They're drilling the Richmond story home hard so when we lose to Sydney (as is most likely) they can bring out the knives re just missing finals again and write just as many negative articles about how we just missed out.
I guarantee you compare the article from each journo with their article from after we lose next weekend and you'll see how premeditated the set up was.
It's premeditated emotional journalism and it unfortunately sells papers/wins ratings, at our expense.
Even if we make the finals the bigger story will be when we lose the first game and exit this years finals.
They don't really care how many wins in a row we have had right now or how well we are playing.