Is Richmond 2018 the greatest premiership defence choke in history?

[zackah]

What a great question zackah, I was thinking the same thing myself!

 

[Lord_Flashheart]

Tom Lynch nominates Collingwood as his preferred team

“I just feel like they might be an up and coming side and don’t want to look like I’m jumping onto a team just for the glory” he said

 

[Hawk Dork]

 

[Smeg Head]

Yes, get a very good run with injuries.

Softest draw around, losing all their away games and still finishing top.

Don't even make it to the GF.

 

[Cyclops]

Votes for 2001 will not be counted.

 

[A Cut Above]

Losing a prelim after having the week off by 39 points to a team nobody predicted would win, after finishing the year 2 games clear on top?

 

[zackah]

Votes for 2001 will not be counted.

The poll covered that flog

 

[Catsnlakers]

We should of seen this coming, it is the tiggy's afterall..... The 2017 finals series will be forever an outlier in an otherwise joke of a club this century!

 

[Lethality]

All orchestrated by the pre-finals bye, which disadvantages top teams, while giving lower teams or losing finals teams a bit of extra juice.

Every team gets a turn, and this is our turn.

 

[Xtreme]

Sorry but the Bulldogs premiership hang over was worse AND funnier at the same time

However for Richmond to continue the tradition of the defending premier being humiliated is fantastic to see.

 

[And_ROOS]

This was a punchline 12 months in the making. All I have heard is dynasty this and back to back that, and they offer up one of the worst Preliminary Finals since Essendon in 2001.

At least the Bombers were in that match at half time

 

[Damp Squarie]

He played well.
Grundy was my BOG.

 

[emuboy]

I don't think the Tiger fans are reading this thread at the moment.

I think they're on YouTube, listening to the theme to 'Curb Your Enthusiasm', aka Frolic by Luciano Michelini.

 

[go you pups]

Yeah, um 2008?

 

[go you pups]

Greatest finals choke will always be Essendon 1999

Port 2001 against a Hawthorn side who only just scraped into the 8 would be up there too

 

[hawkman]

Norf in 97. Now that was a choke

Lolnorf

 

[RegHickeyStand]

Sorry but the Bulldogs premiership hang over was worse AND funnier at the same time

However for Richmond to continue the tradition of the defending premier being humiliated is fantastic to see.

Richmond teased us for longer. The Dogs pulled the pin 5 minutes after the 2016 GF.

 

[zackah]

lel at the Starburns_ mod fail melt



How ya feeling buddy?

 

[A Cut Above]

Yeah, um 2008?

We were destroyed by injuries, played Hodge in the ruck at one stage. Very young team who won a flag ahead of its time. (A Dogs fan will understand that)


Richmond are a mature team who had a charmed injury run both years, lost most interstate games, and gurgled one of the biggest prelim chokes in history.

 

[Snake_Baker]

No.

It was a complete fluke in the first place.

 

[go you pups]

We were destroyed by injuries, played Hodge in the ruck at one stage. Very young team who won a flag ahead of its time. (A Dogs fan will understand that)


Richmond are a mature team who had a charmed injury run both years, lost most interstate games, and gurgled one of the biggest prelim chokes in history.

I agree it's a choke, but Geelong's was bigger

They only lost one game all season up until the game that mattered

Gotta remember too, Pies copped heaps of injuries last two games between them and the Tiges and the Tiges ran all over them late on, they finally get no in game injuries and are allowed to play at full potential for four quarters

 

[go you pups]

Norf in 97. Now that was a choke

Lolnorf

Nah

Carey missed most of the year, yet still made it to a prelim

St Kilda, The Dogs and Adelaide were better that year

 

[hawkman]

Nah

Carey missed most of the year, yet still made it to a prelim

St Kilda, The Dogs and Adelaide were better that year

I got my Norf chokes confused. I was thinking of the Adelaide GF but that was 98 so doesn't count

 

[go you pups]

I got my Norf chokes confused. I was thinking of the Adelaide GF but that was 98 so doesn't count

They were horrible in front of goal that day

Bit like Geelong 08 in that regard

They only got to a prelim in 97 though, St Kilda rolled them

 

[Tyler Durden007]

Yes