Richmond Team Of The Decade (2000-2009)

[torch]

Richmond Team Of The Decade (2000-2009)

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select your Richmond Team Of The Decade, however here is "the catch".

to make it interesting for debate, do the following.

select 22 players, 18 on field, 4 on bench only, no emergencies!

players have to of played more then 50 Richmond matches between 2000-2009 to qualify. (Knights, Cotchin, Cousins can not make the squad)

select a coach out of ... Danny Frawley or Terry Wallace

select a captain out of ...

Matthew Knights    2000 (can not be selected as captain because does not qualify)
Wayne Campbell    2001-04
Kane Johnson       2005-08
Chris Newman       2009

selected a "Player Of The Decade"

show stats proving your selections!

have fun!

 

[Smokey]

Just to help out - here is a list of all eligible players (40 in all):

Wayne Campbell
Matthew Richardson
Joel Bowden
Darren Gaspar
Matthew Rogers
Greg Tivendale
Andrew Kellaway
Mark Chaffey
Chris Newman
Brad Ottens
Ben Holland
Jason Torney
Kane Johnson
Kayne Pettifer
Shane Tuck
Brett Deledio
Andrew Krakouer
Ray Hall
Richard Tambling
Chris Hyde
Mark Coughlan
Troy Simmonds
Leon Cameron
Nathan Foley
Rory Hilton
Nathan Brown
Aaron Fiora
Greg Stafford
Jay Schulz
Daniel Jackson
Ty Zantuck
David Rodan
Kelvin Moore
Adam Pattison
Clinton King
Andrew Raines
Luke McGuane
Matthew White
Will Thursfield
Dean Polo

[Ball!]

FB:   A Kellaway      D Gasper         L Cameron
HB:   C Newman      J Bowden        J Torney
C:    B Deledio         N Foley          W Campbell
HF:   R Tambling     M Richardson   G Tivendale
FF:   N Brown           B Ottens*       M Rogers

Ruck: T Simmonds M Coughlan  S Tuck

Inter. K Johnson     K Pettifer        M Chaffey    L McGuane

Captain W Campbell

Defenders: Gasper and Bowden make up the spine. Both were AA, and Bowden ofter had to fight above his division. Andy Kellaway was a servicemen who probably had one more year left while Cameron was class personified and played a big part in our 2001 season. Torney and Nemwan ware the best of the rest. Zantuck and Hall played more games for the RFC then they should have and only showed minor glimpses while Thurstfield and Moore still haven't showed enough.

Mids: The easiest part of the team. Coughlan, Tuck, Foley, Campbell, Deledio have been our only real above average midfielders over the last decade. Jackson had a look in after a solid 2009, but Rodan, King, White, Fiora and Hyde never showed enough (whilst at RFC)

Fowards: Richo at CHF was easy as was Brad Ottens. Ottens has been our only tall foward who has been able to succeed in the same foward line as Richo. Matty "Buck" Rogers was a little champ, and was always good for a goal a game while N Brown gets in pretty much for his one 10 game season before he broke his leg - he was looking a million bucks that year. Tivendale was a solid contributor from 2000-2004 and notched up over 150 games while Tambling gets a gig due to lack of competition. Krakouer and Schultz were never consistant enough.

Bench: The best of the rest imo

[mat073]

Newman      Gasper        D.Kellaway (49 games...cmon)
Torney       A.kellaway   Cameron
Deledio       Johnson      Coughlan
Rogers        Richo (C)     Holland
Brown         Ottens        Rodan

Foll Simmonds Campbell Foley
Inter  Bowden Chaffey Tambling Tuck

I would include Benny Gale,Knights and Broderick in a heart beat if they were eligible.

Stuff the rules.....I made Richo captain. 

[Ramps]

Can I put up a thread with the title "Duds of the Decade" 

[Smokey]

......D.Kellaway (49 games...cmon)

   I nearly cheated and snuck "The Glove" in when I was doing the list and saw that - but..................if we were rule breakers we would tank and barrack for Carlton. 

