We'll be even worse than I thought if McIntosh is anywhere near the midfield in 2025.
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I didn't realize he had a crack at this in the VFL, interesting.
I don't think he will start there from the first bounce, but coming off the bench to rotate through the midfield or wherever is needed I think will work well!
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How so?
Can't throw the young kids to the wolves and the last 2 years oppo players have literally walked the ball out of there.
Kmac will at least help try defend that. puts a bit less pressure on the defenders.
especially early in the season.
might be a different story come end of the season.
If we're chasing brain fades and crucial turnovers by foot then yeah, should be peachy.
Because we have Taranto, Hopper, Prestia, Ross, McAuliffe, Sonsie who will all looking to be paying midfield already. Plus Lalor and Smille to come. Plus MRJ and/or Seth potentially running through there on occasion.
Having said that I'd take Kmac in the middle ahead of Dow....
I think Kmac is the perfect sub. No more playing the young kids off the sub bench. If they tire, then sub them out and bring in someone like MacIntosh. Can play back at a pinch, wing, and could come in and have a crack through the midfield if we are going use him that way. If Cripps or Petracca start busting us up physically, then try Mac, if he stays on the bench because we are playing well or nobody is tiring fine, better than bringing a kid on with a quarter to go.
I don't wanting him taking the place of any of our mids or the young and developing mids, but to have him up our sleeve is not the worst idea. The very least he plays there in the VFL and we can have a good look at him and bring him in if he earns it.
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Trade him to fight club.
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I think 'Gigolo' is the correct term
Then again it might be an unparalleled success...what would we do then!
Stick him back on the HBF..
…bc at the scats it would be a bitch slap fight
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You would think so but I have always thought he could be a tagger.
Good aerobic capacity. Sacrificial attitude. But tagging only, otherwise he shouldn’t be in the 1’s.
Maybe 5 years ago. Ship has sailed now.
FoxSport preseason update
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Role changes and who’s ‘tearing up the track’:Tom Lynch saidRhyan Mansell has “taken his training standards to another level” this pre-season, dubbing him someone to watch amid an impressive stint, and it was a similar situation last pre-season in terms of being tipped for big things. He played a career-best 21 games last season for 21 goals, but the best might be yet to come. In terms of position changes, Jacob Koschitzke failed to make a lasting impression as a forward in his debut Richmond season last year, and the Tigers’ coaching panel has since made the call to trial him in defence. The former Hawthorn key forward has played in the back half this pre-season during match simulation and given Noah Balta’s absence for the first four games due to suspension, and pending the short-term health of Josh Gibcus, Koschitzke will be in the frame for early-season senior action as a defender. Kaleb Smithand Sam Banks are among the possibilities to replace the departed Daniel Rioli across half-back.
Injury latest: Gibcus, having missed a decent amount of pre-season match practice after an early-season ACL tear last year, appears in a race against time to be fit for the Tigers’ Round 1 meeting with Carlton. Fellow ACL victims Judson Clarke, Mykelti Lefau and Taj Hotton remain on modified programs, per the Tigers. Meanwhile, after a significant hamstring injury hampered the latter portion of his draft campaign, No.1 draft pick Sam Lalor has been eased into AFL life yet appears in line for a Round 1 league debut against Carlton.
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Role changes and who’s ‘tearing up the track’:Tom Lynch saidRhyan Mansell has “taken his training standards to another level” this pre-season, dubbing him someone to watch amid an impressive stint, and it was a similar situation last pre-season in terms of being tipped for big things. He played a career-best 21 games last season for 21 goals, but the best might be yet to come. In terms of position changes, Jacob Koschitzke failed to make a lasting impression as a forward in his debut Richmond season last year, and the Tigers’ coaching panel has since made the call to trial him in defence. The former Hawthorn key forward has played in the back half this pre-season during match simulation and given Noah Balta’s absence for the first four games due to suspension, and pending the short-term health of Josh Gibcus, Koschitzke will be in the frame for early-season senior action as a defender. Kaleb Smithand Sam Banks are among the possibilities to replace the departed Daniel Rioli across half-back.
Injury latest: Gibcus, having missed a decent amount of pre-season match practice after an early-season ACL tear last year, appears in a race against time to be fit for the Tigers’ Round 1 meeting with Carlton. Fellow ACL victims Judson Clarke, Mykelti Lefau and Taj Hotton remain on modified programs, per the Tigers. Meanwhile, after a significant hamstring injury hampered the latter portion of his draft campaign, No.1 draft pick Sam Lalor has been eased into AFL life yet appears in line for a Round 1 league debut against Carlton.
AFL pre-season state of play: Rd 1 bolters, key position swaps and injury latest
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time to return the traditional Richmond yellow
mansell the new patty contin
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lol, wonder if Lynchy gave that opinion prior to Mansell owning Shorty.
