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I hope the paper version mentions some of our players.
By the way:
The only lowlight from St Kilda came when captain Nick Riewoldt limped from the ground in the final term although, after treatment, he was up and walking the boundary before the match ended.
did you notice Raph Clarke sitting on the bench for the 2nd half with ice on his hammy.
Mr Magic wrote:Is Richard Hinds a Sydney based AFL reporter for Fairfax?
yep. this is basically the smh story rather than a melbourne-based one.
the hot tip is that this is the year where the age's journalism (not just on footy) finally exits through the back door. expect to see plenty of aap match reports in fairfax papers, coz they no longer want to pay for their own journalists.
I think that within a few weeks Nick Reiwoldt may gain a level of match fitness where he starts to dominate again. He, together with Baker, Schneider, and Gram were all lacking match fitness and will all be the better for the run. And with Lenny, Max, X-Man, and Matt Maguire to come back I am looking forward to a good year.
I was impressed with Zac Dawson too. He was much better than his practise match form indicated.
Negatives: Poor conversion rate from Inside 50's....spent almost the whole second quarter in attack and kicked just 3. Been a problem for a while, so need to rectify.
Slow out of the blocks also.
Raph injury, Geary dissapointed me a touch, faded late.
Positives: Won without Max or Lenny and without any impact from Riewoldt after giving a 4 and a half goal start.
Dal Santo was excellent.
rodgerfox wrote:What could you really report about the game?
One of the worst 'spectacles' I've seen, played by two ordinary sides in front of a tiny crowd of what appeared to be quite disinterested supporters.
Only 145 points scores, mindless tactics preventing good footballers from playing good footy.
How negative are you? Gee, we had a win, have the 4 points, things looked OK after qtr time and we played some good footy at times. Sydney are a lock down side, all teams find it hard to put up big scores against them.
Posts like yours just suggest you are over footy in general. Go watch the amo's if you want to see the type of footy you watched in the old days. Things have changed.
A good performance from the boys last night and some really good signs. Its a long year and we are 1-0! Did you want a better start?
rodgerfox wrote:What could you really report about the game?
One of the worst 'spectacles' I've seen, played by two ordinary sides in front of a tiny crowd of what appeared to be quite disinterested supporters.
Only 145 points scores, mindless tactics preventing good footballers from playing good footy.
145 points scored is about the only correct thing you stated - Fox I can't wait to see your ramblings when we lose our first game - you will be beside yourself with joy - FOR A CHANGE
rodgerfox wrote:What could you really report about the game?
One of the worst 'spectacles' I've seen, played by two ordinary sides in front of a tiny crowd of what appeared to be quite disinterested supporters.
Only 145 points scores, mindless tactics preventing good footballers from playing good footy.
I'd give more than a passing mention to the team that kicked eleven unanswered goals
rodger you are a dead set waste of space!! FFS!
Im really believing all the people on here who swear you are only happy when we lose. The crowd sounded far from dis interested to me on TV! You are a fool.
Rodg, you are entitled to your opinion, but hells bells, whoever sits next to you at games deserves some sort of bravery award.
Wasnt you screaming "Oh youve undone all the hard work Saints" when they kicked those junk time goals after we were out on our feet with 2 on the bench was it???
hey rodger, go support carlton if you want free wheeling football which will not get you finals. Last night was really good, incrediable tackling, players going at the ball 100 miles an hour, 2 awesome marks and some very good goals. The turnovers usually came about because of pressure.
much rather that then the piss poor circle work I saw in the freo bulldogs match in their first quarter.
FQF
loyal in the good times and bad
In richo I trust
2013 trade/draft best ever?
Billings - future brownlow medallist Longer - future best ruck
Dunstan - future captain Eli - future cult hero
Acres - future norm smith
Rodger is entitled to his opinion. I dont agree with him but he is entitled.
The crowd was not tiny.
The Saints did play poorly in the first qtr but played hard at it football to kick 11 unanswered goals and completely shut down Sydney.
The game is always tight and low scoring against Sydney. I was actually pleasantly suprised by the intensity of the game and the fact that the umpires did their job and were pretty unobtrosive.
The game was better than I expected.
Lance or James??
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The game was 20% better than last year's without 3 of our 5 most important players (yes I include Roo).
Many of our lesser lights contributed strongly when the game was up for grabs, and we finally saw why we have been waiting so long for Michael Gardiner to get fit.
All in all, a danger game behind us and some real positive signs.
I don't care how we play, as long as we keep some sort of forward structure and play hard at the body footy.
