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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: 🏅Dooks on September 24, 2017, 09:38:14 AM
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Personally i feel a strange combination of elation, surrealism and relief.
As an under 45 im too young to remember 1980. ive had years of conditioning that we are a joke of a club and are unsuccessful. in this respect the win was a relief.
But also elation that we finally made it to the grand final.
All in all its a surreal experience and it feels very odd, but in a great way :gotigers
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Still feels surreal to me
Will confess i was relatively unemotional when the siren went. Just trying to get my head around what had just happened
But when i got home i shed a tear.
I remember 1980 & 1982
So all I can say is people really enjoy this, it is special, really special :thumbsup
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You nailed it Dooks . Surreal and relief . ...and now worry over Cotchin who was BOG yesterday. Cotchin was Hodge like yesterday .
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I had to watch the Prelim on the TV.
I was really calm before the game, and during the game I felt really confident we would win. Never thought we would lose (but admit I got a little nervous when GWS got the margin back to 23 points in the last qtr though).
After the game, I still felt really confident that we would win the flag. I was pretty emotional too, and very proud of the boys.
This morning I wake up to all this garbage about Cotchin, and my confidence has been dented. Guess the euphoria has faded a little.
All my family and friends know how emotionally tied up with the Tigers I am. They all tell me to enjoy this week, which I really want to do. I just hope Cotch gets cleared to play.
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What an amazing day that was.
I still cannot believe it!!
I'll watch the replay later today but I'm 1000% sure it won't be the only time this week.
Reserves play today in the GF, Dusty tomorrow night and then the biggest day in 37 years for our great club.
Enjoy the week boy and girls.
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For me it didn't sink in until the announcer dude at the ground said it. Then I lost my poo.
Won't lie though that there was a small part of me that was going to be relieved had we lost. Losing a granny is going to be soul destroying. Winpls.
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I feel turgid
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I feel turgid
hahaha what a word. Some spelling bee somewhere: "turgid. T U R G I D, turgid. I'm feeling turgid."
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Had to hold back tears from before the game until last night.
Am 28, went to losing elims three years in a row, and the quali in '01. Don't think I went to the semi in '01 either.
Am shocked we have made it, let alone the top four. I was hoping we'd round out the top eight. Was never convinced we were any good until our games vs Freo + St Kilda late in the season, until then just thought we'd stuffed a few games up or just beaten some mediocre teams but nobody any good.
Now just stressed I won't get a GF ticket...
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Was elated.
Saw a bloke in the crowd who had a tear and I went to him, gave him a massive squeeze and told
him that today was worth all the poo we had to put up with over these past 35 years.
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i was high fiving and hugging blokes i didnt even know. The most excited person i saw without a doubt was michael gardiner. He was off his dial with butch gale and embley, they were hugging everyone.
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Been there, done that!
One of my earliest memories is the Tigers winning the '69 flag, I remember watching the replay on our B&W telly, feeling pleased that I had backed a winner (the rest of my family were Footscray supporters) & basked in the glory that is a premiership winning screamer in the dying moments from Royce Hart. Then in '72 we lost the granny to the scum after kicking a record losing score, my mate rubbed it in plenty for months afterwards! '73 saw us return the favor with a belting victory over the same scum bags from a year ago. Laurie Fowler dumped Nichols & Balmey whacked Southby several times until he went down & we held up the cup! I acted it out for my mate many times - "Here comes Laurie & BANG! Balmey's swinging haymakers like a haymaking machine!" I can still hear his pathetic protests, "But its not fair to knock out our players like that!" I almost felt sorry for Norf in '74 but there was no way the greatest Richmond side of all time was going to lose to a bunch of pretty cheque book recruits with blow waved hair. Smashing the filth in '80 was absolute bliss! KB & Cloke beat the filth by themselves, all the other goals were just party time!
After watching 4 premierships by the age of 15 made me think we knew how it was done, that when we flexed some muscle the whole league winced & ran for their lives!
Now I don't need to tell any of you that all that was a long time ago & that things have changed, but when I see Dusty busting tackles & smacking it through the big sticks with authority it all looks pretty familiar! Alex Rance or idiot Clay? When Jack floats across the pack & nails a mark in the square I have to remind myself that he isn't Royce! Watching our boys coming from nowhere & storming into a GF is just like watching any of our great sides from years ago! The hisses & growls turn into roars & the whole league still shivers! Some things never change, premiership standard football is timeless! Pull on your Tiger skins & wear them with pride, we have a roar that other clubs envy! Wake the fearsome beast up & strike fear into the hearts of all who oppose us, its feeding time at the G!
:gotigers
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I think I'm still in shock. I shed tears when we beat Geelong that was just amazing. Last night was different I think I was just amazed I couldn't be emotional lol who knows.
Both games on record. 1 more for hattrick please.
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Had to hold back tears from before the game until last night.
Am 28, went to losing elims three years in a row, and the quali in '01. Don't think I went to the semi in '01 either.
Am shocked we have made it, let alone the top four. I was hoping we'd round out the top eight. Was never convinced we were any good until our games vs Freo + St Kilda late in the season, until then just thought we'd stuffed a few games up or just beaten some mediocre teams but nobody any good.
Now just stressed I won't get a GF ticket...
31 here. Was probably a tiny bit young to appreciate the 95 semi, was in a late teen/early 20 no-into-footy phase for 2001 so this is my first time too. How poo are we to have an entire generation that hasn't seen anything. But then again we would be a generation that doesn't expect it either.
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Dream come true to celebrate with lifelong friends, mates and their kids and my nephew who are now all mid 20s and have done it hard.