Considering our f50 entries last season, 21 goals from Mansell and all of his defensive pressure, is not too shabby.He’s one player, I had marked down early as a bust, due to his disposal.
Imo he’s every bit as hard at it, as Jake King was. Anyone that watches him live, will tell you that he NEVER shirks it and has a kamikaze approach to the contest.
Considering our f50 entries last season, 21 goals from Mansell and all of his defensive pressure, is not too shabby.He’s one player, I had marked down early as a bust, due to his disposal.
Imo he’s every bit as hard at it, as Jake King was. Anyone that watches him live, will tell you that he NEVER shirks it and has a kamikaze approach to the contest.
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Are we being way too cautious with gibbos recovery? Has he had setbacks?
Sounds miles behind schedule
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Injury update
Richmond High Performance Manager Ben Serpell has provided an injury update, following last Friday’s match simulation.
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First-year Tigers Josh Smillie and Jasper Alger both came from the field during the hit-out, which was participated in by excellent numbers.
Smillie will enter a rehabilitation phase, due to a minor hamstring issue, while Alger will return to full training in the very near future.
“Josh has come to the Club and had a sporadic load over the last little while, which is typical of most first years,” Serpell said.
“Because of that (and his minor hamstring issue) we have decided to take a conservative approach with him and give him some consistent training.
“We still expect him to be around the mark for the early parts of the season, hopefully by trial (game) time.”
Richmond will face West Coast in Match Simulation in Perth on February 17 before a practice match against Collingwood on February 26 for the Charity Shield.
Jasper Alger remains in contention for those games, following a hyper-extension to his knee.
“Jasper hyper-extended his knee in match play last week. He got a little bit spooked, but the scans came back positively,” Serpell said.
“He will train a little bit later this week and there is a chance he will get out for match play (on Friday).
“But if not this week, it is going to be next week (that he returns to partaking in match play).”
Serpell also gave an update on Josh Gibcus, who will not be available for the early rounds of the season.
“Josh in 2023 underwent surgery to repair his hamstring after a significant strain, which was backed up by his ACL injury last year,” he said.
“So, he has had two traumatic injuries season on season, which is why what we decided to do is take a conservative approach with him.
“Josh is a long-term prospect and as we have said all along, we want to look after him. I think all Richmond fans would agree that once he is back, we want him to stay in the team instead of being in rehab again.
“He went a bit slower through the early stages of his rehab than we would have liked, but we cannot do anything about that because everyone’s body responds in different ways.
“So, he is still a long-term injury prospect, but is tracking quite well otherwise.
“We are unlikely to see Josh in the early rounds. And as I have said earlier- Judson Clarke is the one leading the way among the ACL guys and he is looking at coming back around April.”
Richmond High Performance Manager Ben Serpell has provided an injury update, following last Friday’s match simulation.
This Injury Report is brought to you by nib. With nib, life could be potentially amazing.
First-year Tigers Josh Smillie and Jasper Alger both came from the field during the hit-out, which was participated in by excellent numbers.
Smillie will enter a rehabilitation phase, due to a minor hamstring issue, while Alger will return to full training in the very near future.
“Josh has come to the Club and had a sporadic load over the last little while, which is typical of most first years,” Serpell said.
“Because of that (and his minor hamstring issue) we have decided to take a conservative approach with him and give him some consistent training.
“We still expect him to be around the mark for the early parts of the season, hopefully by trial (game) time.”
Richmond will face West Coast in Match Simulation in Perth on February 17 before a practice match against Collingwood on February 26 for the Charity Shield.
Jasper Alger remains in contention for those games, following a hyper-extension to his knee.
“Jasper hyper-extended his knee in match play last week. He got a little bit spooked, but the scans came back positively,” Serpell said.
“He will train a little bit later this week and there is a chance he will get out for match play (on Friday).
“But if not this week, it is going to be next week (that he returns to partaking in match play).”
Serpell also gave an update on Josh Gibcus, who will not be available for the early rounds of the season.
“Josh in 2023 underwent surgery to repair his hamstring after a significant strain, which was backed up by his ACL injury last year,” he said.
“So, he has had two traumatic injuries season on season, which is why what we decided to do is take a conservative approach with him.
“Josh is a long-term prospect and as we have said all along, we want to look after him. I think all Richmond fans would agree that once he is back, we want him to stay in the team instead of being in rehab again.
“He went a bit slower through the early stages of his rehab than we would have liked, but we cannot do anything about that because everyone’s body responds in different ways.
“So, he is still a long-term injury prospect, but is tracking quite well otherwise.
“We are unlikely to see Josh in the early rounds. And as I have said earlier- Judson Clarke is the one leading the way among the ACL guys and he is looking at coming back around April.”
