Richmond Offseason/Preseason Megathread 2015/2016

Nige · October 10, 2015, 04:55:30 PM

Quote from: FOOTBALL FACTORY on October 10, 2015, 03:55:25 PM
I can see the JZ comparison .. agree with the less good version

Money Shot · October 11, 2015, 11:38:54 AM

Do you guys think that you might actually give up Lennon for Yarran? There is lots of speculation around it and the only reason I see that it could happen is because you already have Riewoldt, Vickery and Griffith and don't really have a Yarran type. Would you guys be happy with that?

Nige · October 11, 2015, 11:44:31 AM

I doubt it. It sounds that Lennon's closer to getting a new contract by the day. He got plenty of opportunities in the second half of the year and played really well. We need to retain him and we should.

The club will probably try to use a second rounder, or at worst our 2016 first rounder on Yarran I reckon, the recruitment team should be stern enough to not get rid of our first rounder for him.

Jack, Tyrone and Griff are different players to Lennon. At the moment he's a half forward, but he'll end up in the midfield. He'll probably forge a career like Brett Deledio currently is and have stints forward because he's such a good mark and shot at goal and will only get better with age.

I'm sure 9/10 Richmond supporters would agree with that. There's no way we part with Lennon for Yarran and I'd be utterly disappointed and disgusted in the club if they did.

elephants · October 11, 2015, 04:31:58 PM

I rate Lennon a showerload, if he moved, I'd love him to swap that black for blue while keeping the yellow :p

T Dog · October 11, 2015, 08:29:03 PM

Quote from: elephants on October 11, 2015, 04:31:58 PM
I rate Lennon a showerload, if he moved, I'd love him to swap that black for blue while keeping the yellow :p

That's right. A Pie. Black and white ;D

Donnie Brasco · October 13, 2015, 10:41:16 AM

"Richmond will secure Giants midfielder Jacob Townsend in a trade this week," Michael Gleeson, The Age

quinny88 · October 13, 2015, 03:18:36 PM

Quote from: Donnie Brasco on October 13, 2015, 10:41:16 AM
"Richmond will secure Giants midfielder Jacob Townsend in a trade this week," Michael Gleeson, The Age

Don't really know too much about him. What kind of player is he?

elephants · October 13, 2015, 03:23:09 PM

Quote from: quinny88 on October 13, 2015, 03:18:36 PM
Quote from: Donnie Brasco on October 13, 2015, 10:41:16 AM
"Richmond will secure Giants midfielder Jacob Townsend in a trade this week," Michael Gleeson, The Age

Don't really know too much about him. What kind of player is he?

Inside midfielder/tagger from memory. I doubt highly he'll be anything amazing, but should be a decent role player if given a crack.

Toga · October 13, 2015, 03:44:22 PM

Well we all know how the last bloke that ended up on our list after being squeezed out by GWS turned out... ;)

elephants · October 13, 2015, 03:50:12 PM

Quote from: Toga on October 13, 2015, 03:44:22 PM
Well we all know how the last bloke that ended up on our list after being squeezed out by GWS turned out... ;)

Haha think Miles came with better wraps though :p

Me and Rico had a look at the previous few years prospectus and found this...

"Townsend rated poor in almost every category last year which included disposals, kick rating, metres gained, uncontested possessions, score assists and score involvements"

In one sense though, you're getting him at basement and the only way is up!

Donnie Brasco · October 13, 2015, 04:44:21 PM

Pkbaldy · October 13, 2015, 05:05:07 PM

Quote from: elephants on October 13, 2015, 03:50:12 PM
Quote from: Toga on October 13, 2015, 03:44:22 PM
Well we all know how the last bloke that ended up on our list after being squeezed out by GWS turned out... ;)

Haha think Miles came with better wraps though :p

Me and Rico had a look at the previous few years prospectus and found this...

"Townsend rated poor in almost every category last year which included disposals, kick rating, metres gained, uncontested possessions, score assists and score involvements"

In one sense though, you're getting him at basement and the only way is up!

Or he'll clog the list for a year and they'll delist him... There is a downwards way :P

Nige · October 13, 2015, 10:01:33 PM

Just thinking back to last season's trade period.

We made offers and moves later in the period for guys like Trengove and Armitage and we didn't really hear much about those before they happened.

I'm thinking and hoping the club is in fact still on the hunt and making enquiries and offers for some relatively big names and is just doing their best to not let the media in on it.

The club isn't stupid and incompetent, they know what the fans want and what they as a club need to be even better for next season and beyond, so I don't think we're quite at the point where we can throw our hands up in air in outrage and be like "why the flower are we not landing big names with our war chest?" as for all we know, we may very well be in the hunt for guys like Treloar.

Money Shot · October 14, 2015, 09:07:18 AM

Apparently Carlton is trying to get Ben Lennon to walk to the pre season draft ...

Nige · October 14, 2015, 10:42:32 AM

Quote from: Money Shot on October 14, 2015, 09:07:18 AM
Apparently Carlton is trying to get Ben Lennon to walk to the pre season draft ...

Nah, flower right off with that Carlton, don't you even dare.

We've apparently conceded that we need a late first rounder as apparently that is what Yarran is worth so we're looking for one to on-trade to the Blues.

Also we've got interest in Andrew Moore, would be a decent pick up, younger brother of former Tige, Kelvin Moore.