No Oppo Supporters General AFL and other clubs discussion thread. **Opposition fans not welcome** Part 4

[lethalselbow]

Even the pubs in Richmond were trying to cash in on the ‘it’s a formality’ arrogance of the Tiggers.

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‘A golden ale for a golden era’

lol. Is that for real? Reminds me of something....

 

[lethalselbow]

Many have been saying it for a while, Richmond had everything fall into place for some time. Barely any injuries for starters. All of a sudden they had a heap at once, and Noone to replace them with.
Their luck was also with the bounce of the ball. Never have I seen a team continually have the pill sit for them like the tigers did. That's not skill or coaching. That's luck. Even Martin's goal in the qualifying final was pure fluke. That went in a perfect line. A laser underneath it and it wouldn't have veered at all. That barely happens when a player fires a bullet pass, let alone a shot around the body

Really? You need to give credit where it is warranted. Class goal and he went for it.

 

[grumbleguts]

Really? You need to give credit where it is warranted. Class goal and he went for it.

It was a fluke. And giving head high fend offs for 6 years and getting away with it is the credit where it's warranted.

 

[MacMace]

In some respects the Richmond loss puts into perspective how brutal our final with them was and how spent our guys must have been last week. Two weeks on and they were still carrying injured players from that game. Tonight's game is going to be very interesting, I've been writing off the Eagles all year due to their injuries and then the suspension of Gaff, but they may end another fairytale.

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[lethalselbow]

It was a fluke. And giving head high fend offs for 6 years and getting away with it is the credit where it's warranted.

Still a classy "fluke".

Looks like Dusty had one amazing season and the then has dropped back to the pack. Teflon longer.

 

[satadaynitefeva]

Richmond's biggest problem is they are Richmond. They have always been Richmond, done Richmond things and will forever do Richmond things. No one does Richmond like Richmond. No one ever will.

Carmichael Hunt, 9thmond, finally make the 8 and get knocked out the finals by 9th, finally stumble upon a flag after 37 years of shit and can't even wear there right kit............all just so Richmondy. And now this, destroyed by an unco Yank in an unlosable prelim. Love it.

Thank you to all the Richmond supporters whom screamed to the world that b2b was in the bag - you've made this instalment of Richmond failure just so much more epic.

Stay Richmondy, Richmond. 2055 will be here before you know it.....

 

[Garf]

What does the Tigers Cheersquad do with the Yellow and Black Back to Back Banner they started making recently?

Toilet paper

 

[lethalselbow]

In some respects the Richmond loss puts into perspective how brutal our final with them was and how spent our guys must have been last week. Two weeks on and they were still carrying injured players from that game. Tonight's game is going to be very interesting, I've been writing off the Eagles all year due to their injuries and then the suspension of Gaff, but they may end another fairytale.

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Even if Weagles get over Melbourne, which I'm hoping like hell, I just can't see them winning at the MCG for the cup. Hope they can pull it off.

 

[Pessimistic]

It just occurred to me that AA team has been absolutely cursed in finals this year. Eagles (except gaff) pies and demons have been ok, as has jack reiwoldt.

The others have been a collection of suspended, injured or just plain non existent

 

[Goats]

So where should I start?

Main board game day thread or the Richmond board?

 

[JustKickIt]

Tonight's game is going to be very interesting.

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I think that game is this arvo, not tonight. (Just in case you didn't realise)

 

[MadDawg]

Does this mean we will no longer have Richmond supporters come on to our board to teach us about football?

 

[MacMace]

I think that game is this arvo, not tonight. (Just in case you didn't realise)

Thanks mate, I did think it was tonight, shows how much care factor I have when the Hawks aren't playing.

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[Garf]

Schoey played ok and Murphy was dropped to make way for Hodge, despite having played quite well in the lead up.

Murph should have played and our first goal kicker not. Oh well, the De Lorean is in the repair shop so I can't turn back time sorry.

 

[Brishawk]

Fair point

At least we can proudly say we made the gf and were in it with a minute or so. Didn’t crumble as hard as Richmond

KOLOKOTRONIS

We don’t have to worry about 2012 though because we proved ourselves a great side in the following 3 years. Compare that to Essendon who managed one flag from their ‘greatest of all time’ team.

 

[MacMace]

Does this mean we will no longer have Richmond supporters come on to our board to teach us about football?

Jump on the Richmond boards autopsy thread, nearly the entire first page is their mods telling no one to post anything good or bad if they aren't Richmond supporters. It seems they need to build a bit if resilience.

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[JustKickIt]

Thanks mate, I did think it was tonight, shows how much care factor I have when the Hawks aren't playing.

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Same! Just happened to see it on the side of the afl site earlier.

 

[A Diakos]

Richmond's biggest problem is they are Richmond. They have always been Richmond, done Richmond things and will forever do Richmond things. No one does Richmond like Richmond. No one ever will.

Carmichael Hunt, Premiershipmond, finally make the 8 and get knocked out the finals by 9th, finally stumble upon a flag after 37 years of shit and can't even wear there right kit............all just so Richmondy. And now this, destroyed by an unco Yank in an unlosable prelim. Love it.

Thank you to all the Richmond supporters whom screamed to the world that b2b was in the bag - you've made this instalment of Richmond failure just so much more epic.

Stay Richmondy, Richmond. 2055 will be here before you know it.....

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[A Cut Above]

Agreed - ‘13 was our most dominant season. Weren’t quite as glamorous at times as the ‘12 side but we had a harder edge and wanted to win more.

‘14 was our adversarial side, the injuries, losing Clarko, Buddy walking out on us, the grand final where we shouldn’t have shown up we were written off so badly. We turned all of that into a crushing flag win against a side that was meant to humble us.

‘15 was just the sweet, sweet icing on the three peat cake.

Feels damn good to remind the rest of the comp & Richmond flogs in particular how difficult B2B is to achieve, and how unbelievable our 3peat achievement is.

 

[QuietB]

They had been challenged interstate but were unable to win any of those...

That is not a proper challenge though - there no implications for losing interstate and everyone loses games somewhere.

 

[Mercy Seat]

4) Coach from the Hawthorn Coaching School

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[Mitchell Madness]

Really? You need to give credit where it is warranted. Class goal and he went for it.

You miss the point. Of course it was class, it was still a fluke. Kick that 1000 times and you will never see it go through again. The fluke was that there was zero movement/swing from the moment to the ball hit his boot

 

[Hawks1994]

It was probably the loss we had to have. The hurt spurred the boys onto far greater things. I was there too and it hurt, but our redemption against the Swines with Buddy was and still is bloody fantastic

The exact reason the 2014 Premiership is my favourite, due to witnessing heartbreak in 2012 seated high in the Southern Stand. The redemption was extremely sweet though

 

[Mr Lizard]

You miss the point. Of course it was class, it was still a fluke. Kick that 1000 times and you will never see it go through again. The fluke was that there was zero movement/swing from the moment to the ball hit his boot

yeah, nah.

 

[DrEvil_]

Karma to that campaigner Caddy.