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Robert Walls as Stupid as ever re: Richo

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on On The Couch tonight they were debating whether Richo is one of the greatest 5 Tigers. Gerard Healy said Yes, Sheahan Said no, Walls said no. Fair enough but then Walls went on to say that Richo isn't a champion. A champion person but not a champion footballer. If Richo isnt a champion then who is?
 

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Yeah just saw Walls say that as well... that guy is a deadset knob and knows nothing. If Richo isnt a champion player then no one is.
 
lions_den said:
Maybe top 20 in Richmond's history, definitely not top 5:rolleyes:
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Thats not whats being debated, its his status as a champion.

For what its worth, top 5 was

Dyer
Barlett
Hart
Richo
Titus

the sticking point was no Bourke, but IMO if you wanted to squeeze in Richo you'd have him there on the point that you thought he was Richmonds greatest ever forward and therefore have him in place of Titus and then Bourke could still be in
 
Does it really worry you guys what he thinks??

It must.., I think 5 threads started about Walls in the hour he was on Talking Footy (albeit 2 about 'big Cox').

FWIW, I can't judge if Richo is in the best 5..., I'd say no, for the fact he hasn't played in many finals (granted he did his knee in Richmond's best season while he's been there).
 
walls is a spud, richo is a better player than walls ever was
just because he didnt play in a premeirship doesnt mean jack

richo will kick over 800 goals playing for probably the worst performed team in the last 25 years how many goals has walls kicked in a successfull era MATHEW RICHARDSON IS A TRUE CHAMPION walls is a d!)Khad
 

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Robert Walls was one of the most overrated footballers to ever pull on a boot. I laughed at how Mike Sheahan recently listed him in the top 150 of all time. Tell me that isn't a case of pulling his mate's pud. Walls was lucky to play in the Carlton premiership sides in the early seventies alongside actual champions like Jezza and Big Nick.

Richo shits on Walls as a key forward. I shudder to think of how Walls would've fared if he played in Richo's place. I'll bet no one would even know who Robert Walls is. He would've been out of the game with barely a mention. No coaching offers. No cushy media work either.

Of course Richo is a champion. Maybe not an all-time great. But a champion all the same. Call him a flawed champion, or erratic, but Richo has carried the load down at Tigerland for over a decade.
 
didak04 said:
Do people consider Sav Rocca to have been a champion??? Very similar career to Richo's....
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I'm a huge Sav fan, but that is just plain wrong
Maybe in goals/games, but Richo probably averages twice as many touches and plays CHF, which is very different to Rocca who kicked 500 of his goals out of the square on the end of silver service from Buckley.
 
scarecrow2k1 said:
on On The Couch tonight they were debating whether Richo is one of the greatest 5 Tigers. Gerard Healy said Yes, Sheahan Said no, Walls said no. Fair enough but then Walls went on to say that Richo isn't a champion. A champion person but not a champion footballer. If Richo isnt a champion then who is?
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Well, compared to the best footballer that ever lived (Robert Walls himself, of course), nobody else could be a champion footballer now, can they?
 

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Thommo 42 said:
I'm a huge Sav fan, but that is just plain wrong
Maybe in goals/games, but Richo probably averages twice as many touches and plays CHF, which is very different to Rocca who kicked 500 of his goals out of the square on the end of silver service from Buckley.
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I know that stats don't tell the true story but i just don't think that Richo could be classified as a champion, nore could Rocca. I consider Hird, Voss, Buckley, Harvey, Carey as champions. Richo isn't in the same league as those players
 
When it comes to contested marks, there is none better.
When it comes to busting a gut as a big power forward, there is none better.
When it comes to wearing one's emotions on their sleeve, there is none better.
When it comes to doing the most incredible and the most stupid in the one match, there is none better.
When it comes to lining up 35m out, directly in front. There are many, many better than Richo. This and his brain fades stop him from being in the elite champion class. But he is a hero to all Tiger supporters. And we all love being at the "G" and shouting RICHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
 
I think Walls' comprehension skills were summed up in an exchange earlier on:

(and Healy and Sheahan's bit here might be switched, I can't really remember)

Gerard: It leaves it up in the air where Tarrant's at, he's got to either be full forward or in the WAFL
Mike: And you think Pavlich should be in the midfield too?
Gerard: Yep, I think he'll give them the grunt they need
Walls: (looking confused) ..but... if Pavlich's in the middle and Tarrant in the WAFL, who's full forward
Mike & Gerard look bewildered, before one of them explains the "full forward OR in the WAFL" bit again.
 

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