Player Watch #1: Nick Vlastuin

[Philth]

He's one of, if not the best intercept marking defenders in the game. He reads it better than anyone, his decision making and disposal is elite, and he's stupidly courageous.

I'd be shocked if he didn't have a bunch of hopeful suiters. Like many of our stars, they're probably playing for unders at Richmond (based on what what clubs would be offering).

Yeah, I heard on the news that Dimma said as much this week when Vlas was signed.
The satisfaction our boys would get from being in a professional, winning culture would far outweigh a few extra thousand bucks a year.

 

[guruisatiger]

Vlaustin won't be our next captain

 

[Bojangles17]

Terrific news, says plenty about where the RFC is at that our boys decline ‘000s less to re sign . If he had just an inkling to look elsewhere he would have had the kitchen sink thrown at him, bare in mind the ridiculous money duds like Zac Williams and jack Martin

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16.2

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10.0

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6.3

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M

4.9

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3.7

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G

0.9

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D

14.9

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K

7.9

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7.0

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M

4.3

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3.6

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8.2

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4.6

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3.6

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1.8

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2.0

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0.6

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have pulled changing clubs. In any case he will earn a very good dollar >550 and x 5 will set himself up nicely

 

[Vassp]

The new Richmond is a place players want to be at. We got the culture, the crowds, the song, the coach, the success and the list goes on.

 

[k31th]

Vlaustin won't be our next captain

you're right, Vlastuin will be

 

[guruisatiger]

you're right, Vlastuin will be

neither either iether nor will be

 

[THE_GUN]

That's not a gun.
This is a gun!

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[THE_GUN]

Richmond Do Not Lose Players We Want To Keep !!!


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[tigerfan1961]

5 years sounds a bit long but okay.

i dont like giving them out unless its dusty otherwise all the other players will asking for it

In one of Dimma‘s pressers, he actually mentioned Vlastuin as being in our top 5 players, so to me, 5 years is fair enough, especially if he’s taken less money to stay because of us giving him longer security. He’s a star player that I rate very highly, always have.

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

Can't even finish a game anymore.

Canna even start them anymore...

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

You were saying !!

"In all the excitement you'd have to ask yourself.Did i fire 5 or 6 shots.
Do ya feel lucky punk.well do ya?"
"I gots to know man."

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

He's one of, if not the best intercept marking defenders in the game. He reads it better than anyone, his decision making and disposal is elite, and he's stupidly courageous.

I'd be shocked if he didn't have a bunch of hopeful suiters. Like many of our stars, they're probably playing for unders at Richmond (based on what what clubs would be offering).

Still baffles me how Byrne Jones got an AA ahead of Vlas last year.

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

5 years sounds a bit long but okay.

i dont like giving them out unless its dusty otherwise all the other players will asking for it

You know what.I reckon the afl should drop the min delist option and if clubs want to keep all their 44 from that year then so be it.

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Vlaustin won't be our next captain

Shedda!

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Richmond Do Not Lose Players We Want To Keep !!!


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[tigerisland]

Thank you socialist Australia. As Vlaustin says, half of what he earns goes in tax anyway. Makes it hard for clubs to make a godfather offer be really attractive after tax.
Free agency along with Australia’s rediculous income tax rates means RFC win big time from free agency

 

[THE_GUN]

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I think a 5 year deal would be sensational for Daniel Rioli and make sure he remains a Tiger for life similar to Vlastuin.

As Shane Edwards has mentioned our game style is founded by what attributes Daniel Rioli brings and our recent success could be accredited to him if we consider how we changed the game style.

 

[Marcel Proust]

I think a 5 year deal would be sensational for Daniel Rioli and make sure he remains a Tiger for life similar to Vlastuin.

As Shane Edwards has mentioned our game style is founded by what attributes Daniel Rioli brings and our recent success could be accredited to him if we consider how we changed the game style.

D Rioli only 23 for it wouldn't be a for life deal for sure

 

[THE_GUN]

D Rioli only 23 for it wouldn't be a for life deal for sure

OK 7 year deal then we can go 1 year at a time

Rioli's Win flags and we have 2 so double the flags

 

[amc11]

Thank you socialist Australia. As Vlaustin says, half of what he earns goes in tax anyway. Makes it hard for clubs to make a godfather offer be really attractive after tax.
Free agency along with Australia’s rediculous income tax rates means RFC win big time from free agency

I love how direct Vlastuin is especially with regards to the media bandwagon.

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Nick Vlastuin has inked a new long-term deal with Richmond and despite being a free agent, he didn’t want to push anyone out with a big contract. He’s frank as he explains why.

