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Richmond Rant / Re: Best 23 in 2026?
« Last post by WilliamPowell on Today at 08:37:41 PM »That's enough with the petty insults and cheap shots
Stick to the topic and discussing it
Stick to the topic and discussing it
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Richmond Rant / Re: Richmond AFLW team [merged]
« Last post by WilliamPowell on Today at 08:36:35 PM »
I guess that's why they had the review.
My thoughts are that last years results papered over the cracks. This year well & truly showed where we're situated.
The ongoing poor recruiting, coaching & lack of fitness was there for all to see. Some of the list changes etc were mind boggling.
Hopefully that'll be well & truly addressed from now on.
We're a professional sporting organisation whose AFLW team has been run in a totally amateur way for some time.
Perfect summation
the next couple of weeks are going to be very interesting
Trade week started today and then it's the draft ... what do we do? Who's running it?
The previous regime told a player she had to go and wasn't going to get a new contract. So that's a list decision that a new coach has had zero input in.
Interesting times ahead
But for now I'm back on board
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Richmond Rant / Re: Richmond AFLW team [merged]
« Last post by Chuck17 on Today at 08:32:23 PM »Thank goodness for that
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Richmond Rant / Re: Best 23 in 2026?
« Last post by ajGreen on Today at 08:25:54 PM »I wouldn’t engage Andy. The guy is a circular reference.
It’s not hard to find many examples of older players - either in the club or brought into a club to take an on field role in player development.
It’s happened time and again over many years.
Not strictly a prerequisite but why wouldn’t you do it?
Norf has had to change it’s recruiting because Brad Scott dumped and ran on all his senior experience and their kids were exposed. Not yet fixed because the decay was so bad on morale.
If the circular reference doesn’t see that, he can continue to chase his tail.
Yeah, bit of an echo chamber.
This is also why we have Taranto and Hopper, if not the reason we recruited them initially.
Thankfully someone else manages the list and runs the club.
Yep coming from the bloke that was crying over not having Daniel Lowther, as a SSP
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Richmond Rant / Re: Richmond AFLW team [merged]
« Last post by Hart4Jack on Today at 08:04:46 PM »
Anyone still of the opinion that the club's not taking AFLW seriously?
Thanks to the review they are now (finally)
I guess that's why they had the review.
My thoughts are that last years results papered over the cracks. This year well & truly showed where we're situated.
The ongoing poor recruiting, coaching & lack of fitness was there for all to see. Some of the list changes etc were mind boggling.
Hopefully that'll be well & truly addressed from now on.
We're a professional sporting organisation whose AFLW team has been run in a totally amateur way for some time.
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Richmond Rant / Re: Richmond AFLW team [merged]
« Last post by WilliamPowell on Today at 06:30:43 PM »
Anyone still of the opinion that the club's not taking AFLW seriously?
Thanks to the review they are now (finally)
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Richmond Rant / Re: Favourite player game
« Last post by WilliamPowell on Today at 06:29:05 PM »Alger 6
Balta 5
Clarke 4
Green 3
Lynch 7
Sonsie 1
Smith 1 -
Taranto 8 +
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Richmond Rant / Re: Richmond AFLW team [merged]
« Last post by one-eyed on Today at 05:49:03 PM »Richmond has sacked AFLW coach Ryan Ferguson less than three months after extending his contract by one year ...
https://x.com/superfooty/status/1996456569589121284
https://x.com/superfooty/status/1996456569589121284
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Richmond Rant / Re: Best 23 in 2026?
« Last post by Tiger Khosh on Today at 05:45:48 PM »Geez didn’t mean to start a war with my post.
My biggest issue with balta has always been his footy iq. It’s very evident that he was late to the game and it’s his athleticism that got him to adapt very quickly. When we were a great side and he had Rance, astbury, grimes, broad, vlas in the peak of their powers to take instruction from, he was a very important part in the back end of our dynasty. With the older guys finishing up / losing form, baltas form has also been on the steady decline culminating in his worst season yet this year. I’m interested to see whether last season was a result of what happened off field (and understandably so) and whether he can recapture his form this season.
Just basing it off last seasons form, I have him behind the other 7 defenders I named in my original post.
I wouldn’t be playing him wing or perm forward either, again footy iq isn’t there. I’d give sims first crack but 2nd ruck / part time fwd would be the only other place to play him imo.
Now if next season is a repeat of this one and a club desperate for key position defenders came calling with a good 2026 pick, I’d bite at that. We could cover a decent chunk of his salary too.
Hopefully he has reset his mind and gets back on track this season in which case the above is all just moot.
My biggest issue with balta has always been his footy iq. It’s very evident that he was late to the game and it’s his athleticism that got him to adapt very quickly. When we were a great side and he had Rance, astbury, grimes, broad, vlas in the peak of their powers to take instruction from, he was a very important part in the back end of our dynasty. With the older guys finishing up / losing form, baltas form has also been on the steady decline culminating in his worst season yet this year. I’m interested to see whether last season was a result of what happened off field (and understandably so) and whether he can recapture his form this season.
Just basing it off last seasons form, I have him behind the other 7 defenders I named in my original post.
I wouldn’t be playing him wing or perm forward either, again footy iq isn’t there. I’d give sims first crack but 2nd ruck / part time fwd would be the only other place to play him imo.
Now if next season is a repeat of this one and a club desperate for key position defenders came calling with a good 2026 pick, I’d bite at that. We could cover a decent chunk of his salary too.
Hopefully he has reset his mind and gets back on track this season in which case the above is all just moot.
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Richmond Rant / Re: Richmond AFLW team [merged]
« Last post by Hart4Jack on Today at 04:56:16 PM »Anyone still of the opinion that the club's not taking AFLW seriously?
