An interesting article by Sheahan
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Not a bad article from Sheehan. Seems he has finally been forced to give us some credit, much to his own disgust!ohwhenthesaints! wrote:It was just a matter of time, we are soon to become the "popular" kids.
I hope you are all ready, no more flying under the radar.
As for the article, I will have to give Mike some credit, he was not selective and was factual.
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Yes indeed... the H-S appear to be changing their tune... better late than never.
Scott Gullan's write-up was humourous in places!
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/ ... 42,00.html
'Surely, they can't keep this up,' captain Simon Goodwin would have repeated in the huddle before they went to their positions.
Within 30 seconds St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt was having a yet another shot for goal after Nick Dal Santo had waltzed through the middle of the ground unchecked and hit him lace out on the chest.
The Saints skipper, as in his habit, missed which gave the Crows time to catch their breath and re-focus on what Craigy had told them during the break.
Graham Johncock had been obviously listening intently and from the kick-in he tried to spear a pass 30m down the centre corridor to Brent Reilly.
To the shock horror of everyone at the ground, Brendon Goddard managed to spoil and then find the ball in traffic, handball to Adam Schneider for a simple goal. It was that embarassing, it was actually funny.
Remember, this was the fifth placed team in the competition who'd strung together seven wins in a row.
And just when the laughter died down five minutes later, the Crows did it again.
Andy Otten marked at half-back, played on immediately only to be nailed in a tackle by Jason Gram.
He then calmly handballed over Andrew McQualter who snapped the Saints 12th and put the lead out to a lazy eight goals.
Scott Gullan's write-up was humourous in places!
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/ ... 42,00.html
'Surely, they can't keep this up,' captain Simon Goodwin would have repeated in the huddle before they went to their positions.
Within 30 seconds St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt was having a yet another shot for goal after Nick Dal Santo had waltzed through the middle of the ground unchecked and hit him lace out on the chest.
The Saints skipper, as in his habit, missed which gave the Crows time to catch their breath and re-focus on what Craigy had told them during the break.
Graham Johncock had been obviously listening intently and from the kick-in he tried to spear a pass 30m down the centre corridor to Brent Reilly.
To the shock horror of everyone at the ground, Brendon Goddard managed to spoil and then find the ball in traffic, handball to Adam Schneider for a simple goal. It was that embarassing, it was actually funny.
Remember, this was the fifth placed team in the competition who'd strung together seven wins in a row.
And just when the laughter died down five minutes later, the Crows did it again.
Andy Otten marked at half-back, played on immediately only to be nailed in a tackle by Jason Gram.
He then calmly handballed over Andrew McQualter who snapped the Saints 12th and put the lead out to a lazy eight goals.
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roos kicked 50 goals 32 this year Scott ya wallyInkerSaint wrote:Yes indeed... the H-S appear to be changing their tune... better late than never.
Scott Gullan's write-up was humourous in places!
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/ ... 42,00.html
'Surely, they can't keep this up,' captain Simon Goodwin would have repeated in the huddle before they went to their positions.
Within 30 seconds St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt was having a yet another shot for goal after Nick Dal Santo had waltzed through the middle of the ground unchecked and hit him lace out on the chest.
The Saints skipper, as in his habit, missed which gave the Crows time to catch their breath and re-focus on what Craigy had told them during the break.
Graham Johncock had been obviously listening intently and from the kick-in he tried to spear a pass 30m down the centre corridor to Brent Reilly.
To the shock horror of everyone at the ground, Brendon Goddard managed to spoil and then find the ball in traffic, handball to Adam Schneider for a simple goal. It was that embarassing, it was actually funny.
Remember, this was the fifth placed team in the competition who'd strung together seven wins in a row.
And just when the laughter died down five minutes later, the Crows did it again.
Andy Otten marked at half-back, played on immediately only to be nailed in a tackle by Jason Gram.
He then calmly handballed over Andrew McQualter who snapped the Saints 12th and put the lead out to a lazy eight goals.
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VietNam_Saint wrote:Now there's an oxymoron.
An interesting article by Sheahan.
Or is that just a moron ?
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[quote="ohwhenthesaints!"]It was just a matter of time, we are soon to become the "popular" kids.
