Decisions and actions that cost the Saints a Flag

[Bowey Boy]

You can have one go each only...

Drafting Luke Ball ahead of Chris Judd in 2001 National Draft.

[asiu]

Sacking GT
Not taking Cousins

[plugger66]

Not winning the grand final.

[mr six o'clock]

letting roy cazaly go to south !

[Sobraz]

Being part of a sports competition that does not have extra time in Grand Finals.

[CURLY]

The AFL allowing Collingwood to cheat and get Luke Ball.


The umpires deciding there was two sets of rules for Gary Ablett as a forward in the 2009 GF.

[plugger66]

The AFL allowing Collingwood to cheat and get Luke Ball.


The umpires deciding there was two sets of rules for Gary Ablett as a forward in the 2009 GF.

Im shocked.

[CURLY]

The AFL allowing Collingwood to cheat and get Luke Ball.


The umpires deciding there was two sets of rules for Gary Ablett as a forward in the 2009 GF.

Im shocked.

7 MINUTES not your best.

[Darth Vader]

Swapping Ian Stewart for Billy Barrott. And I reckon the Ball/Judd one might've cost us about 4 premierships.

[Saints43]

Assuming Luke Ball is worth one point over the course of 100 minutes then RL encouraging him to walk to Cwood cost us a flag.

[Old Mate]

Leaving Ball on the bench for the last quarter in 09 grand final

[St Chris]

Action:

Collingwood not turning up for their Prelim in 2009. Cats got an easy ride while we fought the Dogs to the wire.

3/4 time huddle on Grand Final day and our guys were spent. Geelong were always going to run over the top.

[Griggsy]

Lovett is obvious one to me. Wasted a spot for a good player.

Controversial one is I believe we would have won if we took cousins when we could. Put in cousins, take out one of those 'bottom3' and the side improves.


And yes I see the irony between those 2

[Sainternist]

Their inaccurate kicking for goal in the 2009 GF.

[The Disch]

God deciding to make it rain in '09. A half decent day and Roo and Kosi were primed to dominate that day.

[SainterK]

Playing at etihad with barely any mcg games

Couldn't transfer saints footy to the bigger oval...

[Con Gorozidis]

One thing that comes to mind is how bad our drafting was during these years. Most premiership sides have at least one young gun in their side somewhere.

Where was our Hannebery, Steele Sidebottom or Brad Hill or even our Lachie Neale or Christensen?

[The Disch]

One thing that comes to mind is how bad our drafting was during these years. Most premiership sides have at least one young gun in their side somewhere.

Where was our Hannebery, Steele Sidebottom or Brad Hill or even our Lachie Neale or Christensen?

Langford

[older saint]

Stewart trade to richmond, Keddie last qtr 1971, mid season slump 1978 , 3v4 elimination final 1991, Frawley achilies injury 1992 , Alves leaving Prelim Adelaide WB at 3/4 time, Ball ahead of Judd, Going to movies mid season and losing home prelim, crowd running on for gehrig's 100th, No defensive plan 2005, bad kicking 2009, bouncing ball 2010.
Not holding on to things though!!!

[borderbarry]

Gehrig not kicking two extra goals prior to the Port Adelaide prelim.

[Teflon]

Hanging on too long to Grant Thomas

I reckon Lyon would've got us a flag with a side containing some of the mature names, Hamill, Grhrig, Harvs, etc with some of the top line kids we also had coming through...

Alas..

[Bruce G McAbee]

Two dumbass bits of bad luck, the Scarlett toe poke and the ball bouncing at 90 degrees.
Problem is, we can't change it, so no use dwelling on it.
Oh and Alves leaving Shanahan on Jarman.

[Kernal75]

Selecting Robert Eddie for both GF's in 2010 only to delist him at theme en of the seasom

[kosifantutti]

Selecting Robert Eddie for both GF's in 2010 only to delist him at theme en of the seasom

If we had kept him we would have won in 2011?

[saintsRrising]

Playing at etihad with barely any mcg games

Couldn't transfer saints footy to the bigger oval...

While not helpful I agree...unfortunately playing at Docklands was forced on us by the AFL.