RICHMOND star Brett Deledio says he won’t be traded and will retire a one-club player.

The Tigers’ disastrous 4-7 start to the season has prompted calls for the club’s older elite talent to be shopped at the trade table as part of a major overhaul of the list.

But the 238-game dual All-Australian has declared he is a Tiger for life.

“I know I won’t be going anywhere. I’m a contracted player for next year and I’ve always said that I want to be a one-club player,” Deledio said.

“From the very first day I got to Richmond, I looked straight away as to how many games Dale Weightman had played in the No. 3 (jumper) and I wanted to try and beat that.”

Deledio, 29, rejected suggestions the Tigers list required a rebuild.

“I don’t think there needs to be an overhaul — we just need our players playing consistently well, certainly our leadership group and our senior players, the guys that you rely on week to week,” he told RSN radio.

“But also we just keep challenging the young blokes to keep getting better. The sooner we can get them better, the sooner we play better as a whole and the challenge for all of us is not to get complacent and rest on our laurels, but to continue to get better.”

Richmond defender Alex Rance said the playing group was subjected to a confronting review after last Friday night’s demolition at the hands of North Melbourne.

“So it should have been,” Rance said.

media_camera Alex Rance shows his disappointment during another Richmond loss. Picture: Daniel Wilkins

“There was a lot of glaring mistakes and issues that we want to stamp out so they don’t become habit.

“We probably kick along down the line a bit too much at the moment, which really plays into a lot of other teams’ defences hands, so they can rebound pretty quickly.

“You’re not really going to win a lot of games if you’re just going to be kicking long down the line.

“That’s one thing that is pretty well publicised that we need to improve on, and we’ll do that.”

Finals are all but off the table for Richmond but Rance said there would be “something wrong” if the side didn’t keep the hope alive.

“You always play to win, so if you’re not aiming for finals then there’s something wrong,” he said.

“But we have more important things to worry about at the moment. We’ve got to worry about our process and worry about the next game and the next training session.

“That’s where you start to form good habits and get on the right track.”

Skipper Trent Cotchin didn’t train on Thursday due to illness but he is expected to play against Gold Coast on Sunday.