Did you see the kid on TV crying?

[BenDoolan]

I cried like a BABY when Hirdy retired!!!!

So did Mark McVeigh!

[Windy_Hill]

Here are my Top 5 Crying Events

1) When the Siren blew in the 1984 Grand Final
2) Hirdy's Retirement - the post match weep fest gets me every time
3) Every Anzac Day during the Last Post
4) The ANZAC Day win over Collingwood - 2009
5) When I found out Hird had another son

[Boyler_Room]

Here are my Top 5 Crying Events

1) When the Siren blew in the 1984 Grand Final
2) Hirdy's Retirement - the post match weep fest gets me every time
3) Every Anzac Day during the Last Post
4) The ANZAC Day win over Collingwood - 2009
5) When I found out Hird had another son

Besides the '84 GF, I'm sensing a common theme

[MH_Bomber]

Poor little Tiger tike. I felt sorry for him. Its hard for a 5 year old to understand why the team he is following is well ...a complete rabble.

The real culprits are his parents filling him with false expectations about the Tigers. They have increased their membership this year with those jumping on board thinking that this is the year that it will all come together. How wrong they were. Beware though, we can laugh at them now but if they do a complete clean out, appoint a decent coach, rebuild with proper footballers they might once again be a force to be reckoned with. The trouble is they have been trying to do that for 30 years with nought to show for it.

[grassy1]

Tell me about it MH.7 WOODEN SPOONS as a PERTH RED and BLACK has HARDENED the TEAR DUCTS that the SCEPTICS when we're TIPPED to do well can do only this -

Mind you,I was almost Biting my Lip when we were 1/2 Away from LOSING EVERY GAME in 2000.The HUMILIATION from such a Possibility would have been Too much to Bear.Smiling afterwards when SOME IDIOT in WAFL Black and White got SENT OFF and we Won by 9 goals.

[billyduckworth]

I thought it was pretty poor journalism to even show the footage.
And they showed it more than once, so it wasn't accidental.

[rockhole]

Took me back to 3/4 time '83 Granny. Was a total wreck and looking for a bridge to jump off. I have never before or since felt so low and was close to tears, so I really felt for the little guys. Maybe it wasn't a Grand Final on Saturday, but it was probably as close to one that Ninthmond will get for a while.

[Crazyman]

Think about it this way, when he becomes a teenager and rebels even more against his parents, he may look back at this game and something akin to:
"f*** it, that is the best Richmond could do, I am going to be a Bomber Fan"

Then when he comes in here to chat with all his Bomber Mates, well, this thread will have been long dead and buried...

[nathanskinner]

anzac day collingwoods comeback in 96
brisbane first final 96
sydney prelim 96
..what a tearful year. i was 9 at the time. Hirds brownlow made up for it. felt like a premiership to me at the time.. being my favorite player.

that richmond kid will forever have a deep hatred for us now.

[Sismis]

My whole family are Tigers supporters. I thank God every day i dodged that bullet. My best mate who I go to most games of footy with is also a mad Tiger supporter.

I often joke about how I should report my Bro to child services for making his family barrack for them.

I have quite a soft spot for them, I was actually hoping that this year they might come good.

They are so bi-polar it is amazing. They still reach the depths of despair with every heartwrenching loss (often before it happens....) yest when they do win it is an amazing sight to behold.

[The Man from Bomberland]

Awwww come on guys. I was really upset for that poor little bloke. I'm not looking forward to the first time my little bloke cries at the footy.

We'll see how you feel in a few years when he or his brother throw a punch at you in The Royal.

lol

"we're going to the royal........."

[robbie67]

Awwww come on guys. I was really upset for that poor little bloke. I'm not looking forward to the first time my little bloke cries at the footy.

We'll see how you feel in a few years when he or his brother throw a punch at you in The Royal.

lol

"we're going to the royal........."

"lets go to the royal"
"lets go to the royal"

[paddyl90]

1. GF vs Brisbane in 01. My mum made me watch it, to teach me a lesson cause I was a sore loser. I used to cry after every game we lost when i was about 7-10 years old. I was so used to watching us win everything I would cry. What a (tall) little loser I was hahaha.
2. Western Bulldogs loss in '00'
3. Hirdy's retirement

Think that's it. Hopefully I'll have nothing to cry about this year.

[Western Red]

1. GF vs Brisbane in 01. My mum made me watch it, to teach me a lesson cause I was a sore loser. I used to cry after every game we lost when i was about 7-10 years old. I was so used to watching us win everything I would cry. What a (tall) little loser I was hahaha.2. Western Bulldogs loss in '00'
3. Hirdy's retirement

Think that's it. Hopefully I'll have nothing to cry about this year.

Thats taking "tough love" to a whole new level!

[The Man from Bomberland]

Jesus it's like group therapy in here...

[Madden]

A lot of soft, soft people in this thread.

[Sismis]

A lot of soft, soft people in this thread.

Staggy's tears cure cancer, too bad he has never cried!

[Madden]

A lot of soft, soft people in this thread.

Staggy's tears cure cancer, too bad he has never cried!

While the rest of you are crying, I eat glass.

Soft farkers.

[Megan]

Oh f*** off, I'm a chick, it's my god given right to sook

[Gatsid]

A lot of soft, soft people in this thread.

Staggy's tears cure cancer, too bad he has never cried!

While the rest of you are crying, I eat glass.

Soft farkers.

hahaha Best thing I've read all week haha.

that said I'll admit I cried at:

'96 prelim loss - I was 7!
Hirdy's retirement
Rama's retirement