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Richo - Media Man
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Richo is continually asked how he feels about never winning a Premiership.
I’d like to answer on his behalf that what he contributed to our football club can never be measured in medals or tin cups.
He made us believe. He gave us hope in the darkest of hours. He soared for us, he fought for us and he bled for us. He is part of our fabric
Many of us are still here only because of this man. A Richmond immortal as important as any in the history of this great club.
I’d like to answer on his behalf that what he contributed to our football club can never be measured in medals or tin cups.
He made us believe. He gave us hope in the darkest of hours. He soared for us, he fought for us and he bled for us. He is part of our fabric
Many of us are still here only because of this man. A Richmond immortal as important as any in the history of this great club.
Anyone else notice that It was Richo who was interviewing post GF and had players drop f bombs both times?
Richo is Richmond. We may not have had the club we have today if not for the Richo of game day. He is human like us all and made mistakes but will always be a focal point on any Richmond conversation
Brilliant, DA.
Was perhaps the only reason I went and watched Richmond games ... just to see the great Richo perform in all his vagaries of efforts and brilliance and miskicks.
A genuine Richmond legend is Matthew Richardson.
Had Richo not got injured at the SCG the 95 side might have just about made it
I think he is so loved by Tiger fans partly because he is one of us. In the end he is just a Richmond fan who happened to play for the club.
I think Bennie Gale said that is why he was picked to present the 2017 cup because he represented all the people who had waited 37 years as a player and as a fan.
I agree .
He was unstoppable that year from the start.
Deliberate push into the fence.
Just look at the following year.
Nearly kicked 100 goals.
The only reason during those dark days i would go and watch us play. The unpredictability of the man was something else.
To nearly win a Brownlow in his later years, OFF A WING , what can you say.
To be giving the honour to present the cup to Cotchin & Damien and see him fidgeting & in tears on the boundary line brought tears to my eyes.
Who could forget him saying in the background after we beat GWS to get into the GF in 17, " The Tigers are into a GF"
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How this guy is not mentioned in the conversation of the greatest forwards to play the game beggers belief.
Carey was great, but he averaged less marks, less contested marks and less goals than the great Richo, and Richo has managed that in a team that could hardly average 35 forward entries, let alone even kick it to his advantage.
In our side of today, he would have been as unbeatable a player as has ever walked on a footy ground.
Mike Sheehan's interview with Brad Ottens brought up the question as to who is the greatest player he's evre played with or against, alluding to Gary Ablett junior. Ottens agreed that at his prime Ablett was greatest he had seen ,but then he brough tup Richo saying he was the only one that got close in terms of being un-stoppable when he was on. He went on to say that when he was on, you just got out of his way and watched in awe at the things he could do. Said it was a honour to play next to him at the Tiges.
Carey was great, but he averaged less marks, less contested marks and less goals than the great Richo, and Richo has managed that in a team that could hardly average 35 forward entries, let alone even kick it to his advantage.
In our side of today, he would have been as unbeatable a player as has ever walked on a footy ground.
Mike Sheehan's interview with Brad Ottens brought up the question as to who is the greatest player he's evre played with or against, alluding to Gary Ablett junior. Ottens agreed that at his prime Ablett was greatest he had seen ,but then he brough tup Richo saying he was the only one that got close in terms of being un-stoppable when he was on. He went on to say that when he was on, you just got out of his way and watched in awe at the things he could do. Said it was a honour to play next to him at the Tiges.
My biggest gripe with these media people Nel.
In boxing terms, ‘pound for pound’ up there when in full flight (when on) , in terms of the average delivery he receive over his career truly better than Carey.
My view!
-Compare teams they both played in.
- Delivery
-ability to play multiple positions
-finished his career playing on a wing and came close winning the AFLs most prestigious award as a 30+.
-would have him above Matthew Lloyd too!
I’m biased it’s true.
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