Rd 5 1997
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Rd 5 1997
We played Melbourne in what was widely described as a battle for the wooden spoon. That's all I'll say. You either get it, or you don't.
Enough talk. Time to prove a point.
Enough talk. Time to prove a point.
Still waiting for closure ... if you get my drift.
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In 1997 Alves got the players on his side....they played like a team and believed in their coach.
Same thing happend for some of 2004 - the first half and then the finals.
If you don't have that, you've got nothing.
Simple!
Same thing happend for some of 2004 - the first half and then the finals.
If you don't have that, you've got nothing.
Simple!
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I remember Alves's head being on the chopping block in the first part of season '97, and I think the players met with president Plympton and after that, got behind Alves and had a pretty good season where injuries probably cost us the flag near the end. It's a pity some of the higher profile players and the board showed weakness and didn't get behind Alves later in '98. Come back Stan!!
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I remember Melbourne as being the team in the past 15 or so years that, when we played them, turned the season around.
A loss against them made our season turn to rubble, and beating them after a down patch has given us a boost for the rest of the year.
It has happened a few times. Not least of which was the prelim final loss which saw GT sacked.
A loss against them made our season turn to rubble, and beating them after a down patch has given us a boost for the rest of the year.
It has happened a few times. Not least of which was the prelim final loss which saw GT sacked.
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All those decisions were made by spineless Boards protecting themselves too.bassoon wrote:Queens Birthday 1965. St.Kilda gave Melbourne their first 10 goal loss in over 10 years. Melbourne sacked Norm Smith as a result (though he was reinstated after much anger from a certain RD Barassi who had moved to Carlton at the time.
1998, and Semi Final - Barry Hall does his nut, we got thrashed and Stan Alves got sacked.
2006, Elimination Final, and Melbourne came from behind to beat us. This time Thomas was sacked.
Weird things happen to coaches in Melbourne St.Kilda games!!!