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I thought it was a fair article. Didnt bag our players, just stated the facts (unfortunately)
Hopefully, it does motivate Saints for a good win tonight.
Hopefully, it does motivate Saints for a good win tonight.
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Yep he picked CatsStillwaiting wrote:So did he pick The pussies ?, hope he did
I thought he was overly generous in his timeframes... some he gave 4 years to I have doubts.... this time hope he's right...
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AgreeTeflon wrote:I thought he was overly generous in his timeframes... some he gave 4 years to I have doubts.... this time hope he's right...Stillwaiting wrote:So did he pick The pussies ?, hope he did
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+1Stephen Theodore wrote:I thought it was a fair article. Didnt bag our players, just stated the facts (unfortunately)
Hopefully, it does motivate Saints for a good win tonight.
Totally fair assessments, I thought.
Would have liked to have had some thoughts from his as to whether the club should do away with any of the 'magnificent seven' in order to hasten the redevelopment process of the list.
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His article did have a couple of holes.
Riewoldt was not in poor form in 2010, he missed a chunk of the year through injury but still averaged more disposals, marks and goals than he has this year.
Milne has been among the bests in a final, 2010 vs Geelong (and is sixth in the comp for finals goals).
Riewoldt was not in poor form in 2010, he missed a chunk of the year through injury but still averaged more disposals, marks and goals than he has this year.
Milne has been among the bests in a final, 2010 vs Geelong (and is sixth in the comp for finals goals).
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Well done Sherlock. ... this article was little more than self evident self congratulatory tripe. I don't mind Walls opinion sometimes but this was effort was naive. "Roo has a woobly knee"...no kidding
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taz wrote:Well done Sherlock. ... this article was little more than self evident self congratulatory tripe. I don't mind Walls opinion sometimes but this was effort was naive. "Roo has a woobly knee"...no kidding
I agree it is classic Walls- trying to make every one feel a little sick with what he is writing. He loves the ones that build fans anxiety. Ordinary bloke too. Some one rang SEN and asked him about beating up his own player and changed the subject. He's a piss weak old bugger who has an unnatural disdain for the game he stays involved with. Don't rate anything he says.
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Roos effort just to get back in 2010 was phenominal.Beno88 wrote:His article did have a couple of holes.
Riewoldt was not in poor form in 2010, he missed a chunk of the year through injury but still averaged more disposals, marks and goals than he has this year.
Milne has been among the bests in a final, 2010 vs Geelong (and is sixth in the comp for finals goals).
His final series was quite good. He was ok against Geelong and VG against the Dogs in the prelim.
He's GF was ok and he nearly won us the game when he took a pack contested mark on half back in that play in the last 2 minuites.
Of course, all of this goes down the memory hole over the course of time because we didn't end up winning anything.
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It's hard to argue much he has said in this article apart from Nick having an ordinary year in 2010.
He understands that writing an article about Stkilda failing is going to be a popular read for many so there is his pay day.
I am as disappointed as the rest of us that we didn't quite win 09 or 10 but I don't subscribe to the popular belief it is was predetermined by our culture etc.
Winning flags is never easy. The Cats can vouch for that. Living down this way we have collectively sighed with relief 4 times when they failed at the last hurdle in 89,92,94 and 1995.
Unfortunately for us we faced two incredibly good sides (as Geelong did) and in the end could be regarded as unlucky to have not won either or both 09/10 flags.
I can think of a few soft Grand Final's opponents some premiers have faced over recent years. If only ...
In 2004 I'm confident we would have beaten Brisbane had we not been narrowly beaten by Port Adelaide.
The 2000 GF was another whitewash with Melbourne being very soft. Port Adelaide laid down like a shot dog in 2007.I'm glad we never suffered any of that ignominy.
I don't regard our failure to win these flags as incompetence. It suits some agendas to believe that though.
He understands that writing an article about Stkilda failing is going to be a popular read for many so there is his pay day.
