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The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
Look on the bright side...we are a getting a lot of free publicity. All this chatter has sent a lot of "other" supporters into a frenzy. I suspect it will result in greater numbers to Saints games......thank you$e
Look on the bright side...we are a getting a lot of free publicity. All this chatter has sent a lot of "other" supporters into a frenzy. I suspect it will result in greater numbers to Saints games......thank you$e
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serious?
i would rather be in Melbournes shoes (havent heard about them since August) than ours. their staying on the D-low, they dont put up with crap, while almost every day since before christmas we have been in the paper.
i would rather be in Melbournes shoes (havent heard about them since August) than ours. their staying on the D-low, they dont put up with crap, while almost every day since before christmas we have been in the paper.
"Another storied win in Robert Harvey's career. They say he is the embodiment of their motto of strength through loyalty, and on the day he became just the tenth man to play 350 league games the saints reward him with a seemingly impossible victory."
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We are a joke.
And we are hated with such a stinging nastiness. You cop it from all angles.
If we fall this year, salt, vinegar, and live bull ants will poured into our bloody gaping wound of a football club.
Why can't we teach the players the kind of insane passion some of the fans have.
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At least robert harvey is back at the club. The shining light is still there
And we are hated with such a stinging nastiness. You cop it from all angles.
If we fall this year, salt, vinegar, and live bull ants will poured into our bloody gaping wound of a football club.
Why can't we teach the players the kind of insane passion some of the fans have.
GO SAINTS
At least robert harvey is back at the club. The shining light is still there
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cheer up ...the season starts soon ...all this chatter will soon be drowned out by the sound success
.....remember when it is dark enough, you can see the stars !
These misdemeanours are really quite trivial in the scheme of things.
I am sure all will be forgiven once we can peg a few wins on the board.
Answer me this...
if Stanley took a screamer in front of goal and kicked to secure a win in the opening round, would you be jumping out of your seat with joy or brooding about "the cultcha".......
.....remember when it is dark enough, you can see the stars !
These misdemeanours are really quite trivial in the scheme of things.
I am sure all will be forgiven once we can peg a few wins on the board.
Answer me this...
if Stanley took a screamer in front of goal and kicked to secure a win in the opening round, would you be jumping out of your seat with joy or brooding about "the cultcha".......
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bombers and pies have done very little wrong over the past years, i dont think the collingwood players were found guilty for whatever they did last year? they have every right to take the piss out of us. we are the laughing stock of the afl. 1 premiership in 127 odd years, choked against Port in 04, Swans in 05, Hawks in 08, Cats in 09 and although we were a long way behind against the pies at one stage in 2010 we were infront with 3 mins to go so thats another choking. and on top of all that our players are off having a little party 6 weeks out from round 1.I Love Peter Kiel wrote:Why read HS replies written by brain-dead Bombers and 'Pies? You already know what they'll say.
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"Another storied win in Robert Harvey's career. They say he is the embodiment of their motto of strength through loyalty, and on the day he became just the tenth man to play 350 league games the saints reward him with a seemingly impossible victory."
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Maybe we're trying too hard to be what we are not.
I think we should embrace our bad behaviour and run with it,as a club and supporters. What is our brand? The only brand the Stkfc has ever delivered is controvercy and colour.
First up,lets invite Kimma to pie night this friday....
I think we should embrace our bad behaviour and run with it,as a club and supporters. What is our brand? The only brand the Stkfc has ever delivered is controvercy and colour.
First up,lets invite Kimma to pie night this friday....
Bring back the Lockett era
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To be honest, I'm over it, we aren't the only football club that has dramas, eg Didak and Shaw, Cousins and co, Fevola, Schwarz etc.
We are just the ones having it now because a few of our guys decided to be totally stupid.
The only way they can apologise to us the fans is to show us on the field and keep your noses clean.
I don't particulary want to hear Hinch bad mouth our club again with his BS.
Such a hypocrite, he says the only thing different about footballers is that they can kick a ball, hey that's right Derryn, if they didn't and we're just Joe Average and did the same thing, you wouldn't even glance at the story and wouldn't have cared less.
I just hope these 4 guys feel ashamed, sorry, stupid and realise what a lucky break they have got and grab this opportunity to set themselves up for life.
We are just the ones having it now because a few of our guys decided to be totally stupid.
The only way they can apologise to us the fans is to show us on the field and keep your noses clean.
I don't particulary want to hear Hinch bad mouth our club again with his BS.
Such a hypocrite, he says the only thing different about footballers is that they can kick a ball, hey that's right Derryn, if they didn't and we're just Joe Average and did the same thing, you wouldn't even glance at the story and wouldn't have cared less.
I just hope these 4 guys feel ashamed, sorry, stupid and realise what a lucky break they have got and grab this opportunity to set themselves up for life.
Except for the sanity nothing much has been lost.
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I'd honestly put a lazy 100 on Hinch feigning cancer for the web hits...
