Which player gave you the most hope, when they arrived?

[Bojangles17]

I have never seen a Richmond player with more natural ability, timing, poise, sure ball-handling than Sydney Stack. I seriously believe he could have been among the greatest ever AFL players ever. He was so clean, so quick - the game was in slow motion for him.

His 2019 first year highlights were as good as you’d see in a player <20 games , the drop off was astounding and sad

 

[Bojangles17]

If Stack had half his head still screwed on he’d still be on an AFL list.

Just look at someone like Stengle who had ****ed up and had now redeemed himself to be one of the best small forwards in the comp.

Yep he has no interest in a league career

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

 

[Tygrys]

to be fair we didn't go for franklin cause we had Richo and a few other talls we were developing, however we didnt know franklin was going to be BUddy either. we needed a small.

Richardson was turning 30 in few short months and the array of developing talls we had back then didn't inspire much more confidence than the group we have now (apart from Ottens of course who was a ruckman). At the very least there was no obvious Richardson heir apparent any more than we have at the moment an obvious Lynch replacement. Anyhow, I was happy that we picked Tambling, because he was one of the touted big three along with Deledio and Griffen and I thought we were selecting the best player available with our pick 4. However, the argument at the time that we didn't need Franklin was/is contrived at best.

 

[Rocco sifreddi]

I have never seen a Richmond player with more natural ability, timing, poise, sure ball-handling than Sydney Stack. I seriously believe he could have been among the greatest ever AFL players ever. He was so clean, so quick - the game was in slow motion for him.

I rated him the biggest talent I've seen at the club since Richo blew my mind how good he was

 

[Barunga Bullet]

There's been a few but on the debut games of Dean Polo

Dean Polo

Age

38

Ht

187cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.1

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

8.5

5star

M

5.1

5star

T

2.3

4star

CL

1.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

15.4

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.8

5star

M

5.2

5star

T

1.4

4star

(BOG dreamtime game) and Marty Mcgrath (5 goals), I thought we had found 2 future stars.

 

[Barunga Bullet]

Absolutely adored this guy, and he showed terrific signs . I think the quote from Flea was “ poise and maturity beyond his years”.
We were so sh&t that we wrecked his career!!

And I loved David “the bun” Honybun


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Chronic fatigue ruined him

 

[Vassp]

Yes...it's the only thing that takes a little gloss of our three GF wins, for me...how we let SS slip through our fingers!

this is the thing I'm most pissed off about. we let him slip through and that's when I think our coaches dropped the ball

 

[Vassp]

Richardson was turning 30 in few short months and the array of developing talls we had back then didn't inspire much more confidence than the group we have now (apart from Ottens of course who was a ruckman). At the very least there was no obvious Richardson heir apparent any more than we have at the moment an obvious Lynch replacement. Anyhow, I was happy that we picked Tambling, because he was one of the touted big three along with Deledio and Griffen and I thought we were selecting the best player available with our pick 4. However, the argument at the time that we didn't need Franklin was/is contrived at best.

we all thought tambling was going to be a gun. what a let down.

 

[Morro]

Watching this pisses me off so much, he should be leading our midfield as our genuine A grade Star this year

 

[Vassp]

Watching this pisses me off so much, he should be leading our midfield as our genuine A grade Star this year

I was one of his biggest supporters on here, yet we gave games to some who didnt have anywhere near the upside of this bloke and played like crap.

 

[Roachy8]

Similar to Sydney Stack

44

Sydney Stack

Age

24

Ht

179cm

Wt

75kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.5

4star

K

6.8

3star

HB

8.7

5star

M

4.1

4star

T

3.0

5star

MG

202.0

3star

D

9.8

2star

K

3.4

1star

HB

6.4

4star

M

1.4

2star

T

2.8

4star

MG

133.0

2star

D

16.2

4star

K

7.2

3star

HB

9.0

5star

M

5.6

5star

T

3.0

5star

MG

227.4

4star

Not one I was MOST excited about but thought we had found a real wild card type with Troy Taylor

Troy Taylor

Age

33

Ht

192cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.3

2star

K

6.0

2star

HB

2.3

2star

M

3.0

3star

T

3.5

5star

G

0.8

4star

No current season stats available

D

8.3

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

2.3

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

3.5

5star

G

0.8

4star

 

[Bojangles17]

Richardson was turning 30 in few short months and the array of developing talls we had back then didn't inspire much more confidence than the group we have now (apart from Ottens of course who was a ruckman). At the very least there was no obvious Richardson heir apparent any more than we have at the moment an obvious Lynch replacement. Anyhow, I was happy that we picked Tambling, because he was one of the touted big three along with Deledio and Griffen and I thought we were selecting the best player available with our pick 4. However, the argument at the time that we didn't need Franklin was/is contrived at best.

