It was great being there that day. It had and has been a long time since the Tiger army had rose in unison when Richo snapped his 10th. Miss that electricity
. Unfortunately it turned out to be our last win for the year
. The poor doggy defenders couldn't hold the big fella and Rhode didn't drop Chris Grant back in front of Richo's leads. He was out-coached by Spud
. Problem was every other coach wasn't so stupid and used this tactic effectively on Richo.
Richo is definitely an enigma HT. He can do the miraculous one minute and then have a brain-explosion the next. At 30 years of age or thereabouts it's hard to see his idiosyncrasies changing although I'd reckon he did really make an effort to improve his body language, attitude and second efforts on the field in 2004.
From the times I've seen Richo moved up the ground I actually think his field kicking and decision making is quite good. I think coaches are reluctant to play him at CHB because they question his accountability as well as it denies us a forward marking target. Problem is when he plays at FF he ends up becoming our
only forward target
.
His goalkicking is always a toss of a coin. At least Wallace knows Richo ain't no FF and will move him up to the forward 50 hopefully on a HFF. It just deflates the whole side when they work their backside off only for the FF to waste opportunities at critical times in a game. I know statistically his conversion record is on par with other FFs but IMO he either too often misses these crucial goals or often has a totally bad day kicking 1.6 with 2 OOB.
As for Sarge HT I agree his attack at the ball or opponent with the ball is fantastic. He's still raw but I'm really excited to see how he progresses next year.
