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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: WA Tiger on July 05, 2012, 12:26:14 PM
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Righto same as last year, hopes were high and although not over yet the fat lady is tuning the cords!
So we have Foley, King, Grimes and a few others injured or in rehab or playing with niggles etc...
Do we keep playing them like we did last year with Jack or do we do what GC or is it GWS have done with their players and park them up for ops and a fresh preseason?
I will say what I said last year, don't want anything to do with 9th on the ladder. If we can't play finals we may as well sort out the injured players and finish as low as possible for the draft picks... Not tanking of course!!!
Go ahead..... Attack ;D
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So do what we just did with Vickery this week? :wallywink
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So do what we just did with Vickery this week? :wallywink
Yep but don't wait as long, do you honestly think he hasn't been carrying a shoulder injury for most of the year..... Just like there was nothing wrong with Jack last year but oh surprise, he needed 5 ops at the end of season... :wallywink :wallywink
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:huh and what did we do with Grimes?
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:wallywink
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Considering we're not even close to being out of he finals race the idea sounds very Melbourne esk to me. We should at least wait until we have absolutely no chance..
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Would love to meet PNGWAT face to face :wallywink
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Very premature this thread. We win this week we are in the 8, with Gold Coast next week.
I don't think we have anyone injured playing at the moment though so not sure anyone qualifies to the 'Jack' scenario of last year.
In any case, if we finish 9th, we finish 9th. I don't care anymore about that rubbish, let's win as many as we can and build on the winning mentality our side is starting to create. We haven't been blown out of the water in any game this year, I think since Round 1, we haven't lost any other game by more than 20 points. I stand to be corrected if we have?
Point to all that is, we finally have a team that never throws in the towel, so as supporters, we should adapt the same mentality. :gotigers
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Classic case of premature threadulation
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Classic case of premature threadulation
:lol
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That's ok, let's wait for another two weeks... We still won't make the 8 anyway so the threads not early...finish 14th would be a good result.... Or lower... Good to see there are still some big fish to be caught without dipping a line... :lol
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That's ok, let's wait for another two weeks... We still won't make the 8 anyway so the threads not early...finish 14th would be a good result.... Or lower... Good to see there are still some big fish to be caught without dipping a line... :lol
Have some faith pal, we will finish top 8. :thumbsup
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That's ok, let's wait for another two weeks... We still won't make the 8 anyway so the threads not early...finish 14th would be a good result.... Or lower... Good to see there are still some big fish to be caught without dipping a line... :lol
geez giving up the ghost already.
disappointing to say the least. :lol
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If we make the eight now it will mean that some of the youngsters have really 'stood-up'. That.......would be an achievement and more.
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We wont make the eight but we had 8 and a half wins last year and got flogged a few times
This year anymore than 9 and thats progress..
Will be happy with about 11 ( i think is where we will end with ) but i am more than interested as to see how the side responds to the off field crap hope they go out and crush the hot and colds and give Mc Kenna a headache in Cairns
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If we make the eight now it will mean that some of the youngsters have really 'stood-up'. That.......would be an achievement and more.
If....and what youngsters?
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If we make the eight now it will mean that some of the youngsters have really 'stood-up'. That.......would be an achievement and more.
If....and what youngsters?
The first and second year players.
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If we make the eight now it will mean that some of the youngsters have really 'stood-up'. That.......would be an achievement and more.
If....and what youngsters?
The first and second year players.
Yes and the list is.......drum roll......
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not having much luck with this thread are you VRCATiger?
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It's a Ground Hog thread, started by the same person this time last year.....The sky is falling :lol
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For some no matter what the club does or what steps we take in terms of our list and our performance some will not be happy regardless. They can't find any positives. :thumbsup
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I see no positives in this thread. Time to 'park' it up, gents.
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Happy to win but would rather win with the like of elton & astbury to the senior types.
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not having much luck with this thread are you VRCATiger?
Will do soon enough, just as I did with the "NO EXCUSES" thread!
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It's a Ground Hog thread, started by the same person this time last year.....The sky is falling :lol
No that wasn't me, but hey the sky did fall last year and Ground Hog day, please, we have been living that for 30 years....
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not having much luck with this thread are you VRCATiger?
Will do soon enough, just as I did with the "NO EXCUSES" thread!
