[ On umpires umpiring teams they supported as kids, I would think think that sub-conciencly they would be a little bit harder on "their" team. Good point Eastern. I remember (quite a while ago) at shool, somtimes it happened that the teacher had his/her own child in the class. They always ...

The whole umpire topic intrigues me a lot. Umpires would have grown up barracking for a team as passionately as we do, and, as most of us, they would have had teams they quite like, couldn’t care less about it, or really dislike. Can an umpire be totally unbiased when umpiring their own team? Is i...

FortiusQuoFidelius wrote:

The Sainter wrote:Worse umpiring i have ever seen in just on 60 years of following the Saints.

WOW... congratulations... an old person who can use a computer!

Yes, our old-fart generation invented the computers so that you young 'uns don't have to use your brains too much!

Pretty lousy skills, but the Roden free kick was a joke - a typical umpy manipulating the game - Port hasn't kicked a goal up to them. Let's give them a free kick to get them into the game and make it more interesting.
I'm sick of this!!

This is by far the most absurd twaddle I’ve ever read on this forum. A tight game, against a quality team, the result is still in the balance and it is suggested that Goddard ran up to the goal thinking and calculating …… oh my oh my just for fun I’ll kick the ball into the opposition cheer ...

Watching the replay, I agree, the commentary was definitely not biased against St. Kilda. But if you’re some 50 points up in the first quarter with an ever increasing lead, it’s hard to knock a team. And Blightey, well he was just Blightey - off the planet as usual. This does not change the fact...

Hey guys - let’s not get too precious and carried away. I know (and agree wholeheartedly), we do get a lot of crap from the press and particularly the channel 10 commentary team, but this time I thought it was quite good. The article started like this: The reason St Kilda pushed Luke Ball to the p...

His comments in the form guide: .... Sydney was spectacular against St. Kilda, robbed by some disgraceful umpiring. Didn't the Swans get 11 more free kicks?? They also bleated last year when they lost by 1 point, didn't they? Seems to me that every time St. Kilda wins by a small margin, it's because...

Wlle done boys - eat your heart out Quatrbrain and company.

Peake........Point...9 points the difference Just tuned in channel ten to watch the game and listening to Quaterbrain and Walls I thought Sydney was well in front!!! Well, it seems the Saints are still in front, but they carry on as aif Sydney was THE team and should win. They seem to be willing Sy...

With all due respect GSG, you can't just ring up the day before & order another half a dozen food vans. There is an awful lot of planning that goes into these types of events & it is very hard to get it right on no's. & the weather, so no matter what you do, people will still complain. ...

[quote="doggerel The food vans and kids rides queues were just as bad. My guess is that the event setup would have been just okay if only about 25% of actual numbers turned up. I have no idea if the club was taken by surprise at the numbers, or if this is standard fare. But the OP is right, dra...

Hey, we should be happy that Quagterbrain is going for the Bullies. This means we're acatually a threat, and the underdogs need support. Anyway, the bullies can win this game - it' doesn't mean anything. Only very few teams win both, the NAB cup and the Grand Final. For the Saints it's a bit of a ji...

I The third time saw him shoved quite strongly off the track and into the brush. Don't mess with me. .DON'T No, no, no under no circumstances use violence. I would have just smiled and congratulated him on his good taste and quietly jogged on. I’m sure he would not have sung the song. ….oh, I f...

No doubt, they absolutely stuffed up and we lost. But the whole point is …. had the goal not been paid, this would have meant that Geelong too was kicking inaccurately, particularly so close to the goal, and doubt could have crept into their minds. Also, no goal, no middle bounce, but a kick in, w...

My predictions. Geelong will still be very good. They got the same age players as the Saints and are not quite ready for the slide south. Carlton will get better - they have to, with all their first round draft picks, Judd and Fev (they won’t get rid of him) and some talented young players Essendo...

3rd generation saint wrote: I am optimistic about our chances next year.

Glad to hear that - I need some reassurance!!

What worries me a bit more about …. There is always next year ….. are the other teams. A lot of them will be much better, i.e. Carlton, Essendon, even the Bullies. And let’s not forget the Hawks. They had a lousy year, but make no mistake, they’ll be back in 2010. They’ll be a very hard te...

I'm starting to get sick of this. All the talk is about the umpiring and the poor ol dogs. When will the dogs have a look at themselves and realise they are mentally WEAK!!! There recent history is littered with choking on the big stage,or being 'unlucky losers'. 97- they whinged about the Libber g...

Posted: Thu 17 Sep 2009 5:05pm Post subject: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In fairness to the club, I don't think they are able to instruct ticketmaster to distinquish between social club and foundation social club. Yes they can. My card clearly say...

Agree - has nothing to do with being a good supporter.
The reality is if they play like this, they're out in straight sets!!
Very, very disappointing.

I cannot believe what I’m reading here - Schneider the Scapecoat!! So Schneider did a stupid thing, but these Umpires are supposed to be PROFESSIONALS, not influenced by a player’s petulance. If a free needs to be paid, then it MUST be paid. It should NOT be overlooked because an umpire feels sl...

Ironic as a couple of years ago I would have just been happy to be in the mix...to be competative...just seems now that nothing less than a premiership or at least a grand final appearance will do to satisfy the expectation that this incredible season has created Probably feel the same, but let’s...

Great story and congratulations.

Maybe this has nothing to do with football, but, as a life-long Peanuts fan, Snoopy sitting on his doggy house with the Saints logo on it made my deay!

Keep it up Snnopygirl.

Guys get a grip on it. If we lose, then we’re really in trouble. Sydney has only won 7 games, the last one very unconvincingly against Melbourne! No Barry Hall, and Michael O’Loughlin not as effective as he used to be. Travel to Sydney – 1 hour flight - give me a break. And … a small ground....