Get off the kids back . Ok he has a lot to live up up to & the last thing he wants is Tiger supporters bucketing him. I concur his stats are not up to scratch but is it his fault. Playing in a below standard AFL team . I think Dimma is crucifying the kid by playing him. Should be in the Magoos where 99% of draftees start & play their initial year. He is no dill when it comes to play AFl football but Tigers better manage him right or they will regret later on if they do not.
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Welcome to the Tigers - Daniel Rioli
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Well now I feel I have to clarify my comments again in case you think I am attacking Dan. It's actually Tiger80 who goes in hard on him, then declares "but some
will delight in tearing him down."
I really rate him and think he has a bright future. My major point is that I want to see Dimma get some games into the other young guys too, to really bring them on. Dan could use a rest and a spell in the vfl because he's struggling to make much impact recently. No big knock; he's just very young and light. Needs time.
will delight in tearing him down."
I really rate him and think he has a bright future. My major point is that I want to see Dimma get some games into the other young guys too, to really bring them on. Dan could use a rest and a spell in the vfl because he's struggling to make much impact recently. No big knock; he's just very young and light. Needs time.
Panthera Tigris said:
Dead right. Apologies, just forgot about him!
Dimma has copped some flak for saying he has never had better depth but I know what he means. We have recruited for a different game-style, with the fast, athletic footballers for the modern game. The problem is that this type of player is lightly built, for speed and hopefully high quality skills: Menadue, Markov, Rioli, Castagna, CMoore, CEllis, Drummond, Choll, Short and maybe Butler.
They need time to build their bodies and adapt to the intensely fast and physical modern game. The whole team has to develop a new game-style as these guys come on tap.
So I just think we can start getting some games into all of them to hasten this process. Hope Dimma has got it right. But I think we have no other choice; this is our best chance at a successful future.
I reckon it's a really good move.leon said:
At the moment Rioli is very tentative and lurks on the fringes a lot ( which you would expect from a guy in his first year). This is a good way to teach him to get the hard ball amongst men.
Maybe they should've tried that with Tambling, eh.
evo said:
Just denying reality. He's an 18 year old kid, straight out of schoolboy football. Just happens to have a famous footy name.
Under 180cm, weighs around or under 70kgs. Compare with a true, tough, modern inside mid such as Ballard. Dan is out-weighed by almost 20 kgs and 7/8 cm less in height.
So you see what happens at AFL level, when he is tackled, cannot even free his hands to get a HB away; pinged for HTB. Often. Don't tell me he's fast; I know, but most clubs have heaps of guys who have run under 3sec for the 20m sprint at draft camp e.g. Bullies had 14 a couple of years back. So Dan will be caught at times, and has been.
People need to stop basing expectations on him due to what his name happens to be. Look at him as a very young, lightly-built but talented player. He must be given another 2 years to grow and develop. In the meantime, mostly SF with an occasional burst in the middle. Needs protecting as well as experience, and a good gym program.
I believe you will be proved wrong on this over time. The kid has something.rinso17 said:
It is also accepted that had he not gone to us the hawks were ready with their pick 19 or whatever it was they had around that mark. The difference is that if he had gone there he would have 10-11 games with Box Hill so far and would have been given time to develop. Rightly or wrongly we haven't done that.
