Non-Richmond Games 2014

[WilliamPowell]

Reality biting for the Bumblings today

Freo up by 10 goals half way through the final qtr

[Judge Roughneck]

9   Burgoyne, Shaun   248   31yr 5mth   21 Oct 1982   186cm   89kg   Port Adelaide    Defender
Midfield
5   Mitchell, Sam   248   31yr 6mth   12 Oct 1982   179cm   83kg   Eastern Ranges    Defender
Midfield
15   Hodge, Luke   231   29yr 9mth   15 Jun 1984   185cm   90kg   Geelong Falcons    Defender
Midfield
17   Lake, Brian   218   32yr 1mth   27 Feb 1982   195cm   100kg   Woodville-West Torrens    Defender
20   Hale, David   201   29yr 10mth   22 May 1984   201cm   102kg   Broadbeach    Forward
Ruck
3   Lewis, Jordan   197   27yr 11mth   24 Apr 1986   186cm   88kg   Geelong Falcons    Midfield
12   Sewell, Brad   190   30yr 2mth   2 Feb 1984   181cm   85kg   North Ballarat Rebels    Midfield
2   Roughead, Jarryd   188   27yr 2mth   23 Jan 1987   193cm   100kg   Gippsland Power    Forward
14   Birchall, Grant   173   26yr 2mth   28 Jan 1988   193cm   91kg   Devonport    Defender
6   Gibson, Josh   152   30yr   13 Mar 1984   189cm   94kg   Port Melbourne    Defender


44   Enright, Corey   269   32yr 6mth   14 Sep 1981   187cm   91kg   Port Adelaide    Defender
3   Bartel, Jimmy   253   30yr 4mth   4 Dec 1983   187cm   89kg   Geelong Falcons    Defender
Midfield
9   Kelly, James   237   30yr 3mth   29 Dec 1983   183cm   86kg   Calder Cannons    Midfield
20   Johnson, Steve   219   30yr 9mth   4 Jul 1983   189cm   92kg   Murray Bushrangers    Midfield
4   Mackie, Andrew   202   29yr 8mth   7 Aug 1984   192cm   86kg   Glenelg    Defender
14   Selwood, Joel   164   25yr 10mth   26 May 1988   182cm   87kg   Bendigo    Midfield
25   Rivers, Jared   163   29yr 5mth   18 Oct 1984   192cm   92kg   North Adelaide    Defender
27   Stokes, Mathew   159   29yr 4mth   22 Nov 1984   175cm   77kg   Woodville West Torrens    Midfield


Who's richmond got in the same experience bracket? Two spuds and lids 

[Eat_em_Alive]

So Sam mitchell playing his 250th against us? 

[tigs2011]

Port 159 Brisbane 46 FT

Schulz kicks 7. Remember Mitch Farmer anyone.

Lions battered and bruised and playing us on Thursday.

Prediction - we'll have scrappy win by 4 goals or less, Hardwick ("oh look we were under no illusions.... they're a completely different side up here") will celebrate like it's a finals victory, Grigg will get 30 useless posessions, Vickery will kick 4 gimme goals, Shank will fluke another 3, Newman will have his one good game for the year, this will be enough to reaffirm Hardwick's faith in the "essential role players" and convince him he's still on track.

Unchanged side for Hawthorn - big talk all week about how we "have the wood on them"....followed by a 12 goal thrashing by them....followed by 15 goal thrashing by Geelong....barring injuries, unchanged side for all three games.

Then it's Melbourne and the crossroads.....

Normally I'd be mad if that happened. But my care factor has hit zero. Don't give a stuff anymore. Feels so much better. 

[dwaino]

Port 159 Brisbane 46 FT

Schulz kicks 7. Remember Mitch Farmer anyone.

Lions battered and bruised and playing us on Thursday.

Prediction - we'll have scrappy win by 4 goals or less, Hardwick ("oh look we were under no illusions.... they're a completely different side up here") will celebrate like it's a finals victory, Grigg will get 30 useless posessions, Vickery will kick 4 gimme goals, Shank will fluke another 3, Newman will have his one good game for the year, this will be enough to reaffirm Hardwick's faith in the "essential role players" and convince him he's still on track.

Unchanged side for Hawthorn - big talk all week about how we "have the wood on them"....followed by a 12 goal thrashing by them....followed by 15 goal thrashing by Geelong....barring injuries, unchanged side for all three games.

Then it's Melbourne and the crossroads.....

Normally I'd be mad if that happened. But my care factor has hit zero. Don't give a stuff anymore. Feels so much better. 

Been there for a couple weeks now. Isn't it a relief 

[tigs2011]

Port 159 Brisbane 46 FT

Schulz kicks 7. Remember Mitch Farmer anyone.

Lions battered and bruised and playing us on Thursday.

Prediction - we'll have scrappy win by 4 goals or less, Hardwick ("oh look we were under no illusions.... they're a completely different side up here") will celebrate like it's a finals victory, Grigg will get 30 useless posessions, Vickery will kick 4 gimme goals, Shank will fluke another 3, Newman will have his one good game for the year, this will be enough to reaffirm Hardwick's faith in the "essential role players" and convince him he's still on track.

