Frank Arrigo: Interests

Amazon Delivers Again

Sun, 01 Oct 2006 07:19:55 GMT

Got my latest Amazon order just in time for the holidays

Straight Outta Lynwood
The Weird Al Show - The Complete Series
The Wild

Yup. we're big fans of Weird Al

Monster House 3D

Sat, 16 Sep 2006 07:49:28 GMT

I took my 2 little ones to see Monster House 3D, at Castle Hill

They loved it.

The SMH has a review

Lots of 3D movies coming out too, which is interesting to note.

Footy Tipping Results : Round 22

Sun, 03 Sep 2006 09:40:00 GMT

The end of the season.

I got 4 right. Again, I let my tipping be based on how I wanted things to end, rather than reflecting reality. I was hopeful things could fall the Saints way. I was wrong

Week 22
Home	Draw	Away
Bulldogs (22.15 147)		Bombers (18.17 125)
Tigers (12.13 85)		Eagles (26.17 173)
Crows (23.14 152)		Demons (14.10 94)
Lions (7.15 57)		Saints (16.12 108)
Dockers (23.13 151)		Power (9.18 72)
Swans (21.10 136)		Blues (6.8 44)
Hawks (21.7 133)		Cats (10.12 72)
Magpies (20.19 139)		Kangaroos (10.11 71)

My tipping has me with 108 correct tips for the season. I don't know how I've done in the tipping comp, but I am sure I didn't win.

The Saints have ended up 6th on the ladder and play an elimination final next week against Melbourne at the MCG.


		P	W	D	L	F	A	%	Total
1	West Coast Eagles	22	17	0	5	2257	1874	120.44	68
2	Adelaide	22	16	0	6	2331	1640	142.13	64
3	Fremantle	22	15	0	7	2079	1893	109.83	60
4	Sydney Swans	22	14	0	8	2098	1630	128.71	56
5	Collingwood	22	14	0	8	2345	1965	119.34	56
6	St Kilda	22	14	0	8	2074	1752	118.38	56
7	Melbourne	22	13	1	8	2146	1957	109.66	54
8	Western Bulldogs	22	13	0	9	2311	2173	106.35	52

9	Richmond	22	11	0	11	1934	2245	86.15	44
10	Geelong	22	10	1	11	1982	2002	99	42
11	Hawthorn	22	9	0	13	1834	2140	85.7	36
12	Port Adelaide	22	8	0	14	1911	2151	88.84	32
13	Brisbane Lions	22	7	0	15	1844	2239	82.36	28
14	Kangaroos	22	7	0	15	1754	2167	80.94	28
15	Essendon	22	3	1	18	2021	2469	81.86	14
16	Carlton	22	3	1	18	1791	2415	74.16	14

Now I need to work out how I get down to Melbourne for the game next week.

Bring on the finals.

Saints outclass Lions; First Win at the Gabba for 15 years

Sat, 02 Sep 2006 12:31:48 GMT

So, the Saints beat the Lions. Yippee.

The game is on delayed broadcast here in Canberra. It's about to start. Cant wait to see the game.

And we wont know until Sunday which team plays who, in the finals. We could end up anywhere from 4th, 5th and 6th place, depending on Sunday's results.

	Qtr Time	Half Time	3 Qtr Time	Final
St Kilda	4. 1 (25)	10. 5 (65)	13._6 (84)	16.12. 108
Brisbane Lions	3. 4 (22)	4. 7 (31)	7.14 (56)	7.15. _57
St Kilda: Goals: - R.Harvey 3, B.Brooks 3, F.Gehrig 3, S.Milne 2, N.Riewoldt, B.Goddard, J.Koschitzke, J.Gram, L.Fisher. Best: - R.Harvey, N.Dal Santo, L.Fisher, B.Voss, L.Ball, L.Montagna, J.Gram, N.Riewoldt. Brisbane Lions: Goals: - J.Sherman 4, D.Bradshaw, C.Johnson, J.Adcock. Best: - M.Voss, J.Sherman, J.Adcock, C.Stiller. Injuries - St Kilda: nil. Brisbane Lions: nil. Reports - St Kilda: nil. Brisbane Lions: nil. Umpires - S.McLaren, S.Grun, J.Quigley. @ the Gabba Ground, Brisbane. Crowd: 27,101.

