"Great measuring stick" says Ratten

3rd generation saint · Wed 10 Jun 2009 7:27pm

Well mate, here's hoping that by the end of the night you will need every millimetre of a 10 metre tape measure.
You know I can accept being beaten by Geelong, or Hawthorn, even the Bulldogs right now, but not these wankers first up.
It would be even worse than losing to the filth in last year's semi, at least then we would have had the satisfaction that Hawthorn would have done worse to them than they did to us.
But these clowns, you can hear them going we're coming, we're coming and becoming ultra arrogant.
Seriously, we have to put them in their place and make Friday night a complete anti-climax for them.

iwantmeseats · Wed 10 Jun 2009 7:33pm

absolutely !! But we NEED to get off to a good start, no shenanigans like last weeks first quarter. It will be important to take their supporters out of it, and deflate their players by re affirming they cant beat us.

First quarter critical.

saint patrick · Wed 10 Jun 2009 8:17pm

Agree 100%..the start is the key and why I hope Milney is back

Not sure on the stas re first quarter goals in the last few years but reckon Milney has had his share...break their spirit early and show no mercy

saintsRrising · Wed 10 Jun 2009 8:52pm

I think Ratten is about to discover that the measuring stick is a ruddy great club.

Rickabee · Post: # 755471Post **Rickabee** » Wed 10 Jun 2009 8:55pm

We owe them 100 years of "losing pain" for how they have had it over us for so long. Even in so many of our "good" years they still managed to beat us so it feels so good to watch them lose to us and see the supporter leave with their heads lowered instead of behaving arrogantly to us.

Please win this week!

bigcarl · Post: # 755517Post **bigcarl** » Wed 10 Jun 2009 10:10pm

iwantmeseats wrote:we NEED to get off to a good start, no shenanigans like last weeks first quarter. It will be important to take their supporters out of it, and deflate their players by re affirming they cant beat us. First quarter critical.

agree. give a bunch of frontrunners like them a start and they'll be hard to catch. we must start better.

Enrico_Misso · Wed 10 Jun 2009 10:22pm

I thought Ratts was talking about his President.

The very eloquent Sticks Kernahan.
Who could ever forget his superb piece of oratory at the Carlton B&F.

We're Carlton, F### the rest !

Perhaps some of our wealthier members on Level 2 could give Sticks a slightly altered version of his famous words after the game.

saintspremiers · Wed 10 Jun 2009 11:25pm

We have to beat those scumbag Blues!

It will give us 2 weeks of sledging them.

....hmm.....

So where are those beggar trolls that normally appear on SS before our grudge matches each season??

Has anyone on here trolled on talkingbullshyte??

stinger · Post: # 755575Post **stinger** » Thu 11 Jun 2009 12:04am

saintsRrising wrote:I think Ratten is about to discover that the measuring stick is a ruddy great club.

more like the stick that they are going to cop.......

stinger · Post: # 755576Post **stinger** » Thu 11 Jun 2009 12:05am

saintspremiers wrote:We have to beat those scumbag Blues!

It will give us 2 weeks of sledging them.

....hmm.....

So where are those beggar trolls that normally appear on SS before our grudge matches each season??

Has anyone on here trolled on talkingbullshyte??

they are here......you can smell their stink.....

ausfatcat · Post: # 755579Post **ausfatcat** » Thu 11 Jun 2009 12:18am

If Carlton win, all their supporters will think they are a shoo in for the flag (right up untill someone wins it even if Carlton don't make it on the day)

I dunno if I can handle that for 16 more weeks.

Saintschampions08 · Thu 11 Jun 2009 2:52am

In all honesty, they're the 3rd best team in the comp...

4 games lost, 1 won below 18 points...
3most amount of quarters won..

A win against them proves that we are closer to Geelong then the rest of the competition atm.

Verdun66 · Post: # 755613Post **Verdun66** » Thu 11 Jun 2009 7:02am

Read my other post. We have to beat them....

aussiejones · Thu 11 Jun 2009 2:54pm

As long as we start Ok and dont give them a sniff .

Got to hold Fev ....start with Max as he has had his measure in the past.

Betts needs close atention as does Judd...

Baker could be a liability unless he has a lock down role , he must realize his career is on the line.

Moccha · Post: # 756401Post **Moccha** » Fri 12 Jun 2009 12:26am

And he's gonna get belted over the head with it

linz · Post: # 756403Post **linz** » Fri 12 Jun 2009 12:37am

I'm far more confident of winning this week than last. Carlton have a very good midfield but not much else IMO. It's defence is poor, even more so without Waite as an option. Kosi & Roo should have a field day.

Fevola will find it a little harder this week than last & he really needs to kick another bag for Carlton to have any chance. Given his recent record against the Saints I reckon this is unlikely.

Geez I hope I'm right!!

kosifantutti23 · Fri 12 Jun 2009 3:02am

Saintschampions08 wrote:In all honesty, they're the 3rd best team in the comp...

4 games lost, 1 won below 18 points...
3most amount of quarters won..

A win against them proves that we are closer to Geelong then the rest of the competition atm.

They are fourth and the main reason they are that high is because unlike the teams around them, they haven't played St.Kilda or Geelong.

Moccha · Post: # 756455Post **Moccha** » Fri 12 Jun 2009 9:22am

Saintschampions08 wrote:In all honesty, they're the 3rd best team in the comp...

4 games lost, 1 won below 18 points...
3most amount of quarters won..

A win against them proves that we are closer to Geelong then the rest of the competition atm.

I don't think so. The Buldogs would be. The media have been pumping up Carlton and have inflated everyones perception about them. I'd be more worried about playing the Bulldogs than the Blues