18 August 2003
Herald Sun
By MICHAEL STEVENS
MATTHEW Richardson's future at Punt Rd continues to be a topic of intense speculation.
Even Richmond captain Wayne Campbell became embroiled in it during a pre-match interview yesterday.
Campbell was asked: Do you think you and Richmond might be better off without Matthew Richardson?
Do you think he might be better off playing somewhere else?
And Campbell's response? "Dunno".
"It's a question that gets asked quite often and one of those questions that hasn't got a definitive answer, I don't think," Campbell said on Triple M.
"People can think different things. At the moment he's going OK. He would like to be a long-term Richmond player and be a one-club player, and I think the club would like that as well.
"He's played most positions he can play, where he can play, which is on the forward line.
"The last couple of weeks he's played on a wing, so (he's played everywhere) other than the backline, but I don't think he's a natural backman.
"We've tried him in most positions up forward and he's been pretty successful a lot of the time.
"I think he's third on the contested marks list, so he's doing a couple of things right."
Campbell was also queried the Tigers' style of play, which often overlooks Richardson leads in favour of chipping or running the ball into the forward line.
"In the past couple of weeks we've played ordinary footy like that. We've chipped around on the backline.
"But I don't think we've been a side that's done that for three or four years," Campbell said.
"It was embarrassing to have more touches than St Kilda last week and get beaten by the amount (80 points) that we did, but I don't think over the past three or four years we've been a team like that.
"We've been a team that's been pretty efficient in going forward and getting it long.
"If anything, we've been accused of bombing it too much, so both styles haven't worked."
Herald Sun
By MICHAEL STEVENS
MATTHEW Richardson's future at Punt Rd continues to be a topic of intense speculation.
Even Richmond captain Wayne Campbell became embroiled in it during a pre-match interview yesterday.
Campbell was asked: Do you think you and Richmond might be better off without Matthew Richardson?
Do you think he might be better off playing somewhere else?
And Campbell's response? "Dunno".
"It's a question that gets asked quite often and one of those questions that hasn't got a definitive answer, I don't think," Campbell said on Triple M.
"People can think different things. At the moment he's going OK. He would like to be a long-term Richmond player and be a one-club player, and I think the club would like that as well.
"He's played most positions he can play, where he can play, which is on the forward line.
"The last couple of weeks he's played on a wing, so (he's played everywhere) other than the backline, but I don't think he's a natural backman.
"We've tried him in most positions up forward and he's been pretty successful a lot of the time.
"I think he's third on the contested marks list, so he's doing a couple of things right."
Campbell was also queried the Tigers' style of play, which often overlooks Richardson leads in favour of chipping or running the ball into the forward line.
"In the past couple of weeks we've played ordinary footy like that. We've chipped around on the backline.
"But I don't think we've been a side that's done that for three or four years," Campbell said.
"It was embarrassing to have more touches than St Kilda last week and get beaten by the amount (80 points) that we did, but I don't think over the past three or four years we've been a team like that.
"We've been a team that's been pretty efficient in going forward and getting it long.
"If anything, we've been accused of bombing it too much, so both styles haven't worked."
