Brett Deledio [merged]

[Hellenic Tiger]

Deledio has the best efficiency rate at the club either left or right foot and sets up play brilliantly with his skill.

Keep him where he is. Was real impressed with his game last night. Top notch.

[tony_montana]

why can't he play on the wing or half forward?

he is more dangerous on the half forward line!

 

why do most teams play their best ball users and best runners predominantly off HB? like carlton with gibbs & scotland, hawks with hodge, saints with goddard, swans with malceski, kennelly, shaw, adelaide with edwards/mcleod etc etc etc

a strong HB line is incredibly important

[Judge Roughneck]

How bad is deledio injury ?

[Go Richo 12]

How bad is deledio injury ?

Triple M said he had to go the opposite when shaking Richo's hand after the game!

[one-eyed]

Best shape yet, says Deledio
richmondfc.com.au
By Mic Cullen
Tue 03 August, 2010

RICHMOND defender Brett Deledio says season 2010 is the most positive he has experienced at the club.

Deledio was taken by the Tigers as the first pick in the 2004 NAB AFL Draft, and quickly justified that selection by winning the Rising Star award and the AFL Players' Association Best First-Year Player Award in 2005.

But good times since have been few and far between. Richmond went into this season as one of the bottom-ranked teams and lost its first nine matches. In round four, one bookmaker took the extraordinary step of paying out bets on the Tigers to win the wooden spoon.

However, the side stuck to the plan under new coach Damien Hardwick and, after defeating Port Adelaide in round 10, has gone on to register five more wins to sit 14th on the ladder.

The form turnaround, coupled with Richmond's impressive array of young talent, has Deledio looking forward to a bright future at Punt Rd.

“Some of the young players who are coming through - in Dustin Martin, Ben Nason, all these guys who are playing great footy - you can see the development in them, game in, game out,” he said at St Kilda beach on Tuesday morning.

“They bring an enthusiasm to the side, and it makes it more enjoyable to see them enjoying their footy. To be able to sing the song, and have Mitch Farmer pour Powerade over everyone - it’s good fun.”

Coach Damien Hardwick moved Deledio from the midfield to help captain Chris Newman give some leadership across half-back, and he said he was loving being part of a tight back six.

“Playing down there with Chris Newman and Dan Connors off the half-back line - and we’ve got Kel Moore, Will Thursfield and Lukey McGuane, this sort of guys - we're starting to develop a strong little unit down there.
 
“A couple of weeks ago I think we were one of the harder defensive lines to score against, but after playing Collingwood I think that slipped a little bit."

Deledio did not rule out returning to the midfield but said he believed his future may involve playing a utility role of the sort held down by the current Brownlow Medal favourite.

“It depends on what Damien sees in the future for me, whether I go back into the midfield to play," he said.

“I suppose with him coming from Hawthorn, I could play a similar sort of role to Luke Hodge, where he goes back and goes in the midfield and goes forward as well."

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/99561/default.aspx

[one-eyed]

Brett Deledio aims to be next Luke Hodge

    * Rebecca Williams
    * From: Herald Sun
    * August 03, 2010 1:20PM


RICHMOND playmaker Brett Deledio is aiming to be the Tigers' version of Hawthorn superstar Luke Hodge.

Deledio has been playing more across half-back while he was enjoying his role in defence, he said today coach Damien Hardwick could use him in more of a utility role.

"At the moment I am really enjoying staying there. It depends what Damien sees for me in the future for me whether I go back in the midfield," Deledio said.

"I suppose him (Hardwick) coming from Hawthorn, I could play a similar sort of role to Luke Hodge where he goes back, goes into the midfield and goes forward as well.

"But at the moment I am enjoying playing in the backline.''

Deledio said this season was the most positive he had experienced in his time at Punt Rd.

"Some of the young fellas that are coming through - Dustin Martin, Ben Nason and all these sort of guys that are playing great footy - you see the development in them game in, game out,'' Deledio said.

"It's great. They bring an enthusiasm to the side and it makes it more enjoyable to see them enjoying their footy and to be able to sing the song and have Mitch Farmer pour Powerade over everyone, it's good fun."

Deledio gave little away, though, when asked if he would like to see veteran Ben Cousins play on again next season.

"It's up to the list management. I've got the same old line as what we've been told to give,'' he said.

