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- Sun 13 Apr 2008 9:49pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: We are a middle of the road team...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1838
We are better than a MOR team. Behind Geelong, we sit equal with the next four or five teams. Unfortunately, we have a gama plan that concerns itself far too much with what the opposition is doing. Our players, who are a talented bunch, have become hesitant and unwilling to take risks. They do a rid...
- Tue 08 Apr 2008 3:41pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Poor poor tactics
- Replies: 55
- Views: 5028
You just need to release guys like Hayes occasionally. With all this bench/midfield rotation, you have quality players sitting on the pine when they could be on the wing or forward flank. Unfortunately, we don't have any young, quick, enthusiastic midfielders who can spark the team, so that's why th...
- Tue 08 Apr 2008 3:11pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Poor poor tactics
- Replies: 55
- Views: 5028
Meher, the analogy of the Ferrari taking a trailer to the tip is absolutely spot on. Why waste talented and creative footballers on defensive grunt work? For God's sake, you can bring in Armitage to do that, and then allow Hayes to be creative, rather than a smash and crash man. By the way, I think ...
- Tue 08 Apr 2008 12:10pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Guys, let's be honest: Is Ross right for our team?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 4956
Sadly though, playing ugly won't win us a flag either. You can't fit a square peg into a round hole. Assess your strengths and play to them. Meanwhile, recruit the right players. Tim Watson made the grave error on focussing far too much on what the other team was doing, and we became a nervous, reac...
- Tue 08 Apr 2008 9:20am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Guys, let's be honest: Is Ross right for our team?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 4956
The bottom line for me is that we have been excruciatingly boring to watch since the beginning of 2007. I would rather watch us play attacking football and see what comes of it. Concerning yourself with how to shut down the opposition is all very fine, but it's better to the hunted than the hunter. ...
- Fri 04 Apr 2008 7:22am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Saints players you never really took a shine too
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6227
- Wed 02 Apr 2008 10:28am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Armitage
- Replies: 41
- Views: 4618
Aaah, pick 9. The cursed pick in all drafts. We were dead keen on Ben Reid, but the Magpies knew we were after him and got him first. Armitage is tough and hard at the man, but needs the other type of mental toughness, the one exemplified by Harvey and Hayes - the tougness of pushing yourself to the...
- Tue 01 Apr 2008 9:15am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Luke Ball
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2746
I am a bit worried about how he's being managed. I would like to see him rested every third game until about round 12, just to make sure he's not back to where he was last year by round 15. Armitage could fill the gap while he's rested, which would be helpful to his development. Unlike Judd, Ball ha...
- Tue 25 Mar 2008 9:09am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: What actually happened after quarter time?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 5597
The Swans blocked the zone between our defensive 50 and the centre of the ground, eliminating our options to run the ball out of defense. They also had a player guarding our attacking 50 line, so our guys were reluctant to kick to CHF to a contested situation. Their defenders also worked hard at blo...
- Thu 20 Mar 2008 8:21pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: 2007 and Inuries - Saints good to finish 9th
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1021
Top 12 are pretty obvious at most clubs. It was only a struggle with Geelong really. You realise just how even their list is, and how much quality there is in their best 22. It's no wonder their turn came. I could have put 15 into 12 easily. Surprisingly, it didn't take as long as I thought it would...
- Thu 20 Mar 2008 6:43am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: 2007 and Inuries - Saints good to finish 9th
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1021
2007 and Inuries - Saints good to finish 9th
If you look at the injury stats for most clubs in 2007, you can see why some finished near the top. The most fortunate was Hawthorn, who had 13 players who played every game, or just missed one game. Another 3 players missed just two games. North Melbourne had 10 players who played every game, and a...
- Sun 16 Mar 2008 8:50pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Carey admits drug/alchol problem?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 5501
- Sun 16 Mar 2008 8:43pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: whos the most over-rated player you've seen
- Replies: 132
- Views: 12829
Nathan Buckley by a country mile. Simply Mark Browning in a Collingwood jumper, that's all. But that's what you get for playing for Collingwood. To even be compared with the true greats of the game is just laughable. I could name 100 better footballers. Matthew Lloyd. The 'Robbie the Robot' of the A...
- Mon 10 Mar 2008 6:42pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Leigh Fisher and overall team footspeed
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2265
You only need three or four speedsters in the team to break the lines. Look at Geelong. Their midield has Bartel, Corey, Ling and co. who have never been seen as super-quick. They are no quicker than the Saints, and they had a super season in 2007 True, you need some speed in your team, but just how...
- Sat 01 Mar 2008 4:10pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Clint Jones
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3613
- Thu 21 Feb 2008 7:41am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Where did the suggestion that Riewoldt had done an ACL come?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 4984
Riewoldt had some cartilege problems when he started at St Kilda. Could it be that this has flared again? The Herald Sun reported last week that he had knee tendonitis, which as I mentioned in a previous post, is a bugger of a complaint - very painful, and reduces a player's ability to do a lot of r...
- Sat 16 Feb 2008 7:36am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: AFL announces 18 teams by 2012
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2343
- Fri 15 Feb 2008 12:54pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Wishlist for tonight
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2586
My wish list: Armitage to show something, and run out the game. Geary to show why he was elevated to the main list Gardiner and King to get though unscathed and have sufficient game time Howard to play, and use his superior pace to advantage Allen and Steven to play, just so we can get a look at them.
- Fri 15 Feb 2008 12:38pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Injury List - Updated 14/02/08
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2916
- Fri 15 Feb 2008 11:25am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Injury List - Updated 14/02/08
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2916
My understanding is that Riewoldt's knee soreness has been brewing since mid January. The positive is that it didn't flare up two weeks from the start of the season proper. We know he had a solid base up until January, so some rest now might see it settle down a little bit without adversely effectin...
- Fri 15 Feb 2008 10:28am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Injury List - Updated 14/02/08
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2916
Knee tendonitis is a bugger of a complaint - very painful, hard to shake off, and can really restrict the ability to do a lot of running during a game. We may be seeing Riewoldt playing out of the goal square a bit this year with Koschitske pushing up the ground. Riewoldt will have to be managed ver...
- Thu 14 Feb 2008 9:02pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Players DEFINITELY NOT playing in NAB v Richmond
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2574
- Wed 13 Feb 2008 3:45pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Squads for Friday night!!
- Replies: 71
- Views: 6888
- Wed 13 Feb 2008 3:21pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Squads for Friday night!!
- Replies: 71
- Views: 6888
- Tue 12 Feb 2008 12:04pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Saints 2008 Season Predictor
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2918