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I see the Saints are travelling outside Melbourne nine times. Shafted again, and with 3 top six teams in their double up draw as well. Some things never change.
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You are quite right with the death by a thousand cuts. Unfortunately there are those that think tradition has no logical place in the game. These people also call for such changes as a toss not a bounce. They fail to realise the love of football is all emotion based, not logical. Chop away too many emotional ties and we gradually lose interest, as individuals and as entire supporter bases. The current covid situation and the constant lockdowns and restrictions, has removed us from other emotional outlets, and has reignited the need for an emotional tie in to the game, even if just through television and the attachment via a membership, hence many clubs are seeing growing demand, at a time actual crowds are well down. Long live the banner. Long live the bounce. Long live footy.
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There are certain umpires that seem to officiate with a (hopefully subconscious) bias against certain teams and players – razor’s not one of them, so he’s okay in my book.
The standard and inconsistency of afl umpiring is woefully poor in comparison to other top line professional sports and there’s a clear reason why – they are not fulltime professionals. it’s far past time the afl made it so. the extra time, money, and status would foster greater expertise, more collaboration among umpires, and more accountability. it would also attract more people into the field. club officials and commentators of the game should then also be allowed to question their performance as professional onfield participants in the competition.
Why Razor Ray continues to be a great asset for the AFL
Saints are fine – back based at a rebuilt Moorabbin, looking good for finals over the next few years, record membership, 10th in the competition, well above Melbourne, Bulldogs, and North. Their flirtation with Tassie is dead and gone.
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Best case scenario may be to get North to relocate, then change their identity when they fail to attract enough local support and membership. Within five years you’ll have the Tassie Devils in the green, red and gold, with the blue and white showing up in heritage round. And you get a few past premierships thrown into the deal.
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Bit of a small sample there. Now the saints at 1 from 8, that’s probably enough to say something about. 🙁
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Marshall is just so important to the structure and mentality of the saints. They just play with more belief when he is in.
Win-loss record with Marshall is 4-2 (and he was our best in the away loss to Port). Win-loss with Ryder is 4-5. Win-loss with both is 3-1. Just hope next season we have them both available for the majority of the year. We’ve been cruelled with injuries and still went into this game with Gresham, Billings, Clark, Geary, Paton, Jones, Carlisle, Hannebury, Bytel, Frawley, and Kent out. Luckily with so many injuries Dunstan has taken his chance and looks to have the tank to impact full games. Looks like becoming the player we always hoped he would be.
Saints rucks spark AFL upset of Tigers
The season was over after the Essendon game. With our injuries and absences, especially Marshall and Ryder leaving us no ruck for our first few games, we had to win the supposedly easier games of a fixture from hell – 4 of the top 5 h&a teams of 2020 plus sydney, who unluckily for us, are a top 8 team this year. bit strange a team finishing 6th gets by far the hardest double ups, you’d almost think we were an afterthought that got squeezed in wherever, once the marquee games and the big fish’s requests were slated in. Which of course is exactly the case.
Is St Kilda’s season already over?
This is why you don’t apply accumulated stats to a single event.
Manchester City will win the 2021 UEFA Champions League
where is any mention of a conspiracy? perhaps someone or sometwo assumed and reacted without actually reading?
Give AFL umpires a chance – Beveridge
well there’s a shock. The Bulldogs are the masters of throwing the ball and holding the ball without penalty. Facing a Saints team that rightly complained about not being rewarded last week he’s throwing his lot in to keep umpire favour. What perplexes fans is that some teams get much more the rub of the green from inconsistent umpiring, and the doggies are the masters of it. Their home umpiring record stretching all the way back to 65, but heavily bolstered in more recent year, is second only to the eagles. And this in at a home ground shared with many teams. They are the only team to have a positive away record as well. Yet for the vast majority of this timeline have had a negative win-loss record. The less said about the off the charts free kick totals in 2016 the better, as with that grand final. Personally the paychology behind it seems to be the softer approach to an underdog, which extends to admiration when they play against perceived large odds. And in 2016 the dogs did play well above the odds. So Beveridge knows who butters his bread and of course wants to support the status quo.
Give AFL umpires a chance – Beveridge
fair point, whilst voss is a definite contender for the lions across their full history, goodes is not skilton. more being conciliatory to the author.
Who is the all-time face of each AFL club?