I think the prevailing view was buddy was syd stackish off the field that’s why others where prioritized , the hawks backed themselves like we ultimately did with a few in recent years

 

[Bojangles17]

I was one of his biggest supporters on here, yet we gave games to some who didnt have anywhere near the upside of this bloke and played like crap.

Stacks last dozen senior games were shithouse , let’s not escape from that . He was a shadow of that 19 form which is a mystery

 

[Vassp]

Stacks last dozen senior games were shithouse , let’s not escape from that . He was a shadow of that 19 form which is a mystery

i think there is no argument that his last couple of games were ave. before that he was killing it -when all your GF players were below ave and thats being nice. your perspective is out a little bit.

 

[Karp3_dm]

Anyone know what Stack is doing these days?
Should gamble a rookie spot again

 

[The Mighty]

Four draftees I was wrapped each draft the club grabbed them we got them ...................and they certainly didn't let us down.

Jack Riewoldt

Trent Cotchin

9

Trent Cotchin

Age

34

Ht

185cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

23.4

5star

K

13.8

5star

HB

9.5

5star

M

3.4

3star

T

3.9

5star

CL

5.2

5star

D

19.0

4star

K

9.5

4star

HB

9.5

5star

M

2.7

3star

T

4.3

5star

CL

3.5

4star

D

16.6

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

8.6

5star

M

4.6

5star

T

1.0

3star

Alex Rance

Alex Rance

Age

35

Ht

194cm

Wt

95kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.6

4star

K

8.9

3star

HB

7.7

5star

M

5.7

5star

T

2.4

4star

MG

226.9

3star

No current season stats available

D

17.0

5star

K

5.8

3star

HB

11.2

5star

M

5.0

5star

T

3.6

5star

Dustin Martin

 

[Karp3_dm]

Four draftees I was wrapped each draft the club grabbed them we got them ...................and they certainly didn't let us down.

Jack Riewoldt

Trent Cotchin

Alex Rance

Dustin Martin

What about Zookeeper Lids?

 

[Bojangles17]

i think there is no argument that his last couple of games were ave. before that he was killing it -when all your GF players were below ave and thats being nice. your perspective is out a little bit.

Was more than a couple , his first games in ‘20 were some of the worst I’ve seen from anyone in y&b and sadly they didn’t get much better

 

[Wooden Robot]

Was pretty convinced Nathan Brown

22

Nathan Brown

Age

35

Ht

196cm

Wt

99kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.8

2star

K

3.9

2star

HB

4.9

4star

M

2.7

3star

T

1.8

4star

No current season stats available

D

6.4

2star

K

3.2

2star

HB

3.2

3star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.8

5star

was going to be huge for us and he was.
Of our own high draft picks, Lids was the one I had highest hopes for.

 

[Wooden Robot]

Anyone know what Stack is doing these days?
Should gamble a rookie spot again

Was lucky to come into the club when he did as we were in a spot where we could afford to gamble on a prodigious talent with application issues.
You don't gamble when you finish 13th and are on the slide - you need to nail picks and recruiting targets.
If we were in this position in 2019, Stack would not have made it out of the WAFL sadly.

 

[1980GFVideo]

I was excited when Terry Wallace joined us as a player from Hawthorn in 1986. Couldn't replicate his Hawthorn form in his one year with us and then was very good at the Bullies.

Thought Phillip Walsh was worth getting excited about when we got him after his stellar 1983 year at Collingwood. Couldn't find that form and like above he became a pretty good player for Brisbane.

I got excited over Michael Gale and Broderick because they were bloody good players with Fitzroy and they were great pickups.

 

[Wooden Robot]

I was excited when Terry Wallace joined us as a player from Hawthorn in 1986. Couldn't replicate his Hawthorn form in his one year with us and then was very good at the Bullies.

Thought Phillip Walsh was worth getting excited about when we got him after his stellar 1983 year at Collingwood. Couldn't find that form and like above he became a pretty good player for Brisbane.

I got excited over Michael Gale and Broderick because they were bloody good players with Fitzroy and they were great pickups.

But what a first game for Wallace against Essendon.

 

[No_Spoke]

Stacks last dozen senior games were shithouse , let’s not escape from that . He was a shadow of that 19 form which is a mystery

Didn't know how to play him and then got figured?

 

[_Wang_]

For me Mark Coughlan

Mark Coughlan

Age

42

Ht

186cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.6

5star

K

10.1

4star

HB

9.5

5star

M

4.3

4star

T

3.8

5star

No current season stats available

D

4.4

1star

K

1.8

1star

HB

2.6

3star

M

0.8

1star

T

0.4

3star

- Poor **** could have been anything