Tigers planning to be active trade week players

[jackstar is back again]

Is this talk about being active during trade week just a friendly reminder to some players that they are playing for their careers at RFC this season?

95% of our players are untradeable

[sugark]

Is this talk about being active during trade week just a friendly reminder to some players that they are playing for their careers at RFC this season?

95% of our players are untradeable

Another fabricated flog comment Jack, there are more than 2 players other clubs would take in a heartbeat.....

Just dont bother posting if all you can post is negative.

I am sick and tired of reading your negative crap, typically no response about our new sponsor!!

I dont think anyone on here would have expected a comment from you as it was some positive news coming out of Punt Road which you dont like!!!

Maybe witht he extra sponsor money they might be able to pay you your 2K........

[Penelope]

Is this talk about being active during trade week just a friendly reminder to some players that they are playing for their careers at RFC this season?

95% of our players are untradeable

I'm not even talking about if they are tradeable or not Jack. where did you pull that from?
What I'm saying is that it could just be a reminder to some of the older players who have been around for a while staying in their comfort zone, that list spots will freed up at the end of the year. Basically they are on notice.

[jackstar is back again]

Is this talk about being active during trade week just a friendly reminder to some players that they are playing for their careers at RFC this season?

95% of our players are untradeable

Another fabricated flog comment Jack, there are more than 2 players other clubs would take in a heartbeat.....

Just dont bother posting if all you can post is negative.

I am sick and tired of reading your negative crap, typically no response about our new sponsor!!

I dont think anyone on here would have expected a comment from you as it was some positive news coming out of Punt Road which you dont like!!!

Maybe witht he extra sponsor money they might be able to pay you your 2K........

Sorry 90% (3-4 players)
And by the way , I got paid !
And more than 2K

[jackstar is back again]

Is this talk about being active during trade week just a friendly reminder to some players that they are playing for their careers at RFC this season?

95% of our players are untradeable

Another fabricated flog comment Jack, there are more than 2 players other clubs would take in a heartbeat.....

Just dont bother posting if all you can post is negative.

I am sick and tired of reading your negative crap, typically no response about our new sponsor!!

I dont think anyone on here would have expected a comment from you as it was some positive news coming out of Punt Road which you dont like!!!

Maybe witht he extra sponsor money they might be able to pay you your 2K........

New sponsor ?? What new sponsor ?
Would have to be a betting agency ?

[Infamy]

Is this talk about being active during trade week just a friendly reminder to some players that they are playing for their careers at RFC this season?

95% of our players are untradeable

Another fabricated flog comment Jack, there are more than 2 players other clubs would take in a heartbeat.....

Just dont bother posting if all you can post is negative.

I am sick and tired of reading your negative crap, typically no response about our new sponsor!!

I dont think anyone on here would have expected a comment from you as it was some positive news coming out of Punt Road which you dont like!!!

Maybe witht he extra sponsor money they might be able to pay you your 2K........

New sponsor ?? What new sponsor ?
Would have to be a betting agency ?

They signed two new sponsors in the past few weeks, an IT firm and a power company

[one-eyed]

Tigers planning to be active trade week players
By Steve Lavell
7:23 PM Wed 05 May, 2010

RICHMOND has revealed its plans to target players from opposition clubs as it strengthens its developing list beyond 2010.

In a report on richmondfc.com.au, general manager of football Craig Cameron wrote that the Tigers' trade-week intentions had been encouraged by the introduction of the Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney franchises.

Former Port Adelaide national recruiting manager Blair Hartley crossed to Punt Road in the off-season, and Cameron confirmed Hartley, as opposition and list analyst, would be heavily involved in luring senior players.

However, parting with the club's first draft pick was unlikely at this stage.

"We need to search for players outside the traditional pathways," Cameron said.

"If we have an early selection in the draft, then that will come via the traditional pathways (i.e. TAC Cup), but we will broaden our recruiting horizons in a bid to find the necessary talent to bolster our playing list and, with Blair now on board, we anticipate being quite active in the trade market.

"We're one of the first AFL clubs to have a fully-resourced trading division in our overall recruiting structure, so we are confident we'll be capably equipped to make smart decisions with regards to trades."

Cameron also said that despite Gold Coast's prominence in this year's NAB AFL Draft, Richmond would not be disadvantaged.

Gold Coast will have nine of the first 15 selections while 2010's wooden spooner will receive pick No.4.

