How much enjoyment do you get from following this club ?

[eliminator]

In the 70,s and 80,s we went each week knowing we would win
Now we going only hoping

I reckon it was more fun going when we were a struggling side not expected to win (85-94) and managed to get up occasionally, than now, where we are supposedly a non struggling side expected to win. Plus the game then was alot less sanitized

Agree. Games like the Mother's Day massacre and beating Carlton in 1992 did bring enormous joy. I really enjoyed the Northey period. There was no reserved seating then. The atmosphere at the games appeared to me to be better. The game was still largely not touched and you did not have stupid rules like the substitute rule.

[eliminator]

My son and I take to the road happy to be out of a house full of synchronized women.
We arrive at our trusty secret parking place and we begin our stroll down swan street.
My son asks me if I want a beer? His shout....nice.
After the beer we continue our trek toward punt road oval.
Punt road always gives me a great feeling. I enjoy experiencing the colours sights & sounds of another day at the footy, the slight nervous feeling of anticipation brings back fond memories of my childhood & the tail end of successful era but dawn of a terrible one.
We make our way into the G and find our seats.
My son tries to convince me of our chances considering the Pies have twice as many decent outs as us, he puts up a decent case.
The bounce down, my son is up and about early still pretty excited about our prospects in the game.
After a couple of good passages I see the same mistakes often take place...missed tackles, the no shepherds, the two foot handballs over & over. I find myself more annoyed than anything else & I look away in disgust at faux toughness.
After a fairly close first half, my son is once again buoyed by our prospects of winning as we seemed to dominate for periods in the second without nailing it on the scoreboard. There's the predictable third qtr 10min fade out as the pies slam on 6 goals straight to make it a tough in the last. My son reckons if we can get the first couple we are still in it. After kicking the first two in the last it looks as though he might be right but I know better....the boy still isn't scarred by 34 years of mediocrity and have never seen success so he doesn't know better. He screams at the umpires for inconsistency, I used to be like that too.
I glance at a pies supporter who starts baiting my son all in good fun and I smile at good memories.
The pies slam on another 5 unanswered goals in the last to put the nail in and Jack gets his last two junk time goals when the team decides to deliver the ball correctly into the forward 50 for the first time in the game.
As we walk back to our car talking about what could've & should've been he repeats my reply as I'm about to speak...
Yeh yeh I know dad, it's the culture!

I enjoy another day at the footy with my son even though I don't enjoy the game as I used to but Im glad he still enjoys the footy and spending the day there with me.

I enjoy reading stories like this. And I cannot wait until my little girl is old enough to take to the footy. Next year maybe...
I hope for her sake we can turn it around soon and become a great club again. We all deserve better than this club has given us for such a long time.

Agree. I hope that the younger generations get to experience the club having success and hearing that famous club song belting out on a regular basis. It is the best club song in the business and it is enormously sad you don't hear it as much as you should after the final siren has sounded.

[Mr Magic]

I'm sure everyone here was getting plenty of enjoyment from the club when they went on the run of 9 last year.
It was absolute euphoria for the week we beat Sydney and made the finals.
Since then sure it's been disappointing but harden up princesses, can't win all the time.

Upsets galore on the weekend, big comebacks, spirited performances and exciting signs.

We don't even look like coming close to winning a game.

I have little doubt the players out there are trying their best.
My sense is the squad we have at our disposal is just not that good this year.
Other teams have reinvigorated their lists and we didn't.

Therefor I'd be looking squarely at our list manager, coach & Gale ahead of the players who are no doubt even more frustrated than us.

Seems to me that those pulling the strings  misread how much improvement was required.

All is not lost but clearly a lot of changes are needed. When it comes so will the enjoyment again.

All my friends that are Demons supporters talk like this about their club because they dont really care

You're sadly mistaken if you think I don't care about our club.

[(•))(©™]

I understand Magic.
People who don't see the truth feel the need to belittle others.
IMbeciles

[(•))(©™]

Lmao@ mentioning the 9 game winning streak that peaked with a win against half a Sydney side.

How many did they lose in a row before the Magic 9?

[Chuck17]

If I remember rightly you were as gung ho as the rest last year

[(•))(©™]

If I remember rightly you were as gung ho as the rest last year

Whaddya expect from a tiger junkie.

It's 2015 now tho and in hindsight it was all rubbish

[🏅Dooks]

If I remember rightly you were as gung ho as the rest last year

Whaddya expect from a tiger junkie.

It's 2015 now tho and in hindsight it was all rubbish

Cmon peoples. Let's not turn this into a 'he said she said'

[Chuck17]

If I remember rightly you were as gung ho as the rest last year

Whaddya expect from a tiger junkie.

It's 2015 now tho and in hindsight it was all rubbish

Good point

[1980 I Was There]

No matter how much they give me the poos and drive me totally insane most weekends I still hope to have enough money next year to become a member no matter how things go this season.
What I do enjoy is the possibility with each and every game, that maybe, just maybe we will be able to start a new era of being a force in footy again.

[Mr Magic]

Lmao@ mentioning the 9 game winning streak that peaked with a win against half a Sydney side.

How many did they lose in a row before the Magic 9?

Quite a few, what's your point?
You'll no doubt get on the Tigers again when they start winning again. The peeved off thing is just hot air.
No matter how much you trash talk about the team it's clear you still care.
Otherwise you wouldn't post here as much as you do??

[🏅Dooks]

In the 70,s and 80,s we went each week knowing we would win
Now we going only hoping

I reckon it was more fun going when we were a struggling side not expected to win (85-94) and managed to get up occasionally, than now, where we are supposedly a non struggling side expected to win. Plus the game then was alot less sanitized

Agree. Games like the Mother's Day massacre and beating Carlton in 1992 did bring enormous joy. I really enjoyed the Northey period. There was no reserved seating then. The atmosphere at the games appeared to me to be better. The game was still largely not touched and you did not have stupid rules like the substitute rule.

 

[Hard Roar Tiger]

I don't get the '85-'94 thing. For every win there were plenty of aggravating losses. Not much has changed but we've managed a couple of 8ths compared to the 9ths in previous "eras"
I've enjoyed all the unexpected wins - even last year.
In every "error" that we've had in the past 30 years, the sinking feeling as we've began the slide down the ladder has had a cumulative affect on my psyche

[🏅Dooks]

I don't get the '85-'94 thing. For every win there were plenty of aggravating losses. Not much has changed but we've managed a couple of 8ths compared to the 9ths in previous "eras"
I've enjoyed all the unexpected wins - even last year.
In every "error" that we've had in the past 30 years, the sinking feeling as we've began the slide down the ladder has had a cumulative affect on my psyche

Not many 9ths or missing out by 1 position in that era. I don't think one actually iirc.

Night final at vfl park 1993 was as big as any of our finals in the last 2 years in the publics imagination. Crowd of 80,000 and 20,000 turned away, for a night final. Imagine that. Success was half a generation previous. And there wasn't bulls hit excuses afterwards. Just real comments, carlton colds and Nirvana

[Diocletian]

carlton colds and Nirvana

Yep the 90's sure did suck....