Kingsley retires

[one-eyed]

Ch 9 news tonight reported that Kingsley has announced his retirement.

http://www.yellowandblack.com.au/forum/showpost.php?p=107905&postcount=1

[bluey_21]

  best thing he has done for our club 

[Fishfinger]

A shame Kent couldn't help out Coburg in the finals. Good luck to him in life after footy.

[mightytiges]

A shame Kent couldn't help out Coburg in the finals. Good luck to him in life after footy.

Ditto.

That's 4 officially gone - Gas, Hall, Knobel and now Kingsley.

[Mopsy]

A shame Kent couldn't help out Coburg in the finals. Good luck to him in life after footy.

Ditto.

That's 4 officially gone - Gas, Hall, Knobel and now Kingsley.

Three of whom have already been replaced.

[Passionfruit]

Its a disgrace he was put on the list in the first place

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Its a disgrace he was put on the list in the first place

not really

it was a disgrace he was put on the list and nit used effectively as he was supposed to

as a 3rd player up fwd he could have been decent, with richo and brown  and even petts up there. but they never gave it a chance due to injuries and bad coaching

he could have been good. but stiff crap, he isnt part of the future, but then again, neither is richo

[Obelix]

My understanding is that Kingsley was acquired as a fall-back option for a season or two (a la Mark Graham) in case the taller kids we got weren't up to scratch or if Richo went down then we'd have a seasoned body out there to take some heat off the kids.  Thankfully we didn't really need to use him.  Richo's been pretty fit (only missed a game with that eye-socket) and Schulz has been reasonably adequate and we've had Riewoldt and Hughes play a few games ahead of him.

Like everyone else I'd have rather that pick be used on a player with a future but at least we can see the thinking behind it.

[TIGER 03]

hey mt when did ray hall become one of the four to retire from football.

[mightytiges]

hey mt when did ray hall become one of the four to retire from football.

Razor has a degenerative hip problem. He won't play again. He's only on the long-term injury list so Gus could be promoted off the rookie list.

http://oneeyed-richmond.com/forum//index.php?topic=5113.0

[one-eyed]

Kingsley said it's been a frustrating year. Bowing out due to his ankle injury. Reckoned he was the fittest he ever has been after our preseason.

[one-eyed]

Kingsley's comments at today's press conference via Sportal

"It's been a frustrating year and I don’t think I could personally go through it again," Kingsley said.

"There's other things I want to do away from football. I think I've given football everything I had for the 11 years I was involved but … it's now time to have a look at the rest of the world, I think."

The 28-year-old said he's keen to travel with South America the top of his list.

Wallace said the club selected Kingsley in last year's pre-season draft because it felt his experience as a goalkicker would take some of the pressure off Matthew Richardson and Nathan Brown.

"Unfortunately Kent’s season with us was ruined by injury and he’s now decided to bow out of AFL football after a career spanning 125 games and 239 goals. We wish Kent good luck for the future," said Wallace.

Full article at: http://sportal.com.au/default.aspx/afl-news-display/times-up-for-kent,-trent-and-razor-34502

[Tigermonk]

another wasted spot a youngster could have taken
we could have had Ryan playing for us instead

[Fishfinger]

You've been a wrap for Ryan for years TM. Was he in the last draft? I can't recall seeing his name.

[torch]

agree ... a waste of a young player in the PSD ...

good that he is gone ...

i agree ... i know Hall and Knoble are gone (i think) ... but it is actually official ??? did i miss it ???