Attacking the 'team supported' fell flat for you, so might as well try attacking the poster, I suppose. What bias?
You could also look at 2019 so far as Richmond being beaten twice by more than 40 points and let three apparent cellar dwellers hang around for far longer than they should have. One genuinely gutsy/impressive win, with your backs against the wall in hostile territory against a good opponent in Port Adelaide.
Richmond's not an all time great team by a long shot. Not yet. My point is, when you look at the other teams that managed one flag over the past decade, Richmond is only ahead of the Bulldogs, in terms of sustained success. The others played in multiple grand finals, had consistent top four finishes for an extended period. That's the minimum standard if Richmond people expect this team to stand out when compared to other recent premiers.
The whole 'here they come, be very scared opposition teams' like they've been a juggernaut for 10 years is a bit ridiculous, particularly after beating a team that looked as inept as Melbourne did last night. It's pretty hard to know what to take out of Richmond's performance last night. Melbourne didn't look AFL-standard and the Tigers obviously get some of the credit for the part they played in making them look so terrible, but it's hard to gauge just how much.
I know amongst all the bluff and BS on this board there would of been that talk. Personally, it was a prelim and/or above for me last season because what you want is consistent performance. As it stands, we have competed in finals 5 out of the last 6 years, so, we have been a consistent team with some sustained success. Certainly not a juggernaut.
You’re right, it is hard to get a guage on the performance last night as it was a “dirty ball” game. Being at it, i can tell you they were smashing numbers into the back 50 to take up space and cut Lynch and Jack put of the game. Issue for Melbourne was, by doing that, they had no exit. Hence the 70 Fwd 50 entries for us to the 30-40 they had.
The biggest myth perpetuated about us is a lack of depth. Our VFL team in the last 2 years has made a prelim and GF. We are currently top 4 again. We are a club currently which has its shit together.
But, clickbait media conveniently overlook these things. They still commentate our games like it’s ‘97. “Oooooh risky kick”, “ooooooh can they hang on” etc etc. It gets real old these days.
Our system has returned. Plus, like the Cats, looks like we have unearthed a few ripper kids. Is that a fairer post which addresses yours?
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