Training Pre-Season 2015-16

[Rubber Hips]

Apparently Soldo and McBean were quite serviceable in the ruck

You'd think if McBean gets his ruck work into gear he might be a sneaky for some AFL game time down the track ...becomes more versatile

 

[Bobsleder]

WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE?!?!

What, seriously you don't know Ethan Forman, Tommy Quinn & Tyson Kruse??

We should draft them, i like those names !

 

[Tiger71]

I find players that dont have clean hands never make it. Its a good test of player quality in the junoirs

So we should delist Rioli ?

 

[rfctiger90]

So we should delist Rioli ?

He's cooked mate. Maybe we can get a 6th rounder from GWS?

 

[RobsJourney]

From AFL site:

"Richmond forward Liam McBean provided a strong target in the Friday practice match and took a couple of big marks to display his potential.

Midfielder and ex-Cat Taylor Hunt was another Tiger to impress, while Jason Castagna, who was elevated to the senior list during the week, showed off his breakaway ability. "

 

[RobsJourney]

Beany!

 

[Speedie41]

What, seriously you don't know Ethan Forman, Tommy Quinn & Tyson Kruse??

We should draft them, i like those names !

I played Under 10s with Ethan Foreman, assuming it's the same guy. I thought he was playing with Kyneton in the Bendigo League this year.

 

[Squibbs]

Hunt is great depth, fantastic. Just can't be playing 22 games a season.

 

[fargothegreat]

I wonder if Dimma is ballsy enough to chuck McBean in as third tall for round 1?

Btw, does anyone know how Vickery went or if he ended up playing at all?

 

[DontArgue4]

Hunt is great depth, fantastic. Just can't be playing 22 games a season.

Agree, very good depth to have

 

[docko911]

I wonder if Dimma is ballsy enough to chuck McBean in as third tall for round 1?

Btw, does anyone know how Vickery went or if he ended up playing at all?

I'd like to see McBean round 1. If he fails we make the change for round 2, if he succeeds then sky is the limit. It could be a small possibility given we opted for Chol in the last practice game over Griffiths. Chol is more like McBean, and maybe McBean has been carrying something.

Anyways goals win matches and McBean is a goal kicker, so is Lloyd and Lennon.

Got no problem taking a risk on this forward line round 1 because I can see 6 players capable of kicking 30+ goals in a year, and Sheds if he plays mainly forward.

HF: Lennon, Riewoldt, Deledio
F: McBean, Vickery, Lloyd

On the other hand Griffiths has shown he can't kick bags of goals with only 24 goals in his last 29 games (2014 & 2015) and only one bag of more than 2. In other words he hasn't helped us win many games. Pretty much blame him for our final loss against North because he missed two relatively easy shots on goal when we had the ascendency in the game.

 

[Gosha]

F**k it. Play the Bean. Couldn't do any worse than Griffiths.

 

[Hipster Doofus]

F**k it. Play the Bean. Couldn't do any worse than Griffiths.

Bean or Chol.

 

[the push up king]

I'd like to see McBean round 1. If he fails we make the change for round 2, if he succeeds then sky is the limit. It could be a small possibility given we opted for Chol in the last practice game over Griffiths. Chol is more like McBean, and maybe McBean has been carrying something.

Anyways goals win matches and McBean is a goal kicker, so is Lloyd and Lennon.

Got no problem taking a risk on this forward line round 1 because I can see 6 players capable of kicking 30+ goals in a year, and Sheds if he plays mainly forward.

HF: Lennon, Riewoldt, Deledio
F: McBean, Vickery, Lloyd

On the other hand Griffiths has shown he can't kick bags of goals with only 24 goals in his last 29 games (2014 & 2015) and only one bag of more than 2. In other words he hasn't helped us win many games. Pretty much blame him for our final loss against North because he missed two relatively easy shots on goal when we had the ascendency in the game.