Saints too strong for Lions
ABC Online, Australia - 4 minutes ago
St Kilda remained in contention for a top-four finish after defeating Brisbane by 51 points in the final round of the AFL minor premiership at the Gabba on Saturday night.

Saints break Gabba hoodoo to beat Lions
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 13 minutes ago
An emotional lap of the Gabba was completed by inspirational Brisbane Lions skipper Michael Voss - but even the player himself still had no idea whether it marked his AFL farewell.

Saints break Gabba hoodoo to beat Lions
The Age, Australia - 15 minutes ago
An emotional lap of the Gabba was completed by inspirational Brisbane Lions skipper Michael Voss - but even the player himself still had no idea whether it marked his AFL farewell.

Saints romp over Brisbane at the Gabba
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 21 minutes ago
An emotional lap of the Gabba was completed by inspirational Brisbane Lions skipper Michael Voss tonight - but even the player himself still had no idea whether it marked his AFL farewell.

Saints step up to defeat Lions
SportsAustralia.com, Australia - 45 minutes ago
With September calling, St Kilda stepped up a gear in defeating the Brisbane Lions by 51 points at the Gabba Ground on Saturday night.

Saints outclass Lions
sportal.com.au, Australia - 55 minutes ago
In a polished display of football, St Kilda completely outclassed Brisbane to come out on top at the Gabba on Saturday night and win by 51 points, boosting its chances of a top

Yumm, Cannoli

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 06:08:13 GMT

We've finally found a good place for Cannoli in Sydney - Pasticceria Papa

Pasticceria Papa

145 Ramsay Street Haberfield

www.pasticceriapapa.com.au
Open:
Sun-Thur 7am-10pm,
Fri & Sat 7am-12 Midnight
There is a common thread that runs through the local businesses of Haberfield, a timeless formula of quality, hard work, tradition and community. Each business, be it coffee or cake, has its own story, and remains faithful to its roots.
Pasticceria Papa is perhaps Haberfield’s greatest example of this. Its Sicilian born owner Salvatore Papa migrated to Australia 17 years ago and for the last 13 years has been sharing with us his homemade recipes.
Pasticceria Papa is a patisserie, bakery and a café. Its display cabinet is longer than the eye can see and filled with fresh cannoli, profiteroles, biscotti and more. It also sells savoury food like pizza, as well as gelato and large cakes.
A world unto itself, Pasticceria Papa offers something genuinely unique. The atmosphere is always lively and bustling, and the quality of the food, consistently excellent. Perhaps this is why there is no better place for indulgences, however big or small.

Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Snakes on a Plane - Do as I say and you'll live!

Sun, 27 Aug 2006 09:19:20 GMT

I took my two big boys - Antony & Billy - to see Snakes on a Plane. We went to Macquarie's Gold Class, as a belated birthday present for both of them.

Samual L. Jackson has some great lines

Overall, It was a hoot!

Saints dominate the Dogs 142-92

Sat, 26 Aug 2006 04:03:26 GMT

Outstanding win by the Saints on Friday night. They dominated the dogs. It was the most complete team effort for the season. And it was great to see Hamill, and Kosi up front with Reiwoldt and Gehrig.

Are the boys peaking at the right time of the year? A top 4 spot is looming.

