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I swear I have seen this thread at least 4 times. Great mark, horrible kick, played on the wing for one season and is apparently a great around the ground player. Saying that being in a shit team and a great player means nothing. Being in that team he was getting most of the delivery, Fevola was a great player in a shit team and kicked more goals.
 

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He played a lot of very average footy and was probably never in the top 5 players in the league.

Having said that, he was still a wonderful player who had a great career.
I would have loved to see him play in a side like early 2000's Brisbane.
 
cardtrader said:
Why is it that whenever there's a positive Richmond thread in the general AFL board, it suddenly gets dragged down by Essendon supporters?

No-one even mentioned Essendon, yet here you all come...
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They didn't mention Essendon either. The OP asked how people rated him and they purely stated their opinion that they think that while he was a good player, his last few years were better than the rest of his career and therefore they believe views on him are skewed.

Stop having a whinge
 
amcre said:
Lol just shows you have no idea what you are talking about. Not much chop around the ground but almost won a Brownlow from the wing.

YOU IDIOT!
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The brownlow is a shit arguement, it just means the umpires liked him
 
western royboy said:
Truly a great character of the game - and one of the few in recent times.

Was possibly the greatest wingman the game had seen in a long time - tragically it took Richmond 15 years to wake up to this fact and he showed how good he was by kicking 800 goals as a forward.

What could he have achieved if played in his rightful position?
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THIS

to give some understanding, one of the great TRAGEDIES of our game is the fact that richo was forced to play full forward in a team full of mugs who kicked wildly into pockets where his woeful kicking, and temper, was magnified. if only RIEWOLDT was at tigerland back then might we have seen one of the greatest running talls of our game.

too many players are played out of position due to inadequacies in their list. tarrant at collingwood (not in richos league) is another example. freo worked him out.
 
Frothies Mcveigh said:
I swear I have seen this thread at least 4 times. Great mark, horrible kick, played on the wing for one season and is apparently a great around the ground player. Saying that being in a shit team and a great player means nothing. Being in that team he was getting most of the delivery, Fevola was a great player in a shit team and kicked more goals.
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Fevola kicked less goals than Richo you genius.
 
Dick johnson said:
They didn't mention Essendon either. The OP asked how people rated him and they purely stated their opinion that they think that while he was a good player, his last few years were better than the rest of his career and therefore they believe views on him are skewed.

Stop having a whinge
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Not whinging, stating fact. First response to the OP is an Essendon sledge, followed by many more
 
What's wrong with Richo? Choked on big stages, and as a player, wasn't the natural winner that others are. Most of all, he didn't make his teammates (or his team) better. He wasn't as inspiring a forward as he was unreliable. You're in midfield, kicking it to the forward line. Who gives you more conviction in your play, Plugger, Hall, Carey, Dunstall, Treadrea, Lloyd or Richo?

That's why he is emphatically not one of the greats. No matter how nice a chap he is.
 
cardtrader said:
Not whinging, stating fact. First response to the OP is an Essendon sledge, followed by many more
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Its not an Essendon sledge, its just a sledge. Actually, its not even a sledge, it an opinion.

Their team of choice is irrelevant, they are stating what they believe to be true. You are the one who is highlighting and bringing Essendon into the discussion.
 
Dick johnson said:
Their team of choice is irrelevant, they are stating what they believe to be true. You are the one who is highlighting and bringing Essendon into the discussion.
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To me it just looks like a clear pattern:

  1. Richmond based thread starts
  2. Essendon supporters post almost immediately, and almost always a negative one
  3. Objective posters cringe
Essendon supporters really must be doing it hard at the moment....
 

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TurleyBurley said:
What's wrong with Richo? Choked on big stages, and as a player, wasn't the natural winner that others are. Most of all, he didn't make his teammates (or his team) better. He wasn't as inspiring a forward as he was unreliable. You're in midfield, kicking it to the forward line. Who gives you more conviction in your play, Plugger, Hall, Carey, Dunstall, Treadrea, Lloyd or Richo?

That's why he is emphatically not one of the greats. No matter how nice a chap he is.
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Scathing. Was he better than Sumich?
 
His goalkicking accuracy doesn't fare too badly when compared to other forwards. It's a case of the footballing public believing perception over fact.

You don't lead the contested marking stats for many years in an era where defenders can punch arms without being a better than good footballer.
Not sure if he's a great as a footballer in pure terms, but he's definately one of the great forwards of his era.
 
cardtrader said:
To me it just looks like a clear pattern:

  1. Richmond based thread starts
  2. Essendon supporters post almost immediately, and almost always a negative one
  3. Objective posters cringe
Essendon supporters really must be doing it hard at the moment....
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youre taking the piss right? Dont make me bring up your rabble of a mob.
 
For a player who played in the wrong position, had no-one to kick it to him for almost his entire career and had accuracy issues.....

....he did pretty well then to kick 800 goals, hold the record for the most goals kicked at the MCG, nearly win a Brownlow and have an accuracy comparable to other leading forwards, all the while being the only forward for his team for almost his entire career.

You can discuss, dissect and argue his stats as much as you want...there's only 1 fact that can't be disputed......
Throughout his career he was the most entertaining footballer in the game. Whether you liked or hated the guy, you'd watch him....and football is poorer without him.
 
800 goals, I think 11th on the all time goal kicking list most of it done as a high half forward. I wouldn't mind that record, Richo's main problem was no one bar Richmond supporters likes him until the last few years and that includes people in the media.
 
jko'neal said:
800 goals, I think 11th on the all time goal kicking list most of it done as a high half forward. I wouldn't mind that record, Richo's main problem was no one bar Richmond supporters likes him until the last few years and that includes people in the media.
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I don't think it's correct to say no one liked Richo until the latter part of his career, I certainly always enjoyed watching him play and kick bags (as long as it wasn't against us) I have fond memories of listening to 3AW in the car on long road trips with Richo either on fire or having a shocker and Rex going off accordingly.

What's probably more relevant and made people like him was the fact that he wore his heart on his sleeve and was public in displaying his anger if a teammate ignored him or stuffed up a pass. This made him the softest of targets for opposition supporters and probably caused you to cop a lot of S$#@ over the years as a result.

Deep down we always admired him. The tragedy is that he was played out of position for so long.
 
GuzzLG said:
Completely overrated due to his 2008 season and being a likeable guy.

For the majority of his career he was a massive massive disappointment and underachiever.
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More Brownlow votes than any other forward in the game's history suggests you are selling him short.
 

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