How did Garry Ablett Jnr react???Spinner wrote:You are correct. He will take it like a man (I hope) because of the person he is.....But I wouldn't want to play for a team that orchestrated me as a scape goat.joffaboy wrote:I dont agree with Dal being dropped but your OP was pathetic. If Dal Santo cant show some true heart in the reserves he is welcome to spit it and get traded at seasons end.Spinner wrote:It's funny, we have the moron brigade criticizing the fact that Armitage was dropped albeit his 4 touches the previous week......Yet people seem to be content with the dropping of Dal Santo.
We have some absolute dicks on this site, it hardly makes it worth the effort.
Show the world the coach was wrong to drop you not sook and squib it.
Dal Santo is no sook or squib. He will face the dropping like a grown up and will be back bigger and better than ever.
Dal anto will be fine. However Milne, Fiora, Schneider, Raph Clarke should seriously consider if they want to play AFL football and start pulling their fingers out.
Some key points:
1 - I dont think Dal Santos form has warranted omittion.
2 - I think he has been used as the scape goat....the big name to send the message to the playing group.
And for those two reasons alone, I would tell the St Kilda Football Club to go stick it, and find a suitable trade for me at the end of the season. And if I was really pissed, Id enter the pre-season draft.
If RL and the St K FC aren't willing to play him combined with the fact he didn't deserve being dropped and was used to send a message to others.....Well I wouldn't blame him for not wanting to be there.
And to those dickheads who are shouting "lets see him dominate in the reserves before he comes back up..." What the f*** for? How does that help St Kilda in the slightest?
If I was Dal Santo......
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Bowden got dropped because it was felt there were players who could perform better than him at the time.
Who out of the players brought in can do better than Dal even at less than best form?
Wonder if he would dare to drop Roo if he became a little "soft" also? Or would RL be under orders not to rock the boat and have Roo looking north?
Who out of the players brought in can do better than Dal even at less than best form?
Wonder if he would dare to drop Roo if he became a little "soft" also? Or would RL be under orders not to rock the boat and have Roo looking north?
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An aside that could affect Dal's reaction...
During the Hutchy interview yesterday, Lyon started by saying the reason was that Dal Santo was not following behaviours decided on by the leadreship group.
Then Hutchy - in true sports reporter fashion - asked his next prepared question instead of following up and asking what involvement the leadership group had taken and been given in the decision.
Is this Ross Lyon in isolation? Or is this actually a team thing. "If I were Dal Santo" my reaction would be far different if it were a message from my teammates than a move of desperation from a coach further below expectations than my play...
During the Hutchy interview yesterday, Lyon started by saying the reason was that Dal Santo was not following behaviours decided on by the leadreship group.
Then Hutchy - in true sports reporter fashion - asked his next prepared question instead of following up and asking what involvement the leadership group had taken and been given in the decision.
Is this Ross Lyon in isolation? Or is this actually a team thing. "If I were Dal Santo" my reaction would be far different if it were a message from my teammates than a move of desperation from a coach further below expectations than my play...
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What interview? All i saw was Hutchy and a channel 9 camera crew ambushing our coach in the Moorabbin carpark as he was probably trying to get to his car.BAM! (shhhh) wrote:An aside that could affect Dal's reaction...
During the Hutchy interview yesterday, Lyon started by saying the reason was that Dal Santo was not following behaviours decided on by the leadreship group.
Then Hutchy - in true sports reporter fashion - asked his next prepared question instead of following up and asking what involvement the leadership group had taken and been given in the decision.
Is this Ross Lyon in isolation? Or is this actually a team thing. "If I were Dal Santo" my reaction would be far different if it were a message from my teammates than a move of desperation from a coach further below expectations than my play...
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It was on the footy show.Ice Wolf wrote:What interview? All i saw was Hutchy and a channel 9 camera crew ambushing our coach in the Moorabbin carpark as he was probably trying to get to his car.BAM! (shhhh) wrote:An aside that could affect Dal's reaction...
During the Hutchy interview yesterday, Lyon started by saying the reason was that Dal Santo was not following behaviours decided on by the leadreship group.
Then Hutchy - in true sports reporter fashion - asked his next prepared question instead of following up and asking what involvement the leadership group had taken and been given in the decision.
Is this Ross Lyon in isolation? Or is this actually a team thing. "If I were Dal Santo" my reaction would be far different if it were a message from my teammates than a move of desperation from a coach further below expectations than my play...
"Everything comes to he who hustles while he waits"
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Re: If I was Dal Santo......
Spinner and The_Dud....Spinner wrote:I would seriously want the club to lose this week, i'd be so filthy. Without a doubt, I want them to struggle and regret using me as an unworthy scape goat. Thats how I would feel as an AFL player in his position, and anyone that has played would know that player loyalty isn't the same one of which keeps us all logging into this site.
Remember these players don't come from the same supporter depth as fans....They actually barracked for other (and probably more successful) AFL teams. Id be already half way to earning double the money, and more accurate to my worth If I was Nick.
This is an absolute slap in the face for the bloke. And regardless of the result on the weekend, or for the rest of the season, I am truly embarrassed to be a St Kilda supporter today.
We have done the opposition a favor, and well and truly continued to be a laughing stock of opposition fans.
Looks like Gehrig wasn't enough of a scapegoat.
I always remember my wise grandmother telling me "better to keep your mouth shut, and let people think you're a fool. Than to open it and confirm their suspicions."
Guess it translates to the modern era with keyboards as well.
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In the old system that might have been the case but Lyon seem clear on his new system of not picking players on name alone.n1ck wrote:Will be back this week if Lendog is out as it certainly looks.
No way we will go into a game without Hayes AND Dal.
Dal has to prove his worth tomorrow playing for Casey.