Uncharacteristically routine affair
Round 11, 2012 Gold Coast Suns 1.3, 3.6, 6.6, 7.7 (49) St Kilda 4.3, 10.6, 15.12, 21.18 (144) Crowd: 12,534 at Metricon Stadium, Saturday, June 9th at 4.40pm It is hard to deduct too much meaning from...
View ArticleNext stop: who the freak knows?
As highlighted this week on AFL.com.au, the Saints have now gone two months without consecutive wins or losses. That’s fine in the sense that as yet there’s been no sustained form drop – something that...
View ArticleThe faffin’, the faffin’
Round 12, 2012 Adelaide Crows 5.3, 11.6, 16.7, 17.13 (115) St Kilda 3.1, 8.8, 10.12, 16.15 (111) Crowd: 36,394 at AAMI Stadium, Friday, June 15th at 8.10pm CST So that’s four games this season...
View ArticleThe Saints are grinding, battling…winning!
Round 16, 2012 ST KILDA 4.0 6.1 10.7 16.9 (105) BRISBANE LIONS 3.3 7.5 10.6 14.8 (92) CROWD: 19,228, at Gabba. Saints fans have been treated to a good dose of style this season in their football, but...
View ArticleSaints back outside the eight – is there any coming back?
At times during the last twenty-four hours or so, I was considering posting a review of Christopher Nolan’s latest installment of the Batman franchise in the place of posting a review of yesterday’s...
View ArticleFor the good times, and maybe that’s all
Round 18, 2012 St Kilda 4.5, 7.10, 12.17, 16.22 (118) Western Bulldogs 3.3, 4.4, 4.5, 6.6 (42) Crowd: 23,498 at Etihad Stadium, Sunday, July 29th at 3.15pm There was a resigned feeling on the...
View Article2012 St Kilda player reviews – part 2 of 4
In number order, this one from 13-23: 13 – Adam Schneider Spent a lot of the year out injured but was backed from the outset by Swat. Given he’s in the latter part of his career I’m not sure how much...
View ArticleToo hot for any kind of faffin’
NAB Cup – Round 1, Pool 3 At AAMI Stadium, Sunday, 17th February at 4.40pm Game 1 Adelaide Crows 0.0.4, 0.3.6 (24) St Kilda 0.4.1, 0.8.2 (50) Game 2 Port Adelaide 0.5.2, 1.9.2 (65) St Kilda 0.1.2,...
View ArticleSt Kilda won lol
2013 NAB Cup – Round 2 St Kilda 0.1.2, 0.6.6, 0.8.9, 0.13.12 (90) Sydney Swans 0.3.2, 1.5.6, 1.7.9, 1.8.10 (67) Crowd: “TBA” (not many) at Etihad Stadium, Sunday, March 3rd at 5.10pm St Kilda won,...
View ArticleRWB’s 2013 Preview Podcast
Rich and I took out a night of last week to record our second podcast, the 2013 Preview Podcast. I took far too many hours to edit it, so please at least humour us and click on the link so our...
View ArticleMellow and slack
“Are these the nights of going over the cliff that people pre-empted over the past couple of years?” Rich said this as he and I were sitting at Hell’s Kitchen drowning sorrows that might be a regular...
View ArticleCue GWS theme song
The Saints are 0-2, and have lost their last three games – including the pre-season – to GWS, Gold Coast and Richmond. I’ve been quoting myself a fair bit lately, and I’m going to do it again right...
View ArticleDisappointed, buoyed
Round 17, 2013 St Kilda 2.2, 4.5, 9.9, 13.14 (92) Port Adelaide 7.4, 10.8, 11.10, 14.13 (97) Crowd: 14,878 at Etihad Stadium, Saturday, July 20th at 7.40pm I don’t think many of us were expecting much...
View ArticleThe bad new days
Round 18, 2013 Geelong Cats 4.1, 12.5., 16.9, 21.11 (137) St Kilda 4.1, 5.1, 5.5, 5.6 (36) Crowd: 27,200 at Kardinia Park, Saturday, 27 July As they say in the classics, eleven years is a long time in...
View ArticleThe quieter side
After last week’s farceshambles it felt as though our collective care for this season had careered off a cliff and washed up in a bloody, broken mess on the jagged rocks below. I couldn’t remember a...
View Article“It’s great to be amongst family”
Round 20, 2013 St Kilda 2.5, 3.6, 4.12, 7.14 (56) Hawthorn 3.3, 8.13, 10.18, 14.18 (102) Crowd: 24,765 at Etihad Stadium, Friday, August 9th at 7.50pm What we were assuming would be my Dad’s final...
View ArticleSchneider out; another one bites the dust
Adam Schneider’s back injury is legit – he’s out of action for at least two to three weeks according to afl.com.au. That’s quite a blow for a Saints side that is already without Lenny Hayes, Leigh...
View ArticleCbf playing Essendon
So the mood’s been a lot different this week. The first three weeks of this season were rather incredible, for the Saints were in the spotlight for all the right reasons. Even the loss to West Coast...
View ArticleDon’t stare too long
Round 9, 2014 St Kilda 3.2, 4.4, 10.7, 13.9 (87) Gold Coast Suns 8.4, 13.7, 16.9, 19.11 (125) Crowd: 14,625 at Etihad Stadium, Sunday, 18th May at 4.40pm These are the moments in which I wonder whether...
View ArticleFading into the night
Round 11, 2014 St Kilda 3.2, 6.2, 8.5, 8.6 (54) Collingwood 7.2, 10.5, 14.8, 21.14 (140) Crowd: 34,855 at Etihad Stadium, Friday, May 30th at 7.50pm When I arrived relatively early at Corporate Stadium...
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