I suspect many people who flew off the handle and went feral will be feeling just a little bit silly this morning
and that the hs said the talks were on hold.
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I suspect many people who flew off the handle and went feral will be feeling just a little bit silly this morning
He'll either go to the Cats and play his best footy there like Brett Ottens, or get himself another huge contract with us and end his career like Nick Daffy. Overpaid, overated and overweight!
Our biggest mistake with Nick was making him a midfielder. If we had of left him on a flank, who knows.
You seem a knowledgeable poster, why will Brett leave us, and if he stays given his results for the club, why wouldn't he be the highest paid player at the club? We're not paying him on potentual.
Deledio, never known to be a hard worker can easily go the same way.
I loled.
Deledio has all the talent in the world but is not mentally strong. Has never given us 100% committment with his footy.
The Ottens theory is that Deledio would be a better player as a smaller fish in a bigger pond with better players around him constantly pushing him to play at their standard. Consistently. You dont get away with the occassional flash of brilliance at a club playing for premierships.
At Tigerland he is a big fish in a small talent pool and he is not mentally equipped to play at his best with average players around him week on week.
The Daffy theory is that his big contract went to his head and he thought he didnt have to work hard anymore and he would be picked on reputation. Deledio, never known to be a hard worker can easily go the same way.
And lets not forget that Ottens would have stayed if we paid him the money he was asking for. I dont doubt Deledio would choose to stay at Richmond for easy money over Geelong for premierships
Deledio has all the talent in the world but is not mentally strong. Has never given us 100% committment with his footy.
The Ottens theory is that Deledio would be a better player as a smaller fish in a bigger pond with better players around him constantly pushing him to play at their standard. Consistently. You dont get away with the occassional flash of brilliance at a club playing for premierships.
At Tigerland he is a big fish in a small talent pool and he is not mentally equipped to play at his best with average players around him week on week.
The Daffy theory is that his big contract went to his head and he thought he didnt have to work hard anymore and he would be picked on reputation. Deledio, never known to be a hard worker can easily go the same way.
And lets not forget that Ottens would have stayed if we paid him the money he was asking for. I dont doubt Deledio would choose to stay at Richmond for easy money over Geelong for premierships
Deledio has all the talent in the world but is not mentally strong. Has never given us 100% committment with his footy.
The Ottens theory is that Deledio would be a better player as a smaller fish in a bigger pond with better players around him constantly pushing him to play at their standard. Consistently. You dont get away with the occassional flash of brilliance at a club playing for premierships.
At Tigerland he is a big fish in a small talent pool and he is not mentally equipped to play at his best with average players around him week on week.
The Daffy theory is that his big contract went to his head and he thought he didnt have to work hard anymore and he would be picked on reputation. Deledio, never known to be a hard worker can easily go the same way.
And lets not forget that Ottens would have stayed if we paid him the money he was asking for. I dont doubt Deledio would choose to stay at Richmond for easy money over Geelong for premierships
Our biggest mistake with Nick was making him a midfielder. If we had of left him on a flank, who knows.
You seem a knowledgeable poster, why will Brett leave us, and if he stays given his results for the club, why wouldn't he be the highest paid player at the club? We're not paying him on potentual.
He'll either go to the Cats and play his best footy there like Brett Ottens, or get himself another huge contract with us and end his career like Nick Daffy. Overpaid, overated and overweight!
Yep, what a ridiculous statement. The entire post is utter crap.
He'll either go to the Cats and play his best footy there like Brett Ottens, or get himself another huge contract with us and end his career like Nick Daffy. Overpaid, overated and overweight!
I think we should sign him to a 5 yr deal heavily back ended.
Reason for this is that Lids would be available to our vetrans list in a couple of years because of the 10 yrs service and therefore only half his wage would count towards the cap.
He will most likely be our highest paid player at the club and if we can make it so that only half of that counts for majority of the contract then we would be in the box seat to use that cash to either secure our other stars or sign a big free agent. I am sure the club would be thinking about this.
Either way Lids is going to be paying the top MTR and you would probably have to compensate him more for recieving the money later as the time value would come into it, but it could be done imo.
I also think this is why it would be tough for any club to win a bidding war against us over a long term contract.
Ten years service and has to be 30 years old.
Changes to the vets list rules mean that you can have as many as you like on the list, once they qualify but only 100k of their salary is discounted (not counted) per player. Can't remember the source but pretty sure that's right.
Without checking if you have two on the veterans list only half their salary is counted. If you have more than two then the percentage discounted is lowered per player. Not sure what the lowest is.
Still to qualify for veterans list you have to have played teny years at the club and be 30 years of age.
Clearly have no idea what you're talking about, do you?
Lids not mentally strong? Has played 150 out of a possible 154 matches in his career to date. I guarantee you he's played through plenty of injuries/niggles in those 150 matches; that takes mental strength. Think Round 14, 2010 vs Sydney; when it looked like he'd broken his arm, only to get it strapped up, come back on and help turn the game for us. Not mention re-signing at the end of 2009; possibly our biggest let down of a season in 30 years. That took conviction too, cos I bet other clubs were circling.
As for not a hard worker, then you're kidding yourself.
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/102253/default.aspx
Take a look at those stats. Lids dominates them, but most impressively he topped not only the inside 50's, but the rebound 50's. You cannot have the most disposals for the season at a club, and deliver the ball at both ends of the ground more than anyone else in your whole side and not work hard.
another forthright comment straight from the clacker ...pffft , comparrisons to daffy...has and always will have more talent in his toe than daffy ever had. and he was no dud by the way. 2 B&fs already, wouldnt suprise me if he won 3 or 4 more and a brownlow. they dont make footballers like Lids everyday , no siree, our only prob is we dont have 7 or 8 of him