[Hellenic Tiger]

B  J Torney    D Gaspar   D Kellaway

HB L Cameron  A Kellaway  C Newman

C  B Deledio    N Foley     W Campbell(c)

HF M Rogers   M Richardson  K Johnson

F  N Brown     B Ottens   T Simmonds

Foll G Stafford  M Coughlan  S Tuck

Int G Tivendale  M Chaffey L McGuane D Jackson

Coach D Frawley

Captain W Campbell

Was more difficult picking this team than I thought. Definentely indicative of how much we struggled on field. Very few real stars and alot more average footballers than we care to imagine. Spud over Wallet by a whisker. Probably cos he took us to finals and the enourmity of Hardwick's task is fresh in my mind due to The Dried Sultana's quick fixes and snake oil salesmanship and absolute disregard of the club the team and its fans.  Other than Richo no real superstars in my view. Not yet anyway for those currently playing.  Trying hard to pick a coach from a guy who topped up after finals and then had no answer to anything to Wallace just proves what a mess we are in.

[1965]

You are a year early.

This decade doesn't end until the end of 2010.

 

[Hellenic Tiger]

You are a year early.

This decade doesn't end until the end of 2010.

 

1990-1999 nineties
2000-2009 noughties
2010-2019 tensies?

The millenium party was at the end of 1999 to bring in the new one, onced we clocked into 2000.
Its only how I remember it and how the rest of the world celebrated it.
I guess the noughties end on December 31. Bring on the tensies tenners or whatever they will be called.

[Smokey]

Aaaahhh, so that's 2 of you now who have felt the need to cheat by picking D. Kellaway.  Sorry lads, a suspension looms if this behavior keeps up.   

[Hellenic Tiger]

Best 49 games of his career Smokey.

Need to justify the fact I had number 3 on the back of my guernsey from 1998 onwards until I got a new one last year. It's not cheating it's creatively manipulating the books in the same way that a good accountant gets you a good refund.

[mightytiges]

We can do one in a year's time as well  .

Mine:

B:  Torney       Gaspar      Thursfield

HB: Newman  A.Kellaway   Bowden  

C:   Deledio    Coughlan    Johnson

HF: Cameron    Richo         Tuck

F:   Browny      Ottens       Rogers

R:  Simmonds, Campbell (c),  Foley

Int: Stafford, Tivendale, Chaffey, Tambling

Coach: Hardwick

Backline:
Gas, Chubba and Joel were All-Australians. Newy has been one of our most consistent players in defence and of course currently our captain. Torney was probably our best back-pocket in the last decade. Threw in Thursty as the best of our current defenders.

Midfield:
Hard to go past the usual names - Cambo, Sugar, Cogs, Foley, Lids. Browny, Tucky and even Tivs and Blingers can add depth.

Rucks:
Would have preferred Benny Gale as one of the two but he didn't satisfy the 50 game minimum in the 00s. So went for Simmo and Staff rotating and Otto as a third ruck.

Forwards:
Class in Richo, Browny and Cameron with Ottens (2001 form) at FF and Rogers who was our leading goalkicker in 2000. Tucky can play forward (hopefully he does it in 2010) so put him on a HFF as a resting midfielder.

Interchange:
Staff as second ruck, Tivs and Chaffs the best of the rest   and used the liberty of the best of the future in Blingers as the Club did with the team of the century team having Richo in there despite playing only a couple of seasons.

Coach:
It's still 2009 so Hardwick scrapes in and already better than the other two. He hasn't lost a game yet

Can I put up a thread with the title "Duds of the Decade" 

That would end up the longest thread on OER  

[pmac21]

Going to be a long summer !!

[1965]

You are a year early.

This decade doesn't end until the end of 2010.

 

1990-1999 nineties
2000-2009 noughties
2010-2019 tensies?

The millenium party was at the end of 1999 to bring in the new one, onced we clocked into 2000.
Its only how I remember it and how the rest of the world celebrated it.
I guess the noughties end on December 31. Bring on the tensies tenners or whatever they will be called.

it only works that way if you start counting at a zero year eg 1990 2000 etc.

Problem is if you go back 2000 odd years there was no year 0.

We went from 1BC to 1 AD. (there was no year 0)

So we start counting the decades and the millenium at year 1 not year 0.

FACT.

    

[Smokey]

.....
We went from 1BC to 1 AD. (there was no year 0)
.....

Sounds like travelling back and forth between the Eastern Summertime States and up here in 19th Century Central.