The Old Dark Navy's said:Not at all, the Saints were almost everybody's second team for the 1997 Grand Final so team success has little to do with it. Even in the early days of BigFooty, the Saints were represented by the likes of Sainter and were a decent bunch. Team success vs supporter success was the killer blow. If I had not been on BigFooty I would still be barracking for the Saints in finals (except against Carlton) right now. The supporters have definitely soured it for me.
Well you encapsulate it perfectly ODN. We were all 'a decent bunch' back in 2000-02. Funny how that equated to us being a complete rabble on and off field. Not a threat back then.
However all I did back then was to defend my club against incessant trolling, alot of it because the Saints were crap. Now I can get on the front foot a bit because the Saints are heading in the right direction, and the old guard can't accept that.
Now we are getting some success on field and are getting stronger financially, we are all suddenly not as "decent".
Funny that.




