I get what you are saying, but the loss in 1982 was the start of 35 years of mediocrity.
DS
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I get what you are saying, but the loss in 1982 was the start of 35 years of mediocrity.
DS
Bollocks, no way that was a free and the 50 was absurd. Richo took a legitimate mark and kicked a goal.
DS
Bit short on detail but maybe in 2007 the first game v Carlton, Jadyn Post dropped something in the goal square he should have taken at the Punt Road end and Carlton goaled to go ahead with only a few seconds to go.
First game in the season and a bitter disappointment after getting so close and expecting so much.
First game in the season and a bitter disappointment after getting so close and expecting so much.
agreed, highly technical free that was paid in the early rounds and had stopped being paid by mid season (as happens esch year)
There were so many but I recall a game against sydney in about round 13 in 2017 when we dominated the first half and lost and after all the close losses before it I thought here we go again. That was reinforced by the loss to St Kilda a few weeks later when we didn’t fire a shot. I had given up on the year. So much promise down the drain.
How wrong I was
How wrong I was
Spot on. 1982 GF worst of all - started before the game with the decision not to play Brian Taylor. 2018 Prelim next closely followed by 2013 and 2015 Prelims.
I was also at the game against Geelong in 2007 - truly horrendous and left at halftime and joined Punt Road End that night! Thought the club was truly done at that point and I've stuck with them since going to my first game in 1980. The turnaround in the 2010's has been fantastic and is a reward for everyone, especially the members/supporters that have kept the club alive and kept each other's spirits up through many dark times. The standard for Richmond FC has now been set for future generations too - can only see a strong club from hereon. Won't always challenge for flags but will always be well managed and working towards success.
I went to the 82 GF with my dad. Obviously devastated by the loss but I’m not sure we were the best team that year. We lost 4 home and away games. 2 to Carlton and 2 to Hawthorn. Hawks got beaten in PF. We beat Carlton in 2nd semi but lost in GF. So our overall record against the other 2 top 3 teams was 1 win 5 losses.
The 2013 EF loss is the one that gets me. Wanted to vomit the whole way home.
That Geelong game still haunts me.
I wanted to leave at half-time but was out voted - but we did go at 3/4 time
Excruciating
It was horrible. Too disgraceful to stay with my then 14 year old. Wondered what sort of club I’d encouraged her to follow. 10 years on we celebrated the first flag in 37 years as a family.
I went and I stayed. I think I was in some kind of trance after half time. I was there by myself, although surrounded by Tiger supporters.
When I got home my wife asked me about the game and I recall using a word I had never used before and never since.
Unspeakable. it was that and more.
When I got home my wife asked me about the game and I recall using a word I had never used before and never since.
Unspeakable. it was that and more.
Round 21, 2000. We lost to Sydney by 1 point at Docklands consigning us to another finals miss. it’s the only time I have ever cried after a loss. I was shattered. we were 9-5 and third on the ladder after R14 that year, and still missed out.
and the exact same thing happened to Jack in 2017 on the 3/4 time siren in the game where Mundy goaled after the final siren. Deboy was the umpire.
if my memory is correct, Chris Naish missed a simple shot on the siren the week after the swans match in 1996. and we missed the finals on percentage.
and the exact same thing happened to Jack in 2017 on the 3/4 time siren in the game where Mundy goaled after the final siren. Deboy was the umpire.
if my memory is correct, Chris Naish missed a simple shot on the siren the week after the swans match in 1996. and we missed the finals on percentage.
Nah I reckon in 1980 we were clearly the best side and showed it in the finals. We had some strange losses to the bottom side Fitzroy (beat them by 118 points first time around) as well as South Melbourne and Essendon who missed the finals. We also drew with St. Kilda early in the year and then beat them by 152 points in the return bout. We split the H&A games with top 2 Geelong and Carlton. We won at least 5 games by over 100 points. We won all of our finals easily.
Clearly the best team in 1980 but 1982 was much closer I reckon as Hawthorn and Carlton had the wood on us.
Through the Walls , Gieshen , Frawley and Wallace years , there were so many , they all tend to blend into each other in the memory bank , its all a bit of a blur trying to seperate them , but there were a few against the bombers when they were good that seem to stand out from the rest for some reason , plus the geelong final in 95.
More recently , the final losses , Carlton , port ,and North but the Collinwood prelim in particular gets my vote as the worst.
More recently , the final losses , Carlton , port ,and North but the Collinwood prelim in particular gets my vote as the worst.
While 2018 was painful, the future was comforting.
2009 Round 1 was also painful, but supporter expectations in “the before time” came from the transient waves of irrational hopefulness.
The 2015 final hit me the hardest for a number of reasons.
It felt like the players were writing their own story since 2010.
3 years of building
3 years of finals
To me, the spirit of the previous year’s 9-in-a-row finals charge was evidence of something special within the club.
Every year felt better than the last in the bigger picture.
But that clear, upward graph was resisted by everyone non-Richmond in their reduction of our story simply to “you haven’t won a final”. The 3rd attempt was time to finally break through that crash-bang media resistance and provide them with clear, indisputable evidence of our club marching forward, as evident by our numbers and results.
North rested everyone the week before. Media pollution reached dangerous levels in anticipation of our potential failure.
We lost.
It broke us.
Our narrative became undeniably muddled, the pen taken out of our hands. In hindsight, we seemed dependant on outcomes for evidence.
I understand the club having trouble in 2016. There were only two ways to fix that muddled narrative:
1. Immediately to the top to get indisputable results.
2. Reject narrative.
I’ll always remember the way our leaders’ spoke about the 2015 loss over the preseason. It was the worst and best thing to happen to a group that had 6 years of outcomes to point to as evidence.
It was the best thing as it ushered in a reimagining of the club narrative; a blank canvas that meant the club’s leaders could reflect on everything they’ve learnt, experienced, and understood throughout their adult lifetimes - most of which happened together as a group.
We all know the story.
So yeah, for me the 2015 final was my hardest loss... at the time.
2009 Round 1 was also painful, but supporter expectations in “the before time” came from the transient waves of irrational hopefulness.
The 2015 final hit me the hardest for a number of reasons.
It felt like the players were writing their own story since 2010.
3 years of building
3 years of finals
To me, the spirit of the previous year’s 9-in-a-row finals charge was evidence of something special within the club.
Every year felt better than the last in the bigger picture.
But that clear, upward graph was resisted by everyone non-Richmond in their reduction of our story simply to “you haven’t won a final”. The 3rd attempt was time to finally break through that crash-bang media resistance and provide them with clear, indisputable evidence of our club marching forward, as evident by our numbers and results.
North rested everyone the week before. Media pollution reached dangerous levels in anticipation of our potential failure.
We lost.
It broke us.
Our narrative became undeniably muddled, the pen taken out of our hands. In hindsight, we seemed dependant on outcomes for evidence.
I understand the club having trouble in 2016. There were only two ways to fix that muddled narrative:
1. Immediately to the top to get indisputable results.
2. Reject narrative.
I’ll always remember the way our leaders’ spoke about the 2015 loss over the preseason. It was the worst and best thing to happen to a group that had 6 years of outcomes to point to as evidence.
It was the best thing as it ushered in a reimagining of the club narrative; a blank canvas that meant the club’s leaders could reflect on everything they’ve learnt, experienced, and understood throughout their adult lifetimes - most of which happened together as a group.
We all know the story.
So yeah, for me the 2015 final was my hardest loss... at the time.
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