News 2012 Media Thread Part 2

[SaintLex]

Footballers caught in $1m horse racing scheme

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/footb...se-racing-scheme/story-e6frea6u-1226499670838


Hmmm. Hopefully none of our boys are down substantial sums.

Isn't Sammy Fisher into horse racing?

 

[Kildonan]

Crackdown on defenders
By Peter Ryan
AFL.com.au
7:00 AM Tue 23 Oct, 2012
CONCERNS about the declining number of contested marks being taken this year will see AFL umpires crack down on defenders blocking or checking forwards off the ball in 2013.
The umpires will be asked to slightly adjust where they position themselves so they can pick up more infringements inside the 50 metre arcs.
They will also be tighter when adjudicating on infringements that happen when the ball is more than five metres away from the contest.
The average number of contested marks per game declined from 25.4 per game in 2011 to 23.2 in 2012, as players got smarter at stopping a forward's run without giving away a free kick.
This statistic was a reversal of the upward trend in the average number of contested marks per game that had been happening since at least 2008.
Feedback from clubs and players indicated that increased congestion and the emphasis in recent years on stopping holding at stoppages had drawn umpires closer to ball-ups around the ground and made it more difficult for those officiating to detect defenders blocking or hampering forwards before the ball arrived.

 

[Squizz]

Not sure what's going on with the timeclock at the Saints!

http://www.saints.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/5315/newsid/150347/default.aspx
Wakelin to lead St Kilda Commercial Operations

4:59 AM Sun 28 Oct, 2012

St Kilda Football Club is pleased to announce Shane Wakelin has taken up the role of General Manager of Commercial Operations, and will be responsible for Sponsorship, Corporate and the Events activities of the Club.

Shane, a 252 AFL game player, has been the Director of Corporate Finance at Deloitte Touche and Tohmatsu for the past four years.

He was responsible for the establishment of the Deloitte Sustainability and Carbon Solutions Advisory service. 



Additionally, Shane was actively engaged in client relationships and the generation of new business.



Along with his impressive tertiary qualifications which include a Bachelor of Science and Masters of Business Administration, Shane has played 94 games in the red, white and black (1994-2000).

 

[stkildathunda]

St Kilda's pre-season begins with the young players training on Nov 5th, & older players resuming on Nov 12.

Then from from November 27th the entire list including 2012 draftees & injured players which includes Lenny Hayes will take part in the high altitude training camp in Colorado

http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl...r-to-collingwood/story-e6frf3e3-1226504645035

 

[hayes]

If we get to 45,000 members, Gram is throwing a pool party:

Jason Gram ‏@gramsy_1
@kissrob76 @stkildafc maybe I'll throw a BBQ one day for all. If we get to 45k members #loyaltyunites #gosaints

 

[stkildathunda]

Luke Holmesby has been appointed as St Kilda's new Chief Football Writer/Editor

 

[StFly]

If we get to 45,000 members, Gram is throwing a pool party:

Jason Gram ‏@gramsy_1
@kissrob76 @stkildafc maybe I'll throw a BBQ one day for all. If we get to 45k members #loyaltyunites #gosaints

He did say "maybe" if it were a definite BBQ then by golly I'd pay for 45k memberships myself just so he had to follow through, and hand them out in front of him for the lols.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

He did say "maybe" if it were a definite BBQ then by golly I'd pay for 45k memberships myself just so he had to follow through, and hand them out in front of him for the lols.

Just organise it without him using social media. Grammy can be the next Cory Worthington.

 

[Kildonan]

St Kilda will enjoy a dream start to the 2013 AFL season​

• Jon Ralph, Mark Stevens
• From:Herald Sun
• October 30, 2012 12:00AM

ST Kilda has the chance to make a flying start to next season, dodging all of this year's finalists in the first month.
The Saints will capitalise on their ninth place finish this year by taking on four fellow bottom-10 clubs before playing Sydney in Wellington, New Zealand, in Round 5.

In a fixture to be released tomorrow, it is believed St Kilda will start its season against Gold Coast, Richmond and Greater Western Sydney (in Canberra) before the much-hyped showdown with an Essendon team featuring former Saint Brendon Goddard in Round 4.

It will meet Carlton in a Round 7 Monday night clash as well as Adelaide and Collingwood in the first eight weeks, meaning only two of its first seven games are against 2012 finalists.

Like Carlton, St Kilda has a chance to take advantage of this year's finish outside the finals, as bottom-10 sides will have a maximum of two games against only two of this year's finalists...

 

[Kildonan]

St Kilda coach Scott Watters has the oldest list in the AFL at his disposal​

• Mark Stevens
• From:Herald Sun
• October 30, 2012 12:00AM

ST KILDA has lost Brendon Goddard, but not its status as having the oldest list in the AFL.
The Saints ended the trade period still burdened by an average age of 25.7 years, despite losing the seasoned star to free agency.

It is a statistic that provides a major challenge for coach Scott Watters considering the widely-held perception that the Saints have slipped from the premiership zone.

