Dylan Grimes

[TBellicious]

Appreciation thread.

He’s better at being Alex Rance than Alex Rance.

Tough, intercepts, uses it well, good one-on-one. Got everything.

 

[nameless]

Better than Rance?

If Rance is the best FB of all time, is Grimes just best player ever?

 

[Magpie Monopoly]

Much better than Rance as he plays on someone.

And doesn't flop.

 

[Leviathan Pie]

Very good footballer.

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

Good to see him finally getting the recognition, even if people are taking pot shots at Rance in the process.

Imagine if the tigers lost Dusty lol.

Lol. 5 players out tonight, 4 of our best 10. Tiges have injuries. Still won though.

 

[Mr Cannons]

Best defender in the comp

 

[_Cayz_]

Brilliant player.

 

[rideclutch]

He was the best player on the ground tonight IMO.

Great competitor, deceptively quick. Glad he's getting a bit of recognition.

 

[Magpie Monopoly]

Heard "mixed" reviews about the bloke he is behind closed doors, playing some good footy though

 

[JT_the_Man]

Great tonight, easily one of the Tigers best.

 

[Sedat!]

Appreciation thread.

He’s better at being Alex Rance than Alex Rance.

Tough, intercepts, uses it well, good one-on-one. Got everything.

More like the natural successor to Dale Morris. Gun one-on-one defender who can play on all types.

 

[Acinath]

More like the natural successor to Dale Morris. Gun one-on-one defender who can play on all types.

A very good comparison

 

[Unknown Identity]

AA lock.

No frills, gets the job done week in, week out..
The ultimate team player and coming off chronic hammies is even more impressive given he is at full stretch so often in games to affect a contest.

I'm impressed.

 

[Tiger71]

More like the natural successor to Dale Morris. Gun one-on-one defender who can play on all types.

Agree with this.

hard as a cats head, and hardly is ever beaten 1 on 1.

 

[LongPause]

Well spoken, sounds highly educated, seems friendly and looks like he wouldn't harm a fly yet consistently mauls opposition forwards on a weekly basis. My favourite RFC player by far.

 

[juss]

I don't remember the last time his gameday opponent beat him.

 

[Ron The Bear]

Much better than Rance as he plays on someone.

And doesn't flop.

He went through a ducking phase a few years back. And he was awful at it, but still got the frees. Glad he moved on.

From plastic hamstrings to iron man.

 

[darcytiger]

His start to the game tonight was unreal and kept it up all night. He’s firmly in my top 5 fav tigers.

Is the fastest player on our list over 100m too I believe. Amazing after the trouble he’s had with his hammies

 

[Spacedog]

Grimes is not even close to Rance’s level. Great player but not comparable to Rance. If you are saying that it is likely because you hate rance so much you only look for the bad things he does.

 

[Blueyboy74]

How many of the 2017 top 8 did Richmond play in the first 8 weeks of 2018? Iirc the answer is '1', almost uncanny, pretty sure we played 3 in the first 4 weeks.

Think you'll find you played two. In any event, if you average the ladder positions of all clubs except your own position and compare this against the average ladder position of all 22 opponents then you will find your draw this year is:

- 4.74% easier compared with current 2018 positions
- 5.64% easier compared with the 2017 ladder

whilst for Richmond:

- 0.91% easier compared with current 2018 positions
- 7.09% harder compared with the 2017 ladder

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

- Best 1v1 player
- Is never out of a contest
- Can play on talls and smalls

Rather Grimes in my team then Rance

 

[Cdog71]

Last season he went through a period of about nine games where he kept his direct opponent scoreless.
The only game last year Toby Greene played and didnt score was against grimes.
Another cool thing about him during some of the years he was injured he was made part of the leadership group.
I’ve never seen him lose his cool and last year when he got ironed out by Membrey 70’s style still played on till the second half.

 

[richcogs]

Most genuine instagramer of all football player. I love his wine farm life updates. Great dog and his crop this year looks ready!

 

[BarryMorgan]

Heard "mixed" reviews about the bloke he is behind closed doors, playing some good footy though

Really? I had reason to meet him a couple of times two or three years ago and he was a very nice bloke. Those mixed reviews might be because he doesn’t fit the mould of a typical AFL player - didn’t strike me as one of ‘da boiz’

 

[Ron The Bear]

(we did at pick 2 PSD) obviously not rated super highly as a youngster, without a highly-touted brother could he have missed out all together?

The contrast with his brother is pretty amazing.

Jack a first round draft pick, Dylan a PSD afterthought. Jack was named captain of Melbourne while Dylan was recovering from multiple serious hamstring injuries. At one stage Jack had played 85 games to Dylan's 39.

Fast forward a few years - Jack's ambitions went unfulfilled; Dylan has a premiership medal, has played more games and is in the conversation for the All-Australian team.

Talk about the fickle finger of fate.