Maurice Rioli junior [merged]

[Diocletian]

Belongs on ball - better in close when he doesn't have time to think and just reacts...if he was one touch he'd easily be one of the most dangerous players in the game already...reminds me of Butler in that regard....

[WilliamPowell]

Belongs on ball - better in close when he doesn't have time to think and just reacts...if he was one touch he'd easily be one of the most dangerous players in the game already...reminds me of Butler in that regard....

Excellent post. 1st option should be his instruction for every match

[Damo]

Wonder why
Conditioning maybe ???

I actually agree with you Damo, his conditioning is not where it needs to or should be

It peees me right off
He is my Mrs fav player , she loves his smile and chasing, his tackling etc

I want him to dominate

He can definitely be better than he is

Short sighted people saying that they don’t care if he’s fat if he performs .. get bloody serious

He’d perform BETTER rock hard fit

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[Tiger Khosh]

I think he’s got bigger issues just with his football. Touch, turnovers and decision making all need significant improvement.

His fitness levels prob dont help the above but I don’t think him becoming super fit is going to magically fix all that either.

Seems much better when he plays on ball in the vfl. I guess being stranded in the fwd like and only getting a hand full of touches a game is facilitating his deficiencies.

[the claw]

I think he’s got bigger issues just with his football. Touch, turnovers and decision making all need significant improvement.

His fitness levels prob dont help the above but I don’t think him becoming super fit is going to magically fix all that either.

Seems much better when he plays on ball in the vfl. I guess being stranded in the fwd like and only getting a hand full of touches a game is facilitating his deficiencies.

The trouble is i think we drafted him  because of the story despite right through his junior career these issues being apparent.

Im not sure what people see that makes them think this will dramatically change. It has been a constant and you either have some traits or you don't

[Francois Jackson]

Im not sure why its a surprise that he is fat and not playing at the level to warrant a senior game every week.

if i recall we were never guarantees to select him in the draft due to some issues we are seeing now. Namely his slow decision making.

Do we want him to succeed yes because the cupboard is very bare, but would anyone be surprised if he doesn't?

Good luck to him. His chances are close to running out after this year.

[Diocletian]

Not saying he's turned the corner just yet but close to our BOG for the first two & half quarters until his lack of fitness inevitably caught up with him.....

[The Machine]

Not saying he's turned the corner just yet but close to our BOG for the first two & half quarters until his lack of fitness inevitably caught up with him.....

Possibly for the first time ever, we can agree on something.

[Tiger_In_Sicily]

His fitness will come, and when it does he must play in the middle.

[Assange Tiger 😎]

Best I've seen him play at the top level.

[TigerLand]

Maurice is not the issue at rfc at the moment.mauricr at Collingwood or Brisbane would be a weapon.

[mat073]

I was impressed by MJ yesterday- one of our best , especially against the tsunami in the first half .

[WilliamPowell]

I was impressed by MJ yesterday- one of our best , especially against the tsunami in the first half .

Yep, easily in our best 3 IMHO

The work and gut running he did off the ball to try and stop the Suns run out of defence was super impressive

Well done young man 

[Simonator]

I was impressed by MJ yesterday- one of our best , especially against the tsunami in the first half .

Yep, easily in our best 3 IMHO

The work and gut running he did off the ball to try and stop the Suns run out of defence was super impressive

Well done young man 

He may not have the polish but you can't deny his pressure and tackling efforts.

If we had a few more players that had his intent and chase we might have one. ( Dow in particular )

[the claw]

I was impressed by MJ yesterday- one of our best , especially against the tsunami in the first half .

Yep, easily in our best 3 IMHO

The work and gut running he did off the ball to try and stop the Suns run out of defence was super impressive

Well done young man 

That in itself is not saying a lot especially when you look at how poor most of the players were.
How many times have we been down this path with him. Yes he looked good with his defensive pressure but we need far more than just that from him. yes he was better than his numbers suggest but the bottom line is he had just 7 touches laid just 2 tackles had his fumbles and missed an easy goal.
 he will probably get a game next week because he was one of few who actually applied some pressure but there is still  a bigger picture here.

Once again we did not manage to kick goals just 9 for an entire game and Maurice is not helping in this.