richmond quick fix e.g carlton of the 90s
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Our gap between our best and worst players is not as bad as Richmond's, for every Ottens or Coughlan, they seem to have twice as many Billy Nicholls, or Houlihans etc.
Yes Mckay's loss will hurt, but not Mckernan, he did practically nothing all year and frankly Carlton got a great deal for him.
If you listen to all these carlton supporters it's actually quite funny they think they'll improve dramatically with the players they've picked up. They have no ruck division to speak of and no backline and if Barney Rubble in the ruck goes down injured who's going to take over?
You dont have a gap between your best and your worst because you dont have a best to compare your worst with in the first place!!! Pretty hard to compare duds with duds!!!
Everybody knew Carlton had an ordinary list and accordingly they finished second last. My question is what is Richmond’s excuse for only winning a couple of more games then us. The Blues have overhauled their list, what have the toothless Tigers done?
So far in the trade and draft we have added 10 new players to the list and will add at least another one in the PSD. That is a fairly substantial change to the list in any one season.
One or two Blues fans seem to be basing their assessment of Richmond's entire drafting strategy on the fact that we drafted Fletcher with pick 79. IMO Fletcher was a questionable choice at best, but the majority of our picks we used on kids.
Yes but once again you gave up a first draft pick (which basically are the most valuable draft commodotie) for a player who can be very hot or cold (Brown)
I am confident Carlton has a list that talent wise, is stronger than Richmond, Melbourne, Geelong etc ?
We'll just have to wait and see.
I'm confident we've got a better list than Carlton and will finish higher.
Having said that I'd be more confident if we had Pagan at the helm instead of Spud.
I'm confident we've got a better list than Carlton and will finish higher.
Having said that I'd be more confident if we had Pagan at the helm instead of Spud.
Penetrator
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Tiger supporters are you going to buy memberships this year and get back on the BANDWAGON or go missing like last year ????
We finished 16th last year but at least we had 34000 members.
How many finals have you been in the last 20 years ??? hahahahaha
We finished 16th last year but at least we had 34000 members.
How many finals have you been in the last 20 years ??? hahahahaha
tro-boy
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With Richmond's past history of top 10 draft picks (off the top of my head I can think of Pat Steinfort, Justin Murphy, Anthony Banik, Kane Pettifer and Aaron Fiora), I am more than happy with Richmond giving away pick 6 to pick up Brown.
Anyway, in the words of Matt Burgen (I think), Alex Gilmore at pick 21 is a "cracker" of a pick.
How many finals have you been in without cheating and rorting the salary cap??? NONE!!!!
Originally posted by mjm28
Well that list of players looks better than the entire Tige list!!
Have my money on Carlton over Richmond when they meet next year.
I'll take as much as you like loser.
Name your bet.
Don't be so confident. Even in the worst two years of our entire histroy, we still managed to beat you. Richmond are the only team that can't claim that they've beaten Carlton at their lowest point. Even if you're still better than us.
The upside of Carlton's list is stronger than Richmond's IMO.
When Campbell, Richo and Gasbag retire in around 3 years time, what is left ?
Ottens, Coughlan, that's about it.
How convenient that you overlook Darren Gaspar, Brad Ottens, and Kane Johnson in your summary of Richmond's use of Top 10 draft picks ....
I'm sure Anthony Koutoufides is just as bad as Anthony Franchina.
Can we use this guy to torture enemy soldiers in case we have a future war? I mean, the stupidity in this guy would justify insanity if locked in a room together.
I would think that most clubs would have given away a first rd draft pick for Nathan Brown, so to say we just gave away another first rd pick is nonsence. The securing of Brown was a major coup, one that Collingwood and Carlton both tried and failed to acheive.
As for quality of list, the photo in the paper yesterday showed up how much quality the blues have added - Nick Stevens, Andrew Walker and possibly Heath Scotland. The rest we will call Poly Filler - just covering the cracks
As for quality of list, the photo in the paper yesterday showed up how much quality the blues have added - Nick Stevens, Andrew Walker and possibly Heath Scotland. The rest we will call Poly Filler - just covering the cracks
mightybaggers
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Don't know who your sources are mate, but Brown actually approached Carlton and we didn't see him as a priority, or did we ever make an attempt to make him a navy blue.
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