Media coverage seems to suggest the proposed new Board is underwhelming. Would have thought that would align perfectly with the playing list and coaching staff thereby finally giving Richmond members the unity and synergy they pray for.

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Wow, only just caught up on this Richmond fiasco.. is this the biggest smunt in footy?

We've all seen how this ends.

28 minutes ago, 3Dee said:

Wow, only just caught up on this Richmond fiasco.. is this the biggest smunt in footy?

We've all seen how this ends.

2 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Media coverage seems to suggest the proposed new Board is underwhelming. Would have thought that would align perfectly with the playing list and coaching staff thereby finally giving Richmond members the unity and synergy they pray for.

how words can hurt. very cruel la dee.  

5 hours ago, hemingway said:

It also highlights how quickly things change. From finals contender one year, when everyone was talking them up and the start of the season when Tigers supporters were again looking to the season with optimism and another finals appearance. They may have been overrated and the seeds of their demise may have been seen from their list, their coaches, whatever, but not many predicted such an implosion. 

Its a lesson that tells us that success can sometimes be fleeting and footy supporters should not get ahead of themselves. The optimism at MFC will quickly be wiped if we have a poor year under Goodwin. Injuries, players not living up to expectations, can quickly destroy a season. And when that happens things turn pear shaped.

For all those getting a vicarious pleasure out of watching the Tigers problems, be careful what you wish for. And don't forget where Melbourne has come from. We are still a long way from getting out of the woods ourselves. 

 

44% of teams play finals - almost half.

Supporters need to stop thinking of finals as some sort of successful benchmark.  Richmond proves it isn't. 

That said, I have no doubt that when we eventually get there, whether it be 2017 or 18, we'll be on the type of incline that will at least lead to a prelim.

I have no Sympathy for the Tigers at all. 

After their loss to Carlscum in the 2013 finals that was when the Dumb Bastards should have realized it wasn't going to get better. Carlscum didn't even make the 8

But Runt Road did nothing and recruited the bare minimum

They were arrogant and stupid and now it has exploded

Entertainment....

16 minutes ago, ProDee said:

44% of teams play finals - almost half.

Supporters need to stop thinking of finals as some sort of successful benchmark.  Richmond proves it isn't. 

That said, I have no doubt that when we eventually get there, whether it be 2017 or 18, we'll be on the type of incline that will at least lead to a prelim.

After the last decade for the MFC I think it would an achievement of grand proportions ProDee

44 minutes ago, old dee said:

After the last decade for the MFC I think it would an achievement of grand proportions ProDee

Losers mentality.

Try not to EVER dumb yourself down, no matter the circumstances. 

Just now, ProDee said:

Losers mentality.

Try not to EVER dumb yourself down, no matter the circumstances. 

Yes oh wise one

7 minutes ago, ProDee said:

Losers mentality.

Try not to EVER dumb yourself down, no matter the circumstances. 

Losers mentality Pro or just realistic given a long period of hopes and dreams and disappointments?

OD is not on the current playing list so you can hardly call him a loser. He is a long time supporter like the rest of us who desperately want success before we die. We are prepared to concede that it is possible we will not win a flag.  Of course we want a flag but if we don't we want success.

Talking about winners and losers as if there is no in between is the dumb bit. 

You call an athlete that makes an Olympic final or wins a silver or bronze medal a loser?

I don't think your dumb but seriously if this is your proposition I will have to reconsider.  

11 minutes ago, hemingway said:

Losers mentality Pro or just realistic given a long period of hopes and dreams and disappointments?

OD is not on the current playing list so you can hardly call him a loser. He is a long time supporter like the rest of us who desperately want success before we die. We are prepared to concede that it is possible we will not win a flag.  Of course we want a flag but if we don't we want success.

Talking about winners and losers as if there is no in between is the dumb bit. 

You call an athlete that makes an Olympic final or wins a silver or bronze medal a loser?

I don't think your dumb but seriously if this is your proposition I will have to reconsider.  

Covered it well Ernest. 

1 hour ago, hemingway said:

I don't think "your" dumb but seriously if this is your proposition I will have to reconsider.  

Irony.

Your analogy of silver or bronze in the Olympics is silly.  Being the second or third best in the world in no way equates to making the eight in AFL.  

I agree that success "can" be relative, but merely graduating to finals is fool's gold.  We played finals in 6 of Daniher's 10 years and if you think that in any way equated to success then we read from a different handbook. 

In our relatively small national competition the only real success is a premiership.

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21 hours ago, beelzebub said:

yellow and......   well...just  YELLOW 

"Hello Tiger Boys "........that's the colour of the wig of ageing "Trout from Woodend" who sits with the kids in the Cheer Squad .

Why is Adolf Hitler on the ticket?

1 hour ago, whers_jacka_now said:

Why is Adolf Hitler on the ticket?

That's "Sliding Doors" Adolf. He sold a few paintings in his youth and never went to jail, never wrote his manifesto, and never got into politics.

But he still had an urge to wreak havoc. Hence "Focus on Footy".

1 hour ago, Ted Fidge said:

That's "Sliding Doors" Adolf. He sold a few paintings in his youth and never went to jail, never wrote his manifesto, and never got into politics.

But he still had an urge to wreak havoc. Hence "Focus on Footy".

That's one of the "Dodgy Brothers"

3 hours ago, ProDee said:

Irony.

Your analogy of silver or bronze in the Olympics is silly.  Being the second or third best in the world in no way equates to making the eight in AFL.  

I agree that success "can" be relative, but merely graduating to finals is fool's gold.  We played finals in 6 of Daniher's 10 years and if you think that in any way equated to success then we read from a different handbook. 

In our relatively small national competition the only real success is a premiership.

Well Pro if your only measure of success is a flag, does that mean that we have a team of losers and that we support a bunch of losers and indeed we supporters are losers. Sorry we do have a different handbook. 

4 hours ago, hemingway said:

Well Pro if your only measure of success is a flag, does that mean that we have a team of losers and that we support a bunch of losers and indeed we supporters are losers. Sorry we do have a different handbook. 

There are degrees of everything, but the only real success in the AFL is a premiership.  Pretty self-explanatory I would have thought. 

If you want to label those who fall short of that mark "a bunch of losers" that's up to you. 

Richmond must be prepared to offer Prestia $800k a year for 5 years to get him to that rabble. 

12 hours ago, whers_jacka_now said:

Why is Adolf Hitler on the ticket?

That is the most Richmond photo ever.

30 minutes ago, praha said:

Richmond must be prepared to offer Prestia $800k a year for 5 years to get him to that rabble. 

That is the most Richmond photo ever.

Except that he has teeth.

7 hours ago, ProDee said:

There are degrees of everything, but the only real success in the AFL is a premiership.  Pretty self-explanatory I would have thought. 

If you want to label those who fall short of that mark "a bunch of losers" that's up to you. 

Really, is that the best you can do Pro?  I hope your a more agreeable person in real life.

2 minutes ago, hemingway said:

Really, is that the best you can do Pro?  I hope your a more agreeable person in real life.

I am sick to death of seeing other clubs win the Flag....

18 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

I am sick to death of seeing other clubs win the Flag....

Totally agree Sir. 

6 minutes ago, hemingway said:

Totally agree Sir. 

This year will be yet another Yawnfest

we have to demand at least a serious crack at Success

3 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Except that he has teeth.

Dont be fooled by the teeth, they're mahogany.