Player Watch #26 Riley Collier-Dawkins

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Should debut him against Norf.
Will rack up 35 touches and a years worth of confidence.
 
It's not the fact that he isn't being played that makes me dismayed. It is the club/coach hyping him up in the media and then not playing him. This was the second preseason that he's publicly received hype from the club and there's still not a word on his possible debut date yet... He even chose that game-day playlist thing before either the Hawthorn or Sydney game and hasn't even been an emergency in any of those games this year.

Either hype him up publicly and then back it up by playing him or don't hype him up and quietly give him the time that he needs to develop whatever he needs to work on in my opinion. Otherwise you'll be sending mixed messages and I don't think anyone likes being on the end of that. It will probably leave a lot of the Richmond supporters and RCD himself confused and hanging.
 

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tony__montana said:
he should’ve been playing by now imo.

He’s a first round pick not a project player, the way some of you are making excuses for him is drawing a pretty long bow tbh
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Just don’t expect too much, think of him as another Ben Lennon and if he comes good then awesome and if he doesn’t then * me how guns have we got from the rookie draft?
Not a big deal imo
 
Karp3_dm said:
Just don’t expect too much, think of him as another Ben Lennon and if he comes good then awesome and if he doesn’t then fu** me how guns have we got from the rookie draft?
Not a big deal imo
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yeah 100%. I just think there are too many convenient excuses being made as to why he hasn’t played yet. Prefer to call a spade a spade
 
tony__montana said:
yeah 100%. I just think there are too many convenient excuses being made as to why he hasn’t played yet. Prefer to call a spade a spade
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Yeah I get ya, just wouldn’t worry too much about it and honestly I doubt the club would’ve re-signed him till end of 2022 unless they see real improvement in him
 
Lsta062 said:
It's not the fact that he isn't being played that makes me dismayed. It is the club/coach hyping him up in the media and then not playing him. This was the second preseason that he's publicly received hype from the club and there's still not a word on his possible debut date yet... He even chose that game-day playlist thing before either the Hawthorn or Sydney game and hasn't even been an emergency in any of those games this year.

Either hype him up publicly and then back it up by playing him or don't hype him up and quietly give him the time that he needs to develop whatever he needs to work on in my opinion. Otherwise you'll be sending mixed messages and I don't think anyone likes being on the end of that. It will probably leave a lot of the Richmond supporters and RCD himself confused and hanging.
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Dimma giving some confidence to a kid.
Just depends which way you look at it.
 

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It does seem concerning that he's been leapfrogged by two debutants. He's behind Jack Ross as well it seems.

Not great signs for a midfielder in his third year.
 
juss said:
It does seem concerning that he's been leapfrogged by two debutants. He's behind Jack Ross as well it seems.

Not great signs for a midfielder in his third year.
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Other clubs must see him as a threat if he's getting tagged though
Should be good learning experience for him to try and work through the extra attention
 
Bojangles17 said:
Why was it time,when Rossy and Martyn have been playing better than him, I must have missed that it’s more about how long you’ve been at the club than performance , what a load of tripe
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LOL

Kids been on the verge of senior selection since mid last year and would have played had he not got a late injury
Just about every coach including Dimma has been mentioning how close he is.

Nothing to do with how long he has been there
 
THE_GUN said:
LOL

Kids been on the verge of senior selection since mid last year and would have played had he not got a late injury
Just about every coach including Dimma has been mentioning how close he is.

Nothing to do with how long he has been there
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So he had 5p compared to a couple of others had > 20p at vfl and it’s irrelevant, ok
 
My take is the club do believe he is a genuine talent but there’s something that he isn’t doing and they want him to build that hunger to take that next step. This is the way to do it. It’s interesting to note what Richmond believe to be “Richmond players” Does Riley fit that bracket right now? Can he run both ways all game? He’s an exceptional athlete but not a heavy endurance athlete as it stands. There’s just parts missing with him that I don’t think Richmond are prepared to sacrifice but very much believe in. He’s got plenty of time. He’s only 21 guys.
 
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