I fail to see how someone who didn't play a single nab game and then does a couple of good thing in a vfl prac match is even in consideration for round 1??
Sounds to me like he has fallen off the radar. Possibly doesn't have the right attitude in pre season to get snubbed three times. In particular in one of the game which we went in with practically no key forwards other than jack and still got snubbed.

 

[have a RHG]

And so its starts again.....

 

[TheProwler]

Those calling for bean need to ask themselves why Chol got three games and Chaplin two as a forward compared to beans half a game vs Freo. Doesn't seem to be in the coaches immediate plans. Griff love or hate will get games due to his size and being able to pinch hit in the ruck. Is bigger & stronger than bean even though neither have stamped themselves as b22.

 

[DontArgue4]

Those calling for bean need to ask themselves why Chol got three games and Chaplin two as a forward compared to beans half a game vs Freo. Doesn't seem to be in the coaches immediate plans. Griff love or hate will get games due to his size and being able to pinch hit in the ruck. Is bigger & stronger than bean even though neither have stamped themselves as b22.

Mcbean didn't play at all vs freo

 

[Lsta062]

Those calling for bean need to ask themselves why Chol got three games and Chaplin two as a forward compared to beans half a game vs Freo. Doesn't seem to be in the coaches immediate plans. Griff love or hate will get games due to his size and being able to pinch hit in the ruck. Is bigger & stronger than bean even though neither have stamped themselves as b22.

Because the club doesn't always make great decisions. If this club always made decent decisions, we would have been serious contenders by now.

IMO it was a mistake to not include McBean in a preseason match if he wasn't carrying anything. We needed to experiment in our forward line to find a better lineup and have not used McBean, the joint Frosty-Miller medal winner of last year
I am sure we could have trialled him in at least one game

 

[Magic17]

Because the club doesn't always make great decisions. If this club always made decent decisions, we would have been serious contenders by now.

IMO it was a mistake to not include McBean in a preseason match if he wasn't carrying anything. We needed to experiment in our forward line to find a better lineup and have not used McBean, the joint Frosty-Miller medal winner of last year
I am sure we could have trialled him in at least one game

Yeh the club should make all its decisions based on bigfooty opinions!!!

 

[have a RHG]

Because the club doesn't always make great decisions. If this club always made decent decisions, we would have been serious contenders by now.

IMO it was a mistake to not include McBean in a preseason match if he wasn't carrying anything. We needed to experiment in our forward line to find a better lineup and have not used McBean, the joint Frosty-Miller medal winner of last year
I am sure we could have trialled him in at least one game

I agree but there had to be a reason he got left out and a Chol got 3 games.

 

[TheProwler]

Mcbean didn't play at all vs freo

Even worse then......

 

[TheProwler]

Because the club doesn't always make great decisions. If this club always made decent decisions, we would have been serious contenders by now.

IMO it was a mistake to not include McBean in a preseason match if he wasn't carrying anything. We needed to experiment in our forward line to find a better lineup and have not used McBean, the joint Frosty-Miller medal winner of last year
I am sure we could have trialled him in at least one game

From the outer it looks like the club rates him as a goal kicker at VFL more than someone likely to play early in 2016. Whether you think it's a mistake or not by the club is irrelevant, they don't rate or have spots available for players who can play only one role.

 

[wegetpumped]

WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE?!?!

I was wondering myself reading through it.

 

[wegetpumped]

Yeh the club should make all its decisions based on bigfooty opinions!!!

Why do you post here if you think your opinion don't count?

 

[Charlie Pannam]

From the outer it looks like the club rates him as a goal kicker at VFL more than someone likely to play early in 2016. Whether you think it's a mistake or not by the club is irrelevant, they don't rate or have spots available for players who can play only one role.

I reckon they're are probably thinking that there's not room for Vickery, maybe Griff and then Mcbean as well in the same team. Defensive pressure drops off and we don't kick enough ground level goals with that set up. We'll probably go for more smalls and medium sized forwards this year.