2008 Player Review after the NAB
By Chris Greenway

1. Chris Newman, played well in defence and the middle, tough, quick and a great long kick. Why he isn't the captain is beyond me.

3. Brett Deledio, one of 3 effective forwards, however a side as poorly skilled as Richmond can't afford the luxury of playing him forward.

4. Andrew Raines, very quiet, spent extended periods on the bench, seriously in trouble.

5. Troy Simmonds, rusty, got better as the game went on, will be better for the run.

6. Graham Polak, very disappointing, got 3 touches, the experiment of playing him forward should be scrapped immediately, he is a key position defender.

7. Nathan Brown, one of the other effective forwards, while he'll never get back to where he was in 2005 you just relax when he has the ball, because he rarely misuses it.

8. Jack Riewoldt, very raw, put on some weight, but needs to work on his kicking.

11. Joel Bowden, good running out of the backline, should not have the responsibility of being a key defender as well.

12. Matthew Richardson, the 3rd decent forward and considering how much time he spent elsewhere that's a sad indictment of the rest of them.

13. Jordan McMahon, we heard a lot about his silky ball skills when we gave up draft pick 19 for him. He must have left them at the Bulldogs, because they weren't evident tonight.

15. Kayne Pettifer, another hard worker, unfortunately most of his possessions were too far from goals to be effective and 90% of the time no one presented for him.

17. Kane Johnson, why this man was reappointed captain is something I don't understand. Useless is a kind description of his performance, the only thing he won all night was the coin toss before the match.

20. Mitch Morton, did some nice things from limited opportunities, could be a decent pick up.

21. Shane Tuck, he can get the ball and he tries hard, but he just cannot kick and we can't carry someone who can't perform a basic skill effectively.

23. Daniel Jackson, rarely sighted and his opponent beat him pretty handily.

26. Adam Pattison, was very good in the ruck during the 3rd quarter, didn't have a lot of game time aside from that.

29. Jarrod Oakley-Nicholls, very poor, one of the worst recent recruiting decisions made to select him at no 8 a few years back.

30. Richard Tambling, really gave it his all, but it wasn't enough tonight, needed help and didn't get it.

31. Chris Hyde, good early, but faded just as quickly.

32. Greg Tivendale, the 9 pointer was nice, but as usual he looked great when under no pressure, but turned it over when there was a sniff of pressure.

36. Jarrod Silvester, thank God he's a rookie and unlikely to play a senior game, because he just is not up to AFL level.

37. Travis Casserly, people keep saying this kid uses the ball well, I've seen him in the VFL and now at this level and I am yet to see evidence of this.

38. Tristan Cartledge, as long as he's only a back up ruckman he'll be okay, cross fingers that Simmonds stays fit, not up to it.

40. Kelvin Moore, it may help if he wasn't used as a key defender, he doesn't have the size for that. Took a ripper of a mark that will take some beating for mark of the series.

41. Nathan Foley, once he picked up the tempo of the game was the only effective midfielder for the Tigers.

46. Jake King, I love the little man with the big heart, never gave up, gave his opponents plenty of cheek and if we had a few more of him we may win a few more games.