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If we need him to win the game he plays
Player Watch #50 Marlion Pickett Retirement
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Im up for a bet
Luckily this bet didnt eventuate
wouldnt look great for me now TT if we did bet
Yeah I was thinking the same thing
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Even if Pickett's head is in the right head space & he wants to play this week.
Innocent until proven guilty. but given the seriousness of the allegations, I would not be playing him this week.
This week should all be about Trent Cotchin playing he's 300th game no distractions.
Innocent until proven guilty. but given the seriousness of the allegations, I would not be playing him this week.
This week should all be about Trent Cotchin playing he's 300th game no distractions.
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Hope he plays
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Did DeGoey (or anyone else for that matter) play when with assault charges pending? I can't remember. But that'd be a more serious crime than burglary I'd suggest.
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Round 3 last year against the saints at marvel
They were booing marlion,one young chap sitting behind me
Asked his father why are they booing marlion
I told him because marlion has won double the amount of premierships than there whole club
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This was posted in the arrested thread but feel like it's relevant here.
No reason to think he won't get the two games. Benny insisted he'd be available to play straight after the bye.
Marlion Pickett returns to Richmond training after being hit with serious burglary charges
Marlion Pickett was hit with serious burglary charges in Perth on Monday, but he returned to Richmond to pats on the back.Troubled Richmond premiership player Marlion Pickett was welcomed back to training on Thursday and triple-premiership captain Trent Cotchin said his teammates would “be right behind” him as awaits the outcome of serious charges.
After being held in remand in Perth on Sunday night, the 31-year-old was charged with four counts of aggravated burglary, three counts of stealing and three of criminal damage.
Pickett was granted bail after he allegedly stole more than $380,000 during a string of burglaries of commercial properties between December 2022 and January 2023.
After club chief executive Brendon Gale said the Tigers would continue to support Pickett, he returned to training on Thursday morning to a media throng.
Cotchin, who will celebrate his own 300th game this weekend, said it was “important” to have his premiership teammate back at the club.
“It was good to have Marlion in this morning out there training,” Cotchin said.
“He’s such an important part of our footy club and our team.
“What he brings is really special from a leadership point of view, not just Indigenous boys but our whole group.
“Knowing the person that Marlion is, he’ll stay strong and we’ll be right behind him.”
Cotchin said he and the playing group had no sense of what was happening with Pickett before the charges despite a concession from Gale the club knew he would be speaking to police in Perth last weekend.
He did so after Richmond’s win over Fremantle last Saturday night, with the charges then laid.
“I don’t think the playing group had awareness of it, which is a credit to the way that our management have managed that process. I’m sure it will be all dealt with in due course,” Cotchin said.
Marlion Pickett is welcomed back to training by Jacob Hopper. Picture: Michael Klein.
Pickett, who won’t face St Kilda this weekend but hasn’t been stood down and is likely to return in round 16 against Brisbane, has not addressed the playing group about the matter.
But Cotchin, echoing the words of Gale who said the club would work on the presumption Pickett was innocent, said he wouldn’t be making assumptions.
“My response was as it is with everyone; I don‘t like to make assumptions. That’s one of the rules that I go by,” he said.
“We love Marlion for who he is and what he brings to our footy club, and we‘ll be right behind him.”
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This is a good point, I reckon it played a small part in the club deciding not to play him.
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unless the rafl come in and say otherwise
and according to sources within the rafl
this might happen
I doubt it.
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wouldnt surprise me certainly hope not but nothing surprises me about the afl
No other decent thread for this guy besides that one about his court appearance, so Marlion deserves a proper footy one.
Jeez I was impressed with his game tonight. Notwithstanding that howler of a dropped mark in the second quarter which coughed up a goal, he was in our best 3 or 4 players again after that.
Hard as nails, handled the slippery ball well, and got us actually going forward a number of times. Undoubtedly best 23 based on tonight's performance.
Jeez I was impressed with his game tonight. Notwithstanding that howler of a dropped mark in the second quarter which coughed up a goal, he was in our best 3 or 4 players again after that.
Hard as nails, handled the slippery ball well, and got us actually going forward a number of times. Undoubtedly best 23 based on tonight's performance.
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His ridiculous level of fitness really stood out.
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Had a decent game and much better than our highly paid players....combined
He should be wing/mid. I reckon he got stuffed around a bit last year. But was playing well early on.
He was good last night, a few errors but overall good.
Relatively speaking our midfield isn't great though so I am desperately hoping that guys like Banks, Sonsie, Clarke can start breaking in and push guys like Pickett and Macintosh out, otherwise we're in a bit of trouble if that's what our best midfield looks like moving forward.
Agree on current performances he's best 23.
Relatively speaking our midfield isn't great though so I am desperately hoping that guys like Banks, Sonsie, Clarke can start breaking in and push guys like Pickett and Macintosh out, otherwise we're in a bit of trouble if that's what our best midfield looks like moving forward.
Agree on current performances he's best 23.
not afraid to put his body on the line and he's always trying to make something happen so always gunna make a few blunders, overall another good solid top-notch game by him and easily in our best 18.
Pickett goes to court on Friday. Does he get sacked if he pleads guilty?
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If we were a good team he wouldn't be close to the best 22. But we're going to have a bad season so I kind of get why he looks likely to play a lot.
Still, if it was me I'm playing younger players over him unless there is a sizeable gap in output. I don't believe there is.
Pickett is not the future and I'd argue should not be the present either.
Still, if it was me I'm playing younger players over him unless there is a sizeable gap in output. I don't believe there is.
Pickett is not the future and I'd argue should not be the present either.
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Don’t know if it’s that simple
If that’s the mentality we are going to have we may as well stop giving Dusty, Grimes and Lynch games as well
Just pick the best 22 available every week regardless of age and experience
When the kids are good enough they will naturally push the older players out but as it stands Pickett is still in our best two wing options and until he isn’t he should be getting games
play every week to win
Barnzy
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Yes agree. I probably worded it wrong.
I don't believe there is really any gap between Pickett and younger options.
Especially if he's keeping someone like Ross out of the side on the wing. That would be an easy choice for me. Ross is the better player.
