What’s your favourite ‘don’t mess with the footy gods’ moment?

[BigVic]

Ginnivan's Insta post saying "see you in 14 days" is right up there and of course the Kennett curse are some in recent years.

What are some of your favourite footy gods moments?"

 

[RUNVS]

Weren't Richmond fans 100% certain Tony Lockett

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would end up at their club?

 

[PhatBoy]

Hmm, favourite don’t mess with the footy gods moments….

Probably a tie between all 1254748384 BigVic reverse-mozz Geelong posts over the past 3-4 months that have led us to the current point in the season.

 

[BigVic]

Another one is Sandy Roberts saying "We'll see what the Dogs will do next week" during the 3rd quarter of the 1997 Preliminary Final

 

[Hamingja]

Port has historical edge, says Williams​

Port Adelaide coach Mark Williams says the club's history of winning premierships at both SANFL and AFL level will be a confidence-booster in Saturday's AFL grand final against Geelong at the MCG.

The Port Adelaide Magpies have won 36 premierships in 130 years in the SANFL, while the Power won their first in the AFL in 2004, after joining the competition in 1997.

Williams, whose father Fos guided the Magpies to nine premierships, said the culture of success was instilled into all their players.

"It gets into you just walking the pathway through the players' lockers, I think there's 36 premiership teams they walk past every day," Williams said on the Nine Network's Footy Show.

"They see some wonderful photos of the 2004 premiership ... and there's a big space there for a 2007 picture to put up there."

 

[Anja_Nees]

John Elliott’s “tragic history” jibe at our club seems to have been a fork in the road moment in retrospect.

Said in 2000 after a GF in ‘99, it’s fair to say things took a turn for the worse after that.

 

[emuboy]

Going back 30 years and into the home straight of the 1994 season, Richmond had been playing well during winter overcoming a slow start to the season and it was looking like the Tigers would play in September for the first time in 12 years, save for years when the last round of the season encroached upon the first week of September.

So impressed was one Tigers fan that he wrote a letter to Inside Football boasting of Richmond's prowess, and taunting Jeff Hogg, Craig Lambert and Barry Young all of whom had left the Tigers following the 1993 season (none by their own requests to be traded) that Richmond would make the 1994 finals while their new teams - Fitzroy, the Brisbane Bears and Essendon - would not. The editor of Inside Football at this time - the late Jim Main - was anything but impressed with the contents of the said letter.

However, in the run home things proved a little difficult for the Tigers when they ran into premiership contenders in the West Coast Eagles, Carlton and Geelong, as well as the more experienced finals contender Hawthorn and lost all four games by big margins. Late season Richmond wins against Sydney and Fitzroy weren't of much assistance, and some upsets by Melbourne and Collingwood allowed the enigmatic Demons and Magpies to grab 7th and 8th - while the Tigers were down - and out - at season's end in 9th position.

As to be expected, Jim Main was scathing of his assessment of the letter-writing Tigers supporter in his next column.

 

[Tall poppy Syndrome]

Going back 30 years and into the home straight of the 1994 season, Richmond had been playing well during winter overcoming a slow start to the season and it was looking like the Tigers would play in September for the first time in 12 years, save for years when the last round of the season encroached upon the first week of September.

So impressed was one Tigers fan that he wrote a letter to Inside Football boasting of Richmond's prowess, and taunting Jeff Hogg, Craig Lambert and Barry Young all of whom had left the Tigers following the 1993 season (none by their own requests to be traded) that Richmond would make the 1994 finals while their new teams - Fitzroy, the Brisbane Bears and Essendon - would not. The editor of Inside Football at this time - the late Jim Main - was anything but impressed with the contents of the said letter.

However, in the run home things proved a little difficult for the Tigers when they ran into premiership contenders in the West Coast Eagles, Carlton and Geelong, as well as the more experienced finals contender Hawthorn and lost all four games by big margins. Late season Richmond wins against Sydney and Fitzroy weren't of much assistance, and some upsets by Melbourne and Collingwood allowed the enigmatic Demons and Magpies to grab 7th and 8th - while the Tigers were down - and out - at season's end in 9th position.

As to be expected, Jim Main was scathing of his assessment of the letter-writing Tigers supporter in his next column.

Loved Jim Main…even though he was a Swans fan.

 

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’s ‘bruise free footy’

Wallsy’s spoon prediction

Demetriou’s ugly ducklings

the good v evil narrative in R1 2007

 

[Tall poppy Syndrome]

Loved Jim Main…even though he was a Swans fan.

Loved Inside Football too, used to look for it in the newsagents every Wednesday.

 

[Seeds]

Another one is Sandy Roberts saying "We'll see what the Dogs will do next week" during the 3rd quarter of the 1997 Preliminary Final

Libbas post point celebration right up there