Brad Miller [merged]

[jackstar is back again]

Kicked 10 goals in his last VFL game last year
We wouldnt have a player who would kick 10 in a season at Coburg.
Unfortunately our club has been and continues to be hurt by not so good drafting of young players.

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Kicked 10 goals in his last VFL game last year
We wouldnt have a player who would kick 10 in a season at Coburg.
Unfortunately our club has been and continues to be hurt by not so good drafting of young players.

While I don't totally disagree with that comment (I hold some hope for our younger players to be properly developed this time) we don't need to hurt the club by not so good drafting of older players as well!!!

[Hellenic Tiger]

I actually don't think he'll play up forward against Carlton.
I think he'll play up back. With no Kel Moore in the backline would rather go in with Miller Astbury and McGuane
than with McGuane as our most expreienced tall.

[jackstar is back again]

will play forward you will find

[Mr Magic]

give the bloke a chance, honestly what would the masses know...probably the same punters that declared krak wouldn't be any good

Can we send Miller to jail? Maybe it'll give him a kick up the arse too.

[Hellenic Tiger]

give the bloke a chance, honestly what would the masses know...probably the same punters that declared krak wouldn't be any good

Can we send Miller to jail? Maybe it'll give him a kick up the behind too.

Ok I'll take Pia while he is in the slammer.

[gerkin greg]

i'll slammer too

[Penelope]

Official 1st black mark against the club. This is a short cut.

How is it a short cut?

He is hardly going to win games for us off his own boot.

Why are we elevating him to our senior list
To play him?
Why else would you do it?
Why play him when we have other younger options on our list?
He has had 9 years on an AFL list.
We dont need on field coaches, that went out in the 60s
I'm not advocating proven mediocrity on the playing field
I'm frankly a bit fed up with people twisting logic to justify this short sighted type of decision making which is ingrained in our football club

You still havnt explained how it is a short cut?

put it this way.

Would you prefer to play Miller, an average player who has the body and understands the game plan and works hard;
or;

Griffiths before he, or more partucularly his shoulders, are fit and able to handle the rigours?

or post, who seems to out of favour supposedly due to his work ethic, ie he is not working hard enough?

or any young tall who looks out of his depth and is having his confidence eroded week by week?

Miller wont keep the young guys out of the team if they earn it. He will though ensure they earn their spot.
That can only be a long term benefit, at the expense of short term game (results this year).

That is not a short cut!

[Fishfinger]

Miller had to be elevated if he's insurance.
If a key forward misses a couple of weeks he wouldn't be able to fill in if he wasn't elevated already.

[Mr Magic]

Kicked 10 goals in his last VFL game last year
We wouldnt have a player who would kick 10 in a season at Coburg.

Umm Schulz did & has been kicking bags for Port Power yet it never stopped you poobagging him.

[Infamy]

Miller had to be elevated if he's insurance.
If a key forward misses a couple of weeks he wouldn't be able to fill in if he wasn't elevated already.

With Jack, Vickery, Taylor, Post & Griffiths, even Astbury we have enough players to play as key forward if required.
I didn't mind having Miller on the rookie list as insurance in case of a long term injury to one of our key forwards, but I DO NOT agree with him being elevated off the rookie list for the entire season. They are valuable games that should be going to our young forwards.

[Fishfinger]

That's assuming he'll play ahead of our young forwards. Since picking him up all talk from the club has been that will not be the case.

It looks as though Griffiths will not play for a while.

[one-eyed]

Brad Miller's keen on Tiger pride

    * Jon Ralph
    * From: Herald Sun
    * March 16, 2011

RICHMOND rookie Brad Miller says he is desperate to make his debut for the Tigers in front of 80,000 fans at next week's season opener against Carlton.

Miller was transformed from last-ditch insurance policy into a realistic chance for Round 1 after becoming the Tigers' nominated rookie.

It means he is free to play every game this year, only months after he thought his AFL career was over when he was delisted by Melbourne.

With fellow Richmond tall Tyrone Vickery likely to spend time in the ruck against Carlton, Miller is a legitimate chance to take on the Blues at the MCG next Thursday.

"Whether or not I get picked I will have to wait and see, but I would love to play Round 1. It would be amazing," Miller said.

"All the boys have told me during the whole pre-season about the Tiger faithful and it's something I have never experienced. They are such passionate supporters, so to play in front of 80,000 of them in Round 1 at the MCG would be really special."

The club stressed when it recruited him, it would not jeopardise the development of its young talls.

But with David Astbury being used as a defender, Vickery still raw, and Ben Griffiths returning from a shoulder injury, Miller is a chance to play regularly.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/richmodn-promotes-brad-miller-to-senior-list/story-e6frf9jf-1226021906975

[Dubstep Dookie]

Effing great. 

What's wrong with playing post at FF?

One of our few good players against Adelaide.

Not happy 

[WilliamPowell]

but I DO NOT agree with him being elevated off the rookie list for the entire season. They are valuable games that should be going to our young forwards.

Who said he's going to be there the entire season