Biggest disapointment in RFC this past 5 years

[TigerTime]

Yes very disapointing but can anyone remember a club called St Kilda many years ago, they were pathetic, I mean worse than us now 10 times over. ..................... how quickly things turn around!!!! In 5 years we won't be speaking about the loss last night, we will be talking about whether we will be top of the ladder or second at the end of the season....

different times , different era

fitzroy, 9 flags, 1 less than us, were a competive team untile finances struck them and all their stars left
saints , dogs 1 flag , but have more upside than us now. its now that matters not history to the afl

brisbane have a good following here bc of fitzroy, they will do the same to us because we are a basket case

While we remain so successful off the field with attendances, memberships, ratings etc we will never move from Melbourne.

wrong, afl wont give a poo about that,   even though we have good members, we are still in big debt, we have to get our act together or we are dead

would not surprise me at all if the afl are behind our demise, umpires never give us a fair go, afl never help us , it smells and it smells bad

we saved ourselves once, next time it wont be our call bc the afl own us

[mat073]

Biggest disappointment of the last 5 years was the injury to Nathan Brown.

We have foolishly waited for years for him to get back to his 2005 form.....It was never going to happen.

He has been handy since breaking his leg but we have been robbed of an elite player.

[Mr Magic]

Biggest disappointment of the last 5 years was the injury to Nathan Brown.

Yep arguably the wheels have been off since that point.

[bojangles17]

its gonna get worse, we will be forced to merge with western sydney, we are poo but have a big supporter base so the afl will do their stats and if 50% or even 40% will still support the west tigers from melbourne.

the writing is on the wall, cos as a club here in melb we r stuffed

football clubs immediate viability is based more than simply where we finish on the ladder in the current year it's the complete business model...we have successfully managed to avoid AFL drip feed support despite going thru a rough trot , this is testament to our club being a going concern..sure we need to start again however I'm firm that we are better placed to commence that path than when TW began when our best 2 youngsters were Fiora and Zantuck

[Smokey]

would not surprise me at all if the afl are behind our demise, umpires never give us a fair go, afl never help us , it smells and it smells bad

       

[TigerTime]

no team has had such a stuffed up modern era like us, even fitzroy were better than us but they got shafted,

carlton a few years ago were gone, but rebounded, we have been poo since 1983

i dont trust the afl, they have their own agenda , they didnt even have the balls to move the roos but they will 4 us

[Smokey]

...... even fitzroy were better than us but they got shafted,

       

[TigerTime]

fitzroy were only totally crap onfield in there last few yrs, bec all there guns left cos of finances, roos, pert, lynch, broderick, osborne,...etc they also lost champions like superboot, conlan, lyon etc

but onfield when they had those players they were a damn good team and made finals

we have only made finals once since 82

so keep laughing stuff face

[Smokey]

even fitzroy were better than us but they got shafted,

OK then.

fitzroy were only totally crap onfield in there last few yrs, bec all there guns left cos of finances, .....

Aaaahhh, the magical invisible conditions to your statement.

but onfield when they had those players they were a damn good team and made finals

And that was worth what to them because they were a financial shambles????

so keep laughing eff face

OK then.         

[Hellenic Tiger]

fitzroy were only totally crap onfield in there last few yrs, bec all there guns left cos of finances, roos, pert, lynch, broderick, osborne,...etc they also lost champions like superboot, conlan, lyon etc

but onfield when they had those players they were a damn good team and made finals

we have only made finals once since 82

so keep laughing eff face

Twice actually TT 1995 and 2001.
Fitzroy have made them 3 times since 1982 in 83,84 and 86.
Says alot about us doesn't it.

[WilliamPowell]

have to say it was Brown breaking his leg

Robbed us and footy in general of a superstar - although last night his first half was great

[bojangles17]

no team has had such a stuffed up modern era like us, even fitzroy were better than us but they got shafted,

carlton a few years ago were gone, but rebounded, we have been poo since 1983

i dont trust the afl, they have their own agenda , they didnt even have the balls to move the roos but they will 4 us

err, thats because they attracted less than 10k to a game, couldnt secure major sponsors and had a debt that was ballooning by the week.(read there book, I have)..Thats when the liquidators moved in...about the only decent decison we made in last 12 mths was to sign cuzz, I estimate we earnt 1.5-2mn out of it in members and extra gate receipts

[Francois Jackson]

have to say it was Brown breaking his leg

Robbed us and footy in general of a superstar - although last night his first half was great

your point is???

i care little about how players play for 60 minutes. the game is not played in halves and N.Brown can go get stuffed.

selfish little prick can go sail into the sunset with Terry. Good riddons

[Hellenic Tiger]

Exactly I am sick of us carrying big name players whose reputations are inflated.

Browny played half a game big deal. Ablett played four quarters on Friday night.
So did Aker and Winderlich played four quarters last night. Who played four quarters for us last night????? Nobody oh wait we had a few and they played 4 poo quarters.
If we are happy for players who are match fit to play a good 60 minutes 4 years after they broke their leg then noone should be upset that we are 1-8 and that we have been overrun in the last quarter of games in each of the last 3 weeks.

I am sick of our underachievement failure and inflated ego bags that our players are.

[Infamy]

Not sure how Browny is expected to be 100% match fit in his 2nd game back from injury