Please let us not lose this week

[Go Swannies]

Originally posted by Gary

We must hope they persevere in picking that bloke Stafford...who reminds me just a little of a fine athlete that gave us some good years.

I just hope Richo has Stafford as his kicking coach.

[RogueSwan]

Don't forget that the we love to play to the level of our opposition. When need to play a top team to get our skills, confidence and momentum up.

[GoSouth33]

I hate having to rely on Richo having a bad game for us to be a chance of winning. We've just got to shut their attack right down and just frustrate the hell out of them with our constant pressure. The cream will rise to the top.....and that means us.

[Izzy Mandelbaum]

Re: Please let us not lose this week

Originally posted by dawson

Their supporters are a bunch of come out of the woodwork, bandwagon, spitting, tear up your membership losers who annoy me no end.

Coming from a Swans supporter, that's priceless.

[Sanecow]

Re: Re: Please let us not lose this week

Worst first post ever.

[BarneyG]

Originally posted by 573v30
The Richmond supporters are a feral lot aren't they? I don't think we should fear the once but not currently mighty Tigers as their form over the past few weeks has been lacklustre. I view their style of play uglier than what Demetriou said about our boys at the beginning of last season.

I hope that Richmond will have another bad match with many missed shots at goal and BBBBH scoring at least 5 goals.

Richmond Supports are definately feral

I remember back in Rnd21 yr2000 when the swans won by 1 point. After the siren I swear about 20 blokes were punching on, they were that angry about the score line, it took about 10 police to calm the situation, and I was only 3 rows from the fight, and lets just say I took my swannies scarf off straight away and hid under my jacket

[Izzy Mandelbaum]

Originally posted by Sanecow
Worst first post ever.

You disagree?

Richmond have been the worst performed team in the competition for the last 24 years (both on and off field) yet still consistently get excellent crowd and membership figures.

Have a look at the crowd at an SCG game next time Sydney is sitting in the bottom four half way through the season.

While Richmond may have a few over-passionate fans who take things too far at times, I'd prefer this to the fan who just stops turning up.

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by BarneyG
Richmond Supports are definately feral

I remember back in Rnd21 yr2000 when the swans won by 1 point. After the siren I swear about 20 blokes were punching on, they were that angry about the score line, it took about 10 police to calm the situation, and I was only 3 rows from the fight, and lets just say I took my swannies scarf off straight away and hid under my jacket

At the same game I had a Richmond supporter start to mouth off at me because I had a go at the umpires. Thought he was going to come back and start swinging at me.

[Sanecow]

Richmond, 1982: Top of the ladder finish, average home crowd 44,149

Richmond, 1987: Bottom of the ladder finish, average home crowd 17,619

Back to BigFooty for you.

[Izzy Mandelbaum]

Originally posted by Sanecow
Richmond, 1982: Top of the ladder finish, average home crowd 44,149

Richmond, 1987: Bottom of the ladder finish, average home crowd 17,619

Back to BigFooty for you.

Stats from the 80's were the best you could come up with?

[BarneyG]

Originally posted by goswannie14
At the same game I had a Richmond supporter start to mouth off at me because I had a go at the umpires. Thought he was going to come back and start swinging at me.

Ha ha ha...Richmond supporters are a firey bunch. One ladder rung below collingwood supporters in my book.

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by BarneyG
Ha ha ha...Richmond supporters are a firey bunch. One ladder rung below collingwood supporters in my book.

...and just above St Kilda and Port Power supporters.

[Sanecow]

Originally posted by Izzy Mandelbaum
Stats from the 80's were the best you could come up with?

It's a long time since you finished in a decent ladder position for comparison.

[garethb83]

Are you on drugs izzy?

You would be foolish to think that big crowds would continue to turn up for any team when they are not playing well.

Perhaps the Tigers pull a fair crowd to a home game, maybe you should look at who they are playing?

Sydney is a one team city, away supporters (apart from the few and far between, and the cheer squad) just do not travel to these games, unlike if the Tigers were to play another Victorian based team, where do you think the crowd would most likely come from?

Nobody likes to go and pay good money to see their team consistently lose, and as a result, plenty don't! Its just a fact of life, and not only applicable to certain teams.

[Sanecow]

Originally posted by Izzy Mandelbaum

Richmond have been the worst performed team in the competition for the last 24 years (both on and off field)

Hard to argue.

Originally posted by Izzy Mandelbaum

yet still consistently get excellent crowd and membership figures.

Nonsense.

Originally posted by Izzy Mandelbaum
While Richmond may have a few over-passionate fans who take things too far at times, I'd prefer this to the fan who just stops turning up.

Over half of Richmond's supporters are fair weather only.