	Qtr Time	Half Time	3 Qtr Time	Final
St Kilda	3. 4 (22)	13. 5 (83)	18.08 (116)	22.10. 142
Western Bulldogs	6. 3 (39)	9. 5 (59)	12.10 (82)	13.14. 092
St Kilda: Goals: - F.Gehrig 8, N.Riewoldt 5, B.Voss 2, S.Milne 2, R.Harvey 2, N.Dal Santo, J.Koschitzke, C.Ackland. Best: - F.Gehrig, N.Dal Santo, N.Riewoldt, L.Ball, R.Harvey, L.Montagna. Western Bulldogs: Goals: - B.Johnson 6, C.Grant, B.Montgomery, S.West, P.Street, M.Robbins, L.Gilbee, W.Minson. Best: - B.Johnson, D.Cross, S.West, C.Grant, M.Boyd. Injuries - St Kilda: nil. Western Bulldogs: L.Gilbee (knee). Reports - St Kilda: nil. Western Bulldogs: nil. Umpires - H.Kennedy, B.Allen, S.Jeffery. @ the Telstra Dome, Melbourne. Crowd: 47,120.

Advertiser Adelaide

St Kilda flogs Western Bulldogs 142-92
The Age, Australia - 15 hours ago
St Kilda key forwards Fraser Gehrig and Nick Riewoldt kicked 13 goals between them as the Saints roared back into form with a 22.10 (142) to 13.14 (92) AFL win over the Western Bulldogs to keep their top four hopes alive.
Twin peaks dominate Dogs The Age
Saints burn Dogs at Dome sportal.com.au
Saints confirm finals spot ABC Regional Online
SportsAustralia.com - ABC Online
all 44 news articles »

Umpires cop Eade rocket
The Australian, Australia - 12 hours ago
WESTERN Bulldogs coach Rodney Eade will approach AFL umpires' coach Rowan Sawers about the lack of protection star centreman Scott West received in the 50-point loss to St Kilda last night.

Happy Birthday Madonna

Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:18:08 GMT

48 Today!

FOX Footy Channel Program Listings 8th – 14th August 2006 NSW only

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 07:50:20 GMT

Disappointing Round 18, and it's not going to get any easier. The pundits are starting to write the team off

Next weekend we meet our nemesis, Geelong. They had a big win on the weekend and will be feeling pumped.

Our recent record has been average. Geelong has the upper hand. Plus, we lost to the Cats earlier this year for Robert Harvey's milestone game. Maybe this is what the team needs to lift them a grand win.

Since 1980	All Games	Last 5 Games	Highest Score	Lowest Score	Biggest Win
Geelong	33	3	228	55	122
St Kilda	14	2	177	27	71

Wednesday 09/08/2006

1.00p Round 18 St Kilda v West Coast Eagles

Friday 11/08/2006

12.30a Round 18 St Kilda v West Coast Eagles
10.30a Last Time They Met 2006 Rnd 7 St Kilda v Geelong

Sunday 13/08/2006

8.30p Round 19 Geelong v St Kilda

Monday 14/08/2006

5.00a Round 19 Geelong v St Kilda
6.30p Classic Quarters 2001 Rd 1 Western Bulldogs v St Kilda

Tuesday 15/08/2006

12.30a Round 19 Geelong v St Kilda

Footy Tipping Results : Round 18

Sun, 06 Aug 2006 09:46:09 GMT

What a shocker! 3 correct tips this week. I think this has been my worse round of the season. I was picking based on results that would favour the Saints.

Week 18
Home	Draw	Away
Saints (8.11 59)		Eagles (14.14 98)
Tigers (10.18 78)		Bulldogs (15.10 100)
Blues (12.8 80)		Demons (10.13 73)
Swans (17.14 116)		Bombers (11.7 73)
Crows (7.16 58)		Magpies (7.12 54)
Lions (13.9 87)		Cats (14.20 104)
Kangaroos (12.12 84)		Power (9.11 65)
Dockers (14.20 104)		Hawks (7.9 51)

I've now got 92 correct tips for the season. I have fallen to the middle of the pack of my tipping competition. How embarrasing.

Latest Amazon Order

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 12:02:12 GMT

I got my latest batch of Amazon Goodies.

Books

DVD

National Tree Day : July 30

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 07:05:41 GMT

National Tree Day is Australia's biggest community tree-planting event.

Did you plant a tree today?

