Round 2: St Kilda vs GWS @ Docklands

[Balance]

From a neutral's perspective, umpiring one sided, made the difference.

 

[BIRDBRAIN]

Epic win by the sainters!!!! They've beaten the mighty The GWS!!!!

 

[IanW]

Good win St Kilda. Good game of footy.

 

[ep2018]

We're going to win by 10 goals next week

 

[Scotland]

You shudder to think what the result of the same game will be in 2 years.

Haven't you read the 'St Kilda youth' thread?

 

[Aussie Rocker]

haha nice Saints! Proving the doubters wrong (including myself). Just wish it didn't come at the cost of my tips...

 

[mike14]

A lot of people did expect us to lose both games, considering we're favourites for the spoon.

I freely admit that I don't read a lot of footy related media, but really? Surely in pre-season predictions the two teams you've just beaten were below you.

Probably shows just how hard it is to be a footy 'expert'

 

[Crawb]

Did people really not expect the Saints to 2-0 heading into the pre-season when their 1st 2 games were the Dees and GWS?

Should have been 0-2 with a percentage of 60%. Very lucky two weeks in a row. 100 point defeat next week

 

[Cynic]

Umpires gifted the Saints this game

Load of rubbish. Saints won it in the 3rd and Giants missed their chance to win it in the fourth. Umpires were inconsistent but immaterial.

 

[ajdude]

so lamb in for addison? boy they missed davis and mohr.

 

[syl]

not convincing at all, but commentators etc sound really surprised. It's not like they are playing top of the table teams to start off

They have had less scoring shots both times too. Very lucky.

 

[Bomberblitzer]

Roo is a legend. Has carried this team for years now.

 

[kreglze]

Good on the saints, most people weren't giving them much chance. And everyone jumping on that GWS bandwagon. Tipped them and stuck with them. Can tell it meant so much to the Saints. Amazing effort with Roo.

 

[Engimal]

Yeah Saints! 3/3 so far.

 

[SSSSSS]

Welcome back classic Roo.

 

[Colonial]

Congrats Saints. Damn it.

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[Saintt]

Pretty hard to 'win' the spoon from 2-0.

 

[TheAnt]

Welcome back classic Roo.

Welcome back? Had a stunning year last year aswell

 

[JeffDunne]

I know it's early but I'll call it, we've found a coach!

Couldn't be happier with what I've seen over the past two weeks from a team perspective.

 

[Roobs321]

Really enjoyable contest, loving this round so far. St Kilda remind me a little of when Roos arrived at Sydney. GWS also were largely good until the bomb long started to settle in. Could see a future rivalry. Lots of highlights in this match, despite some clangers.

Saints will now also be exhausted and content for next week, yay!

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

The HTB rule is officially a 'darts at the dartboard' proposition.

 

[estibador]

Really enjoying the intensity of the 'bottom of the table' clashes so far this year.

Honestly feels like this is the first season in ages where no team is willing to accept the spoon without a fight.

 

[Tulip]

Execution was poor, fight was good. St Kilda have won the same game twice in a row, that's promising at your lowest ebb.

Well done Sainters, like the look of these kids.

 

[RUNVS]

GWS really butchered their chances in that last quarter.

 

[Simple Jack]

Really enjoying the intensity of the 'bottom of the table' clashes so far this year.

Honestly feels like this is the first season in ages where no team is willing to accept the spoon without a fight.

Hard not to think getting rid of the priority pick (and seeing what has happened to Melbourne) has played a part in that.