Grand Final Weather - COLD, WET and WINDY !!!!!!

SaintHomer · Post: # 827642Post **SaintHomer** » Mon 21 Sep 2009 5:34pm

i actually think the wet weather will favour us. yes, i agree that the likes of bartel and selwood love the wet, but part of the reason for us beating them in round 14 was our tough, physical attack on the ball and the man with the ball.

johnson would have to be suspect with his hip and there are a few others that are carrying injuries from the cats.

we've got some good wet trackers in hayes, ball and baker.

and rooey will be just as effective in the wet, its just his goals will count for more.

bring it on i say

LennyBoy · Post: # 827665Post **LennyBoy** » Mon 21 Sep 2009 5:49pm

We should feel the brunt of the change in the next 24 hours. Adelaide has had continual thunderstorms, and strong wins, and 25mm since 9am this morning. The open training session tomorrow could be a very wet affair biut perfect preparation for Saturday.

LaUrEnCe · Post: # 827701Post **LaUrEnCe** » Mon 21 Sep 2009 6:07pm

Don't know what to feel about this
Kinda just wished bad weather would go away for this week

Solar · Post: # 827706Post **Solar** » Mon 21 Sep 2009 6:09pm

rain, rain may it rain

I don't care, this team is the most hard nosed saints team I have ever seen! Bring on anything!

degruch · Post: # 827711Post **degruch** » Mon 21 Sep 2009 6:11pm

LaUrEnCe wrote:Don't know what to feel about this
Kinda just wished bad weather would go away for this week

Not too much to worry about...it's not as if Geelong are playing with umbrellas...they have to put up with the conditions too. Just telling you guys to bring a raincoat!

Wet weather is a great equaller, probably suits us better as risky running gameplay is harder to pull off than pressure contested ball footy in the wet.

Sainterman · Post: # 827712Post **Sainterman** » Mon 21 Sep 2009 6:12pm

I don't think we should worry too much about the weather, will be the same for both sides, and I think each has their strengths in the wet.

All it will most likely mean is a close game, and a tight tackling heavy game, which is fine with me.

I like our lead in last week, a tough one against the bullies as opposed to those Collingwood witches hats Geelong had.

Time to make it real this week!

St Fidelius · Mon 21 Sep 2009 6:43pm

Issued at 4:47 pm EST on Monday 21 September 2009

Forecast for Saturday

Cloudy. Scattered showers and the chance of thunderstorms with hail. Winds west to northwesterly averaging up to 40 km/h.

City
Few showers. Windy.Min 9Max 15

3rd generation saint · Mon 21 Sep 2009 9:27pm

Just looked at the radar, big rain band coming down from the north.

bobmurray · Post: # 828006Post **bobmurray** » Mon 21 Sep 2009 9:29pm

Hopefully the shite weather will have moved on by Saturday arvo...

Solar · Post: # 828008Post **Solar** » Mon 21 Sep 2009 9:31pm

part of me wants it to piss done so us in the standing room have the last laugh

Bernard Shakey · Mon 21 Sep 2009 9:33pm

Solar wrote:part of me wants it to piss done so us in the standing room have the last laugh :P :P

Zachary!

LaUrEnCe · Post: # 828021Post **LaUrEnCe** » Mon 21 Sep 2009 9:41pm

degruch wrote:
LaUrEnCe wrote:Don't know what to feel about this
Kinda just wished bad weather would go away for this week
Not too much to worry about...it's not as if Geelong are playing with umbrellas...they have to put up with the conditions too. Just telling you guys to bring a raincoat!

Wet weather is a great equaller, probably suits us better as risky running gameplay is harder to pull off than pressure contested ball footy in the wet.

Yep but it would suck if they won [with Bartel Selwood killing us] and then it would be 'what if..'

But, it is what it is... and you are right, that it suits us too in some ways.

saintbrat · Post: # 828109Post **saintbrat** » Mon 21 Sep 2009 11:07pm

forecast for tomorrow

Forecast for Tuesday
Cloudy. Areas of rain and the chance of thunderstorms until dawn then dry for the remainder of the morning. Isolated showers developing during the afternoon before increasing during the evening. Winds northeast to northwesterly averaging up to 45 km/h tending west to northwesterly up to 20 km/h later in the evening.

CityEarly rain. Showers later.Min13Max21

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDV10450.shtml

saint patrick · Mon 21 Sep 2009 11:12pm

Apart from a less pleasant day for the spectators have been trying to work out who this favour more...

One argument is that the cats are more used to these conditions and seem to handle them better..the other is that it may assist our forward pressure and keep it a more low scoring contest which could ultimately work in our favour..

