Grumpy Bum
Cancelled
You do realise that he has already been told that he has a spot on the list next season?
Disagree re lucas also and i think i'm in a far better position on this one. Lucas did not show enough to suggest that he would assist the team this season. Most people that watched him closely agreed that it would be highly unlikely that he would have any effect this season whilst others were just living in hope that he would recapture some of his old form.
Of course I know he has been told he has a spot, I bet most of the richmond squad has a spot. Maybe that is the problem with the club, they all have a spot!
Do you think a club in the top 8 would be so generous to a 35yo? They proved last year that they make sentimental calls rather than business decisions with Polak. All very well to do it to support the bloke, but not exactly a prudent list management and development call is it?
If Richmond had progressed this year as they looked like they were going and Richo was fit and playing as he had last year, it would have been justified. This year going into next is a different matter. The don't even have a coach yet, and yet they are making calls on players who will be 35, who has pretty much missed a season and the new coach is stuck with that decision. They shouldn't even be making that call until he gets in. The new coach might opt for a youth policy, no matter what Richo did 2 seasons back.
As for Lucas, it was your coach's call and as Lucas wasnt exactly over the hill yet and has had previous periods of poor productivity and then exploded back into good form and given that your were building towards a finals appearance, then a good case for his continuance could and obviously was made. Unless you don't agree with what Knights is trying to do, blend youth and pace around a handy spine of experience.