Richo vs Lloyd: Who was better?

[one-eyed]

3aw discussing Richo vs Lloyd now.

Healy and Russell saying it's line ball. Querying why there's so much increasing love for Richo yet there's not much for Lloyd.

Who was better?

[rufio_1991]

richo holds records
as far as i know lloyd doesnt.

[Infamy]

Lloyd was a far better kick for goal and very successful player considering finals success. He kicked more goals but only as a pure FF as he struggled playing upfield. Pretty handy at running around with his mouth open trying to catch flies.

Richo was better at everything else.

[one-eyed]

               Richo          Lloyd

Career:  1993-2009   1995-2009

Size:    197cm,103kg  192cm, 93kg

Games:      282          270

Goals:        800          926
Behinds:      551         424
Accuracy:     59%         69%

Leading Club  13 times  12 times
Goalkicker:

Most goals:    91        109
in a season

100+ goals:   none     twice
in a season

Kicks (avg): 10.9        10.0
Hballs(avg):   3.1          3.0

Marks(avg):   8.0          6.3

Brownlow     140          97
 Votes:

Coleman:         -          3
medallist

All-Australian:    3          5


http://www.stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/M/Matthew_Richardson.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Richardson_%28Australian_rules_footballer%29
http://www.stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/M/Matthew_Lloyd0.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Lloyd

[Hellenic Tiger]

If Richo played his career at Essendon he would have kicked more goals than Lockett the way the ball would have been coming into the forward line.

Richo still managed to kick 800 with us with the ball kicked to his ankles.

If Lloyd was at Richmond he would have kicked half the goals he did purely based on the delivery into the fwd line. No falling for frees and conning the umps either.

[yellowandback]

Richo in a no contest. Brownlow tells it all.
Richo won games with a crap midfield, did Lloyd?
Richo re-defined his game for the greater good of his team, when Lloyd was asked to do the same, he retired.

[mat073]

If Richo had played at Essendon there would be a gold satute of him somewhere in Windy hill.

[taztiger4]

Mathew Louganis also played most of his footy @ the Dome which would have assisted his accuracy

[WA Tiger]

Don't worry about the stats, look at the work ethic on and off the ball and the ground covered during games as well as the fairness of the players...... RICHO HANDS DOWN.

[Rodgerramjet]

Lloyd was a better kick

Richo had a bigger motor and a fantastic pair of hands (marking wise).

[Mr Magic]

Lloyd was a better kick

Richo had a bigger motor and a fantastic pair of hands (marking wise).

Pretty well sums it up.

If players were swapped into their respective teams there would be no comparison.

[TigerLand]

Richardson hands down.

Richo's kicking is the only thing that brings them some what closer.

Richo is a bad team was still a major concern for the opposition, and many occasions won the game off his own back with a very average side. When Essendon were bad Lloyd had minimal impact and never won a game when they were bad.

Richo was a star in a bad team
Lloyd was a star in a great team.

Winner = Richardson

[the_boy_jake]

Richo was a star in a bad team
Lloyd was a star in a great team.

The long and the short of it.

Richo went toe to toe with Carey as the best player in the comp for a couple of seasons around 99, 2000. Lloyd was never in that company as a player.

[Tigermonk]

Lloyd he had better qualities & played his career for the team,  not himself

harsh but true

[Owl]

Lloyd he had better qualities & played his career for the team,  not himself

harsh but true

I take your opinion and wipe my arse with it in defiance.