Rances biggest critic and tom lees biggest fan, enough said isn't it 
you know given the exact same circumstances again id still say give tom lee a chance as a rookie. thats where i wanted us to take him. stkilda saw enough to take him with a pick in the 20s 12 months later.
here you had a 21 yo who tore the wafl apart with consistent high performances. he did everythjing right to deserve another crack at afl footy. none of our younger tall players had have done consistently at state level what tom lee did for two seasons on the trot. given those performances in the same circumstances i would not hesitate to put his name up for a rookie spot.
oh yes im highly critical of a couple areas of rances game and i will remain critical until those areas actually improve.
unlike some (who now have no credability left what so ever) yes bo im looking at you, i dont have rose coloured glasses on when it comes to every single player and every single thing about richmond. i hate to break it to ya bo but alex has weaknesses in his game they have always been there and they likely always will be. you know smart clubs have and smart players learn to play to their strengths. id say rance on franklin allows alex to play to his own strengths.
id say ive been more than justified with my stance on these things the last 2 or 3 yrs when you look at what has transpired. in fact when dealing with posts like yours above i could really just come on here and say i told you so ad nauseum. thing is i dont.
a question ddid alex stop and beat a great marking player. whats that i hear no. he beat a player with the exact same strengths rance has. a player with similar limitations in areas and like rance he cops criticism for them.
im not interested in point scoring unlike yourself. i want to debate what is wrong and why we cant drag this club out of the onfield mire.
give me a big strong f/b ben rutten type, give me a big agile hard running super fit strong aerialist like ben reid at chb and give me every day a tall running defender whos accountable like rance as the third one up every time. what we argue about here is not if he rance can play but the role he should play. his attributes dictate that hes very good in some ares and not so good in others why is that so hard to admit.
