A quality quote? Says more about you than anything else.St Ick wrote:Yes, but a lot of defenders who get big numbers simply junk it up down back. Doesn't necessarily mean they have played better or worse than a player who has played a more defensive role in stopping an important player.Bernard Shakey wrote:Oh, another one who thinks it's okay for defenders to have no possessions. This is not the '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s or even the noughties, this is 2010 and you are expected to get your hands on the ball and have an impact on the game.noob wrote:so what that dempster got 5 disposals.. its his job to defend isnt it?
A quality quote that I have used my whole adult life is this one....
"Statistics are like a bikini, what they reveal is suggestive - but its what they conceal that is vital."
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Not personal. All I'm saying is bugger all on here have ever seen him play.St Ick wrote:Oh, so its personal, right, if you can't see the bigger picture, maybe it went over your head... :roll:Bernard Shakey wrote: A quality quote? Says more about you than anything else.
I have and think he deserves a game right now. So what are you saying?
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I have...but only 1 I think. In the NAB. Or did he play two NAB. Haven't seen him at Sandy as with kids sports it hard enough to get to the saints every week -Bernard Shakey wrote:I have, but I'd say the percentage is much less than 1%.Thinline wrote:And by the way I would love to know the EXACT percentage of Saintsationalists who have actually witnessed Al Smith play a game of football.
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Sorry mate, but I wasn't referring to any specific player with my op, pretty sure we are talking two different things here. I was just saying statistics lie, sometimes a players game cant be measured on the number of kicks he got. Just think of Maxy, never got huge numbers, but was our most important defender throughout his career.Bernard Shakey wrote:Not personal. All I'm saying is bugger all on here have ever seen him play.St Ick wrote:Oh, so its personal, right, if you can't see the bigger picture, maybe it went over your head...Bernard Shakey wrote: A quality quote? Says more about you than anything else.
I have and think he deserves a game right now. So what are you saying?
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Thinline wrote:And by the way I would love to know the EXACT percentage of Saintsationalists who have actually witnessed Al Smith play a game of football.
I say <1% ...
no.....he played in at least one pre season match.....
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I've seen him play in the flesh thrice!Bernard Shakey wrote:I have, but I'd say the percentage is much less than 1%.Thinline wrote:And by the way I would love to know the EXACT percentage of Saintsationalists who have actually witnessed Al Smith play a game of football.
I say <1% ...
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Nude footy!True Blue Sainter wrote:I've seen him play in the flesh thrice!Bernard Shakey wrote:I have, but I'd say the percentage is much less than 1%.Thinline wrote:And by the way I would love to know the EXACT percentage of Saintsationalists who have actually witnessed Al Smith play a game of football.
I say <1% ...
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"The inches we need are everywhere around us. They're in every break in the game. Every minute, every second. On this team we fight for that inch. On this team we tear ourselves and everyone around us to pieces for that inch. We claw with our fingernails for that inch. Because we know when we add up all those inches that's gonna make the f***in' difference between winning and losing! Between living and dying!'
crap. he played three nab cup games, and starred in the first against collingwood. most on here would have seen one or more of those games.Bernard Shakey wrote:I have, but I'd say the percentage is much less than 1%.Thinline wrote:And by the way I would love to know the EXACT percentage of Saintsationalists who have actually witnessed Al Smith play a game of football.
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NAB Cup? Come on...Even Gaertner and Cahill (I think) had a run in that!!!
Granted I could have been clearer. I actually meant at Sandy where he's played pretty much all his preparatory footy.
Granted I could have been clearer. I actually meant at Sandy where he's played pretty much all his preparatory footy.
"The inches we need are everywhere around us. They're in every break in the game. Every minute, every second. On this team we fight for that inch. On this team we tear ourselves and everyone around us to pieces for that inch. We claw with our fingernails for that inch. Because we know when we add up all those inches that's gonna make the f***in' difference between winning and losing! Between living and dying!'
Did Steven get the chop, or having a rest....like all the other newbies in the AFL this year?matrix wrote:agreedAnythingsPossibleSaints wrote:Good call, Con.Con Gorozidis wrote:when i see the names "eddy", "mcqualter" and "dempster" in a starting 22 - i know i'm not looking at a top 4 side.
we need to improve in the next 4 weeks.
flipping eddy
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dempster too
and steven gets the chop
gears too
Gears, it's tough, I love the kid....but I am pretty sure he sat out last time because he is asked to apply defensive pressure, and against Essendon he didn't even lay a tackle...
I'd hope to see him a late change back in, I'm sure he would of got the message
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he'll be back.SainterK wrote:Did Steven get the chop, or having a rest....like all the other newbies in the AFL this year?matrix wrote:agreedAnythingsPossibleSaints wrote:Good call, Con.Con Gorozidis wrote:when i see the names "eddy", "mcqualter" and "dempster" in a starting 22 - i know i'm not looking at a top 4 side.
we need to improve in the next 4 weeks.
flipping eddy
ffs
dempster too
and steven gets the chop
gears too
Gears, it's tough, I love the kid....but I am pretty sure he sat out last time because he is asked to apply defensive pressure, and against Essendon he didn't even lay a tackle...
I'd hope to see him a late change back in, I'm sure he would of got the message
does that include pre-season gamesThinline wrote:And by the way I would love to know the EXACT percentage of Saintsationalists who have actually witnessed Al Smith play a game of football.
I say <1% ...
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