Thousands of Richmond supporters are reporting symptoms of the long dormant SABS Virus.
"I thought we were going to win. Let me repeat that: I thought we were going to win," said Tiger fan Christopher Pye after Richmond's glorious hard-fought win over Melbourne on Saturday night, "And we did."
These verbal expressions of confidence or optimism, which are usually accompanied by wide smile and spritely walk, are unmistakable symptoms of Severe Acute Belief Syndrome, or SABS Virus as it is commonly known.
Statement such as those made by Pye mean that SABS has struck down another Richmond fan. The Virus has been spreading like wildfire since the Essendon victory, after 23 fans displayed the symptoms after the respectable injury-depleted away loss to Port Adelaide. All over the country, Tigers supporters are actually beginning to believe that the team is going to win. Brian Nguen commented, "On my way to the 'G a bloke on the tram asked me how I thought we'd go. And you know what? I told him it was in the bag - and I meant it."
The medical fraternity was initially concerned before the match against Essendon, when a small number of fans arrived at the game displaying all the signs of Belief that a black and yellow triumph was in the offing. But it was the huge number of cases reported this last week that has had them on the verge of declaring an unprecedented emergency.
Puntroad.com has also been hit hard by the Virus, and have been operating with a skeleton staff of 1 after all other writers and editors were hospitalised on Sunday.
Apart from two small outbreaks in 1995 and 2001 which were quickly controlled by the authorities, you have to go back as far as the very early 80s to find evidence of SABS amongst Richmond fans. Back then Belief was a chronic Richmond condition, but it was controlled by large amounts of the VB vaccine - now not readily available at AFL grounds.
"The current vaccine available at the grounds simply doesn't have the strength to deal with an outbreak of this scale," said immuno-virologist Doctor Carleton Brewster. "In the 1970s Richmond supporters would have 8 to 10 cans of the VB vaccine and SABS was kept in check."
Dr Brewster and his team are extremely concerned about the situation facing the football community. "The seriousness of SABS cannot be overstated. Let me put this in context for you. Richmond are playing West Coast at Subiaco next week, and yet over half the fans Believe they are going to win, and they all reckon they're in with a show. This is Subiaco were talking about, 'The House of Pain'. This is the worst case of SABS I have witnessed in 20 years of medicine."
For those Richmond supporters who are yet to contract SABS you are advised to wrap a black and yellow scarf tightly around your face and neck and get along to a game.
from www.puntroad.com
"I thought we were going to win. Let me repeat that: I thought we were going to win," said Tiger fan Christopher Pye after Richmond's glorious hard-fought win over Melbourne on Saturday night, "And we did."
These verbal expressions of confidence or optimism, which are usually accompanied by wide smile and spritely walk, are unmistakable symptoms of Severe Acute Belief Syndrome, or SABS Virus as it is commonly known.
Statement such as those made by Pye mean that SABS has struck down another Richmond fan. The Virus has been spreading like wildfire since the Essendon victory, after 23 fans displayed the symptoms after the respectable injury-depleted away loss to Port Adelaide. All over the country, Tigers supporters are actually beginning to believe that the team is going to win. Brian Nguen commented, "On my way to the 'G a bloke on the tram asked me how I thought we'd go. And you know what? I told him it was in the bag - and I meant it."
The medical fraternity was initially concerned before the match against Essendon, when a small number of fans arrived at the game displaying all the signs of Belief that a black and yellow triumph was in the offing. But it was the huge number of cases reported this last week that has had them on the verge of declaring an unprecedented emergency.
Puntroad.com has also been hit hard by the Virus, and have been operating with a skeleton staff of 1 after all other writers and editors were hospitalised on Sunday.
Apart from two small outbreaks in 1995 and 2001 which were quickly controlled by the authorities, you have to go back as far as the very early 80s to find evidence of SABS amongst Richmond fans. Back then Belief was a chronic Richmond condition, but it was controlled by large amounts of the VB vaccine - now not readily available at AFL grounds.
"The current vaccine available at the grounds simply doesn't have the strength to deal with an outbreak of this scale," said immuno-virologist Doctor Carleton Brewster. "In the 1970s Richmond supporters would have 8 to 10 cans of the VB vaccine and SABS was kept in check."
Dr Brewster and his team are extremely concerned about the situation facing the football community. "The seriousness of SABS cannot be overstated. Let me put this in context for you. Richmond are playing West Coast at Subiaco next week, and yet over half the fans Believe they are going to win, and they all reckon they're in with a show. This is Subiaco were talking about, 'The House of Pain'. This is the worst case of SABS I have witnessed in 20 years of medicine."
For those Richmond supporters who are yet to contract SABS you are advised to wrap a black and yellow scarf tightly around your face and neck and get along to a game.
from www.puntroad.com
I love their old-english parodies.
