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Didaics

Didaics

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How much of our season depends on the form of this guy? I would say a fair bit. I think Fraser needs to spend quite a bit of time up forward this year for us to go well, particularly with Rusling out for a bit and Didak out early. Richards really needs to step up in the ruck to cover for some positional changes that stem from the likes of Buckley going into the forwardline, Didak and Leon into the midfield etc.

Come on Guy, we need you in 07.
 
Didaics said:
How much of our season depends on the form of this guy? I would say a fair bit. I think Fraser needs to spend quite a bit of time up forward this year for us to go well, particularly with Rusling out for a bit and Didak out early. Richards really needs to step up in the ruck to cover for some positional changes that stem from the likes of Buckley going into the forwardline, Didak and Leon into the midfield etc.

Come on Guy, we need you in 07.
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You've pretty much hit the nail on the head perfectly in your post dude.
Well said. Exactly right.
Hopefully he can add a bit of 'oumph' to his game. He isnt a 180cm player, hes a 195+ cm player, use your size!!
 
I've got my doubts. He hasn't been focusing on his second and third efforts. The best ruckman in the competition, Dean Cox, is a specialist and Josh Fraser couldn't be too far behind him. They are prime examples of what a modern-day ruckman is all about. If Guy Richards wants to become a good ruckman he needs to work harder and get to far more contests around the ground.
 
Needs a lot of game time without injury before we can really judge. I think he can develop into a "good enough" ruckman who can compete with the best of them at the centre bounces. Whatever he does around the ground will be a bonus, although he has at times shown glimpses of knowing how to take a mark and kick a goal. His around the ground work and second efforts will improve with game time, although he'll never be an athlete like Fraser.

Bryan and Fraser along with Rocca, Reid, Presti, Wakelin and Brown can do a lot of the other "around the ground" big man stuff that Richards may lack. But in terms of a genuine centre bounce ruckman, Richards remains our best option.
 

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In his defence , he needs continuity to his football to learn what he needs to do . He needs game after game , season after season to realise that .
The elite ruckmen had a grounding under their belts first .
 
Personally,I have never rated Richards.We should have kept Cam Cloke and given Richards his marching orders.Cam cloke and chris bryan would have been a better bullocking combination.Richards will go down again,true to his form once the season starts,like he has every other year.
His stats say it all ...Has been at collingwood 7 years,and has played less than 22 games in his career.What a waste of space.Better to use Bryan as first ruck.
 
Richards is about 7-10 kilos too light. He needs to add some extra muscle because at the moment he gets pushed out of the contest too easily. He also isn't fit or agile enough. He needs to do a lot of work to get himself to a standard that will cut it at AFL level. As for Cam Cloke, he is too short for a ruckman and too slow for a key position. He didn't seem to be developing as well as hoped at Collingwood. Getting delisted will probably be the best thing for him. Hopefully it will give him the kick up the rear he needed.
 
Coin_Toss said:
I've got my doubts. He hasn't been focusing on his second and third efforts. The best ruckman in the competition, Dean Cox, is a specialist and Josh Fraser couldn't be too far behind him. They are prime examples of what a modern-day ruckman is all about. If Guy Richards wants to become a good ruckman he needs to work harder and get to far more contests around the ground.
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This is where Bryan is better than Richards. Richards is technically leaps and bounds ahead of Bryan but if Richards doesn't win the tap, or even if he does he doesn't recover from the leap and put pressure on the opposition. Fraser is brilliant at this. Bryan is always moving, always looking for his opportunity to get involved even if it's just giving a shephard while Guy is a bit lost and stands there.
 
Pie Fight said:
Richards is about 7-10 kilos too light. He needs to add some extra muscle because at the moment he gets pushed out of the contest too easily. He also isn't fit or agile enough. He needs to do a lot of work to get himself to a standard that will cut it at AFL level. As for Cam Cloke, he is too short for a ruckman and too slow for a key position. He didn't seem to be developing as well as hoped at Collingwood. Getting delisted will probably be the best thing for him. Hopefully it will give him the kick up the rear he needed.
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We have seen CC play these type of games before. However he was always picked on for one or two mistakes or for losing the hitouts (which he is still doing at Carlton). He looks a bit smoother, but I've seen it all at Collingwood and he ends up falling apart either through injury or just crapness. The only difference is at Carlton he'll be given more chances.
 
Guy Richards is my buddy and I chose him because a good season out of him will land us in the 8.

He is never going to accummulate possessions or cover the ground well. I think he's in the mould of Matthew Clarke, good tap ruckman not many possessions, but Richards needs to start winning hit-outs and too advantage.

Bryan and Josh won't win many hit-outs, that is not their strengths.

He is mid 20s' now and if he can string a series of games together, I think he will assist us greatly at the stoppages.
 
he is a dud , he played 10 games staright last year and only played well in 1 against the roos so he had plenty of time in that period without injury to show something and failed miserably. He has been on the list 7 f#$ken years now and he actually not that good at tapping as you guys say he often when he finally wins one directs it to the opposition and also often runs under his opponent which shows his timing is crap.
 

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