Was it mistake gtting Jordy?

["The Roar Is Back"]

Hmm as much as I agree he does have some work to do on his skills, they are not amazing by any standards, he was most certainly not the worst on the ground today, and only weeks ago there was threads saying how he was progressing well.

I fully believe this thread was made out of anger and not exactly about Jordy.

I have faith in Jords abilities and I still honestly believe he will be an amazing asset to us in the next couple of years.

By the way, I do not listen to the commentators, they are usually completely off the mark. This has been commented on by many tigers fans throughout the year. If we are talking about decision making skills, then we can pretty much talk about our whole list. Not one of them made a good decision today, including Richo, Cotchin or Foley. This is not the place to talk about that anyway and even though I am bitterly dissapointed in our performance yesterday I do not think Jordy deserves a thread like this being posted, especially after the more recent threads made about how he is starting to make progress with the tigers.

Hehe I dunno pace, I just think we are on different sides of the fence on this one. I just think it will be a critical mistake to stop giving him chances, as he is easily still in our top 22.

I guess my opinion is based on a couple of very vital points, firstly we didn't need another flanker and think the back flank, in our side this season, should have been used to put game time, and a defensive side, into a posssible future on-baller. Thankfully Tambling has been finally sent there to find his feet.
Another point is we have struggled to have KP's for at least ten years and at the start of the season had a KP well into his 30's , Richo, another recovering from a knee, Thursty, and a unknown in-experienced, Moore, thankfully again, they've held pretty much up well above what anybody could have expected from them as a group.
Lastly, most players who join a new club have there best season first up and then tend to tail off, he in his first year and appears to have struggled to maintain his spot within a non-finals playing side.

 

[TIGER ROCKET]

you can forgive his turnovers to an extent,i know he is trying to create something,just he executes so poorly,but as a defender,i have seen him time after time,stand metres from his opponent in their forward line and put in a half hearted chase.that is unforgivable.
if he finishes top 10 in b and f,well i will be staggered.

 

[tiger trooper]

This thread should me named... Was it a mistake to give up pikc 19 for Jordie.

Hindsight is a beautiful thing to have, (which players would be available, the draft recessions...etc) but unfortunately no one has it.
I personally think he is another soft running player hoo at times can look good, but look bad no wait very bad at times. There is no way in HELL that i would give up pick 19 for him and cursed the computer screen a million times. Because of Terry i think he has been very very very lucky to hold his place.
A very early 2nd rounder is no means for a player which we have to many at richmond. Skinny kid who playing in the defence cant man up.

Ask yourself... would you rather a defender that can defend or a running defender which we already have plenty of?
Would u give pick 19 for it?
^^NO!

so.. yes it was a mistake

 

[beaver fever]

I can't believe how many people have voted no. So many deluded fools on this board.

 

[hardball01]

i dont see why people crucify the bloke..he isnt as bad as people make him out to be.

he still does have room for improvement.. so let him improve..

he is still young and is yet to find the form he hit when he played for the doggies.

im sure he will eventually come good.

 

[beaver fever]

i dont see why people crucify the bloke..he isnt as bad as people make him out to be.

he still does have room for improvement.. so let him improve..

he is still young and is yet to find the form he hit when he played for the doggies.

im sure he will eventually come good.

What improvement? He is 25, you don't just miraculously improve in your 9th year. He will always be soft, unaccountable and have poor disposal under pressure. He has been like this all his career, and visions of delusion won't change that.

 

[tigers_of_old_08]

I can't believe how many people have voted no. So many deluded fools on this board.

Not only do you appear to not support Richmond, but you bag its supporters!

Talk about eating their own - I thought we got rid of you lot a few years ago! Poor form.

 

[Carn the Tiges]

There were a lot worse than Jordy running around yesterday, should'nt single out one player !

 

[beaver fever]

Not only do you appear to not support Richmond, but you bag its supporters!

Talk about eating their own - I thought we got rid of you lot a few years ago! Poor form.

Don't get me wrong here mate I am a tiger supporter through and through, but that doesn't mean I have to be a blind supporter. So many fans get attached to duds just because they play for richmond, well I certainly do not.

This is supposed to be a forum isn't it, or is it simply a tiger love fest?

 

[Philth]

What improvement? He is 25, you don't just miraculously improve in your 9th year. He will always be soft, unaccountable and have poor disposal under pressure. He has been like this all his career, and visions of delusion won't change that.

If he was like that his whole career, then he would never haveplayed a senior game for any club.

He was a decent player at the Bulldogs, and he hasn't been as pathetic as you say.

Take a chill pill Tiger!

 

[beaver fever]

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If he was like that his whole career, then he would never haveplayed a senior game for any club.

He was a decent player at the Bulldogs, and he hasn't been as pathetic as you say.

Take a chill pill Tiger!

Plenty of duds have survived list culls. Look at Tivendale.

 

[Al14]

I think Jordy was a good pick up.

To those who abuse him for getting cheap posesssions - thats his role!- He gives us run of half back and links the play together, something we were lacking last year.

To say he doesn't play well when were losing is fair enough - but he is not the type of player to get in and under the footy and win it - he is there to create the flow when we get some run developing - nowhere near a reason to say hes a poor player.

aaaand hes better then Tambling - lol

 

[Ruanaidh]

It's the moustache isn't it?

 

[beaver fever]

I think Jordy was a good pick up.

To those who abuse him for getting cheap posesssions - thats his role!- He gives us run of half back and links the play together, something we were lacking last year.

To say he doesn't play well when were losing is fair enough - but he is not the type of player to get in and under the footy and win it - he is there to create the flow when we get some run developing - nowhere near a reason to say hes a poor player.

aaaand hes better then Tambling - lol

Sure that doesn't excuse his pathetic defensive efforts and it still isn't good enough to give up pick 19 for, when we have tambling, connors, casserly, raines, newman, bowden, white that could have done this satisfactorily. Not to mention the fact we are screaming out for talls, and pick 19 could have helped to fix this area more than the loose defender position.