Worth reading all the press releases that Kingston Council has been putting out, especially this bit - "Cr Gledhill also wanted to reassure the community that no public money was being spent on the existing St Kilda Football Club gaming facilities. “This project is about enhancing the parkland ...

His 2nd goal...does not dish handpass to Riewoldt who is pleading for the ball,
but has the maturity to take the responsibility himself and kick the goal around his
body. Fair pluck for a young fella. Sign of things to come.

Yeeeeeeeeesssssssss!!!!!!!!

R-E-S-P-E-C-T !

Geez, it's not all bad.
I did like seeing this version of Owen The Saints on the big screen...
http://www.saints.com.au/video/2015-05- ... full-song-

Schneider was actually pretty good throughout the game, in and under, tackling hard, being creative, nullifying opponents. It was the highest workrate I've seen from him in years. And he got a free! If either of his two last quarter shots had sailed through, we'd be hailing him a hero. Not writing-o...

Those four points in a row in first quarter came back and bit us, as did the late misses. But I'm quietly pleased with the endeavour all over the park, against a side that fancies themselves top 6. Some 'in the headlights' moments from the youngest blokes, but they'll be sorted out with maturity and...

Go for percentage to set up a finals campaign!
(Can't see us being 6 goals up at 3/4 time, just quietly).

Weird that only 30-odd thousand turned up to Etihad last weekend to see Pies-Crows.
Guess they don't like the place either.
Anyway, expecting a few more Pies fans to turn up at the MCG on their home patch.
59,999.

Will be up on AFL's Smart Replay page a little later today, I'm guessing...
http://www.afl.com.au/video/smart-replay

At 8:38 pm, I'm saying YES !!

Heading off for Easter so sadly can't be there.
Will be back there on May 3 to get my $3 pie.

Boys against men...result not unexpected. Move on.

Having touted the AFL App, I must add a caveat that I had a bad experience with it last year.
It failed to function fully on my Sony Xperia phone through home Wi-Fi, I think because I was
on an old version of Android (2.2).

Beside every game on the AFL's Nab Challenge Fixture is this - "AFL Live Official App".

All games will be streaming on the AFL LIve App, which means they'll turn up on replay.
http://www.afl.com.au/tv-radio/nab-chal ... cast-guide
Even the Brisbane St Kilda game which Foxtel ain't showing.

These pre-season matches are well worth watching. We get to see - - new players running out for the first time. - players tested in new positions. - new match strategies given a run. They'll all be live streaming on the App doo-dad. But I'll be waiting 24 hours or so, when they become available on v...

This is the Age story on the Wangaratta farce -
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/n ... 1ub3s.html

It was March 2012, right in the heart of the era covered on the Essendope thread.
Similar "superior" management mindset at work?

Big tick to the Saints media department - plenty of good Saints stories buzzing around this week.

And one more thing...
Target Southland, in the spiritual heart of Saints country,
sell AFL gear for
Collingwood
Essendon
Geelong
Hawthorn
Richmond
Carlton.
But not the Saints.
Do we boycott?

And for Essendon...still adored by the powers that be... either too inept to know what players were injected with, or too deceitful to tell us what players were injected with, but Seven still loves them.... CHANNEL 7 MATCHES Essendon 13 St Kilda 8. FOXTEL ONLY MATCHES Essendon 8 St Kilda 13. PRIME T...

So I did the same adding-up for Richmond, and can only conclude they are the League's new lovechild...the disparity is the same, or worse - CHANNEL 7 MATCHES Richmond 15. St Kilda 8 FOXTEL ONLY MATCHES Richmond 6 St Kilda 13 PRIME TIME CHANNEL 7 MATCHES - Richmond 14 St Kilda 4. Let's see...at 3 hou...

Anyway, I'll be watching the games I can't get to on AFL catch-up the next day.
Or on the phone app, which makes everything tiny..

Aaaaah...you didn't see my "not the point" items.

Crunched a bit of data on the free-to-air TV exposure that Saints matches will get in Melbourne in 2015. Compared our exposure with Collingwood's, of course. Omitted Round 23. Assumed our Rd 21 match will be on 7. CHANNEL 7 MATCHES Collingwood 15. St Kilda 8. FOXTEL ONLY MATCHES Collingwood 6. St Ki...

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