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by ralphsmith
Sun 07 Jul 2024 7:47pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: What a Brilliant Game Plan
Replies: 26
Views: 1307

Re: What a Brilliant Game Plan

The Horse was absolutely fuming in his box today. Utterly outclassed by Lyon.
by ralphsmith
Sun 07 Jul 2024 7:44pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Umpiring is corrupt and paid for
Replies: 90
Views: 3690

Re: Umpiring is corrupt and paid for

Shoemaker goal was touched anyway Fact is the umpire paid a free then apparently couldn’t see Heeney belt Webster. If a saints player had belted a swans player in the face and made them bleed they would have received a free kick and the commentators would have been crying afoul. Teams like the swan...
by ralphsmith
Sun 07 Jul 2024 6:17pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Umpiring is corrupt and paid for
Replies: 90
Views: 3690

Umpiring is corrupt and paid for

Deliberate out of bounds paid against the saints was laughable. Broke our run. And from that corrupt decision swans pushed down, Heeney smashed Webster in the face and made Websters nose bleed . NO free kick against Heeney, Heeney kicks the goal. This kind of blatant corruption is not good enough. M...
by ralphsmith
Fri 14 Jun 2024 11:13pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Stolen by corrupt umpiring again
Replies: 27
Views: 1668

Stolen by corrupt umpiring again

The 50m penalty awarded to brisbane at approximately the 7 minute mark was a classic case of the AFL mafia getting onto the phone to the umpires to get brisbane the win. It completely broke our run. Just so typical though as a saints fan. Any other time of the game the umpire would have blown the wh...
by ralphsmith
Fri 26 Apr 2024 11:14pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Match Thread Saints v Port Round 7 2024
Replies: 444
Views: 29455

Re: Match Thread Saints v Port Round 7 2024

Port adelaide had 16 more free kicks.
It is bloody hard to beat such blatant corruption.
by ralphsmith
Fri 26 Apr 2024 11:08pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Match Thread Saints v Port Round 7 2024
Replies: 444
Views: 29455

Re: Match Thread Saints v Port Round 7 2024

Lost because of the umpiring.
I hope the players not lose too much heart when the competition is so corrupt.
by ralphsmith
Sat 09 Sep 2023 7:28pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: The match
Replies: 148
Views: 14893

Re: The match

Honestly, not unhappy with that

Good experience in finals for the young guys. They could have easily folded and it would have been a blowout but we did not give up easily.

GWS are a quality side and I think they can win the flag.
by ralphsmith
Fri 09 Jun 2023 12:26am
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Match Thread Saints v Swans Round 13 2023
Replies: 381
Views: 19755

Re: Match Thread Saints v Swans Round 13 2023

Make no mistake, that is like a 10 goal win in melbourne.
by ralphsmith
Tue 25 Oct 2022 7:33pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Let’s get fair dinkum
Replies: 25
Views: 2285

Re: Let’s get fair dinkum

I am already seeing peoples hatred for stkilda growing since Ross Lyon was appointed.

I suppose that is better than nobody caring about you.

As they say the only thing worse than everyone taking about you behind your back, is nobody taking about you.

I will give Lyon another chance.
by ralphsmith
Tue 25 Oct 2022 7:30pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Players Ross will love
Replies: 32
Views: 3513

Re: Players Ross will love

Ross Lyon is basically like a testosterone injection for the team. Watch the boys become men under Ross. Will be great for Max and his brother when he comes to us in 2024 Yeah... They say as a stkilda player you are born twice. First as a baby, then as a player under Ross Lyon. Some wills are going...
by ralphsmith
Thu 20 Oct 2022 3:09pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Dumb pundits and opposition fans
Replies: 39
Views: 2978

Re: Dumb pundits and opposition fans

The problem with all the hate are the eventual umpiring decisions that cost us games. Like freo years ago, the umps boasting about getting a win over us. They are only human, i do not believe the games are rigged but i do believe umpires are human and dislike certain teams which clouds their judgeme...
by ralphsmith
Wed 19 Oct 2022 7:19pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Dumb pundits and opposition fans
Replies: 39
Views: 2978

Re: Dumb pundits and opposition fans

Ross Lyon is like Vladimir Putin. He brings attention to an irrelevant country/club. Is that a good thing? Is it good clubs will hate us more because we are coached by someone who answers questions with questions. Someone who is in a perpetual state of annoyance ? Ross Lyon. More questions than answ...
by ralphsmith
Wed 19 Oct 2022 7:02pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: POLL Y or N- happy for Ross to be our guy again?
Replies: 71
Views: 6592

Re: POLL Y or N- happy for Ross to be our guy again?

