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IMO Cotchin being under sold on here. Was no surprise he had a elite year in 2012 when Jackson and tuck were in the guts supporting him.

If we can pull off Prestia and add another quality mid to take some heat off, well i could see chimp explode next year
Yep, he has way too much responsibility at the moment. He has to win the ball himself, drive it forward and captain. And half the time he has an opponent literally having arms around him. Last week I even saw him being pulled away every time the ball was bounced.

He best is not just elite, but very top tier, he is prime age. Get a good midfield around him so he doesnt get all the attention and he will get back to his best.
 

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When you have 70,000+ members the club has a greater responsibility to perform and people must be held to account. I'm not seeing that happening and it's proving very costly for all of us.
No it doesn't. Thats some absolute bullshit.
No club has more responsibility to perform than another.
 

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giving our first for prestia could be a disaster 178cm midget who misses half the season every year with injury
I think you will find some sources suggest he is shorter than 178cm. I think one quoted 175cm

Seriously, if I go to the doctor these I just say I am a Richmond supporter, what can they do???

All they can say is sorry atm!!
 
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When you have 70,000+ members the club has a greater responsibility to perform and people must be held to account. I'm not seeing that happening and it's proving very costly for all of us.
Not costing much at all im saving money till all the cronies have gone. Also its very hard for them to come out and let us know whats happening cause them damn four walls and no door for them to come out.
 
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I think you will find some sources suggest he is shorter than 178cm. I think one quoted 175cm

Seriously, if I go to the doctor these I just say I am a Richmond supporter, what can the do???

All the can say is sorry atm!!
When i was going through workcover they send me to a psychiatrist in melbourne collings st lol One question was do you like sport i said yes footy and soccer. What team do you barrack for in footy i said Richmond. He smiled and said i barrack for them also and my whole family does. From that point on i took over the questions lol
 
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No it doesn't. Thats some absolute bullshit.
No club has more responsibility to perform than another.
The bigger the club and support the more responsibility and pressure.

If this was happening at North, Melbourne, Bulldogs or Saints do you think it would be plastered all over the media like it is now with Richmond? Of course not cos they know Richmond is a heavily supported club that people care about unlike those other minnow clubs i just mentioned.

Don't take our money and waste it or they will cop it just like right now.
 

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The bigger the club and support the more responsibility and pressure.

If this was happening at North, Melbourne, Bulldogs or Saints do you think it would be plastered all over the media like it is now with Richmond? Of course not cos they know Richmond is a heavily supported club that people care about unlike those other minnow clubs i just mentioned.

Don't take our money and waste it or they will cop it just like right now.
Nope. That is just plain wrong. More pressure is just pure a media thing of trying to get as many readers as possible.
Richmond have no more responsibility to perform than any other club. All clubs should be doing all they can to win a flag. Thats the same responsibility for every club, no more, no less.
 

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Nope. That is just plain wrong. More pressure is just pure a media thing of trying to get as many readers as possible.
Richmond have no more responsibility to perform than any other club. All clubs should be doing all they can to win a flag. Thats the same responsibility for every club, no more, no less.
well apparently we werent
 
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i'd rather keep our first round pick and get will brodie. prestia's careers 6 years old now and he's not that great. imagine we get another dustin martin with our first pick we get the benefit of all those games at our club and don't have to pay overs to bring them in. prestias good but not worth the money or the required trades. better off looking at tom Mitchell or the crouches if we're not gonna look to the draft. personally i'd encourage deledio to chase a flag with gws or gold coast, see what we can get for vickery, conca and Edwards and look to the draft. Lloyd has heaps of currency atm too. in a few years naish, short and 2 riolis will more than cover his loss
 

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Lets be honest here if we want immediate impact we will need to give something good to get something much better in return.
We only have 4 options which would net us a trade value which would be seen to be in our favour.
Jack, Rance, Martin and Cotchin.

Out of that list IMO Cotchin is the only one I wouldn't be too fussed to see walk if the trade was in our favour.

Many won't like this idea but if Cotchin was up to it and GC were willing to pay for it I would do.

Cotchin for Prestia and Gold Coasts 1st (Melbourne Pick) Pick #8 currently
On trade Pick#8 to GWS for Steele and Marchbank
Vickery - Let him walk hopefully we get a 2nd round compo for him
Dangle B.Ellis, Edwards and Conca for trade if nothing bites Im not fussed if all 3 are on our list for next season.
Free Agent a short term ruck solution lets be honest its the best thing we can do in a shit situation
Take Pick#5 or #6 to the draft
Take Vickery Compo to the draft and draft best available young Ruck
While we are at it let Rookie a Ruck from the VFL, WAFL or SANFL

In my honest to God opinion I would trade Cotchin before Deledio. Deledio is all class and even with a shit body he is much more of a match winner
than Cotchin ever will be. Deledio in our forward line could be 50 plus goal scorer.
Don't think cotch will re locate to another state with such a young family .if we do trade him i think it would be to a Vic club carlton essendon St Kilda. The doggies and hawks would be the go
 

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Exactly!
The only player I'd consider trading Cotchin for is Fyfe.
He is the club captain! He is worth more to the club than what he does on the field.

I never heard anyone talk about trading Chris Newman and he is half the player than Cotchin
Is that you Trent?
 
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Someone on the trades board suggested Deledio + a pick for Prestia.

I think that'd be too big of a risk to take, Prestia really isn't that flash and he's also injury prone from what I've seen. I can't imagine GC are in a position where they feel like they need Lids anyway.

I can't think of a way that we can benefit from trading Lids unless we get a package deal from GWS. If that happens I say we take it.

I don't know enough about GWS' fringe players to speculate as to who we'd get or which picks we'd get etc.
 
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