Ricciuto retires

KaaN10 · Post by **KaaN10** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:08 pm

As the title says. One of the few people I admired outside of EFC.

Madden · Post by **Madden** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:29 pm

Brilliant player. Will be missed.

BenDoolan · Post by **BenDoolan** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:33 pm

Not only a champ on the field, but a humble bloke off it.

azza78 · Post by **azza78** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:35 pm

Shame that his back injury curtailed his ouptut recently. A quality player, and close to unstoppable at his best.

swoodley · Post by **swoodley** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:05 pm

Ricciuto was always one of my favourite non EFC players. He played hard but fair and was a class act.

ealesy · Post by **ealesy** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:46 pm

Pity injury killed the end of his career. Great player....if only we could find a few players with his hardness at both the ball and man with the ball.

spikefan · Post by **spikefan** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:48 pm

swoodley wrote:Ricciuto was always one of my favourite non EFC players. He played hard but fair and was a class act.

Ditto, by far my favorite non EFC star player.

lozza89 · Post by **lozza89** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:54 pm

Yeah definately one of my fav's outside of essendon. Went about his footy in a great manner, and is quite an under-rated player for what he does on the ground.

robrulz5 · Post by **robrulz5** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:37 pm

A great player at his best. Probably Adelaide's best player in their short history.

tonysoprano · Post by **tonysoprano** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:57 pm

one of the most deserving of recent brownlow medallists - super player in every respect - skill, hardness, leadership etc

DYSON#2 · Post by **DYSON#2** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:02 pm

has done almost everything, great player.. GL to him

Lloyd is King · Post by **Lloyd is King** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:19 pm

Big loss to Adelaide. Big loss to football.

Another one bites the dust. God, what a year... Ricciuto, Hird, Kouta, Archer, Darcy, Buckley, Grant, Sheedy, Pagan, Connolly, Daniher........

Post by **Megan** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:33 pm

Fantastic player, will be missed by Adelaide, hope he gets one last shot for a farewell game. Champion.

My second fave player for the opposition after Arch.

Essendon4eva · Post by **Essendon4eva** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:43 pm

That is one thing which cannot be argued. Great player.

dom_105 · Post by **dom_105** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:45 pm

Had a lot of time and respect for Ricciuto, the way he went about his business on and off the field.

His presence, around the club and the league, will be missed.

Post by **Jazz_84** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:02 pm

yep very good player and sad to see him go

Mrs Mercuri · Post by **Mrs Mercuri** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:15 pm

a champion of the modern game thats for sure. Sad to see another career of a champ end in injury though.

pear · Post by **pear** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:54 pm

Great player, shame about the Adelaide goatee he wore for most of his career

tom9779 · Post by **tom9779** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:28 am

roo is about the only reason to watch the cows play.

(maybe mcleod as well if he is having a day out).

Rossoneri · Post by **Rossoneri** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:44 pm

His bump on Dean Kemp in the mid 1990's will live forever. It was fair and brutal.