Brett Deledio [merged]

[mightytiges]

After last night if we actually paid players on performance there'd be 99% cap space left to fit Lids' new contract in lol. Sheesh who could blame him if he did a runner  .

[Ramps]

After last night if we actually paid players on performance there'd be 99% cap space left to fit Lids' new contract in lol. Sheesh who could blame him if he did a runner  .

For Deledio to stay I reckon hed need to see Hardwick swing the axe through the club list like never before. He too needs to be sold on there being hope. There is no hope with players currently on the list need to make minimum 12 changes probably I would make 15 changes.

[TigerTimeII]

After last night if we actually paid players on performance there'd be 99% cap space left to fit Lids' new contract in lol. Sheesh who could blame him if he did a runner  .

For Deledio to stay I reckon hed need to see Hardwick swing the axe through the club list like never before. He too needs to be sold on there being hope. There is no hope with players currently on the list need to make minimum 12 changes probably I would make 15 changes.

correct me if im wrong, but isnt 13 the maximum number of changes a team can make to a list in 1 given yr?

[Ramps]

After last night if we actually paid players on performance there'd be 99% cap space left to fit Lids' new contract in lol. Sheesh who could blame him if he did a runner  .

For Deledio to stay I reckon hed need to see Hardwick swing the axe through the club list like never before. He too needs to be sold on there being hope. There is no hope with players currently on the list need to make minimum 12 changes probably I would make 15 changes.

correct me if im wrong, but isnt 13 the maximum number of changes a team can make to a list in 1 given yr?

I dont think theres a maximum limit, its just hard to replace this many and a club has to go very deep in the national draft to find replacements. The way things have turned out, I would just turn them over anyway, the players who need to go arent going to make any difference, so we should just get rid of them anyway.

[Infamy]

After last night if we actually paid players on performance there'd be 99% cap space left to fit Lids' new contract in lol. Sheesh who could blame him if he did a runner  .

For Deledio to stay I reckon hed need to see Hardwick swing the axe through the club list like never before. He too needs to be sold on there being hope. There is no hope with players currently on the list need to make minimum 12 changes probably I would make 15 changes.

correct me if im wrong, but isnt 13 the maximum number of changes a team can make to a list in 1 given yr?

There is no maximum, however you do need to pay 92.5% of the TPP every year, the difference is only about 600k from 100 to 92.5%, that's not much.
Considering all new draftees get a fixed salary of around 50-60k per year, when you are delisting players getting 250-400k+ that 600k buffer doesn't last long.

[one-eyed]

For Deledio to stay I reckon hed need to see Hardwick swing the axe through the club list like never before. He too needs to be sold on there being hope. There is no hope with players currently on the list need to make minimum 12 changes probably I would make 15 changes.

Lids agrees with you Ramps 

Tigers may need cleanout: Deledio
Justin Chadwick
August 29, 2009

Brett Deledio admits Richmond's woeful showing against West Coast is proof incoming coach Damien Hardwick needs to make sweeping changes to the AFL club.

The Tigers' season from hell ended with barely a whimper at Subiaco Oval on Friday night as the Eagles cruised to an 80-point win, 17.23 (125) to 6.9 (45).

Richmond veterans Kane Johnson and Joel Bowden retired during the season and Mark Coughlan and Nathan Brown have already been told they will be de-listed.

But Deledio said Hardwick may need to make even more ruthless cuts if Richmond are to escape their current mire.

While Ben Cousins and Matthew Richardson are expected to be offered new contracts by Hardwick, the futures of ruckman Troy Simmonds and Graham Polak are still unclear, along with a number of underperforming younger players.

The Tigers posted just five wins and a draw this season to finish in 15th place.

“I think that Damien Hardwick said that there’s going to be a bit more pain before we achieve the success and that might mean a clean out of the list. We’ve seen a couple of older players, our classy players, leave us and retire. It is a bit hard."

“We now strip everything back and start afresh and I think our biggest problem is our skills at the moment, we need to be kicking the footy as much as we can.

“It’s all stuff to work on, so it’s not all doom and gloom.”

http://www.watoday.com.au/breaking-news-sport/tigers-may-need-cleanout-deledio-20090829-f2wi.html?page=-1
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/83746/default.aspx

[mightytiges]

“We now strip everything back and start afresh and I think our biggest problem is our skills at the moment, we need to be kicking the footy as much as we can.

Make Lids playing assistant coach. He has more idea what needs to be done than anyone else down there in years . He obviously hated the gamestyle we were playing and who can blame him.

Not the words of someone who wants out either hopefully  .

[cub]

ur right - pray to god MT - I have been a critic, but that's only because I know as we all do he can be so much more. Hopefully at Richmond ....

[Judge Roughneck]

“I think that Damien Hardwick said that there’s going to be a bit more pain before we achieve the success and that might mean a clean out of the list. We’ve seen a couple of older players, our classy players, leave us and retire. It is a bit hard."

“We now strip everything back and start afresh and I think our biggest problem is our skills at the moment, we need to be kicking the footy as much as we can.

“It’s all stuff to work on, so it’s not all doom and gloom.”

http://www.watoday.com.au/breaking-news-sport/tigers-may-need-cleanout-deledio-20090829-f2wi.html?page=-1
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/83746/default.aspx

make Lids captian.

4 year contact

[Ramps]

“We now strip everything back and start afresh and I think our biggest problem is our skills at the moment, we need to be kicking the footy as much as we can.

Make Lids playing assistant coach. He has more idea what needs to be done than anyone else down there in years . He obviously hated the gamestyle we were playing and who can blame him.

Not the words of someone who wants out either hopefully  .

Because my monthly download limit is down to the wire and Im having to post in off peak hours lol ... I think this article is terrific and I agree with MT that its not the comments of a player looking to quit, just a young player who wants his club to its act together so it can have success.

[3rogerd]

i believe good news is not too far away.

[one-eyed]

The AFL's chosen ones
Jon Ralph From: Herald Sun November 25, 2009

BRETT DELEDIO

Richmond, 2004

MEMORIES: "I remember getting a phone call from Greg Miller the night before saying, 'We are going to take you at No. 1'. That took a lot of pressure off. I was very nervous prior to that, but very glad to receive that call. On the day I was still a bit jittery, even though I knew where I was going. I remember looking across to see the old man, who had a little twinkle in his eye. It is a day I will cherish."

EXPECTATION: "I didn't feel a lot of pressure. I went in with the attitude that I was just another player trying to get a game."

ADVICE: "Just go out there and do what you have done for the majority of your career. And enjoy it. It's a lot of fun."

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/the-afls-chosen-ones/story-e6frf9jf-1225803444275

[FooffooValve]

...is a soft, front running, flashy, show pony. Discuss.

[Infamy]

Simple, he isn't

[FooffooValve]

You're not watching him closely enough then. When the going gets really tough, he goes missing. Some blokes, like Hodge or Sewell or Mitchell actually enjoy the physical challenges, and lift when the game gets hard and tough. When has Deledio ever done that? I can't think of a time when he's done that.