Richmond 2014 H&A discussion

[Nige]

Great article by Tim Lane on the Vickery incident.

http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/three-culprits-in-vickerycox-incident-20140729-zy86y.html

[elephants]

Great article by Tim Lane on the Vickery incident.

http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/three-culprits-in-vickerycox-incident-20140729-zy86y.html

Its all hindsight. Chances are the umps were blind sided anyway.

Regardless, see my point talking to Zip. Elbows to the guts happens 100s of times a season. Not every ruckman feels the need to KO the bloke ;)

[Ziplock]

Yeah, cox shouldn't have thrown an elbow in, but vickery's strike was a massive escalation and overreation.

[quinny88]

Great article by Tim Lane on the Vickery incident.

http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/three-culprits-in-vickerycox-incident-20140729-zy86y.html

Its all hindsight. Chances are the umps were blind sided anyway.

Regardless, see my point talking to Zip. Elbows to the guts happens 100s of times a season. Not every ruckman feels the need to KO the bloke ;)

Just watched the footage again, the ump saw it and even warned him after the elbow.
Why warn someone? Pay the free kick and get on with it. Whole situation would have been avoided.

[Rusty00]

Great article by Tim Lane on the Vickery incident.

http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/three-culprits-in-vickerycox-incident-20140729-zy86y.html

Its all hindsight. Chances are the umps were blind sided anyway.

Regardless, see my point talking to Zip. Elbows to the guts happens 100s of times a season. Not every ruckman feels the need to KO the bloke ;)

Just watched the footage again, the ump saw it and even warned him after the elbow.
Why warn someone? Pay the free kick and get on with it. Whole situation would have been avoided.

If we pay a free kick every time someone throws back an elbow/forearm into an opponent, there will be 200 free kicks a game.

[Ziplock]

Great article by Tim Lane on the Vickery incident.

http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/three-culprits-in-vickerycox-incident-20140729-zy86y.html

Its all hindsight. Chances are the umps were blind sided anyway.

Regardless, see my point talking to Zip. Elbows to the guts happens 100s of times a season. Not every ruckman feels the need to KO the bloke ;)

Just watched the footage again, the ump saw it and even warned him after the elbow.
Why warn someone? Pay the free kick and get on with it. Whole situation would have been avoided.

If we pay a free kick every time someone throws back an elbow/forearm into an opponent, there will be 200 free kicks a game.

maybe for the first week, then players would stop being dirty little pricks :P

Forearms aren't really much of an issue- the increased area dissipates the force, and accidental forearms are always going to happen. It's a lot harder to accidentally elbow someone though.

[quinny88]

Great article by Tim Lane on the Vickery incident.

http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/three-culprits-in-vickerycox-incident-20140729-zy86y.html

Its all hindsight. Chances are the umps were blind sided anyway.

Regardless, see my point talking to Zip. Elbows to the guts happens 100s of times a season. Not every ruckman feels the need to KO the bloke ;)

Just watched the footage again, the ump saw it and even warned him after the elbow.
Why warn someone? Pay the free kick and get on with it. Whole situation would have been avoided.

If we pay a free kick every time someone throws back an elbow/forearm into an opponent, there will be 200 free kicks a game.

It wasn't just a soft little nudge though it was a big elbow. The umpires admitted that they should have paid a free kick

[elephants]

Great article by Tim Lane on the Vickery incident.

http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/three-culprits-in-vickerycox-incident-20140729-zy86y.html

Its all hindsight. Chances are the umps were blind sided anyway.

Regardless, see my point talking to Zip. Elbows to the guts happens 100s of times a season. Not every ruckman feels the need to KO the bloke ;)

Just watched the footage again, the ump saw it and even warned him after the elbow.
Why warn someone? Pay the free kick and get on with it. Whole situation would have been avoided.

If we pay a free kick every time someone throws back an elbow/forearm into an opponent, there will be 200 free kicks a game.

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[Jroo]

Mackay
@superfooty: Cross another name off the free agency list as David Mackay signs a four-year deal with @Adelaide_FC

[Toga]

So apparently we are one of four teams interested in Bulldogs RFA Shaun Higgins... What are everyone's thoughts on him?

He's a classy enough player that's for sure but he has had so many injury troubles it makes me think it is a risky move... And not sure whether we have other areas of more need (although he won't cost us anything by way of draft picks)

[Toga]

Steve Morris ruled out for 1-2 weeks with a hand injury... http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2014-07-30/morris-to-miss

Wouldn't mind seeing Brad Helbig or Matt McDonough get a run as both have been playing down back in the two's, although Ricky Petterd is probably likely to come in if he recovers from his injury

[Nige]

Yep, I can see Ricky coming back in if fit to replace Morris, McDonough wasn't bad on the weekend though.

So apparently we are one of four teams interested in Bulldogs RFA Shaun Higgins... What are everyone's thoughts on him?

He's a classy enough player that's for sure but he has had so many injury troubles it makes me think it is a risky move... And not sure whether we have other areas of more need (although he won't cost us anything by way of draft picks)

Yeah, after the Knights move hasn't exactly paid off and the Hampson trade either, not sure whether recruiting Higgins is the right move. However, I won't be disappointed if we do get him.

[Nige]

Liking what I've read and seen about Paul Ahern.

Could be a great option.

[Ricochet]

Not sure how much you can read into this but Hardwick on 3AW made this comment about ROK when talking about free agency

"A guy like Ryan O'Keefe, he's been playing in the NEAFL for 6 months. I'm sitting there going... Jeez, I wouldn't mind O'Keefe in my side"

[Jroo]

Not sure how much you can read into this but Hardwick on 3AW made this comment about ROK when talking about free agency

"A guy like Ryan O'Keefe, he's been playing in the NEAFL for 6 months. I'm sitting there going... Jeez, I wouldn't mind O'Keefe in my side"

It's official, ROK to Richmond.  :P
I was thinking about this when I heard about ROK wanting to leave, but I really don't think we really need another slow midfielder, we already have Matt Thomas.