Browny whacks Cloke & Vickery in Couch debut
Joshua Papanikolaou
SEN
31 Mar 2015
Jonathan Brown took little time to settle in his debut show of On The Couch by critiquing a number of under-performing key forwards in the league.
The Brisbane great acknowledged it has never been harder to play as a key forward but that many are simply not producing enough for their team.
One of Richmond’s secondary targets up forward, Tyrone Vickery, was also on the agenda with Brown claiming he is simply not capable of living up to the expectations most have of him.
“They say Vickery is getting paid four hundred grand a year, and that’s probably the average wage for a starting key forward, and that’s what he is – an average league footballer,” declared Brown.
“Everyone thinks he’s going to be a superstar, he’s never going to be a superstar.”
http://www.sen.com.au/news/browny-whacks-cloke-vickery-in-couch-debut
whacks him my arse. hes just being honest, in fact hes being kind. to date vickery has rarely played at an average level being mostly poor.
what i dont get is the club knows this but has regularly season after season done very little to improve the list in this area. ffs they took mckenzie with pick 77 and probably as an after thought.
griffiths has not been any better as well. where has the backup plan been when it comes to the list.
you know if you cant judge your own players well enough you have no chance of improving anything.
its one thing to back em in but wherehas the contingency plan been just in case they dont come good. where is the pressure on their spots with similar types on the list there hasnt been any.
and lets be honest this has been going on since hardwick got there.
keep on saying it we are short on kpfs, tall fwds, kpds, tall defenders, and ruckmen. never mind that we lack in so many other areas.
imo and it has remained for many yrs now we just have to fix our recruiting and our list management.both areas are ordinary but hey thats not so bad for some, they think ordinary is okay because its improved from just plain awful.
