondlike
  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 600
  • Shut the eff up Jack!
Re: Beware left footers if Terry comes to Tigerland
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2004, 04:38:45 PM »
Sad but true...of those lefties, who can kick right-foot? Bowden, Hyde..??  :-\
Logged
My parents bought me a Richmond jumper and enrolled me in a junior footy clinic in 1981...look at me now.

Offline mightytiges

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 58590
  • Eat 'Em Alive!
    • oneeyed-richmond.com
Re: Beware left footers if Terry comes to Tigerland
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2004, 04:46:49 PM »
Quote from: Gibby on June 26, 2004, 04:38:45 PM
Sad but true...of those lefties, who can kick right-foot? Bowden, Hyde..??  :-\

Yep that's about it Gibby plus Duncan can't even kick with his left  :P.

Rohan also asked Wallace if having so many left-footers was a recruiting fault but he didn't answer that as they moved onto the next caller.
Logged
All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be - Pink Floyd

Jackstar

  • Guest
Re: Beware left footers if Terry comes to Tigerland
« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2004, 06:55:09 PM »
But the big issue is THEY mostly play down back so we are pretty predicatble when defending
Logged

Offline Fishfinger

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 2465
  • You can't put brains in an idiot
Re: Beware left footers if Terry comes to Tigerland
« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2004, 07:22:28 PM »
Brown is another left-footer. And Chaffey. And Newman. (That's 9)

Scrub the Hodge rumour because I'm pretty sure he is too.
« Last Edit: June 26, 2004, 07:31:59 PM by Fishfinger »
Logged
It's 50 of one and half a dozen of the other - Don Scott

Bulluss

  • Guest
Re: Beware left footers if Terry comes to Tigerland
« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2004, 08:23:02 PM »
Terry was true to his word and got rid of a left footer!! :thumbsup
Logged

Offline Fishfinger

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 2465
  • You can't put brains in an idiot
Re: Beware left footers if Terry comes to Tigerland
« Reply #6 on: October 08, 2004, 08:56:28 PM »
Picked another one up - Simmonds.
Logged
It's 50 of one and half a dozen of the other - Don Scott

Offline bg25

  • Jack Dyer medallist
  • ***
  • Posts: 201
  • For We're From Tigerland
Re: Beware left footers if Terry comes to Tigerland
« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2004, 12:17:15 PM »
Deledio is also a left footer - DOH!!!!
Logged

froars

  • Guest
Re: Beware left footers if Terry comes to Tigerland
« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2004, 01:03:15 PM »
I could be wrong bg25, but i think he's a rightfooter.
But i think Franklin and Roughead are lefties!
Logged

Offline mightytiges

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 58590
  • Eat 'Em Alive!
    • oneeyed-richmond.com
Re: Beware left footers if Terry comes to Tigerland
« Reply #9 on: October 09, 2004, 05:24:55 PM »
froars is correct. The "top" lefties are Franklin, Roughead, Lewis, Kirkby, Eckerman and Bate.

Source: www.footydraft.com
« Last Edit: October 09, 2004, 05:29:11 PM by mightytiges »
Logged
All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be - Pink Floyd

Offline om21

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 598
  • Original Melbourne 21
    • Original Melbourne 21
Re: Beware left footers if Terry comes to Tigerland
« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2004, 01:12:03 PM »
Its not about being a lefty..........

Why is Hyde different to the other names? Because he uses his right.....
Even if your right-sided your stuffed under Wallace.....you just have to be both-sided, plain and simple.
Logged
Den uparxei Ellada xwris AEK.

Finally our new webage: http://www.original21.com/melbourne

Offline steve7680768

  • Tiger Rookie
  • *
  • Posts: 1
Re: Beware left footers if Terry comes to Tigerland
« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2010, 09:07:01 PM »
Terry was really true... And i think no body have any kind of doubt ...
Logged

Offline Infamy

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 4426
  • For We're From Tigerland
Re: Beware left footers if Terry comes to Tigerland
« Reply #12 on: March 31, 2010, 10:36:03 PM »
Talk about bringing back an old thread
There was an article in the paper today where Chris Pelchen admitted that he targeted left footers in the draft because his stats told him that they were overall better kicks than right footers. So if he had a choice between two players he ranked the same at a certain draft pick, then he'd split the tie by taking the left footer.
Logged

Offline the_boy_jake

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 1770
  • For We're From Tigerland
Re: Beware left footers if Terry comes to Tigerland
« Reply #13 on: March 31, 2010, 10:44:13 PM »
Quote from: steve7680768 on March 31, 2010, 09:07:01 PM
Terry was really true... And i think no body have any kind of doubt ...

Hi Terry, how's the tan?
Logged

jackstar is back again

  • Guest
Re: Beware left footers if Terry comes to Tigerland
« Reply #14 on: March 31, 2010, 10:56:58 PM »
Quote from: the_boy_jake on March 31, 2010, 10:44:13 PM
Quote from: steve7680768 on March 31, 2010, 09:07:01 PM
Terry was really true... And i think no body have any kind of doubt ...

Hi Terry, how's the tan?

Seen him last week, extremely well tanned
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »