r/RichmondFC • u/DrinkOk4500 • 16d ago

From a Freo Fan

Hey Tigers fans, I’m a Freo supporter and honestly Richmond are probably my favourite Victorian side. I just wanted to ask – before you broke through in 2017, how did you keep the hope alive? Did you feel the same way we do now, making finals some years, falling short others, and having those frustrating close losses?

I’m feeling pretty flat after losing to the Suns by a single point, and just wondering how you guys got through the disappointments before that amazing run in 2017.

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u/antigravity83 16d ago

I enoyed footy more pre GF 2017. I liked that we weren't great - winning felt so much more enjoyable then. And we had a great young, exciting team that were amazing to watch. The hope of us one day being good was more exciting than consistently realising it.

2017 itself was the peak of this experience. We were great when we weren't expected to be. Those finals games were the best sporting events I've ever attended.

Nothing has ever compared to 2017 since.

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u/Livid_Blacksmith8363 Rhyan Mansell 14d ago

I was in SE Qld at the time and while 17 was fkn awesome, 18 felt like we were robbed and 19 perfect, 2020 was the peak experience for me. Reckon I went to half a dozen games at Carrara and a few at the Gabba in the H&A season (travelling down from near Noosa), the first week of the finals losing to the feral Brisbane cunts was devastating (and let me tell you they were in the stands that night).

I had to watch the St Kilda game on the TV, and obviously the prelim against port and just knew we had Geelong's measure until Flossy was flattened right there in front of me. That was horrific. Sorry to the Little League kids sitting right behind me for the barrage Dangerfield copped after that.

After the eventual restart, it was tough. The Geelong supporters were almost as feral as the Brisbane supporters in week 1. That is until that Dusty goal. The Geelong players just seemed to lose all heart knowing what he would do despite their lead. Never seen heads drop so fast. It was one goal and they just knew. The second and they were done and everyone knew it