Brett Deledio [merged]

[Diocletian]

Well cconsidering he  played in their semi-final win over West Coast last year and the winner was playing us the prelim I'm guessing you, like most Richmond supporters, would've watched it....

[mat073]

Who would want to watch a video of their ex wives getting remarried  ??

[tdy]

GWS have enough finals experience without him and he is not a finals player. He just plays poorly every time
. Must get too nervous and not sleep or something.

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DELEDIO - CAREER REGRETS?

After barely missing a game for most of his 12 seasons at Richmond, Deledio has managed just 16 matches in three years at the Giants.

Despite his cursed run — Deledio is adamant he does not regret his move to Sydney, only his reaction to Richmond winning without him.

“It’s been huge for Katie and myself as a couple more than anything,” said Deledio, who hopes to only miss two weeks with this latest injury.

“We haven’t had any support up here … but we’ve worked it out and learnt how to grow and lean on each other and it’s another chapter to our story.

“I was disappointed in the way I handled all of that (he escaped to Toronga Zoo instead of watching the grand final). I didn’t know how else to handle it. I didn’t know how to remove myself from it.

“(Over time) I started to realise that life is more about your friendships. Those will last forever over my footy career.

“(Now I) text (Richmond mates) about how I’m feeling for them, versus not speaking to them for a week because I was crappy about the result from the year before. Life gets put into perspective. Experience teaches you these things.”

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/afl/teams/gws/gws-star-brett-deledio-is-no-longer-a-prisoner-of-richmonds-success-or-his-failing-body/news-story/970dd3b90e652bfab4340b49b588200a

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Deledio on the radio earlier today was saying his calves are feeling the best they have for a number of years and it sounded like he was prepared to make an AFL comeback if it came via a club picking him up in say a midseason draft.

[tdy]

Wow I suppose if they have extra spots when it all comes back.

[Rampsation]

Depending on length of season a shorter season may help him get through. Risk vs reward. On a minimum contract its worth the risk.

[Knighter]

No chance. Clubs are getting rid of players before next season not taking on broken down has beens

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“I want you to win a flag”: Brett Deledio explains Richmond exit, reveals clubs he explored

By Alex Zaia
SEN
24 May 2020

Brett Deledio has detailed how his Richmond exit took place and revealed the clubs he spoke to prior to joining GWS.

The former No.1 draft pick held talks with Geelong and the Western Bulldogs but opted for the Giants who had just played off in a preliminary final.

Tigers coach Damien Hardwick encouraged Deledio to experience what he experienced twice as a player – win a premiership.

Hardwick, who just completed his seventh season at Punt Road, was under increasing pressure to retain his job following a disappointing 2016 campaign that yielded just eight wins.

“At the end of the year, I went back and forth I don’t know how many times as to what was I doing to do … am I going to stay, am I going to go?” Deledio told This Is Your Sporting Life thanks to Tobin Brothers Funerals.

“I explored a couple of different options. Initially I tried to get to Geelong; caught up with Chris Scott and Steve Hocking at the time; had a really good meeting with them.

“Their offer came back … we can’t really do this without taking significant pay cut … so we looked at other options.

“I spoke to the Bulldogs … and caught up with Dimma (Hardwick) to tell him that this is what was I was doing, that I was keen to see what else there was out there and he was pretty open and honest with me as well - he was pretty nervous for his own job because of how badly we’ve gone.

“He said, ‘Mate, I want you to win a flag … I want you to experience what I’ve experienced, and I told him, ‘Mate, look to be honest, I’m crapping myself about going up there and moving my whole family up to Sydney – it just scares me’.

“I ended up saying, ‘Right, I’m going to stay’ … and I injured my calf on a run and I went into the club and I was like, ‘I think I’m going to go and explore this (leaving)’ … these thoughts came into my head about being involved at a club where I wasn’t sure where we were going to go.

“So for my own peace of mind and happiness, let’s go and try a new club.”

