Herald-Sun claims the club's door is still ajar for Troy and he's still contracted. A lost cause though ...
Feeling the pulse of footy's red heart by: Sam Edmund
From: Herald Sun
March 09, 2012 3:25PMANYONE who saw Troy Taylor play would reel off his attributes with giddy enthusiasm - an athletic forward blessed with cat-like reflexes, good in the air and sharp on the ground.
His vision was advanced for his age and his skills, particularly by foot, were sublime. Perhaps most impressively in today's game, he had an appetite for chasing and tackling.
Taylor was recruited by Richmond in the 2009 AFL National Draft and played four senior games in his first season in 2010.
Then he was gone.
Taylor left the Tigers and flew to Darwin without warning on March 29. It was the second time in five months he had quit the club.
While he was persuaded back the first time, he now appears unwilling to resuscitate a career that promised so much.
Corey Taylor slowly shakes his head. Asked whether his brother will return to Punt Rd, he just says: "F----ed if I know."
It's an exasperation shared by all who know Troy Taylor. His mother and brothers have no idea what to do next in what is a train wreck they can't stop happening.
Indeed, Taylor spends more time talking about bottle shop opening hours than opening up AFL defences. Richmond continues to leave the door ajar but, in what is the last year of Taylor's contract, he will be another indigenous talent lost to the system.
His freakishly gifted former Richmond teammate, Relton Roberts, was sent home halfway through last year after suffering transitional issues in Melbourne without his partner and young son.
Roberts returned to Darwin but, caught in the grip of drinking and smoking, struggled to get a game for former club Wanderers FC.
Full article at: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/cc/story-e6frf9jf-1226295084517
