Tyrone Vickery [merged]

[tony_montana]

I am actually starting to hate the bloke.

I actually felt like that a couple weeks ago which leads me to this little anecdote.

I went to the VFL game v Port Melbourne a few weeks back. Many of the younger guys on the list who were either injured or played the night before v Hawthorn were there including Ty.

There was one particular Richmond fan who was pretty belligerent and spent much of the game abusing our own players. At the end of the game Ty was standing right next to me waiting for the boys to go down the race and into the changerooms. The aforementioned fan noticed Ty and came closer till she was about 5 meters away kept saying things - clearly to antagonise and draw a reaction. Ty was standing next to a pole not even half as thick as he yet tried to move around the other side as if "hiding" would prevent the woman from seeing him. He clearly understood he was in a position where anything he did in response would reflect poorly on himself and the club.

In this moment he wasn't the Ty that i spend games screaming at the TV over, he was just a young emotionally vulnerable man clearly uncomfortable having to stand there and cop abuse from some idiot when he just wanted to go and cheer on his mates on a Saturday afternoon. I immediately felt bad for him and it was a real eye opener that put things in perspective for me.

Since this day I'm unable to muster the same vitriolic response to Ty's performance on the field.   

timid

[🏅Dooks]

How fans can hate a footballer or a coach simply because they don't live up to their expectations is beyond me. At least meet them, get to know them, and then make up your mind.

Dont need to and dont want to. Simply do your job or move on.

[Yeahright]

Speaks volumes of some individuals on this forum

[🏅Dooks]

Cant believe this pea hearted bufoon is getting another game.

Weak.

[one-eyed]

Barrett on the Footy Show just now.

[the claw]

LMFAO We know it is true what about 3 years 500k a year for a softie dud.
Like the Hardwick signing they  GO TOO EARLY. Once again they show they have not learnt a thing.They should wait until seasons end and see what sort of offers they get.
There is only incompetence in this F/D.

[tony_montana]

nah not 3, better go the 5 years with an option - we want players like this to be career players at richmond 

[Diocletian]

Oh look, Ty's still very important to the side - we believe the list has enough natural improvement left in it and only requires some minor tinkering to challenge for a premiership, the top 4, a finals victory...

[cub]

Photos of Hardwick will see him a life member

[the claw]

I am actually starting to hate the bloke.

I actually felt like that a couple weeks ago which leads me to this little anecdote.

I went to the VFL game v Port Melbourne a few weeks back. Many of the younger guys on the list who were either injured or played the night before v Hawthorn were there including Ty.

There was one particular Richmond fan who was pretty belligerent and spent much of the game abusing our own players. At the end of the game Ty was standing right next to me waiting for the boys to go down the race and into the changerooms. The aforementioned fan noticed Ty and came closer till she was about 5 meters away kept saying things - clearly to antagonise and draw a reaction. Ty was standing next to a pole not even half as thick as he yet tried to move around the other side as if "hiding" would prevent the woman from seeing him. He clearly understood he was in a position where anything he did in response would reflect poorly on himself and the club.

In this moment he wasn't the Ty that i spend games screaming at the TV over, he was just a young emotionally vulnerable man clearly uncomfortable having to stand there and cop abuse from some idiot when he just wanted to go and cheer on his mates on a Saturday afternoon. I immediately felt bad for him and it was a real eye opener that put things in perspective for me.

Since this day I'm unable to muster the same vitriolic response to Ty's performance on the field.   

Thats all good dont change. Just be honest. If he plays poor call it as it is without the vitriol.If he plays okay say so.
Personally i think hes soft as a footballer and it is as a footballer that i see him.

[the claw]

Oh by the way i HATE THE BLOKE AS WELL. As a footballer i have no idea what he is like away from the game.AHHH PERSPECTIVE.

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Why don't we just give Tyrone life membership and the captaincy.

[🏅Dooks]

Ok still stunned how he has been gifted a game again but im reluctantly giving him another chance to prove himself this week.

Im prepared to overlook the fact that he refuses to chase beyond his tucked elbow jog/shuffle, is as lively as the stoner sloth, is seemingly completely knackered after the shortest of movements early in the game and has a trampoline hands for contested marks.

Im prepared to overlook that he turns 26 next week, has had 8 years in the system and has had 111 games to professionally develop his game. And that he still suffers horrifically from the poorest of form slumps.

All i ask is that on Saturday he shows he at least looks like he wants to be out there, takes a few contested marks, genuinely chases, and kicks goals other than his trademark 'cheap peeling of the back of the contest/last man standing' move where everybody else has done the hard work.

And against a rabble of a side with a rabble of a backline match up for him.

In short, stop being a pea heart an do your job.

Fair enough? Or am i being to generous?

[Lozza]

We had the bounce of God the week previous followed by the wrath of God weather conditions last week. Is it possible that Vickery could get struck by lightning this week and become a super player?

[Chuck17]

This is it, the line in the sand game where the buck stops here