But the durability and consistency of the club's top-end players, so close to the ultimate success in 2009-2010, have helped it cheat nature so far.

The Saints finished ninth this year, relying on the usual suspects and the exciting development of Rhys Stanley, Ahmed Saad, Terry Milera, Tom Simpkin and Arryn Siposs, but face a delicate balancing act despite Watters' impressive start...

 

[Baldur]

In a fixture to be released tomorrow, it is believed St Kilda will start its season against Gold Coast, Richmond and Greater Western Sydney (in Canberra) before the much-hyped showdown with an Essendon team featuring former Saint Brendon Goddard in Round 4.

It will meet Carlton in a Round 7 Monday night clash as well as Adelaide and Collingwood in the first eight weeks, meaning only two of its first seven games are against 2012 finalists.

Like Carlton, St Kilda has a chance to take advantage of this year's finish outside the finals, as bottom-10 sides will have a maximum of two games against only two of this year's finalists...

Our form vrs Richmond & Essendon has not been that good. We smashed Essendon in our last game vrs them, but they were rubbish by then, we had had issues with them even when we were almost unbeatable. Furthermore Essendon were very good at the beginning of the year before fading.

Richmond for some reason we seem to have issues defeating in the last couple of years. No game is easy, Gold Coast has a wealth of talent that should be getting to AFL level proformance next year. Adelaide, Collingwood & Sydney all very strong teams. The GWS game is the only one that is close to a gimmie. Ralph just showing how much of a fool he really is.

 

[stkildathunda]

Dont think those headings are quite big enough K, I cant quite read them properly

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Our form vrs Richmond & Essendon has not been that good. We smashed Essendon in our last game vrs them, but they were rubbish by then, we had had issues with them even when we were almost unbeatable. Furthermore Essendon were very good at the beginning of the year before fading.

Richmond for some reason we seem to have issues defeating in the last couple of years. No game is easy, Gold Coast has a wealth of talent that should be getting to AFL level proformance next year. Adelaide, Collingwood & Sydney all very strong teams. The GWS game is the only one that is close to a gimmie. Ralph just showing how much of a fool he really is.

Essendon were beating us purely on pace. A lot of the time they were just kicking to space and easily winning the race to the uncontested ball.
Last season however they were not outpacing us as much ( if at all ).
Herd and co have taken the focus of pace and they are trying to muscle up.
Meanwhile we have injected some handy pace. Also we should easily be able to Dempster their big overpaid midfielder.

Richmond are actually very good at winning contested ball and we need to get better at it.

 

[stkildathunda]

Nick Dal Santo - "I like writing poetry, I enjoy long walks on the beach & I like Piña Coladas"

http://www.saints.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/5315/newsid/150468/default.aspx

 

[SaintsSeptember]

So looking back at the previous news, I assume the Barbeque is off, and I wonder if we still have the oldest list.

 

[sammm]

Luke Holmesby has been appointed as St Kilda's new Chief Football Writer/Editor

who was doing it before?

 

[sammm]

So looking back at the previous news, I assume the Barbeque is off, and I wonder if we still have the oldest list.

oldest list is being quickly changed.

 

[CHBench]

They must be seriously struggling for material if they're doing an article on age profiles before list lodgement ONE.

 

[CHBench]

This tanking thing is widening.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport...win-back-in-2007/story-e6frepgf-1226507842026

Waiting for the HS to implicate St Kilda in this circus with a rehash of Brian Waldron's comments.

 

[hayes]

This tanking thing is widening.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport...win-back-in-2007/story-e6frepgf-1226507842026

Waiting for the HS to implicate St Kilda in this circus with a rehash of Brian Waldron's comments.

Culture.

 

[Baldur]

Waiting for the HS to implicate St Kilda in this circus with a rehash of Brian Waldron's comments.

After all Waldron is such a creditable source , not that that would stop the Hun.

 

[Persevering Saint]

Nick Dal Santo - "I like writing poetry, I enjoy long walks on the beach & I like Piña Coladas"

http://www.saints.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/5315/newsid/150468/default.aspx

Nice ducking around "If you could go back in time?" and "Most embarrassing moment" by Dal.

 

[hayes]

So how long until our draft picks go up? There's a "win and be sacked" article on the AFL site regarding Melbourne. Will they wait until after the draft to punish them?

 

[Baldur]

So how long until our draft picks go up? There's a "win and be sacked" article on the AFL site regarding Melbourne. Will they wait until after the draft to punish them?

Not sure that they will from this years draft. Two reasons, the investigation will take too long & the AFL will not want to lower the draft figures even more.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...mbers-as-clubs-lose-faith-20121101-28mwy.html

"Clubs have also largely lost faith in the national draft pool that they rated highly just 18 months ago, meaning fewer than 100 first-time players could be drafted this year"​

 

[StFly]

Just keeping it up towards the top, couple "newer" vids on the youtubes;




TDL is actually a lot taller than I thought he'd look in that.