All good posts, well most anyway...
I agree with what people say about Richo playing on but for me it's not about him having earn the right after being such a champion player and team member of our great club- for me it's more about what he can still do on the football field, as Stripes has said he is still one of the best grabs in the game and can still match it in terms of endurance with just about anyone. That alone should be enough!
The other thing Stripes said about Richo is he is to offensive which I agree with to a point BUT I believe he can change a little to be better than he has been under a better coach, as long as we still let him play his natural game.
The thing with Richo is, if in a better team, and lets face it we have been poo for a very long time, he would be able to be his usual offensive self and his team mates would let him do what he does best and try and win games and they would take up the slack in terms of defence. But us being so bad we have not helped him in that area. Even the comment of teams working off him this years a little rich, Carlton did it round 1 but Richo was still a very good player for us before the game got away from us. No other team has done it well enough to make it a problem.
Match winners like Richo are few and far between, especially at Tigerland, and even thinking about retiring him is stupid while he can still do what he can do- forget his age and lets judge him on proformance only.
I love Richo....