I just posting up to say that i thought Aaron Fiora played alrite today, he wasnt afraid to take on players using his pace, and did it many times, and his disposals werent too bad.
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Fiora
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A few actually gave him votes today so good to see.
Let hope he develops the confidence to take the next step and do it more often otherwise I fear he is running out of time.
Let hope he develops the confidence to take the next step and do it more often otherwise I fear he is running out of time.
Heard on Triple M today that Fiora has agreed to terms on a new contract and is ready to sign. No details we're given about it though eg. how long.
I am one of the few on this site that beleive Fiora has true potential (i have to, i have his number on my jumper 
) I personally blame this coaching staff for his progress so far. I think he has been very good the last 2 weeks and hope this is a sign of good things to come
Happy to hear about the contract if thats true.
) I personally blame this coaching staff for his progress so far. I think he has been very good the last 2 weeks and hope this is a sign of good things to come Happy to hear about the contract if thats true.
i heard that also TG
thought he was good today, perhaps down and across half back is his best spot after all.
amazing what a contract agreement will do for your confidence and form hey ;D
thought he was good today, perhaps down and across half back is his best spot after all.
amazing what a contract agreement will do for your confidence and form hey ;D
i reckon fiora played good today, but i still cant get over the fact that he was no.3 in the draft picks and after him came matthew pavlich at no.4! amzing isnt it?
I think that Fiora has been a bit disappointing but I believe he is worth persevering with for a bit longer.
I cannot understand though why he is being used in a back pocket type role. I would much prefer to see him on a half forward flank where he can use his pace and skills to advantage and get some decent delivery to whoever is at full forward.
I think he would be suited on a half forward flank on the wide open spaces of the MCG.
I cannot understand though why he is being used in a back pocket type role. I would much prefer to see him on a half forward flank where he can use his pace and skills to advantage and get some decent delivery to whoever is at full forward.
I think he would be suited on a half forward flank on the wide open spaces of the MCG.
Aaron was fairly good today. I'd guess 17 possies isn't that triffic but what he did was positive and made a mark on the game especially in the first half when the heat in the game was still on.
I too heard Fiora had come to terms on a new contract. With Tivs rumouredly re-signed as well I wonder where that leaves Joel.
It's not Aaron's fault he was taken at #3 and one spot ahead of Pavlich. That decision resides at the footsteps of one Greg Beck.
but what he did was positive and made a mark on the game especially in the first half when the heat in the game was still on.I too heard Fiora had come to terms on a new contract. With Tivs rumouredly re-signed as well I wonder where that leaves Joel.
It's not Aaron's fault he was taken at #3 and one spot ahead of Pavlich. That decision resides at the footsteps of one Greg Beck.
I can’t believe that people are wrapping up Fiora and recommending that we persist with him – seemingly on the basis that for ONCE he has actually picked up a few possessions and not made any mistakes !
This is a guy who is in his 4th year at the club and has consistently been an under-performer.
He drops his head every time he’s under the ball when he thinks someone’s behind him; he short steps it every time there is a chance of physical contact; his tackling is non-existent; he is as soft as they come and keeping him flies in the face of everything Miller and co. have been saying about our list i.e. “toughening up”, “relishing the physical contest” etc. etc. (then again, that’s not unusual as RFC contradicts EVERYTHING it says it is going to do.)
And then there is his skill level. How many times does he miss targets when under no pressure whatsoever ? Cast your minds back to the majority of games he’s played this year, in particular the West Coast Eagles game in Perth where he turned it over by foot time and time again.
He is a naturally dumb footballer as well. He looks like a deer in the headlights when running with the football, consistently choosing the wrong option. I guess that’s not surprising coming from a bloke who 1) lists sleeping as his favourite pastime 2) considers “living” as his greatest accomplishment and 3) stacks his car when hooning around (he was probably asleep at the wheel at the time).
People have been calling for his head all year, but now that he’s thrown in ONE half decent game he’s worth persisting with ? I’ll guarantee that if we keep him, he’ll become a more despised player than Bowden.