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There was an injury (or similar) report earlier where the club said that they were taking a very conservative approach. They were stepping his training up following a calendar schedule rather than how he felt. So they are running a couple of months 'behind' where they could be. Bascially it take about 12 months (something like that anyway) for the strength to be at maximum. So they are going all the way to ensure Gibcus is at full strength and completely OK before he play again.
Edit, the training report above came in while I was posting. It mentions they are taking a conservative approach.
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Serpells first official hammy in the books.Injury update
Richmond High Performance Manager Ben Serpell has provided an injury update, following last Friday’s match simulation.
This Injury Report is brought to you by nib. With nib, life could be potentially amazing.
First-year Tigers Josh Smillie and Jasper Alger both came from the field during the hit-out, which was participated in by excellent numbers.
Smillie will enter a rehabilitation phase, due to a minor hamstring issue, while Alger will return to full training in the very near future.
“Josh has come to the Club and had a sporadic load over the last little while, which is typical of most first years,” Serpell said.
“Because of that (and his minor hamstring issue) we have decided to take a conservative approach with him and give him some consistent training.
“We still expect him to be around the mark for the early parts of the season, hopefully by trial (game) time.”
Richmond will face West Coast in Match Simulation in Perth on February 17 before a practice match against Collingwood on February 26 for the Charity Shield.
Jasper Alger remains in contention for those games, following a hyper-extension to his knee.
“Jasper hyper-extended his knee in match play last week. He got a little bit spooked, but the scans came back positively,” Serpell said.
“He will train a little bit later this week and there is a chance he will get out for match play (on Friday).
“But if not this week, it is going to be next week (that he returns to partaking in match play).”
Serpell also gave an update on Josh Gibcus, who will not be available for the early rounds of the season.
“Josh in 2023 underwent surgery to repair his hamstring after a significant strain, which was backed up by his ACL injury last year,” he said.
“So, he has had two traumatic injuries season on season, which is why what we decided to do is take a conservative approach with him.
“Josh is a long-term prospect and as we have said all along, we want to look after him. I think all Richmond fans would agree that once he is back, we want him to stay in the team instead of being in rehab again.
“He went a bit slower through the early stages of his rehab than we would have liked, but we cannot do anything about that because everyone’s body responds in different ways.
“So, he is still a long-term injury prospect, but is tracking quite well otherwise.
“We are unlikely to see Josh in the early rounds. And as I have said earlier- Judson Clarke is the one leading the way among the ACL guys and he is looking at coming back around April.”
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Injury update
Richmond High Performance Manager Ben Serpell has provided an injury update, following last Friday’s match simulation.
This Injury Report is brought to you by nib. With nib, life could be potentially amazing.
First-year Tigers Josh Smillie and Jasper Alger both came from the field during the hit-out, which was participated in by excellent numbers.
Smillie will enter a rehabilitation phase, due to a minor hamstring issue, while Alger will return to full training in the very near future.
“Josh has come to the Club and had a sporadic load over the last little while, which is typical of most first years,” Serpell said.
“Because of that (and his minor hamstring issue) we have decided to take a conservative approach with him and give him some consistent training.
“We still expect him to be around the mark for the early parts of the season, hopefully by trial (game) time.”
Richmond will face West Coast in Match Simulation in Perth on February 17 before a practice match against Collingwood on February 26 for the Charity Shield.
Jasper Alger remains in contention for those games, following a hyper-extension to his knee.
“Jasper hyper-extended his knee in match play last week. He got a little bit spooked, but the scans came back positively,” Serpell said.
“He will train a little bit later this week and there is a chance he will get out for match play (on Friday).
“But if not this week, it is going to be next week (that he returns to partaking in match play).”
Serpell also gave an update on Josh Gibcus, who will not be available for the early rounds of the season.
“Josh in 2023 underwent surgery to repair his hamstring after a significant strain, which was backed up by his ACL injury last year,” he said.
“So, he has had two traumatic injuries season on season, which is why what we decided to do is take a conservative approach with him.
“Josh is a long-term prospect and as we have said all along, we want to look after him. I think all Richmond fans would agree that once he is back, we want him to stay in the team instead of being in rehab again.
“He went a bit slower through the early stages of his rehab than we would have liked, but we cannot do anything about that because everyone’s body responds in different ways.
“So, he is still a long-term injury prospect, but is tracking quite well otherwise.
“We are unlikely to see Josh in the early rounds. And as I have said earlier- Judson Clarke is the one leading the way among the ACL guys and he is looking at coming back around April.”
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Keep our expectations low and we will not be disappointed!!!
We will finish bottom 2 with maybe 2-3 wins at best
Its not about 2025 but for 2027 onward
Lets just enjoy the development of the kids
We will finish bottom 2 with maybe 2-3 wins at best
Its not about 2025 but for 2027 onward
Lets just enjoy the development of the kids
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If Lalor and Smilie play we win
