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Brett Deledio (merged)
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Positive words by Alistair Clarkson on Tambling tonight on "On The Couch"...he has no doubt he will be a gun.
Brett should be able to take on the opposition I mean the guy is 189cms & 81kgs ok probably needs to put on 5 kgs but just needs to attack the lines take'em on Brett!!! We need tough hard bodied mids to rough up the other sides ala Pavlich!!!
Ridley said:
Just amazing isn't it?
Deledio has all the natural talent in the world but isn't working anywhere near hard enough.
He's been virtually guaranteed a position in the team since the day he was drafted and probably recognises he could play in cruise control and never get dropped in his career at Tigerland. However he won't be a great player taking that road.
The sceptic in me can't help but think if he was drafted by another club, even at 20 he'd be a superstar already.
For many apparent reasons, at Richmond that's not happening.... yet.
Frustrating. :don't know
Right at this time though I don't think Deledio is worthy to be the next Captain of the RFC.
Brett has done ABSOLUTE NOTHING AS OF YET to deserve being Richmond's next Captain.
You got to earn that right...but mind you we gave Bruce Monteath the captaincy and we won our last flag :rofl
You got to earn that right...but mind you we gave Bruce Monteath the captaincy and we won our last flag :rofl
It's interesting how everybody has been screaming the house down(including yours truly) for Deledio to play in the midfield.
Well Terry played him there against the Cats and Ling restricted him to one handball for a half of football. One handball. It would fall into your arms that often without trying. :-\
It's all very well to suggest he's going to be a gun midfielder and perhaps we need to keep persevering for a while yet but perhaps..just perhaps TW knew what he was doing when he played him off the HBF.
He really needs to lift his intensity off the ball as well if he's ever going to be the elite midfielder that we hope. To date we haven't seen any sign of that happening.
Well Terry played him there against the Cats and Ling restricted him to one handball for a half of football. One handball. It would fall into your arms that often without trying. :-\
It's all very well to suggest he's going to be a gun midfielder and perhaps we need to keep persevering for a while yet but perhaps..just perhaps TW knew what he was doing when he played him off the HBF.
He really needs to lift his intensity off the ball as well if he's ever going to be the elite midfielder that we hope. To date we haven't seen any sign of that happening.
Yeah hes 89 kilos, 189 cms, in a way hes a big boy. He is going to be such a great player for us in the future, but at the moment yeah hes struggling at the moment, i reckon a few more games he will be fine.akhoury said:
Its his 50th this week aswell i think. :clap
It needs to be highlighted that Deledio has made a grand total of 7 tackles in 6 matches this season.
That's pathetic by anyone's measure.
That's pathetic by anyone's measure.
Most of us including myself have been comparing Bling to Franklin and it is odviouse Franklin is miles ahead.
What has Deledio done this year and even last year to get away scott free, He has done nothing, I don't even think he was being tagged on the weekend???
No doubt he is thinking about a fat offer from the bummers or carlton scum.
Terry and Miller must answer for there recruiting stuff ups.
Were are these players at do you think??
Meyer - un interested
Casserly - wouldn't have a clue
Patterson - not up to it, basketballer
Polo - struggling
Jon - talented but?
Deledio - over rated
Tambling - over rated
These are our so called fab 4, gun recruits set to change the world for us all.
I'm very dissapointed that Tambo is the only one copping it as none of them are as good as Franklin and Hawthorns kids are 10 times better than ours as are most clubs.
Thoughts??
What has Deledio done this year and even last year to get away scott free, He has done nothing, I don't even think he was being tagged on the weekend???
No doubt he is thinking about a fat offer from the bummers or carlton scum.
Terry and Miller must answer for there recruiting stuff ups.
Were are these players at do you think??
Meyer - un interested
Casserly - wouldn't have a clue
Patterson - not up to it, basketballer
Polo - struggling
Jon - talented but?
Deledio - over rated
Tambling - over rated
These are our so called fab 4, gun recruits set to change the world for us all.
I'm very dissapointed that Tambo is the only one copping it as none of them are as good as Franklin and Hawthorns kids are 10 times better than ours as are most clubs.
Thoughts??
Our kids are better than most teams and equal with Hawthorn's.
They just have better 22-27yo players to help carry their kids.
If Tambling had Hodge, Crawford, Lewis, Brown, Mitchell etc instead of just Tuck and Johnson then Bling would be starring in their team too.
Who cares about Buddy. Cleve Hughes is averaging 3 goals a game this year too, plus Schulz average 2.5 per game these days, Jack Riewoldt looks to be a star (14 goals in 4 weeks isn't bad!) so we really don't NEED Buddy as our KP forwards are coming along fantastic anyway.
We have heaps of talented midfielders coming through and it will take time for them to have the muscle to compete all game. Bling will be elite, Deledio may not be a midfielder but he's elite wherever he goes. Meyer is the only player capable of being the next Nathan Brown and if you've seen him at COburg recently you would say he will be a gun. JON goes alright for a 5 gamer and at Coburg has shown very promising signs and his talents could take him anywhere (...that's what they said about Buddy mind you!)
Connors should be a classy midfielder, Peterson could be anything from Goodes to nobody, Collins is classier than any pick 70+ player we've ever drafted. Pattison actually impressed me for Coburg the other week, he should be a Benny Gale type who takes a while to come along, and Dean Polo (before Buddy's 9 goals) had put in the BEST performance out of ANY young player from 2004 draft onwards. And it was on debut.
McGuane is shaping up very nicely and Casserly will be one of your favourite players when he debuts. Don't bag Cass, he'll be the Terry Wallace prototype by the end of the year.
So don't jump the guns.
They just have better 22-27yo players to help carry their kids.
If Tambling had Hodge, Crawford, Lewis, Brown, Mitchell etc instead of just Tuck and Johnson then Bling would be starring in their team too.
Who cares about Buddy. Cleve Hughes is averaging 3 goals a game this year too, plus Schulz average 2.5 per game these days, Jack Riewoldt looks to be a star (14 goals in 4 weeks isn't bad!) so we really don't NEED Buddy as our KP forwards are coming along fantastic anyway.
We have heaps of talented midfielders coming through and it will take time for them to have the muscle to compete all game. Bling will be elite, Deledio may not be a midfielder but he's elite wherever he goes. Meyer is the only player capable of being the next Nathan Brown and if you've seen him at COburg recently you would say he will be a gun. JON goes alright for a 5 gamer and at Coburg has shown very promising signs and his talents could take him anywhere (...that's what they said about Buddy mind you!)
Connors should be a classy midfielder, Peterson could be anything from Goodes to nobody, Collins is classier than any pick 70+ player we've ever drafted. Pattison actually impressed me for Coburg the other week, he should be a Benny Gale type who takes a while to come along, and Dean Polo (before Buddy's 9 goals) had put in the BEST performance out of ANY young player from 2004 draft onwards. And it was on debut.
McGuane is shaping up very nicely and Casserly will be one of your favourite players when he debuts. Don't bag Cass, he'll be the Terry Wallace prototype by the end of the year.
So don't jump the guns.
I think it's time to stop the what if's and stop the comparisons with other clubs.
Our young crop have all got potential and it's time to develop them for the future of our great club.
Our young crop have all got potential and it's time to develop them for the future of our great club.
