it is funny how the narrative or spin flips things, all media goons and general public have widely tipped us to drop off to even bottom 5, and Saints to improve on making finals last year...
They were literally dancing in the aisles when they beat us last year. I think it's another one of those one-sided rivalries we seem to have a habit of collecting. Most would have had them heading upwards while we fall of that cliff, so getting done in by us by any margin is a fail.
At least this time when they lost their grand final they aren't going to be harassed with vision of their star losing it in the goal square on repeat
It is a lesson we much re-teach them every year
Word on the street is that even whilst losing, StKilda are officially releasing a dvd of the game… Just like they did for that random home and away game they beat us in many years back.
"The Streak 2: three unanswered in the last"
I have a new idea for the st kilda marketing team
Butters won the ALFCA MVPA award last year as a 22yo. I'm not sure that's exactly a slow burn?
To some people their team have never lost a fair game - end of the day winners are grinners. 'At home or far away', we've won four premierships this century at the cricket ground up the road against interstate sides and Melbourne based sides. Most opposition supporters have had to put up with two decades of Geelong flogging them wherever the games are played, we could be based on the Moon and we'd still be just as successful as what we have been.
All reasonable points, and obviously we're all going to dissect the pros and cons about our gamestyle after round 1, all supporters do it after a long offseason.
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