Will Thursfield [merged]

[TigerLand]

The talk on him not having enough build is irrelevant. He's done jobs before he thrashed Riewoldt in one of his first few games being light as a feather.
Dustin Fletcher isn't heavily built.

Pope fly weight is one thing...

 bantom weight is another. It's like kostya tsu or ricky hatten vs vic darchinyan 

Dustin in 93 GF taking on Kernahan was built like a water bottle? Wasnt he lol?

[Judge Roughneck]

You had a go at a 19 year old KP player. Dumb, enough said.

Yep l sure did, gee he was some player back then  struggling to get a game in a very week side at that, he couldnot even push injured players out of the side like Richo & Brown on 1 leg each.
l'm happy he has worked hard & got rewarded but his not the best in the team.

butcher was playing 3rds then had 20+ week back injury

in worse shape than griffiths

[TigerLand]

You had a go at a 19 year old KP player. Dumb, enough said.

Yep l sure did, gee he was some player back then  struggling to get a game in a very week side at that, he couldnot even push injured players out of the side like Richo & Brown on 1 leg each.
l'm happy he has worked hard & got rewarded but his not the best in the team.

butcher was playing 3rds then had 20+ week back injury

in worse shape than griffiths

Lol Can of worms this.

Ge glad we took Martin instead of Butcher lol.

[Infamy]

Ottens left after the 2004 season to play at Geelong in 2005, so only 6 years ago

[Tigermonk]

You had a go at a 19 year old KP player. Dumb, enough said.

Yep l sure did, gee he was some player back then  struggling to get a game in a very week side at that, he couldnot even push injured players out of the side like Richo & Brown on 1 leg each.
l'm happy he has worked hard & got rewarded but his not the best in the team.

butcher was playing 3rds then had 20+ week back injury

in worse shape than griffiths

Excuse me Butcher played the last 6-7 rounds out in the SANFL & will be ready for 2011.  Griffiths was a known risk & has been at the club 1 year & been injured 2 times already so prey his operation has stregthened them wings cause his gonna get hit from behind like that 50 times a year. Pity cause his got some talent

[Tigermonk]

Ottens left after the 2004 season to play at Geelong in 2005, so only 6 years ago

That blew the 9 years apart by 3 years oh gobsmacked again Popelord 

[Tigermonk]

Shame to see Thursty go.

The talk on him not having enough build is irrelevant. He's done jobs before he thrashed Riewoldt in one of his first few games being light as a feather.
Dustin Fletcher isn't heavily built.

Storm in a tea cup this, a guy wants a change of scenery. No-one has wanted out of Richmond for 9 years, not a heap of competition at the club for a long time. All of a sudden it's very competitive and it's a good thing. Players will leave to find a home that's easier to get Senior games. For mine it's a good thing, if you want to play at Richmond you'll need to work extra hard. Hasn't been that way for a long time.

  no-one has wanted out of Richmond for 9 years.  thats what you think 

Who has quit the club since Ottens 01?

Its been the easiest club to get a game at for the past 25 years. Good pay check with not a heap of work compared to other clubs. Now it is, Thursty is a good player and might be worried about not being able to play a game next year with Gourdis and Astbury. Along with Moore and McGuane. He's most likely want a new scenery with an easier environment with less work and less competition.

If he wants out cause he's upset over his mentour being pushed out by a regime 5 years ago and who is no longer there, and in the most potentially exciting time at the club than he is a idiot.

He wants a different environment with less competition, he's made that decision over working harder at RFC.

It's sad cause Thursty is a super bloke.

who said he wants out because of his mentor, l already said thats not the case with him

[Oiafi]

no-one has wanted out of Richmond for 9 years.  thats what you think 

If this is true, which I kind of think it is likely that it is, then this is more of a worry than players actually leaving.

I can only think that if players have wanted to leave, a fair few of these may have stayed because they worked out that either they weren't wanted elsewhere or they would have even less opportunity at other teams.

Our fringe players are hardly ever targeted by other teams and, even when they do put their names up for trade, are often delisted, remain at the club or are traded for pick 10034 which we are happy to take and feel we have won.

Id far prefer to see players leave and us getting something of value. Hopefully this might begin to occur in the future.

Perhaps Will is a sign of things to come and I wait with interest to see what we can get for him because he is the best player we have put up for trade in a long time. Admittedly though, taken in the context of the competition, he is simply an average player.

[Ox]

I find this very fustrating.

I always thought the reason former All Australian defenders Gasper and  Andy Kellaway were "tapped on the shoulder" was to "pump" games into players like Will....Now after 67 games -Will wants out.

He may a "one trick pony" but I still think he is the best stopper we have.It also pains me to think of Luke McGuane coughing up goals in 2011.

Hopefully we get a decent trade/pick for Will and this turns out to be a win/win situation.

i remember fev kicking about 9 goals on him at the MCG which was painful.

for a 24 year old kpp he is too light - dustin martinis more kg than thursty

He doesn't seem as manly if you call him dustin martini

 dOES "Bustin' Dustin" work for u ?

[Danog]

I find this very fustrating.

I always thought the reason former All Australian defenders Gasper and  Andy Kellaway were "tapped on the shoulder" was to "pump" games into players like Will....Now after 67 games -Will wants out.

He may a "one trick pony" but I still think he is the best stopper we have.It also pains me to think of Luke McGuane coughing up goals in 2011.

Hopefully we get a decent trade/pick for Will and this turns out to be a win/win situation.

i remember fev kicking about 9 goals on him at the MCG which was painful.

for a 24 year old kpp he is too light - dustin martinis more kg than thursty

He doesn't seem as manly if you call him dustin martini

 dOES "Bustin' Dustin" work for u ?

Seems like he really needs to take a pee if that's his name 

[Ox]

lol.

Bladder.

[tigers_of_old_1980]

I rate Will as a good negating defender, but am not sold on his decision making when he does get the ball. Still, I reckon he has some upside and at the right club he could add depth if not slot right into the side.

[jackstar is back again]

Shame to see Thursty go.

The talk on him not having enough build is irrelevant. He's done jobs before he thrashed Riewoldt in one of his first few games being light as a feather.
Dustin Fletcher isn't heavily built.

Storm in a tea cup this, a guy wants a change of scenery. No-one has wanted out of Richmond for 9 years, not a heap of competition at the club for a long time. All of a sudden it's very competitive and it's a good thing. Players will leave to find a home that's easier to get Senior games. For mine it's a good thing, if you want to play at Richmond you'll need to work extra hard. Hasn't been that way for a long time.

  no-one has wanted out of Richmond for 9 years.  thats what you think 

Who has quit the club since Ottens 01?

Its been the easiest club to get a game at for the past 25 years. Good pay check with not a heap of work compared to other clubs. Now it is, Thursty is a good player and might be worried about not being able to play a game next year with Gourdis and Astbury. Along with Moore and McGuane. He's most likely want a new scenery with an easier environment with less work and less competition.

If he wants out cause he's upset over his mentour being pushed out by a regime 5 years ago and who is no longer there, and in the most potentially exciting time at the club than he is a idiot.

He wants a different environment with less competition, he's made that decision over working harder at RFC.

It's sad cause Thursty is a super bloke.

His mentor was darren Gaspar

[one-eyed]

Greg Denham on KB's show said a number of clubs are interested in Thursty. He mentioned Hawthorn being interested and them needing a tall back.

[one-eyed]

Blues CEO Greg Swann said the Blues would like to find a key back and KB suggested Thursfield in perhaps a swap for Grigg. Swann said nup then said Thursfield is off to Freo.