Player Watch #16 Josh Smillie

[THE_GUN]

Smillie will be too good for VFL and pointless having him play VFL

He needs to be played AFL and learn exactly what it takes and whats expected
rated #1 most of 2024 and wanted to be selected at #1 so he is a mentally strong kid that will adapt quickly

2025 is a nothing year and just get games into the kids that have the talent

 

[SplintWhisky]

How sides are named means f all these days and aren’t really conclusive evidence of anything and never actually represents how a side lines up apart from listing the 22 players who will be playing

How many times over the last few years have we seen guys like Mansell named as CHF or FF

"These days" covering 14ish years is a bit of a stretch. I 100% doubt that Dusty was ever an official HB but was a midfielder who hung around that area because his tank wasn't good enough in his first few years. He was constantly under fire for it and then when he changed in 2017 it was the stat that everyone kept talking about with "How Richmond Changed from last year" constantly being talked about in the run up to the finals.

 

[Grrr]

Smillie will be too good for VFL and pointless having him play VFL

He needs to be played AFL and learn exactly what it takes and whats expected
rated #1 most of 2024 and wanted to be selected at #1 so he is a mentally strong kid that will adapt quickly

2025 is a nothing year and just get games into the kids that have the talent

We hope so but until he plays some footy we won't know. 2025 is not a nothing year, it is a year where a whole raft of players will make or break their careers. Fully fit we will be competitive, especially when players like Gibcus come back in.
Vlastuin, Balta, Broad
Brown, Gibcus, Trezise/Smith
HRS, Taranto, Campbell
Bauer, Fawcett or best new tall, Mansell
Lalor, Lynch, MRJ

Nank, Prestia, Ross
McAuliffe, Hopper, Short, Banks, Smillie

That is a not a bad side up and about with a bit of confidence could surprise.
I'm sure the players will be thinking much the same, and with an injection of real class from the new draftees as they get their turn, and improvement from a few others on the rise or coming back from injury, I don't see it as a nothing year at all.

 

[THE_GUN]

We hope so but until he plays some footy we won't know. 2025 is not a nothing year, it is a year where a whole raft of players will make or break their careers. Fully fit we will be competitive, especially when players like Gibcus come back in.
Vlastuin, Balta, Broad
Brown, Gibcus, Trezise/Smith
HRS, Taranto, Campbell
Bauer, Fawcett or best new tall, Mansell
Lalor, Lynch, MRJ

Nank, Prestia, Ross
McAuliffe, Hopper, Short, Banks, Smillie

That is a not a bad side up and about with a bit of confidence could surprise.
I'm sure the players will be thinking much the same, and with an injection of real class from the new draftees as they get their turn, and improvement from a few others on the rise or coming back from injury, I don't see it as a nothing year at all.

Its a nothing year as nothing expected from the team to participate in finals of min wins for the year
Totally about player development and coaches game plans
we could finish 15th or last it means nothing and its all about development next 2-3 years and building a list for success