Our last quarter

[saintspremiers]

Was doing time and getting ready for another 6 day break.

Good to see them take the foot off the pedal to save the legs.

Makes me think we are in with a good shot of beating the mighty Tigers!

[savatage]

I don't think it was by design, I genuinely think they were stuffed.

[maverick]

definitely stuffed

[SainterK]

Yep stuffed, it's just the scoreboard didn't reflect the effort so much

[mr six o'clock]

Still , was disappointed as they deserved to have won by more !

[chook23]

they were stuffed

dealt a shocking fixture ....4 games in 18 days including trip back from perth

will be so hard to perform at the level against tiges given the prep...........

seems almost an unfair fixture.

[wasoncestkil58]

Fair go we all know that they really stuffed up in losing by Port in the first round. I think that stat will be crucial at season end.

[Enrico_Misso]

seems almost an unfair fixture.

Almost?

There has only been two instances of 3 consecutive 6 day breaks in AFL history.

One is this current fiasco
- StKilda 2012 Rounds 7 to 10

And the other?
....
You'll NEVER guess !!
....

StKilda 2006 Rounds 4 to 7

[wasaintsfan]

tigs havent had it much better... yes theyve had less 6 day breaks but their last 5 opps

west coast
port in adelaide
sydney
essendon
hawthorn is the wet at mcg

ours have been

melb
hawthorn
carlton
west coast
sydney

so theres no excuse if we lose.... theyve had just a rough time as we have

[widereceiver]

great game coming back from Perth off a 6 day break.

[saintly]

great game coming back from Perth off a 6 day break.

true, and yeah, they were stuffed.

just lucky that sydney was not closer and they kicked points in the last quarter, otherwise it might have been game on.

[OneEyedSainter77]

seems almost an unfair fixture.

Almost?

There has only been two instances of 3 consecutive 6 day breaks in AFL history.

One is this current fiasco
- StKilda 2012 Rounds 7 to 10

And the other?
....
You'll NEVER guess !!
....

StKilda 2006 Rounds 4 to 7

Carlton are about to embark on a back to back to back six day break. Let's see how they go.

Melbourne tomorrow.

Six day break to play port at Sami

Sixday break to play Geelong

Six day break to play west coast in Perth.

Reckon we can't complain since all our matches bar one were at Etihad.

[Enrico_Misso]

Yes OneEyed Sainter77 you are right.
I only looked backwards and started with all Monday night games.

Why is that game being played on a Thursday?

[plugger66]

seems almost an unfair fixture.

Almost?

There has only been two instances of 3 consecutive 6 day breaks in AFL history.

One is this current fiasco
- StKilda 2012 Rounds 7 to 10

And the other?
....
You'll NEVER guess !!
....

StKilda 2006 Rounds 4 to 7

What are the odds of haing 6 day fixtures. If you win a flag every 18 years then you must have odss for those fixtures. Anyway 6 day breaks may be the most overhyped crap in the AFL. Our best win for the year comes after our second 6 day break and returning from Perth.

[Junction Oval]

They looked very tired to me Plugger. It's such a demanding full-on 4 quarters of football now. However, being in Melbourne, they should be "cherry ripe" for the Tigers! I noticed that Sippos was back out on the ground running "end-to-ends" after last night's match (supervised by a fitness guy) - very professional !

[Thinline]

I'm delighted we get our squished fixturing out of the way now. If we snag two on the trot against good sides now we'll be very well placed at season end. Geez those Port and Freo games. One lazy effort, and an unfortunately undisciplined, horridly officiated one. Costly in a close year.

[gunnsaint]

seems to be a problem in a lot of games this year, not just the six day break. It happened in both the Carlton and Hawthorn games as well. Maybe it's an overall fitness isue after losing D Misson. Given how Melbourne is travelling, he probably wishes he was still at St. Kilda.
Given that we were totally dominant in the second and third quarters, I'm not surprised they slowed down in the last.

[Eastern]

Definately looked like the boys were running on EMPTY in the last Q. Was it the 2nd six day break in a row? Was it the trip back from Perth? Was it the intensity of last night's contest? We pay our fitness staff good money to get the guys up. Lets hope that they earn their money again this week !!