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[Tiger_Of_Old]

Yeah why not.

 

[Wacky Tiger]

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

Ahhhhh Relton what might have been...
Let's get with the serious stuff now...

 

[peterbuch74]

I'm still keen

 

[Infamy]

You may get through all 22 rounds before Round 1 begins

 

[guruisatiger]

YAWN

 

[Barunga Bullet]

Can't believe this bloke made it through to my first pick.

With pick 7 I select perhaps the most dedicated and professional player to ever squeeze into the Richmond jumper. A larger-than-life character and a great ambassador for one particular current AFL sponsor.

Welcome to the team Relton Roberts.

Here are some highlights to bring back memories for you all:




This Is Anfield you're up. Sorry if I took your guy.

wow! what an Honor it is to be drafted so early with some of the greats!

 

[Barunga Bullet]

keen

 

[fargothegreat]

wow! what an Honor it is to be drafted so early with some of the greats!

The likes of KB and Richo must be so proud to be sitting alongside Relton in a list of our greatest players.

 

[tigs2010]

back in Geelong where I was living at the time…

All those pics of your beers on the back patio are impressive given this.

Would expect a pic of you injecting heroin given this upbringing

 

[_RT_]

With the 7th overall pick I'm happy to see that Jack Dyer has slipped through to this point of the draft.



When it comes to Richmond legends there are not many bigger at Tigerland than Jack Dyer. Across a 312 game career Dyer built a fearsome reputation on the field that earned him the moniker Captain Blood. Dyer played predominately as a ruck rover while in the centre of the ground and was named in Richmonds Team of the Century as the ruck rover and despite standing just 185cm he also played as a ruckman.

Dyer was Richmond captain/coach between 1941-1948 and coach between 1948-1952.
2 x Premiership winner 1934 & 1943
5 x BnF winner 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1946
2 x Leading Goalkicker 1947 1948
312 games
443 goals
Richmond Hall of Fame Immortal
AFL Hall of Fame - Legend
AFL Team of the Century
Richmond Team of the Century
4th in 1939 Brownlow Medal


Wrenny is now on the clock

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

Good choice...

 

[Wrenny]

With the 7th overall pick I'm happy to see that Jack Dyer has slipped through to this point of the draft.

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When it comes to Richmond legends there are not many bigger at Tigerland than Jack Dyer. Across a 312 game career Dyer built a fearsome reputation on the field that earned him the moniker Captain Blood. Dyer played predominately as a ruck rover while in the centre of the ground and was named in Richmonds Team of the Century as the ruck rover and despite standing just 185cm he also played as a ruckman.

Dyer was Richmond captain/coach between 1941-1948 and coach between 1948-1952.
2 x Premiership winner 1934 & 1943
5 x BnF winner 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1946
2 x Leading Goalkicker 1947 1948
312 games
443 goals
Richmond Hall of Fame Immortal
AFL Hall of Fame - Legend
AFL Team of the Century
Richmond Team of the Century
4th in 1939 Brownlow Medal


Wrenny is now on the clock

Sorry I backed out a few days back. Someone said they were keen for a spot and I assumed they are taking over.

 

[tiger_tough]

I'll go then.

Probably Some recency bias but I wasn't around to see Titus play so I'll go with my book ends.

Jack Riewoldt - 11 time Richmond leading goal kicker, 3 time coleman medallist, 3 time all Australian, 3 time premiership player, 2 time jack dyer medallist.

Alex Rance

Alex Rance

Age

34

Ht

194cm

Wt

95kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.6

4star

K

8.9

3star

HB

7.7

5star

M

5.7

5star

T

2.4

4star

MG

226.9

3star

No current season stats available

D

17.0

5star

K

5.8

3star

HB

11.2

5star

M

5.0

5star

T

3.6

5star

- 5 time all australian including once as captain, premiership player and Jack dyer medallist and one premature retirement. One of the best full backs off all time.

Back to you _RT_

 

[Phar Ace]

Kind of like test cricket

Everybody just wants to watch 20/20 these days - Instant gratification

Not everyone - another read the room badly moment. Can't stand 20 / 20, though I learned to appreciate One Day. A Test is real cricket.

 

[Phar Ace]

YAWN

Sleep tight

 

[Phar Ace]

Sorry I backed out a few days back. Someone said they were keen for a spot and I assumed they are taking over.

Well I was, but seems it's a bit confusing now and up in smoke - a lot changes in a bit over 24 hours it would seem.

 

[guruisatiger]

Sleep tight

Never understood that expression
How do you sleep tight??
And can you do the opposite and sleep loose

 

[Phar Ace]

Never understood that expression
How do you sleep tight??
And can you do the opposite and sleep lose

Well it's better than just saying 'sleep!'

Maybe it refers to sleeping as deeply as when you are 'tight' or maybe when buddled up tightly like a well wrapped baby does - both seem to have some relevance for you....

 

[guruisatiger]

Well it's better than just saying 'sleep!'

Lol
Sleep well
Sleep long
Sleep dreamy
Sleep apnoea

 

[guruisatiger]

Well it's better than just saying 'sleep!'

What is happening in qland

 

[Phar Ace]

What is happening in qland

Everything is always fine up here, the land of mother's milk, butterflies and April showers. Fine one day, perfect the next!

 

[guruisatiger]

Everything is always fine up here, the land of mother's milk, butterflies and April showers. Fine one day, perfect the next!

