Brett Deledio [merged]

[blaisee]

gws have to target players like deledio. Otherwise they wouldnt be doing their job.

I am more concerned about lids moving to another melbourne club like the cats or the saints to be honest.

If lids went to gws he could concievably never play a final in his career, Its not going to happen as long as we continue to improve.

[Judge Roughneck]

When deledio was drafted (end of
2003) my
understanding was he was seen as the talent on an otherwise
talentless list and the idea was to build waves of players under him.

Now years later when he has seen so many dark days at
richmond why would he now walk away?

[Judge Roughneck]

Looked like young deledio/ young Judd when he uses his pace.

Deledio speed is a weapon. Great when puts on the turbos

[Dice]

Looked like young deledio/ young Judd when he uses his pace.

Deledio speed is a weapon. Great when puts on the turbos

How good was it when he took off from half back in second gear with a Bears player about to mow him down from behind but Lids just hit the f***ing turbo boost !!..  blew him away and took three bounces up the guts and pumped it forward.

[mightytiges]

Lids was one who got us going in the 2nd quarter as he had a hand in setting up most of our goals in that quarter. He seems to be one of those players who can start slowly but then gets better and better as the game goes along. He was burning it in the last quarter.

[10 FLAGS]

Looked like young deledio/ young Judd when he uses his pace.

Deledio speed is a weapon. Great when puts on the turbos

How good was it when he took off from half back in second gear with a Bears player about to mow him down from behind but Lids just hit the f***ing turbo boost !!..  blew him away and took three bounces up the guts and pumped it forward.

I think the Brisbane player was Banfield. Banfield is a very decent runner, It was great to watch. Deledio showed major leadership over the first 2 quarters when we were under the pump.

[TigerLand]

Was so pleasing to see him run and carry long distances haven't seen it since his early years and I loved it.

[tony_montana]

see how much better he and the team looks when he is the release player out of the backline!! - I dont know if it was brisbanes poor marking or the fact our back six is starting to gel and get smarter about releasing Lids but last night was one of the few times Lids was kicking a lot more than handballing and was enjoying plenty of run and bounce. I hope its the latter bc that was by far the highest impact 20 possession game Ive seen from Lids. Hope we see more of that than the usual 45-55% kick to hball ratio Lids has. Hes one of the best carriers and kicks in the game use him like last night more

[torch]

When will Deledio just play ONE position coaches?

He is a seven year player who needs to have more impact!

[one-eyed]

Lids' press conference today up in Cairns...

http://bigpondvideo.com/RichmondTV/372281/brett-deledio-press-conference-cairns/

[one-eyed]

Deledio back to the future
By Paul Daffey
Wed 20 Jul, 2011

BRETT Deledio has won two Richmond best and fairest awards, which means he must be a handy footballer. You wouldn't know it if you listened to the naysayers among Richmond fans and opposition fans over the course of this season.

According to Champion Data's statistics, Deledio's form is much the same has it has been since 2008, when he won the first of his successive best and fairest awards.

His average disposals over the past four seasons have been: 24.4 (2008), 25.2 (2009), 25.3 (2010) and 25.0 (2011).

His uncontested possession counts are much the same, as are his inside-50s. His clearances were down in 2010, which is the year he didn't win the best and fairest (Jack Reiwoldt did) but they've doubled to 2.8 per game this year.


If there is a knock on Deledio, it springs from the fact that the number of possessions has gone up across the board in recent seasons. To reflect that trend, Deledio should be closer to 30 average possessions.

But the biggest knock from fans seems to be that he's played at half-back rather than in the midfield. A player of his talent should be played more around the ball.

That's a coaching decision. Maybe he just serves the team better in the back half.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/119047/default.aspx

[Coach]

Haven't noticed him copping that much from Tiges fans, so not sure WTF you're on about Paul.

[WilliamPowell]

Haven't noticed him copping that much from Tiges fans, so not sure WTF you're on about Paul.

Agree JT, I reckon he cops itmore from the Mike Sheahans of the world than tiger fans.

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Haven't noticed him copping that much from Tiges fans, so not sure WTF you're on about Paul.

Agree JT, I reckon he cops itmore from the Mike Sheahans of the world than tiger fans.

It's just another shallow article by a journo who needs to fill a content quota. It barely has a conclusion

[one-eyed]

From Robbo's 'The Tackle':

9. Smothers

Countless examples, ....,  Two by Richmond's Brett Deledio in the final quarter yesterday which not helped ensure victory, but also dismissed critics who still believe Deledio doesn't like getting his shorts dirty.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/blues-deserve-an-mcg-final/story-fn5937w8-1226114984574