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Those that have come and gone in the Past

gustiger12

gustiger12

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With all the debate on the list about out list and after watching a few old Video's thought I'd look at who has come and gone in the past few years.  This list is by no means comprehensive, but does bring out a few skeletons.   Added some comments for interest.

GONE

Paul BULLUS    -      Good mark, but prone to skill errors -                               hard worker
Damien RYAN   -      Delisted  - Very quick had a stint at
                              St. Kilda (I think)
Robert POWELL   -  Delisted
Michael GALE     -    Retired - Good hard working player
Ashley BLURTON  -  Delisted - Had skill, but    
                              lacked application IMHO
Ashley PRESCOTT - Traded to Fremantle - Honest Player
Ben HARRISON   -   Now at the Bulldogs.  Versatile player
Nick DAFFY       -      Traded to Sydney - Overpaid
                              forward who was a good goalsneak.
Jamie TAPE   -         Traded to Collingwood.  Hard
                              working defender RIP Tapie
David BOURKE   -    Traded to the Roos - Lived in his
                              fathers shadow
Paul BRODERICK -   Retired.Great skills by hand and foot
Brett EVANS      -     Delisted.  Very Hard  Tiger Cult hero.
Ross FUNKE    -       Delisted and later redrafted by Melb.
Brendan GALE  -      Retired.  Tiger Legend and great
                              servant of the club
Ben HOLLANDS   -   Delisted
Aaron JAMES     -     Delisted
Steven McKEE   -     Traded to the Pies.  Would have
                               been handy now as a back up tall
Mark MERENDA - Traded to the Eages. Plagued by
back problems.
Ben MOORE - Delisted
Justin PLAPP - Ended up at St.kilda. Another
almost cult hero in early days
Lionel PROCTOR - Delisted
Jason RAMSAY - Retired. Ex Fitzroy player who
never quite made it at Tigerland
John ROMBOTIS - Another ex Lion who never quite
made it at his new home
Clay SAMPSON - Never made a big impact
Patrick STEINFORD - Injury Plagued career with out
playing a senior games after
promising junior career
Jason TORNEY - Traded to the Crows. Good player
who was traded to get and even
better player. Will be a loss to the
back line this year.
Scott TURNER - Retired. Hard Nut who tried hard.
James WHITE - Another player who had skill but
lacked attitude and went walk
about.
Mathew KNIGHTS - Retired. An absolute Tiger Legend.
Nothing more needs to be a said.
Ezra POYAS - Delisted. Never quite made it
Steven SZILLER - Retired. Serviceable, but a stop
gap recruit.
Paul HUDSON - Retired. No Impact.
Craid EDNIE - Delisted. Lacked size, but had
skill.
Scott HOMEWOOD - Another one who never made it.
Suffered from injuries to shoulders
 
Some Arrivals

Brad OTTENS - Essential to Tigers success.
Marc DRAGICEVIC - Skilled player who has had a horror
run with knee injuries. Yet to
realise his full potential. Hopefully
can make a successful comeback.
Leon CAMERON - Great Pick up. Highly skilled.
Clinton KING - Hard worker who lack physical
presence in the clinches.
Aaron FIORA - Highly skilled, but lightly built.
Best yet to come. Needs to step
up this year.
Andrew MILLS - Yet to make his mark. Time is
running out if he doesn't step up
this year.
Ty ZANTUCK - Hard nut who has exceeded the
expectations of many
Darren GASPAR - Good defender who had a bad
year last year. Needs to regain
form to earn his pay.
Rory HILTON - Excellent pick up, but has had
unfortunate run with injuries.
Mark CHAFFEY - Started slowly, but now proving
his worth
Kayne PETTIFER - Big wraps, but yet to prove
himself at the top level. Big year
for Kayne if he is to make it.
Mark COUGHLAN - Great pick up who only proved his
value when given game time.
Chris HYDE - Needs to step up this year if he
is to make it.
Andrew KRAKOUER - Very skilled player who is still
developing. Hope to see big
steps forward this year.
Chris NEWMAN - Shown signs
Adam HOULIHAN - Needs to make his mark now or
good bye.
Marty McGRATH - Long term prospect who has
people talking already. Need
to develop physically.
Greg STAFFORD - Proved his value when he
overcame early injury problems
David RODAN - Very good first year and has
gained cult hero status already.
Kayne JOHNSON - Excellent Pick up. Hard midfielder
with premiership experience
Justin BLUMFIELD - Another quality pick up with
premiership experience.
Jay SHULTZ - Long term prospect who has
shown a bit early

The others I don't know enough about yet.

The point I was really thinking about was a few on this list complain about the so called "Dud" on the Tigers list, but when you look back over the years we have gotten rid of a few who could probably fit into this category.

More importantly I think next year will be the first time we have been in a real position to aggressively recruit and trade in the preseason and I am quietly more confident in the knowledge that Greg MILLER will be oversighting this process. Something I hope will continue for a few years to come.

