lets talk development the idea of the ressies.
arnot - has not developed stagnated at best.
astbury - well he spent most of his time this yr in the ones. marginal improvement.
batchelor = is exactly the same deficient dud we drafted 4 yrs ago
conca - at best hes stagnated.
darrou = spent 3 yrs as a rookie and didnt play a game. we really developed him.
ellis - fair dinkum we hang our hats on just about anything. whilst he found a heap more ball he stagnated in a lot of areas he needed to improve. i hate soft pricks.
elton - developed that much thers talk of delisting.
griffiths - had a wonder yr. gone from just plain terrible to barely passable at best. so marginal improvment.
grimes - has stagnated hes no better now than any time in the past.another one with no heart.
helbig - geez 4 yrs and we have a ressies side and hes cut.
lennon - looked way out of his depth at afl.
mcbean - gone backwards on last yr.
mcdonough - pppffffttt has he developed or stagnated.
mcintosh - hard to say had too many injuries.
ohanlon - yep cut.
vlastuin - went backwards
ah development its really working well. but hey we have a stand alone team in the ressies and it will fix everything.
I understand now why you have run away from every online Richmond website with which you have been associated (and it's all of them).
You are not a Richmond person.
i love it when the chicken littles start slashing their wrists.
its unthinking dick heads like you who have had me forced off other sites complaining about being too negative. truth bud its all you will get out of me.
i tell what mr little if you disagree about those players prove me wrong. theres a good starting point the start of their careers and every yr since.
we went backwards this yr i suppose your that blinkered you disagree. and i can tell you now it wasnt the fault of the usual half dozen or so players who maintain a good standard. martin, deledio, miles, cotchin, rance, riewoldt and maric again carried the side.
outside of the 22 yr old miles which kid stepped up and stamped his name on the game. for that matter which of the mature players actually improved.
cmon show me where these blokes actually improved and i will concede im wrong. ive already conceded ellis on here though id argue he improved some areas and was poor in others. ffs shaun grigg was better than ellis or just as poor when it came to tackling, c/ps, and clearances and hes maligned by most on here for being soft lacking defensive pressure and only going one way.does ellis deserve criticism in these areas damn right he does. currently the way he and grigg play they wont stand up in pressure games.yet they both find a bit of ball and imo its this that people hang their hats on. to me both are atm glass half fulls.theres some hope for ellis but grigg will never improve its too late for him. i would have thought a big part of development is rounding out their games making them more complete players thus more flexible.
anyway show some real grit rather than moaning like a little girl about posters being too negative prove me wrong.