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Travis Gaspar

lamb22

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My first real look at this fellow. I see why Claw likes him - slower than Darren, clumsier than Darren, kicks worse than Darren and cant find the ball or his opponent unlike Darren. Why Claw bags D Gaspar after seeing Travis play is a mystery to clearminded footy followers. I'd suggest that T Gaspar is a bigger Dud than anyone on the tiges list.

By the way - would yesterday's result have been different if T Gaspar was out and K Pettifer was in his place. I'd vote Yes.
 
Silent Bob said:
You reckon Pettifer could get a gig playing CHB for the Eagles do you/
Nah but he might have scrounged a goal or two if he played forward as Travis did.
 
lamb22 said:
My first real look at this fellow. I see why Claw likes him - slower than Darren,  clumsier than Darren,  kicks worse than Darren and cant find the ball or his opponent unlike Darren.  Why Claw bags D Gaspar after seeing Travis play is a mystery to clearminded footy followers.  I'd suggest that T Gaspar is a bigger Dud than anyone on the tiges list.

By the way - would yesterday's result have been different if T Gaspar was out and K Pettifer was in his place.  I'd vote Yes.
lambsy i suggest you brush the wool out of your eyes.its typical of you to put the boots into a player who played just his 2nd senior game for the yr and only his 7th in 2 yrs due to injuries.he played a more than servicable game against the crows and had a bad one against the swans.what did you expect from a bloke who probably shouldnt have been picked to play seniors until next yr. gaspar has shown enough signs in the finals to suggest he will be a more than handy chf given a good run with injury.
you know you make me laugh criticising me for having a go at players who have failed for yrs on end and here you are putting the final nail in the coffin of a bloke you have seen just once and its not just gaspar. kel moore springs to mind as another. boy i would hate to see your reaction when deledio meyer pattison tambling etc string a few bad ones together i can just hear you now cant kick slow clumsy cant find the ball.
before posting about players in an idiotic attempt to belittle me have a decent look at them first.
 
lamb22 said:
My first real look at this fellow. I see why Claw likes him - slower than Darren, clumsier than Darren, kicks worse than Darren and cant find the ball or his opponent unlike Darren. Why Claw bags D Gaspar after seeing Travis play is a mystery to clearminded footy followers. I'd suggest that T Gaspar is a bigger Dud than anyone on the tiges list.

And has played in one grand final more than Darren. A record I fear he will hold forever.
 
the claw said:
lamb22 said:
My first real look at this fellow. I see why Claw likes him - slower than Darren,  clumsier than Darren,  kicks worse than Darren and cant find the ball or his opponent unlike Darren.  Why Claw bags D Gaspar after seeing Travis play is a mystery to clearminded footy followers.  I'd suggest that T Gaspar is a bigger Dud than anyone on the tiges list.

By the way - would yesterday's result have been different if T Gaspar was out and K Pettifer was in his place.  I'd vote Yes.
lambsy i suggest you brush the wool out of your eyes.its typical of you to put the boots into a player who played just his 2nd senior game for the yr and only his 7th in 2 yrs due to injuries.he played a more than servicable game against the crows and had a bad one against the swans.what did you expect from a bloke who probably shouldnt have been picked to play seniors until next yr. gaspar has shown enough signs in the finals  to suggest he will be a more than handy chf given a good run with injury.
you know you make me laugh criticising me for having a go at players who have failed for yrs on end and here you are putting the final nail in the coffin of a bloke you have seen just once and its not just gaspar. kel moore springs to mind as another. boy i would hate to see your reaction when deledio  meyer  pattison tambling etc string a few bad ones together i can just hear you now cant kick slow clumsy cant find the ball.
before posting about players in an idiotic attempt to belittle me have a decent look at them first.

Typical of the ferals who support the duds till the cows come home. ;) The guy is a dinosaur who cant kick. Dont need many viewings to confirm the obvious. When a side needs pace and skill the last sort of type you'd want at Richmond is Travis Gaspar.

Re your other points, Kel Moore's been around for years and done nothing. Unlike you Claw I dont judge a player on age but output. For the record Deledio, Tambling and Meyer are class acts and I am on record defending Richie and Danny against the doubters. Pattison is promising, but jury still out. Good attitude and footy brain, good endurance, good mark. Needs to work on lateral movement and refining skills.

Oh and by the way Mcguane is a gun :hihi
 
lamb22 said:
the claw said:
lamb22 said:
My first real look at this fellow. I see why Claw likes him - slower than Darren,  clumsier than Darren,  kicks worse than Darren and cant find the ball or his opponent unlike Darren.  Why Claw bags D Gaspar after seeing Travis play is a mystery to clearminded footy followers.  I'd suggest that T Gaspar is a bigger Dud than anyone on the tiges list.

By the way - would yesterday's result have been different if T Gaspar was out and K Pettifer was in his place.  I'd vote Yes.
lambsy i suggest you brush the wool out of your eyes.its typical of you to put the boots into a player who played just his 2nd senior game for the yr and only his 7th in 2 yrs due to injuries.he played a more than servicable game against the crows and had a bad one against the swans.what did you expect from a bloke who probably shouldnt have been picked to play seniors until next yr. gaspar has shown enough signs in the finals  to suggest he will be a more than handy chf given a good run with injury.
you know you make me laugh criticising me for having a go at players who have failed for yrs on end and here you are putting the final nail in the coffin of a bloke you have seen just once and its not just gaspar. kel moore springs to mind as another. boy i would hate to see your reaction when deledio  meyer  pattison tambling etc string a few bad ones together i can just hear you now cant kick slow clumsy cant find the ball.
before posting about players in an idiotic attempt to belittle me have a decent look at them first.

