Virgin Blue wrote:
4thchicken wrote:
St kilda havent played anyone of note as yet so steady on - swans (who are mid-low end of ladder) + north (rubbish team, my tip for the spoon)
You used the 60 to 1 scoreline as an example but did you consider that North have lost around 1,000 games of experience since last season? - watt (127 games), power (123 games), simpson (306 games), harris (149 games), gibson (65 games), smith (27 games) are all gone - thats 797 games (av. 132/player or 6.5 seasons of footy/player). These players were replaced with an array of 18yos via the draft with 0 games of experience. .
Yes but my point is they kept nearly all teams scoreless last year, and the trend seems to be continuing this year.
It's not just North.
They did it regularly, week in week out last year.
30 ti
Every time you turn on the TV it was Saints 70 vs Opposition 12
Unbelievable scorelines
exaggeration much? Saints just play a low scoring game style rather than blow opposition out of the park
From last years games
1st quarter
saints kept below 3 goals in first quarter - 6 times/25 games (including a few of the above games), opposition kept below 3 goals in first quarter - 14 times/25 games
In comparison, the cats 07 team
cats kept below 3 goals in first quarter - 3 times/25 games (including a few of the above games), opposition kept below 3 goals in first quarter - 14 times/25 games
saints 5 goal+ 1st quarters - 8 times
cats 5 goal+ 1st quarters - 14 times
The cats in 07 had a lot more lopsided scorelines than saints in 09.
Incidentally, for all quarters
saints kept below 3 goals in a quarter - 30 times, opposition kept below 3 goals in a quarter - 59 times
cats kept below 3 goals in a quarter - 24 times, opposition kept below 3 goals in a quarter - 49 times