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And the only thing different about this clown is that he gets paid millions to screech into a microphone.3rd generation saint wrote:Such a hypocrite, he says the only thing different about footballers is that they can kick a ball, hey that's right Derryn, if they didn't and we're just Joe Average and did the same thing, you wouldn't even glance at the story and wouldn't have cared less.
His whole life is littered with events that would, in comparison, make our boys antics look about as serious as "double dipping a chip".
I certainly don't wish him any bad will however his potentially fatal illness does not buy him immunity from the title of d**khead!
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What exactly have st kilda done? And I mean actually done. Ok a couple of players mixed sleeping pills and grog it's stupid and dangerous but not the worst thing in the world.saintdooley wrote:bombers and pies have done very little wrong over the past years, i dont think the collingwood players were found guilty for whatever they did last year? they have every right to take the piss out of us. we are the laughing stock of the afl. 1 premiership in 127 odd years, choked against Port in 04, Swans in 05, Hawks in 08, Cats in 09 and although we were a long way behind against the pies at one stage in 2010 we were infront with 3 mins to go so thats another choking. and on top of all that our players are off having a little party 6 weeks out from round 1.I Love Peter Kiel wrote:Why read HS replies written by brain-dead Bombers and 'Pies? You already know what they'll say.
Riewoldt got his picture taken with his pants down. Not really a crime.
Gilbert and armitage had sex with a 17 year old whom they believed to be 19. I see no issue here.
Lovett was bad luck but he wasn't a real saint, he'd just walked through the door.
As for collingwood they had didak associating with a man who was shooting police stations. A man who would later kill 2 innocent people. TWo deaths didak possibly could have prevented. Heath and didak could have killed themselves drink driving or worse still an innocent family and they then went on to lie to everybody about it.
Their coach went on to the field and called an opposition player a f****** rapist. If he had any integrity he would now have to sack beams and the other bloke.
A certain midfielder was rumoured to have almost had an overdose after the grand final replay.
They have now stolen two players through very questionable means.
Yet none of these stories got 1 percent of the media coverage that the photo scandal got. It's easy to think we're so much worse than the other clubs but imo this current issue and the lovvett one were the only ones we had actually done anything wrong.
Hell there were even talks of us cheating the cap after the storm were caught.
The unfortunate thing is people don't view there things objectively. Mud sticks. People will always hear about st kilda being in the paper and they will continue to associate innuendo towards our club and players.
Whilst zac and co's behaviour was inexcusable, so too is the behaviour of the media in football. The fact is there are too many journalists covering the game and when they can't find a story they make one up and the public lap it up.
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I don't agree with you taz. It's all bad publicity, and we're just sick of it. Why do we all bother to deny ourselves in order to worship the ground these guys walk on? I have just bought another two memberships I couldn't afford for family members, and what for!!!!! After nearly 60 years of following this club, I am sick of being ridiculed.
Doing something wrong on the field is one thing, but this is just plain stupidity! And to think that our support funds these idiots!!!
What were they doing in NZ anyway??? They should have been up in Qld doing some real work!!!!! Trouble is, they are far too precious!!!
Doing something wrong on the field is one thing, but this is just plain stupidity! And to think that our support funds these idiots!!!
What were they doing in NZ anyway??? They should have been up in Qld doing some real work!!!!! Trouble is, they are far too precious!!!
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What they have "done" is "damage the brand", however inadvertently. Robert Walls' article from today is crude, but it makes the point: the club managers responsible for memberships and sponsorships are surely having a nightmare of a time right now.
It's the timing that stinks.
It's the timing that stinks.
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Is this the banner competition for round 1?saintdooley wrote:. we are the laughing stock of the afl. 1 premiership in 127 odd years, choked against Port in 04, Swans in 05, Hawks in 08, Cats in 09 and although we were a long way behind against the pies at one stage in 2010 we were infront with 3 mins to go so thats another choking. and on top of all that our players are off having a little party 6 weeks out from round 1.
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The difference, quite clearly, is that our 'crimes' are for the most part of the type that lend themselves to scuttlebut and innuendo. Pies crimes are for the most part just that. They can't be talked about. They get bogged down in a spray of 'no comments on legal advice' and 'we have to respect the judiciary'. They also have a powerful media identity at the helm and an open and willing attitude towards the press and TV. We on the other hand choose a bubble. We are an easy target, we make ourselves one, and as such we shouldn't express surprise to be attacked with extra venom when we are caught nude or popping pills.Armoooo wrote:What exactly have st kilda done? And I mean actually done. Ok a couple of players mixed sleeping pills and grog it's stupid and dangerous but not the worst thing in the world.saintdooley wrote:bombers and pies have done very little wrong over the past years, i dont think the collingwood players were found guilty for whatever they did last year? they have every right to take the piss out of us. we are the laughing stock of the afl. 1 premiership in 127 odd years, choked against Port in 04, Swans in 05, Hawks in 08, Cats in 09 and although we were a long way behind against the pies at one stage in 2010 we were infront with 3 mins to go so thats another choking. and on top of all that our players are off having a little party 6 weeks out from round 1.I Love Peter Kiel wrote:Why read HS replies written by brain-dead Bombers and 'Pies? You already know what they'll say.
