Player Watch #9: Trent Cotchin is an obscenely good 3 x Premiership Captain, Victorian Captain & Brownlow Medalist

[WATiger86]

Cotchin is back to his best. Being evasive in tight and creative by foot. Can thank prestia and caddy for allowing him to get out of the bottom of the pack!

 

[DrMike]

Equal 3rd for Tackles with 5
Equal 1st for Intercept Possessions with 12
Equal 2nd for Pressure Acts with 20
Equal 1st for Score Involvements with 7
2nd for Contested Possessions with 19
2nd for Clearances with 5
2nd for Inside 50's with 6

He's alright

 

[rideclutch]

Relishing actually having blokes that back him up. Has been back to his explosive best this year.

Dual Brownlow Medalist sounds ok to me

 

[richoatthedisco]

Three more votes. Chimpion.

 

[Elgreedo]

Was back to looking a bit like a harder Rob Harvey around the packs today. Immense.

 

[Alfar]

Equal 3rd for Tackles with 5
Equal 1st for Intercept Possessions with 12
Equal 2nd for Pressure Acts with 20
Equal 1st for Score Involvements with 7
2nd for Contested Possessions with 19
2nd for Clearances with 5
2nd for Inside 50's with 6

He's alright

I wonder how many of those 2nds were because of Dusty. Pretty happy with myself for backing Cotchy in my supercoach team as he is criminally underrated.

 

[bananatigz]

Dusty will get all the media attention for today, but Cotch was just as good.

Has been huge so far, and it makes me so happy to see him back to his best.

 

[NZ_Tiger]

Incredibly clean. Stood out today like Brett Hart, the excellence of execution.

 

[26_Miles]

So good around packs, snatches it right out of the oppositions path and just weaves or pivots out of trouble to give clean hands or make space for him self. Best he has played for a while. His ability at getting the ball out of congestion is pretty amazing at times. Cotch love fest

 

[The Dice Man]

Relishing actually having blokes that back him up. Has been back to his explosive best this year.

Dual Brownlow Medalist sounds ok to me

Dusty Cotch tie?

 

[RichoLedio]

Dusty Cotch tie?

 

[The Richmond Report]

Don't know if it's just me but he seems to be moving with so much vigour.

There was a great moment on the boundary near the members early in the first after the Weegles had kicked the opener and were all over us, and we couldn't get our hands on it. Cotch came in pretty hard, shoved someone off it, picked it up cleanly and dished it out. We settled after he did that.

 

[Richo is God]

He is playing with real aggression again. It's beautiful to watch

 

[TiggerDK]

Also kicking longer when he gets out, meters gained per game must be way up.
His clean hands and ground ball gathers at pace are just the best.

 

["The Roar Is Back"]

amazing how well a player can perform when others are assisting in the load and they don't have Lade or Wilbur as a line coach.

 

[El Tigre]

I think he just performs so much better when the game style is one of taking the game on, rather than just possession and keepys off.

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

Also kicking longer when he gets out, meters gained per game must be way up.
His clean hands and ground ball gathers at pace are just the best.

Up from 387 to 482 so far.

 

[juss]

His field kicking this year has been superb. His kicking is back to his early career and 2012 level. This will be his nest year since 2012 I reckon.

 

[tigs2010]

Up from 387 to 482 so far.

Is the 387m career based or 2016 based?

 

[DirtyHeardy]

His field kicking this year has been superb. His kicking is back to his early career and 2012 level. This will be his nest year since 2012 I reckon.

There was one in particular on Monday night that stood out. He grabbed the ball under pressure on the far wing (watched on TV), swung on to his left foot and delivered an absolute laser into...Castagna (I think?) 40m out directly in front. Was in the 3rd quarter. Perhaps one for the GIF thread. Anyway, was outrageously good

 

[Nostradumbass]

There was one in particular on Monday night that stood out. He grabbed the ball under pressure on the far wing (watched on TV), swung on to his left foot and delivered an absolute laser into...Castagna (I think?) 40m out directly in front. Was in the 3rd quarter. Perhaps one for the GIF thread. Anyway, was outrageously good

Yup, as good a short pass as you'll ever see.

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

Is the 387m career based or 2016 based?

387m was last year.

 

[tigs2010]

387m was last year.

Doesn't seem as big of a jump as expected judging purely off the eye test.

Much more quality in those metres, hitting targets etc. Been fantastic so far

 

[Tassie27]

Hi,
Apologies if this has been posted somewhere else. This is a good read and shows more the vulnerable side behind the players.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...s/news-story/e0c159ade1cbc5188ae61c62a6131efe

Trent Cotchin on the pressure of the Richmond captaincy and learning to enjoy the good times
TRENT COTCHIN, Herald Sun
April 29, 2017 6:30pm
Subscriber only
IT was the moment I knew I had to get some help.

Throughout the first four years as captain of Richmond, I’d always tried to work my backside off. Tried to be positive and supportive. As my dad always used to say: “Try to make every post a winner.”

 

[JackNah_8]

Definitely worth reading, and he really reveals the close bond he has with hardwick