Massive game for the Bloods to bounce back after the disappointment of last week .
This battle goes back nearly 150 years as both clubs were in the VFA until the breakaway to the VFL in 1897 .
We won 5 in the VFA period , they of course won 0.
For those that don't know the history St.Kilda was situated at the Junction Oval at the Southern end of Albert Park Lake , the Bloods were at the City end approx 1.5 k's . It was war this is our traditional enemy . It intensified when Saints strongman Eric Guy knocked out Bobby Skilton in the late 60's , we actually thought Bob was dead as he was carried off , but of course the great man recovered as always. Things changed a bit when they moved to Moorabbin in 1965 and then in 1982 we moved to Sydney.
In the 20's we have played 37 times and we have won 24 and a draw to their 13 including our loss last year.
Both clubs have had many to play for both , including Tony Lockett , Spida Everitt , too many for now.
We also hold the last Q record kicking 17 4 against them in 1919 , hard to imagine now.
This game hopefully will be a smashing by us , we know they're coach like negative footy , so expect a lot of close checking .
Rowan Marshall in the ruck will be a tough opponent for Grundy and be interesting to see how Max King goes after once again being hammered everywhere for his lack of effort , but he has played well against us in the past , as has Jack Higgins who was also no good last week.
Of course the key will be our midfield who need to bounce back and get it forward quick and hopefully Amartey can grab a few.
I feel this will be tight until HT and we will surge in the 2nd half and we will win by 46 .
This battle goes back nearly 150 years as both clubs were in the VFA until the breakaway to the VFL in 1897 .
We won 5 in the VFA period , they of course won 0.
For those that don't know the history St.Kilda was situated at the Junction Oval at the Southern end of Albert Park Lake , the Bloods were at the City end approx 1.5 k's . It was war this is our traditional enemy . It intensified when Saints strongman Eric Guy knocked out Bobby Skilton in the late 60's , we actually thought Bob was dead as he was carried off , but of course the great man recovered as always. Things changed a bit when they moved to Moorabbin in 1965 and then in 1982 we moved to Sydney.
In the 20's we have played 37 times and we have won 24 and a draw to their 13 including our loss last year.
Both clubs have had many to play for both , including Tony Lockett , Spida Everitt , too many for now.
We also hold the last Q record kicking 17 4 against them in 1919 , hard to imagine now.
This game hopefully will be a smashing by us , we know they're coach like negative footy , so expect a lot of close checking .
Rowan Marshall in the ruck will be a tough opponent for Grundy and be interesting to see how Max King goes after once again being hammered everywhere for his lack of effort , but he has played well against us in the past , as has Jack Higgins who was also no good last week.
Of course the key will be our midfield who need to bounce back and get it forward quick and hopefully Amartey can grab a few.
I feel this will be tight until HT and we will surge in the 2nd half and we will win by 46 .
