Can Richmond challenge again in 2022? [merged]

[lamington]

Lol at 4 being the new dynasty number. He really needs to get over Brownlow night

[the claw]

On the thread topic i dont think we can but the club itself certainly is thinking that way.

Really need another big ball winning mid and a clearance machine to compliment what we have to even contemplate winning another flag imo.

Even with Tarrant we lose one key defender or one key forward and we have the ability to cover them.

[camboon]

Yes a lot of our best players were drafted when we had top 20 picks,  a very important draft this one

[one-eyed]

Dal Santo on Fox Footy's Trading Day show tonight said Richmond struggled this year in the clearances and contested footy and to fix that they should go all out and get Tom Mitchell and Jaeger O'Meara. Richmond supporters would understand doing that to get a fourth flag in six years next year even if it leads to a decade in the wilderness after 2022.

Jon Ralph (the media's Tiger supporter) said he'd be happy if the club got Tom Mitchell. He could handle a decade out in the wilderness as we spent 1983-2016 in the wilderness which were bleak years.

[WilliamPowell]

Media is obsessed with getting Tom Mitchell to Richmond

No thanks

[Rampsation]

No from me as well. Lets just get 5 kids and Tarrant and look
forward yo 2022.

[camboon]

Geelong had that great idea, get a few more 30 years olds in, sure to win a GF.

[Tiger Khosh]

What’s with all this “out in the wilderness” talk that’s been going around about us? As a supporter born in the early 90s I can categorically say that I would not be ok with another period of mediocracy like what I witnessed in the first 25 years of my life.

[H Tiger]

I was not born in the 90's. I would happily watch the RFC come last in 2022, 2023, and 2024, if it meant getting the next Cotchin, Martin, Rance, and Riewoldt. We would have to get players as good as them though. No Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls, Aaron Fiora, or Kayne Pettifer's.

However, given what we have on our list I'd swap pick 7 for Mitchell. We have to fire bullets while we still have guns.

[Andyy]

I was not born in the 90's. I would happily watch the RFC come last in 2022, 2023, and 2024, if it meant getting the next Cotchin, Martin, Rance, and Riewoldt. We would have to get players as good as them though. No Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls,    Aaron Fiora, or Kayne Pettifer's.

However, given what we have on our list I'd swap pick 7 for Mitchell. We have to fire bullets while we still have guns.

X2

Thanks for talking sense

Still talent on the list. Need to have a go next year and then probably pack it in when Cotch, Jack, Dusty, Grimes etc are done.

I doubt we'd ever see another period of mediocrity that long again. Club is much better run nowadays.

[Rampsation]

Mitchell isnt the difference for us between winning or not winning the flag.

[Andyy]

Mitchell isnt the difference for us between winning or not winning the flag.

Is there any single individual that is?

I think he would help. Think I said it elsewhere - we need an extractor who takes the pressure off Cotch and Prestia + releases Dusty + Bolton to the forward line.

[WilliamPowell]

Mitchell isnt the difference for us between winning or not winning the flag.

Is there any single individual that is?

I think he would help. Think I said it elsewhere - we need an extractor who takes the pressure off Cotch and Prestia + releases Dusty + Bolton to the forward line.

I question if he would help

For a long period of time we were critical of Cotch always kicking backwards or little dinky kicks forward.

Mitchell does that alot. I'd be interested in his metres gained stats for his 35-40 possessions per game

My personal view is he isn't worth pick 7. I'd only be giving up pick 7 if it means we use to it in a package to get a better first round pick

We have talent, we have kids that can play the inside mid role, they just need more games to get the experience to do it. I'd much rather back them and our ability to fast track their development rather than bring in a Tom Mitchell.

Best way for these kids to learn is to learn from the Cotchs, Dustys and Prestias not watching Tom Mitchell play AFL while they run around in the VFL

[Willy]

We suck at clearances. Mitchell is elite at clearances.

Not necessarily saying we should get him, but I think there is a clear argument that he would improve our team.

[Andyy]

I also wouldn't use 7 WP.

15 yes.