A five day forecast is very much guess work and by Friday night we could be looking at a mostly dry day ...anything is still possible!!

ace · Post: # 828123Post **ace** » Mon 21 Sep 2009 11:15pm

LATEST FORECAST

Saints on Cloud Nine

Raining on Cats and Dogs

saintsRrising · Mon 21 Sep 2009 11:59pm

saint patrick wrote:have been trying to work out who this favour more...

I would think us...

However Cats have a slight mass advantage...ie bigger bodies and will have probably played more in the rain.

However I would believe that overall that we are fitter...and in hard game in the wet that we could finish better due to superior stamina.

While the Cats have got all their good players back into the team...many of them have had quite interrupted seasons.

ie Ottens is still below his best..

SJ looked good against the Pies, but his fitness would have to be below what it could be. Ditto for Chapman.

A real hard grinding game exacerbated by wet weather could well give us the edge late in the game.

matrix · Post: # 828387Post **matrix** » Tue 22 Sep 2009 3:35am

im buying a water proof snuggy and a giant shamwow tomorrow

chook23 · Post: # 828405Post **chook23** » Tue 22 Sep 2009 8:34am

saintsRrising wrote:
saint patrick wrote:have been trying to work out who this favour more...

I would think us...

However Cats have a slight mass advantage...ie bigger bodies and will have probably played more in the rain.

However I would believe that overall that we are fitter...and in hard game in the wet that we could finish better due to superior stamina.

While the Cats have got all their good players back into the team...many of them have had quite interrupted seasons.

ie Ottens is still below his best..

SJ looked good against the Pies, but his fitness would have to be below what it could be. Ditto for Chapman.

A real hard grinding game exacerbated by wet weather could well give us the edge late in the game.

Bartel.....Selwood.....Ablett ...Chapman....Corey

I think the wet weather will have a lesser impact on Cats......

your points taken re Cats have played in those conditions more......

will fitness( a couple of players) bridge the gap............

???

Thinline · Post: # 828406Post **Thinline** » Tue 22 Sep 2009 8:46am

chook23 wrote:
saintsRrising wrote:
saint patrick wrote:have been trying to work out who this favour more...

I would think us...

However Cats have a slight mass advantage...ie bigger bodies and will have probably played more in the rain.

However I would believe that overall that we are fitter...and in hard game in the wet that we could finish better due to superior stamina.

While the Cats have got all their good players back into the team...many of them have had quite interrupted seasons.

ie Ottens is still below his best..

SJ looked good against the Pies, but his fitness would have to be below what it could be. Ditto for Chapman.

A real hard grinding game exacerbated by wet weather could well give us the edge late in the game.
Bartel.....Selwood.....Ablett ...Chapman....Corey

I think the wet weather will have a lesser impact on Cats......

your points taken re Cats have played in those conditions more......

will fitness( a couple of players) bridge the gap............

???

Another classic example of optimism from the big bad chook. Fair dinkum. Most depressing Saint in the history of time.

chook23 · Post: # 828408Post **chook23** » Tue 22 Sep 2009 8:52am

Thinline wrote:
chook23 wrote:
saintsRrising wrote:
saint patrick wrote:have been trying to work out who this favour more...

I would think us...

However Cats have a slight mass advantage...ie bigger bodies and will have probably played more in the rain.

However I would believe that overall that we are fitter...and in hard game in the wet that we could finish better due to superior stamina.

While the Cats have got all their good players back into the team...many of them have had quite interrupted seasons.

ie Ottens is still below his best..

SJ looked good against the Pies, but his fitness would have to be below what it could be. Ditto for Chapman.

A real hard grinding game exacerbated by wet weather could well give us the edge late in the game.
Bartel.....Selwood.....Ablett ...Chapman....Corey

I think the wet weather will have a lesser impact on Cats......

your points taken re Cats have played in those conditions more......

will fitness( a couple of players) bridge the gap............

???
Another classic example of optimism from the big bad chook. Fair dinkum. Most depressing Saint in the history of time.

Why?

Well known fact the players I mentioned are mudlarks

Yes we have some Hayes...Ball

but in football circles most people would say geelong have more.......

I hope we overcome it.

Sick of your crap comments directed to me.....I have not targeted you.

Because it is not OMG OMG wet my pants saint posts .....I am depressing

I was commenting on a question/opinion in thread ......d.....d

bridge the gap comment was in relation they had more mudlarks not who would win the game..........but you put your crap spin on it. Read what is there rather than seeing it the way you want to.