Greg Baum a saints man

[Con Gorozidis]

Probably people already know this - but i didn't know he was a saints man...

http://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/ ... 301ug.html

[Jakes]

He's a Pies fan. Just a Saints sympathiser I think.

[chook23]

a slap in the face actually.

[Freebird]

He is saying with so much sarcasm that ST Kilda has a place in the AFL...how did you conclude he was a Saints supporter?

[mr six o'clock]

a slap in the face actually.

Exactly
if i saw him in the street , i'd slap him.

[thejiggingsaint]

At least he's stopped having that photo of himself (taken from around 25 years ago methinks?) heading up one article, and then another with the grey hair and specs heading up another! Did anyone else notice this in the Sunday Age for a fair while? I was almost going to submit a "separated at birth" to the Pssst" column!

[bergholt]

a slap in the face actually.

Exactly
if i saw him in the street , i'd slap him.

Serious? He's Australia's best sportswriter at the moment. Why are you slapping him?

[thejiggingsaint]

[quote="bergholt"][quote="mr six o'clock"][quote="chook23"]a slap in the face actually.[/quote]
Exactly
if i saw him in the street , i'd slap him.[/quote]

Serious? He's Australia's best sportswriter at the moment. Why are you slapping him?[/quote]

All you can do is wonder, bergholt. That, and pray?

[White Winmar]

a slap in the face actually.

Exactly
if i saw him in the street , i'd slap him.

Serious? He's Australia's best sportswriter at the moment. Why are you slapping him?

Have to agree. Consistently produces well written and informative pieces. Well ahead of the pack, IMHO. He even managed to sneak the word "onanist" into a recent article. Classic!

[kosifantutti]

Through rose-coloured glasses, I saw hope for the Socceroos at next year's World Cup, and St Kilda in the AFL, and even me on a surfboard, and I heard Rogers speak for all when he said: "This is what dreams are made of."
And I thought I saw Santa.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/see ... z2ouW7v9Th

Some people are prepared to take offence at anything.

[evertonfc]

He's a Collingwood fan.

As a boy, he was surrounded by St Kilda fans during the 1966 grand final victory and felt a contrarian pang of grief for the Magpies. And thus, became a Collingwood supporter.

[SaintPav]

He could have said Bulldogs. Their recent record is worse than ours and they have lost SEVEN consecutive preliminary finals.

[thejiggingsaint]

I really have to agree that some folk are SOOOOOOO easily offended! (including yours truly on occasion!) No big deal really.

[Trev from the Bush]

Great, brilliantly written article. And the topic is the reason why you should never sell any team short. If older players such as Roo and Lenny still have the fire in their bellies and are not just turning up every week just because it has become a habit there is no reason why 2014 will not be an exciting ride for all Saints fans!

No need to throw the baby out with the bath water, just rejuvenate as the Aussie cricketers have done. Richo might be our Boof!

[whiskers3614]

Exactly
if i saw him in the street , i'd slap him.[/quote]

Serious? He's Australia's best sportswriter at the moment. Why are you slapping him?[/quote]
Have to agree. Consistently produces well written and informative pieces. Well ahead of the pack, IMHO. He even managed to sneak the word "onanist" into a recent article. Classic![/quote]


must have been about Harry O?

[thejiggingsaint]

[White Winmar]

Exactly
if i saw him in the street , i'd slap him.

Serious? He's Australia's best sportswriter at the moment. Why are you slapping him?[/quote]
Have to agree. Consistently produces well written and informative pieces. Well ahead of the pack, IMHO. He even managed to sneak the word "onanist" into a recent article. Classic![/quote]


must have been about Harry O?[/quote]

To quote Meatloaf, "You took the words right out of my mouth!"

[Sainternist]

Comforting to know he thinks of us as a basketcase, just like the rest of the press.

Couldn't care less of what the media thinks, as I'm certain we'll turn it all around soon enough and win a flag before this decade is out.

[Con Gorozidis]

Well i certainly interpret that it was said with some degree of affection.

'Rose-couloured glasses' , the socceroos (who i am sure he will be cheering on), him on a surfboard (hopeless but something he wants to do) - these are all things he 'hopes' for. Santa is also a positive.

[stinger]

a slap in the face actually.

yep....basically saying that there is always a chance of a miracle....even for such hopeless cases as the saints

[thejiggingsaint]

I thought it was a reasonable article, written in a lighthearted tone. I look on the Saints not as a "hopeless case" but rather more of a "hopeFUL case"

[Sainternist]

I look on the Saints not as a "hopeless case" but rather more of a "hopeFUL case"

Silly to suggest we're a hopeless case by anyone. New coach, come off a great trade and draft period and off on the right foot for our rebuild. A couple years and we're quite possibly back in business. Don't be fooled by a lot of the cynicism out there.

[DazzlingDaryl]

What a patronising comment!

Greg Baum follows Collingwood who won a flag due to a unlucky bounce that gave them a second shot at an exhausted St Kilda.

St Kilda was a powerhouse from 2004 - 2011 and not a basket case like Melb as he implies

[borderbarry]

I agree with Dazzling Darrel. That period was probably the second best in our history.