Re: R2 Richmond V Carlton - Prematch
Reply #148 –
Forgive me if this is wrong, but the Tigers have mental blocks against North as well, Gold Coast have their measure by a fair way. We are not mental giants ourselves, and more often than not are pea hearted, but Richmond have about as much ticker as the Collingwood football club on grand final day in september.
Gee, as a Carlton supporter I don't think we can throw stones at clubs that lose to GC! In any case the ways things are heading that will be normal for most clubs.
I'd feel much safer pumping our own tyres up in this regard rather than making that sort of comparison, it is just the sort of thing our club would do to prove you wrong! Lose to GC!
Of course im not throwing stones about it. You jumped into a discussion Carrots and I are having regarding clubs that are pea hearted.
Its a testament to just how off track we are, when I lump our good selves in with the Melbourne Football Club, North Melbourne and Richmond. Here emerges the problem. A few years ago, this list was a lot longer, and featured sides like Essendon, Freo, Adelaide, Brisbane. This list is shrinking, Melbourne showed a lot more fight over the weekend than they have in the last 5 years added together with one of their more imbalanced sides on the field I might add. The really dissapointing thing is that although that list has shrunk, we are still firmly entrenched on there in the short term, and its got more to do with blokes that dont play for each other than it does anything else.