Player Watch #16 Josh Smillie

[THE_GUN]

Maybe.

All i see is lots of "maybe's" in that list.

xt meaningful midfield group we have will be the younger guys in that list with guys even younger IMO

And there are 'Maybe's: with

Fremantle , Carlton , Sydney

and maybe Brisbane


You also seen alot of 'Maybe's ' with Richmond in 2017 season
I see alot of 'Maybe's" with you actually being a Richmond supporter

but thats another Maybe

 

[Boxo004]

And there are 'Maybe's: with

Fremantle , Carlton , Sydney

and maybe Brisbane


You also seen alot of 'Maybe's ' with Richmond in 2017 season
I see alot of 'Maybe's" with you actually being a Richmond supporter

but thats another Maybe

Definitely maybe

 

[Vassp]

I assume this post will be deleted per the moderator, but again, I will not request it, just an observation about accountability and integrity

what ?
please outline what you dont like about the post instead of questioning my integrity?
Thought this is a forum

 

[THE_GUN]

not only that, but had he played in a more functional team he wouldve been right up there, he carried the weight of richmonds lows on his shoulders and really played with more pressure than he shouldve.

If Richo had played in a good team rather than the rabble Richmond were at the time

He would have been completely unstoppable and would have been regarded in the same way Carey , Ablett , Dunstall were
and just below Martin / Mathews

 

[RJK Tiger]

sharp is a goddamn maniac at 17, once hes hit 90kg he will terrify oppos, just goes straight through packs.

Hopefully you are right - i just prefer to let blokes play some seniors before wetting my knickers. Or even just wait until that player is actually on our list

 

[Mr Magic]

what ?
please outline what you dont like about the post instead of questioning my integrity?
Thought this is a forum

What makes you think I am questioning your accountability and integrity??

Remember I cannot post about Richo in this thread unless I want to be banned by a moderator(see previous posts)

 

[RJK Tiger]

And there are 'Maybe's: with

Fremantle , Carlton , Sydney

and maybe Brisbane


You also seen alot of 'Maybe's ' with Richmond in 2017 season
I see alot of 'Maybe's" with you actually being a Richmond supporter

but thats another Maybe

You legit are talking about a midfield that includes several players who have never even played an AFL game & another 2 that are not even on an AFL list, at all.

Maybe...... you need to just....... wait & see? Or at least wait till some of these kids have actually even been drafted by anyone, let alone us

 

[THE_GUN]

You legit are talking about a midfield that includes several players who have never even played an AFL game & another 2 that are not even on an AFL list, at all.

Maybe...... you need to just....... wait & see? Or at least wait till some of these kids have actually even been drafted by anyone, let alone us

Maybe


or maybe i just respond to rubbish sometimes or try to kill some parasites

 

[lizard man]

Maybe

 

[Hank Heavenly]

sharp is a goddamn maniac at 17, once hes hit 90kg he will terrify oppos, just goes straight through packs.

his old man was a tough hard footballer

 

[TJTIGER]

his old man was a tough hard footballer

Do you know who his dad played for?

 

[Maurice Mitchell]

Not only was Richo one of the greatest contested marks the game has seen…..

EFA

 

[Maurice Mitchell]

Wow. Debating with Magic.

I think I’d rather go shopping.

 

[Maurice Mitchell]

Has there ever been a Wingman thats kicked 400 goals

Don’t know about 400 but Ablett’s numbers per wing game would be impressive.

Then again, he would have kicked goals playing at full back.

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Has there ever been a Wingman thats kicked 400 goals

The great man could play anywhere

 

[tigs2010]

The great man could play anywhere

Maybe

 

[Karp3_dm]

Maybe you’re all a bunch of cucks

God damn footy can’t come quick enough

 

[beema limapep]

sharp is a goddamn maniac at 17, once hes hit 90kg he will terrify oppos, just goes straight through packs.

100%. Like Michael Voss but with even more burst speed and aggression, and a dash of silk.

He has it all.

 

[Noidnadroj]

I will say this.

For RFC to win a premiership with Richo he needed to play wing.

Meaning RFC needed others to help Richo kick goals to win premiership rather than Richo as a forward soley.

Ablett Snr was a better wingman or half forward. How many players kick 14 goals/ off a flank???

Buddy was a flanker. Was the Swans better the year before because Buddy retired?

Carey was more important because he won games as a CHF/FF hybrid. That does not mean Carey was better than Lockett but he could hold his own in the important position of CHF

Lockett was best in his youth when he could jump and get closer to CHF, Mathews played midfield and forward.


Did Ablett Snr not win a premiership because in the GF he played forward despite kicking 9 goals and winning a Norm Smith?? The point being if Ablett Snr kicked 9 goals from a half forward flank in the GF would Geelong have won the game??

The point is the team wins premierships and you try and maximise individual efforts as part of the overall team effort.

If Richo adds more to the team playing on the wing and get others to kick more goals that is what you do.

Likewise if Smillie adds more at times from the backline apart from the midfield and helps our forwards get better looks for us to stop more goals and kick more goals that is what we do if we get better mids rather than relying on a weaker backline setup to make the overall team better which is what counts winning premierships.

Richo kicked a lot of points. Goal accuracy was important. If Richo was winning more up the ground and others where kicking more more accurately it would have been a better setup and the team would have been in more sync, more confident, more belief, more robust. Like missing free throws in basketball, missing goals hurts unlike having someone like Tony Hall helping Hawks win premierships kicking goals in a team setup

When I look back on it, Richo running like a gazelle is more indicative to me of his strength than him kicking goals including those where he was running out the back. He could run, leap and take a great mark, but forwards is about kicking goals and putting the score on the board with scoreboard pressure finishing off team efforts. The obsession of Richo being a forward probably inhibited us most winning a premiership with him because we needed a better team setup.

It is interesting you talk about Hart, Greig because that was an earlier era and the game has moved on since then but back then isolated football was more key arguably back then rather than team combinations as their was less run and cover in the game while Barlett could play a few different roles, midfield, forward at least. look at a player like Dunstall, if he was not a accurate kick for goal he probably would not have made it, let alone be a great

Wowsers… and remind me, where did the Tigers finish the year he played wing?

He has kicked more goals on the MCG than any player in history. 800 career goals. Best contested mark I’ve ever seen - yes, that includes Carey and Lockett….

We didn’t win flags when he played KPF because our next best players during his career were Campbell, Knights, Gaspar and Bowden…. Richo was the only genuinely elite player we had in the team from the start of his career until around 2007-2009 when Jack, Cotchin, and Rance arrived…. none of whom were elite until 2010 when Richo was retired.


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[THE_GUN]

In 3 years time magic will say we should have played Dusty as a Back flanker

 

[sregit]

100%. Like Michael Voss but with even more burst speed and aggression, and a dash of silk.

He has it all.

Sounds like most posters here think it’s given the Tigers end last in 2025 and Sharp is the runaway pick 1. I don’t see it that way.

 

[TJTIGER]

100%. Like Michael Voss but with even more burst speed and aggression, and a dash of silk.

He has it all.

So it’s decided, we’ll take 2 please!!

 

[TJTIGER]

Sounds like most posters here think it’s given the Tigers end last in 2025 and Sharp is the runaway pick 1. I don’t see it that way.

How do you see it sregit ?

 

[Morro]

Maybe you’re all a bunch of cucks

God damn footy can’t come quick enough

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Why bring "The Roar Is Back" into this

Come on man, new year and all that.

 

[Groupie_]

best player since aaron fiora