Nah when we are in the 8 on Sunday night you'll be doing the caterpillar
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It's a Ground Hog thread, started by the same person this time last year.....The sky is falling :lol
No that wasn't me, but hey the sky did fall last year and Ground Hog day, please, we have been living that for 30 years....
If Collingwood lose to Carlton tonight can the Pies still win the flag?
My word they can. It will be disappointing for them but I'm sure they can recover from it.
Whilst the last 6 days have hurt we can recover from this we are 6-7 with upcoming games against Melb and Gold Coast.
You will always find or make hurdles for yourself in anything in life but based on the past you just can say that history will repeat.
I for one am glad something like this has hapenned and the club has taken this stance it has.
From a playing perspective it gives some kids a chance to cement a senior spot and some blokes who have been around the club an opportunity to grasp knowing that their footy clock is ticking.
Furthermore just to compare Geelong for a sec Steve Johnson, Brad Ottens as at Richmond were some high profile players who erred and were suspended by that club. It's not pretty but it is effective and it does work and look at them since Steve Johnson came back from his suspension. His first game back was a 157 point thumping to us.
Now to compare their list to ours would be remiss but to take a group of 21 year olds who have played 40 or so games and to suggest the sky is falling and its groundhog day and history is repeating as it did last year and the year before and the year before that and so on and so on would be even more remiss.
Despite this I feel the culture is changing. If Dusty and Daniel were in the armed forces would it be fair to say given the daily discipline and routine that goes on there that the defence force has culture issues and that our soldiers are not fit or mentally strong enough to go into combat or serve proudly as they do now. I am sure drinking binges go on there and alot of other things given what the news is reporting.
I don't think finding a hurdle in life or a pot hole whatever you want to call it has meant we have ceased in pursuing any achievement in our goals or ambitions and feel that the sky is falling and that failure is inevitable. Life faces obstacles every day some small some big as do footy clubs and our club coming from where they did at the end of 2009 has jumped many and given the Benny and Daniel fiasco in Sydney in 2010 the club got through it as rightly it should, stood firm and the club's culture was better for it. If anything Connors played his best footy in 2010 so the stance the RFC took right there proved to be a good one. Bad eggs are everywhere in all walks of life and in all industries we weeded one out and punished someone before they turned into one. I for one believe Dusty's return will coincide with a breakout game coinciding with that either against Nought or the Scum and his lacklustre season will be behind him.
Whilst I do admit this is not pleasant I do not think the sky is falling nor the mountains crumbling nor the seas drying up and with young men things like this can and will happen and the deterrent is there for the rest of them and Connors is no longer at the club. A refocus and kick up the bum is always good. If we struggle to 8-7 and have a couple of ins of the ilk of Dusty and Foley for 8 pointer against Nought who says the sky is falling and is Ground hog day.
One day whether it be this year or next we will look on the events of this week as one of those defining moments of this club and the change in the clubs fortunes. Sometimes its not a win its how you react and deal with a situation that can undo the psyche and fabric of a club and expose the fragility of that fabric. I think this week is that moment in a positive way and Dusty will be better for it and so will the club.
I am confident of this and assure you just as the sun will set in the West tonight and rise in the East tomorrow morning so too will the club move on and show how far we have come and gain some more maturity and credentials from the events of this week.
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:clapping
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who are we PARKING and how
are we going to do this.
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One day whether it be this year or next we will look on the events of this week as one of those defining moments of this club and the change in the clubs fortunes. Sometimes its not a win its how you react and deal with a situation that can undo the psyche and fabric of a club and expose the fragility of that fabric. I think this week is that moment in a positive way and Dusty will be better for it and so will the club.
I am confident of this and assure you just as the sun will set in the West tonight and rise in the East tomorrow morning so too will the club move on and show how far we have come and gain some more maturity and credentials from the events of this week.
Bingo!
And BTW the rest of it was great as well Tucker :bow :bow
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Crap, take the rose coloured glasses off..
And give me a break, be it this year or next year.... Bla bla... What stuffing year are we going to bloody perform????
Year after year after year......
Park em up... :thumbsup
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If we make the eight now it will mean that some of the youngsters have really 'stood-up'. That.......would be an achievement and more.
If....and what youngsters?
The first and second year players.
Yes and the list is.......drum roll......
If you need to have it spelt-out you can visit the RFC website or maybe just look at this weeks team-sheet. ::)
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Crap, take the rose coloured glasses off..
