Michael Gardiner !!
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Michael Gardiner !!
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 !!
The little kiss he planted on Joey's head after the siren was also noticed !!
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Re: Michael Gardiner !!
That was total domination!!!!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 !!
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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.......
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...they pretty much kicked it to the bloke every forward thrust!Linton Street Saint wrote:Well then someone forgot to tell Kurt Tippett......Sam23 wrote:Was no good at FF tonight.
But neither was Koschitzke, wasn't a FF's night.
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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....
Gardiner could be anything...
Make no mistake, without his last qtr input, we probably would have lost....
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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!
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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.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.
Don't think he'll be BOG, but with Kingy at least we have some rucking hope of having a decent year!
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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.
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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....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
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.Saints-06-Premiers wrote:He needs to take a contested mark to get his confidence up (in regards to marking).
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.
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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.Huzzad wrote: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.Saints-06-Premiers wrote:He needs to take a contested mark to get his confidence up (in regards to marking).
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.
Fantastic to see some big guys in our jumpers with physical presence doing the little things to protect our ball carriers. Love it!!!
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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
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