5 day break

[chook23]

We will only have a 5 day break before our home game at MCG v Pies

[Beno88]

And before our following home game against the Dogs.

5-day break cost us 4-points vs Port this year.

[chook23]

Tough off a round 1 game

[cwrcyn]

What an absolute gift to Collingwood in round two. It's just outrageous fixturing. We get a 5 day break while Collingwood get a 12 day break. We all know how sore teams are after round one so it'll be near impossible to run our that round two game the way Collingwood will.

[nostalgicsaint]

What an absolute gift to Collingwood in round two. It's just outrageous fixturing. We get a 5 day break while Collingwood get a 12 day break. We all know how sore teams are after round one so it'll be near impossible to run our that round two game the way Collingwood will.

Not an issue with the appropriate plan and preseason in place.

This year we were saying the same thing about a 6 day break, trip back from WA and our injury list.

[SaintPav]

Did Norf get 23 games against itself?

[amusingname]

What an absolute gift to Collingwood in round two. It's just outrageous fixturing. We get a 5 day break while Collingwood get a 12 day break. We all know how sore teams are after round one so it'll be near impossible to run our that round two game the way Collingwood will.

Collingwood play the day before us in round 1

[shanegrambeau]

What an absolute gift to Collingwood in round two. It's just outrageous fixturing. We get a 5 day break while Collingwood get a 12 day break. We all know how sore teams are after round one so it'll be near impossible to run our that round two game the way Collingwood will.

Not an issue with the appropriate plan and preseason in place.

This year we were saying the same thing about a 6 day break, trip back from WA and our injury list.

It’s also not an issue for Collingwood with the appropriate plan and preseason in place.

Jeez!

Except they have a 12 day break?

I know I am being a sook, but let’s not pretend it isn’t a disadvantage.

Do an arm wrestle with someone standing in a brick (who is telling you that a real man doesn’t worry about that)

[nostalgicsaint]

What an absolute gift to Collingwood in round two. It's just outrageous fixturing. We get a 5 day break while Collingwood get a 12 day break. We all know how sore teams are after round one so it'll be near impossible to run our that round two game the way Collingwood will.

Not an issue with the appropriate plan and preseason in place.

This year we were saying the same thing about a 6 day break, trip back from WA and our injury list.

It’s also not an issue for Collingwood with the appropriate plan and preseason in place.

Jeez!

Except they have a 12 day break?

I know I am being a sook, but let’s not pretend it isn’t a disadvantage.

Do an arm wrestle with someone standing in a brick (who is telling you that a real man doesn’t worry about that)

They don't have a 12 game break.

[D.B.Cooper]

Weak as piss whining!

Only matters if you are not good enough.

Teams that win finals have an any place anywhere attitude.

[shanegrambeau]

Weak as piss whining!

Only matters if you are not good enough.

Teams that win finals have an any place anywhere attitude.

It’s possible to have an ‘anywhere anytime attitude’ and get your butts spanked.

And it’s possible to ‘somehow-pull-it-out-off’ when all is lost.

That sounds like a platitude worth a hot dog

But for a fan it is good enough, isn’t it?

St Kilda will be given crappy fixtures. It is a given. We have to somehow disrupt that.

North Melbourne have been given an apology for being treated like S for thirty years and for having their coach go through the mill. We haven’t got that ..we are potentially the Southern Saints, I mean very Southern, as in Bass Strait southern, at the flick of a switch. We are on welfare and that comes with a little price.

[shanegrambeau]

[SaintWiki]

11 home and 3 away games at Marvel

2 - MCG (one home, one away)
2 - Adelaide Oval
1 - University of Tasmania Stadium
1 - The Gabba
1 - Optus Stadium
1 - Norwood Oval
1 - Manuka Oval
1 - GMHBA Stadium

[shanegrambeau]

We win 11 games

Anyone up for a bet?

[Sainter_Dad]

What an absolute gift to Collingwood in round two. It's just outrageous fixturing. We get a 5 day break while Collingwood get a 12 day break. We all know how sore teams are after round one so it'll be near impossible to run our that round two game the way Collingwood will.

Collingwood will have played:
March 9th - Giants (A)
March 15th - Swans (H)
March 21st - Saints (H)

We play:
March 16th - Geelong (A)
March 21st - Collingwood (A)

How is that a 12 day break versus our 5 day break??

Seriously we want Marquee games then complain when we get Thursday night games.

[The_Dud]

What an absolute gift to Collingwood in round two. It's just outrageous fixturing. We get a 5 day break while Collingwood get a 12 day break. We all know how sore teams are after round one so it'll be near impossible to run our that round two game the way Collingwood will.

Collingwood will have played:
March 9th - Giants (A)
March 15th - Swans (H)
March 21st - Saints (H)

We play:
March 16th - Geelong (A)
March 21st - Collingwood (A)

How is that a 12 day break versus our 5 day break??

Seriously we want Marquee games then complain when we get Thursday night games.

Unless every game is 2.10 Saturday arvo at Marvel Stadium against a bottom 8 side, there will be complaints!

[SaintPav]

[D.B.Cooper]

What an absolute gift to Collingwood in round two. It's just outrageous fixturing. We get a 5 day break while Collingwood get a 12 day break. We all know how sore teams are after round one so it'll be near impossible to run our that round two game the way Collingwood will.

Collingwood will have played:
March 9th - Giants (A)
March 15th - Swans (H)
March 21st - Saints (H)

We play:
March 16th - Geelong (A)
March 21st - Collingwood (A)

How is that a 12 day break versus our 5 day break??

Seriously we want Marquee games then complain when we get Thursday night games.

Unless every game is 2.10 Saturday arvo at Marvel Stadium against a bottom 8 side, there will be complaints!

Forget that Saints requested the Thursday night fixture against Collingwood, and that that game gives us a two day extra break against our following opponent….IT’S AN AFL CONSPIRACY, they are out to shaft us.

Next it will be those cheating umpires, how dare they shaft us with the best for / against free kick ratio in the AFL, you know it’s about where they give them and the ones they miss that really count.

[Sanctorum]

Quite true that St Kilda faces a very tough two opening games, Geelong at the Cattery followed 5 days later with a game at the G against the reigning premiers, and a likely (on paper) 0-2 start to the 2024 season.

It will be an early reality check for the team but it's hardly a foregone conclusion and if they do alright then that'll give the team a considerable boost.

In the event of losses in one or both it won't be the end if the world, unless they're slaughtered, which I very much doubt will eventuate with the ultra 'fortress defence' policy under RTB!

[shanegrambeau]

I think it's 0-2 and I hope injuries are light, in spirit and in body.

I don't wanna bet anyone we win 11 games, it was a silly post. I was angry. Angry at the fixture. I mean how could that happen. These things are negotiated. But as I say, we are a welfare team so beggars can't be choosers. it still sucks big time.

[Brunswicksainter]

Quite true that St Kilda faces a very tough two opening games, Geelong at the Cattery followed 5 days later with a game at the G against the reigning premiers, and a likely (on paper) 0-2 start to the 2024 season.

It will be an early reality check for the team but it's hardly a foregone conclusion and if they do alright then that'll give the team a considerable boost.

In the event of losses in one or both it won't be the end if the world, unless they're slaughtered, which I very much doubt will eventuate with the ultra 'fortress defence' policy under RTB!

We’ll beat Geelong.