Did Richmond trade the wrong small forward? (Footy Classified)

[one-eyed]

Dan Butler has had an unbelievable season, and on Friday night he faces his old side once again.

Did Richmond trade the wrong small forward?

Dan Butler vs Richmond's small forwards 2020

(Averages)                Butler  Higgins  Castagna  Rioli  Aarts
Goals                             1.6      0.5        0.8     0.7    1.0     
Score Involvements         4.3      4.4        3.4     3.3    3.6
Fwd half pressure acts    12.5      9.8       9.7    11.4    9.4
Tackles                            3.8      1.7       2.1     2.9    2.4

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[Tigeritis™©®]

Yes

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Why don’t we compare career records and then 2019 stats?

[Andyy]

Higgins had head surgery. Aarts hadn't debuted. Castagna has been the most consistent of them all. Rioli foot issue but clearly more X factor.

Nope we traded the right guy.

The only thing that was wrong was the price we demanded for an established premiership player being kept out of the side by better performers.

[Chuck17]

he wouldnt have those numbers if he played for us in 2020

[Willy]

At the time, no.

In hindsight, well clearly yes.

[Chuck17]

its a marathon not a sprint give it time

[Francois Jackson]

Win tomorrow and we can close the thread permanently.

we won a flag without him so im happy at this stage.

[camboon]

I could never understand why he was let go, I thought he was down on confidence .

[Diocletian]

The only mistake we made was not trading Castagna as well..

[Chuck17]

With a player like Butler unless you watch the full games you will only see the highlights and not the full picture inclusive of the fumbles, brainfarts, deer in headlight poses etc etc

[mightytiges]

Let's see how Butler goes next year when he doesn't have the fresh motivation to prove himself at a new club before we make judgement. Butler's goalscoring has fallen away since the middle of this season.

Rounds 2-10 (9 matches):  21 goals
Rounds 11-EF (8 matches):  7 goals

Having said this he'll probably now kick a few against us because he's playing against his old club and teammates.

[rogerd3]

I'd be keeping the powder dry.
Let's look at the body of work over the next few years.
Some get a little bit ahead of themselves.

This bloke doesn't deal without injury that well.

[Knighter]

Yes - should have traded Cantstandya and his stupid twirling ball run up instead

[lamington]

I don’t think so. The thing with butler and castagna is they’re aren’t the complete small forward. We should always be on the look out for someone like Breust 2012-2016 or Adelaide version of Eddie betts. I’m hoping Maurice Rioli Jr is that player.