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The one thing Nick Riewoldt can't do is consistently kick goals from within 25 metres out directly in front. I know this post is meant to be funny but one really disappointing aspect of saints fans is lauding their good players to be better than they really are - and seriously, over time, it goes to their heads

Everyone had a crack at Brett Peake for missing targets in both Grand finals that resulted in turnovers and collingwood goals, but we had Schneider and Gilbert miss targets (i.e the goals) for a combined total of 5 in one quarter of the replay.

And why does this happen ? Because the Captain sets the standard of mediocrity in shooting for goal. It was bad enough that he didn't steady when he took that mark in the goal square in the first quarter of the replay - only to have it smothered by that hack Heath Shaw - the moment that will be seen as 'when the saints lost the premiership' but in actual fact, more deplorable was his miss from 20m in the 3rd quarter of the first GF - despite taking a great mark to have the opportunity - immediately after the rightful captain, Hayes, got a magnificent clearance from the centre following a Goddard goal. It could have and should have been the time the saints stamped their authoriy over the game with 2 goals in 2 minutes against a wilting opponent.

Sometimes we get carried away with the 'Highlights package' that Riewoldt provides over the course of the - plenty of hard running and courageous spectacular marks - but at the end of the day he doesn't perform his role. Despite missing games through injury last year, he still had 73 shots on goal - but only nailed 39 of them.

That's not acceptable from a captain, particularly when the same malaise filters thru to him teammates.

Compare this with the last 2 premierships captains - Tom Harley and Nick Maxwell - both against the saints. For the casual observer, these guys' career highlights reels would go for less than one minute but their blunders are non-existent and that's what makes them great captains - they give their best every week and they never let their team mates down.

One of the reasons, Jack Riewoldt wasn't drafted by the saints - even though he'd been training with them that pre-season, was there was doubt on his kicking ability. God knows we didn't need 2 riewoldt's that couldn't kick straight. Yet, 3 years later Jack has improved so much that he won the Coleman medal, whilst after 10 years in the system, Nick still hasn't got a clue.

I'm sorry to say, with this is mind, the saints will never win a flag whilst Nick Riewoldt is captain.
 
The one thing Nick Riewoldt can't do is consistently kick goals from within 25 metres out directly in front. I know this post is meant to be funny but one really disappointing aspect of saints fans is lauding their good players to be better than they really are - and seriously, over time, it goes to their heads

Everyone had a crack at Brett Peake for missing targets in both Grand finals that resulted in turnovers and collingwood goals, but we had Schneider and Gilbert miss targets (i.e the goals) for a combined total of 5 in one quarter of the replay.

And why does this happen ? Because the Captain sets the standard of mediocrity in shooting for goal. It was bad enough that he didn't steady when he took that mark in the goal square in the first quarter of the replay - only to have it smothered by that hack Heath Shaw - the moment that will be seen as 'when the saints lost the premiership' but in actual fact, more deplorable was his miss from 20m in the 3rd quarter of the first GF - despite taking a great mark to have the opportunity - immediately after the rightful captain, Hayes, got a magnificent clearance from the centre following a Goddard goal. It could have and should have been the time the saints stamped their authoriy over the game with 2 goals in 2 minutes against a wilting opponent.

Sometimes we get carried away with the 'Highlights package' that Riewoldt provides over the course of the - plenty of hard running and courageous spectacular marks - but at the end of the day he doesn't perform his role. Despite missing games through injury last year, he still had 73 shots on goal - but only nailed 39 of them.

That's not acceptable from a captain, particularly when the same malaise filters thru to him teammates.

Compare this with the last 2 premierships captains - Tom Harley and Nick Maxwell - both against the saints. For the casual observer, these guys' career highlights reels would go for less than one minute but their blunders are non-existent and that's what makes them great captains - they give their best every week and they never let their team mates down.

One of the reasons, Jack Riewoldt wasn't drafted by the saints - even though he'd been training with them that pre-season, was there was doubt on his kicking ability. God knows we didn't need 2 riewoldt's that couldn't kick straight. Yet, 3 years later Jack has improved so much that he won the Coleman medal, whilst after 10 years in the system, Nick still hasn't got a clue.

I'm sorry to say, with this is mind, the saints will never win a flag whilst Nick Riewoldt is captain.

If you think his miss was from 20m after taking that mark in GF1, I'm not using you as my real estate agent.

Lance Franklin misses many a basic set shot.

What about Riewoldt's effort in 2009 to get us into the GF?

Easy to pot when things don't go our way.

I hardly think Sam Gilbert thinks "Roo missed" when he's lining up for a ping at the sticks.
 

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