I hope you are all ready, no more flying under the radar.
As for the article, I will have to give Mike some credit, he was not selective and was factual.[/quote]
we cant be super popular because we dont have the amazing Prestigiacomo or Dids
I hope you are all ready, no more flying under the radar.
As for the article, I will have to give Mike some credit, he was not selective and was factual.[/quote]
we cant be super popular because we dont have the amazing Prestigiacomo or Dids
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I got a chuckle from the Scott cullen one too
another good read from the Australian
St Kilda's contempt for opposition continues
Stephen Rielly | July 20, 2009 Article from: The Australian
SOME time ago St Kilda made certain of its presence in September.
Since then, it has almost been as if the Saints have concerned themselves with establishing an authority over the competition that will intimidate and count when they are there.
The four points taken from the triumph over Geelong a fortnight ago, for instance, were not nearly as valuable as the confidence drawn from the victory and the statement it sent back to Skilled Stadium and beyond.
Similarly, at Etihad Stadium last night, it wasn't the points or the continuation of an unbeaten streak that now stretches to 16 that really mattered for St Kilda but the fact that another challenger, Adelaide, was contemptuously slapped down, 15.15 (105) to 7.6 (48).
The Crows arrived in Melbourne with seven straight wins to recommend them and a sniff of fourth position, which had been made available by Collingwood's loss to Hawthorn the night before.
They had kept Fremantle to one goal the previous week and North Melbourne to three several weeks earlier. Not even the miserly Saints had been as frugal in the preceding month or two.
Moreover, a certain weariness had been detected in St Kilda's struggle to beat West Coast after the Geelong match. It was suspected that the high octane defensive game that the Saints have built their campaign around could be starting to tell.
What transpired was instead a mauling that it is hard to see Adelaide recovering from this season - a 57-point drubbing that, for different reasons, will surely be remembered by both teams and their coaches should they meet again in spring.
After an encouraging opening term, in which both sides kicked four goals, St Kilda simply crushed the Crows, mauling them into a state of submission that kept the South Australians to one goal in the next two quarters and just three after quarter-time. The last of them, a speculative snap from Kurt Tippett, was kicked seconds before the final siren.
It wasn't obvious at the time, but the seeds of this destruction were sown in that first term when the Saints created two of their four goals from the near-maniacal tackling and harassment that has become their trademark.
Soon enough, Adelaide was barely able to get the ball beyond the centre circle for the pressure its players were subjected to. In the second term the Crows got into their forward 50 zone just four times, in the third a mere six.
Mid-way through the second term they had utterly retreated, to hold on like a punch-drunk boxer who simply doesn't want to suffer any more punishment. They regularly wove together a sequence of half a dozen backline possessions but, in the face of St Kilda's relentless physical assault, advanced barely a metre.
What the football world saw after the first quarter was domination of a rare order, expected perhaps when first meets 16th but not when first meets fifth.
St Kilda goals spilled from tackles and challenges so often that soon enough it seemed that the mere thought of them, the expectation, had Adelaide spooked and coughing up the football.
St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt and his ground level side-kick Stephen Milne were the main beneficiaries in the second term, adding five goals between them to the two they kicked in the opening quarter.
But the most influential players were further afield ... Lenny Hayes, Brendon Goddard, Farren Ray and Jason Gram who all finished with 30 possessions or more. In the end, though, the possession count, which was artificially inflated by Adelaide's congested sand-bagging of the contest that produced something of a scoring stalemate in the final term, was far less important than the tackle count and the state of siege it induced.
Eight St Kilda players laid five or more tackles, Hayes an extraordinary 10 and Adam Schneider eight, most of which appeared to be more satisfying to him than the two goals he slotted.
The Saints knocked up 478 touches, a club record, but coach Ross Lyon was happier with the discrepancy in the tackle count, which favoured his side 73-50, and the sure recommendation that was the fact Adelaide averaged just seven inside 50s per quarter after the first change. The Crows were turned back as much as it was denied the football.
If there was a concern at all for the Saints, it was the loss of in-form ruckman Michael Gardiner before the game to injury and a third-term incident involving Justin Koschitzke.
