Attacking football?
I've seen it once in 28 games.
What on earth would give me the expectation that I'll see it for a second time?
We will kick no more than 14 goals
Attacking football. Oh, the humour of some...
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- Sat 03 May 2008 12:37pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Expect attacking football this week...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1691
- Fri 02 May 2008 9:18am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Blake dropped at last
- Replies: 60
- Views: 7111
I'm a Jason Blake fan - not because he's a great footballer, but because he gets the best out of himself. Unfortunately, his form has been disappointing, and with this current line-up, we can ill afford his lack of speed and ever-so-slow second efforts. They are there, but they are like treacle. Now...
- Thu 01 May 2008 11:00am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: "I was out-coached"
- Replies: 45
- Views: 3832
You shouldn't expext Lyon to be partcularly articulate or well-rounded. After all, he failed year 11 at school and has since only been in football clubs. Now, that gives him great knowledge about football, but we shouldn't expect great things of him as a media player. Perhaps he should be given more...
- Wed 30 Apr 2008 4:51pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: The Midfield Flood
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2831
- Wed 30 Apr 2008 10:30am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Gosh we were good
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1127
- Sat 19 Apr 2008 7:25pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: What's Garry Lyon on?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3375
What's Garry Lyon on?
I listened to Garry Lyon today on radio, and he said he was concerned for St Kilda beacause their two best players are 37 and 34 years of age. He then went on to praise Essendon for their performance, particularly as they had 10 players missing from their line-up. Now Garry, you must be getting bore...
- Sat 19 Apr 2008 8:35am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Perspective please
- Replies: 47
- Views: 3940
WE simply don't nail teams when we are dominating. We should have kicked 25.8 instead of 18.15. Just so many simple goals missed, and its happening every week. We're putting on scorbaord pressure. The problem is that it's on ourselves instead of the opposition. Can't threaten the premiership with th...
- Sat 19 Apr 2008 8:22am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Match Review
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4780
- Sat 19 Apr 2008 8:20am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Match Review
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4780
Clinton Jones puts in, but Baker surely has to take his place. Jones butchered the ball plenty last night, which is something Baker will not do. Armitage has put a nail in Fiora's coffin with his game. He does all the things that Fiora doesn't - Chase, tackle, shepherd, hitting the packs hard. The o...
- Sat 19 Apr 2008 7:58am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Rucking situation
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2888
I'm sorry all you Kosi-in-the-ruck lovers, but Kosi is NOT a ruckman and never will be. Sadly, Blake is a more effective centre boumce ruckman. This fixation with Kosi being an asset to the ruck division has me flummoxed. He simply has no idea of ruck work. Mad Saint Guy was right about McEvoy. If h...
- Fri 18 Apr 2008 1:23pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: All of this arguing is a total waste of time.
- Replies: 33
- Views: 3937
Okay, so a few of you hate the messenger, but really, can you honestly say you are thrilled with the style of play in the past 14 months? I have never been so bored at the football as I have in recent times, and that's unfortunate when I see 22 talented and capable footballers run onto the field eac...
- Wed 16 Apr 2008 9:16am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Herald-Sun article on Tibunal penalties
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1683
It's been quite obvious for some time. You wear a Saints jumper, you can be pole-axed and the offender walks away with little or no penalty. e.g Whelan on Ball - No penalty, worth at least 4 weeks West on Clarke - No penalty, worth at least 2 weeks Giansuracusa on Koschitzke - No penalty, worth at l...
- Tue 15 Apr 2008 3:49pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: The Team…as I would do it…and why
- Replies: 49
- Views: 5899
- Mon 14 Apr 2008 10:09pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: The Gameplan Thread
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1425
- Sun 13 Apr 2008 10:03pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: How old are we all?
- Replies: 132
- Views: 14975
- Sun 13 Apr 2008 9:55pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: We are a middle of the road team...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1879
Oh, and we need to replace Fiora with Geary. Geary can do anything Fiora can, and doesn't shirk any contests. Jason Blake is a man without a position at the moment, and his form hasn't been up to par. He needs to be replaced with someone like Ferguson, who is quicker and better in marking contests. ...
- Sun 13 Apr 2008 9:49pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: We are a middle of the road team...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1879
We are better than a MOR team. Behind Geelong, we sit equal with the next four or five teams. Unfortunately, we have a gama plan that concerns itself far too much with what the opposition is doing. Our players, who are a talented bunch, have become hesitant and unwilling to take risks. They do a rid...
- Tue 08 Apr 2008 3:41pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Poor poor tactics
- Replies: 55
- Views: 5141
You just need to release guys like Hayes occasionally. With all this bench/midfield rotation, you have quality players sitting on the pine when they could be on the wing or forward flank. Unfortunately, we don't have any young, quick, enthusiastic midfielders who can spark the team, so that's why th...
- Tue 08 Apr 2008 3:11pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Poor poor tactics
- Replies: 55
- Views: 5141
Meher, the analogy of the Ferrari taking a trailer to the tip is absolutely spot on. Why waste talented and creative footballers on defensive grunt work? For God's sake, you can bring in Armitage to do that, and then allow Hayes to be creative, rather than a smash and crash man. By the way, I think ...
- Tue 08 Apr 2008 12:10pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Guys, let's be honest: Is Ross right for our team?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 5143
Sadly though, playing ugly won't win us a flag either. You can't fit a square peg into a round hole. Assess your strengths and play to them. Meanwhile, recruit the right players. Tim Watson made the grave error on focussing far too much on what the other team was doing, and we became a nervous, reac...
- Tue 08 Apr 2008 9:20am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Guys, let's be honest: Is Ross right for our team?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 5143
The bottom line for me is that we have been excruciatingly boring to watch since the beginning of 2007. I would rather watch us play attacking football and see what comes of it. Concerning yourself with how to shut down the opposition is all very fine, but it's better to the hunted than the hunter. ...
- Fri 04 Apr 2008 7:22am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Saints players you never really took a shine too
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6437
- Wed 02 Apr 2008 10:28am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Armitage
- Replies: 41
- Views: 4771
Aaah, pick 9. The cursed pick in all drafts. We were dead keen on Ben Reid, but the Magpies knew we were after him and got him first. Armitage is tough and hard at the man, but needs the other type of mental toughness, the one exemplified by Harvey and Hayes - the tougness of pushing yourself to the...
- Tue 01 Apr 2008 9:15am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Luke Ball
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2904
I am a bit worried about how he's being managed. I would like to see him rested every third game until about round 12, just to make sure he's not back to where he was last year by round 15. Armitage could fill the gap while he's rested, which would be helpful to his development. Unlike Judd, Ball ha...
- Tue 25 Mar 2008 9:09am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: What actually happened after quarter time?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 5771
The Swans blocked the zone between our defensive 50 and the centre of the ground, eliminating our options to run the ball out of defense. They also had a player guarding our attacking 50 line, so our guys were reluctant to kick to CHF to a contested situation. Their defenders also worked hard at blo...