Dal Santo

Animal Enclosure · Sun 27 Jul 2008 12:58pm

What stood out to me yesterday was Dal falling back into his bad habits of showing no respect to his direct opponent. Firstly it was Staker who he let run riot & got the Eagles going. Then Nicoski hurt us a number of times in the last quarter. He didn't hurt the Eagles the other way to compensate for being so unaccountable.

When is Nick going to learn that he lets down the team by being a big head who thinks he is not bound by actually playing on his man like his teammates.

Pathetic Dal & hugely disappointing.

Baz1970 · Post: # 610507Post **Baz1970** » Sun 27 Jul 2008 12:59pm

He did have 5 tackles, which was more than a number of other players.

Animal Enclosure · Sun 27 Jul 2008 1:01pm

He was rarely close enough to Staker or Nicoski to tackle them.

spert · Post: # 610510Post **spert** » Sun 27 Jul 2008 1:02pm

I was amazed at how much room our midfielders gave their opponents

Ralphy · Post: # 610524Post **Ralphy** » Sun 27 Jul 2008 1:34pm

wow,
now some of us are getting on the 'trade dal wagon again'
funny what aweek in footy can do

makemytime · Post: # 610537Post **makemytime** » Sun 27 Jul 2008 1:53pm

nahhh dal's gonna stay at st kilda for the rest of his career...

i think ross lyon encouraged out midfielders to give their mids space as he probably thought our midfield was far stronger than the eagles... but geez everyone must be guttered.

saintsRrising · Sun 27 Jul 2008 1:56pm

ralphysaints35 wrote:wow,
now some of us are getting on the 'trade dal wagon again'
funny what aweek in footy can do

rubbish..who said to trade him?????

Posters have just pointed out tht he lapsed back in bad habits agin (like two thirds of the team.

Which is true.

Yes and a week can makea big difference. last week Dal was disciplined and played well...

This week he let his opponents run riot....and not top midfielders, but guys that had hardly ever played there.

sunsaint · Post: # 610648Post **sunsaint** » Sun 27 Jul 2008 5:22pm

ralphysaints35 wrote:wow,
now some of us are getting on the 'trade dal wagon again'
funny what aweek in footy can do

No one mentioned trading him.
and yes a week is a long time, after the kick up the bum he started playing the way the team expects. ACCOUNTABLE footy.
the fact is against WC he was behind most of the night, and was content to trot behind the WC ball carrier.
I dont think anyone wants him to stay a front runner, only good when the team is up. He is a better player than that, or at least should be.

Saints43 · Post: # 610664Post **Saints43** » Sun 27 Jul 2008 5:34pm

I think maybe St (.) Kilda needs to release a statement to shareholders downgrading the expectations on NDS.

He is what he is. And doesn't look like being what we have been hoping for.

As long as he is not a top earner at the club (is he?) then this will not be a problem.

saintly_safes · Sun 27 Jul 2008 8:24pm

Dal has had better games but he was far from our worst & definately doesnt need another spell in the 2'S

Armoooo · Post: # 610864Post **Armoooo** » Sun 27 Jul 2008 10:22pm

Atleast he was trying to take the game on which is more than what most players were doing...