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Positives:
5 premierships in my lifetime
1995 semi v Bombers
Tommy Hafey
Graeme Richmond and the power administration of '60s/'70s
Any win against Carlton
Laurie Fowler v Big Nick
Balmey/Roger Dean/Big Mal/ Sheeds/Tony Free v Everyone
KB's 403
Negatives:
1972, 1982 v Blues
23 years in the wilderness
Save Our Skins
Helen Domico
Justin Charles drugs thingee
Any loss v Carlton
rfctigerarmy
29 Dec 2003, 11:59
Positives:
- 1995 Semi vs Essendon
- 2001 Semi vs Carlton (first final id been to)
- 51 Point Comback v Hawthorn 2003
Negatives:
- No Grand Finals in my lifetime
- Save our Skins (I was 2.. but yea)
- Justin Charles' drug taking
- Jack Dyer
Tigers_Goddess
29 Dec 2003, 12:53
Originally posted by rfctigerarmy
Positives:
- 1995 Semi vs Essendon
- 2001 Semi vs Carlton (first final id been to)
- 51 Point Comback v Hawthorn 2003
Negatives:
- No Grand Finals in my lifetime
- Save our Skins (I was 2.. but yea)
- Justin Charles' drug taking
- Jack Dyer
Pretty much the same for me. Except I was 5 at the Save Our Skins rally ;)
God TG. You are a youngen.. I was 15 :P
LC
mighty tiges
29 Dec 2003, 14:40
Positives:
1980 premiership (a bit young at the time to remember it though).
KB, Rioli, Roach, Flea, Knighter, Freezer, Cambo.
KB's 400th game.
Finals wins.
Defeating and knocking Carlton out of the finals after being 40 points down in the last round of 1997 :D .
Us Tiger supporters :)
Negatives:
1982 GF loss (after easily beating Carlton 2 weeks earlier).
Past 20 years.
Save Our Skins.
Freezer career ending knee reco.
Thinking we were better than we were when we made the finals in 1995 and 2001 and hence failing in the following years.
Our pitiful record against the Sheedy led Essendon.
Jack Dyer passing away.
tiger of old
29 Dec 2003, 15:08
Positives
5 flags.
95.semi
the emergance of players like knights,lambert,gale.
whitnessing greats of our club:bourke,hart,bartlett.
watching the sheer magic of rioli and at present krakour.
watching the flea go from estacy[80gf] to the agony of what we become after 82 and not only captaining the club with dignity but loyalty.
all involved in the mccartney game last year.our supporters done us proud.
Negatives
like all of us 23yrs in the wilderness.
how we handled knights.
KB,s continued stubborn stance.
tony free,s career ending injury.
cheers!
Fishfinger
29 Dec 2003, 16:25
Positives:
5 Premierships from 7 Grand-Finals.
1973 Peliminary come back v Collingwood.
Being a feared team for a long time.
Negatives:
Brian Taylor replaced by Ian Sartori in 1982 GF side. (??????)
Players leaving 1983/4-Cloke, Raines, Wood, Malthouse, etc.
"Richmond is my family, Punt Road is my home." Aarrgh!
Rnd 22 1998 v Melbourne.
Rodgerramjet
29 Dec 2003, 19:09
Positives
5 Grand Finals
Tom Hafey
Graeme Richmond
The courage and commitment of the team during the tenure of the above two individuals.
Jack Dyer
Neil Balme in the 1973 Grand Final
The large passionate Richmond supporter base.
A whole host of players, to many to mention here.
Our club song.
Our colours.
Our Logo.
Our old heritage and spirit.
Negatives
Losing the 1972 Grand Final
Getting rid of Tom Hafey as coach far to early.
The utter ineptitude of the Richmond administration at times over the last 23 years.
Losing any game played against Carlton period.
The somtimes egocentric attitude of some of the players that have played for us over the last 23 years.
To Many people that have been employed by the club over the last 23 years that accept mediocrety and an attitude of close enough is good enough.
WilliamPowell
29 Dec 2003, 20:57
POSITIVES:
1980 GF
1995 Semi Final against Essendon
2001 Semi Final against Carlton
SOS Campaign - because it was successful
Jack Dyer & Tom Hafey
The Club = the jumper, the colours, the song and Punt Road Oval!
The great Richmond people I've met along the way - especially those I sit with week after week.
ANZAC day 1982 when we defeated the Bombers by 10+ goals
Graeme Richmond
The wonderful Scot Turner "hip 'n' shoulder" on O'Donnell in 1995 - how I would love to see that in Round 1 2004:D
NEGATIVES:
Allan Jeans as Coach - what were they thinking?
The 1982 GF - what happened?
Seeing Tony Free do his knee - if we only knew what that meant
Alan Bond as President - enough said
SOS Campaign - because we should never have been in that position.
The heritage game against St Kilda in 2003 - the worst moment in 2003 - though the loss to Carlotn isn't that far behind.
So many negatives come to mind - which is an indictment on the club.
Remember crying my eyes out after that loss to Melbourne back in the '90s after we had to win to make the finals - and, of course, we got destroyed :-(
My positives and negatives have been amply covered in the above posts.One moment not covered that stands out for me was the day Duncan Kellaway kicked his first AFL goal. The joy and respect on the faces of the other players said a lot to me.
itsintheblood
30 Dec 2003, 15:05
POSITIVES
1995 Semi
1980 Premiership
1980 Premiership flogging of collingwood
2001 Semi v carlton
Mark Coghlan
2004 and Nathan Brown!!!
NEGATIVES
1995 Prelim v Geelong
2001 Prelim v Ess
Matty Richardson not realising his full potential and kick 12 goals in a game.
Matty Richardsons' on-field behaviour.
Last 23 years
yeh froars pretty well sum it up for me.
Would add.
Positives.
Any singing of the theme song during a rare gutsy come back eg against the Dawks early last season.
Negatives.
Our coach choices have been atrocious since Graeme Richmond left.
P.S remind me, who was Helen Domico.
Helen Domico - charming young lady who ran naked onto the ground during 1982 grand final.
Normally i would have laughed, but our boys lost the plot from then onwards.
mellowyellow
30 Dec 2003, 18:46
Originally posted by froars
Normally i would have laughed, but our boys lost the plot from then onwards.
So true ........but then who could blame them.The apple isle is a wondrous place. :D
Graeme Richmond, Graeme Richmond, Graeme Richmond......
Since I began following the Tigers in the mid 90's :
Highs
95 vs Bombers
01 vs Blues
Wins vs Hawks and Bombers this year
1st half of 2000 season
Lows
1998 round 22 vs Melb - when we had it all to play for......
2001 Prelim - bombers showed us how to play when pressure was on
Loss to Blues this year - honestly, who bad were we to do that
Richo's misses from easy positions over the years