Cats show the Saints the Way

saints66 · Post: # 1153503Post **saints66** » Sat 01 Oct 2011 6:31pm

Cats have shown that it is the players and not the coach. We don't need Lyon, we still have the players to do the job.

Go Saints Do the Job

Con Gorozidis · Sat 01 Oct 2011 6:40pm

Well what can you say. Great group of players but a team first ethic.
Even the stars don't act like stars. Lingy as skipper. There is no denying them.

3 flags from 4 gfs. Equals the lions effort.

meher baba · Sat 01 Oct 2011 6:43pm

Yes, and they did it with a relatively simple game plan by modern standards, which allowed talented individuals to do their stuff.

clarky449 · Post: # 1153525Post **clarky449** » Sat 01 Oct 2011 6:46pm

Geelong are a different team to us player wise.

saints66 · Post: # 1153536Post **saints66** » Sat 01 Oct 2011 6:51pm

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Saints and Cats were the new kids on the block back in 2004 and we always looked the team with the better prospects. Even in 2009 we looked the better side.

So maybe you are right but a toe poke here and a little bit of luck we could have been them now!

SainterK · Post: # 1153539Post **SainterK** » Sat 01 Oct 2011 6:52pm

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BigMart · Post: # 1153540Post **BigMart** » Sat 01 Oct 2011 6:52pm

They had a rookie coach

All clubs should sack their coaches and go and grab one.....it means success

Just make sure you have 20 odd dual premiership players...

AnythingsPossibleSaints · Sat 01 Oct 2011 6:53pm

saints66 wrote:hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Saints and Cats were the new kids on the block back in 2004 and we always looked the team with the better prospects. Even in 2009 we looked the better side.

So maybe you are right but a toe poke here and a little bit of luck we could have been them now!

Who does "fortune" favour?

Moorabbin Man · Sat 01 Oct 2011 6:58pm

saints66 wrote:Cats have shown that it is the players and not the coach. We don't need Lyon, we still have the players to do the job.

Go Saints Do the Job

Do we? In reality we're 8 to 10 short.

battye · Post: # 1153554Post **battye** » Sat 01 Oct 2011 6:59pm

Moorabbin Man wrote:
saints66 wrote:Cats have shown that it is the players and not the coach. We don't need Lyon, we still have the players to do the job.

Go Saints Do the Job
Do we? In reality we're 8 to 10 short.

We need to take a bit of the West Coast book as well. Out of nowhere about half a dozen of the young players become stars (or on their way to becoming stars).

plugger66 · Post: # 1153555Post **plugger66** » Sat 01 Oct 2011 6:59pm

AnythingsPossibleSaints wrote:
saints66 wrote:hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Saints and Cats were the new kids on the block back in 2004 and we always looked the team with the better prospects. Even in 2009 we looked the better side.

So maybe you are right but a toe poke here and a little bit of luck we could have been them now!
Who does "fortune" favour?

I think it is the brave but it didnt favour Zac Dawson in 2009.

SaintPav · Post: # 1153580Post **SaintPav** » Sat 01 Oct 2011 7:05pm

plugger66 wrote:
AnythingsPossibleSaints wrote:
saints66 wrote:hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Saints and Cats were the new kids on the block back in 2004 and we always looked the team with the better prospects. Even in 2009 we looked the better side.

So maybe you are right but a toe poke here and a little bit of luck we could have been them now!
Who does "fortune" favour?
I think it is the brave but it didnt favour Zac Dawson in 2009.

a fantastic play but didn't go our way. Kosi, Mini, Milne all free going the other way. Probably would have stuffed it up anyway.

saints66 · Post: # 1153591Post **saints66** » Sat 01 Oct 2011 7:08pm

hmmmmmmmmmmmm

at the start of the year when they lost their coach and best player, they were considered to old, not good enough and past it

desertsaint · Sat 01 Oct 2011 7:09pm

give scott the credit he deserves - he reinvigorated the cats - made them hungry. our overrated coach simply made us tired.
how must freo be feeling right now?

BigMart · Post: # 1153595Post **BigMart** » Sat 01 Oct 2011 7:09pm

In 2004 we smashed geelong in the wizard cup and early in 2004

We were still better in 2005.....we both fell to pieces after.....

Then we were left in their wake

SainterK · Post: # 1153598Post **SainterK** » Sat 01 Oct 2011 7:10pm

Rd 1 everyone seemed to think we were well off the pace after nearly knocking off the Cats, if Lenny hadn't of gone down...

saints66 · Post: # 1153604Post **saints66** » Sat 01 Oct 2011 7:10pm

maybe like us now ......................... so maybe it is up to our players to show that they are not too old or past it just like Cats and not to wait for some new massiah of a coach to save us

saints66 · Post: # 1153622Post **saints66** » Sat 01 Oct 2011 7:16pm

we need a new start with a good new coach to reinvigorate us

We have the players ....... we just need to believe and bleed

ace · Post: # 1153627Post **ace** » Sat 01 Oct 2011 7:17pm

saints66 wrote:hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Saints and Cats were the new kids on the block back in 2004 and we always looked the team with the better prospects. Even in 2009 we looked the better side.

So maybe you are right but a toe poke here and a little bit of luck we could have been them now!

More to do with Ball, Clarkes, Maguire, Penny, Brooks, Watt etc falling by the wayside combined with pathetic recruiting choices.

evertonfc · Post: # 1153638Post **evertonfc** » Sat 01 Oct 2011 7:22pm

Crucially, I feel like Geelong's players give a stuff.

They didn't 'mentally tire' after 2008 or 2010. Why did ours?

meher baba · Sat 01 Oct 2011 7:27pm

BigMart wrote:In 2004 we smashed geelong in the wizard cup and early in 2004

We were still better in 2005.....we both fell to pieces after.....

Then we were left in their wake

We smashed them in 2006 too and then they zoomed past us - aided by recruiting one J Selwood - while we sacked our coach and had to sit out two years while our players learnt a new style.

We learnt the new style and showed in 2009 and 2010 that we were at least as good as the Cats. But we choked a bit and were a bit unlucky in 2009. And in 2010 the Pies were clearly better than us, but choked in GF- and deservedly won in GF2.

If Lenny and Gwilt can come back, we're not far away IMO.

linz · Post: # 1153664Post **linz** » Sat 01 Oct 2011 7:29pm

Jimmy Bartell, Selwod missing from our side IMO. Apart from that pretty even.

Still gives them a huge advantage though.

BigMart · Post: # 1153665Post **BigMart** » Sat 01 Oct 2011 7:29pm

Correct meher b....... Not far away at all

Infact

We will lose to hawthorn in 2012

AnythingsPossibleSaints · Sat 01 Oct 2011 7:38pm

Lets not forget that as well as Geelong losing Thompson at the end of last year they also lost some Gary Jnr bloke, yet still got themselves up to have a convincing win this year, against one of the most dominant teams of all time (over a 25-30 game period, or however long it was for Collingwood, from mid last year to late this year).

plugger66 · Post: # 1153685Post **plugger66** » Sat 01 Oct 2011 7:41pm

Hopeless, very hopeless.

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