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PUNT ROAD END | Richmond Tigers Forum
Fast, tall, strong, good mark, versatile, beautiful kick, reliable goal-kicker and mentally tough. We rightly love Brett Deledio.
Deledio has all the ingredients to be right up there with Judd but there is one ingredient missing from his game, and until rectified will continue to cause Brett's peers from 2004 - Roughhead, Franklin and Griffen - to be rated higher than our No.1 pick Tiger. It's intensity.
It's why Deledio, who had 30 touches against the Cats, kicked a goal and was one of the game's best, laid ONE paltry tackle for the day.
Chris Judd, by comparison, laid TEN tackles against Brisbane. And having seen Judd live a couple of times now, the thing that stands out to me is not just his beautiful movement and skills, its his intensity in all aspects of the game.
When the other team has the ball Judd is still working - he chases hard, tackles and gets his hands dirty. Deledio needs to study this guy and model his game on him. He can do it, they both have a similar build, pace and skills.
Deledio, with his pace and size should be a "tackling machine" - he could have the opposition second guessing themselves by applying this pressure but does not. Look at the tackles for the first two rounds of 2009:
Luke Ball has 17
Chris Judd has 16
Leigh Montagna has 17
Daniel Rich, first year player, has 12
For god's sake Farren Ray has 12!
Brett Deledio has 3
If you think I'm being hard on Brett, well I am. This guy's lack of intensity when the opposition has the ball risks him becoming just another "good ordinary player" yet he has all the physical attributes to take us up the ladder.
This intensity also applies to shepherds, smothers etc. - was I the only one who noticed that it was Brett Deledio who gave the handball to Cousins in our back pocket, while Fev was clearly bearing down, yet chose to run wide to receive from Cuz, rather than shepherd and protect him from that Carlton boofhead? For god's sake make a statement and knock the bonehead over! This failure to protect his teammate led to Cousins over-stretching.
I don't know who'se to blame here, whether it's our coaches or the player himself, but there are many aspects to football and after the first two rounds I don't like the direction Deledio's game is heading.
I want to see our coaching staff and Brett change focus somewhat and concentrate on becoming that "tacking machine" - from there the rest of his game will fall into place, and we might actually pinch a win. Discuss.
Deledio has all the ingredients to be right up there with Judd but there is one ingredient missing from his game, and until rectified will continue to cause Brett's peers from 2004 - Roughhead, Franklin and Griffen - to be rated higher than our No.1 pick Tiger. It's intensity.
It's why Deledio, who had 30 touches against the Cats, kicked a goal and was one of the game's best, laid ONE paltry tackle for the day.
Chris Judd, by comparison, laid TEN tackles against Brisbane. And having seen Judd live a couple of times now, the thing that stands out to me is not just his beautiful movement and skills, its his intensity in all aspects of the game.
When the other team has the ball Judd is still working - he chases hard, tackles and gets his hands dirty. Deledio needs to study this guy and model his game on him. He can do it, they both have a similar build, pace and skills.
Deledio, with his pace and size should be a "tackling machine" - he could have the opposition second guessing themselves by applying this pressure but does not. Look at the tackles for the first two rounds of 2009:
Luke Ball has 17
Chris Judd has 16
Leigh Montagna has 17
Daniel Rich, first year player, has 12
For god's sake Farren Ray has 12!
Brett Deledio has 3
If you think I'm being hard on Brett, well I am. This guy's lack of intensity when the opposition has the ball risks him becoming just another "good ordinary player" yet he has all the physical attributes to take us up the ladder.
This intensity also applies to shepherds, smothers etc. - was I the only one who noticed that it was Brett Deledio who gave the handball to Cousins in our back pocket, while Fev was clearly bearing down, yet chose to run wide to receive from Cuz, rather than shepherd and protect him from that Carlton boofhead? For god's sake make a statement and knock the bonehead over! This failure to protect his teammate led to Cousins over-stretching.
I don't know who'se to blame here, whether it's our coaches or the player himself, but there are many aspects to football and after the first two rounds I don't like the direction Deledio's game is heading.
I want to see our coaching staff and Brett change focus somewhat and concentrate on becoming that "tacking machine" - from there the rest of his game will fall into place, and we might actually pinch a win. Discuss.