Go Tigers
 
At the end of this year it is quite possible that

D Kellaway and Cameron will retire

Biddiscombe, Houlihan, Mills, Vardy, Hyde, King would all be out of contract and likely to be delisted, meaning for the first time in quite a while we could have a decent number of selections on draft day.

with greg miller doing the talking, i have no doubt we should be able to recruit a good player from another club in the pre season draft too. Look how close he got with Lappin and he had only just arrived at the club.
 
Another departure was my favourite player Chris Bond. We had to give something up to get Otto, and I was so wild at the amount of booing Bondy copped when he first played us.
Likewise we had to give up Horney to get Johnson, and I hope we don't see him booed like Bondy was.

Looking at the two lists I think we've lost a fair bit of height and a lot of toughness without replacing it.
We have got hard players like the Kellaways etc, but apart from Stafford (don't get suspended Greg) and Zantuck, we don't seem to have gained many in the mould of Scotty Turner and Brett Evans and Bondy who would make the opposition think twice about every posession.

Oh for a player with the height of Otto, the heart of Duncan, the leadership of Voss, the mongrel of Archer, the magic of McLeod, the endurance of Harvey, the skill of.........haha get my drift.
Go Tiges.
 
Sorry Rosie

Forgot about Bondy. Couldn't understand why anyone would Boo Bondy. It wasn't his fault he left. He was a great clubman in his time at the club. Always put it on the line for the club.
 
There's more eggs in that list of players than in a free range farm. You can also include Howat, Neeld, Manfield, Edwards, Mrakov, Herman, Hernaman, Menagola etc. dud after dud. Richmond has seen its fair share of hacks in the past 20 years to last a lifetime.
 
The guy that went into the goal post in adelaide - Brad Gwillem or someone - or am i going too far back.
 
I wonder if our list of departures is about average for the league and every club could come up with a similar list, or have we really been hard done by?
 
No - I reckon we take the cake. There is no-way Sheedy would have gone down that path. I think Somerville was as bad for him as it got and Richmond tried to draft him too.
 
gustiger12 said:
With all the debate on the list about out list and after watching a few old Video's thought I'd look at who has come and gone in the past few years. This list is by no means comprehensive, but does bring out a few skeletons. Added some comments for interest.

GONE

Paul BULLUS - Good mark, but prone to skill errors - hard worker
Damien RYAN - Delisted - Very quick had a stint at
St. Kilda (I think)
Robert POWELL - Delisted
Michael GALE - Retired - Good hard working player
Ashley BLURTON - Delisted - Had skill, but
lacked application IMHO
Ashley PRESCOTT - Traded to Fremantle - Honest Player
Ben HARRISON - Now at the Bulldogs. Versatile player
Nick DAFFY - Traded to Sydney - Overpaid
forward who was a good goalsneak.
Jamie TAPE - Traded to Collingwood. Hard
working defender RIP Tapie
David BOURKE - Traded to the Roos - Lived in his
fathers shadow
Paul BRODERICK - Retired.Great skills by hand and foot
Brett EVANS - Delisted. Very Hard Tiger Cult hero.
Ross FUNKE - Delisted and later redrafted by Melb.
Brendan GALE - Retired. Tiger Legend and great
servant of the club
Ben HOLLANDS - Delisted
Aaron JAMES - Delisted
Steven McKEE - Traded to the Pies. Would have
been handy now as a back up tall
Mark MERENDA - Traded to the Eages. Plagued by
back problems.
Ben MOORE - Delisted
Justin PLAPP - Ended up at St.kilda. Another
almost cult hero in early days
Lionel PROCTOR - Delisted
Jason RAMSAY - Retired. Ex Fitzroy player who
never quite made it at Tigerland
John ROMBOTIS - Another ex Lion who never quite
made it at his new home
Clay SAMPSON - Never made a big impact
Patrick STEINFORD - Injury Plagued career with out
playing a senior games after
promising junior career
Jason TORNEY - Traded to the Crows. Good player
who was traded to get and even
better player. Will be a loss to the
back line this year.
Scott TURNER - Retired. Hard Nut who tried hard.
James WHITE - Another player who had skill but
lacked attitude and went walk
about.
Mathew KNIGHTS - Retired. An absolute Tiger Legend.
Nothing more needs to be a said.
Ezra POYAS - Delisted. Never quite made it
Steven SZILLER - Retired. Serviceable, but a stop
gap recruit.
Paul HUDSON - Retired. No Impact.
Craid EDNIE - Delisted. Lacked size, but had
skill.
Scott HOMEWOOD - Another one who never made it.
Suffered from injuries to shoulders
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Just looking back thru some very old threads (very interesting reading) have a look at this playing list 2003.

Surely 2009's group is way above this sorry lot??

B1
 
B1 and B2 said:
Just looking back thru some very old threads (very interesting reading) have a look at this playing list 2003.

Surely 2009's group is way above this sorry lot??

B1
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Geez B1 you've really dug deep into the archives!!

Oh the HORROR, THE HORROR!!! :hihi
 
B1 and B2 said:
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Just looking back thru some very old threads (very interesting reading) have a look at this playing list 2003.

Surely 2009's group is way above this sorry lot??

B1
Click to expand...

I dunno about WAY above
 
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