Michael Gardiner !!

Eastern · Post: # 528816Post **Eastern** » Sat 08 Mar 2008 10:09pm

It was great to see the big bloke stand up during that last quarter and show how good he is/can be. I think he rucked for almost the entire quarter and dominated.

The little kiss he planted on Joey's head after the siren was also noticed

!!

Spinner · Post: # 528821Post **Spinner** » Sat 08 Mar 2008 10:10pm

Eastern wrote:It was great to see the big bloke stand up during that last quarter and show how good he is/can be. I think he rucked for almost the entire quarter and dominated.

The little kiss he planted on Joey's head after the siren was also noticed !!

That was total domination!!!!

...Anyone that doesn't rate ruckmen are %$#@#$!!!

saint66au · Post: # 528823Post **saint66au** » Sat 08 Mar 2008 10:10pm

Yeah saw that too

Agree on that last quarter..some of his palm downs were sublime...you need to be very accurate if you are going to knock it down behind you as he often does

mad saint guy · Sat 08 Mar 2008 10:14pm

Seems to be getting better every game. Hopefully he can keep this going into the real season and we might see a bit of the player that was named AA in 2003.

The Saintsational Man · Sat 08 Mar 2008 10:16pm

And to think.....many were saying he'd never play a game at AFL level again.....

Awesome work Gards!!!

Sam23 · Post: # 528846Post **Sam23** » Sat 08 Mar 2008 10:17pm

Was no good at FF tonight.

But neither was Koschitzke, wasn't a FF's night.

stinger · Post: # 528854Post **stinger** » Sat 08 Mar 2008 10:18pm

The Saintsational Man wrote:And to think.....many were saying he'd never play a game at AFL level again.....

Awesome work Gards!!!

hasn't yet ...has he????...looks promising though.......

Linton Street Saint · Sat 08 Mar 2008 10:20pm

Sam23 wrote:Was no good at FF tonight.

But neither was Koschitzke, wasn't a FF's night.

Well then someone forgot to tell Kurt Tippett......

Spinner · Post: # 528864Post **Spinner** » Sat 08 Mar 2008 10:21pm

Linton Street Saint wrote:
Sam23 wrote:Was no good at FF tonight.

But neither was Koschitzke, wasn't a FF's night.
Well then someone forgot to tell Kurt Tippett......

...they pretty much kicked it to the bloke every forward thrust!

The Saintsational Man · Sat 08 Mar 2008 10:21pm

Sam23 wrote:Was no good at FF tonight.

But neither was Koschitzke, wasn't a FF's night.

Bit hard when adelaide send 26 players into our backline.....

Yes thats right 26!!! They have their bench players run the boundary to the StKilda forward line to make the illusion of more players)

Enrico_Misso · Sat 08 Mar 2008 10:22pm

Gardiner and King really put in.

When Gardi gets his old touch back we are going to dominate the clearances.

bigred · Post: # 529052Post **bigred** » Sun 09 Mar 2008 12:47am

Been waiting for that qtr of football for near 18 months now...

Gardiner could be anything...

Make no mistake, without his last qtr input, we probably would have lost....

bobmurray · Post: # 529053Post **bobmurray** » Sun 09 Mar 2008 12:51am

I wonder if Gardis Girl went off at that effort by her Michael....

Solar · Post: # 529058Post **Solar** » Sun 09 Mar 2008 1:05am

that last quarter shows that his motor is excellent and all he needs is to keep working hard and get match fit and watch the confidence of the midfield lift a cog!

Oh When the Saints · Sun 09 Mar 2008 1:53am

Brilliant in the last quarter.

Not only great ruckwork, but instrumental in positioning himself and providing a link for us across half back.

I reckon he's 3-4 games away from a BOG.

riccardo · Post: # 529111Post **riccardo** » Sun 09 Mar 2008 8:05am

Really please with the rucks tonight, shows what a difference they make.

