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You beat Carlton by 26 points
Hawthorn by 29
And Collingwood by 19.
Not exactly annihilation and smashing yourself..... enjoy the week and try not to be too upset that you aren't favourites
Who cares who is favourite?
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Who cares who is favourite?
Exactly
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Hopefully this game will be close and fantastic to watch.
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Both Crows and Richmond supporters may not be able to take that after such long droughts!
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It's funny how they keep going on about Adelaide's 'drought.' Sure, they haven't played in a GF since 1998, but they won in 1998, and many teams that've played in a GF since have longer premiership droughts. Melbourne 1964, St Kilda 1966, of course Richmond in 1980, Carlton in 1995. North in 99 and Essendon in 00 is just slightly shorter. Even Brisbane in 2003 and Port in 2004 is now 13-14 years ago, vs 19.
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Although I will say West Coast in 2006 sure felt like a long time coming. I was only 8 in 1994 and it seems a small lifetime between age 8 and 20. I suppose clubs like West Coast and Adelaide just expect regular success and to have a good tilt at it at least once a decade.
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Cheers.
Obviously those sides weren't exactly top 4 contenders this year (except maybe Port), but 100 point and 84 point wins in the wet are still pretty decent.
I can't remember the last time we've managed to beat Sydney by more than a couple of goals, no matter the conditions.
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Mind games with who? It's not like any of us are going to be playing next week.
Are you going to put the Richmond supporters off their cheering?
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I agree 19 years isn't as disastrous compared to that of some clubs since winning one. I think it feels worse because we have had a couple periods where we really should have at least made the big dance for a crack once. It's more the result of falling short of that and after 19 years of it you start realising the importance of taking them opportunities and don't take it for granted as just going to happen.
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Might make it interesting for your captain too. Make sure he gets some wind direction lessons during the week in preparation for the coin toss.
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Yeah I get that, the many prelim loses would hurt. The Eagles never really got that close between 1995 and 2004, and during the dark days of the early 00s a grand final looked distant.
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The Crows have lost 4 prelims in that time though. So close, but so far many times.
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Indeed, that would sting. Twice to us in 05-06. I was at the 2005 prelim at Subi.
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It may take him awhile to make up his mind as it just swirls at the GMight make it interesting for your captain too. Make sure he gets some wind direction lessons during the week in preparation for the coin toss.
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You can't be serious?
At what point did you lose and Assistant Coach and Senior Coach in the space of 18 months.
You've been incompetent and irrelevant for most of the last 35 years and not because of tragedies.
Tigers vfl team lost today
Just need Adelaide to do the job next week and hello straiggt sets Tigers!
Just need Adelaide to do the job next week and hello straiggt sets Tigers!
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Has any AFL Club won a Grand Final without a top 10 pick in the modern era? At least since 2000 ?????
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they done a typical richmond and they choked!!!!
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Heart says Richmond and head says Adelaide.
I think Adelaide have been the team most likely all season.
Richmond CAN win, of course but will need four quarters of ridiculous pressure and we must take our chances.
One thing I know for sure, 16 teams CAN'T win the flag this season.
Confident that both teams will "bring it" and that first quarter will be fierce.
May the best team on the day prevail... God, I hope it's Richmond.
I think Adelaide have been the team most likely all season.
Richmond CAN win, of course but will need four quarters of ridiculous pressure and we must take our chances.
One thing I know for sure, 16 teams CAN'T win the flag this season.
Confident that both teams will "bring it" and that first quarter will be fierce.
May the best team on the day prevail... God, I hope it's Richmond.
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yeah, 2 decades doesn't qualify as a drought for me.
needs to be closer to 3 or 4.
In two decades we've had Brisbane, Geelong, Hawks, Cats, Dons, North, Crows, Port, Dogs, Pies.
thats more than half the comp.
Saints, Tigers & Dees are the only ones experiencing a true drought.
If you had a mobile phone during your last premiership, its not a drought.
i can feel your nerves
you are going to get more nervous throughout the week, all the way up until the game (at which point it reaches its worst point)
At least in 2000 we knew we were gonna win
godspeed.
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Like I knew we were going to win in 1967, 1969, 1973, 1974. 1980.
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And you guys lost there to Fremantle, you know, the guys who finished 14th. So perhaps you aren't as infallible at the G as you think.
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