tugga
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- May 9, 2006
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1: Martin (two Norms, 1 Brownlow, more to come. I don’t think I have ever seen a player that evokes so much fear from the opposition that what this bloke does)
2: Richardson (had most of us going to footy for years solely to see him. Dummy spits, brilliance, bled yellow and black. God I love him.)
3: Knights (reckon he gets criminally underrated by a lot)
4: Riewoldt (performed when we were garbage and reinvented his game to go from perhaps the most selfish player at the club to the most unselfish)
5: Rance (my mates and I used to openly laugh at this bloke at games that’s how awkward he was. Little did we know he would become one of the game’s greatest ever backmen)
6: Cotchin (battered and bruised, his personal game has suffered slightly over the years because such is the nature of the man – team first. His leadership has been one of the key reasons why our club is the best in the land)
7: Broderick (I LOVED this bloke. His handball was sublime and his left foot rarely missed a target. Reckon he would be in our top three players if he was playing today)
8: Free (Reckon this bloke was yet another victim to being a part of a poor side. Fearless leader and the very epitome of what the “Richmond man” saying would be today)
9: Edwards (criminally underrated player whose ability to get out of a tight situation with lightning fast handball. Just sees the game in a different way to most mortals)
10: Houli (I don’t think I have seen a player who I am just so damn comfortable and just so at ease when he has the ball. I just know he won’t turn it over)
11: Gaspar (couldn’t kick for s**t, but gets marked too harshly for it. At the time, he was exactly the type of player we needed. Dependable and reliable)
12: Deledio (Gee he played some great footy for us. Damaging kick, strong overhead for a 188cm midfielder)
13: D. Kellaway (like Gaspar, couldn’t kick over a jam tin, but made others around him stand taller by his actions. Brave as hell)
14: Brown (didn’t play that as much footy for us as we (or him) would have wanted, but provided the spark of magic we wanted from him. His five-goal last quarter on Clement against Collingwood was just serious genius.)
15: Grimes (hamstring injury prone and a lost talent. Or so we thought. I doubt we would have won the 2019 GF without him. When Rance went down with an ACL it was him who stood up in the most important position of all)
16: Ottens (AA in 2001 and was one of the main reasons we made a prelim in that year. Strong overhead and an immaculate kick for goal, I think he gets a bit left behind when discussing these lists. There is a reason he went on to be a multiple premiership player with Geelong)
17: Bowden (Superb footy brain and distributed the ball almost flawlessly from the half back line)
18: Gale (Played ruck, CHF, CHB during a time where the club mostly struggled. Made to be a spare-parts man most of his career, he did it with aplomb)
19: Campbell (there is no denying his longevity however I never thought he really impacted many games. Still, 297 games deserves a spot in the top 20 in my list)
20: Cameron (sublime kick on both sides, smart footy brain and just a smooth mover)
1: Martin (two Norms, 1 Brownlow, more to come. I don’t think I have ever seen a player that evokes so much fear from the opposition that what this bloke does)
2: Richardson (had most of us going to footy for years solely to see him. Dummy spits, brilliance, bled yellow and black. God I love him.)
3: Knights (reckon he gets criminally underrated by a lot)
4: Riewoldt (performed when we were garbage and reinvented his game to go from perhaps the most selfish player at the club to the most unselfish)
5: Rance (my mates and I used to openly laugh at this bloke at games that’s how awkward he was. Little did we know he would become one of the game’s greatest ever backmen)
6: Cotchin (battered and bruised, his personal game has suffered slightly over the years because such is the nature of the man – team first. His leadership has been one of the key reasons why our club is the best in the land)
7: Broderick (I LOVED this bloke. His handball was sublime and his left foot rarely missed a target. Reckon he would be in our top three players if he was playing today)
8: Free (Reckon this bloke was yet another victim to being a part of a poor side. Fearless leader and the very epitome of what the “Richmond man” saying would be today)
9: Edwards (criminally underrated player whose ability to get out of a tight situation with lightning fast handball. Just sees the game in a different way to most mortals)
10: Houli (I don’t think I have seen a player who I am just so damn comfortable and just so at ease when he has the ball. I just know he won’t turn it over)
11: Gaspar (couldn’t kick for s**t, but gets marked too harshly for it. At the time, he was exactly the type of player we needed. Dependable and reliable)
12: Deledio (Gee he played some great footy for us. Damaging kick, strong overhead for a 188cm midfielder)
13: D. Kellaway (like Gaspar, couldn’t kick over a jam tin, but made others around him stand taller by his actions. Brave as hell)
14: Brown (didn’t play that as much footy for us as we (or him) would have wanted, but provided the spark of magic we wanted from him. His five-goal last quarter on Clement against Collingwood was just serious genius.)
15: Grimes (hamstring injury prone and a lost talent. Or so we thought. I doubt we would have won the 2019 GF without him. When Rance went down with an ACL it was him who stood up in the most important position of all)
16: Ottens (AA in 2001 and was one of the main reasons we made a prelim in that year. Strong overhead and an immaculate kick for goal, I think he gets a bit left behind when discussing these lists. There is a reason he went on to be a multiple premiership player with Geelong)
17: Bowden (Superb footy brain and distributed the ball almost flawlessly from the half back line)
18: Gale (Played ruck, CHF, CHB during a time where the club mostly struggled. Made to be a spare-parts man most of his career, he did it with aplomb)
19: Campbell (there is no denying his longevity however I never thought he really impacted many games. Still, 297 games deserves a spot in the top 20 in my list)
20: Cameron (sublime kick on both sides, smart footy brain and just a smooth mover)