I've been rather skeptical on the what the success of Gardiner would be considering he had barely played in over 2 years, but it certainly looks like my skepticism will be unfounded so far, but a bit early yet, I think.

asiu · Post: # 529122Post **asiu** » Sun 09 Mar 2008 8:31am

I think he rucked for almost the entire quarter and dominated.

saw that last night , and thought ....that wasn't right

king took centre bounces (then runs forward) and throw ups for the first 10 minutes in the last

Saints-06-Premiers · Sun 09 Mar 2008 11:22am

He needs to take a contested mark to get his confidence up (in regards to marking).

matrix · Post: # 529243Post **matrix** » Sun 09 Mar 2008 11:26am

i thought we'd kill them in the ruck....but for most of the night the crows youngsters did ok......until the last

saintspremiers · Sun 09 Mar 2008 12:22pm

Oh When the Saints wrote:Brilliant in the last quarter.

Not only great ruckwork, but instrumental in positioning himself and providing a link for us across half back.

I reckon he's 3-4 games away from a BOG.

Umm, I think he's 3 or 4 games off being as effective as he we'd like him to be, and half a season from his best.

Don't think he'll be BOG, but with Kingy at least we have some rucking hope of having a decent year!

st.byron · Post: # 529300Post **st.byron** » Sun 09 Mar 2008 1:11pm

riccardo wrote:Really please with the rucks tonight, shows what a difference they make.

I've been rather skeptical on the what the success of Gardiner would be considering he had barely played in over 2 years, but it certainly looks like my skepticism will be unfounded so far, but a bit early yet, I think.

Me too Ricc. I've been extremely skeptical about M.Gardiner. Remains to be seen whether his body can stand up during the season proper, but the signs look positive.

StNoodles · Post: # 529520Post **StNoodles** » Sun 09 Mar 2008 6:33pm

matrixcutter wrote:i thought we'd kill them in the ruck....but for most of the night the crows youngsters did ok......until the last

yep, crows young combo of maric and griffin beat king and gardiner in terms of number of hitouts, but we were superior in hit outs to advantage, which is what it's all about IMO....

Huzzad · Post: # 529523Post **Huzzad** » Sun 09 Mar 2008 6:41pm

Saints-06-Premiers wrote:He needs to take a contested mark to get his confidence up (in regards to marking).

Pretty sure he took a cont mark against Richmond and kicked truly into F50. To be honest I havn't seen the entire replay of the Crows game yet but from what I have seen, Gardi is looking great.

Can you imagine....Gari and King... to all-australians in form playing for the saints? Premiership ruckmen for sure. Glad we havn't had to cottonball them either. They have been managed and still performed, getting into full contests and not hiding around the ground waiting for umps to bounce the ball. I am so excited about this combination.

st.byron · Post: # 529528Post **st.byron** » Sun 09 Mar 2008 6:52pm

Huzzad wrote:
Saints-06-Premiers wrote:He needs to take a contested mark to get his confidence up (in regards to marking).
Pretty sure he took a cont mark against Richmond and kicked truly into F50. To be honest I havn't seen the entire replay of the Crows game yet but from what I have seen, Gardi is looking great.

Can you imagine....Gari and King... to all-australians in form playing for the saints? Premiership ruckmen for sure. Glad we havn't had to cottonball them either. They have been managed and still performed, getting into full contests and not hiding around the ground waiting for umps to bounce the ball. I am so excited about this combination.

It's a welcome change isn't it. Watching the bits of the game I managed to catch last night, it was fantastic to see ruckmen in St.Kilda jumpers palming the ball down to our midfielders. So good to see. There was another contest that caught my eye towards the end of the third quarter as well. The ball was in dispute on our half-back line and King just stuck his big torso into an Adelaide guy and knocked him out the way like flicking a bug off. He then created space around the ball using his bulk to allow one of our guys clear air to pick it up and dispose of it without pressure.
Fantastic to see some big guys in our jumpers with physical presence doing the little things to protect our ball carriers. Love it!!!

esaint66 · Post: # 529530Post **esaint66** » Sun 09 Mar 2008 6:59pm

hes had his critics for years even when playing at the eagles.

i wanted him in our line up for years i even wrote a letter to jim main at INSIDE FOOTBALL about how the saints should recruit him when i found out he was looking for a melbourne club.

jim said i wouldnt and couldnt happen.

not lloking that good for jims prediction so far

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