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Cult Players at the Saints
Who is your favourite cult player to play for the Saints?
I think I might have to go with big Lazar Vidovic. He was tough, intimidating to his opponents and had bit of skill to boot. He and Spida Everrett were a formidable rucking duo. Sadly, of course we lost both before the '97 GF. Boy, we could use a ruckman like big Lazar today. For what I've heard, he is a ripping bloke and still follows the Saints. Or at least I've seen him occasionally post comments on Facebook for the fan groups and the club's offical FB group. He's definitely the type of bloke I could sit down and have a beer with.
I think I might have to go with big Lazar Vidovic. He was tough, intimidating to his opponents and had bit of skill to boot. He and Spida Everrett were a formidable rucking duo. Sadly, of course we lost both before the '97 GF. Boy, we could use a ruckman like big Lazar today. For what I've heard, he is a ripping bloke and still follows the Saints. Or at least I've seen him occasionally post comments on Facebook for the fan groups and the club's offical FB group. He's definitely the type of bloke I could sit down and have a beer with.
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Re: Cult Players at the Saints
Having a beer with him sounds fine, just don't buy a used car from him.
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I used to like Mick Dwyer.
Alves had his inexplicable favourites, too, and the likes of Dwyer and Matthew Lappin spent far too much time rotting in the reserves.
Alves had his inexplicable favourites, too, and the likes of Dwyer and Matthew Lappin spent far too much time rotting in the reserves.
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Re: Cult Players at the Saints
Rocket Rod Owen could have been anything & was injured far to often,was touted as better than Plugger when they both came to the club!
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Re: Cult Players at the Saints
Touted as a better drinker.PADDLEPOP1001 wrote: ↑Wed 15 Aug 2018 8:53am Rocket Rod Owen could have been anything & was injured far to often,was touted as better than Plugger when they both came to the club!
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Robbie Muir...much loved by the fans. Skilful but volatile. Would have fared a lot better with the support, education, policies and structures in place for today's players. 68 games over 7 years wasn't nearly enough.
Funny that I thought of Rene Kink though. Was mega excited as a kid when he came to the Saints.
Funny that I thought of Rene Kink though. Was mega excited as a kid when he came to the Saints.
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In my time (and the hubris of my own imagination?)
Cowboy, Muir, Callery, Gorizidiz, Rex Hunt, WOW Jones, (one of the Cunningham’s) Burns Pekin and Peckett, Kourka, Trianidis, Keogh, Owens.
There were legend cult heroes like Winmar, Loewie of course, but the lesser lights seemed to resonate with mood of the gallows humor of those days too.
Cowboy, Muir, Callery, Gorizidiz, Rex Hunt, WOW Jones, (one of the Cunningham’s) Burns Pekin and Peckett, Kourka, Trianidis, Keogh, Owens.
There were legend cult heroes like Winmar, Loewie of course, but the lesser lights seemed to resonate with mood of the gallows humor of those days too.
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Re: Cult Players at the Saints
Nicky and Gilbert.
Rod Owen.
Greg Burns
Milney
Barks
Heater (for one season)
Franky
Videovic
Just off the top of my head.
Rod Owen.
Greg Burns
Milney
Barks
Heater (for one season)
Franky
Videovic
Just off the top of my head.
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I heard Big Lazar on a sports program or a repeat of a pre-recorded interview recently, and he spoke about his childhood and playing days out Broady way, and then playing in Castlemaine. He would knock back match payments if he felt he hadn't played well enough.Sainternist wrote: ↑Wed 15 Aug 2018 12:06am Who is your favourite cult player to play for the Saints?
I think I might have to go with big Lazar Vidovic. He was tough, intimidating to his opponents and had bit of skill to boot. He and Spida Everrett were a formidable rucking duo. Sadly, of course we lost both before the '97 GF. Boy, we could use a ruckman like big Lazar today. For what I've heard, he is a ripping bloke and still follows the Saints. Or at least I've seen him occasionally post comments on Facebook for the fan groups and the club's offical FB group. He's definitely the type of bloke I could sit down and have a beer with.
Definitely one of the highlights of a great year was La-Zar in 1997. Oh, what might have been...
He was interviewed in the great Marching In fanzine that year and he swore that if he ever played in a St Kilda Grand Final that he would make sure we won it - and that they would have to bring in a Sin Bin the next season.
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Re: Cult Players at the Saints
Great, great player.PADDLEPOP1001 wrote: ↑Wed 15 Aug 2018 8:53am Rocket Rod Owen could have been anything & was injured far to often,was touted as better than Plugger when they both came to the club!
Your friendly neighbourhood samurai.
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I think you might find Enrico, that the 'issues' weren't so much to do with dodgy cars, but with dodgy people test driving them... through red light cameras.Enrico_Misso wrote: ↑Wed 15 Aug 2018 12:22am Having a beer with him sounds fine, just don't buy a used car from him.
(And Rod Keogh's loss was a largely overlooked blow to our chances that year also, IMHO.)
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Saintas' cult players...?
Back in the day, no one more so than D.J. McNamara.
Back in the day, no one more so than D.J. McNamara.
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Fankie, defly, but in the recent era, no one except the G-Train comes within the inner zone of cult-like instant and automatic magentic switch and lock than Mr. S. Milney. Mr. Baker also deserves the salute of respect. Let's forget about Stevie J, we know which Stevie is best.
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the three amigos - milne, maxy, and baker.
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We had so many of them! I loved those often flawed characters and quirky warriors; Sidey (my first jumper number until he left), Perovic, Cunno, Rocket Rod, Frankie Coghlan, Max, Powell, Yapper, G-Train...I wish we had someone now. Closest we have to a 'character' right now seems to be Carlisle.
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No, I remember he was more highly rated than Plugger. Tony Jewell raved about Owen the new 17 yo recruit, even compared him to Royce Hart. The young Plugger didn't get a mention.ace wrote: ↑Wed 15 Aug 2018 9:13amTouted as a better drinker.PADDLEPOP1001 wrote: ↑Wed 15 Aug 2018 8:53am Rocket Rod Owen could have been anything & was injured far to often,was touted as better than Plugger when they both came to the club!
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The reason why Lappin spent so much tine in the reserves was that his best friend was the amber fluid.Waltzing St Kilda wrote: ↑Wed 15 Aug 2018 3:32am I used to like Mick Dwyer.
Alves had his inexplicable favourites, too, and the likes of Dwyer and Matthew Lappin spent far too much time rotting in the reserves.