Richmond star defender Nick Vlastuin says he was desperate to follow the lead of club leaders in signing a fair contract that did not push a teammate out of Punt Road.
Vlastuin signed a five-year deal on Thursday when holding off as one of footy’s premiership free agents would potentially have forced the Tigers to match a more lucrative deal.
But Vlastuin told the Herald Sun he never considered rival offers and wasn’t even sure what he was worth on the open market.
It came as Vlastuin revealed scans on Thursday had finally revealed bone bruising to his hyperextended knee that required a cortisone shot and potentially more rest.
His manager Paul Connors knocked off a deal that will likely pay one of footy’s premier defenders handsomely while also giving the club wriggle room to keep its stars.
“I had nothing to do with it, it was all up to Paul but I said to him I don’t want to force anyone out, I want what is fair for me and fair for the club. He knows all the figures but you don’t want to be the one that forces the club to kick someone out. Everyone else has done it and set that precedent. I don’t even know what I am worth, but it happened quickly and everyone was happy and no one played hard ball,” he said.

“Even if you got to another club, they might offer you another couple of hundred grand but you pay half of it in tax, you might have to move interstate, you might not like the club. It’s fun here at the moment. That makes everything easier. Winning and having fun around the club.”
Vlastuin jokes that he would love to have injured his knee in a courageous on-field move when instead he hyperextended with an air swing as he tried to kick the ball into orbit.
“It was after a contest and I hit Ed Curnow and tried to follow through but I was off balance. I tried to kick it 100 metres off the ground but hyperextended my knee. It didn’t hurt much but once I tried to jog around it was no good and once the swelling kicked in I couldn’t bend it,” he said.
“It was very sore for three or four days and then it improved very quickly. I was thinking I was a sneaky chance for Round 2 and then ran around on it and it didn’t pull up well.
“I had another scan on it (on Thursday) and some bone bruising got picked up on the scan.

“It’s good news that I know what I am dealing with. It tells me why I was having symptoms and getting sore. I am not playing Saturday but the docs put a cortisone shot in it and I am off legs for two days. I was waking up feeling good and getting to training and within a few minutes it was sore and I had a good limp up.”

Vlastuin was door-stopped by the media on the morning after his injury and blasted his critics as “idiots” if they didn’t believe he needed to be subbed out on a historic night for the league’s rules.
“Yeah, I was pretty annoyed actually,” he said.
“It feels like everything we do as AFL players gets criticised. I even felt for the doc. He had to make a call on game-day. I was saying, ‘I think this is what happened but I have pulled up lame and can’t walk’.
“He was under the pump to make the call then and there. There was a media storm afterwards and then I had three or four days to sit on the coach with nothing better to do than look at social media so that didn’t improve my mood.
“(Criticism) is part of football but being from one of the more successful teams people are going to cut you down and the tall poppy syndrome is pretty big in Australia.

“As our media person says, Richmond sell papers, if it’s good news or bad news. It feels like in 2017 we couldn’t do a thing wrong and now we are the worst people in the world. But it’s part and parcel of the industry.”

 

[guruisatiger]

Shedda!

dusty if he wants it ( does he want to do all the media crap ?? and does he want all the extra burden and responsibility} if yes hes captain if no hes not
cant see tigger wanting it either ,,not that comfortable with media and hates the limelight

we seem to have a lot of natural born leaders who are exemplary on the field of battle and in training requirements
but these players are quiet off the field, and tend to have lots of other interests away from the game
i have no idea who will be our next capitano very interesting times ahead

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

dusty if he wants it ( does he want to do all the media crap ?? and does he want all the extra burden and responsibility} if yes hes captain if no hes not
cant see tigger wanting it either ,,not that comfortable with media and hates the limelight

we seem to have a lot of natural born leaders who are exemplary on the field of battle and in training requirements
but these players are quiet off the field, and tend to have lots of other interests away from the game
i have no idea who will be our next capitano very interesting times ahead

I'd be very surprised if Dusty would want it.
Hates the media,(I don't blame him).
I'd be more surprised if Vlas knocked it back because of the same reason as Dusty.
It doesn't really worry me who gets it but how great it would be for shedda to be our 1st indigenous captain.

 

[Muddiemoose]

I'd be very surprised if Dusty would want it.
Hates the media,(I don't blame him).
I'd be more surprised if Vlas knocked it back because of the same reason as Dusty.
It doesn't really worry me who gets it but how great it would be for shedda to be our 1st indigenous captain.

Agree can’t see Dusty ever doing it
Not that he can’t he would be more than capable but it’s all that extra behind the scenes, media, AFL events, ect that I can’t see him wanting to do
Maybe VC for Dusty if he wants it but can’t see him doing any more

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Agree can’t see Dusty ever doing it
Not that he can’t he would be more than capable but it’s all that extra behind the scenes, media, AFL events, ect that I can’t see him wanting to do
Maybe VC for Dusty if he wants it but can’t see him doing any more

Dustin Martin.VC,NS,PP,BM,Goat!

 

[Tiger1974]

Still baffles me how Byrne Jones got an AA ahead of Vlas last year.

And ahead of our BF winner.