By Ed Jackson
November 18th 2009 @ 2:09am
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St Kilda defender Sam Fisher expects this year’s grand final defeat to be all the motivation his teammates need going into 2010.
Fisher was a member of the Saints team which lost by 12 points to Geelong in the grand final, but the 27-year-old says the team has the drive to bounce back from that disappointment.
“We [...]
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