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PUNT ROAD END | Richmond Tigers Forum
People seem to love applying their own form of revisionist history to the 2004 draft. For example, it seems virtually no one (with a few exceptions) likes to actually acknowledge that not only people associated with Richmond but probably the wider football community generally agreed with the Club's choice to take Richard Tambling ahead of Lance Franklin at the time, and that a lot of if not most clubs (quite possibly including Hawthorn) in our position would've done exactly the same thing at the time. Even so, I was still surprised to read this excerpt from an article by Richard Hinds on Jarryd Roughead called "This Roughie's a sure-fire bet" which appeared on The Age's "Real Footy" site a couple of days ago (link is at the bottom):
"He (Roughead) is a powerful marking forward whose goalkicking ability is a major threat to the Swans tomorrow night. He will kick 100 goals this season, predicts Essendon champion Matthew Lloyd. And, as if Richmond fans did not have enough heartache, their club's decision to overlook him in the 2004 national draft is a continuing cause of anxiety."
We must be talking to different Richmond fans. Who exactly did we "overlook" him for? I can only assume that Richard Hinds is saying the decision to take Brett Deledio ahead of Jarryd Roughead was an oversight (the alternative is that he doesn't actually know what order the players were taken in). Strange.
http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/rfnews/this-roughies-a-surefire-bet/2009/04/02/1238261727748.html
"He (Roughead) is a powerful marking forward whose goalkicking ability is a major threat to the Swans tomorrow night. He will kick 100 goals this season, predicts Essendon champion Matthew Lloyd. And, as if Richmond fans did not have enough heartache, their club's decision to overlook him in the 2004 national draft is a continuing cause of anxiety."
We must be talking to different Richmond fans. Who exactly did we "overlook" him for? I can only assume that Richard Hinds is saying the decision to take Brett Deledio ahead of Jarryd Roughead was an oversight (the alternative is that he doesn't actually know what order the players were taken in). Strange.
http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/rfnews/this-roughies-a-surefire-bet/2009/04/02/1238261727748.html