Richo - Brownlow??

[Blueboys11]

Ive just taken some very juicy odds on Richo winning this years brownlow...and thought i'd ask Tiges fans their opinion. He is my fav player in the comp to watch, and i think with his domination of games through the midfield he could be a massive chance...

Thoughts??

 

[sante]

Depends how many games we win.

I'd say he wouldn't win it.

 

[sethlad]

Now into $31 at the TAB after $301 was bet.
Best available now is $81 at Centrebet & IAS

seth

 

[Bojangles17]

Now into $31 at the TAB after $301 was bet.
Best available now is $81 at Centrebet & IAS

seth

not so, 101-1 at sportsbet australia

https://www.sportsbet.com.au/sports/event/SportID/4/CompetitionPID/14772/RoundPID/433/EventID/775741

 

[Blueboys11]

i got 126 at sportingbet. As soon as i put the bet on, they reeled it into 51.

 

[sethlad]

I dont have a Sportsbet account.....anymore
Good luck getting on there for a decent amount

seth

 

[bigange]

No chance.

Let's be serious here we are going to need 10+wins for him to have any hope and even then he is going to struggle to poll anywhere near enough.

You are throwing your money away.

 

[Blueboys11]

It is a midfielders medal, and Richo is basically playing as a midfielder getting 25+ possesions, taking 10-15 marks and kicking 3-4 goals a game..

Thinking the umps might notice that

Time will tell....

 

[tigers_of_old_08]

I love watching the big lug play but I think Gaz will have a better chance at it this year.

 

[tigertiger]

I got 10 on him 2 weeks ago at $301 now thats juicy

 

[Tigersman]

$101 at Betstar.

 

[Colonel Matrix]

The odds are 25-1 if he finishes in the top 3, which I think he's a chance of achieving... I might have a go at that!

 

[bloodiedtiger]

sportsbet is still 101-1

just put 100 dollars on it, i dont think he will win but if he keeps up this form u never know , i may just be a happer camper come yrs end

 

[Spielvogel]

he deserves something what hes done

 

[sethlad]

Top odds anywhere are $17 @ Sportingbet.....TAB is betting $9
$101 available early last week

seth

 

[The Dice Man]

Now down to $9 appparently.

Punters back Richo for Brownlow Medal

Jake Niall | May 6, 2008 http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/punters-back-richo-for-brownlow/2008/05/05/1209839553703.html


AFTER six rounds, Matthew Richardson was assessed as a 100-1 chance to win the Brownlow. One game later, TAB Sportsbet has him equal-third favourite for the medal at $9.

The plunge on the beloved Richo has been astonishing, and invites the question: Can this freakish 33-year-old Tiger, freed from the constraints of his forward 50-metre cage, become the game's oldest — and probably most popular — Brownlow medallist in history?

His former teammate, Bulldogs assistant coach Wayne Campbell, reckons Richo is a "massive chance" if he continues in his revamped role. "He polls very well," said Campbell.

Richardson has had four outstanding games in 2008 and should be polling votes in each of those games. Sportsbet believes he has "eight or nine votes" at this stage; in a more optimistic scenario, he could have 11 or 12.

Many within the game, including his coach Terry Wallace, reckon he has never been more productive or influential.

He leads the competition in marks and in his specialty, the contested mark. He is winning more of the ball than ever before, while still exceeding his career goal averages (3.43 this year).

If key forwards don't win what has become a "midfielder's medal", then some judges note that Richardson's prospects have been enhanced by the inspired decision to play him in what might henceforth be called "the Richo role".

And it is a role, not a position. Since round four, when Wallace unleashed his massive aerobic capacity on a hapless Fremantle, starting him as a 195-centimetre, 104-kilogram wingman, Richardson has not failed to gather 19 or more possessions or kick at least three goals in any game. Richardson is understood to have covered about 17 kilometres — Brent Harvey-like territory — in his 27-disposal, four-goal display against Hawthorn, when he ran back to obstruct Buddy Franklin and then sprinted forward to provide the Tigers with their only viable tall target.

He is playing more like a basketball centre, sprinting from one rim to the other, than a conventional midfielder. Just as Alexander the Great stationed himself where the battle was most intense, Richo goes to where he's needed most. He is gathering almost 20% of his ball in the defensive 50-metre arc, more touches in the middle and still kicking goals.

"We just play him where we feel that he is having a bigger impact on the game," Wallace explained, after his 22 touches and five goals failed to get the Tigers over St Kilda. "Even in the third quarter we moved him up onto the wing to get our momentum back going back our way. That's how much impact he is having on it." This high-possession and higher-impact role, presumably, will make him more appealing to the umpires.

"He's a definite chance," said Richardson's old coach, Danny Frawley. "He's going to be in the umpire's eye a whole lot more."

Frawley said the game's quickened pace of the past 18 months — wherein rapid ball movement (and constant running) has countered flooding — has aided Richo. Finally, the times suit him, and his package of size, athleticism and stamina.

It is remarkable that the game has moved in a more accommodating direction for a 33-year-old in his 16th season. As Campbell said, Richardson has emerged with a hyper-athletic style, despite receiving the kind of battering that Wayne Carey and Dermott Brereton endured in their shorter careers.

He's played only one finals series in 15 frustrating years, and should the planets continue to align, a Brownlow would be an irresistible bookend to the Richo story.

 

[captain blood 17]

Ive just taken some very juicy odds on Richo winning this years brownlow...and thought i'd ask Tiges fans their opinion. He is my fav player in the comp to watch, and i think with his domination of games through the midfield he could be a massive chance...

Thoughts??

He just needs to dye his hair blonde now and he's a shoe in. Anything is possible if he keeps going like this for another couple of months. Maybe Franklin if he hasn't been suspended this year (still averaging 9 shots at goal a game) would be worth a punt as well.

 

[GiveGasTheFlick]

Now into $31 at the TAB after $301 was bet.
Best available now is $81 at Centrebet & IAS

seth

Igot the 301/1 how happy would i be if he gets up.

 

[Big Kitty]

If we can win a few games and he can maintain this form he is a very strong possibility.

 

[Bazzar]

SEN today said he is down to $9

Who was the last short priced Tiger? Was it Cambo?

 

[Rancid_Beasties]

I reckon cogs was pretty short priced in 2003...but still in the $20's?

 

[jiphoc]

If Richmond could start to actually win games then Richo will win the Brownlow. If not then too many votes will be taken away from him.