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Richmond Rant / Re: Kaleb Smith [merged]
« Last post by the claw on Yesterday at 11:02:18 PM »I’m guessing by “we”do you mean Richmond FC. I would agree then that the coaches have a better idea than us on the background and attributes of the players. I’ve always been keen to give players a fair go but if Smith stays and we delist players who show more and regularly play seniors plenty here would want to know why.
Why do you need to know from the club, You watch players and those that have been around you have seen a fair bit of.
You must have an opinion on their upside by now.
Their attributes for roles are pretty clear. Smith was a fantastic late pick given the athletic attributes he displayed and his skill set.
They should have had him in contention for top 20 25.
For whatever reason he slipped to us but unfortunately he not get a great run at it in his first two seasons thru injuries.
He has not lost his attributes or talent that was displayed by performances at vfl level. To a lesser degree with glimpses at afl.
Given the time frame we have id rather keep him him and see him fail with us than keep a player like say Dow who is as ordinary as possible has probably hit his ceiling but will offer more in the very short term.
We need to find late gems as well as hoping our early picks are spot on.
