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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: Moi on January 20, 2007, 08:35:53 PM
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZL8iUbOTAHQ
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I love that Monday night game so thanks for the reminiscing Moi :cheers :bow. Funny watching that back now and seeing Richo receive 50/50 frees. Hasn't happened since :scream.
That game said we were back after all those years down the bottom fighting just to survive. Remember sitting up in the old Ponsford stand going how good is this. Probably the best Richmond game post 82 in terms of pure attacking footy against a quality side. Everything went right on the night. The whole side was just chock full of confidence and breathing fire under Northey. Freezer in his last full game :'( and co. smashed North in and around the contests. Every tap and knock on went to a teammate's advantage. Wigney at CHB shut out Carey completely. Too bad it would turn out to be just a blip :-\.
LOL in hindsight @ everyone expecting David Bourke to become a top footballer after that game once he added some bulk yet he had already peaked in size ;D.
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lol remember taking my mates young lad to that game so we had a big flag to wave and all. his dads a west coast supporter. his son was just a youngin then but im glad to report he's now a rabid tiger fan much to the dissapointment of his dad. thank you uncle blx... my work is done here :thumbsup
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I love that Monday night game so thanks for the reminiscing Moi :cheers :bow.
No worries, MT, was fun. Although have to apologise for a couple of things. That it wasn't long enough - because there was so many great moments out of that game, but Youtube have limits. Also the quality, but that's a work in progress :banghead and having Glenn Archer's goal in there lol. Was a great goal :thumbsup :wallywink
LMAO@the skills of Cambo in that scrubber of a kick :rollin
:outtahere before JohnF sees that comment lol
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Moi
certainly put a simle on my dial at work on a sunday morning
and i say bring back the "HAIR" boys
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If anyone can tell me what I'm doing wrong with the quality, be my guest and tell me.
Becuase I have lots of tiger footage to share :thumbsup
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great game that was.
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lol remember taking my mates young lad to that game so we had a big flag to wave and all. his dads a west coast supporter. his son was just a youngin then but im glad to report he's now a rabid tiger fan much to the dissapointment of his dad. thank you uncle blx... my work is done here :thumbsup
Awesome work Blx :thumbsup
Not hard to get caught up in the excitement of Richmond games when we're on a roll. Nothing beats the '95 Semi, but this one comes pretty close. I'm sure opposition supporters sit there a bit jealous or wanna get involved themselves. I've seen clips with music over the top of them - and they're great, they've done terrific work on them :thumbsup - but there's no way known you'd not want to hear the crowd from that game. Was just so noisy and great to be there :thumbsup
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Here's the Herald-Sun match report of the North game:
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TIGERS ROUT ROOS
By M HORAN
Edition 2TUE 25 APR 1995, Page 080
RICHMOND put a stamp of class and credibility to its fairytale start to the season when it crushed North Melbourne at the MCG last night.
The Tigers exploded into action with six unanswered goals in the first eight minutes of the game as they swamped the highly-fancied Roos.
"In retrospect I wish we hadn't won the pre-season competition," North Melbourne coach Denis Pagan conceded later.
"But North Melbourne will come back. I can't say when, but it will happen."
Richmond, searching for its first serious assault on a premiership in 15 years, made it four wins straight to join heavyweights Carlton and Essendon at the elite end of the AFL ladder.
The Tigers controlled play for all but the last 20 minutes of the game, when a couple of late goals from North Melbourne reduced the final margin to a still emphatic 49 points.
Richmond's sizzling start to the evening set up a 9.2 to 3.0 first term and by half-time the Tigers held sway by 40 points.
"It was just terrific. You dream of starts like that," an elated Tiger coach John Northey said after the match.
"To beat sides like this gives the players a lot of confidence."
With its centreline of Matthew Knights, Michael Gale and Wayne Campbell in complete control - they finished the night with 91 possessions between them - Richmond snuffed out any suggestion of a third quarter revival by the Roos by first containing, then crushing their opponents.
North desperately tried to get back into the game as it mounted a series of attacks in the first half of the third term.
The Roos held Richmond scoreless for 13 minutes but could return only five behinds themselves before another black and yellow tidal wave swept away their last hopes.
Seven straight Richmond goals followed - with just one from North - to make it a 71-point lead at the last change.
Not since their last flag in 1980 have the Tigers' faithful dared to seriously consider being contenders.
But when a young gun named David Bourke - son of the great Tiger Francis - intercepted a pass in the quarter and calmly slammed through his first goal in league football, there was a striking reminder of the Richmond glory days.
In attack the Tigers "talls" Matthew Richardson and Stuart Edwards provided strong marking targets and collected four goal apiece, while at ground level half-forward Nick Daffy had a night out to bag 6.2.