I am as disappointed as the rest of us that we didn't quite win 09 or 10 but I don't subscribe to the popular belief it is was predetermined by our culture etc.
Winning flags is never easy. The Cats can vouch for that. Living down this way we have collectively sighed with relief 4 times when they failed at the last hurdle in 89,92,94 and 1995.
Unfortunately for us we faced two incredibly good sides (as Geelong did) and in the end could be regarded as unlucky to have not won either or both 09/10 flags.
I can think of a few soft Grand Final's opponents some premiers have faced over recent years. If only ...
In 2004 I'm confident we would have beaten Brisbane had we not been narrowly beaten by Port Adelaide.
The 2000 GF was another whitewash with Melbourne being very soft. Port Adelaide laid down like a shot dog in 2007.I'm glad we never suffered any of that ignominy.
I don't regard our failure to win these flags as incompetence. It suits some agendas to believe that though.
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Agree about 2004, but basically we were beaten in 09 and 10 by slightly more skilled and balanced teams. I was really disappointed with the forward line and midfield in the replay.howlinwolf wrote:It's hard to argue much he has said in this article apart from Nick having an ordinary year in 2010.
He understands that writing an article about Stkilda failing is going to be a popular read for many so there is his pay day.
I am as disappointed as the rest of us that we didn't quite win 09 or 10 but I don't subscribe to the popular belief it is was predetermined by our culture etc.
Winning flags is never easy. The Cats can vouch for that. Living down this way we have collectively sighed with relief 4 times when they failed at the last hurdle in 89,92,94 and 1995.
Unfortunately for us we faced two incredibly good sides (as Geelong did) and in the end could be regarded as unlucky to have not won either or both 09/10 flags.
I can think of a few soft Grand Final's opponents some premiers have faced over recent years. If only ...
In 2004 I'm confident we would have beaten Brisbane had we not been narrowly beaten by Port Adelaide.
The 2000 GF was another whitewash with Melbourne being very soft. Port Adelaide laid down like a shot dog in 2007.I'm glad we never suffered any of that ignominy.
I don't regard our failure to win these flags as incompetence. It suits some agendas to believe that though.
Anyway, as far as tonight goes, I don't think we'll miss Roo as much as we think, as Taylor seems to nullify him very well in Geelong games.
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chook23 wrote:The truth of the article really burns
it hurts
the lack of a premiership from this group
Yeah never even got close, because as we all know winning a premiership is a doddle.
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howlinwolf wrote:I don't regard our failure to win these flags as incompetence. It suits some agendas to believe that though.
+1
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How anyone could find fault in the article just has another agenda. It was well written and on the ball.
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for those who may wish to follow with a read of the article
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/m ... 24bi8.html
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/m ... 24bi8.html
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MC Gusto wrote:He calls us the aints
Nuff said
When did he call us that? I didnt see it at all.
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Yes - I saw that too. It was on The Age website as a headline under a pic of Roo. Not sure if he called us that though or the editorial staff who come up with these.plugger66 wrote:MC Gusto wrote:He calls us the aints
Nuff said
When did he call us that? I didnt see it at all.
Anyway, grabbed my attention - so headline worked BUT it did p*** me off too.
Grand Finals are hard to win - but the boys have really tried.
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chook23 wrote:The truth of the article really burns
it hurts
the lack of a premiership from this group
Whilst allot of media really get my goat up , you have to agree .
I was doing a clean up a couple of weeks ago and found a calendar from 2006 . the front photo shows a bunch of fresh faced champions and proven stars , unfortunately six years later the only one with a premiership medallion is luke ball .
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read it this morning... found it fine. truth in it did hurt. 09 was our year, i'm still pised we miss that flag... god we played great footy that year.
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ShanghaiSaint wrote:read it this morning... found it fine. truth in it did hurt. 09 was our year, i'm still pissed we missed that flag... god we played great footy that year.
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