You actually haven't spoken one fact at all, not one. Coughlan has missed 18 months, not 3 years. Round 12 2006 vs Hawthorn - remember? Up to then he had averaged 21.9 disposals in 11 games, 36 tackles at 3.3 per game. Previous season he played all 22 games averaging over 22 disposals per game, 99 tackles at 4.5 per game, 10 Brownlow votes. All of this within your much vaunted last 3 years. A deeper look at his career shows that he played 5 games in his first year at senior level (2001), 3 more early in 2002 then broke back in for round 10 and didn't miss a game for the rest of the season. Won the Jack Dyer medal in 2003 playing in every game. Played the first 5 games in 2004 then missed 14 straight with OP until round 21. Played the rest of that season, all of 2005 and every game in 2006 until his knee in round 12. So the FACT is he has a very good record of durability, is a club Best & Fairest winner, has scored 29 Brownlow votes in his career, and has only injured his knee ONCE playing football - he had the 2nd operation because the 1st one wasn't a success, nothing whatsoever to do with football.
thats right Coughlan didnot do his knee in football the second time, he did it in the shower accident, as you said his a Superfit player well where is he cause l dont see him playing
not even in the Coburg seconds cause his broken, & whats is the real reason his not playing
cause his so
superfit from what you say
his breaking down all the time. Superfit is someone l call Robert Harvey who gets injured often, but returns to dominate games & his a old man
had more injuries than Coughlan yet is still giving his club valued service what a champion. there goes your theory of being young & recuperating from injury better cause if a superfit old man recovers better than a young Coughlan than that tells me his body cannot cope with AFL preasure, Same applies to the likes of Judd he gives a service while being injured, oh within them 3 years l should say 3 bad seasons his played not much foorball counting this year as well so you look at it how you want. go around help him recover cause if he dont play this year thats it
Richmond dont learn by its mistakes, holding onto injured players really has had thier revenge on the club over the years & gives other clubs the upper edge in development. have you not noticed the stand the club has taken on players giving any service they get cut cause the supporters have been venting for years now about our sad list & poor recruiting times are changing
but Coughlan is
GAWN he will be fighting the likes of Tambling, Deledio, Cotchin, Foley, & l dont rate his chances these guys are in there playing & others are sitting waiting for them to get injured
