Tim Taranto [merged]

[Andyy]

I hope someone digs up a nasty scandal on Cornhead.

Like he's screwed his brother's wife or something.

[Francois Jackson]

Well done TT

what i find interesting is not one single person (as far as i know) as brought up the effectiveness TT against the likes of danger and ollie wines.

Who measures this 150 he goes on about.

I dont think it will happen but could you imagine we nudge this group in September. Surely this is firing the players up.

[JP Tiger]

Watch the first 5 minutes of the last quarter Vs Geelong if you want to see a Tiger go into Beast Mode! 
Go on, guess who it was ...     

[one-eyed]

Taranto on RSN's Breakfast with Harf (Daniel Harford):

LISTEN HERE: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5OyYLTBztJ3lLRTrb89rMI?si=6EiBEj-sSvCWYnHK3m1t9A

[TigerLand]

I really think we under estimate how bad we would be without Taranto. Regardless whether it was the right call to draft the GWS boys in hindsight. The guy has carried our side for the majority of the journey.

Sliding Doors we are almost certainly bottom 4 at the end of the year with many players limping over the line, in particular Prestia and Cotch shouldering the work in midfield. With Lynch, Gibcus and Tarrant fit who knows how close we could have gotten to top 8 and who knows. Without him the trades look like they will end up being the wrong call.

Without them I don't think we beat Crows away, they were unreal that day particularly Hopper. Probably don't scramble a draw vs Blues and who knows vs the Cats. We may be winless. For those that say we'd at least have our picks, thats true but we'd feel way worse and their is no gaurentee that the picks we would hold would have been selected correctly and developed properly, our record is ordinary. We atleast can be happy in that we have a player in through the door that will play 150 games and be a seriously good footballer for us.

[FooffooValve]

Taranto and Hopper are keeping us vaguely competitive. We missed Hopper big time on Saturday night, with Dow & Prestia having no impact. Thank goodness the Bombres were missing a heap too, we'd have been smashed.

The recruitment of these two was also necessary to help fill a massive age-profile gap in our list. Without them we'd have had about 6/7 players in that 23-27 yr sweet spot where flags are won. Now we have around 10. Most of the clubs in contention to win it this year have around 18-20 players in that age bracket.

[one-eyed]

Tim Taranto’s terrific start to his playing career at Tigerland is highlighted by how well he’s polling in the AFL Coaches’ Association’s Champion Player of the Year award.

The star midfielder has polled the most votes by a Richmond player in the prestigious award after 10 rounds of the 2023 season.

He has received votes in five games for an overall total of 28.

That is 11 more than the next best Tiger, Daniel Rioli, with 17 votes, followed by Shai Bolton 16, and Liam Baker 12.

https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1338077/taranto-highly-rated-by-coaches

[one-eyed]

Champion Data statistics reveal the influence of magnet moves at each of the 18 clubs

Matt Turner
HeraldSun
May 25, 2023

RICHMOND - Tim Taranto

Switch: Midfielder-forward to midfielder

Midfielder profile for 2023

Disposals: 30.6 (elite)

Contested possessions: 13.3 (above average)

Clearances: 6.8 (above average)

Score involvements: 6.5 (above average)

Tackles: 6.9 (elite)

We had seen Taranto play in the midfield plenty of times before at GWS, but not quite like this. The former Giant has become an on-ball mainstay for the Tigers since joining the club last off-season. Taranto, who was drafted at pick 2 in 2016, had increased his disposal (25.4 to 30.6) and tackling (4.7 to 6.9) averaged this year.

https://www.codesports.com.au/afl/champion-data-statistics-reveal-the-influence-of-magnet-moves-at-each-of-the-18-clubs/news-story/5b6298a7b1ef713c60bf289e3a7f21b0

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Cornes is doing his job as a sports commentator.

He provides opinion and from what I’ve heard, owns it when he’s called out for an error. I don’t think he takes himself that seriously.

The nature of his job is to provide opinions and sports commentary and he clearly does this in a provocative way to the biggest supporter bases in order to gain maximum attention and listeners.

KB used to do this with theCheat supporters all the time and it was hilarious.

The fact we have a thread dedicated to him is testimony to his success.

OMG! It IS Kane Cornes 

[one-eyed]

'He loves 'Dimma': Tigers recruit hit hard by shock resignation

Just months after joining Richmond on a seven-year deal, Tim Taranto was shocked to hear Damien Hardwick was stepping down

By Riley Beveridge
afl.com.au
28 May 2023

Richmond recruit Tim Taranto found himself in a strange situation on Tuesday.

Just months after Taranto took up a lucrative seven-year offer to join the Tigers, crossing from the Giants last October, the tough midfielder learned the news that the club's three-time premiership coaching legend Damien Hardwick was departing the club.

Hardwick's shock announcement hit hard for Taranto, as it did for every Richmond player, with his manager Matt Bain from TLA Worldwide taking AFL.com.au's trade and draft show Gettable inside a Tuesday night meeting with his client this week.

"He was obviously disappointed, but you'd expect that," Bain told AFL.com.au's Gettable.

"He loves 'Dimma' and a lot of the boys were excited by this next little phase, too. But I think the good part about Richmond, which he's learned early on, is that the culture goes right through their club. It's not like there's one driver and that's it.

"As much as they'll miss him, I think it will be seamless enough because their structures and everything have been in place for a long time. He's excited and he loves being down here in Melbourne."

Cal Twomey and Riley Beveridge discuss the list questions facing Richmond after Dimma's departure, six mid-season draft prospects to watch, and much more

Taranto has enjoyed an impressive start to his time at Richmond and has averaged 30.6 disposals, 6.8 clearances and 6.9 tackles per game. However, with the Tigers struggling and sitting at 3-1-6, the move has still attracted some criticism.

Hardwick was forced to defend Taranto's performances a fortnight ago, with Richmond parting with picks No.12 and 19 in last year's draft to secure his services from Greater Western Sydney.

"He's found it difficult," Bain said of the increased attention.

"Truthfully, it's one thing he weighed up a lot coming down here. He knew he would go to a big club, play in front of big crowds and in big games. But the other side of being at the Giants is you probably don't get the scrutiny as a player as you do if you're playing here every week.

"It's been a challenge for him to take all of that on and put it to the back of his mind and just play, but that's all of the things you weigh up when you're coming from Sydney town to big Melbourne media."

https://www.afl.com.au/news/932725/-he-loves-dimma-tigers-recruit-hit-hard-by-shock-resignation

[mat073]

Is currently the best player on the list . Daylight is second.

[mightytiges]

Is currently the best player on the list . Daylight is second.

Agree. Taranto was fantastic today.

[one-eyed]

https://twitter.com/AFL/status/1662698024777420800

[Diocletian]

Has been carrying the side all year....

[The Machine]

Amazing game today!