Everyone’s entitled to their opinion but I reckon it’s this very type of thinking that ensures that the Duncan Kellaway’s, Ben Holland’s, Matthew Rogers, David Bourke’s etc. of this world end up having long term careers at RFC, thus causing us to dwell in mediocrity year after year. And then, to add insult to injury, when we do FINALLY realise that they are not up to scratch (usually after 7 years or more) it’s way too late and these players have no currency in the market at all and we can not trade them for anything.
Don’t be fooled. Fiora is not up to scratch. Pure and simple.
RFC is nowhere near aggressive enough with its playing list. Fiora is exactly the type of player we need to be shoving on. De-listing the obvious players like Mills, Vardy, etc. etc. are no-brainers.
Trade Fiora now while he still has some perceived currency in the market. (Ditto that hopeless dud Ben Holland.)
This is a guy who is in his 4th year at the club and has consistently been an under-performer.
He drops his head every time he’s under the ball when he thinks someone’s behind him; he short steps it every time there is a chance of physical contact; his tackling is non-existent; he is as soft as they come and keeping him flies in the face of everything Miller and co. have been saying about our list i.e. “toughening up”, “relishing the physical contest” etc. etc. (then again, that’s not unusual as RFC contradicts EVERYTHING it says it is going to do.)
And then there is his skill level. How many times does he miss targets when under no pressure whatsoever ? Cast your minds back to the majority of games he’s played this year, in particular the West Coast Eagles game in Perth where he turned it over by foot time and time again.
He is a naturally dumb footballer as well. He looks like a deer in the headlights when running with the football, consistently choosing the wrong option. I guess that’s not surprising coming from a bloke who 1) lists sleeping as his favourite pastime 2) considers “living” as his greatest accomplishment and 3) stacks his car when hooning around (he was probably asleep at the wheel at the time).
People have been calling for his head all year, but now that he’s thrown in ONE half decent game he’s worth persisting with ? I’ll guarantee that if we keep him, he’ll become a more despised player than Bowden.
Everyone’s entitled to their opinion but I reckon it’s this very type of thinking that ensures that the Duncan Kellaway’s, Ben Holland’s, Matthew Rogers, David Bourke’s etc. of this world end up having long term careers at RFC, thus causing us to dwell in mediocrity year after year. And then, to add insult to injury, when we do FINALLY realise that they are not up to scratch (usually after 7 years or more) it’s way too late and these players have no currency in the market at all and we can not trade them for anything.
Don’t be fooled. Fiora is not up to scratch. Pure and simple.
RFC is nowhere near aggressive enough with its playing list. Fiora is exactly the type of player we need to be shoving on. De-listing the obvious players like Mills, Vardy, etc. etc. are no-brainers.
Trade Fiora now while he still has some perceived currency in the market. (Ditto that hopeless dud Ben Holland.)
While I agree that Fiora has not developed at the rate we all would prefer and need to see, I have heard too many people with football smarts who reckon he will be an above average player. I dont want to see him traded (unless it's for Pavlich )but I don't want to see him treading water at Tigerland.
It may be a case of a player who naturally develops later (opposite of Bowden), maybe he just doesn't cut the mustard or my personal belief, Frawley cant coach and doesn't develop young players as well as is required at AFL level.
)but I don't want to see him treading water at Tigerland. It may be a case of a player who naturally develops later (opposite of Bowden), maybe he just doesn't cut the mustard or my personal belief, Frawley cant coach and doesn't develop young players as well as is required at AFL level.
Redford, I completely agree with your post.
It will be interesting to see what the club does with him. I'm pretty sure he his contracted for next year. but if a suitable trade can be arranged I would trade him.
Same with Ben Holland. On big dollars (estimated to be $400K +) and is not providing value for money. He too is contracted for next year. If he is traded we will have to pay some of his salary (ala Bourke & Daffy) to his new club. That's the problem with signing these sorts of players to 3 year deals, after playing 1 decent season in 2001.
Thank you Mr Brayshaw, another one of your short sighted stuff ups.
It will be interesting to see what the club does with him. I'm pretty sure he his contracted for next year. but if a suitable trade can be arranged I would trade him.
Same with Ben Holland. On big dollars (estimated to be $400K +) and is not providing value for money. He too is contracted for next year. If he is traded we will have to pay some of his salary (ala Bourke & Daffy) to his new club. That's the problem with signing these sorts of players to 3 year deals, after playing 1 decent season in 2001.
