Hickledik having a mare

[The Fireman]

s*** gf

[saintkid]

Weren’t the Saints the last team to beat Geelong?

That’s something I guess.

Study Geelong's starting 22 on the day though.

Pretty much the same as today. It was the game at Geelong where they rested players.

We lost Higgins early and Steele did his shoulder in the 3rd I think.

I recall Dangerfield and Selwood played injured, Rohan didn't play and a couple of others. They were underdone in the May game.
The rematch in August showed their true ability when we were beaten comprehensively.

[magnifisaint]

Buddy Franklin WOG - worst on ground. Should never have left Hawthorn.

[bangaulegend]

Buddy Franklin WOG - worst on ground. Should never have left Hawthorn.

Paddy Mac /Buddy a toss up but If I was offered a contract for a 1 mil a year for 9 years I would leave too & to Buds credit he has actually completed that contract & I was a serious doubter ATT . Going around next year as well maybe not on a mil but still handy coin for a bloke at the end of his career

[kosifantutti]

Weren’t the Saints the last team to beat Geelong?

That’s something I guess.

Study Geelong's starting 22 on the day though.

Pretty much the same as today. It was the game at Geelong where they rested players.

We lost Higgins early and Steele did his shoulder in the 3rd I think.

I recall Dangerfield and Selwood played injured, Rohan didn't play and a couple of others. They were underdone in the May game.
The rematch in August showed their true ability when we were beaten comprehensively.

Dangerfield and Selwood both played full games.
They had big wins the week before and after. I guess they were just underdone for our game.

[Mr Magic]

Weren’t the Saints the last team to beat Geelong?

That’s something I guess.

Study Geelong's starting 22 on the day though.

Pretty much the same as today. It was the game at Geelong where they rested players.

We lost Higgins early and Steele did his shoulder in the 3rd I think.

I recall Dangerfield and Selwood played injured, Rohan didn't play and a couple of others. They were underdone in the May game.
The rematch in August showed their true ability when we were beaten comprehensively.

Dangerfield and Selwood both played full games.
They had big wins the week before and after. I guess they were just underdone for our game.

Never let the facts get in the way of an opportunity to diminish an achievement by our team.
I sometimes wonder if subscribers to this site actually prefer us to fail?
So much negativity surrounding every aspect of our Club

[Jacks Back]

Weren’t the Saints the last team to beat Geelong?

That’s something I guess.

Study Geelong's starting 22 on the day though.

Pretty much the same as today. It was the game at Geelong where they rested players.

We lost Higgins early and Steele did his shoulder in the 3rd I think.

I recall Dangerfield and Selwood played injured, Rohan didn't play and a couple of others. They were underdone in the May game.
The rematch in August showed their true ability when we were beaten comprehensively.

Dangerfield and Selwood both played full games.
They had big wins the week before and after. I guess they were just underdone for our game.

Never let the facts get in the way of an opportunity to diminish an achievement by our team.
I sometimes wonder if subscribers to this site actually prefer us to fail?
So much negativity surrounding every aspect of our Club

I wrote this on facebook in the third qtr of the GF:
Stuff this GF. I'm watching the round 9 Saints Cats game (because we were the last team to beat them).

After the game I wrote:
What I learnt:
We beat a full strength cats outfit,
We’re going to miss Ryder,
Gresham was fantastic,
Windy came on after Higgins was subbed out half way through the second quarter and played great,
Billing’s was good,
No Butler playing and Higgins was injured so no real small forwards and yet we won,
We missed McKenzie,
Sinclair was fantastic.
I forgot to add that Sharman was good up forward.

[saintkid]

Weren’t the Saints the last team to beat Geelong?

That’s something I guess.

Study Geelong's starting 22 on the day though.

Pretty much the same as today. It was the game at Geelong where they rested players.

We lost Higgins early and Steele did his shoulder in the 3rd I think.

I recall Dangerfield and Selwood played injured, Rohan didn't play and a couple of others. They were underdone in the May game.
The rematch in August showed their true ability when we were beaten comprehensively.

Dangerfield and Selwood both played full games.
They had big wins the week before and after. I guess they were just underdone for our game.

Never let the facts get in the way of an opportunity to diminish an achievement by our team.
I sometimes wonder if subscribers to this site actually prefer us to fail?
So much negativity surrounding every aspect of our Club

Ok leave the the negativity bandwagon aside.
So what happened in the return game where they also rested players?
Why did we lose to so many inferior teams below us in the second half of the season?
As in another thread, Geelong are many miles ahead of our club. That's fact.

[CQ SAINT]

Weren’t the Saints the last team to beat Geelong?

That’s something I guess.

Study Geelong's starting 22 on the day though.

Pretty much the same as today. It was the game at Geelong where they rested players.

