Is the reason, we are apparently not in for a ruck or Key Back / #RookieDraft

[Stalin]

just out of curiosity, once they knew they were not going to get the bigger names they targeted, what would you have wanted them to say?

They knew a few days before trade week had started?

[Stalin]

it took trelor like four days to become official to collingwood

they couldnt have .... you know, tried?

instead of claiming defeat via press statement before the official period began

[Penelope]

it took trelor like four days to become official to collingwood

they couldnt have .... you know, tried?

instead of claiming defeat via press statement before the official period began

when the treloar saga dragged on they said early on they were no longer interested.

we can only speculate as to why. for all we know treloar may have said that if he goes anywhere else it would only be on a one year contract, as Dangerfield did with Geelong.

but rightly or wrongly, they knew their position.

so what would you rather them say?

[Stalin]

it took trelor like four days to become official to collingwood

they couldnt have .... you know, tried?

instead of claiming defeat via press statement before the official period began

when the treloar saga dragged on they said early on they were no longer interested.

we can only speculate as to why. for all we know treloar may have said that if he goes anywhere else it would only be on a one year contract, as Dangerfield did with Geelong.

but rightly or wrongly, they knew their position.

so what would you rather them say?

Do you think it's somewhat 'emo' to declare your self official not a big player in trade week, before it starts?

Seeing as it's one if your favoured topics

[Stalin]

I guess the


   " we won't get a big fish in trade week "

 " our good players will just have to play better"

     " we are very happy with Chaplin and Hampson"

"We don't rest, vital people before finals, cause pagan is against it"

"Hampson is 25"


(Paraphrased, but not much).


Comments theme of recent times, at least keeps things interesting. Yeah, na, take it one week at a time

[Diocletian]

Club would also have us believe that Townsend "kicks goals from clearances"....has kicked 4 in 28 AFL matches and only 11 in a full NEAFL season last year.....come in spinner...

[Penelope]

it took trelor like four days to become official to collingwood

they couldnt have .... you know, tried?

instead of claiming defeat via press statement before the official period began

when the treloar saga dragged on they said early on they were no longer interested.

we can only speculate as to why. for all we know treloar may have said that if he goes anywhere else it would only be on a one year contract, as Dangerfield did with Geelong.

but rightly or wrongly, they knew their position.

so what would you rather them say?

Do you think it's somewhat 'emo' to declare your self official not a big player in trade week, before it starts?

Seeing as it's one if your favoured topics

do you think, that once, just once, maybe you may address the subject/question rather than twisting it into something else and going down the rabbit hole?

[Penelope]

Club would also have us believe that Townsend "kicks goals from clearances"....has kicked 4 in 28 AFL matches and only 11 in a full NEAFL season last year.....come in spinner...

yeah, that is staggering and worthy of any criticism it gets.
Its just pure garbage

[Stalin]

Re read what your written. It wouldn't pass as queens English.

They conceded defeat on the trelor front prior to trade week.

There was no real chance of getting him as negations wore on, as we had already played our hand.

God knows why. Maybe a similar reason to why we put on te website who we will draft before te event occurs ...

The lunnies are running the nuthouse I tells ya

[Stalin]

Or just type 'rabbit hole' a few more times , either way 

[Penelope]

Re read what your written. It wouldn't pass as queens English.

They conceded defeat on the trelor front prior to trade week.

There was no real chance of getting him as negations wore on, as we had already played our hand.

God knows why. Maybe a similar reason to why we put on te website who we will draft before te event occurs ...

The lunnies are running the nuthouse I tells ya

 

[Stalin]

do you think, that once, just once, maybe you may address the subject/question rather than twisting it into something else

[Yeahright]

David Schwarz on SEN:
Dan, any concerns in the ruck? Ivan isn't getting any younger; I know you've brought Shaun Hampson over from Carlton; Ty Vickery can pinch hit in there. Is that something you will look at in the draft, or in the next year or so, to bolster up that position?

Dan Richardson:
At some stage as Ivan gets a little bit older, it's something we will need to continue to look at. We did bring .... well, we thought Ivan had a terrific year. The only time Ivan does at times struggle is, by his own admission, because he's not the tallest ruckman going around compared to those big opposition. That's the reason why we brought Shaun Hampson in a couple of years ago. Through injury and opportunity [lack of], he hasn't quite delivered what we would like to date. But we still think at 25-26 years of age, that there's still improvement in him and we saw that at times in the middle part of the year; then he got injured towards the latter part of the year. We'll back him in - in terms of profile and the type of ruckman we need - you know getting up a bit higher [in the ruck contest], getting us first use of the footy and getting the ball moving forward. We believe he can be that player. 

https://audioboom.com/boos/3720910-dan-richardson-on-chris-yarran

It's nice when the Footy manager takes 2 to 3 years off your age......

1-2 years. If you're going to correct someone make sure you're right.

Im not a mathematician but if you take what he said and take how old Megan will be in round 1 it is indeed three years off ... yet another worryingly bizarre comment from a key member of the richmonds brain-trust 

i like how they are just telling people before trade periods now we are not going to get anyone good, and making up peoples ages 

Who said anything about next year

[Penelope]

Alice probably mentioned it to him:shh

[one-eyed]

Dan Richardson, on the 'Talking Tigers' podcast, discussing our ruck stocks ...

VIDEO: http://afl.com.au/video?guid=799682


* We’re well aware there are times when a taller ruckman, who can get his hand up a bit higher and get the ball going our way, is an area, particularly against opposition taller ruckmen, that we need to look at. That’s the reason we brought Shaun Hampson in two years ago.

* Shaun’s had some injury hiccups and we possibly haven’t backed him enough in terms of selections.  But I’m sure we’ll be doing that in 2016. I think he showed signs midway through the year he can be that player. Statistically, in terms of getting first hand on the ball in the ruck contest, he’s as good as any other ruckman out there, even the elite ruckmen in the AFL. Yes, there’s work for him to do around the ground and some other aspects of his game but that’s an area Ivan’s outstanding at. So, if we can get those two to complement each other over the course of the year, a little bit better than perhaps we have over the last 12 months, then we’ve got ruckmen on our list.

* And then we’ve obviously got the likes of Ty and ‘Griff’, and even Liam McBean, who can pinch hit in the ruck too.

Full article: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2015-11-23/no-rucking-issue-for-tigers