Welcome to Tiger land Riley Collier’Dawkins

[Feeling Tigerish]

i just dont see it with this kid. He's just so lazy off the ball, and he's not that much of a weapon with it.
but ive been wrong a hell of a lot of times before, hope im wrong again

 

[UKTiger]

We are hard on our kids aren't we? They can't all be superstars at the beginning of their careers. For me RCD and Ross are still learning but tracking nicely. Another good pre season will help. We should not forget that even Dusty took a season or two to become the superstar he is

 

[daniel30]

Has the tools just needs better fitness and run out games his issue.

 

[Smoking Aces]

Average speed across the ground. May not be the fastest out of the blocks, but will keep it going all game. View attachment 13134

He has no defensive awareness. A witches hat when he doesn’t have the footy. Those stats are as useful as tits on a bull.

 

[St Kevin]

I think he's been harshly judged, both externally and perhaps internally.

Needs to work on his defensive work, but his clearance (a massive issue for us) and inside ball winning can become elite and quickly. If they do, he plays regardless and some of our less talented players can pick up the slack. Not ever midfielder is elite both ways and RCD doesn't have to be.

Does he have to get better? Yep, but I don't think he's that far away.

 

[The_General]

He has no defensive awareness. A witches hat when he doesn’t have the footy. Those stats are as useful as tits on a bull.

That stat was just to say that there is some physical pace there. He's had his two most recent years for development interrupted by COVID.
He's still young. He's still learning. He has tools. Just like half this board has said Ross is useless, but today there's some hope again.
We need to back our coaching staff and footy department. If they think there something there, he'll stay. If not, he's gone.

 

[Mr Brightside]

Yes I’m far from convinced , however I like giving a kid credit where it’s due , though we sometimes see what we want to see, RCD was in our top few with pressure acts , shows he is working harder then , me included his critics believe.

 

[Scoop]

For the life of me, can't see why he didn't play more. I always say about good inside players they need to average +10 combined tackles and clearances.

That's how you know they are getting their hands dirty. In limited game time(couldn't find his average TOG) he is at 7 (6.9).

We crave Tom Green (who is a similar defensive runner) and he is at 7.5 in what I think would be more game time.




We are desperate for centre square players and we crave a Tom Green. Looky Looky here.



Give the kid another 2 year deal now. Sign him till the end of 2024.

We've got one right here and we refuse to see it.

 

[Carter]

For the life of me, can't see why he didn't play more. I always say about good inside players they need to average +10 combined tackles and clearances.

That's how you know they are getting their hands dirty. In limited game time(couldn't fid his average TOG) he is at 7 (6.9).

We crave Tom Green (who is a similar defensive runner) and he is at 7.5 in what I think would be more game time.

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We are desperate for centre square players and we crave a Tom Green. Looky Looky here.

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Give the kid another 2 year deal now. Sign him till the end of 2024.

We've got one right here and we refuse to see it.

Exactly Scoop.

We got one here. He’s gonna be a beauty.

 

[TigerMasochist]

For the life of me, can't see why he didn't play more. I always say about good inside players they need to average +10 combined tackles and clearances.

That's how you know they are getting their hands dirty. In limited game time(couldn't find his average TOG) he is at 7 (6.9).

We crave Tom Green (who is a similar defensive runner) and he is at 7.5 in what I think would be more game time.

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We are desperate for centre square players and we crave a Tom Green. Looky Looky here.

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Give the kid another 2 year deal now. Sign him till the end of 2024.

We've got one right here and we refuse to see it.

Nice work scoop, just gotta keep getting games into kids like R2D2 n a few others.
Generational change is coming no matter how much we luv our current champs n wish they could go on forever.
Push the work into the youngsters n the transition will be relatively seamless, ignore them n the *smile* will hit the fan big time.

 

[spook]

His clearance work in the first quarter especially was encouraging. Hit the fall at speed, clean handle, quick dish. I think he had 9 touches in the first q and 10 more over the last 3, so it's pretty clear what he needs to work on.

