9 consecutive seasons

[dcstkfc]

Of 11 or more wins. A remarkable era of consistency.

[hungry for a premiership]

I heard on SEN this is the first time EVER we've made 4 consecutive finals series.

7 finals series over the past 8 seasons is a phenomenal effort
Always good to play finals and grand finals. Your better off getting there and not winning then not getting there at all IMO.

[Enrico_Misso]

Where are the cigars?

[degruch]

I heard on SEN this is the first time EVER we've made 4 consecutive finals series.

Equal best apparently.

[Austinnn]

This is the new St Kilda. I hope other teams can get used to a St Kilda that doesn't shoot itself in the foot, or sack their coach every 3 years, or bottom out, or make people laugh with their ameteurish approach.

Because we are not that club anymore. And we can't ever go back.

Sure one or two seasons where we might not do so well, but they will be aberations, no longer the norm. No longer will we have the shadow of loserdom skulking us whenever we take a step backwards, ready to sneer, "Well you (insert verb) because you are St Kilda".

Hopefully, we will one day get to the stage where everytime we do something well, others will begrudgingly admit "Well they (insert verb) because they are St Kilda".

We're getting there. I think we all acknowledge that it's very disappointing to come through such a consistent period without any premierships.

But we're getting there. Heads up, Saints!

[saint tash]

I heard on SEN this is the first time EVER we've made 4 consecutive finals series.

7 finals series over the past 8 seasons is a phenomenal effort
Always good to play finals and grand finals. Your better off getting there and not winning then not getting there at all IMO.

True, but no one remembers the also rans.

[kosifantutti23]

I heard on SEN this is the first time EVER we've made 4 consecutive finals series.

7 finals series over the past 8 seasons is a phenomenal effort
Always good to play finals and grand finals. Your better off getting there and not winning then not getting there at all IMO.

You heard it wrong or they got it wrong. 70 - 73

[dragit]

I heard on SEN this is the first time EVER we've made 4 consecutive finals series.

7 finals series over the past 8 seasons is a phenomenal effort
Always good to play finals and grand finals. Your better off getting there and not winning then not getting there at all IMO.

True, but no one remembers the also rans.

far
cough

[SaintPav]

I heard on SEN this is the first time EVER we've made 4 consecutive finals series.

7 finals series over the past 8 seasons is a phenomenal effort
Always good to play finals and grand finals. Your better off getting there and not winning then not getting there at all IMO.

You heard it wrong or they got it wrong. 70 - 73

After 1973 it was 18 very lean years. Hope history doesn't repeat.

Can anyone imagine our next finals series being in 2029?

[Dan Warna]

Its pretty sad that the last 20 years have been our most successful period of sustained football finals and no premierships and still managed a handful of wooden spoons.

1/5 of all our wins against carlton have been in the last 11 years.

finals in 91, 92, 97, 98, 04, 05 , 06, 08, 09, 10, 11. 3 grand final losses, 1 draw.

edit: switched 91 with 93.

[SaintPav]

Its pretty sad that the last 20 years have been our most successful period of sustained football finals and no premierships and still managed a handful of wooden spoons.

1/5 of all our wins against carlton have been in the last 11 years.

finals in 92, 93, 97, 98, 04, 05 , 06, 08, 09, 10, 11. 3 grand final losses, 1 draw.

Didn't play finals in 93, though we probably should have.

[Dan Warna]

Its pretty sad that the last 20 years have been our most successful period of sustained football finals and no premierships and still managed a handful of wooden spoons.

1/5 of all our wins against carlton have been in the last 11 years.

finals in 92, 93, 97, 98, 04, 05 , 06, 08, 09, 10, 11. 3 grand final losses, 1 draw.

Didn't play finals in 93, though we probably should have.

sorry should be 91/92.

I remember the 91 game, bad call by me. Geelong v saints, shootout between plugger and brownless. Ablett won the game by sending David Grant and Nathan burke to hospital.

For those who don't remember David Grant, he was the best small/medium defender in the competition at the time. Top 10 for marks in the competition (in an era before 'keepings off') about 6 foot tall, and heart as big phar lap. He was killing the Geelong midfield with his couragious interception marking. Ablett lined him up and sent him to hospital in a dog act.

In the second half with Grant off and burke off, saints missing bench players, their midfield started getting ball through our half back line and the cats over ran us. Had grant been there, we would have won without a doubt.

[perfectionist]

...no one remembers the also rans.

I do, alas.

[Beno88]

Its pretty sad that the last 20 years have been our most successful period of sustained football finals and no premierships and still managed a handful of wooden spoons.

1/5 of all our wins against carlton have been in the last 11 years.

finals in 91, 92, 97, 98, 04, 05 , 06, 08, 09, 10, 11. 3 grand final losses, 1 draw.

edit: switched 91 with 93.