You been smoking the Mullinbimby madness

 

[guruisatiger]

Everything is always fine up here, the land of mother's milk, butterflies and April showers. Fine one day, perfect the next!

Mate of mine just retired bought a beautiful house up in Cairns, he's waiting for Anastasia to let him in so he can live the good life up there

 

[Phar Ace]

I'll go then.

Probably Some recency bias but I wasn't around to see Titus play so I'll go with my book ends.

Jack Riewoldt - 11 time Richmond leading goal kicker, 3 time coleman medallist, 3 time all Australian, 3 time premiership player, 2 time jack dyer medallist.

Alex Rance - 5 time all australian including once as captain, premiership player and Jack dyer medallist and one premature retirement. One of the best full backs off all time.

Back to you _RT_

Perhaps if _RT_ can stand it I'll add Wrenny's picks:

Pick 8 - Jack Titus

- if only more people knew more about him and how he is Richmond's best every player to come out of Castlemaine (sorry Dusty). Think a player the size of Daniel Rioli but with the heart of Jack Dyer and the devil may care of Dusty!:

Playing career
Titus was originally recruited to Richmond from Victorian country club Castlemaine competing in the Bendigo Football League.[2] He was noticed by the Tigers' brilliant secretary Percy Page and in 1925 at age 17 invited to play with the Richmond reserves, then known as 'The Cubs'. However, Titus' build caused concern. At just 175 cm and a bit more than 60 kg, Titus would not be considered a potential talent in the modern AFL, let alone play a key forward position as he did then. The Tigers persevered with Titus because of his excellent ball-winning ability and innate goal sense, and hoped that he would gain size as he got older.

Titus' early career was a battle for recognition at a powerful club with a number of excellent forwards. He played a single senior game in 1926, and a handful the following year but missed selection in the finals as the team finished runner-up. He attracted notice by winning the reserves best and fairest in 1928, a performance that won him a place in the Tigers' semi-final team. He booted six goals in a match-winning performance, but was more subdued in the Grand Final when Richmond went down to Collingwood for the second consecutive time.

By 1929, Titus had established himself in the senior side's forward line, playing alongside Jack Baggott. He won the best and fairest and led the club's goalkicking for the first time, but was held goalless in the Grand Final as the Tigers lost yet again. The Tigers used him as a flanker or in the pocket during the next few years as they desperately sought a combination that could break the jinx caused a succession of Grand Final losses. Finally, Richmond broke through for a premiership in 1932 and Titus was a member of the team.

In 1933 and 1934, Richmond faced South Melbourne in two Grand Finals billed as a battle of the best defence (Richmond) against the best attack (South Melbourne). The glamorous Swans triumphed the first time, but Titus was instrumental in his team gaining revenge the following year when he booted six goals to eclipse his rival Bob Pratt, the highest scoring full-forward in the game. In direct contrast to the spectacular Pratt, Titus was a hard working player, solid in the air and getting a lot of goals through opportunism and adept ground play.

For the remainder of his career, Titus was a consistent goalkicker and the team's full-forward, even though he regularly conceded several inches to taller opponents and his weight never exceeded 66 kg. His record emphasises consistency rather than big "bags" of goals, although he did have a number of notable individual performances. As Richmond's success rate slowed, he maintained his output, booting 83 goals in 1935, 84 in 1936, 65 in 1937, 72 in 1938 and 48 in 1939. By now a veteran of the team, he provided leadership to the younger players and a cool head during the big games. He earned a reputation as feisty customer who would deliberately antagonise opponents if he thought they could be distracted. Although protected by the bigger players in the team, such as Jack Dyer, Titus could handle himself and always seemed to emerge from incidents unscathed. Indeed, his ability to front up to play every week became central to his legend as a player.

Titus' golden season came in 1940. He led the VFL goalkicking for the first time as Richmond headed into the Grand Final for the first time in six years. Needing three goals to become the first Tiger to boot one hundred in a season, he duly got them, but it was little consolation as his team was thrashed by Melbourne. The next season, he dazzled by twice kicking ten goals in a match (equalling his best personal effort) and winning the best and fairest, but the Tigers were bundled out in the semi-final. A similar story unfolded in 1942 when Richmond lost the Grand Final and Titus set a record (still unbeaten) of playing in his sixth losing Grand Final team.

Season 1943 loomed as a record-breaking year for the veteran forward. He was poised to become the second player to reach 300 games and 1000 goals, and break the record streak of 191 consecutive appearances. He did the latter, but sustained serious injury for the first time causing him to miss playing in Richmond's fifth premiership. The club then decided that, at 35, his career was over. Without Titus, the Tigers stumbled to a Grand Final loss against Fitzroy, when Titus could have offered experience and another forward option. Titus accepted the decision gracefully, even though he was left stranded five games short of 300 and 26 goals from 1000.

Titus proved a point when he joined Victorian Football Association (VFA) club Coburg in 1945. He kicked 119 goals for Coburg and then retired in the middle of the next season. In all, he held the following Richmond records at his retirement:

• Most games (since broken)
• Most goals
• Most finals games (since broken)
• Most Grand Finals
• Most finals goals
• Most consecutive games
• Most goalkicking awards (since broken)
• Most Grand Final losses

Titus averaged 3.3 goals per game and just five players in VFL/AFL history have kicked more goals, four of those players competing in an era when more games were played in a season. Titus's record in finals, where he kicked 74 goals, has been bettered by only two men, Gordon Coventry (Collingwood) and Jason Dunstall (Hawthorn).