Riewoldt got his picture taken with his pants down. Not really a crime.
Gilbert and armitage had sex with a 17 year old whom they believed to be 19. I see no issue here.
Lovett was bad luck but he wasn't a real saint, he'd just walked through the door.
As for collingwood they had didak associating with a man who was shooting police stations. A man who would later kill 2 innocent people. TWo deaths didak possibly could have prevented. Heath and didak could have killed themselves drink driving or worse still an innocent family and they then went on to lie to everybody about it.
Their coach went on to the field and called an opposition player a f****** rapist. If he had any integrity he would now have to sack beams and the other bloke.
A certain midfielder was rumoured to have almost had an overdose after the grand final replay.
They have now stolen two players through very questionable means.
Yet none of these stories got 1 percent of the media coverage that the photo scandal got. It's easy to think we're so much worse than the other clubs but imo this current issue and the lovvett one were the only ones we had actually done anything wrong.
Hell there were even talks of us cheating the cap after the storm were caught.
The unfortunate thing is people don't view there things objectively. Mud sticks. People will always hear about st kilda being in the paper and they will continue to associate innuendo towards our club and players.
Whilst zac and co's behaviour was inexcusable, so too is the behaviour of the media in football. The fact is there are too many journalists covering the game and when they can't find a story they make one up and the public lap it up.
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So because we don't suck up to an entire industry that needn't be there we deserve vilification? that doesn't sit right with me.
I know people will think that this is either the conspiracy theorist or the psychologist coming through in me but I have long believed that the reason why we are so hated at the moment isn't because of our bubble, or the fact that Ross Lyon is an acquired taste, it's because we're breaking the status quo.
The attitudes of the Carlton's, Essendon's and Collingwood's is that we are the perennial cellar dwellars, we need to learn our place and get back to the bottom of the ladder.
Everybody is just waiting for the club to self implode, but I've got some news, it wont.
It's like your little brother growing up and now beating you up, you would not be the least bit impressed. So many of these people feel it's their right of passage to watch St Kilda implode, it's quite pathetic really.
I know people will think that this is either the conspiracy theorist or the psychologist coming through in me but I have long believed that the reason why we are so hated at the moment isn't because of our bubble, or the fact that Ross Lyon is an acquired taste, it's because we're breaking the status quo.
The attitudes of the Carlton's, Essendon's and Collingwood's is that we are the perennial cellar dwellars, we need to learn our place and get back to the bottom of the ladder.
Everybody is just waiting for the club to self implode, but I've got some news, it wont.
It's like your little brother growing up and now beating you up, you would not be the least bit impressed. So many of these people feel it's their right of passage to watch St Kilda implode, it's quite pathetic really.
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BIM in saying "we're" are you using the "royal we" ? Are you seriously suggesting that you have been ridiculed for 60 years ??? and yes perhaps when they have finished in Queensland they could go to Egypt and sort out their problems and while there over there what about world peace and a cure for cancer ....fancy having a training camp in NZ when there is all that work to be done. BIM cheer up and toughen up !!!!! It not that bad when you look at all that has transpired without the hyperbole of a bored press gang. What we need is some positive talk to encourage a major sponsor!Born in Moorabbin wrote:I don't agree with you taz. It's all bad publicity, and we're just sick of it. Why do we all bother to deny ourselves in order to worship the ground these guys walk on? I have just bought another two memberships I couldn't afford for family members, and what for!!!!! After nearly 60 years of following this club, I am sick of being ridiculed.
Doing something wrong on the field is one thing, but this is just plain stupidity! And to think that our support funds these idiots!!!
What were they doing in NZ anyway??? They should have been up in Qld doing some real work!!!!! Trouble is, they are far too precious!!!
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i think that ended once we started beating everyones first team .....SydneySainter wrote:We're certainly not everyone's second team anymore.
noticed alot of people jump on the Dee's as their second team now , lets see how long that lasts
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Faith in Lyon hardly dented yet!
Not worried about the herald bum's predictable focus on cheap and easy innuendo and unsubstantiated allegations regarding st. Kilda's 'Suspect Culture'. There's no joournalistic insight here. No journalist in herald land has to do any serious investigation on anything footy related to get printed. The real news in footy journalism is nearly always in the age.This is simply a rehash of previous history and now ui'm wondering how accurate that was anyway. The Herald Sun have the worst reputation for hopelessly inaccurate and brazenly cooked up news in melbourne.
You're mad if you believe anything written in that fantasy pamphlet.
I'm more concerned about what the new support coaches will bring to the new era Saints and how our forward line can evolve into a more balanced avenue to goal and and how we'll return to kicking more goals.
Saints Culture is fine the Herald Sun's aint. Don't Worry!
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You're mad if you believe anything written in that fantasy pamphlet.
I'm more concerned about what the new support coaches will bring to the new era Saints and how our forward line can evolve into a more balanced avenue to goal and and how we'll return to kicking more goals.
Saints Culture is fine the Herald Sun's aint. Don't Worry!
GO SAINTS!
The boy can play and we can build a defence around him that will have respect.