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PUNT ROAD END | Richmond Tigers Forum
Unexpected Milestone for Emerging Tiger
By Tony Spinberg for spittle.com.au
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.
The Tigers were anchored at the bottom of the AFL ladder, and Danny Frawley was still coaching, so it was more like the worst of times really. But a new broom was about to sweep through the club that would deliver master coach Terry Wallace and a new crop of cubs led by Brett Deledio, Richard Tambling and Dean Polo.
Now one of the less heralded arrivals to the yellow and black at that time is celebrating an unexpected milestone. After 12 days, two hours and thirteen minutes of “game time”, Tony Braxton-Hicks has notched up his 1000th stat on puntroadend.com
Speaking to spittle.com.au, which still allows the popular fan site to reproduce its articles, Braxton-Hicks says it was a milestone he never expected to achieve. “I used to have a life,” he said, “but why risk getting your head beaten in at a pub when you can make annoying wisecracks about footy using the safety of an anonymous internet identity?”
Despite this, TBH claims that he’s never used the word “dud” in any of his posts. “I prefer the term ‘athletically-challenged footballer’,” he said. “Or if I need to type quickly I’ll abbreviate it to ‘Krak’.”
TBH’s stats reveal a few surprises. While only two posts were reported to moderators and one thread was deleted, an astounding 213 were attributed as ‘clangers’ while 991 were unquoted or otherwise ignored by subsequent posters. “I don’t think it was that people weren’t interested in my opinions,” TBH said. “I prefer to think that they agreed entirely with me and had other agendas to push.”
Wallace admitted that he often read TBH’s posts. “They remind me why I’m paid the big bucks to actually run a football club,” he explained.
PRE moderator Rosy-23 would not be drawn on TBH’s future at PRE. “There’s seven weeks to go in the season,” she explained. “After we win the Grand Final we’ll sit down and make some decisions for 2007.”
TBH was honoured at training on Wednesday when the team turned to the administration building and clapped. At the time TBH was passing behind them on a Frankston-bound train.
By Tony Spinberg for spittle.com.au
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.
The Tigers were anchored at the bottom of the AFL ladder, and Danny Frawley was still coaching, so it was more like the worst of times really. But a new broom was about to sweep through the club that would deliver master coach Terry Wallace and a new crop of cubs led by Brett Deledio, Richard Tambling and Dean Polo.
Now one of the less heralded arrivals to the yellow and black at that time is celebrating an unexpected milestone. After 12 days, two hours and thirteen minutes of “game time”, Tony Braxton-Hicks has notched up his 1000th stat on puntroadend.com
Speaking to spittle.com.au, which still allows the popular fan site to reproduce its articles, Braxton-Hicks says it was a milestone he never expected to achieve. “I used to have a life,” he said, “but why risk getting your head beaten in at a pub when you can make annoying wisecracks about footy using the safety of an anonymous internet identity?”
Despite this, TBH claims that he’s never used the word “dud” in any of his posts. “I prefer the term ‘athletically-challenged footballer’,” he said. “Or if I need to type quickly I’ll abbreviate it to ‘Krak’.”
TBH’s stats reveal a few surprises. While only two posts were reported to moderators and one thread was deleted, an astounding 213 were attributed as ‘clangers’ while 991 were unquoted or otherwise ignored by subsequent posters. “I don’t think it was that people weren’t interested in my opinions,” TBH said. “I prefer to think that they agreed entirely with me and had other agendas to push.”
Wallace admitted that he often read TBH’s posts. “They remind me why I’m paid the big bucks to actually run a football club,” he explained.
PRE moderator Rosy-23 would not be drawn on TBH’s future at PRE. “There’s seven weeks to go in the season,” she explained. “After we win the Grand Final we’ll sit down and make some decisions for 2007.”
TBH was honoured at training on Wednesday when the team turned to the administration building and clapped. At the time TBH was passing behind them on a Frankston-bound train.