Only ONE wooden spoon (2000). One which gained us arguably one of our greatest ever players, so we'll take it.

[sainterjo]

Hopefully, we will one day get to the stage where everytime we do something well, others will begrudgingly admit "Well they (insert verb) because they are St Kilda".

Great post Austinn, sorry, Austinnnnnn. Love your thinking.

And one for the pathetic Magpie trolls who infest this board so pointlessly:

"Well they (add verb + insert noun) because they are collingwood".

[Johnny Member]

Its pretty sad that the last 20 years have been our most successful period of sustained football finals and no premierships and still managed a handful of wooden spoons.

1/5 of all our wins against carlton have been in the last 11 years.

finals in 91, 92, 97, 98, 04, 05 , 06, 08, 09, 10, 11. 3 grand final losses, 1 draw.

edit: switched 91 with 93.

I think it's ridiculous to be saddened by this stat.


People so easily for get that anything that happened prior to pretty much 1990 is irrelevant in discussing the achievements of the modern day clubs in the current day AFL competition.


The rules are different. Totally different.



Clearly, St Kilda was highly unsuccessful in the VFL. For whatever reason, under those rules, in that competition the club just couldn't compete.

That has to be accepted by all and sundry.



But in the AFL, the club has been pretty good. Certainly nothing to be sad about I wouldn't think.



Those who hold their heads high about something that 'their' club did in 1922 in the VFL are borderline stupid.

It's like Port claiming to be the best club in the world because of what they achieved in the SANFL. It's totally irrelevant to what their club has achieved in the modern day AFL.


The SANFL and the VFL are totally different beasts to the AFL. The clubs are different, and operate under completely different rules.

[The Fireman]

No Cigar but an era of leaving games a happy chappy.
Much better than collecting spoons, we must sit back and look at the positives of a great few years and to write them off would be an insult to the endeavour of our players and coach.

[Johnny Member]

I heard on SEN this is the first time EVER we've made 4 consecutive finals series.

7 finals series over the past 8 seasons is a phenomenal effort
Always good to play finals and grand finals. Your better off getting there and not winning then not getting there at all IMO.

True, but no one remembers the also rans.

What a stupid thing to say.

I remember every Grand Finalist, and so do most footy fans. I also remember most of who those teams beat to make the Grand Final.

[stkildathunda]

I heard on SEN this is the first time EVER we've made 4 consecutive finals series.

7 finals series over the past 8 seasons is a phenomenal effort
Always good to play finals and grand finals. Your better off getting there and not winning then not getting there at all IMO.

You heard it wrong or they got it wrong. 70 - 73

Think you'll find its under the 1 coach. I didnt hear it but someone told me that its first time we have played finals 4 years in row under the 1 coach.... Might be wrong myself though...

[The Fireman]

I heard on SEN this is the first time EVER we've made 4 consecutive finals series.

7 finals series over the past 8 seasons is a phenomenal effort
Always good to play finals and grand finals. Your better off getting there and not winning then not getting there at all IMO.

You heard it wrong or they got it wrong. 70 - 73

Think you'll find its under the 1 coach. I didnt hear it but someone told me that its first time we have played finals 4 years in row under the 1 coach.... Might be wrong myself though...

since Allan Jeans.

[Animal Enclosure]

I heard on SEN this is the first time EVER we've made 4 consecutive finals series.

7 finals series over the past 8 seasons is a phenomenal effort
Always good to play finals and grand finals. Your better off getting there and not winning then not getting there at all IMO.

You heard it wrong or they got it wrong. 70 - 73

After 1973 it was 18 very lean years. Hope history doesn't repeat.

Can anyone imagine our next finals series being in 2029?

I was born in 73 & was 3 months short of my 18th birthday before I saw St Kilda play in a final.

Never forget the dark dark days that this club has somehow survived.

Despite the haunting results of the past 2 years, I have never been more confident that this club is in the rights hands. The addition of Pelchen to the off field team shows that the board is doing everything in it's power to ensure St Kilda reverses the sad onfield history that we unfortunately do have.

[GrumpyOne]

And one for the pathetic Magpie trolls who infest this board so pointlessly:

"Well they (add verb + insert noun) because they are collingwood".

Blow + Goats?

[sainterjo]

And one for the pathetic Magpie trolls who infest this board so pointlessly:

"Well they (add verb + insert noun) because they are collingwood".

Blow + Goats?

Anything along those lines, yes.

[satchmo]

True, but no one remembers the also rans.

Not true. I remember 1966, 1970, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 2002, and 2003.

Brings a tear to the eye. Those good times shall soon return.

[SaintPav]

True, but no one remembers the also rans.

Not true. I remember 1966, 1970, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 2002, and 2003.

Brings a tear to the eye. Those good times shall soon return.

ha ha ha ha