Josh Caddy has retired [merged]

[Simonator]

Yeh was quiet. I'll tip him come back. One thing I've noticed.. does anyone else reckon he hasn't had much midfield time ? Supposedly he came to Richmond to get more mid time

Have a look where they are using him.

The plan is to retain one mid deep forward all the time and 2 or 3 stay in centre wing. So we are only defending with 14 or 15 in the defensive area. We make up the short fall with manuc pressure (yeah who would have thought that would work?)

From the fox footy at half time they had a graphic of Martin's possessions and he had more in defense than thecprevious two games.

Now Caddy and Martin will swap roles. So if Martin was forced to spend more time in defence then Caddy was left stranded in the forward line for considerable time.

The stats say he had 87% game time so this and the low possession count supports this.

Yeah I understand that. But I bet if you looked at caddys % spent in midfield it would be low in all the games and in all his interviews he said he came to rfc with the promise of more midfield time. Does he only swap with Martin, why can't he swap with cotch, Prestia, Edwards or whoever else is in there.
It seems like caddy is always the deep forward or playing off the flank. 

[tony_montana]

Smart player who knows footy. Throws his body around and wears the hits to open plays and corridors for our runners to work through. Reckon he is good value and will get better

[yandb]

Smart player who knows footy. Throws his body around and wears the hits to open plays and corridors for our runners to work through. Reckon he is good value and will get better

At his age he is not going to get any better, if he can't play the game we ask of him send him back to the magoo's.

[tony_montana]

Smart player who knows footy. Throws his body around and wears the hits to open plays and corridors for our runners to work through. Reckon he is good value and will get better

At his age he is not going to get any better, if he can't play the game we ask of him send him back to the magoo's.

Of course he will, he's still getting to know team mates and gamestyle

[FLATearth]

Smart player who knows footy. Throws his body around and wears the hits to open plays and corridors for our runners to work through. Reckon he is good value and will get better

At his age he is not going to get any better, if he can't play the game we ask of him send him back to the magoo's.

What are you talking about he's 24

It's within the realms of possibility he improves this year or next

Smart player who knows footy. Throws his body around and wears the hits to open plays and corridors for our runners to work through. Reckon he is good value and will get better

Agrees reckon he goes alright

[Heart of Darkness]

Ordinary footballer. Spent the last few years potting him at Geelong but for some reason thought he'd be different with us. Just too slow. Plays like he thinks he's much better than he is as well. Probably best 22 at this point but wouldn't be surprised to see him dropped at some point this year.

[Yeahright]

Smart player who knows footy. Throws his body around and wears the hits to open plays and corridors for our runners to work through. Reckon he is good value and will get better

At his age he is not going to get any better, if he can't play the game we ask of him send him back to the magoo's.

Wait, so am I imagining the Dusty improved last year and also this year? He couldn't possibly have improved at that age

[FLATearth]

Smart player who knows footy. Throws his body around and wears the hits to open plays and corridors for our runners to work through. Reckon he is good value and will get better

At his age he is not going to get any better, if he can't play the game we ask of him send him back to the magoo's.

Wait, so am I imagining the Dusty improved last year and also this year? He couldn't possibly have improved at that age

Grigg and Houli were rubbish till 27 yoa also

[Andyy]

Would rather see this guy playing inside mid. He's not a forward's AH imo.

[tony_montana]

Would rather see this guy playing inside mid. He's not a forward's AH imo.

haha hes actually got the runs on the board as a goalkicking HFF/mid

[the claw]

Would rather see this guy playing inside mid. He's not a forward's AH imo.

haha hes actually got the runs on the board as a goalkicking HFF/mid

No he hasn't  in either role.

Hes typical of a lot of our players over the yrs. Plays the odd  very good game here and there but mostly performs at a level that is just average  and  bordering on not good enough at times.

[tony_montana]

Would rather see this guy playing inside mid. He's not a forward's AH imo.

haha hes actually got the runs on the board as a goalkicking HFF/mid

No he hasn't  in either role.

Hes typical of a lot of our players over the yrs. Plays the odd  very good game here and there but mostly performs at a level that is just average  and  bordering on not good enough at times.

Over the past 2 seasons hes averaged 20 possessions 4 tackles and a goal a game - thats fairly handy for a HFF/mid and plenty good enough. Get that up to 25odd touches a game along with a goal a game and he goes into very very good player territory.

[🏅Dooks]

Would rather see this guy playing inside mid. He's not a forward's AH imo.

haha hes actually got the runs on the board as a goalkicking HFF/mid

No he hasn't  in either role.

Hes typical of a lot of our players over the yrs. Plays the odd  very good game here and there but mostly performs at a level that is just average  and  bordering on not good enough at times.

Over the past 2 seasons hes averaged 20 possessions 4 tackles and a goal a game - thats fairly handy for a HFF/mid and plenty good enough. Get that up to 25odd touches a game along with a goal a game and he goes into very very good player territory.

Fantastic depth player. Never going to be a grade but can be very damaging on his day.

Adds depth at selection and adds to modfield rotations. Well worth the pick.
 

[Penelope]

bottom line is he has, along with prestia and Nankervis, made our midfield better.

Its no coincidence that cotchin is playing his best footy as captain with him and nankervis throwing their weight around at stoppages, or that we have dramatically improved out contested football and clearances.

Claws pipe dream of a team where every player is a champ, is exactly that, a pipe dream.

[mat073]

Blond Grigg