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ROFL, tyrone vickery was a straighter kick than richo.
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ROFL, tyrone vickery was a straighter kick than richo.
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Star of the game.
Great to watch, always entertaining (on his good and bad days
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Kept thousands of supporters interested in the game when Richmond were average at best.
Elite endurance in a 6' 6" frame, fantastic mark... easily top 10.
Great to watch, always entertaining (on his good and bad days
).Kept thousands of supporters interested in the game when Richmond were average at best.
Elite endurance in a 6' 6" frame, fantastic mark... easily top 10.
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Better in the media than he was a player, which is creating an alternative history on how good he was.
Great athlete, but dummy spits and inaccurate kicking hurt him.
For a guy that spend nearly his entire career in the forward 50 during a time when big bags were kicked by players, and to only average 2.8 goals a game, is hardly remarkable, although his longevity is worth praise.
Great athlete, but dummy spits and inaccurate kicking hurt him.
For a guy that spend nearly his entire career in the forward 50 during a time when big bags were kicked by players, and to only average 2.8 goals a game, is hardly remarkable, although his longevity is worth praise.
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Was a very good player but has been way over hyped both during and after his career
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non of the commentators on 7 ever went that hard on 'dr ageless' during 'the saga' - probably a coincidence though.
Was the Richmond player during his career, maybe not an AFL great but certainly someone everybody knew.
I really don't get this. The guy who is 12th on the all time goal kicking list has a hardly remarkable goal kicking record?
My grandmother was a straighter kick than Richo, what an inane comment. He acknowledged it whilst playing, and especially since retiring. Is one of the charms of the bloke, very self effacing and humorous. And on Ty Vickery, he'd be a better shot at goals than most forwards I've seen, usually because they were from straight in front about 30m out, or out the back in the goals square. Rarely missed. Richo kicked the impossible from the boundary 50m out, and hit the post from 10.
Without doubt the most loved tiger in my time following the club. The big richooooo scream as the ball was kicked into the fwd line back in the day was sensational. Only player I’ve felt genuinely sad on hearing their retirement.
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It probably didn't even happen
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Loved him as a player, and still seems like a ripping fella, however not a fan of him as a commentator. Always waits until after the general consensus has been reached before offering his opinion. A classic fence sitter.
He's one of two forwards to average >8 marks per game, with Nick Riewoldt. Would you say the same about Riewoldt averaging 2.1 goals per game?
Richo was a gun. An amazing individual player and one of the most entertaining to watch. Rightly or wrongly though I always felt the Tigers would never achieve ultimate success whilst he was there.
Tredrea was the opposite. Able to will his team over the line in big games and save his team in big games (he famously did both on one game v the Tigers).
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Richo was a matchwinner also. Kane Johnson played with him as well as McLeod & Jarman, and rated Richo on a par for his ability to decide games.
The knock on Tredrea was his relatively short (but consistently high standard) time at the top of his game. Richo's the only player to make the All-Australian team 12 seasons apart.
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Why would a Hawthorn supporter post this when he kicked a goal which was harder to win against you?
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He has kicked the most goals ever at the MCG and kicked over 800 goals in a awful team.
I think he may just scrap into Richmonds best ever top 10.........
I think he may just scrap into Richmonds best ever top 10.........
I always get that impression too, even if it's brushed off as mere banter. I think Richo is so sincere and genuine that BT can't help himself sometimes, dude is a bit of a troll
He was an excellent player- even with his kicking issues his regular output was top tier for a key forward.
And when he was having a good day he was about as close to peak Franklin as any previous player I can think of- when he was 'on' he had that combination of long leads, agility, height and reach advantage and booming kicking which made him impossible to defend effectively.
Opposition fans used to love getting stuck into him at games because we knew if he bought his A game and stayed focused there was nothing much our defenders could do about him. And when he melted down he was hilarious.
And when he was having a good day he was about as close to peak Franklin as any previous player I can think of- when he was 'on' he had that combination of long leads, agility, height and reach advantage and booming kicking which made him impossible to defend effectively.
Opposition fans used to love getting stuck into him at games because we knew if he bought his A game and stayed focused there was nothing much our defenders could do about him. And when he melted down he was hilarious.
Blind man Freddie can bomb a 60m drop punt straight in front of goal!
Against the Swans at the MCG in (I think 2005) in a downpour. Richmond won only kicking 10 goals. It was an impossible situation for tall forwards. Which is why Richo only kicked 7. Richmond was crap that year and so only rusted on Richmond supporters will probably remember it. That's part of why neutrals underrate him, because he got to little chance to perform in finals.
Richmond was crap that year and so only rusted on Richmond supporters will probably remember it. That's part of why neutrals underrate him, because he got to little chance to perform in finals.I actually think that game was at the scg, was a magnificent display from the great man.Against the Swans at the MCG in (I think 2005) in a downpour. Richmond won only kicking 10 goals. It was an impossible situation for tall forwards. Which is why Richo only kicked 7.
Typo - sorry. In fact I was in Sydney at the time. I had just started my PhD and footy wasn't on my mind - staying at a friends flat in Darlinghurst. I had finished a week of intense research at the Mitchell and spent a rainy afternoon at her flat reading books (I was flying back that evening and had forgotten we were playing at the SCG a short bus trip away). Turned on the news and could have kicked myself for missing the match. Regretted it ever since andf (what's worse) have never been able to source any video of it.
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Against the Swans at the MCG in (I think 2005) in a downpour. Richmond won only kicking 10 goals. It was an impossible situation for tall forwards. Which is why Richo only kicked 7.
at the SCG in 2004
You don't expect me to get the date right do you? It's not like I'm an historian or something.
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