Thank you Mr Brayshaw, another one of your short sighted stuff ups.
Informative and concise Redford. Fiora is a dud, pure and simple. He is just so symptomatic of the type of players we've had at Richmond in the past 10-20 years. Plays a few good games or has a good season and everyone reckons he's gonna be a champion. Forget about the fact that he's a space cadet with no football brain, continues to make wrong decisions when he's got the ball, continually displays a deplorable skill level when disposing of the ball, particularly by foot, is built like a stick of celery and tackles like an 8 year old.
And don't get me started about Ben Holland! What an absolute lemon! One half of a good season in 2001, holds the club to ransom by threatening to go back to Boganville, then gets a 3 year $1m plus contract for his trouble. And to think we could have sent him back and got Kane Johnson without having to give away our 1st pick. But no, Ben Holland's a champion because he kicked 6 goals against a bunch of midgets in the Bulldogs backline. But of course we play a few half reasonable sides and he's been absolutely unsighted. I don't think he touched the ball until near the end of the 2nd quarter yesterday and then it was a 20 metre skyball under no pressure that went straight to an Essendon player and resulted in another goal.
Fiora, Holland, D. Kellaway, Rogers, King, Nicholls, Bowden, Fleming, Biddiscombe, Houlihan, Pettifer etc etc etc are the type of players who have resulted in RFC being mired in mediocrity for 2 decades. People rate them highly but the fact is, and their records show it, they are seriously flawed footballers who will never be successful.
I can see Fiora, Bowden and Holland going the way of Daffy and Bourke. They'll be at the club for years, earn shitloads of money, give us nothing but failure and mediocrity, and when we finally wake up and get rid of them they'll have no currency and will be an albatross around the club's neck for years to come. If anyone disagrees, please just remind me how many games Lamentable Daffy played at Sydney and how many Jughead Bourke has played for the Kangaroos!
When you combine our pathetic list with a perennial football loser like Frawley who somehow considers that playing a soft lemon like Houlihan ahead of a young kid like Schulz who at least shows some potential, well, as David Byrne sang; "We're on a road to nowhere".
The club slogan should have one key word added to read:
Shithouse. Forever.
And don't get me started about Ben Holland! What an absolute lemon! One half of a good season in 2001, holds the club to ransom by threatening to go back to Boganville, then gets a 3 year $1m plus contract for his trouble. And to think we could have sent him back and got Kane Johnson without having to give away our 1st pick. But no, Ben Holland's a champion because he kicked 6 goals against a bunch of midgets in the Bulldogs backline. But of course we play a few half reasonable sides and he's been absolutely unsighted. I don't think he touched the ball until near the end of the 2nd quarter yesterday and then it was a 20 metre skyball under no pressure that went straight to an Essendon player and resulted in another goal.
Fiora, Holland, D. Kellaway, Rogers, King, Nicholls, Bowden, Fleming, Biddiscombe, Houlihan, Pettifer etc etc etc are the type of players who have resulted in RFC being mired in mediocrity for 2 decades. People rate them highly but the fact is, and their records show it, they are seriously flawed footballers who will never be successful.
I can see Fiora, Bowden and Holland going the way of Daffy and Bourke. They'll be at the club for years, earn shitloads of money, give us nothing but failure and mediocrity, and when we finally wake up and get rid of them they'll have no currency and will be an albatross around the club's neck for years to come. If anyone disagrees, please just remind me how many games Lamentable Daffy played at Sydney and how many Jughead Bourke has played for the Kangaroos!
When you combine our pathetic list with a perennial football loser like Frawley who somehow considers that playing a soft lemon like Houlihan ahead of a young kid like Schulz who at least shows some potential, well, as David Byrne sang; "We're on a road to nowhere".
The club slogan should have one key word added to read:
Shithouse. Forever.
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Fiora is no good, the only good thing about yesterday is if he can keep that up then we might get some decent draft picks from one of the adelaide teams. Also holland should head back to SA aswell over priced and not good enough.
Hopefully with those two players we can get some early draft picks.
Hopefully with those two players we can get some early draft picks.
