cats_09
Otters United
- Jun 21, 2011
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Like the "is Geelong-Richmond the new Geelong-Hawthorn" thread. I said no because most Geelong fans don't care about the Tigers, especially not like we do Hawthorn. Also how whilst losing in 17, 19 and 20 sucked, to me they're just like all the other years besides 2008, where we've lost in the finals. They're just games that don't bother me anymore and don't bother me like 2008.
But nope, I'm wrong and Richmond is in our heads and all we care about are the Tigers.
Honestly, I don't give a shit about Richmond
Yes I want to win when we play against them, but I want to win every match regardless of opponent
When we play against Hawthorn though it's just a totally different feeling, then the atmosphere at the ground and neither team wants to concede anything to they other...
Even with that being said, I've still found myself at matches against the Hawks, where after the final siren I've been able to turn around & have conversations with opposition fans that are nothing but civil - congratulations for the winning supporters, commiserations to those on the wrong end of the result
That was particularly true with the Hawkins after the siren goal - fans of both teams riding the emotions all game, but we also understood that the emotions don't then need to spill into the crowd & after the siren
Can't say it's always like that though after matches & there's games where you just don't want to make eye contact with an opposition supporter