St Kilda Cliche List

[groupie1]

I may be the only one, and if so nobody will join this discussion, and that will be fair enough... but is anyone else tiring of some of the cliches floating around our sports media? Some are wrong, some are years late, some I've heard ad-f******-nauseum from the likes of Robert Walls and in the Herald-Sun that one wonders why we need commentary at all... we could just replay the audio or reprint articles from last year.

Ten of the most boring, tiresome Saints-related cliches so far this year:
1/ Gilbert really gives them that run from the backline.
2/ Milne has really improved as a player this year.
3/ Geez, Baker's a tough nut, isn't he?
4/ They miss Reiwoldt up forward.
5/ Kozitschke is nowhere near Reiwoldt
6/ They get numbers behind the ball
7/ Clint Jones is right up there with Cameron Ling as the best tagger in the league.
8/ King's in the twilight of his career.
9/ Dal Santo/Milne has really worked on the defensive side of his game.
10/ ...release Goddard forward

[plugger66]

And some are said by many people on here.

[cowboy18]

Two weeks.

[St Chris]

Two weeks.

To Be Assessed

[Milan Faletic]

5/ Kozitschke is nowhere near Reiwoldt

Koschitzke is nowhere near Riewoldt.

Sorry had to do it.

[meher baba]

"Kositschke lacks awareness."

"Saints Footy"

"Boring to watch, but effective"

"They are working really hard to get Gilbert free in the backline"

[Liam_G]

Try not to confuse cliches with FACTS...

[loris]

Try not to confuse cliches with FACTS...

Careful Liam_G...... if you mention the word FACTS you'll start getting 'pavlovian' cliche responses from bark4eva

[saintsRrising]

"Pleasing"

[degruch]

Tick all the boxes

[sainterinsydney]

"With 20/20 vision...."

"We butchered the ball tonight"

"[insert anything regarding Saints game] was pleasing"

"I didn't see it to be honest"

Love those Lyonisms

[Milan Faletic]

scoreboard pressure

[saintlee]

2/ Milne has really improved as a player this year.

This one really bugs me....the media have been saying this since Grant Thomas' last year as coach...along with, "Milne would never have passed that ball off a few years ago"

Its like the perception of him is stuck in 2003 or something...that was frickin years ago that Milne was a selfish player, he has been doing the team things for years now!

[Milan Faletic]

"Kositschke lacks awareness."

"No one can spell Koschitzke."

[bigred]

"very Pleasing"

That should have been our membership drive slogan.

[meher baba]

"Kositschke lacks awareness."

"No one can spell Koschitzke."

Nobody likes a pedant.

[Milan Faletic]

"Kositschke lacks awareness."

"No one can spell Koschitzke."

Nobody likes a pedant.

Sorry, mahar bebe

[Quixote]

They strangle the life out of the opposition.

[groupie1]

2/ Milne has really improved as a player this year.

This one really bugs me....the media have been saying this since Grant Thomas' last year as coach...along with, "Milne would never have passed that ball off a few years ago"

Its like the perception of him is stuck in 2003 or something...that was frickin years ago that Milne was a selfish player, he has been doing the team things for years now!

Yes. Couldn't agree more. This is why many of these quotes give me the s***s - they're just repeating a perception, whether its current or not.

[groupie1]

"Full credit to them."
"They gave 110%."

[evertonfc]

Always heard during September.

Before a final (said by most) : "I'm confident this is our year"

During the match (said by old ladies behind you): "Sit down! Some of us are trying to watch the match"

As the game slips beyond our grasp (said by evertonfc): "Where's the pressure? Intensity? I didn't pay $200 for these tickets to watch you roll over."

After the match (said by others): "There's always next year."

After the match (said by evertonfc, usually whilst kicking something): "Not good enough, we didn't want it enough. We need to trade for player X & Y, cut the dead wood, and draft a bunch of decent kids."

[Milan Faletic]

What about "we need a 3rd umpire." I have heard some journos and commentators say that.

We already have 3 umpires! It would be a 4th umpire!

Cricket has two on-field umpires, hence the third umpire.

[bobmurray]

Koschitzke is nowhere near Riewoldt.

Thats incorrect...when both are playing they are nearly side by side....

[meher baba]

If we are onto general footy cliches.......

"never had a better pre-season"

"gut running" (or "gut-busting running")

"training the house down"

"we've got the close one"

and (my personal favourite)

"there's absolutely no evidence of teams tanking for draft picks" (not just a cliche, but a delusion)

[meher baba]

Oh, and "nice use of the body" (meaning "he grabbed hold of him and slung him to the ground")

"rewarded for playing in front" (the free kick wasn't there)