 

[taztiger4]

5 clearances in 64% game time

Yep, kids a keeper for sure

 

[Carter]

Not suited to turnover footy, hence his long gestation.

Game has evolved to suit his type though.

Persist at senior level, no doubt.

 

[17]

Not suited to turnover footy, hence his long gestation.

Game has evolved to suit his type though.

Persist at senior level, no doubt.

The club will likely persist, because they have little option.
I have significant reservations, primarily due to average football IQ, lack of defensive pressure, tendency to lope along and ball watch, and one-dimensional skill set.

 

[Sintiger]

Not every player matures at the same rate. Listen to Neil Balme talk on this, he is big on letting players develop at their own rate.

His VFL form has got better each year but COVID has undoubtedly hurt his development.

Personally I am pretty confident he will be a much better player next season

 

[RUNVS]

For the life of me, can't see why he didn't play more. I always say about good inside players they need to average +10 combined tackles and clearances.

That's how you know they are getting their hands dirty. In limited game time(couldn't find his average TOG) he is at 7 (6.9).

We crave Tom Green (who is a similar defensive runner) and he is at 7.5 in what I think would be more game time.

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We are desperate for centre square players and we crave a Tom Green. Looky Looky here.

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Give the kid another 2 year deal now. Sign him till the end of 2024.

We've got one right here and we refuse to see it.

Please don't compare RCD with Tom Green. No comparison.

 

[Mr Brightside]

For the life of me, can't see why he didn't play more. I always say about good inside players they need to average +10 combined tackles and clearances.

That's how you know they are getting their hands dirty. In limited game time(couldn't find his average TOG) he is at 7 (6.9).

We crave Tom Green (who is a similar defensive runner) and he is at 7.5 in what I think would be more game time.

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We are desperate for centre square players and we crave a Tom Green. Looky Looky here.

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Give the kid another 2 year deal now. Sign him till the end of 2024.

We've got one right here and we refuse to see it.

I don’t want to sound like Mr Darkside , however it stands out like dog balls why he wasn’t played more since he was drafted ,he bludges , hed be leading the hands on hip stats easily , I don’t buy the lack of fitness anymore, no he may not be a super Olympic 1500 metre runner , however, it’s the mental running application that’s why he hasn’t played ,plus his skills are just , the other 3 mids from yesterday all debuted in front of him , not because of talent but busting there guts for the opportunity.

In saying all that negativity I can see why people see positives with each one of our 4 mid Cubs , worry for me is all have glaring weaknesses, Dow ( my fave) kicking , MartYn pace, Ross skills and pace just ok , the one thing they all have is hardness , which is the Richmond way , though there all kids and all deserve atleast another pre season and a real season , not one looks like been a true A grader imho , I can see a couple been good mids in the rotation but you don’t win premierships with a St Kilda type midfield. We won’t find a Skip or Dusty real quick however we should and need to get a meatball 2 way running A grader

 

[Bill Haverchuck]

Coming along nicely , hopefully another pre season and he will finally be able to play a full game out...
For an inside midfielder his skill and decision making is quite good and combined with his ability to break free
from stoppages he will be very damaging...A lot of upside...

 

[spook]

Average speed across the ground. May not be the fastest out of the blocks, but will keep it going all game. View attachment 13134

All game is the issue. Graham did it for 91% of the game, RCD 64%.

 

[The_General]

In saying all that negativity I can see why people see positives with each one of our 4 mid Cubs , worry for me is all have glaring weaknesses, Dow ( my fave) kicking , MartYn pace, Ross skills and pace just ok , the one thing they all have is hardness , which is the Richmond way , though there all kids and all deserve atleast another pre season and a real season , not one looks like been a true A grader imho , I can see a couple been good mids in the rotation but you don’t win premierships with a St Kilda type midfield. We won’t find a Skip or Dusty real quick however we should and need to get a meatball 2 way running A grader

You're not going to draft a true A grader when you're first pick is around the 20 mark, often. You may get one eventually, but they'll almost all have a deficiency in one way or another.
I don't think that's being Mr Darkside. It's more Mr Reality side.