AFL 2017
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@Rembrandt said in AFL 2017:
So Richmond in my first year supporting them are following on the fine recent tradition of my other yellow (and yellowish) and black teams (Naki/Canes).
Anyone with actual knowledge on the AFL want to give me an idea of what their chances really are?
They haven't won a final in 300 years and are most famous for finding new ways to break their fans hearts.
In a normal season, their chance would be fuck all. But in this fucked up year, anything could happen.
I'm sort of leaning towards a Crows Swans GF
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@Rembrandt frankly don't care ... (although they're way way WAY further up the ladder than I'd have thunked) so as long as they lose in September and Crows win I'm happy.
Crows won though against Port and remain no.1 on the ladder so all is right with the world.
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@Rembrandt they're called Nineth-mond for a good reason...
TBH, they've rejigged their game-plan massively from last season - their top-6 players (Rance, Dusty, Cotchin, Riewoldt, Prestia and take your pick of Caddy or Houli) are genuine stars who if they fire will take them deep into finals. Typically though, if your bottom-6 players aren't much chop this is where they might get found out in this years finals. Personally, I see them bowing out the week before the Grand Final. But if they keep improving into 2018, pick up a couple of decent players in trade time, next year looks promising.
They could win it though if they make it to the big one and their top-6 fire. I think Grand Finalists more likely to come from Sydney, Geelong, Adelaide & GWS - all of whom have more recent finals experience and proven big-game players. -
@Rembrandt said in AFL 2017:
So Richmond in my first year supporting them are following on the fine recent tradition of my other yellow (and yellowish) and black teams (Naki/Canes).
Anyone with actual knowledge on the AFL want to give me an idea of what their chances really are?
Put your house on them.
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@Rembrandt they are a big club that tend to be whipping boys from the media because it sells papers, the exact opposite of other underachievers like Melb who tend to get their tyres pumped up because they are seen as a bit fragile , were the powerhouse club through the 60s - 70s , last won a flag 1980 , before spiralling into massive debt which has taken them up to the last few years to recover ,
Out of debt now , highest attendances, highest memberships, they are kicking goals off field and the football dept is benefiting, having a really good season when no one gave them much hope ,Currently Top 4 with one of the younger lists ,
Not premiership material , but are building Nicely .
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@kiwiinmelb Top three thank you very much.
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They are a fun club to support ..... if you like emotional roller coasters , never a dull moment
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A major reason for Richmond sitting where they are has been the emergence of dusty Martin as the best midfielder in the comp alongside danger .
Must be the kiwi bloodlines , I used to play league against his old man . -
looking at the ladder, and the remaining fixtures, Richmond should come in 3rd.
Adelaide will be top, GWS second, Adelaid can afford to drop their game against Sydney
Richmond more than likely will win all 3 as well, just maybe a desperate Saints in the last round might be a hurdle
Geelong are cooked. Not playing well, Selwood gone for probably 6 weeks, and 3 tough games.
Port were appalling yesterday, and are no guarantee to win more than once
Sydney should beat Freo and Carlton, and Adelaide will be huge. A chance to make top 4
Bulldogs will lose to GWS, beat Port, then Hawthorn in Hodges last game...
Essendon will lose to Adelaide, but beat the Suns and Freo
West Coast are cooked, Carlton is iffey, and they lose to GWS and Adelaide.
Melbourne must beat the Saints, but even then won't beat Adelaide again, and Collingwood are now doing enough to keep Buckley employed
St Kilda can still sneak in from 11th with games against Melbourne and North, then the TigersAdelaide
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2017:
looking at the ladder, and the remaining fixtures, Richmond should come in 3rd.
Adelaide will be top, GWS second, Adelaid can afford to drop their game against Sydney
Richmond more than likely will win all 3 as well, just maybe a desperate Saints in the last round might be a hurdle
Geelong are cooked. Not playing well, Selwood gone for probably 6 weeks, and 3 tough games.
Port were appalling yesterday, and are no guarantee to win more than once
Sydney should beat Freo and Carlton, and Adelaide will be huge. A chance to make top 4
Bulldogs will lose to GWS, beat Port, then Hawthorn in Hodges last game...
Essendon will lose to Adelaide, but beat the Suns and Freo
West Coast are cooked, Carlton is iffey, and they lose to GWS and Adelaide.
Melbourne must beat the Saints, but even then won't beat Adelaide again, and Collingwood are now doing enough to keep Buckley employed
St Kilda can still sneak in from 11th with games against Melbourne and North, then the TigersAdelaide
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Richmond
Sydney
Geelong
Port
Essendon
BulldogsWe'll still fuck it up and lose in a prelim...
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I'm taking nothing for granted
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@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2017:
I'm taking nothing for granted
Piss off. We're the underdogs. It's the Tigers' to lose ...
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@booboo you guys are in the box seat to make the gf ,
Hold onto first place you should be looking at 2 home finals ,then be a matter of how you handle the g ,
We will have to play away week 1 , love to see us hold onto 3rd and play gws who we match up well against , I don't think playing them away would be intimidating at all for us ,
But wouldn't like to travel to Adelaide to play you guys , that is a different assignment altogether.
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@kiwiinmelb never change Richmond supporters...
In this retarded season, i wonder if the finals will be a little more to script?
I would be a little wary of assuming winning a major semi is still the major advantage it used to be. The pre-finals bye is changing everything. Win the major semi and by the time the prelim rolls around you've played once in 4 weeks. That's not ideal
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@mariner4life I think you can't overthink it ,
Just try and win each game as they come ,
As far as Richmond is concerned, they have 3 tough games to go , Geelong at the cattery , despite their recent form they are always hard to beat there , ( should be at the G in front of 80,000 but Geelong wouldn't give up their home advantage , but that's another story )
Freo away , and the saints who pulled our pants down big time earlier in the season ,
Before we talk finals , it could still go tits up yet .Take nothing for granted .
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@kiwiinmelb Geelong without Hawkins, Selwood and Duncan, all the while not playing well, if the Tigers are legit they should win.
Interested why you obviously think Geelong should move their game to the Tigers home ground?
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The Suns finally sack Eade. He inherited a shitty culture left by McKenna and the rest, but he hasn't improved the team at all, and was obviously not the right man for the job.
Search for a new coach begins. AFL boards will be alight with conspiracy theories of premier coaches being paid massive amounts of money by the AFL to take the job. Who would want it? Especially because Ablett will likely leave at the end of the year?
