Congrats tonTed for hitting 200 games this morning. Fantastic career
Ted Richards 200
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I think the OP confused Scott. He's playing his 200th against Collingwood (touch wood!)Comment
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My favourite story about Ted came from someone on this forum. They sat next to him at the trivia night one year at a time when he was playing in the ressies and his contract was up for renewal. He said things weren't looking great and he thought he wouldn't get a new contract.
So happy for him (and the Swans) that it worked out otherwise!
I can't find the original post though. Who was it!Comment
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Teddy is the complete exponent of "its never over til its over" i.e., just when you think it is all over, have another deep breath and keep going. Love him to bits.If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhoodComment
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Ted was fantastic in the 2006 GF, along with Kirky the best player on the field during the second half. That always sat in the back of my mind even when he was going thru a poor patch in 2010 that over the years legends have been built around players who could produce their absolute best under the pressure of a GF. A certain blond haired defender/whipping boy (no, not Bevo) did it in 2005 and backed it up 7 years later with another mighty September.
It's another very good reason why we desperately need to give AJ whatever time he needs to get over his knee issues.
Well done Teddy...Driver of the Dan Hannebery bandwagon....all aboard. 4th April 09Comment
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Roos says Ted was his best recruiting call (better than Josh apparently).
Interesting story about Richards' lack of self-confidence. Whatever the Swans do to discards from other clubs a lot of it must involve making them believe in themselves.
This was certainly not unusual for the players the Swans recruited from other clubs. Many had spent time in the seconds and were down on confidence when they arrived.
Coaches had countless discussions with Ted about believing in himself.
Even when he started to become a good player during his early time at Sydney, this didn't lead to a confidence that he had become a regular AFL player.
The 2010 season seemed to be the turning point. After being dropped during the year he came back and played well towards the end of the season and earned a new contract.
Last edited by ShockOfHair; 10 August 2013, 11:39 AM.The man who laughs has not yet heard the terrible newsComment

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