Suggest you take your glasses off as it would appear they seem to be forever fogged up due to you constantly being angry ;D
If the RFC is such a disappointment, showing absolutely no imprvoment, going up and down in the one spot and causing you so much grief then why don't you hop on your bike and ride off to another club that meets your demands/criteria
:rollin :rollin
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Crap, take the rose coloured glasses off..
Suggest you take your glasses off as it would appear they seem to be forever fogged up due to you constantly being angry ;D
If the RFC is such a disappointment, showing absolutely no imprvoment, going up and down in the one spot and causing you so much grief then why don't you hop on your bike and ride off to another club that meets your demands/criteria
:rollin :rollin
Essendon Veruka's.
They're always angry win lose or draw. :lol :rollin :lol
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Oompa Loompa dooda di doo
I have another riddle for you
Oompa Loompa dooda da di
If you are smart you'll listen to me
Who do you blame when the team is developing
The clubs history because they aren't winning
Blaming the kids is an awful shame
When we know well who is to blame
The expectations of the supporter
Oompa Loompa dooda di da
If you're are smart, then you will go far
You eventually will live in happiness too
Like the Essendon fans dooda di doo.
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:lol
fine form today tucker
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:rollin
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WAT sees everything
(http://www.seeingwithsound.com/patontechtv2002.jpg)
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WAT have you got, you've got a per-fect match
(http://www.cv.vic.gov.au/data/7149/acmi_dexter_1360.jpg)
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Pwned WAPNGT Tucker :lol
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Crap, take the rose coloured glasses off..
Suggest you take your glasses off as it would appear they seem to be forever fogged up due to you constantly being angry ;D
If the RFC is such a disappointment, showing absolutely no imprvoment, going up and down in the one spot and causing you so much grief then why don't you hop on your bike and ride off to another club that meets your demands/criteria
:rollin :rollin
Constantly angry.....crap WP, JUST CRAP...Again, you are not always the voice of reason! After the Crows debacle we went back to the old RFC, worse than the Walace days, worse than the loss against the Swans when Wallace said to Morton that he just cost him his job.
Fine, pick up the easy wins and act like we are going great......not, we are still poo and always will be because our payers have no strength in their minds. Yeah yeah, you said we would pay finals next year bla bla, we should be playing this year. How the hell can we play brilliant football one day and then blow a 30+ point lead..??? Please don't tell me the old "we are young, learning, developing" crap....even the bloody coach and players have come out and said "NO EXCUSES".
But yet again short sighted and rose coloured glasses people just don't get it.
Oh and the cheap shot jokes......grow the stuff up!
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Oompa Loompa dooda di doo
I have another riddle for you
Oompa Loompa dooda da di
If you are smart you'll listen to me
Who do you blame when the team is developing
The clubs history because they aren't winning
Blaming the kids is an awful shame
When we know well who is to blame
The expectations of the supporter
Oompa Loompa dooda di da
If you're are smart, then you will go far
You eventually will live in happiness too
Like the Essendon fans dooda di doo.
Let's see your jokes next season TB when we are still poo!!!!!
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Crap, take the rose coloured glasses off..
Suggest you take your glasses off as it would appear they seem to be forever fogged up due to you constantly being angry ;D
If the RFC is such a disappointment, showing absolutely no imprvoment, going up and down in the one spot and causing you so much grief then why don't you hop on your bike and ride off to another club that meets your demands/criteria
:rollin :rollin
Constantly angry.....crap WP, JUST CRAP...Again, you are not always the voice of reason! After the Crows debacle we went back to the old RFC, worse than the Walace days, worse than the loss against the Swans when Wallace said to Morton that he just cost him his job.
Fine, pick up the easy wins and act like we are going great......not, we are still poo and always will be because our payers have no strength in their minds. Yeah yeah, you said we would pay finals next year bla bla, we should be playing this year. How the hell can we play brilliant football one day and then blow a 30+ point lead..??? Please don't tell me the old "we are young, learning, developing" crap....even the bloody coach and players have come out and said "NO EXCUSES".
But yet again short sighted and rose coloured glasses people just don't get it.
Oh and the cheap shot jokes......grow the stuff up!
I am certain the people arguing we are better this year have better memories than you. Can you remember the Hawks game? Flogged a very good team. Or what about the Saints game, went down to the wire and we prevailed. Those wouldn't of happened over the past 10 years. So if you don't see that as development I don't know how much you expect in such a short amount of time.