Unchanged side for Hawthorn - big talk all week about how we "have the wood on them"....followed by a 12 goal thrashing by them....followed by 15 goal thrashing by Geelong....barring injuries, unchanged side for all three games.

Then it's Melbourne and the crossroads.....

Normally I'd be mad if that happened. But my care factor has hit zero. Don't give a stuff anymore. Feels so much better. 

Been there for a couple weeks now. Isn't it a relief 

1/4 time of the Dogs game reality hit. We are poo and probably always will be. No point fighting it anymore. Made the rest of that game bearable and the Pies game I don't even know why I went. 

[tony_montana]

Having a chat with a tiger supporter after sundays round of golf and he was saying the same thing, he's not even angry anymore, just doesn't give a stuff. Im pretty much there now too, the carlton game peeed me awff bigtime, doggies game I was at peace with it  This is when alarm bells should start ringing for the club and the afl in general, when peeps simply don't gaf anymore and lose engagement

[dwaino]

This is when alarm bells should start ringing for the club and the afl in general, when peeps simply don't gaf anymore and lose engagement

+1

Footy completely fell off my radar from about 2002 to around 2008-2009. There were even a couple seasons in there I didn't watch a single game. Love the game, always have, but when there is little to cheer about it gets old. With Richmond it gets old much quicker. My old man laughs at me when I crack it when we're at the footy. He reckons he is so far over it he doesn't even let it upset him anymore 

[Hellenic Tiger]

This is when alarm bells should start ringing for the club and the afl in general, when peeps simply don't gaf anymore and lose engagement

+1

Footy completely fell off my radar from about 2002 to around 2008-2009. There were even a couple seasons in there I didn't watch a single game. Love the game, always have, but when there is little to cheer about it gets old. With Richmond it gets old much quicker. My old man laughs at me when I crack it when we're at the footy. He reckons he is so far over it he doesn't even let it upset him anymore 

Yep no emotion from me either.
I gave this regime a chance but have lost all emotion on the club and I just feel comfortably numb about all this. Love the club and the footy but just sick of investing everything in the hope of achieving success and getting little in return.
Once long time members reach a point and simply shrug their shoulders and move on at the long term lack of improvement then this club is truly stuffed because kids want to be associated with winners and no influence from parents and such may change things.

[tigs2011]

Tbh I'm just kinda over the whole AFL. The drugs thing ruined it last year. Now that we have just fallen off a cliff again, I'm close to done. Being a uni student who has no time to work forking out for a 16 gamer and MRC (as a donation seems I don't actually use the membership, or the MRC component and we will never make a GF) I am starting to wonder why the stuff am I bothering? 

[Mr Magic]

Reckon the above is the general feeling of a lot of people about the Australian Football League.
Richmond FC aside..
Expansion franchises hoarding draft picks for quick success, tanking, salary cap breaches, doping & ticket prices all have a diehard supporters scratching their heads...what has footy become? 

[dwaino]

I have a 16 gamer reserved plus for me and the missus too and we're saving for a house. Nearly a thousand bucks that would have come in handy right about now. Footy is to enjoy, we all have the right to get excited about our team winning. Despite the ending I had a lot of fun last year and being able to join in banter with some mates of more successful clubs was good. Now we're back to the dung pile and I just can't be stuffed.

[(•))(©™]

I have a 16 gamer reserved plus for me and the missus too and we're saving for a house. Nearly a thousand bucks that would have come in handy right about now. Footy is to enjoy, we all have the right to get excited about our team winning. Despite the ending I had a lot of fun last year and being able to join in banter with some mates of more successful clubs was good. Now we're back to the dung pile and I just can't be stuffed.

Good post.
Sue the pricks for false advertising.

[tigs2011]

I have a 16 gamer reserved plus for me and the missus too and we're saving for a house. Nearly a thousand bucks that would have come in handy right about now. Footy is to enjoy, we all have the right to get excited about our team winning. Despite the ending I had a lot of fun last year and being able to join in banter with some mates of more successful clubs was good. Now we're back to the dung pile and I just can't be stuffed.

i still join in. Just means I have to bag us instead. To cap it off I had a text yesterday saying that the next monthly payment is coming out of my account. You start to realise you're not getting anything out of this "deal"

[🏅Dooks]

Reckon the above is the general feeling of a lot of people about the Australian Football League.
Richmond FC aside..
Expansion franchises hoarding draft picks for quick success, tanking, salary cap breaches, doping & ticket prices all have a diehard supporters scratching their heads...what has footy become? 

Numb about the tigers. Sick of waiting year after year. Like to watch us play but not emotionally committed anymore.

Whole doping thing was a hit on the game from my perspective.

But perhaps moreso, the expansion clubs being gifted such an armchair ride to premierships which will mean stuff all to their handful of supporters and we (and some other clubs) have to scrap every 4-5 years to get a semi decent list together which ultimately goes nowhere because of incompetant fooltards and a tilted table.