It's Joel Bowden. Plough said it'll be on the agenda at match committee. Most likely not heading to Perth to play Freo. Not happy with the performance of our vice-captain and neither is Joel happy with the way he's going. Confidence issues. Struggling with when to man-up and when to peel off.
What?
Which vice captain, we only have Foley and Newman dont we?
If its newman he can just back the eff up.
And if its Foley he can do the same and only question himself by starting and leaving him in the forward pocket while we were blown away on Sunday.
The journo on SEN threw that Joel being VC in as there's no quote of Wallace saying it.
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Joel Bowden faces AFL axe at Richmond
April 8, 2008 - 4:43PM
Richmond could this week dump veteran defender Joel Bowden, who is "second-guessing" himself and must regain his ability to read the play in AFL games.
Tigers coach Terry Wallace said Bowden, the club's second-most experienced player with 238 games, had lost his knack of deciding between playing tight and getting the ball which earned him back-to-back best and fairest awards in 2004-05.
Bowden was disappointing in Richmond's 44-point defeat to Collingwood last Sunday and is one of six players who could face the axe before Sunday's game against Fremantle at Subiaco Oval.
Wallace admitted Bowden, 29, was playing like he was low on confidence and unsure.
"I don't think there's a player playing (who) hasn't gone through that at some stage, where they start second-guessing themselves about `Do I go for the footy or do I stay with my man?'," he said.
"Joel more than any has been a really natural player, he reads the game as well as most and that's why he's been able to rack up massive possessions in the past.
"If you start second-guessing yourself in that reading game, that's going to have an impact on your footy and that's the case that Joel is at the moment.
"But he's a very professional person on and off the field and I'm sure he'll work his way through that."
The Tigers are aware dropping Bowden could provide the backman with the kick-along he needs, as he was omitted early in the 2004 season but returned after a game in the VFL to win the Jack Dyer Medal.
Wallace said Richmond would consider potential match-ups against Fremantle for Bowden, but admitted the match committee would not focus solely on one player.
"That discussion won't just be about Joel. It will be about half a dozen guys who played in the senior side that we'll have exactly that same discussions about this week," he said.
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