We lost Higgins early and Steele did his shoulder in the 3rd I think.

I recall Dangerfield and Selwood played injured, Rohan didn't play and a couple of others. They were underdone in the May game.
The rematch in August showed their true ability when we were beaten comprehensively.

Dangerfield and Selwood both played full games.
They had big wins the week before and after. I guess they were just underdone for our game.

Never let the facts get in the way of an opportunity to diminish an achievement by our team.
I sometimes wonder if subscribers to this site actually prefer us to fail?
So much negativity surrounding every aspect of our Club

Ok leave the the negativity bandwagon aside.
So what happened in the return game where they also rested players?
Why did we lose to so many inferior teams below us in the second half of the season?
As in another thread, Geelong are many miles ahead of our club. That's fact.

Geelong are miles ahead of Sydney too now, I guess.

[SydneySainter]

Weren’t the Saints the last team to beat Geelong?

That’s something I guess.

Study Geelong's starting 22 on the day though.

Pretty much the same as today. It was the game at Geelong where they rested players.

We lost Higgins early and Steele did his shoulder in the 3rd I think.

I recall Dangerfield and Selwood played injured, Rohan didn't play and a couple of others. They were underdone in the May game.
The rematch in August showed their true ability when we were beaten comprehensively.

Dangerfield and Selwood both played full games.
They had big wins the week before and after. I guess they were just underdone for our game.

Never let the facts get in the way of an opportunity to diminish an achievement by our team.
I sometimes wonder if subscribers to this site actually prefer us to fail?
So much negativity surrounding every aspect of our Club

Ok leave the the negativity bandwagon aside.
So what happened in the return game where they also rested players?
Why did we lose to so many inferior teams below us in the second half of the season?
As in another thread, Geelong are many miles ahead of our club. That's fact.

When we beat Geelong, it was an aberration.

To say otherwise, please explain the 3-8 second half of the season.

[Mr Magic]

Weren’t the Saints the last team to beat Geelong?

That’s something I guess.

Study Geelong's starting 22 on the day though.

Pretty much the same as today. It was the game at Geelong where they rested players.

We lost Higgins early and Steele did his shoulder in the 3rd I think.

I recall Dangerfield and Selwood played injured, Rohan didn't play and a couple of others. They were underdone in the May game.
The rematch in August showed their true ability when we were beaten comprehensively.

Dangerfield and Selwood both played full games.
They had big wins the week before and after. I guess they were just underdone for our game.

Never let the facts get in the way of an opportunity to diminish an achievement by our team.
I sometimes wonder if subscribers to this site actually prefer us to fail?
So much negativity surrounding every aspect of our Club

Ok leave the the negativity bandwagon aside.
So what happened in the return game where they also rested players?
Why did we lose to so many inferior teams below us in the second half of the season?
As in another thread, Geelong are many miles ahead of our club. That's fact.

Yes, what you just posted is correct.
So why feel the need to denigrate what was a great performance by us?
You seem happy enough to 'pot' us whenever you get an opportunity.
Surely you can be gracious enough to laud a good performance without putting on unwarranted caveats?
You appear happier 'bagging' the Club rather than applauding good efforts/performances
I might be wrong, but I don't recall you making complimentary posts when we were 8-3 at the halfway mark.

[Mr Magic]

Weren’t the Saints the last team to beat Geelong?

That’s something I guess.

Study Geelong's starting 22 on the day though.

Pretty much the same as today. It was the game at Geelong where they rested players.

We lost Higgins early and Steele did his shoulder in the 3rd I think.

I recall Dangerfield and Selwood played injured, Rohan didn't play and a couple of others. They were underdone in the May game.
The rematch in August showed their true ability when we were beaten comprehensively.

Dangerfield and Selwood both played full games.
They had big wins the week before and after. I guess they were just underdone for our game.

Never let the facts get in the way of an opportunity to diminish an achievement by our team.
I sometimes wonder if subscribers to this site actually prefer us to fail?
So much negativity surrounding every aspect of our Club

Ok leave the the negativity bandwagon aside.
So what happened in the return game where they also rested players?
Why did we lose to so many inferior teams below us in the second half of the season?
As in another thread, Geelong are many miles ahead of our club. That's fact.

When we beat Geelong, it was an aberration.

To say otherwise, please explain the 3-8 second half of the season.

I'd prefer to think that the 3-8 second half was an aberration of the first half of the year.
Afterall we seemed to have a number of aberrations against good teams in the first half of the season.

[Bowey Boy]

Rhys Stanley
GEELONG FOLLOWER

Dominated hitouts and gave Geelong first access.

RATING 7

[B.M]

Everyone was laughing at Geelong when we got Hugh Goddard for the pick Geelong gave us.

[saintkid]

Weren’t the Saints the last team to beat Geelong?

That’s something I guess.