Kangaroo spearhead John Longmire was beaten by Scott Turner, whose standing as one of the leading full-backs in the AFL is growing by the week.
Carey battled hard for 20 possessions but had no real impact on the game. His minder Stuart Wigney would be well pleased at keeping the Roo superstar to just two goals for the night.
The Roos, flogged in Perth by the Eagles by eight goals last week, last night had eight players who registered less than 10 possessions. Defender Ross Smith was forced to celebrate his 200th game almost alone by being North standout best player.
There was an unofficial, public surrender when Anthony Stevens pointlessly gave away a 50m penalty at the 18-minute mark of the final term after Campbell had marked at half-forward. The Tiger jogged to the goal line to boot a certain goal; Stevens to the interchange bench to receive a call from Pagan.
The Roos, the pre-season Ansett Cup champions and the side tipped to challenge the Eagles, now have a 2-2 record and could easily have been 0-4 after lucky escapes against Adelaide and Melbourne in the first two games.
HUNDREDS of angry football fans left the MCG in disgust last night after delays of up to an hour to get into the ground.
Fans complained that queues were too long, ground staff gave false directions and there were many empty seats in the AFL members' area.
But MCG secretary, Dr John Lill, pointed the finger of blame at late-arriving patrons.
Peter Williams and his two sons, aged 4 and 5, left the ground after battling for more than an hour to get into the ground.
"We were told to go to gate 12 but once we got there was a queue of 400 or 500 people," he said.
"It really spoilt our night because the boys were looking forward to the match," he said.
MCC secretary Dr John Lill agreed there was plenty of room in the AFL members but said it was not open to the public because the general admission areas were not full.
"People come late so there's always a bit of a problem getting them in, but there's plenty of room," he said.
Dr Lill said the Members Stand (not the AFL members area) was opened to help cope with late arriving spectators.
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TIGERS ARE READY TO TAKE ON THE WORLD
By MATTHEWS B
Herald-Sun
Edition 2 WED 26 APR 1995, Page 008
Richmond's ability to seize the initiative at the centre bounces certainly wasn't lost on Carlton coach David Parkin and his assistants Ken Judge and Colin Kinnear, who were watching from the MCC members' stand on Monday night.
The Tigers' centreline of Michael Gale, Matthew Knights and Wayne Campbell snared the ball 28 times to help set up the nine-goal opening quarter blitz. And they maintained the workrate to collectively finish with 91 possessions.
In damning contrast, eight North Melbourne players gathered less than 10 possessions and were, basically, onlookers with the other 62,606 who witnessed Monday night history.
Without the normal fast centre breaks from the likes of Wayne Schwass, Anthony Stevens, Anthony Rock and Trent Nichols, the Roos were stripped and disarmed of the forward firepower generated by Wayne Carey and John Longmire.
Frankly, North is becoming dangerously predictable in the manner players funnel the ball towards Carey at centre half-forward and, really, the crumbers haven't produced since Adrian McAdam was in full flight a couple of seasons back.
Richmond's triple-talls forward set-up worked efficiently with options of Matthew Richardson, Stuart Edwards or Benny Gale, although the latter was admirably contained by Ian Fairley.
And, when normally productive opportunist Chris Naish was shut down by Roos half-back Ross Smith, up bobbed Nick Daffy to take responsibility with six goals.
As Tiger coach John Northey later remarked, it was the type of blistering start that North Melbourne often uses to destroy an opposition's game plan.
"It will give our players a lot of confidence in tackling sides and the boys were pretty keen to get at North," Northey said. "Now they shouldn't be concerned that we can't beat any side out there at this stage."
Northey praised the leadership of Tony Free, Gale and Knights, who addressed the players in the rooms before the Tigers shattered North with six goals in the opening eight minutes.
"That's where we're better," Northey said. "They are really thinking about their football. They are more focused to find out about the opposition and they are so close, these fellows."
THE VOTES
3-Greg Dear (Rich)
2-Michael Gale (Rich)
1-Matthew Knights (Rich)
MATCH DETAILS
Richmond 9.2 13.4 20.4 21.8 (134)
North Melbourne 3.0 7.0 8.5 13.7 (85)
Goals - RICHMOND: Daffy 6, Richardson 4, Edwards 4, Broderick 2, Rogers, Campbell, Dear, Bourke, Bond. NORTH MELBOURNE: Carey, Reynolds, Archer 2, Schwass, Rock, Scott, Nichols, McKernan, Longmire, Capuano.
Best - RICHMOND: Dear, M Gale, Knights, Campbell, Daffy, Broderick, Richardson. NORTH MELBOURNE: Smith, Fairley, Laidley.
Injuries - Nil.
Reports - Nil.
