Brett Deledio [merged]

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He's been watered down too much by the RFC

[Diocletian]

Think about it, theres plenty wrong but Lids ain't the problem folks

Agree. We need to add to our handful of good players, not get rid of them.

Well said MM.

Would you swap him for someone like Fyfe?

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Think about it, theres plenty wrong but Lids ain't the problem folks

Agree. We need to add to our handful of good players, not get rid of them.

Well said MM.

Would you swap him for someone like Fyfe?

Only if I had to.  Getting Fyfe would improve the team more than losing Lids but having both would be better.  Mind you, Lids would probably win a Brownlow at Freo…..

[bojangles17]

Has been lids most ordinary year, can't help but think he s still hampered by the archilles

[Mr Magic]

Has been lids most ordinary year, can't help but think he s still hampered by the archilles

Lets hope it's not chronic.

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Has been lids most ordinary year, can't help but think he s still hampered by the archilles

Lets hope it's not chronic.

It is. Hardwick said that they've been managing it for a few seasons now. 

[Mr Magic]

Has been lids most ordinary year, can't help but think he s still hampered by the archilles

Lets hope it's not chronic.

It is. Hardwick said that they've been managing it for a few seasons now. 

This is a valid concern. Lids looks a fraction of the player of previous seasons currently.
Achillies injuries are not what a footballer wants.

[Judge Roughneck]

Was always going to happen

A decade of carrying a team of spuds on his back

[lamington]

If things were black and white I would definitely say "you cross the line, you're fit to play." But let's not be naive and think clubs don't force their players to go on the field injured/not 100% because the coach thinks they're vital to their structure.

Mark Harvey kept sending out a <100% sandildands and expected Pavlich to do everything. Chris Judd tore his hamstring in 6 minutes and they expect us to believe it's unrelated to his previous injury. Let's not forget RFC is a club which allowed Tuck to walk back on the field and play when he had a fractured scapula.

I'm not saying it's OK and I wish the culture would change but to say it's 100% on the players that when they walk onto the field they declare they're fit is naive.

I don't think Lids has a lot of say in the matter. They really should've rested him a lot longer but he was thrown into the side when we played Geelong and has had to play ever since. He has no acceleration and break away speed at the moment which is normally his greatest asset. Hell even Cotchin is a bit slow in congestion these days because his knee needs tweeking constantly.

The club needs other players to shoulder more of the load so our blue chip players can have some weeks off FFS

[Judge Roughneck]

" allegedly "

[Diocletian]

Was always going to happen

A decade of carrying a team of spuds on his back

Must be why he's never put in a 4 quarter effort.

[pmac21]

If GWS offered pick 1 for Deledio plus k Jacksch I would take it.

[one-eyed]

Deledio gets his groove back
richmondfc.com.au
 July 3, 2014

“I feel like I’m starting to get my speed back, and some confidence back, in my Achilles,” Deledio told Richmond’s weekly podcast, Talking Tigers.

“I came back and I was right to go, but it wasn’t 100 percent.

“It probably hampers you a bit upstairs as well - you’re thinking about it, and it has you that second or two off.  If you miss that second or two, you miss the contest, so to speak.

“It’s been tough, and I’ve played some ordinary footy through that time, but I feel like I’m starting to get my touch back, and my work rate back, and I’m finding a little bit more of the footy.”

Read more and the full article at: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2014-07-03/deledio-gets-his-groove-back

[Judge Roughneck]

Oh what a surprise

[tony_montana]

Deledio gets his groove back
richmondfc.com.au
 July 3, 2014

“I came back and I was right to go, but it wasn’t 100 percent.

So you weren't right to go, just as well the Achilles didn't decide it was time to 'go' like Foley's a couple of yrs back when he tried to push through achilles tendonitis.

But good to hear it's back to normal, people were starting to say it was chronic