The big Saint made late and head-high contact with Richard Douglas as he took a chest mark. A free-kick and 50-metre penalty was paid to Douglas, who promptly sprayed his shot wide. But the hit that saw a number of Crows remonstrate with him will almost certainly be studied by the match review panel.
another good read from the Australian
St Kilda's contempt for opposition continues
Stephen Rielly | July 20, 2009 Article from: The Australian
SOME time ago St Kilda made certain of its presence in September.
Since then, it has almost been as if the Saints have concerned themselves with establishing an authority over the competition that will intimidate and count when they are there.
The four points taken from the triumph over Geelong a fortnight ago, for instance, were not nearly as valuable as the confidence drawn from the victory and the statement it sent back to Skilled Stadium and beyond.
Similarly, at Etihad Stadium last night, it wasn't the points or the continuation of an unbeaten streak that now stretches to 16 that really mattered for St Kilda but the fact that another challenger, Adelaide, was contemptuously slapped down, 15.15 (105) to 7.6 (48).
The Crows arrived in Melbourne with seven straight wins to recommend them and a sniff of fourth position, which had been made available by Collingwood's loss to Hawthorn the night before.
They had kept Fremantle to one goal the previous week and North Melbourne to three several weeks earlier. Not even the miserly Saints had been as frugal in the preceding month or two.
Moreover, a certain weariness had been detected in St Kilda's struggle to beat West Coast after the Geelong match. It was suspected that the high octane defensive game that the Saints have built their campaign around could be starting to tell.
What transpired was instead a mauling that it is hard to see Adelaide recovering from this season - a 57-point drubbing that, for different reasons, will surely be remembered by both teams and their coaches should they meet again in spring.
After an encouraging opening term, in which both sides kicked four goals, St Kilda simply crushed the Crows, mauling them into a state of submission that kept the South Australians to one goal in the next two quarters and just three after quarter-time. The last of them, a speculative snap from Kurt Tippett, was kicked seconds before the final siren.
It wasn't obvious at the time, but the seeds of this destruction were sown in that first term when the Saints created two of their four goals from the near-maniacal tackling and harassment that has become their trademark.
Soon enough, Adelaide was barely able to get the ball beyond the centre circle for the pressure its players were subjected to. In the second term the Crows got into their forward 50 zone just four times, in the third a mere six.
Mid-way through the second term they had utterly retreated, to hold on like a punch-drunk boxer who simply doesn't want to suffer any more punishment. They regularly wove together a sequence of half a dozen backline possessions but, in the face of St Kilda's relentless physical assault, advanced barely a metre.
What the football world saw after the first quarter was domination of a rare order, expected perhaps when first meets 16th but not when first meets fifth.
St Kilda goals spilled from tackles and challenges so often that soon enough it seemed that the mere thought of them, the expectation, had Adelaide spooked and coughing up the football.
St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt and his ground level side-kick Stephen Milne were the main beneficiaries in the second term, adding five goals between them to the two they kicked in the opening quarter.
But the most influential players were further afield ... Lenny Hayes, Brendon Goddard, Farren Ray and Jason Gram who all finished with 30 possessions or more. In the end, though, the possession count, which was artificially inflated by Adelaide's congested sand-bagging of the contest that produced something of a scoring stalemate in the final term, was far less important than the tackle count and the state of siege it induced.
Eight St Kilda players laid five or more tackles, Hayes an extraordinary 10 and Adam Schneider eight, most of which appeared to be more satisfying to him than the two goals he slotted.
The Saints knocked up 478 touches, a club record, but coach Ross Lyon was happier with the discrepancy in the tackle count, which favoured his side 73-50, and the sure recommendation that was the fact Adelaide averaged just seven inside 50s per quarter after the first change. The Crows were turned back as much as it was denied the football.
If there was a concern at all for the Saints, it was the loss of in-form ruckman Michael Gardiner before the game to injury and a third-term incident involving Justin Koschitzke.
The big Saint made late and head-high contact with Richard Douglas as he took a chest mark. A free-kick and 50-metre penalty was paid to Douglas, who promptly sprayed his shot wide. But the hit that saw a number of Crows remonstrate with him will almost certainly be studied by the match review panel.
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