Study Geelong's starting 22 on the day though.

Pretty much the same as today. It was the game at Geelong where they rested players.

We lost Higgins early and Steele did his shoulder in the 3rd I think.

I recall Dangerfield and Selwood played injured, Rohan didn't play and a couple of others. They were underdone in the May game.
The rematch in August showed their true ability when we were beaten comprehensively.

Dangerfield and Selwood both played full games.
They had big wins the week before and after. I guess they were just underdone for our game.

Never let the facts get in the way of an opportunity to diminish an achievement by our team.
I sometimes wonder if subscribers to this site actually prefer us to fail?
So much negativity surrounding every aspect of our Club

Ok leave the the negativity bandwagon aside.
So what happened in the return game where they also rested players?
Why did we lose to so many inferior teams below us in the second half of the season?
As in another thread, Geelong are many miles ahead of our club. That's fact.

When we beat Geelong, it was an aberration.

To say otherwise, please explain the 3-8 second half of the season.

I'd prefer to think that the 3-8 second half was an aberration of the first half of the year.
Afterall we seemed to have a number of aberrations against good teams in the first half of the season.

Oh yes let's think that.
A football match is always analyzed at the final siren, not on the first half.
Tell that line of thinking to the Melbourne supporters at the end of this 2022 season, even though the 2021 Flag is already locked away in their trophy cabinet for eternity.
No more excuses for this club. Perennial underperformers is what the rest of the AFL supporters think of St Kilda.

[kosifantutti]

.
A football match is always analyzed at the final siren, not on the first half.

Or it could be analysed based on some made up stuff about underdone players and others missing.

https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2 ... 20514.html

[kosifantutti]

Everyone was laughing at Geelong when we got Hugh Goddard for the pick Geelong gave us.

People were happy to get Goddard. You’re drawing a long bow to say people were laughing at Geelong.

[B.M]

They were

Hugh Goddard - first round slider

For a soft, lazy, inconsistent tall

We thought Pick 21 for Stanley was overs and when we snared Goddard!… we thought we’d won the lottery!!!

Short memory?

Goddard played 10 average games
Stanley nearly 200 and a premiership

[kosifantutti]

They were

Hugh Goddard - first round slider

For a soft, lazy, inconsistent tall

We thought Pick 21 for Stanley was overs and when we snared Goddard!… we thought we’d won the lottery!!!

Short memory?

Goddard played 10 average games
Stanley nearly 200 and a premiership

Are you talking about Stanley or Goddard?

[saintkid]

.
A football match is always analyzed at the final siren, not on the first half.

Or it could be analysed based on some made up stuff about underdone players and others missing.

https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2 ... 20514.html

Is that the best you can come back with?
Stick to my point of discussion rather than taking a snipe.
It's not made up mate. They did have underdone players and in any case, if we were so worthy, why did we have our pants pulled down In the return game?
Winners are grinners and Geelong are clearly miles ahead of us. They beat us, their A-game is much better and they trumped the competition where and when it mattered.

[SaintPav]

Billing’s first game back so he was underdone.

Steele went off injured.

Geelong clearly the superior team of the season. It doesn’t mean that it wasn’t a good performance on the day.

[Teflon]

Both McCartins are struggling, perhaps bigger mares, it's a bit hot in the Geelong forward line.

I reckon when ball hit deck they’re bit of a liability tbh
Good to intercept high bomb entries (hello Saints!!)
Coming in like ut was yesterday they looked slow

[Mr Magic]

Billing’s first game back so he was underdone.

Steele went off injured.

Geelong clearly the superior team of the season. It doesn’t mean that it wasn’t a good performance on the day.

Exactly.
I actually don’t understand the mindset that refuses to admit that the team performed well when they did.
It doesn’t mean they achieved what they should have for the season, but there seems to be some sort of desperate need to disparage any good performance.

[kosifantutti]

.
A football match is always analyzed at the final siren, not on the first half.

Or it could be analysed based on some made up stuff about underdone players and others missing.

https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2 ... 20514.html

Is that the best you can come back with?
Stick to my point of discussion rather than taking a snipe.
It's not made up mate. They did have underdone players and in any case, if we were so worthy, why did we have our pants pulled down In the return game?
Winners are grinners and Geelong are clearly miles ahead of us. They beat us, their A-game is much better and they trumped the competition where and when it mattered.

Your point was that Geelong had a weak team when we beat them.
This is plainly not true.

Yes Geelong are a better team than us, I'm not sure who you are arguing against on that point. But why are you trying to downplay what was a very good win for us?

[CURLY]

Everyone was laughing at Geelong when we got Hugh Goddard for the pick Geelong gave us.

Until Goddard did his Achilles.

Also Hickey and Stanley would easily be the worst ever starting rucks in a Grand Final.