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I didn't think I should make a thread about this, but I decided to anyway because this is the best way to get my message across.
Tigers supporters, I understand we are on a high right now with those great wins against Collingwood and Port Adelaide away. We sit 4-4, and the prospect of playing finals a third year in a row is finally starting to form again after it was taken away during Rounds 2-4. Many of you guys will feel very elated, willing to bring the club above all the others out there, because at the end of the day, it IS the club that you support.
But please, I want you guys to remember something. Let us not be insufferable the way some other supporters from other clubs are on the main board and elsewhere. Remember how bad some other supporters were when we slumped to 2-4 this year? They teared down our club, and some started to become extremely arrogant towards us, pencilling demolishing wins against us and using our history only to bring us down. It does not feel good to be at the receiving end of arrogance.
So, if someone dispraises one of the Richmond players or a coach that you think is being unrightfully dispraised, give them evidence to back you up instead of attacking them with all the negatives from their club that you can think of. If the opposition supporter is being unreasonable and bitter, you be the reasonable one.
Sometimes, opposition supporters criticise the club and can bring up valid points. Don't reject what they say and then attack them just because they are opposition supporters, or support a team lower than your team.
I do not want us to become like the way we were before the Bulldogs game in Round 2 again, or the way some opposition supporters were before they came crashing down.
I understand that a lot of this is banter. But sometimes, it oversteps the line that I would consider banter and it is taken to unnecessary territory
Don't take this offensively though. The thing is, I don't like it when opposition supporters become insufferable when they are winning, and I don't want our own supporter base to be the same as them when we are winning.
Tigers supporters, I understand we are on a high right now with those great wins against Collingwood and Port Adelaide away. We sit 4-4, and the prospect of playing finals a third year in a row is finally starting to form again after it was taken away during Rounds 2-4. Many of you guys will feel very elated, willing to bring the club above all the others out there, because at the end of the day, it IS the club that you support.
But please, I want you guys to remember something. Let us not be insufferable the way some other supporters from other clubs are on the main board and elsewhere. Remember how bad some other supporters were when we slumped to 2-4 this year? They teared down our club, and some started to become extremely arrogant towards us, pencilling demolishing wins against us and using our history only to bring us down. It does not feel good to be at the receiving end of arrogance.
So, if someone dispraises one of the Richmond players or a coach that you think is being unrightfully dispraised, give them evidence to back you up instead of attacking them with all the negatives from their club that you can think of. If the opposition supporter is being unreasonable and bitter, you be the reasonable one.
Sometimes, opposition supporters criticise the club and can bring up valid points. Don't reject what they say and then attack them just because they are opposition supporters, or support a team lower than your team.
I do not want us to become like the way we were before the Bulldogs game in Round 2 again, or the way some opposition supporters were before they came crashing down.
I understand that a lot of this is banter. But sometimes, it oversteps the line that I would consider banter and it is taken to unnecessary territory
Don't take this offensively though. The thing is, I don't like it when opposition supporters become insufferable when they are winning, and I don't want our own supporter base to be the same as them when we are winning.