Richmond is currently on the bottom of the AFL ladder and, along with Adelaide, is yet to win a game this season.

"A lot has been made about ... how it's not a good time to be 'bottoming out', with Gold Coast having so many early picks," Cameron said. "Well, I can assure you there will still be talented players available at our draft selections.

"The whole issue of bottoming out is an interesting one, too, because it's difficult to pinpoint the actual time when you bottom out.

"We brought 14 new players into the club late last year, and have drafted quite a few other young players over the past two or three years ... so I don't agree that we're going to be as disadvantaged as what many others in the football world would have you believe.

"We have a substantial group of young players on our list and we'll add to that at the end of the year, as well as find some more experienced, bigger-bodied players, who can help us out as well."

Meanwhile, Cameron added that media criticism of emerging forward Jack Riewoldt had been unfair, and that the 21-year-old "battles his heart out each week for us".

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/93714/default.aspx

Bump.

Here it is WAT.

[WA Tiger]

Thats the one OE, cheers, gee I should have known shouldn't I...

[the claw]

can i ask how many here think cousins was not worth getting. i ask this because i reckon the answer despite his age a dearth of experience and big bodies made him almost a must to have.

lets remember last yr and the circumstances why people wanted bradshaw well a couple of us anyway.

1 the list was bereft of quality 2 it was devoid of experienced players 3 we did not have one established  kpf when richo decided to retire.

can i also ask why was it okay to go around again with a 34 yr old richo coming off serious injury. surely if we were to embrace  the rebuild properly richo had to go.

i dont believe bradshaw was in anyones sights not even mine but when the big lug richo decided he could not go on i felt it would have been prudent to go get bradshaw as a short term solution to losing richo.

why would we keep richo well certainly sentiment came into it as it does with all stalwarts of  clubs. but the main reasons had to be his experience and big body to take the brunt of the heavy work while what kpfs we had developed properly withoput getting killed at the top level. the same reasons are relevant for bradshaw.

i would have thought it desirable to fill glaring list shortcomings with quality. our kpf shortcomings were not going to be long term  we drafted astbury griffiths  had post and jack we just needed a bit of time while these kids developed. we still do.

the pros in getting bradshaw like cousins were obvious and like cuz he was not going to cost much a psd pick. his price at 500k per season was dirt cheap what would most expect to pay for a 60 70 per season plus goal kicker.besides for us money did not come into it we were battling to get to the minimum tpp. his size experience ability and knowledge just like cuz would have been invaluable to our young kpfs.
in the end we did it on the cheap and retained polak i know which player i wanted to see on my list and that was the proven player of quality with much to teach.

[Chuck17]

Did Bradshaw kick 60 to 70 plus this season?

[Stripes]

claw - the argument is moot. Bradshaw will not be leaving Sydney and he has had a terrible run with injuries so in retrospect it was a wise move by the club to overlook the possible trade. I for one believe a big reason why Jack stepped up and became the Coleman Medalists this year is because he thrived on the responsibility and extra delivery he received without a bigger, more experienced forward being sharing the F50.

I think it would have been detrimental to have recuited Bradshaw but as I said already - the point is moot.

Stripes

[Infamy]

Claw - Will you get over Bradshaw, he never wanted to come to Melbourne

[Smokey]

Claw - Will you get over Bradshaw, he never wanted to come to Melbourne

And he would have been a terrible fit for us, a complete waste of whatever it cost us.  Bradshaw and Cousins are at the opposite end of the spectrum as far as 'team' and 'camaraderie' go.  Bradshaw has been a fine player over the journey but is a very insular and quite egotistical personality - he thinks, prepares and acts for himself first and team second.  He is also now very injury prone and at 30 that is usually a death spell to a senior footballer.  For Richmond to take him would not have provided any real benefit as far as mentoring and learning goes, and would only have hampered the improvement that was lying latent under Riewoldt's skin, waiting to blossom when the added stimulus of pressure and responsibility was applied.  Bradshaw to Richmond would have been a terrible move and thankfully the club saw it that way too, making no effort to chase him.

[Judge Roughneck]

Claw - Will you get over Bradshaw, he never wanted to come to Melbourne

are you sure?

he family is from near Wodonga

[Mr Magic]

If he remained fit Bradshaw may have helped moved us up the ladder a spot or two.
Right fit for Sydney. Not for us.

As for Cousins if he had been available in the PSD at the start of 2010 I doubt Richmond would have selected him either.

As Dimma says no short cuts.

Moving on..