Recruiting Aker?

[Mr Magic]

Hello X?

[mightytiges]

Aker's price tag in terms of traded picks/players will be higher enough without any club coming out in July and saying they want him at their club next year. 

[letsgetiton!]

krak has not been as inconsistant as many assume this yr!!!
plus krak has still alot to offer, and is still on the improving scale

Putting Tiv aside Im assuming you wouldnt trade Krakoeur for Aker?

It was pointed out to me not too long  ago that KB kicked 84 goals in a season as a 33yr old.
At just 30, I'd almost put Aker in KB's class going on what he's achieved to date in his career. He could still be lethal(hehe) to any forward line for a few more seasons.

i would trade aker for krak, but not if it means we keep tiv!!!
say we delist tiv, then why not trade krak 4 aker

[one-eyed]

Aker has been dropped this week again for making comments in the media.

http://richmondfc.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=282538

[letsgetiton!]

matthews,voss and brisbane have lost the plot.
im tipping the hawks now, aker is there only gr8 player  with brown left.
the rest are just has beens

i have a feeling aker is doing this on purpose to get sacked so he can get a payout and thus enter the draft

[Mopsy]

OK enough of the crap
Let's look at the situation objectively.
It has over the past two years been often stated that the Tigers will develop their own.
Therefore players like Aker will not be considerated as they are not part of the overall plan.
players like Krak are on the fringe because quite frankly their overall performance has not been of a standard expected of a potential premiership team.
As for Tiv he is also in that class however IMO I see a spot for him as a tagger and only in that role
With Chaff unable through injury and age to fulfil that role and the need to have our captain on the field for a greater majority of the time Imo Tiv will have to stand up and deliver along those lines or be passed by the wayside along with Krak.
You cannot expect Players like Polo and White who IMO would play Krak & Tiv on a break to sacrify their careers to keep them on the list in the future.

And as CJ Dennis would say 'therefore I rest my case'

[mightytiges]

It has over the past two years been often stated that the Tigers will develop their own.
Therefore players like Aker will not be considerated as they are not part of the overall plan.

Agree Mopsy.

I'd doubt Aker would come to Punt Road after Browny's comments about him being unstable and then Aker's reply about Browny ripping an ATM out of the wall.

[PuntRdRoar]

Just on Browny's comments, they were just as unacceptable infact worse than the fab 5 rubbish from Pattison & Deledio and co. Browny should have been fined for that rubbish but thats just my opinion and I imagine many of you would disagree.

[letsgetiton!]

Just on Browny's comments, they were just as unacceptable infact worse than the fab 5 rubbish from Pattison & Deledio and co. Browny should have been fined for that rubbish but thats just my opinion and I imagine many of you would disagree.

maybe not a fine but  terry should have said something to him.

brown was stupid
facts are , now dont get me wrong, but aker is a far better player than brown. i am happy brown is playing 4 us, but he is no where as good as aker, and that is an unbiased comment.

btw, brown was not a perfect character in his past , he has done some pretty bad things, aker is only guilty of being his own man and having an opinion, and no one in the afl is as good as him on both sides of his body!  brown does not want him at tigerland because brown wants to be the centre of attention and the best player and knows if aker wore yellow and black,  aker would take over as our best player and most flamboyent character

[mightytiges]

Just on Browny's comments, they were just as unacceptable infact worse than the fab 5 rubbish from Pattison & Deledio and co. Browny should have been fined for that rubbish but thats just my opinion and I imagine many of you would disagree.

I wouldn't say a fine but the Club should strongly remind Browny that it is the coaching and recruiting staff (with permission from the Board in regards to $) who decide on playing lists not the players. It was okay for him to reiterate the Club's public statement in regards to Aker but the comments about not wanting a unstable character like Aker at Richmond went too far and were needless.

[letsgetiton!]

Just on Browny's comments, they were just as unacceptable infact worse than the fab 5 rubbish from Pattison & Deledio and co. Browny should have been fined for that rubbish but thats just my opinion and I imagine many of you would disagree.

I wouldn't say a fine but the Club should strongly remind Browny that it is the coaching and recruiting staff (with permission from the Board in regards to $) who decide on playing lists not the players. It was okay for him to reiterate the Club's public statement in regards to Aker but the comments about not wanting a unstable character like Aker at Richmond went too far and were needless.

for some reason i feel that on the footy show, they are told what to say  cos they are paid to be there. eg the hird saga, hird was definately set up 4 that, iand i feel riewolt and brown likewise, as i recall , hird was teh only one who said he would welcome aker. he was too smart to be set up twice

[Tigertailz]

The one thing missing at Richmond is one player who can grab the game by the scruff of the throat ,take control and win it off their own boot.
Yes..i know Richo and Browny can do it(once in a blue moon to be brutally honest).but facts are they are nowhere near Akermanis.He is the elite excitement machine that takes the game and his team mates to a higher level.
Yes he talks the talk and walks the walk.
I like him as he is an individual who speaks his mind not like the absolute boring roboticised club orientated drivel that comes out of most players mouths.
The game is losing its characters and personalities in this day and age.
In saying that I would loved to have him come  to Tigerland when TW took over as i think for him to come to us in 2007 it might be his age and longevity as a player that is against him.

[letsgetiton!]

dont worry about his age. he is super fit and if bradley can play to 38, aker can play til 40!  30 isnt old, he is still peaking in athletic terms! and footbal is very athletic now

aker in a tiger jumper would guarantee us a top 4 side, and that means  developing our kids in a successful team that plays finals!  perfect

[Mr Magic]

brown was stupid
facts are , now dont get me wrong, but aker is a far better player than brown. i am happy brown is playing 4 us, but he is no where as good as aker, and that is an unbiased comment.

Very good point X.

I thought Browny was extremely foolish to make such a comment.
I would go so far as to say brown was slightly threatened by the prospect of another high profile recruit at the RFC. Particularly given the uncertainty surrounding his recovery from injury.
He would have done far better for himself and his club to STFU.

[wayne]

30 isnt old,

Exactly and especially that Aker hasn't been crashed and bashed too much, he would have a lot of years left in him.

Once he gets to 34-35 he could be a permanent forward.