We don’t need to rebuild / We were forced to take mature recruits: RFC (H-Sun)

[WilliamPowell]

It's like reading a James Hird interview.

Compromised drafts, yes they were, but the Conca draft was very strong. At 6 and 30 we could have picked 2 A-graders from Heppell, Prestia, Lynch and Parker at 30.

Also, we had to take mature aged players, yes maybe 7 years ago, but Gordon, Moore, Townsend...

Norf also have grabbed mature recruits, but guys that could actually get a game for their seniors.

Lynch and Parker.

We'd be a different team if we'd taken those two...

Or those two would be different? 

Good point

We keep hearing we coulda, shoulda taken but what guarantee would we have that they would the players they if they came through our system?

I keep reading people ripping into our development so based on that the "coulda, shoulda" players woulda all be spuds

[wayne]

It's like reading a James Hird interview.

Compromised drafts, yes they were, but the Conca draft was very strong. At 6 and 30 we could have picked 2 A-graders from Heppell, Prestia, Lynch and Parker at 30.

Also, we had to take mature aged players, yes maybe 7 years ago, but Gordon, Moore, Townsend...

Norf also have grabbed mature recruits, but guys that could actually get a game for their seniors.

Lynch and Parker.

We'd be a different team if we'd taken those two...

Or those two would be different? 

Both playing back pocket 

[YellowandBlackBlood]

It's like reading a James Hird interview.

Compromised drafts, yes they were, but the Conca draft was very strong. At 6 and 30 we could have picked 2 A-graders from Heppell, Prestia, Lynch and Parker at 30.

Also, we had to take mature aged players, yes maybe 7 years ago, but Gordon, Moore, Townsend...

Norf also have grabbed mature recruits, but guys that could actually get a game for their seniors.

Lynch and Parker.

We'd be a different team if we'd taken those two...

Or those two would be different? 

Both playing back pocket 

Well, how else are you supposed to learn how to defend?

[MintOnLamb]

Dan Richardson, well the other clubs aren't crying like you, North, Hawthorn, Geelong, Bulldogs, have managed their lists just fine.

We have had the same opportunities as them.

The strategy is wrong, admit it.

This season and the club = "30 Seconds Over Tokyo" by Pete Ubu

[Francois Jackson]

usual spin from dan

stuff what an idiot this bloke is

[WilliamPowell]

RFC twitter saying Benny Gale will be on 3AW tonight at 6.20pm and then Talking Footy on 7mate at 7.30

They are wheeling them all out now to they and placate the masses

Bit late seeing theyve done a "360" in the space of 6 weeks

[Diocletian]

Flogs or not.....hope they really go after him hard....

[Francois Jackson]

Flogs or not.....hope they really go after him hard....

the only one who would is barrett. The rest of them ask the nice fluffy questions so they dont get upset and not come back on the show.

[unplugged]

The weak draft argument is pathetic.

No one forced Richmond to recruit every mature aged dud they could find and play them at the expense of our youngsters.  That was a strategy they chose and one they need to be removed for. 

GWS and GCS drafts provided unprecedented opportunities for recruiting departments.
Those clubs were never going to be able to keep the talent they had coming into their clubs.  They even traded out quality youngsters for mature age recruits to balance out their lists.

The strategy should have been to poach as many top end youngsters from GWS and GCS as possible while looking for trade opportunities of quality mature age players from struggling clubs.  There has been a massive movement of talent over the last five years or so and all Richmond has managed to attract are VFL level duds who they will have to replace again in two years time.

[Chuck17]

The weak draft argument is pathetic.

No one forced Richmond to recruit every mature aged dud they could find and play them at the expense of our youngsters.  That was a strategy they chose and one they need to be removed for. 

GWS and GCS drafts provided unprecedented opportunities for recruiting departments.
Those clubs were never going to be able to keep the talent they had coming into their clubs.  They even traded out quality youngsters for mature age recruits to balance out their lists.

The strategy should have been to poach as many top end youngsters from GWS and GCS as possible while looking for trade opportunities of quality mature age players from struggling clubs.  There has been a massive movement of talent over the last five years or so and all Richmond has managed to attract are VFL level duds who they will have to replace again in two years time.

Not sure what you are on about, RFC recruited the master self inflicter of pain Townsend

[Stalin]

The weak draft argument is pathetic.

No one forced Richmond to recruit every mature aged dud they could find and play them at the expense of our youngsters.  That was a strategy they chose and one they need to be removed for. 

GWS and GCS drafts provided unprecedented opportunities for recruiting departments.
Those clubs were never going to be able to keep the talent they had coming into their clubs.  They even traded out quality youngsters for mature age recruits to balance out their lists.

The strategy should have been to poach as many top end youngsters from GWS and GCS as possible while looking for trade opportunities of quality mature age players from struggling clubs.  There has been a massive movement of talent over the last five years or so and all Richmond has managed to attract are VFL level duds who they will have to replace again in two years time.

Apparently it was the will of god we brought in Chaplin Hampson grigg

[WilliamPowell]

Flogs or not.....hope they really go after him hard....

the only one who would is barrett. The rest of them ask the nice fluffy questions so they dont get upset and not come back on the show.

Unfortunately he isn't going on Footy Classified Angus

He will be on Talking Footy - with Darcy, Watson & Carey

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This imbecile can't admit he's stuffed it up because his ego is so huge, ita just not viable that he's a idiot....according to him.

Lol. What a narco

[Francois Jackson]

Flogs or not.....hope they really go after him hard....

the only one who would is barrett. The rest of them ask the nice fluffy questions so they dont get upset and not come back on the show.

Unfortunately he isn't going on Footy Classified Angus

He will be on Talking Footy - with Darcy, Watson & Carey

then out of that lot only carey will ask that something that we would.

Darcy 

[🏅Dooks]

Arseholes. Happy to take our future fund money off the back a deliberately shortened rebuild expected to fail, then blame the fans.