Umpires - D. Howlett, D. Rich, G., Scroop.
Crowd - 62,606, at the MCG. Gate: $400,407
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Daffy didn't get a vote - mystifying :gobdrop
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what a stuffing joke !
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Daffy didn't get a vote - mystifying :gobdrop
Daffy didn't get a Brownlow vote either ???. In fact he got none all year.
3: Michael Gale (RICH)
2: Matthew Richardson (RICH)
1: Scott Turner (RICH)
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LMAO@the skills of Cambo in that scrubber of a kick :rollin
:outtahere before JohnF sees that comment lol
:rollin
Then there's Cambo's blind handball to a hot teammate who got tackled immediately but somehow got rid of it back to Cambo lol ;).
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Good ole Nick :rollin Actually that was the right postition for him a goal kicking half forward :clapping never a mid-fielder :chuck :eyebrow Nick was on our current assitant coach David King for a while
That was certainly a great night :cheers
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Good ole Nick :rollin Actually that was the right postition for him a goal kicking half forward :clapping never a mid-fielder :chuck :eyebrow
Quick blind snaps across the shoulder might work near the goals but not out of the centre :scream.
Another thing from that clip. A lumbering Micky Martyn played 3 quarters on a youthful Richo who turned him in knots. Pagan then experimented with Archer on the big fella in the last. A tactic Pagan used from then on.
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Carlton v Richmond Optus Oval 1997 is up :thumbsup
http://youtube.com/watch?v=f1oWLm2QGaI
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Carlton v Richmond Optus Oval 1997 is up :thumbsup
http://youtube.com/watch?v=f1oWLm2QGaI
Thanks Moi :cheers.
What a sweet way to finish off what was a crap year. Coming back from 42 points down to knock the blue baggers out of the finals :thumbsup. In reflection though it said something of the mentality of that side that they went from 100 point floggings against the Dons and Crows under Walls to 4 wins from the last 5 games under caretaker Geisch with wins over finals asparents North, Bullies and the Blues. We only missed the finals by half a game in the end too :-\ which meant we missed out on a early draft pick. Not that we would have used it anyway as Geisch traded away our first two picks for Hilton and Biddiscombe :banghead.
:rollin @ Benny Gale and Richo stuffing up a certain goal.
I notice Moi you've included more shank passing by Cambo ;). Calling JohnF? lol
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Herald-Sun
Edition 2 MON 01 SEP 1997, Page 052
FINAL SIREN
RICHMOND 2.3 6.7 10.10 13.13 (91)
CARLTON 7.1 10.5 13.6 13.11 (89)
Goals:
Richmond: Rogers 3, Harrison 2, Powell 2, B Gale 2, Daffy, Bowden, Holland, Campbell.
Carlton: Koutoufides 4, Porter 2, Whitnall, Hanna, Camporeale, Pearce, Allan, Hogg, Dean.
Best:
Richmond: Knights, B Gale, M Gale, Kellaway, Rogers, Broderick.
Carlton: Ratten, Camporeale, Koutoufides, Hogg, Hickmott, Hulme.
Injuries:
Richmond: Funcke (slight concussion).
Carlton: Sexton (collarbone, replaced in selected side by Hanna), Kernahan (calf), Pearce (knee), Hamill (shoulder), DeIulio (concussion), Bradley (calf), Hogg (lacerated head), Hulme (lacerated head).
Reports: Funcke (Richmond) for misconduct in that he failed to leave the ground directly to the changeroom while on a stretcher.
Umpires: Harvey, Rich, Sercia.
Crowd: 34,922 at Optus Oval.
MEMORABLE MOMENT
Carlton supporters will remember Ben Harrison's thumping goal to the Heatley Stand end for all the wrong reasons. It came 19 minutes into the final quarter - and proved to be Richmond's matchwinner.
WHO'S HOT
Brendon Gale, a key contributor to Richmond's second-half turnaround with telling ruck play in direct opposition to Matthew Allan and Mark Porter.
WHO'S NOT
Carlton's Ron De Iulio, whose fumbles and stumbles, and susbequent third quarter concussion completed one of those days for him and one of those years for his club.
SAY WHAT
"We would not concede and kept going at it and at it and eventually we got over the line."
Richmond coach
Jeff Gieschen
"We just couldn't run as strong, as hard or as long as them at the finish. In the finish we just didn't have the legs or the personnel to win a contest which we had controlled previously."
Carlton coach
David Parkin
THE ROAD AHEAD
Richmond and Carlton must now take stock in the lead-up to what is an early national draft. Both clubs must finalise their respective coaching positions, with Jeff Gieschen a shoe-in for the Richmond job, and David Parkin wanting to go again at Carlton.
