Guy Richards

Dave The Man · Post by **Dave The Man** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:13 pm

Jock McPie wrote:yeah, the money was on richmond but i think they picked up gourdis? did they do that? haven't seen the results.

They did take Gourdis

GreekLunatic · Post by **GreekLunatic** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 4:42 pm

Yeah The bulldogs picked up scott welsh.

regan is true fullback · Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:02 pm

One of the interesting things about Collingwood at this stage is depth. Guy Richards is a handy Ruckman who would have been very useful 5 years ago or indeed in 1999 when our ruckmen were Mark richardson and the amazing Brad Smith.

Like Colin Alexander and Murray Wrensted in 1990, realistically he was never going to earn another senior game at Collingwood. Once Wood arrived he had to go. And he's not alone. there are many good players who are not going to get a senior game at Collingwood in the next two years, if ever. There is no more Richard Cole or Andrew Williams to be let go easily, every time we let a player go, it's going to hurt.

Like Hawthorn in the 80s, we have depth.

piesfan5 · Post by **piesfan5** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:12 pm

GreekLunatic wrote:Yeah The bulldogs picked up scott welsh.

he was the only player worth picking up in this draft
good on the dogs

John Wren · Post by **John Wren** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:49 pm

regan is true fullback wrote:there are many good players who are not going to get a senior game at Collingwood in the next two years, if ever. There is no more Richard Cole or Andrew Williams to be let go easily, every time we let a player go, it's going to hurt.

Like Hawthorn in the 80s, we have depth.

one thing i've been able to do is watch them up close at training, watching their mannerisms, their personalities. you don't see this when they are on telly or 50 metres away in a grandstand.

you certainly see them in a different light and this will make it harder to see them go whenever that may happen.

The Prototype · Post by **The Prototype** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:37 am

regan is true fullback wrote:One of the interesting things about Collingwood at this stage is depth. Guy Richards is a handy Ruckman who would have been very useful 5 years ago or indeed in 1999 when our ruckmen were Mark richardson and the amazing Brad Smith.

Like Colin Alexander and Murray Wrensted in 1990, realistically he was never going to earn another senior game at Collingwood. Once Wood arrived he had to go. And he's not alone. there are many good players who are not going to get a senior game at Collingwood in the next two years, if ever. There is no more Richard Cole or Andrew Williams to be let go easily, every time we let a player go, it's going to hurt.

Like Hawthorn in the 80s, we have depth.

The interesting thing with Colin Alexander is he played for Glenorchy early in his life and could not crack the team, went to Clarence got picked up...came home and played in Premiership sides and was a decent TFL player...which should give Richards something to look at...at least at local level he can play footy and make a career for himself there.

I mean...Aaron James has when he was with Lalor, and Andrew Williams has certainly made himself at home with the Seagulls.

Culprit · Post by **Culprit** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 6:55 am

Guy has been invited to play with Collingwood in the VFL. He is taking time out to weigh up his options.

3rd degree · Post by **3rd degree** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:11 am

At least that's something !

Dave The Man · Post by **Dave The Man** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:34 am

Culprit wrote:Guy has been invited to play with Collingwood in the VFL. He is taking time out to weigh up his options.

As Long it's Just in the VFL :!:

John Wren · Post by **John Wren** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:45 pm

Johnson#26 · Post by **Johnson#26** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 4:13 pm

There's a place for him at league level. Good luck to the guy.

DaVe86 · Post by **DaVe86** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:02 pm

if a former brownlow medallist in shane woewoedin cannot find another team, unfortunately Richards has no chance.

John Wren · Post by **John Wren** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:15 am

at least he can say he played in front of 98,000. not many of us can do that.

Robbo.D.yobbo · Post by **Robbo.D.yobbo** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 3:30 pm

Jock McPie wrote:at least he can say he played in front of 98,000. not many of us can do that.

at least he can say he played along side bucks,burnsy,rocca,licca etc.

atleast he can say he played in a winning final for collingwood

atleast he can say he played in 1 game for collingwood...1 more game than any of us ever will :lol:

lol

RudeBoy · Post by **RudeBoy** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:19 pm

Robbo.D.yobbo wrote:
Jock McPie wrote:at least he can say he played in front of 98,000. not many of us can do that.
at least he can say he played along side bucks,burnsy,rocca,licca etc.

atleast he can say he played in a winning final for collingwood

atleast he can say he played in 1 game for collingwood...1 more game than any of us ever will lol

ditto to that.

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