Richmond's win troubling for the AFL according to news.com.au clown

[PP34]

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/ri...l/news-story/5166b7f6b6cd5b0675316dd4bf4f3f24

Where to even start with this article?

The Tigers played well all year, it was only really what we'd all seen from the Tigers in the past that was stopping us from rating them highly. They finished 3rd on the ladder but very easily could have been top if not for a couple of poor four quarter performances that cost them games.

If anything I think it's a great thing that we've now got teams winning flags that are a bit of a surprise packet. Surely after seeing Brisbane, Geelong and Hawthorn win 9 flags in a 14 year period it's a good thing that the expected premiers aren't winning every year.

The finals stunk from a competitive point of view but the home and away season was a cracker.

I think myself and others may have underestimated how equal the AFL is right now. The GWS threat seems miles off being a juggernaut, we've got teams that haven't won for years winning flags and a number of young teams looking to rise up the ladder in the coming seasons.

 

[Spluff]

Says it all. How's the lack of journalistic integrity?

 

[Frank Gallagher]

Just another muppet with a laptop.

 

[cannot]

 

[SterlingArcher]

Says it all. How's the lack of journalistic integrity?

News.com writers are hardly journalists

 

[Paratus78]

News.com.au is a pathetic excuse for news

 

[PP34]

Says it all. How's the lack of journalistic integrity?

Sums up where we're at with the media.

Can't believe I'd see a day though when people complain about underdogs winning.

 

[Jaeger]

Pretty ordinary article.

 

[Pessimistic]

In all those grand finals, take the last two games at each teams home grounds and aggregate

Only the tigers defied that system

 

[wotdoiput]

Give him props must of been hard writing thru his tears

 

[Suntory Boss Coffee]

Says it all. How's the lack of journalistic integrity?

You should go through Jon Ralph's Twitter if you want journalistic integrity

 

[market]

get used to it Tigers....the shit like this "article" gets trotted out continuously in an attempt to discredit what was an awesome season and premiership...the envy eats away at ****wits like this...enjoy their saltiness

 

[Pessimistic]

Seriously, the AFL would be loving it.

As a hawks supporter I've seen a few premiership results they didn't like

 

[Brown Bottle]

Where to start?

Not reading it's a good start imo. Is the author concerned that AFL fans will have to find someone else to point / laugh at until 2018?

 

[Breustiful]

I stopped reading when I saw news.com.au

 

[Ancient Tiger]

He's the sports editor there. What a disgrace!

 

[Brown Bottle]

He's the sports editor there. What a disgrace!

Where? I'm not even giving him a click. The Crowvertiser?

 

[Slartibartfast]

News.com is Chanel 9, a rugby shill!

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Says it all. How's the lack of journalistic integrity?

You can think it's a shit piece - which it is - but there's nothing in it which particularly contravenes "journalistic integrity". It's a clearly placed opinion piece.

 

[Garry Barry]

I can see Gill removing his accreditation.

He is way off message.

 

[SilentHunter_]

It is an opinion OP ffs.

 

[Garry Barry]

I stopped reading when I saw news.com.au

He has made a fair representation of what people outside the Vic bubble are thinking.

Dismiss it at your peril.

 

[Brown Bottle]

He has made a fair representation of what people outside the Vic bubble are thinking.

Dismiss it at your peril.

Can you summarize? Is it time to sook about the GF being played at the G? Should Geelong have hosted Richmond at KP in the Qual?

I'm assuming that all of us who lived through the Eagles, Crows, Lions, Port and Sydney premierships while cherishing our hard won wooden spoons should now feel guilty about winning a flag? Is that it?

 

[Garry Barry]

Once this debacle of higher qualifying teams having to travel for grand finals is sorted out in the future, all these flags won by MCG tenants will be dismissed.

History will judge these flags like the ones during the war when teams were weakened by service.

 

[PP34]

It is an opinion OP ffs.

And?

He can have his opinion, I think it stinks and think a Richmond win is a great sign for the league. Things certainly look fairly equal.