Pretty much everyone was talking up the Tigers' march to the finals. Even some Collingwood supporters I knew in late May said that Richmond had changed and was a genuine contender. I knew they were wrong. Same old club culture as we've always had, just waiting for a chance to go off the rails and do silly things like lose to Gold Coast, and for players to play up and get suspended by Benny.
Wish we could do as well as finish 9th. That would be as good a result for us as 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2006 and 2008.