Former GWS footy boss and Tigers champion Wayne Campbell played a major role in getting Deledio to the club.

“Wayne Campbell had been in my ear for a couple of months since the finish of the season and organised for me to go up there," Deledio said.

“I met Dave (Matthews) and Leon (Cameron), we all went out on a boat on the harbour … ultimately they sold it to me and I knew deep down that they were the best team to go to, but I was just worried about uprooting my young family at the time and getting up to Sydney.”

Deledio was unable to win that elusive flag with GWS and could only watch on as a resurgent Richmond won two premierships in 2017 and 2019.

The two-time All-Australian called time on his 275-game career in 2019.

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2020/05/23/i-want-you-to-win-a-flag-deledio-explains-richmond-exit-reveals-clubs-he/

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The failed move which led to Deledio’s 2008 best and fairest success

By Andrew Slevison
SEN
26 May 2020

Brett Deledio first won Richmond’s best and fairest award in 2008.

It came at the conclusion of a season where things did not quite pan out for him individually from the start. It also came surprisingly in the shadow of a club legend’s best ever season (arguably).

In his fourth year at Punt Road, the former no.1 draft pick put a positional change aside to claim the Jack Dyer Medal at the age of 21, beating Shane Tuck and Matthew Richardson - the latter having made the All-Australian side and finished a close-up third in the Brownlow Medal.

Deledio explained how that year he was set to take up a deep forward role for coach Terry Wallace before quickly aborting the move and shifting up the field where he was far more dangerous for the Tigers who would narrowly miss finals.

“At the end of ’07, ‘Plough’ challenged me to become a bit heavier and become a full-forward,” he said on SEN’s This Is Your Sporting Life.

“So I did. I got up to 92kg, the heaviest I’ve ever been, and was just going to play full-forward for the whole year. To try and be that smaller Brad Johnson type full-forward out of the square.

“It lasted all of about one game. I kicked two in the first week but I wasn’t doing what I thought I could do so I pushed up the ground just as that half-forward. Those were the days when the half-forward went up one side and the half-back went up the other and you sort of had a fair bit of free rein.

“I played on that (flank) for the whole year pretty much. I knew I was going to go ok in the best and fairest (but) I never had any idea (I’d win). That was obviously Matty Richardson’s best year. In the Brownlow he finished third and he was dominating on the wing.”

“I want you to win a flag”: Brett Deledio explains Richmond exit

Deledio recalls the winning moment with great fondness as he had just been crowned the best player at a club with plenty of rich history and a plethora of star players before him.

“The biggest things for me and what I look back fondly on, I had my whole family there,” he added.

“I thought I’d go ok but to have a full table of my immediate family and my cousins, that was the most special thing. And then when a whole crowd of 1500 people give you a standing ovation, it stirs the hairs on the back of your neck.

“It was pretty special because it is such a proud club and a big club with so many proud members.

“That was the brightest part of some darker days that we had earlier on. We’d won a wooden spoon (in 2007) by then and things weren’t going as flash as we though, so that was really nice.”

Deledio kicked 28 goals and averaged more than 24 disposals during the 2008 season in one of his most prolific campaigns.

He would add the 2009 Jack Dyer Medal to his list of accolades before finishing up at Richmond in 2016 after 243 games and 182 goals. He played a further 32 games for the GWS Giants over three seasons prior to retiring at the culmination of last season.

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2020/05/26/the-aborted-move-which-led-to-deledios-2008-best-and-fairest-success/

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Tommy Talks with Brett Deledio! Elite Athlete Turned AFL Player Agent at Mac's Sports Promotions!

Full interview:
Richmond stuff begins at 23:00 min mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgPNjupI9N4


Lids said in 2016 he wanted out by Round 6: https://twitter.com/tigertragic2/status/1681762852565303296

He also talked about a chance to leave at the end of 2009 to go to Collingwood.