Team vs. Port

[Tigermonk]

Pick 13 actually
The guy has played his first AFL game therefore his AFL career has started
Be as pedantic as you like, it's far too soon to write him off

yes your correct Imfamy my mistake sorry  he was taken pick 13,  How could l forget that draft we then took the runt Edwards  How they have both bulked up over them few years & got games when we had players like Collins who comes in, performs & hold his spot & looks like a AFL player
Very sad drafting by the club that year l think Conners was a later pick. Now his a selfish player if l ever seen one, not a team player but has been told & not so cocky now.

[Smokey]

FWIW, I agree with the decision to drop Jack (Reiwoldt, not Star    ) for this week but I am very confident he will make it as a successful player.  His current inconsistency is very normal in kids his age and when he plays well he plays very well - I've seen enough of that from him to be very happy to keep him.

[mat073]

Even the great Richo got dropped early in his career.....This may turn out to be the best thing to happen to young Riewoldt.
He will be back in the team soon.

[Francois Jackson]

Jack needs to work on his endurance like his cousin. He seems really slow out there at times and im not sure if its his fitness or he is slow in general but we need to work him hard in the off season.

I believe we have a player in Jack. He has hunger which i like and he loves playing for our club.

Schulz take note you are a disgrace to our club not to mention lazy and selfish and if i see you take the field again il

[one-eyed]

Richmond coach Terry Wallace will field his strongest side against Port Adelaide
By Jesper Fjeldstad
May 17, 2009

Richmond coach Terry Wallace says the true worth of his team will be judged as the Tigers seek to emulate last year's round 13 upset of Port Adelaide.

At the top of the list of important inclusions for Richmond are Nathan Brown and Andrew Raines, who will add class to a side that has had no problems in getting its hands on the ball but butchered it on its way to a 1-6 record.

Add to that Ben Cousins, who is playing himself into the form that tempted the Tigers to sign him in spite of a year out of the game.

AAMI Stadium holds few fears for the Tigers, who have won there against Port in two of their past three matches and named their strongest side on paper for the season.

"It probably is (our strongest team for the year) from an experience point of view," Wallace said during a light training session on Saturday afternoon.

"We've had a few inexperienced sides in for the first five or six rounds.

"This is a lot closer to what we expect to be fielding as a team.

"Obviously a couple of guys are underdone, so we're probably three or four weeks away from exactly where we want to be. But certainly, from a personnel point of view, it's our strongest side."

Wallace talked up the beleaguered ground, but his view will be countered by critics as being coloured by Richmond's recent wins there.

"It's a great venue and I think from a pure footy perspective - the ground and the size of the ground - most teams would like to play at the venue," he said.

"Against Port Adelaide, two out of the last three we've managed to come away with the points.

"But it's not a history lesson. Every circumstance is different."

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,25493485-23211,00.html