Robbo on SEN today - Richmond the new Fitzroy

[WA Tiger]

What a load of crap, the game has evolved to the point that comparisons between modern day football clubs and that of the Fitzroy era are hardly if at all comparable. Just another day in the cheap shot RFC room for the media. How can they compare one season upt to round seven??? The Hawks and Crows have only won one game each, has anyone looked at the Hawks, has any other team that wone the GF two years ago bottomed out as much as they have since winning it???

Crap, just more media crap and media personnel trying to justify their employment.

Its FACT !

Put yeterdays team against that of Fitzroys last team and we would slaughter them, they could not keep up, the game is 10 times faster these days, they wouldn't have a chance. Where is the fact Jack, don't give me stats, waste of time!! Look at the youth on our team, how old were the Roy boys players???? Compare the Roys average age of players against that of teams in their era, were they the youngest team in the AFL then, I doubt it (unsure though), but we are. We are also playing against soem of the best teams that have ever played AFL and we have done so through the Lions and Cats reign.

[jackstar is back again]

Pointless even discussing it with you.
No stats.
The team with the HEART would win.
Not only havent we a HEART, aint got a spine either.

[Hellenic Tiger]

I will say this Fitzroy had no heart at the end. Was ripped apart by the then AFL. Last 10 weeks or so of their existence is testament to that. Every week was a guaranteed 10 goal loss. Even we beat them in rd 21 by 151 points. Of course anyone in Fitzroy's predicament would struggle to get up week in and out.

Richmond on the other hand is rebuilding from nearly scratch. Big difference. Big upside for Richmond although statistically in terms of win loss we will be similar to Fitzroy in 1996.

[Tigermonk]

No point trying to compare cause no-one can

[Judge Roughneck]

I will say this Fitzroy had no heart at the end. Was ripped apart by the then AFL. Last 10 weeks or so of their existence is testament to that. Every week was a guaranteed 10 goal loss. Even we beat them in rd 21 by 151 points. Of course anyone in Fitzroy's predicament would struggle to get up week in and out.

Richmond on the other hand is rebuilding from nearly scratch. Big difference. Big upside for Richmond although statistically in terms of win loss we will be similar to Fitzroy in 1996.

rubbish

[one-eyed]

Visions of Fitzroy '64 for Hardwick's Tigers
Sam Edmund
Herald Sun
May 27, 2010


THE consensus in the footy world is thus: They'll win one somewhere. But will they?

Richmond is rated a $4.50 chance to go through the season without a win, a feat last "achieved" by Fitzroy in 1964.

The Tigers sit 0-9 and have been close in only one of those losses - the three-point defeat by Hawthorn in Round 8.

Damien Hardwick's team has copped beltings of 56, 72, 55, 55, 108 and 50 points.

The Tigers play Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium and St Kilda at Etihad Stadium in the next two weeks but Richmond supporters are now pinning their hopes on the Round 12 game against West Coast at the MCG as the club's opportunity to break through.

North Melbourne (Round 16) and Adelaide (Round 18) at the MCG have been identified as other winnable games.

"This is certainly as short as it's ever been for a side to go through winless at this stage of the season," Sportingbet Australia chief executive Michael Sullivan said yesterday.

"You really struggle to see where a win is going to come for them."

The market on a winless Richmond season started after Round 3 and has attracted significant interest.

The Tigers' brave performance against the Hawks led to the odds drifting to $5, but last week's disappointing 45-point defeat against Essendon brought them back to $4.50.

"Going through it, there's not many games you think they can win," Sullivan said.

"It's not often, in rugby league, AFL or whatever, but I can't think of any side that's ever gone through without winning a game.

"We were thinking of a side as bad and we go back to Fitzroy, but we looked at it and really we couldn't come up with any other team."

The Tigers have won just eight of 36 quarters.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/visions-of-fitzroy-64-for-hardwicks-tigers/story-e6frf9ix-1225871761572

[WA Tiger]

Another pathetic attempt by a Jurno to justify their position within the media crazy attention seeking world of gutter reporting!!!!!! Congratulations you have succeeded, your peers will be happy...

[Smokey]

Get a life, this is sooooo yesterday's article.  Can't come up with a subject of your own Sam?  And while we are at it, if you're going to be a journalist then work on getting your facts right before they go to print - we lost by 35 points on Saturday, not 45.

[mightytiges]

Mark Robinson in his usual 1-2pm segment with Daniel Hartford on SEN...

* Robbo said it's time to ask if Richmond are as bad as Fitzroy in 1996. They won't win a game this season and what was Benny Gale thinking with the 3 flags in 10 years. Hartford mucked it up saying it was 3 finals in 10 years and Robbo couldn't remember what was what.

* Robbo said we're talking years .... YEARS ..... behind the best teams in physical preparation to play the game at its highest level. Not bagging Richmond but it's just a fact.

* A caller rang up saying it's crap to compare us to Fitzroy because the reason they disbanded was because they had no supporters whereas Richmond has 40k members. He's sick of the non-stop snide remarks about Richmond from commentators on all 5 radio stations such as Anthony Hudson saying yesterday before the game why would you bother turning up if you're a Richmond supporter. Robbo agreed that was ordinary from Huddo.

The caller said we're a young side with 7 or 8 guys who have played less than 20 games. What did people expect! Hartford replied that's a reason why Richmond won't win a game. Caller said we'll win one this year. Robbo said name who we'll beat? Caller replied West Coast in round 12 and we're a chance against Essendon, Hawthorn and Adelaide this week. 

* The whip is coming for Richmond. It hasn't yet because people are making excuses but it's coming. They are years away. Anyway that's Richmond's problem.

Not just Robbo but a number of footy journos (hello Hutchy  ) whose words have come back to bite them stupidly comparing us to Fitzroy