News 2015 Saints Media Thread (please use player threads for player-specific news/articles)

[Baldur]

Just watched the usual Monday night lineup of Footy panel shows. Lots about Phil Walsh of course and rightly so. But when they got to the on field stuff, if you did not already know you would have been hard pressed working out who Essendon played. The almost total lack of credit for St Kilda's performance was predictable, pathetic and consistent across all the shows, across all the channels. The only indication of Essendon's opponent was comments along the lines of "they lost to a bottom 4 team", "they lost to last years wooden spooners".
A total show of disrespect to the St Kilda football team.
So I turned it off and watched the game again, for the 3rd time and a thought occurred to me. How appropriate it was that we wore predominantly white and they wore predominantly black. The forces of good against the forces of evil. The pure infectious joy of the young enthusiastic Saints against the jaded, weary Bombers, playing with a spirit corrupted by the "win at any cost" attitude of an arrogant and delusional oligarchy.

I agree, it has been painfully obvious that to most of the media the story is the poor Dons not the great Saints.

 

[Simple Jack]

I agree, it has been painfully obvious that to most of the media the story is the poor Dons not the great Saints.

I have to be honest, I actually though we were a bit scrappy at training on Sunday. A lot of missed chances and quite a few loose handballs/kicks but the witches hats obviously couldn't out-chase moving footballers.

If we played our best footy on Sunday it would have been a 160+ win. The drug cheats were insipid.

 

[sammm]

love the amount of media and info given take a look at this

http://www.saints.com.au/news/2015-07-08/bruce-reaps-the-rewards

 

[bird_man]

Richo back in SEN's coaches box this Friday... Loved it last time!

 

[Winmar2Lockett]

There's a few interviews from this week available on saints.com.au

Richo on Triple M, a few Lonie interviews, Robbo Monday morning presser & Richo post match conference. Some good insight into Seb & Brucey in the post match

 

[sammm]

who would have thought...???????????

No finals talk, yet


http://www.saints.com.au/news/2015-07-09/no-finals-talk-yet

 

[Saintos The ITK]

Bloody hell if that clip of Rooey meeting the two cerebral palsy lads doesn't get you a bit choked up nothing will.
What a great club we are all a part of.

 

[sammm]

Bloody hell if that clip of Rooey meeting the two cerebral palsy lads doesn't get you a bit choked up nothing will.
What a great club we are all a part of.

Its nice that instead of keeping this stuff quiet, (which is what used to happen that they go ahead and put it in th media.

I am sure the club used to do all this stuff. but it was never previously showcased in the media.

 

[sammm]

Bloody hell if that clip of Rooey meeting the two cerebral palsy lads doesn't get you a bit choked up nothing will.
What a great club we are all a part of.

Adam meets Nick
Cerebral palsy sufferer Adam Barry met his hero Nick Riewoldt and the reaction will warm your heart.

http://www.saints.com.au/video/2015-07-09/adam-meets-nick

and here is the background story

http://www.smh.com.au/good-weekend/two-of-us/two-of-us-20150605-ghfvga

Two of us
"Cam West, 44, and Adam Barry, 43, became friends as children. Both men have cerebral palsy and love sport - they've adapted AFL to be played with a balloon and now more than 100 disabled people across Melbourne play in the Balloon Football League......"

 

[CALL ME SNAKE]

well this video needs to belong here

Adam meets Nick
Cerebral palsy sufferer Adam Barry met his hero Nick Riewoldt and the reaction will warm your heart.

http://www.saints.com.au/video/2015-07-09/adam-meets-nick

Nice. Very nice.
He was all cool calm & collected meeting all the other players until Nick came over and then he was flapping his arms around like a bird he was so excited Lucky bloke to have such a nice mate.
Good work Saints

 

[Periphery]

Richo back in SEN's coaches box this Friday... Loved it last time!

BUMP for this. 6pm!

 

[maanco]

on now, (should be)

http://www.sen.com.au/listen-live

was really weird i had to refresh the page to get the correct audio

 

[dewah07]

dermi taking semi shots at richo

 

[Dopey BJ]

dermi taking semi shots at richo

Making excuses for his mate Watters

 

[Barrels]

Making excuses for his mate Watters

He's really got to let that shit go...

 

[Nutsngum]

What was he going on about?

 

[Sir Skid]

Up early and decided to watch....

Escape from LA with our main attraction CALL ME SNAKE

WTF! Get Matt Finnis onto this one as they've blacked out the St.Kilda logo from his eye patch on every single frame of the movie.
Augh!!!

 

[CALL ME SNAKE]

Up early and decided to watch....

Escape from LA with our main attraction CALL ME SNAKE

WTF! Get Matt Finnis onto this one as they've blacked out the St.Kilda logo from his eye patch on every single frame of the movie.
Augh!!!

Dont mess with the Snake.

 

[Defacto]

Making excuses for his mate Watters

he has an obvious beef and needs to let it go. watters dug his own grave

having said that he was right in what he was saying about carlton and where they are at. I cant think of a coach that survived his appointment when they take over just before they bottom out

you need a settled board, good ceo, good list manager and recruitment team and most of all a very clear and transparent strategy and direction

 

[sammm]

Saints are on SnapChat

http://www.saints.com.au/video/2015-07-13/the-saints-are-on-snapchat

 

[Persevering Saint]

Going back in time, to the night we played the Bombers and the lights went out.

http://www.saints.com.au/video/2015-07-15/the-waverley-blackout

Best line? "Where's Shanners?! Oh, where's Shanners?!?!?!?"

Gold.

 

[CALL ME SNAKE]

Persevering Saint, post: 39637223, member: 43324"]Going back In time, to the night we played the Bombers and the lights went out.

http://www.saints.com.au/video/2015-07-15/the-waverley-blackout

Best line? "Where's Shanners?! Oh, where's Shanners?!?!?!?"

Gold.

My better half didnt follow the footy at all when we first started dating.
So I dragged her along to a few Saints games to see if she liked it.
About the 3rd game I ever took her to was the infamous hail storm game Vs The Bears at Waverley.
She lost interest for a few yrs after that
Then In 1996 she went to 2 games . The Pre Season Grand Final and the Ess game when the ' Lights went out'.
Took her a long time to go again

 

[Speck]

Richo on 360 right now.

 

[karaoke]

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/afl/a/28925499/riewoldt-relishes-afl-youngsters/

Riewoldt relishes AFL youngsters

The master and his apprentice finally came together in St Kilda's forward line.

While Sunday's 16-point AFL loss to Richmond was an emotional game for Saints captain Nick Riewoldt, it was also a symbolic moment for him and the club.

Riewoldt and his understudy, Paddy McCartin, were in the same side for the first time.

McCartin was last year's No.1 draft pick and the Saints recruited him to eventually take over from Riewoldt as their main key forward.

McCartin has not played a senior game since round four, while Riewoldt had to overcome a calf muscle injury to play against the Tigers.

Riewoldt was determined to play, given the game was a fundraiser for the foundation set up in memory of his late sister, Maddie.

The game was also the AFL debut for key defender Hugh Goddard, the second St Kilda pick in last year's draft.

Just as they hope McCartin will one day lead their attack, so the Saints are planning for Goddard to be the bedrock of their defence.

"It was a great day for the club on a lot of fronts," Riewoldt said.

"To have our two bookends for the next decade out there was fantastic.

 

[hayes]

Not going as well as we'd like to be on the field yet, but we are doing amazing things off it. Another good story:

http://stk.lt/1IdmDYN