"Ben's great fella, he always brings plenty to the table. I get along really well with him, I'm not giving anything away.''

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/brett-deledio-aims-to-be-next-luke-hodge/story-e6frf9jf-1225900553730

[Penelope]

Not sure how she gets "Brett Delidio aims to be next luke hodge" out of that interview?
B. I. M. B. O
bimbo was her name-o.

Deledio gave little away, though, when asked if he would like to see veteran Ben Cousins play on again next season.

"It's up to the list management. I've got the same old line as what we've been told to give,'' he said.

Brilliant! 

[bojangles17]

Not sure how she gets "Brett Delidio aims to be next luke hodge" out of that interview?
B. I. M. B. O
bimbo was her name-o.

Deledio gave little away, though, when asked if he would like to see veteran Ben Cousins play on again next season.

"It's up to the list management. I've got the same old line as what we've been told to give,'' he said.

Brilliant! 

yeah Im sure the media manager would be wrapt with that

[Mr Magic]

yeah Im sure the media manager would be wrapt with that

Yeah not smart.
Lids has had an amazing season but I don't think he'll ever be skipper.

[Siberian]

I hope that is based on more than that comment because honesty is the best policy, who believes the spin anyway?

[TigerTimeII]

Not sure how she gets "Brett Delidio aims to be next luke hodge" out of that interview?
B. I. M. B. O
bimbo was her name-o.

Deledio gave little away, though, when asked if he would like to see veteran Ben Cousins play on again next season.

"It's up to the list management. I've got the same old line as what we've been told to give,'' he said.

Brilliant! 

journos dont right the headlines, just the articles

the editors write the headlines so u cant call her a bimbo

[Penelope]

Not sure how she the editor gets "Brett Delidio aims to be next luke hodge" out of that interview?
B. I. M. B. O
bimbo was their name-o.

Deledio gave little away, though, when asked if he would like to see veteran Ben Cousins play on again next season.

"It's up to the list management. I've got the same old line as what we've been told to give,'' he said.

Brilliant! 

[mightytiges]

Lids back with avengence today after being heavily tagged the past few weeks. Some of his footpasses today were absolutely pinpoint even over distance. One of his best games for the club IMO from a team effectiveness p.o.v. Very creative setting up attacks rather than just racking up stats across halfback.   

[Judge Roughneck]

Better than buddy 

[one-eyed]

Emma Quayle on Lids in today's Age.....

According to Champion Data, Green (2004), Mark LeCras (2009) Darren Jolly (2009), Nick Malceski (2007) and Brett Deledio (2009) have all had better, more influential seasons than they've had during 2010. All, though, have found ways to follow their first really good season with an as-good, if not better one — evidence of the hard work it can take to make incremental improvements and turn good to very good, and very good to great.
....

A similar case at Richmond is Brett Deledio, although, as assistant coach Wayne Campbell said, when you look back over the Tiger's first six years, he has never allowed himself room for the sort of dramatic leap that teammate Jack Riewoldt, for instance, has made this season.

Where time, maturity and work on the tiniest nuances of his timing, leap and positioning — not to mention a heap of goals — have probably secured Riewoldt's spot on the forward line in the All-Australian team, Deledio was the Rising Star in his debut year, played two near-full seasons after that, won a best-and-fairest in his fourth year (2008), another in his fifth, and has this year earned his second All-Australian nomination (after 2008). He missed out on nomination last year after settling into the midfield during the second half of the year. This year, said Campbell, he had done exactly the same thing, only at half-back, where he was switched to after three games.

"Playing in the one spot has helped him, and that was the case in the second half of last year too," Campbell said. "He's played his best footy in the last year-and-a-half, but he's been a very, very good player basically since he started. Maybe that means it takes longer to get some recognition, but he was elite in the second half of last year and he's followed on from that.

"You look at someone like Nathan Buckley, and in his fifth year he was probably as good as he was in his 10th year, because he couldn't train any harder, he could only train smarter. He became a better player, but the jumps were probably smaller, whereas someone like Gary Ablett was a flighty forward pocket who started to work hard and became an elite midfielder. Brett's more of the former, I reckon. He's always been a really hard worker on the track, but in the last year-and-a-half he's probably figured out how to be a more consistent player come game day."

Deledio has bided his time ...

Full article here:
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/the-ateam-20100911-1560z.html