The Big Dance - Grand Final Day, 2017

[Diamond_Jim 12,686]

Just now, Sir Why You Little said:

Worst performance by any GF side since 1988 easily. 

there was a bad one also if I recall ...in 2000 ... that goes close

[Pates 9,667]

Well if wasn't game over before it certainly is now. We need to use the Tigers as our inspiration. They missed out on finals last year and had their resolve questioned. To be honest they got VERY lucky earlier in the year but that's what you need to win the premiership. 

[Radar Detector 1,347]

Appalling umpiring. But this game should give every club hope that even bog ordinary teams can win a gf. Two average sides winning in two years. No reason we can't make it 3 from 3.

[Sir Why You Little 37,296]

Just now, america de cali said:

Port 2007.

Forgot that one!!

[Deeman 1,532]

2 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Worst performance by any GF side since 1988 easily. 

Were you in a coma in 2007?

[Sir Why You Little 37,296]

Just now, Deeman said:

Were you in a coma in 2007?

Look above ^^^

[Bitter but optimistic 22,289]

Well that is a [censored] up end to a [censored] up season.

I'm going to give someone a jolly good flogging.

Probably myself.

[Akum 2,660]

3 minutes ago, america de cali said:

Port 2007.

Nup, these are worst.

We saw it all at Adelaide Oval against us.

[John Crow Batty 8,880]

I’m glad we didn’t win the flag. Hird giving the NS medal to Oliver is a deal breaker.

[BenJamin on Deesy St 805]

At the G with RTG. Feel sick.

[Sir Why You Little 37,296]

In the Canary Yellow

[beelzebub 23,390]

Well done Ninthmond .

Oh well had the margin 8 goals...just wrong way lol.

[Rodney (Balls) Grinter 10,954]

Well, can  someone please tell me how the F that just happened?

Edited September 30, 2017 by Rodney (Balls) Grinter

[Rodney (Balls) Grinter 10,954]

5 minutes ago, america de cali said:

I’m glad we didn’t win the flag. Hird giving the NS medal to Oliver is a deal breaker.

Tainted.

[Akum 2,660]

1 minute ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Well, can  someone please tell me how the F that just happened?

Adelaide from 1/4 time on played stupid. Then kept playing stupid. Then played stupid some more.

[defuture15 900]

1 hour ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

It shits me too.

Two things come to mind.

First, we started rebuilding at roughly the same time as the Tiges. I remember many Demon supporters were claiming victory as the better team one year into the rebuild. How has that worked out? Trengove delisted, Scully gone and Watts about to join him.

Secondly, I wonder if there was a 'Dustin Martin' thread when Dusty when he was exploring his options?

I am betting that it was the usual 'PASS' along with a ridiculous overrating of our list. 

I am with @praha. The Tiges are winning this with straight up pressure. When it comes down to a meat and three veg game (as Goody calls them), we insist on caviar. 

I bet at the end of this match that the in-house jokers on here will still refer to 'Ninthmond', like they do with 'Carltank' (like we never did anything resembling that?)

This is how we beat Adelaide

F@@k could have been us!

What happened?

[Jaded No More 68,975]

This result makes me somehow angrier and more disgusted at our team and how we finished the season. I'm sick of being a Melbourne supporter today, even tho I'm in Vietnam and not even watching the game (just following results and getting texts) 

Good on Richmond. We laugh at them but [censored] me they have done something we haven't achieved in 53 years!!!

[jane02 3,778]

Well that sucks. What happened to Adelaide?? They were playing in slow motion.

I am so jealous??

[Rodney (Balls) Grinter 10,954]

Just now, Akum said:

Adelaide from 1/4 time on played stupid. Then kept playing stupid. Then played stupid some more.

You meant they were there was an Adelaide side out there?

[brendan 3,444]

Congrats tigers that must give us hope for next year, come with the right attitude and you can win it all 

[Diamond_Jim 12,686]

we must have the longest premiership drought now by a very big margin

I know Bulldogs were the longest but were not Richmond next?

[ThreeOneSix 954]

Just now, Jaded said:

This result makes me somehow angrier and more disgusted at our team and how we finished the season. I'm sick of being a Melbourne supporter today, even tho I'm in Vietnam and not even watching the game (just following results and getting texts) 

Good on Richmond. We laugh at them but [censored] me they have done something we haven't achieved in 53 years!!!

We weren't even nearly good enough. Richmond have been consistent. We are a bit of a rabble. I could make a reasonable argument that our list is on par - on talent. But we have some ways to go. On the upside, we saw this year how far a side (Richmond) can come in the space of a season. There is no reason we cannot do that in 2018. But, as I said "we have some ways to go".

[Chook 15,023]

I'm happy for the tigers but I'm getting a bit sick of all these old Victorian clubs winning premierships at last while we continue to languish.

[buck_nekkid 6,068]

Now that’s over, can we get on with the silly season?

[What 18,810]

The premiership was there for the taking this season, the most even ever.

Richmond took their chances, which is more than can be said for our club. 

They deserve the flag.