I would not quite claim you a Nostradamus.
You have lacked the courage to rate deledio A grade. If he wasn't at the time he was very close. Tuck is not a below standard player. The sport is about kicking goals. Jack has won two two Coleman's and yet is d grade... Range is a very good running defender. I don't know why you'd think otherwise.
that appraisal was done in january 2010. so was based up to the end of the 09 season. it was not a futuristic assesment but where i thought our players were at at the time.
i rated deledio as a very good player who had yet to make it to elite. but said he would i dont get the complaint. you say as much above.every feral richmond supporter was calling him elite at the time it took courage to buck the trend not follow like a sheep.
tucky well while critical he is one player i have robustly defended on all richmond sites i have visited.
i have often asked how many deficient players can you carry. tuck has nearly always been one id carry because of his ball winning ability. hes always been required because of the lack of big bodied inside mids .
in 09 the number of turn over merchants including tucky had ne pull my hair out. i reckon the turnovers outweighed the the good he did. hence the assesment.
parts of tucks game is very good if not elite. other parts have been below standard hence the problems i have had with him. im happy to declare i got it wrong with him in 09 if that makes you happy.
jack kickd 32 goals in 09 and had gaping holes in his game.he was just 20 had played just 40 games and was still a junior and very much in development. he showed heaps but he was far from established and he was a long way from being elite. people were calling him elite and he clearly was not.i stand by my assesment of jack at the time. my comments on where i thought he would get to was not far off imo.
3 yrs on if i were to asses him the outcome would be different jack has developed and improved since 09. 65 goals a season makes him an elite goal kicker.
in saying that i still think him only a very good player because he is poor in other areas of his game. i have a feeling injuries are more the reason for this and expect him to further improve and properly round out his game nicely and become a genuine all round elite player. at age 24 and 195cm jack to me is still a development player. some may argue with this.where is he imo B/A That is borderline very good to elite. i may be being a bit churlish as his primary function is to kick goals and he does that well.
alex rance is just a player. as a defender he fails too often in his primary function and that is to defend. parts of his game are down right ordinary. if i were to rate him today it would be a c rating that is a good player or core list. at age 23 he to me is still a developing player.im sorry if i dont rate him high enough for most.
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