So don't go saying people have short memories when you're the one carrying on like a baby about a loss to a very good side not even a week ago
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the crows loss was worse that wallace days?
:lol
Now i've heard it all
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Crap, take the rose coloured glasses off..
Suggest you take your glasses off as it would appear they seem to be forever fogged up due to you constantly being angry ;D
If the RFC is such a disappointment, showing absolutely no imprvoment, going up and down in the one spot and causing you so much grief then why don't you hop on your bike and ride off to another club that meets your demands/criteria
:rollin :rollin
Constantly angry.....crap WP, JUST CRAP...Again, you are not always the voice of reason! After the Crows debacle we went back to the old RFC, worse than the Walace days, worse than the loss against the Swans when Wallace said to Morton that he just cost him his job.
Fine, pick up the easy wins and act like we are going great......not, we are still poo and always will be because our payers have no strength in their minds. Yeah yeah, you said we would pay finals next year bla bla, we should be playing this year. How the hell can we play brilliant football one day and then blow a 30+ point lead..??? Please don't tell me the old "we are young, learning, developing" crap....even the bloody coach and players have come out and said "NO EXCUSES".
But yet again short sighted and rose coloured glasses people just don't get it.
Oh and the cheap shot jokes......grow the stuff up!
I am certain the people arguing we are better this year have better memories than you. Can you remember the Hawks game? Flogged a very good team. Or what about the Saints game, went down to the wire and we prevailed. Those wouldn't of happened over the past 10 years. So if you don't see that as development I don't know how much you expect in such a short amount of time.
So don't go saying people have short memories when you're the one carrying on like a baby about a loss to a very good side not even a week ago
Oh please, we have pulled wins like those you mentioned off for years and we are still no better..do you and others not get it, how the stuff do you blow a 39 point lead....how....how do you do it....?
By the way I remember the Tigers of old!!!!!! We are way off them pal!
As far as the baby comment goes, remember that wen you grow up and see what some of us have seen for 30 odd years with this club!
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Crap, take the rose coloured glasses off..
Suggest you take your glasses off as it would appear they seem to be forever fogged up due to you constantly being angry ;D
If the RFC is such a disappointment, showing absolutely no imprvoment, going up and down in the one spot and causing you so much grief then why don't you hop on your bike and ride off to another club that meets your demands/criteria
:rollin :rollin
Constantly angry.....crap WP, JUST CRAP...Again, you are not always the voice of reason! After the Crows debacle we went back to the old RFC, worse than the Walace days, worse than the loss against the Swans when Wallace said to Morton that he just cost him his job.
Fine, pick up the easy wins and act like we are going great......not, we are still poo and always will be because our payers have no strength in their minds. Yeah yeah, you said we would pay finals next year bla bla, we should be playing this year. How the hell can we play brilliant football one day and then blow a 30+ point lead..??? Please don't tell me the old "we are young, learning, developing" crap....even the bloody coach and players have come out and said "NO EXCUSES".
But yet again short sighted and rose coloured glasses people just don't get it.
Oh and the cheap shot jokes......grow the stuff up!
I am certain the people arguing we are better this year have better memories than you. Can you remember the Hawks game? Flogged a very good team. Or what about the Saints game, went down to the wire and we prevailed. Those wouldn't of happened over the past 10 years. So if you don't see that as development I don't know how much you expect in such a short amount of time.
So don't go saying people have short memories when you're the one carrying on like a baby about a loss to a very good side not even a week ago
Oh please, we have pulled wins like those you mentioned off for years and we are still no better..do you and others not get it, how the stuff do you blow a 39 point lead....how....how do you do it....?
By the way I remember the Tigers of old!!!!!! We are way off them pal!
As far as the baby comment goes, remember that wen you grow up and see what some of us have seen for 30 odd years with this club!
Not both in a year. Add onto that the honourable losses as much as they suck, they are better than getting blown away by 60+ points. Face it, adelaide played like poo and let us into the game and then grinded their way back. They are just a better team
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Crap, take the rose coloured glasses off..
Suggest you take your glasses off as it would appear they seem to be forever fogged up due to you constantly being angry ;D
If the RFC is such a disappointment, showing absolutely no imprvoment, going up and down in the one spot and causing you so much grief then why don't you hop on your bike and ride off to another club that meets your demands/criteria
:rollin :rollin
Constantly angry.....crap WP, JUST CRAP...Again, you are not always the voice of reason! After the Crows debacle we went back to the old RFC, worse than the Walace days, worse than the loss against the Swans when Wallace said to Morton that he just cost him his job.