I find it interesting that some of the most ardent critics of Ratten, especially around him being (in their eyes) Mr Cuddles and having a wishy-washy game plan are now against the appointment of a guy who is a hard task master and meticulous with his game plan. I find this odd, therefore, I can onl...
by ralphsmith
Wed 19 Oct 2022 6:55pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Welcome Ross Lyon
Replies: 117
Views: 12308

Re: Welcome Ross Lyon

This is terrible news. Ross will become fixated on some VFL standard player like Zack Dawson or Andrew Mcqualter and continually play them week after week costing us games. When has a coach ever left a team and then returned later to win flag(s) , in the last 30 years? His brutal , harsh regime will...
by ralphsmith
Tue 18 Oct 2022 8:20am
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Ross Lyon?
Replies: 233
Views: 20056

Re: Ross Lyon?

Ross Lyon has failed and failed again. We lost grand finals because he insisted on keeping well below par players on the list. We had some great players on the list who were largely able to cancel out the VFL standard ones. But in the grand finals they got found out Ross Lyon would doom us to more y...
by ralphsmith
Fri 15 Jul 2022 10:31pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Match Thread Saints v Bulldogs Round 18 2022
Replies: 315
Views: 17596

Re: Match Thread Saints v Bulldogs Round 18 2022

Put the inanimate carbon rod into the midfield. He would do more work than our midfield.
by ralphsmith
Fri 15 Jul 2022 10:26pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Match Thread Saints v Bulldogs Round 18 2022
Replies: 315
Views: 17596

Re: Match Thread Saints v Bulldogs Round 18 2022

This game is an abomination
by ralphsmith
Mon 27 Jun 2022 9:19am
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Let’s talk about cheating
Replies: 33
Views: 2401

Re: Let’s talk about cheating

It seemed at times any touch on a sydney forward would get a free kick.

Terrible umpiring.
by ralphsmith
Sat 25 Jun 2022 11:58pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Horror show!!!
Replies: 21
Views: 1885

Re: Horror show!!!

2 goals in 3 quarters. What an embarrassment. How many millions in total are these players paid to give us 2 goals in 3 quarters? Appalling umpiring aside, that was an embarrassing performance. Where is the fire and desire? Where is the rage to win the ball and hammer through goals? Utterly appallin...
by ralphsmith
Sat 12 Jun 2021 11:13pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Match Thread Saints v Crows Round 13 2021
Replies: 343
Views: 39048

Re: Match Thread Saints v Crows Round 13 2021

Physically soul crushing.
by ralphsmith
Sat 15 May 2021 12:07am
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: What can we do about our goal kicking?
Replies: 43
Views: 4281

Re: What can we do about our goal kicking?

Indeed. We would have been 10 goals up at half time with better kicking.

We would have been grinding the cats into the dirt in the 3rd quarter with better accuracy.

Just one of those weird games you see where a team seemingly dominates, but loses.
by ralphsmith
Mon 22 Mar 2021 6:37pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Thoughts on the game...
Replies: 44
Views: 4441

Re: Thoughts on the game...

Seb ross best on for me.

Kicked those two goals that crushed GWS spirit.
by ralphsmith
Sat 10 Oct 2020 10:02pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: 2021 Best 22 - Spots Open
Replies: 10
Views: 1337

Re: 2021 Best 22 - Spots Open

What happened to jimmy webster?
Roberton also has a good footy brain.
by ralphsmith
Sat 10 Oct 2020 9:54pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Will Cotchin and Lynch be out of the finals?
Replies: 39
Views: 3805

Re: Will Cotchin and Lynch be out of the finals?

I never realized cotchin was such a sniping prick.
by ralphsmith
Fri 09 Oct 2020 8:56pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Match Thread Saints v Tigers Semi Final 2020
Replies: 430
Views: 38877

Re: Match Thread Saints v Tigers Semi Final 2020

That is outright corruption for all of the afl world to see.
The video footage shows a clear goal and they dont pay it.