This Will Cheer You Up!

[Tzatziki_Man]

The Port Adelaide Story - 2000-2004
2000 - NO FINALS
2001 - Qualifying Final (LOST)
2001 - Semi Final (LOST)
2002 - Qualifying Final (LOST)
2002 - Semi Final (WON)
2002 - Preliminary Final (LOST)
2003 - Qualifying Final (LOST)
2003 - Semi Final (WON)
2003 - Preliminary Final (LOST)
2004 - Qualifying Final (WON)
2004 - Preliminary Final (WON)
2004 - GRAND FINAL (WON)
Port Adelaide lost 3 finals in a row (just like us), then starting winning a few. The main constant? They kept getting there, building their experience and won a premiership.

The West Coast Story - 2002 - 2006
2001 - NO FINALS
2002 - Elimination Final (LOST)
2003 - Elimination Final (LOST)
2004 - Elimination Final (LOST)
2005 - Qualifying Final (WON)
2005 - Preliminary Final (WON)
2005 - Grand Final (LOST)
2006 - Qualifying Final (WON)
2006 - Preliminary Final (WON)
2006 - GRAND FINAL (WON)
West Coast lost 3 finals in a row (just like us), then starting winning a few. The main constant? They kept getting there, building their experience and won a premiership.

So there you go. It's happened twice this century. Teams that don't know how to win finals, build their experience and eventually start winning them, and they've made it through with a premiership. The really promising aspect of this was that both Port Adelaide and West Coast suffered heartbreaking losses. West Coast lost to Sydney by 1 point, in the Grand Final. It just made them hungrier, I see the same happening with us.

We just need to keep getting there...

 

[the push up king]

Nope, nice try tho


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[caroma]

somehow i just dont see the universe letting us repeat anything similar.

 

[Nostradumbass]

We're paying for being complete bastards in the 70's.

 

[smasha]

Richmond have the big target on their backs unlike other teams.
We get hunted.
Hope the media don't use this because it will put on more pressure for Richmond.

 

[DrMike]

If it's a choice between making finals and losing first week or not making finals at all I know which one I'd want.

But it's not enough.

 

[TigerTime3]

We're paying for being complete bastards in the 70's.

And I'm paying for being born into a Richmond family and choosing to support Richmond over living out in the yard

 

[Nostradumbass]

And I'm paying for being born into a Richmond family and choosing to support Richmond over living out in the yard

I was born into a Collingwood family.

 

[sante]

If it's a choice between making finals and losing first week or not making finals at all I know which one I'd want.

But it's not enough.

Missing completely?

 

[mattt]

If it's a choice between making finals and losing first week or not making finals at all I know which one I'd want.

But it's not enough.

Yep. The anticipation and buildup all week, the excitement and nerves walking to the ground on Sunday, the "what if's" all game. Even when we lose. Give me that every year over finishing tenth.

 

[SdKfz 181]

I was born into a Collingwood family.

Did you have a vision from a young age that you would become a Richmond fan, and break the mold?

 

[Predator35]

I was born into a Collingwood family.

.
Same here. Now I've cursed my son and made him a tiger.

 

[Bojangles17]

somehow i just dont see the universe letting us repeat anything similar.

Well for 12 years we never made finals , that's changed

 

[Nostradumbass]

Did you have a vision from a young age that you would become a Richmond fan, and break the mold?

Hehe, my uncle gave me a richmond jumper with number 4 on it just before I started grade prep.

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

1999 - Elimination Final (lost)
2000 - NO FINALS
2001 - Qualifying Final (LOST)
2001 - Semi Final (LOST)
2002 - Qualifying Final (LOST)
2002 - Semi Final (WON)
2002 - Preliminary Final (LOST)
2003 - Qualifying Final (LOST)
2003 - Semi Final (WON)
2003 - Preliminary Final (LOST)
2004 - Qualifying Final (WON)
2004 - Preliminary Final (WON)
2004 - GRAND FINAL (WON)

You left a game out.

 

[aussiebob14]

The only thing Richmond Related that's cheered me up since Sunday is the European food discussion in the Tan thread.

 

[aislegi]

Well for 12 years we never made finals , that's changed

We've gone from not playing finals to not playing in finals

 

[Nostradumbass]

We've gone from not playing finals to not playing in finals

lol

 

[NaturalDisaster]

Ive thought about the Port thing as well and found it funny that we have Dimma and Choco as coaches for this reason

 

[DrMike]

This might cheer you up also

This is a fund raiser to help Royce Hart, a legend of the Richmond Football Club, get knee and back surgery without having to sell his treasured memories of medals and trophies from his legendary time as a tiger. Lets all get together and help someone who was a big legacy of this club as well as a true champion not only of this club but for the game of AFL.

http://www.gofundme.com/ke444bkc

Wait that's not good news, this is...

As of the 15th september, this campaign is no longer running as the word from the Richmond Football Club is that they are going to help Royce Hart out paying for the surgeries required. I thank all supporters who had promptly jumped to help with donations. All donations are being refunded to you and will appear in yr accounts 2-5 business days. To everyone messaging me with praise, please note, I was just a cog in a cause suggested by a fellow tiger supporter Narelle Morgan. She is the one who deserves all the praise. Once again thank you to all the donators and I wish Royce all the best with everything he faces....Go Tigers

 

[jc12]

somehow i just dont see the universe letting us repeat anything similar.

exactly , i feel like richmond is just one giant cocktease, like niykee heaton

 

[Madtiger2006]

The tiger dynasty is beginning. 5 years of dominance to come

 

[tugga]

Carlton won this. It is the only thing that cheers me up.

 

[TigerImposter]

Weren't we supposed to be Geelong 06?Has that window closed now?

 

[peterbuch74]

We have to keep getting into the finals... experience counts. The tide will turn, but it won't get better if we can't keep returning to the well.