Fine, pick up the easy wins and act like we are going great......not, we are still poo and always will be because our payers have no strength in their minds. Yeah yeah, you said we would pay finals next year bla bla, we should be playing this year. How the hell can we play brilliant football one day and then blow a 30+ point lead..??? Please don't tell me the old "we are young, learning, developing" crap....even the bloody coach and players have come out and said "NO EXCUSES".
But yet again short sighted and rose coloured glasses people just don't get it.
Oh and the cheap shot jokes......grow the stuff up!
I am certain the people arguing we are better this year have better memories than you. Can you remember the Hawks game? Flogged a very good team. Or what about the Saints game, went down to the wire and we prevailed. Those wouldn't of happened over the past 10 years. So if you don't see that as development I don't know how much you expect in such a short amount of time.
So don't go saying people have short memories when you're the one carrying on like a baby about a loss to a very good side not even a week ago
Oh please, we have pulled wins like those you mentioned off for years and we are still no better..do you and others not get it, how the stuff do you blow a 39 point lead....how....how do you do it....?
By the way I remember the Tigers of old!!!!!! We are way off them pal!
As far as the baby comment goes, remember that wen you grow up and see what some of us have seen for 30 odd years with this club!
Not both in a year. Add onto that the honourable losses as much as they suck, they are better than getting blown away by 60+ points. Face it, adelaide played like poo and let us into the game and then grinded their way back. They are just a better team
Pretty sure we came back from about 54 points down against the Hawks one year and won, then beat the the Blues in the same year that stopped them getting into the finals. I am sure if you go back over the years we have pulled off 2 wins like you have described more times than this year.
Honorable losses....pfft....sick of it!
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Crap, take the rose coloured glasses off..
Suggest you take your glasses off as it would appear they seem to be forever fogged up due to you constantly being angry ;D
If the RFC is such a disappointment, showing absolutely no imprvoment, going up and down in the one spot and causing you so much grief then why don't you hop on your bike and ride off to another club that meets your demands/criteria
:rollin :rollin
Constantly angry.....crap WP, JUST CRAP...Again, you are not always the voice of reason! After the Crows debacle we went back to the old RFC, worse than the Walace days, worse than the loss against the Swans when Wallace said to Morton that he just cost him his job.
Fine, pick up the easy wins and act like we are going great......not, we are still poo and always will be because our payers have no strength in their minds. Yeah yeah, you said we would pay finals next year bla bla, we should be playing this year. How the hell can we play brilliant football one day and then blow a 30+ point lead..??? Please don't tell me the old "we are young, learning, developing" crap....even the bloody coach and players have come out and said "NO EXCUSES".
But yet again short sighted and rose coloured glasses people just don't get it.
Oh and the cheap shot jokes......grow the stuff up!
I am certain the people arguing we are better this year have better memories than you. Can you remember the Hawks game? Flogged a very good team. Or what about the Saints game, went down to the wire and we prevailed. Those wouldn't of happened over the past 10 years. So if you don't see that as development I don't know how much you expect in such a short amount of time.
So don't go saying people have short memories when you're the one carrying on like a baby about a loss to a very good side not even a week ago
Oh please, we have pulled wins like those you mentioned off for years and we are still no better..do you and others not get it, how the stuff do you blow a 39 point lead....how....how do you do it....?
By the way I remember the Tigers of old!!!!!! We are way off them pal!
As far as the baby comment goes, remember that wen you grow up and see what some of us have seen for 30 odd years with this club!
Not both in a year. Add onto that the honourable losses as much as they suck, they are better than getting blown away by 60+ points. Face it, adelaide played like poo and let us into the game and then grinded their way back. They are just a better team
Pretty sure we came back from about 54 points down against the Hawks one year and won, then beat the the Blues in the same year that stopped them getting into the finals. I am sure if you go back over the years we have pulled off 2 wins like you have described more times than this year.
Honorable losses....pfft....sick of it!
Wrong again was not in the same year. Hawks comeback was 2003. Beating the Blues and preventing them from making the 8 was 1997.
By the way I've still got eight weeks to ham it up this year and I'll still be cracking jokes next year. ;D