Trade week rumours and innuendo

[the claw]

Haven't we got all those duds signed up though tone? FFS. 

only grigg and hampson as far as im aware.

This weeks Inside Football mag, Ricky Petterd isn't listed as being one of ours coming out of contract

I thought I had read somewhere he got a 2year deal when he was promoted.

was pretty sure he only got one yr but could be wrong.
lmao houli, hampson shedwards vickery and chaplin all contracted till end of 2016.

[Francois Jackson]

thats not true is it claw, that last line.

surely not all of them until 2016?

[Phil Mrakov]

Once again O'Keefe would be a fine pick-up if the list didn't already contain multiple mature aged wasted picks.

If we didn't take proven mediocre players at AFL level like A Edwards, Stephenson, Thomas, Hampson, et al and think that somehow they will magically change when they walk in the door of Richmond, and took proven guns like O'Keefe, Chapman et al when we needed to fill a list gap, I'd be a lot happier.

you do realise theres a very good chance that many of the mediocre mature players will be cut.

newman, king  already gone, a edwards  will either retire or be cut, stephenson will retire or be cut.petterd is out of contract and could be cut if need be. banfield is a mature player will likely get cut. throw in 3 or 4 of the batchelors deas helbigs  etc who arent exactly kids and surely we can make room for one or two quality older players.

the following yr your houlis griggs thomas gordon lloyd come into the gunsights.

id be okay with us taking 5 or 6 kids  and 3 or 4 mature players of which one or two could be 28 plus.

lol Petterd, Houli, Grigg, Lloyd, Gordon are all no chance to be cut. Thomas aswell

[tigs2011]

thats not true is it claw, that last line.

surely not all of them until 2016?

not true










Vickery is till 2017.

[tony_montana]

 

[The Big Richo]

you do realise theres a very good chance that many of the mediocre mature players will be cut.

You do realise our coaches and recruiters are a pack of nuffies and will probably keep them all?

[the claw]

thats not true is it claw, that last line.

surely not all of them until 2016?

not true










Vickery is till 2017.

thats just plain old nasty tigs, shame on you.

[the claw]

you do realise theres a very good chance that many of the mediocre mature players will be cut.

You do realise our coaches and recruiters are a pack of nuffies and will probably keep them all?

that is the obvious concern. but even i can hope cant i?

my logic tells me while fj is there we are wasting our time taking kids anyway. but i still have a list of kids id like us to take.hence i have a list od players i hope we cut but as you say with so many nuffies in charge, im wasting my time naming them. it wont happen we are still locked and loaded.

[Francois Jackson]

how he FJ still has a job is probably the main reason we are where we are.

[YellowandBlackBlood]

I thought we had a succession plan for FJ - Luke Williams.  He is working with FJ and I wouldn't be surprised if he takes over soon. Should have a few handy contacts from his time at Geelong with Stephen Wells.

[Francois Jackson]

I thought we had a succession plan for FJ - Luke Williams.  He is working with FJ and I wouldn't be surprised if he takes over soon. Should have a few handy contacts from his time at Geelong with Stephen Wells.

I wouldnt hold my breath. The bloke is made of steel or something. How he survived the wallace cull is one of life's mysteries.

[yellowandback]

FJ has gone okay.

[mightytiges]

Haven't we got all those duds signed up though tone? FFS. 

only grigg and hampson as far as im aware.

This weeks Inside Football mag, Ricky Petterd isn't listed as being one of ours coming out of contract

I thought I had read somewhere he got a 2year deal when he was promoted.

was pretty sure he only got one yr but could be wrong.

Our OER contracts list has Petterd with just one year. The RFC article about his elevation to the senior list only mentioned 2014.

Mature-age rookie Ricky Petterd, who played 12 games in his debut season at Tigerland, will be elevated to the senior list for the 2014 season.

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2013-10-30/richmond-list-changes

[Darth Tiger]

I think Ryan O'Keefe would be a good pick up.
If we got rid of a couple of other duds I'd be happy to have him.

Exactly: Thank you 

Disagree completely. Would be a massive recruiting faux pax.

Richmond need raw line speed, goal kicking ability and defensive pressure in the forward half not overage single season players (for RFC) that have had better days at their previous clubs.

Keep the B graders and young talent- Vlaustin, Grimes, Ellis, Dea, Maric, Miles, Vickory, Conca, McBean, Lennon, Morris and Foley.

That's the thing O'Keefe keeps Lennon out, so you advocate for an aged recycled player limiting the development opportunities of a young draftee already in the RFC system.
Even O'Hanlon (if he is kept on the list) is unable to develop further at VFL level as the lead-up forward if O'Keefe is acquired.
I just do not understand that logic stream.

[Judge Roughneck]

O'Keefe keeps Lennon out,

Grimes Astbury Bachelor
Vlastuin Rance Dea/Houli
Ellis Cotchin S Edwards
O'Keefe  Vickery/McBean  Lennon
Martin Reiwoldt Deledio
Maric Miles Conca

#pick1 #pick2 

Even O'Hanlon (if he is kept on the list) is unable to develop further at VFL level as the lead-up forward if O'Keefe is acquired.
I just do not understand that logic stream.

Ideally OHanlon would compete with Lennon and take over from Okeefe in the future.

The problem is we play the like of Arnot out of position in the forward line and questionable types: Thomas, Grigg, Pettard, King, Newman in these important positions.