Cats

[StSteven]

Went to the match....they were awesome. Put Essendon right back to the drawing board! Can't wait for Round 4 to have a crack at them.

But also very very fearful! Better than last year...two new guys, Gamble and Taylor easily replacing Nathan Ablett and Egan!

Anyone elss go?

[mischa]

Scary watching from the TV...awesome. No flaws-fast, skilled, no mercy shown. Definitely the team to beat.

[Cairnsman]

You wait, this could be the game to fire up the Saints. It is common in most sports that when a team plays against poor opposition they are usually dragged down to thier oppositions level and I believe that was evident last night.

I bet the boys have been looking foward to round 4 all summer.

[Lennon]

I feel sick thinking about playing them.

[bigcarl]

You wait, this could be the game to fire up the Saints. It is common in most sports that when a team plays against poor opposition they are usually dragged down to thier oppositions level and I believe that was evident last night. I bet the boys have been looking foward to round 4 all summer.

yep. it must burn in the guts of riewoldt, dal santo, ball, kosi, goose, bj, fraser, milne and anyone else who was around in 2004 that the cats have a premiership and they don't.

our guys know they have something to prove and first blood against the cats in 2008 would really lay down the gauntlet

[The Saintsational Man]

After watching them today.....all i can say is we have beat them at their own game.....simple

If we don't run and run and run.....we won't have a chance

[St.Damo's Fire]

Wasn't it great to see Essendon get done by close to 100 points .
Maybe now all the hype about them will die back down cos thay are not that good.
Cats and Demons next week........we could see a new all time record winning margin and score by Geelong!
How scarey is that..lol

Back in '85 I remember seeing us getting the floggings in the first 3 rounds of the year.....nice to see someone else relieve us of that record.

[saint-stu]

I feel sick thinking about playing them.

I feel the same.

There is nothing worse than losing to Geelong. And it seems very likely.

[Saints Premiers 2008]

we will be fine...i expect us to rise to the occassion and show the football world just why we are so highly rated

it can be done

[Saints-06-Premiers]

We'll need to play a billion times better than we did last night if we are to have a chance of beating them.

[saintspremiers]

If we get within 5 goals of them we would be doing well based on current form.

If we somehow really lift and fire up against the doggies who knows it might be a contest, but to beat them, well, that's a few extra levels up and massive ask IMO.

[perfectionist]

We'll beat 'em. Trust me.

"Everything is happening as I have perceived."

[nicko016]

Let's hope we get past the Bulldoys this Friday but it will be an interesting match. We'll be able to see where we are at the moment and just how good and how far Geelong is ahead of everybody else.

[Solar]

don't you all relise that it is VERY important to be playing at 100% in round 2

Can't wait to play them, will be a classic!

[The_Dud]

tackling and accountability

thats all you need to beat them, its not rocket science

[Bernard Shakey]

Forget the Cats, have to get past the Dogs first.

[nicko016]

While our game will be interesting I can't wait to see the outcome of Melbourne versus Geelong. If Geelong play like they did today and Melbourne like they did yesterday a 200 point margin is a possibility with Geelong a chance to beat the record highest score. However, these things just never seem to happen. It'll be interesting to see Melbourne's odds. Could push out to near 10$.

Nevertheless, a big win and maybe we could see a bit of complaceancy when we play them. I just hope we don't get in the scenario where shocks them and suprises them and come out against us really fired up and with a point to prove where they take out their anger on us. Luckily, I can't see Melbourne doing anything to shock Geelong.

[perfectionist]

Who said, "If you cut them, they will bleed."?

Completely meaningless, but anything in a dull day.

[Oh When the Saints]

After watching them today.....all i can say is we have beat them at their own game.....simple

If we don't run and run and run.....we won't have a chance

Mmmm dunno about that.

IMO I don't think we have the running ability, fitness or cohesion under RL yet to take them on at their own game.

If we did that, IMO we'd lose say 20 goals to 15.


Or we could lock them down like we did against the Swans ... make the game 10-12 goals each side and let it come down to a couple of lucky kicks either way.

[mad saint guy]

Who said, "If you cut them, they will bleed."?

Completely meaningless, but anything in a dull day.

"If it bleeds, we can kill it." Kevin Sheedy?

I think we've got a chance. All year so far we've played at the same level as the opposition. It is uncertain whether we'll be able to keep up with Geelong, but we've got no injuries and no excuses.

[savatage]

Who said, "If you cut them, they will bleed."?

Completely meaningless, but anything in a dull day.

"If it bleeds, we can kill it." Kevin Sheedy?

It's lifted from the movie "The Predator" with Arnie.

[mad saint guy]

It's lifted from the movie "The Predator" with Arnie.

I didn't think that was Sheeds' line, but I had definitely heard him say it. I'm, surprised I didn't know where it was from though, because I've seen Predator a fair few times. Great, corny movie.

[bobmurray]

Wasn't it said by Leigh Matthews in a mid week media spiel to
promote an upcoming game a few years ago..........

[The_Dud]

i think it was Matthews talking about an upcoming game against the Dons, back when they were good

[bigcarl]

Wasn't it said by Leigh Matthews in a mid week media spiel to
promote an upcoming game a few years ago..........

yeah matthews or sheedy used it but it originally came from Predator and was said by arnie. i looked it up on imdb