Carey praising Vickery in today's Age ...
Clock ticking on so many players' futures Wayne Carey
The Age
August 7, 2015 There's little doubt that every player in the AFL would like to be preparing for finals right now.
With just five rounds remaining in the home and away season, it's the perfect time to be getting your body right to help your club in its push for premiership glory.
Unfortunately, the sad reality is that most players won't get a whiff of the action and while that will make the weeks drag for some, there's still plenty at sake. Entire futures for that matter.
At about this time, last year, I wrote about a group of footballers who I believed were at the crossroads of their careers. Who, despite their abundant natural ability, had just failed to shine no matter how many chances they'd been handed.
One of those players was Richmond forward Tyrone Vickery – the big bloke who'd teased the Tigers' faithful for so long. While his stats, this year, hardly jump off the page, there's no doubt he's one of the reasons Richmond is gearing-up for a run deep into September.
He has proven just how much of the game is played above the shoulders, by stepping up to the contest. He's done things in big games and shown enough in the rest of his matches to finally suggest the faith that Richmond showed in him over the journey was well founded.
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