He Kicked Three Goals. Richmond Still Dropped Him for Round 11.
Liam Fawcett was dropped for Round 11 despite kicking three goals. At $132.4k, the cash gen window is closed. The registry says avoid — get out before the price adjusts.
He Kicked Three Goals. Richmond Still Dropped Him for Round 11.
The cash gen window on Liam Fawcett just closed. The 1.9% holding him are about to find out.
Three goals the week before. Still out of Richmond's Round 11 side. That is not bad luck — that tells you exactly where Liam Fawcett sits in the KPF pecking order at Tigerland right now.
At $132.4k with a 19 BE and a 42.5 average, this still looks like a cash gen play on paper. The numbers say he is scoring above his breakeven, the price should be rising, hold him and collect. The registry called avoid in Round 10 for one clear reason: the cash gen machine does not work if the player is not in the team.
Why This Looked Like It Was Going to Work
The appeal was real: basement price, low BE, and a scoring average that cleared it with room. Coaches who picked him up mid-season were betting on a locked role at Richmond that would generate cash through R11 and beyond.
The warning signs were there from the start. He was on "watch" even in Round 5 when he scored 52 — not "buy." Job security was always listed as "watching." He posted a -4 in Round 6, almost certainly a vest or sub exit. The presser that week had the coaching staff deflecting to Faull rather than committing to Fawcett's spot. This was never the tight role lock the 19 BE implied.
What Round 10 Confirmed
He scored 29 in Richmond's 36-point away loss to St Kilda — below his 19 BE, in a match his team lost convincingly. Bad score in a bad result. But the selection decision is what actually matters.
Despite kicking three goals in his previous game, he was confirmed dropped from Round 11. The selectors have ranked him behind Jonty and Lefau in the KPF pecking order at Tigerland. That is a structural demotion — not a form reset, not load management. The coaching staff saw three goals and still said: not in our best 22.
The cash gen runway coaches were counting on is gone.
The Registry Position
Avoid. Trade him now if you have him.
The anomaly the market may not have processed yet: his 42.5 average sits above his 19 BE, which normally signals hold and collect. But averages can mask recent form. The R10 score was 29, R6 was -4. The confirmed omission for R11 is the overriding signal — above-BE averages mean nothing when you are not playing.
His price at $132.4k has not fully adjusted for a player sitting in the VFL behind two other key forwards with the season in its second half. Every round he is out, the gap between his ceiling and current price closes — not through cash gen, but through drift down.
Wait and see for me would apply if his role was genuinely contested. It is not. Jonty and Lefau are ahead of him, the club has been clear about the pecking order. Get out before the reprice catches up.
Updated: 2026-05-23. Data sourced from RookieBible intel registry.
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