Yes, massive recency bias. You should have just changed a couple and called them the faces since the afl era began.
Alltime for the Saints the face is either the great Allan Jeans, or Darryl Baldock.
Richmond is Jack Dyer, Melbourne surely it’s Barassi, Collingwood McHale or Syd Coventry. I’d say older Essendon and Carlton fans would also be scratching their heads over your choices. Sydney and Brisbane understandable you’ve gone post move. You got Footscray right by going back in time, so why just that exception?
Who is the all-time face of each AFL club?
Think you’re missing Howard. Slotted right into the team to become our most important backman. As good as Butler was, Howard is likely our best pickup from last preseason. Finished thord in the B&F as well.
The order of merit: St Kilda Saints 2021 season
They can certainly learn from them, but its more that fans could temper expectations with a little reality. “The success of the Socceroos’ ‘Golden Generation’ was an outlier, with the talent pool of today a matter of Australia reverting to the mean, according to a study completed by Australia’s players’ union.”
The next Socceroos golden generation
The golden generation was a massive outlier for Australia. Hard to see us ever developing a group like it again. But one can always hope.
Harry Kewell, Mark Viduka, Tim Cahill, Mark Schwarzer, Mark Bosnich, Tony Vidmar, Mark Bresciano, Lucas Neill, Craig Moore, Tony Popovic, Scott Chipperfield, Vince Grella, Stan Lazaridis, Brett Emerton, and John Aloisi. All stars in their respective european leagues. Then there’s the ones who got away and represented Italy and Croatia – Christian Vieri, Anthony Šerić, Josip Šimunić, and Joey Didulica.
The glory days – took england apart 3-1 at upton park, made a confederations cup final, regularly matched it with the world’s best teams, and only beaten by a last second penalty by eventual winners italy in the 2006 world cup knockouts. I fear we’ll never see the likes again, but it was fun while it lasted.
The next Socceroos golden generation
On paper – the Lions. On the finals field – the Lions. On difficulty – the Lions.
Hawthorn and Geelong close, but the Hawks four straight finals edges it. Richmond the beneficiary of a much more diluted comp and no legitimate worthy opponent even close to the equal to Essendon of 2001, Saints of 2009, Pies of 2011, or Swans of 2014. Any of those three dynasties were a fair bit above to the Tigers. But Dusty edges the likes of Hodge and Voss as the best GF performer – just goes up a level on the big stage. And Richmond as current premiers have the opportunity to jump up the list.
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Can’t understand how Gould has been kept in that job so long. An absolute turnoff. A big no to fatty and gallen as well. Anyone else is an improvement. But think sterlo to represent the old guard is fine, with slater in the box as well. Voss is fine.
Who are we hiring - and firing - for the best rugby league TV coverage possible?
Imagine a world where rugby league never got started. Australia would be the dominant force in union and we’d have a fantastic ‘domestic’ league likely including the best of new zealand. if only. Can only hope league soon withers away and it becomes a future reality.
Will there ever be another Aussie dual code international?
After this season i’d hate for the afl to simply go back to the old 17-5 which was manipulated to such a degree to make the 6-6-6 irrelevant anyway, thanks to all the favouring towards the bigger club double ups. The straight 17 rounds is the fairest system so hopefully they keep it. The five lost rounds can be made up by going back to a good pre-season comp and possible interstate games. Do the pre-season comp right with worthy rewards and return to the golden days with large crowds. With 18 teams the comp needs a second trophy.
Seventeen-five? The way to securing a better 22-round fixture
not confident in my saints. injuries mounting. and have looked cooked in their last two games. those two six hour plus return trips in five days to adelaide built up a debt that hasn’t been caught up. home after two am friday from the suns game and out again on monday for the cats has added further. injuries building too. really need a bye – the afl has stuffed this up for half the clubs yet to receive one. seventeen game season. we aint getting one til at best round 15 after the teip to alice. what gives?
The Roar's AFL expert tips and predictions: Round 12
so my earlier comment about all the incidents in which the media censor reporting on collingwood issues is censored?
Collingwood again on the wrong side of the AFL and its minions
Rivalry will have some spice added to it when Ben King departs for the Saints in two years.
Saints versus Suns is a rivalry for the future
Nope. They’ll be sitting pretty in fourth place with a healthy (for carlton) percentage of 80 odd.
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