Saintsational Fan Forum - A passionate community of St Kilda Football Club fans discussing news, history, players, trade rumours, results, AFL stats and more.
saintspremiers wrote:The punters have voted with their feet.
Kicking 10 goals a game and having the second lowest inside 50's in the comp = boring rubbish footy.
Diehard old farts like me will turn up, but forget about the 15 to 30 year old demographic, they want a bit of a show not our defensive rubbish.
I just hope our club is awake to this fact.
Also, MCG home games = epic fail.
We need to go back to 11 games at Etihad or 10 plus one sold interstate.
Not happy Jan
Fair enough - but when we play in finals, ppl should stop sooking that we haven't been fixtured enough at the G, and that other teams have an unfair advantage that play there all the time. Can't have it both ways.
mr six o'clock wrote:yeah , it was depressing to see the only man who wanted to take on his opponent and beat him all night was stephen
Steven.
Me and my mates couldn't make it due to exams, but kinda glad we didn't go. Pretty sure I would have bashed/been bashed by a Geelong supporter. Was pretty ropeable at times...
Great way to Generalise, Mate im 17 and signed up during 2000, im not after wins, i will keep signing up no matter what. I also know many other young people that will, so how about you re word that. What so because you are a old fart, you are the only diehard's our their. Tosser.
Follow me for my expert opinions on Twitter @DanielClark93
saintspremiers wrote:The punters have voted with their feet.
Kicking 10 goals a game and having the second lowest inside 50's in the comp = boring rubbish footy.
Diehard old farts like me will turn up, but forget about the 15 to 30 year old demographic, they want a bit of a show not our defensive rubbish.
I just hope our club is awake to this fact.
Sponsors will also "vote with their feet", so to speak and I think we can forget about getting many free to air and prime time games in the next couple of years.
We're a bit like poison form a marketing perspective, I imagine.
saintspremiers wrote:The punters have voted with their feet.
Kicking 10 goals a game and having the second lowest inside 50's in the comp = boring rubbish footy.
Diehard old farts like me will turn up, but forget about the 15 to 30 year old demographic, they want a bit of a show not our defensive rubbish.
I just hope our club is awake to this fact.
Also, MCG home games = epic fail.
We need to go back to 11 games at Etihad or 10 plus one sold interstate.
Not happy Jan
Fair enough - but when we play in finals, ppl should stop sooking that we haven't been fixtured enough at the G, and that other teams have an unfair advantage that play there all the time. Can't have it both ways.
+1
When Harvey played his first game in 1988, I was a 12yo wearing short pants and struggling with my readin', writin' and 'rithmetic in grade eight. Now, I'm a father of three and a retired AFL player. And he's still going. Amazing! - Michael Voss
I've nothing against defensive football ala Saints of the past few years.. It can also be great to watch in it's own way.
But the thing is, it's not working well for us this season... so we would be better off playing more attacking footy atm imho.
RL got lambasted after round 1 this year for playing the "boring" and "scrappy" football when we lost 47 to 48. I think he tried to change styles after that serious spray from the media and look where it has got us. We are not skillful enough to play attacking footy (not yet anyway).
Personally I'd like to see all our home games played at the MCG. It's the big stage, it's where ghe big games are played, and it's where we need to be.
The thread poster has fair points though. 39k in membership speaks volumes about our direction this season. I don't doubt if we'd seen a change in game plan, we may have seen an increase in membership numbers.
When they created LENNY HAYES (in the shadow of Harvs) they forgot to break the mold (again)- hence the Supremely Incredible Jack Steven!!
I am a Melbourne Cricket Club full member so I can always get a good seat location at the "G".
I can also get a good level 2 seat at Docklands using the reciprocal arrangement with Access One plus $34
Also a paid up St Kilda member.
The game could have been played mid afternoon and I would have gone.
But no Demetriou, is not interested in St Kilda home games getting the maximum attendance.
He wants to maximise TV viewers.
And he succeeded.
I stayed home rather than freeze to death in the open on a cold winters night at the MCG.
No need to stand on public transport getting to the game.
I was home immediately the game ended, no waiting in the cold for public transport to stand all the way home.
Demetriou has scheduled most St Kilda home games at night.
I make the effort to go to Docklands matches at night, home or away.
That is because there is no cold wind and dew at night at Docklands.
Gone are the days when I would stand in the cold and rain at Moorabbin.
If you want to criticise, target the guilty - Andrew Demetriou
The more you know, the more you know you don't know.
When I was a young child, I knew that I knew so much about so much.
Now that I am old and know so much more, I know that I know so much about so little, and so little about so much.
I am a Melbourne Cricket Club full member so I can always get a good seat location at the "G".
I can also get a good level 2 seat at Docklands using the reciprocal arrangement with Access One plus $34
Also a paid up St Kilda member.
The game could have been played mid afternoon and I would have gone.
But no Demetriou, is not interested in St Kilda home games getting the maximum attendance.
He wants to maximise TV viewers.
And he succeeded.
I stayed home rather than freeze to death in the open on a cold winters night at the MCG.
No need to stand on public transport getting to the game.
I was home immediately the game ended, no waiting in the cold for public transport to stand all the way home.
Demetriou has scheduled most St Kilda home games at night.
I make the effort to go to Docklands matches at night, home or away.
That is because there is no cold wind and dew at night at Docklands.
Gone are the days when I would stand in the cold and rain at Moorabbin.
If you want to criticise, target the guilty - Andrew Demetriou
Can you tell us our requests last year before the fixture was done? We want games at the G but when we get some people whinge because night doesnt suit them. Doesnt seem to worry supporters from some other sides. Very soft.
I am a Melbourne Cricket Club full member so I can always get a good seat location at the "G".
I can also get a good level 2 seat at Docklands using the reciprocal arrangement with Access One plus $34
Also a paid up St Kilda member.
The game could have been played mid afternoon and I would have gone.
But no Demetriou, is not interested in St Kilda home games getting the maximum attendance.
He wants to maximise TV viewers.
And he succeeded.
I stayed home rather than freeze to death in the open on a cold winters night at the MCG.
No need to stand on public transport getting to the game.
I was home immediately the game ended, no waiting in the cold for public transport to stand all the way home.
Demetriou has scheduled most St Kilda home games at night.
I make the effort to go to Docklands matches at night, home or away.
That is because there is no cold wind and dew at night at Docklands.
Gone are the days when I would stand in the cold and rain at Moorabbin.
If you want to criticise, target the guilty - Andrew Demetriou
Can you tell us our requests last year before the fixture was done? We want games at the G but when we get some people whinge because night doesnt suit them. Doesnt seem to worry supporters from some other sides. Very soft.
I served my time in the cold wind and rain during the 70s, 80s and 90s.
Now I am almost 60, it takes something exhilarating and self participation to get me out in the cold. Something like skiing in Europe.
The more you know, the more you know you don't know.
When I was a young child, I knew that I knew so much about so much.
Now that I am old and know so much more, I know that I know so much about so little, and so little about so much.
