Just talk to any Tigers fan and you'll find out about the "Richmond roller coaster".
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There are downhill spirals where it feels like the brakes have failed and several tunnels of darkness where it feels like you could hit a wall at any stage.
But there are also thrilling heights when it feels like you're on top of the world; where your arms come off the handles and you begin to enjoy the ride.
Either way, Trent Cotchin is urging his teammates not to buy a ticket.
Not for the first time, the Tigers looked to have botched their finals chances early in the year after a string of dismal defeats.
Now, after two impressive wins, Richmond are looking to turn their season around.
"The AFL world likes to encourage this roller coaster," Cotchin said on Tuesday.
"I think the competition is that even now that you need to be at your best every week to give yourself every opportunity to win."
The Tigers lost six of their first seven games, having beaten Carlton narrowly in the round-one opener at the MCG.
They have since turned their form around with a surprise win over premiership contenders Sydney and a gritty victory over the struggling Fremantle Dockers at Domain Stadium.
It's become a consistent theme with Richmond, after the club lost four of its first six games last season, and 10 of its first 13 in 2014.
Both years they went on to make the finals, but lose in the first week of September.
"With rollercoasters, the challenge for a player is to make sure you don't ride them, because that's when it becomes dangerous.
"There are a lot of lows in AFL footy but there are also a lot of highs, so if you can balance that out and keep it at a consistent level than I think that goes a long way to performing at a consistent level."
The lack of consistency at Punt Road has seen several football experts call for an overhaul of the list, with coach Damien Hardwick even admitting earlier in the season that the team may need to take half a step back to take two steps forward.
But captain Cotchin, who's been at the club since 2008, believes the current group can still win a premiership.
"Absolutely I do," Cotchin said.
"I wouldn't have signed on for a long time if I didn't believe that.
"The club is doing a fantastic job of giving us the resources as players to obviously perform at the top level for long periods of time.
"We need to continue to get better, we've got young guys coming through that are showing great signs, our middle tier players that have been here for a few years now have taken big steps forward.
The Tigers will go into Saturday night's "Dreamtime" clash with Essendon as hot favourites, before a Friday night clash with North Melbourne in Hobart.
Meanwhile, exciting first-year forward Daniel Rioli is expected to slot straight back into the Richmond lineup this weekend.
The rising AFL Indigenous star missed last weekend's big win over Fremantle after being required to fly home to Darwin to attend to a personal matter.
The 19-year-old Rioli returned to Melbourne on Monday evening and is set to earn a recall and bolster the Tigers' attack.
with AAP
