To warm the cockles of your Tiger hearts lol

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Good ole Nick  Actually that was the right postition for him a goal kicking half forward  never a mid-fielder

Quick blind snaps across the shoulder might work near the goals but not out of the centre .

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.   

[Moi]

Carlton v Richmond Optus Oval 1997 is up 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=f1oWLm2QGaI

[mightytiges]

Carlton v Richmond Optus Oval 1997 is up 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=f1oWLm2QGaI

Thanks Moi  .

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  . 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  . 

  @ 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