Grigg & Houli Sign On
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Wrong!
I've been watching the game for over 50 years. I think I can make an accurate judgement on a player.
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You got me...only 49 years for me.
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they aren't the only ones that do it and part of the reason it happens is leaving via free agency.
looks like miles and vickery/griff will be our main tradebait to put on the table
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Of our second tier these two are clearly two of the best. Houli is just a straight up good player, while Grigg is a good solid foot soldier. These two aren't our problem. Remember Stephen Armstrong? He played in a flag for West coast. Morton played in a flag. And so on.
Who are the worst of the second tier players?
These two have not only plateaued but are also on the way down.
He is!
Why?
I can understand not wanting Grigg around, as he's not exactly invaluable, but Houli is a VERY important player to us.
Notice how when we start losing, it's because he's been shut down or nullified by the opposition.
This is the very reason why we recruited Yarran to begin with. Because we needed another "Houli", one wasn't enough.
Criminally underrated player.
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Ellis vickery Griffith's hampson conca hunt are clearly worse than both. Grimes Astbury Lloyd Edwards I would put between houli and Grigg. This is just off the top of my head of the regulars, excluding the kids and the players that are in and out like Moore and townsend
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Houli only runs offensively, barely goes the other way. Shits his pants when under pressure too.
He's a criminally overrated kick
Righto, so is that a problem with Houli himself, or with the RFC not having enough attacking options in that area of the ground to cover for his role when Houli is being nullified?
Every good player gets nullified at times, I don't see Houli being any different. We're talking about his importance to the team, which has been demonstrated to be very high.
Whether or not that's an issue the club needs to look at addressing (which they tried to with Yarran), whatever, but none of it changes the fact that Houli is a very important part of the RFC picture at the moment, and that importance is often highly undersold.
The thing he's important to a team that finishes 8th at its best.
He's a liability to any team aiming to finish top.
Houlis kicking and decision making the last couple years hve been nothing short of terrible, This year would have been the time to get rid of him while he still ha some value.
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Possible both. However I see (and I'm tipping many) Houli as basically a down hill skier. Good when things are going well, not great when they are not. Nothing wrong with that and all clubs need and have them, however to be truly rated you need to be able to win games when your backs are against it and Richmond lack that in spades.
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Another two rotten eggs that the big fat hen will sit on.
Rinse and repeat.
Feel sorry for the new coach coming in next year.
Rinse and repeat.
Feel sorry for the new coach coming in next year.
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So he wasn't important in 2013 or 2015?
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