Jeff Gieschen, why did Richmond ask Justin Charles not to attend the match?
"He was pretty keen to come, but I don't think it was in the best interests of Richmond that Justin turned up today. He was probably feeling very remorseful and not feeling too good about the situation, so rather than facing people and putting himself under pressure, we thought it was probably best he just cooled his heels."
- TONY DE BOLFO
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TIGER PRIDE BURIES BLUES
By GLENN CONNLEY
Sunday Herald-Sun
Edition 3 SUN 31 AUG 1997, Page 008
CARLTON'S season ended in humiliation yesterday when the wounded Blues squandered a 42-point advantage over Richmond to go down by two points and kiss a finals berth goodbye.
In a dramatic finale to both clubs' 1997 campaigns, Richmond hit the front for the first time of the match just 30 seconds before time on in the last quarter and hung on for a victory which must secure stand-in coach Jeff Gieschen his job for 1998.
Ironically, it was a Carlton reject who put the final nail in the Blues' coffin - Ben Harrison's left-foot goal was the reminder David Parkin did not need that the youngster had plenty to offer at senior AFL level.
With disgraced ruckman Justin Charles a long way from Optus Oval, the Tigers put the drama of the past 72 hours behind them, ending with a fairytale victory in front of the biggest crowd of the year at the Blues' home base.
Gieschen made no secret of the fact that the Tigers were motivated by the opportunity to end their arch rival's finals aspirations.
"We hadn't won out here against Carlton since 1977, so there was a fair bit of motivation in that," Gieschen said.
"Carlton has pretty much stitched Richmond up over a long period of time so you always want to take a monkey off the back."
And the club's cheer squad was none-too-subtle with its message, either.
"I must end their season today, I must end their season today . . ." read the Tiger banner.
But the Blues leapt from the blocks like a team destined to play next weekend, with Anthony Koutoufides the catalyst in a six-goal lead before time on of the opening quarter.
"We expected that," Gieschen said of the Blues' start. "We've been playing a certain way over the last few weeks and David Parkin is a very astute coach - he'd obviously done his homework there."
But with Blues' skipper Stephen Kernahan clearly unfit, Gieschen was able to swap the struggling Darren Gaspar with Kernahan's opponent Paul Bulluss, who held "Kouta" to just one further goal.
And Kernahan wasn't alone.
Heavy bumps to Matthew Hogg and Ron De Iulio left the Blues without a bench, and when Brad Pearce twisted his troublesome right knee the Blues' interchange looked more like a wartime hospital ward.
The Tigers, too, did not escape without casualties.
Ross Funcke copped a monster blow to the head and, in what must rank as the most ridiculous report for the year, had his number taken as he was carried off on a stretcher, for not going directly to the change rooms.
Richmond captain Matthew Knights again proved his extraordinary value with a faultless second-half display.
His importance to the Tigers can never be underestimated and if he can string a whole season together next year, Richmond's chances are substantially better than either of the past two seasons.
For the Blues, the news was all bad.
Craig Bradley ended the season on a sour note, straining his calf, while on the wrong end of a Chris Bond bath, ironically, another former teammate, while Aaron Hamill injured his shoulder and Michael Sexton - selected on Thursday night - could not take his place.
After the game, Parkin was not talkative.
When asked to explain his team's dismal fadeout he responded with: "What do you think happened?" . . . and that set the tone of the press conference.
For Richmond, the one final objective - pinned to the wall of the Optus Oval visitors' rooms - was achieved.
"End the season winners" - and they did.
"We had five games to go and we'd lost our coach - we were being hammered from all quarters about the way we were playing and the way we were as a club," Gieschen said.
"You've got two choices in that situation; you can let the club run or you can make a stand, stand up, face the wind and try and do something about it.
"We wanted to regain respect and we wanted to make sure that 1997 was a year we could look back on and say that we made progress over the last five weeks."
Gieschen would take no personal credit for the club's finish to the year, which included wins over four serious finals aspirants - the Western Bulldogs, North Melbourne, Port Adelaide and, yesterday, Carlton
"I put it down to the pride, character and professionalism of the group because you don't achieve four out of five against those teams that are fighting for a spot in the eight, or are in the eight, unless you've got those ingredients," Gieschen said.
It could be argued that Carlton has little to look forward to next year, with many players close to retirement age and uncertainty surrounding the future of Parkin.
But it was an issue the three-time Blues' premiership coach was not buying into in the gloom of yesterday's loss.
"I've got nothing to say on my position - end of story," Parkin said.
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Ross Funcke copped a monster blow to the head and, in what must rank as the most ridiculous report for the year, had his number taken as he was carried off on a stretcher, for not going directly to the change rooms.
I remember that. Dopey ump :lol