Blokes who love playing us

[elvis lives]

Having watched and read various commentators getting stuck in to Travis Cloke, and knowing as sure as night follows day that he will play a blinder this week and kick 5 as he always does.. It got me pondering which players love playing the saints the most.

Jack Reiwoldt is obvious and probably wins the prize. Two weeks ago Yarran had the same game he always has against us after a lean run of form. Gaz jr was held once or twice by CJ a few years ago and I think now goes out of his way to play rediculous footy against us. Jobe, much like his dad, always seems to pull out something special against us, though this year was an obvious exception. Any other nominations?

[saintspremiers]

Any small and quick Aboriginal player generally.

[plugger66]

Any small and quick Aboriginal player generally.

Like Jack Reiwoldt and gary ablett.

[Con Gorozidis]

Off the top of my head

Chris Yarran
Shaun Burgoyne
Dayne Beams
Hayden Ballantyne
Darren Bewick

[ROLS-LEE]

Jobe and Jack R normally have a blinder games against us especially over a longer period of time.

Other mention have had good games too, but not over the same time frame.

[dragit]

Shane Savage & Michael Frost played the games of their lives against us, not so good for us.

[fugazi]

We have a habit of playing Daisy Thomas back into form

[whiskers3614]

Shane Savage & Michael Frost played the games of their lives against us, not so good for us.

Lovett too?

[Con Gorozidis]

Shane Savage & Michael Frost played the games of their lives against us, not so good for us.

Thats a common theme....
Did Gardner (charlie) and mcgough also go ok against us ?

[Fidelis]

Shane Ellen 1997
Adam Schneider 2005

[Rosco]

Rioli

[ShanghaiSaint]

nick Jones always plays well... Yarren... and another fella Savage

[jamesmc]

Jim Bartel doesn't mind hurting us

[saintspremiers]

Off the top of my head

Chris Yarran
Shaun Burgoyne
Dayne Beams
Hayden Ballantyne
Darren Bewick

And Rodent.

[wally]

Seems to me to be anyone out of form,or an underperforming fringe player.

[jonesy]

The umpires

[spert]

Judging by our last few games, any opposition midfielder will star against us- by the time our mids rub the sleep out of their eyes and have a yawn, the first quarter is lost already. Expect Pendles and Swan to have huge stats by quarter time this week.

[Sainternist]

Off the top of my head
Darren Bewick

Argh, don't get me started on that little squib! He would have a picnic every time he played against us. I think it was 1998 when we were leading all day and he chimed in for a lazy three or four goals in the final quarter to get them over the line. He always had that s***-eating grin on his face which would add to the general feeling of being aggrieved.

Gavin Wanganeen is another candidate.

[samoht]

Recently, Jack Riewoldt and pretty much any big-bodied forward.

But even at our best, and with RL as coach (and his questionable game plan?), I remember we had trouble against all the rebounding halfbacks.
Harbrow kept getting close to 40 possessions against us in consecutive games, Thomas, Shaw and O'Brien were collectively getting 90 possessions against us on a regular basis, the Geelong halfbacks kept rebounding everything and racking up easy possessions.
Also, Jobe Watson kept averaging close to 40 possessions against us, regularly (and we kept losing to lowly Essendon).

[BigMart]

Jack Riewoldt has been prominent. Watson yes.

Taggers have good records against us
Kirk had Lenny's measure.... I think Kane Cornes too?
Dal couldn't be effective against Ling, Carrazzo and Crowler

[MrCordz]

Wayne Carey (favorite opponent was either Wakelin he has said)
Brereton (at the Hawks)
Jarman (in Grand Finals)
Dustin Fletcher
Doug Hawkins
Bartel
David King (is more likeable as a commentator surprisingly - hated him as a player)
Glen Archer (smashed us to smithereens - ask Lenny about the biggest hit he ever copped from his first game)
Jonathan Brown (in his prime)
Brett Heady (and those molehill biceps of his)
Ben Cousins (at Eagles)
Ablett Jnr - but he likes playing everyone (Don't remember senior ever tearing us apart thank God)
Port Adelaide (whole team prior to 09)
Jobe Watson
Shaun Burgoyne
Jack Watts (only joking)

[MrCordz]

Seems to me to be anyone out of form,or an underperforming fringe player.

Yes!!

[supersaints]

Andrew Demetriou

[Wayne42]

Wayne Carey (favorite opponent was either Wakelin he has said)
Brereton (at the Hawks)
Jarman (in Grand Finals)
Dustin Fletcher
Doug Hawkins
Bartel
David King (is more likeable as a commentator surprisingly - hated him as a player)
Glen Archer (smashed us to smithereens - ask Lenny about the biggest hit he ever copped from his first game)
Jonathan Brown (in his prime)
Brett Heady (and those molehill biceps of his)
Ben Cousins (at Eagles)
Ablett Jnr - but he likes playing everyone (Don't remember senior ever tearing us apart thank God)
Port Adelaide (whole team prior to 09)
Jobe Watson
Shaun Burgoyne
Jack Watts (only joking)

Brereton was a very good player at the Hawks, he was nothing at ALL those other clubs he played at, a list clogger actually.

[Junior]

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