Typical of the ferals who support the duds till the cows come home.   ;) The guy is a dinosaur who cant kick.  Dont need many viewings to confirm the obvious.  When a side needs pace and skill the last sort of type you'd want at Richmond is Travis Gaspar.

Re your other points, Kel Moore's been around for years and done nothing.  Unlike you Claw I dont judge a player on age but output.  For the record Deledio, Tambling and Meyer are class acts and I am on record defending Richie and Danny against the doubters.  Pattison is promising, but jury still out.  Good attitude and footy brain, good endurance, good mark.  Needs to work on lateral movement and refining skills.

Oh and by the way Mcguane is a gun  :hihi
lamb chops any fool can spot the obvious your tamblings meyers delidios etc almost develop themselves.but your attitude to the not so obvious is one of zero tolerance or is it just one of zero tolerance of players i think show some promise.

you forgot to mention with patto slow clumsy and cant kick with your attitude perhaps we should get rid of patto for someone we dont have to put any work into..but one hopes he has an awful lot of improving in him.  the same can be said of gaspar in fact i think gaspar and pattison are very similar although 25 gaspar has played just 28 games and only because of injury. if he cops another bad one he may well be gone but like patto there is hopefully a lot of improvement in this guy.

as i said above any fool can come out pick your deledios etc how about you show a little courage and put some dark horses in the mix im sure there are plenty on this site who are interested in what you come up with.
 
Chiang Mai Tiger said:
Doolz85 said:
im with claw on this one, cant write a guy off after seeing him play ONCE

Beck use to write guys in after seeing them once Doolzy
Once?I swear the only time he layed eyes on some of them was for the team photo during the pre-season
 
the claw said:
lamb chops any fool can spot the obvious your tamblings meyers delidios etc almost develop themselves.but your attitude to the not so obvious is one of zero tolerance or is it just one of zero tolerance of players i think show some promise.

you forgot to mention with patto slow clumsy and cant kick with your attitude perhaps we should get rid of patto for someone we dont have to put any work into..but one hopes he has an awful lot of improving in him. the same can be said of gaspar in fact i think gaspar and pattison are very similar although 25 gaspar has played just 28 games and only because of injury. if he cops another bad one he may well be gone but like patto there is hopefully a lot of improvement in this guy.

as i said above any fool can come out pick your deledios etc how about you show a little courage and put some dark horses in the mix im sure there are plenty on this site who are interested in what you come up with.

You feeling OK?

Got a fever? or a cold?

Somethings putting you off your game, you are actually starting to make sense.

:hihi
 
the claw said:
lamb chops any fool can spot the obvious your tamblings meyers delidios etc almost develop themselves.but your attitude to the not so obvious is one of zero tolerance or is it just one of zero tolerance of players i think show some promise.

you forgot to mention with patto slow clumsy and cant kick with your attitude perhaps we should get rid of patto for someone we dont have to put any work into..but one hopes he has an awful lot of improving in him.  the same can be said of gaspar in fact i think gaspar and pattison are very similar although 25 gaspar has played just 28 games and only because of injury. if he cops another bad one he may well be gone but like patto there is hopefully a lot of improvement in this guy.

as i said above any fool can come out pick your deledios etc how about you show a little courage and put some dark horses in the mix im sure there are plenty on this site who are interested in what you come up with.

I wouldn't have thought I was the one with the zero tolerance level. I think I can see shades of grey rather than viewing everything in black and white.

Re Moore and Travis Gaspar

Moore is about a 25% chance of making it as a footballer - shows glimpses but rarely delivers and loses concentration. Without wishing to be too harsh on the kid he costs us the win against the bulldogs with three shocking errors in the third quarter, two resulting in two goal turnarounds. He looks neat - if he makes it I think it will be as a forward - he doesn't look mentally tough enough for a defensive role.

Travis is only a shadow of Darren as a player and it intrigues me why one can be a sacrificial lamb and the otehr considered a prospect. I have seen glimpses of him before and he looked more promising than he did in the GF. Maybe the injuries have slowed him down. However he looked way out of his depth down back against Hall and very slow. And he produced two horrendous turnovers, one of which at least resulted in a swans goal. I think the coasters rate him to play in a final before Lynch, so unlikely tiges could pinch him. The softy in me would not be averse to seeing Travis play with his brother at the tiges. The realist in me says dud.

Pattison - agreed that he shares some traits with Travis (probably why we dont need to draft someone like him) I think Adam was drafted for his work rate and attitude (and his size). Not my sort of player, prefer the Roughhead type of KPP, but could become valuable say in the Primus or Lade mould. I like the way he gives it everything when he plays.

As for smokies, I'd say most of the players I'd want at the tiges are high profile - in fact Riewoldt, Judd and Kerr would do. As to possible low level trades I'd nibble at Pettigrew from the Power. I thought Ferguson from Melbourne went OK but he appears to lack the size to be a prominent KPP. A bloke who is likely to be a player is the irishman from Carlton O'Halpin. I'd say CHF or roaming HFF could be his go. Couldn't see a role for him at Richmond with Richo still around.

Have no view on the current crop of kids, get to see the Cannons train and play the the odd quarter now and then but seen nothing that stands out.
 
lamb22 said:
My first real look at this fellow. I see why Claw likes him - slower than Darren,  clumsier than Darren,  kicks worse than Darren and cant find the ball or his opponent unlike Darren.  Why Claw bags D Gaspar after seeing Travis play is a mystery to clearminded footy followers.  I'd suggest that T Gaspar is a bigger Dud than anyone on the tiges list.

By the way - would yesterday's result have been different if T Gaspar was out and K Pettifer was in his place.  I'd vote Yes.

Right, then the Swans would have won by 6 goals?