Best days of my life, footy (Richmond) and the people I've met and adventures I've had along the way is my life.
The journey now this is what it's all about.
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Being in America on a holiday i am logging onto every Wifi location available just to get some of the news about my beloved tigers. 3.30am this morning i logged in to find we had won...i was tearing up big time. I love this club and have mixed emotions as i want to be in two places at once. I will wear my tigers cap with pride everywhere i go this week... :gotigers
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As you all know I have been pretty critical of our team for it's mediocre performances over the years and the soft mental attitude and pansy like desire at the footy.
Even throughout this year it's been hard to be convinced that we've turned a corner & changed.
After the Geelong game I finally realised that we are the real deal and seeing Cotchin flex his muscles and play so well has been awesome. I finally believe again.
Last night I was a nervous wreck because after so many years I see something different. It's all pressure and tough footy which we all know will help you win finals footy.
Last night I was hugging people I didn't even know but you could tell the ones that have been through the hard times too. Its been so long.
Im so excited now. It's unbelievable. I can't wait for Saturday. :gotigers
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Being in America on a holiday i am logging onto every Wifi location available just to get some of the news about my beloved tigers. 3.30am this morning i logged in to find we had won...i was tearing up big time. I love this club and have mixed emotions as i want to be in two places at once. I will wear my tigers cap with pride everywhere i go this week... :gotigers
It's an amazing vibe here in Melbourne. The city has come alive. Newspapers cover to cover Richmond, Richmond seconds on the tv leading in the VFL grand final, Dusty's Brownlow in about 24 hours and the expectation of grand final tickets!
Think like the Bulldogs last year but times 10!!!
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I'm another young one that hasn't seen any success (don't even remember 2001). For me, I attribute my feelings to be like when I was 13 and had suffered numerous false dawns about finally getting a romp and wondering when and if it'll ever happen. Sure there were a few better attempts than others but that elusive first time just kept getting away from me. Then one day it feels like everything is just falling into place and bam, you've slid in. It's amazing, you've never felt something like this before. Everything is just so warm and the sensation is unreal. Sure you're a little nervous but you're in now and there is nothing but up from here. Now I just hope Richmond perform better than I did
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I think I'm starting to come down. Had about 5 hours sleep, pumped up about getting GF tickets and stuff and now I'm just chilling on the couch I feel like a truck has hit me.
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I think I'm starting to come down. Had about 5 hours sleep, pumped up about getting GF tickets and stuff and now I'm just chilling on the couch I feel like a truck has hit me.
Yep I feel exactly like that
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Have to say the VFL loss has certainly taken the wind out of my sails.
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Have to say the VFL loss has certainly taken the wind out of my sails.
wait til the brownlow in 24-hrs :gotigers
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I'm another young one that hasn't seen any success (don't even remember 2001). For me, I attribute my feelings to be like when I was 13 and had suffered numerous false dawns about finally getting a romp and wondering when and if it'll ever happen. Sure there were a few better attempts than others but that elusive first time just kept getting away from me. Then one day it feels like everything is just falling into place and bam, you've slid in. It's amazing, you've never felt something like this before. Everything is just so warm and the sensation is unreal. Sure you're a little nervous but you're in now and there is nothing but up from here. Now I just hope Richmond perform better than I did
may i ask, did you fire off a couple of balls down the corridor? nothing like kicking to a lead
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bah I used to try pre kicking our goals down the passageway with our mini footy but it never worked
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Being in America on a holiday i am logging onto every Wifi location available just to get some of the news about my beloved tigers. 3.30am this morning i logged in to find we had won...i was tearing up big time. I love this club and have mixed emotions as i want to be in two places at once. I will wear my tigers cap with pride everywhere i go this week... :gotigers
It's an amazing vibe here in Melbourne. The city has come alive. Newspapers cover to cover Richmond, Richmond seconds on the tv leading in the VFL grand final, Dusty's Brownlow in about 24 hours and the expectation of grand final tickets!
Think like the Bulldogs last year but times 10!!!
Thanks Dooks...hard to believe it's happening to us :gotigers
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I'm another young one that hasn't seen any success (don't even remember 2001). For me, I attribute my feelings to be like when I was 13 and had suffered numerous false dawns about finally getting a romp and wondering when and if it'll ever happen. Sure there were a few better attempts than others but that elusive first time just kept getting away from me. Then one day it feels like everything is just falling into place and bam, you've slid in. It's amazing, you've never felt something like this before. Everything is just so warm and the sensation is unreal. Sure you're a little nervous but you're in now and there is nothing but up from here. Now I just hope Richmond perform better than I did
may i ask, did you fire off a couple of balls down the corridor? nothing like kicking to a lead
Think panic merchant ala Houli when under any physical pressure. Sure the kick had nice form but it had no real purpose or aim and perhaps I could have ran a bit further before offloading
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I'm another young one that hasn't seen any success (don't even remember 2001). For me, I attribute my feelings to be like when I was 13 and had suffered numerous false dawns about finally getting a romp and wondering when and if it'll ever happen. Sure there were a few better attempts than others but that elusive first time just kept getting away from me. Then one day it feels like everything is just falling into place and bam, you've slid in. It's amazing, you've never felt something like this before. Everything is just so warm and the sensation is unreal. Sure you're a little nervous but you're in now and there is nothing but up from here. Now I just hope Richmond perform better than I did
may i ask, did you fire off a couple of balls down the corridor? nothing like kicking to a lead
Think panic merchant ala Houli when under any physical pressure. Sure the kick had nice form but it had no real purpose or aim and perhaps I could have ran a bit further before offloading
sounds like the opposition was flooding