I've read all the misery since Friday night's game and I am so bloody disappointed. I almost kicked the TV in on Friday night. The last two games were winnable games that have now sent us back to the middle pack no-bodies. No-one has any respect for the RFC in the comp itself, or the media. Despite the Jason McCartney factor all the Channel Eddie commentators were out and out supporting the Roos and let's face it, they normally go for whomever our opposition is,especially when Dermie is commentating. Why?? Because even in his playing days we were crap and now we still are. I felt quietly confident that we had a side this year that could sneak into maybe at best 5th spot on the ladder and scare a few sides, with the hope of building on this momentum next year. This way we would get some element of respect. No-one trusts us and even us supporters don't have much faith in our team as once again they build us up to then lose the winnable games. The Tiges are just not ruthless enough anymore, too many pretty boys. Get in front and then destroy is what my motto is and what the RFC need to engender into the young ones. That builds respect, that builds confidence.
A sobering fact about the RFC since 1982 our last GF appearance.
Every Victorian team other than Richmond and the perennial battlers the Western Dogs have appeared in the GF and the Dogs just missed out the year Libba thought he'd won the Prelim with that Goal. Richmond whilst making two Prelim's haven't even looked like it.
Of the 6 interstate teams 4 of them have made the GF bar Port and Freo. For those two it is just a matter of time, especially Port and even Freo in the next 2-3 years. They've only been in the comp for a week.
Richmond needs to gives us some hope and as has been mentioned in other threads certain players need moving on and better bloody recruiting from this year on.
At the same time we still have good loyal, proud players out there that are trying their guts out, besides being much maligned by us. Yeah I feel the same and you can sense that even from the most optimistic contributors to this site that we have turned on our team after Fri night's game.
Hang in there fellow tortured souls they might win a few games and we'll think we're gonna be somethinb again. For me all I want is some promise and hope for the future.
Carn the Tiges!!!!
A sobering fact about the RFC since 1982 our last GF appearance.
Every Victorian team other than Richmond and the perennial battlers the Western Dogs have appeared in the GF and the Dogs just missed out the year Libba thought he'd won the Prelim with that Goal. Richmond whilst making two Prelim's haven't even looked like it.
Of the 6 interstate teams 4 of them have made the GF bar Port and Freo. For those two it is just a matter of time, especially Port and even Freo in the next 2-3 years. They've only been in the comp for a week.
Richmond needs to gives us some hope and as has been mentioned in other threads certain players need moving on and better bloody recruiting from this year on.
At the same time we still have good loyal, proud players out there that are trying their guts out, besides being much maligned by us. Yeah I feel the same and you can sense that even from the most optimistic contributors to this site that we have turned on our team after Fri night's game.
Hang in there fellow tortured souls they might win a few games and we'll think we're gonna be somethinb again. For me all I want is some promise and hope for the future.
Carn the Tiges!!!!