The Chaser’s War on Everything – now available everywhere

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 13:07:01 GMT

I found this email in my inbox. it's funny

The Chaser’s War on Everything – now available everywhere

ABC New Media & Digital Services have made The Chaser team’s dubious Friday night comedy show, The Chaser’s War on Everything, available for download each week via a video podcast (vodcast).

Combined with a portable video player (mp4 player), the new service, available from abc.net.au/chaser, allows viewers to watch and complain about the show anywhere.

“All year long, people have been telling us that they’d love to watch our show, really they would, but that their social life just doesn’t allow them to be watch TV on a Friday night,” Chaser Executive Producer Julian Morrow said.

“So we’ve come up with a way that they can watch it anytime they like. Now the only excuse is that they just don’t like it.”

Many rugby league fans have recently clarified for the team that it’s the latter.

One of the show’s stars, the Crazy Warehouse Clearance Guy, was typically excited by the new service.

“The Chaser team’s gone completely insane and they’re giving away content that other shows only flog off on DVD,” he said. “That’s right, this new video podcast is free, absolutely free. This price is never to be repeated. It’s free.”

“Bring your truck, bring your trailer, bring your mp4 player or just watch it on your computer,” he said.

But the Guy warned fans that they absolutely must download the video podcast “by midnight tonight”. However he later admitted that if they didn’t, they could also download the podcast by midnight on any subsequent night.

The Chaser’s War on Everything vodcast will be available at

abc.net.au/chaser from 10pm on Friday 28 July.

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Catch the latest Chaser episode by clicking here: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/chaser/war/vodcast/

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Animaniacs soon on DVD

Fri, 21 Jul 2006 13:38:23 GMT

So So cool !!!

As listed on http://tvshowsondvd.com, the first 25 episodes are:

De-Zanitized, The Monkey Song, Nighty Night Toon
Yakko's World, Cookies For Einstein, Win Big
HMS Yakko, Slappy Goes Walnuts, Yakko's Universe Song
Hooked on a Ceiling, Good Feathers (pilot episode)
Taming of the Screwy
Flipper Parody, Temporary Insanity, Operation Lollipop, What are We?
Piano Rag, When Rita Met Runt
The Warner's Lot Song, The Big Candy Store, Bumbie's Mom
Wally Llama, Where Rodents Dare
King Yakko
No Pain, No Painting, Les Miseranimals
Garage Sale of the Century, West Side Pigeons
Hello Nice Warners, La Behemoth, Little Old Slappy From Pasadena
La La Law, Cat On a Hot Steel Beam
Space Probed, Battle For the Planet
Chalkboard Bungle, Hooray for Slappy, The Great Wakkoroti: The Master & His Music
Roll over Beethoven, The Cat and the Fiddle
Pavlov's Mice, Chicken Boo-Rhyshnikov, Nothing But the Tooth
Meatballs or Consequences, A Moving Experience
Hitchcock Opening, Hearts of Twilight; The Boids
The Flame, Wakko's America Song, Davey Omelette, Four Score and Seven Migraines Ago
Guardin' the Garden, Plane Pals
Be Careful What You Eat, Up the Crazy River, Ta Da Dump
Yakko's World of Baldness, Oppurtunity Knox, Wings Take Heart
Disasterpiece Theatre, Hercule Yakko, Home On The Nile, A Midsummer Night's Dream

Pre-ordered!

Book : Everything Bad is Good for You

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:45:54 GMT

Over my little holiday, I spotted the following book - Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter"

As I am a big fan of popular culture, I just had to get it.

So, what is it about :

Drawing from fields as diverse as neuroscience, economics, and literary theory, Johnson argues that the junk culture we're so eager to dismiss is in fact making us more intelligent. A video game will never be a book, Johnson acknowledges, nor should it aspire to be -- and, in fact, video games, from Tetris to The Sims to Grand Theft Auto, have been shown to raise IQ scores and develop cognitive abilities that can't be learned from books. Likewise, successful television, when examined closely and taken seriously, reveals surprising narrative sophistication and intellectual demands.

I found it a quck, easy to read, well argued little book.

But not everyone agrees

Oh, I've started reading the author's blog too - http://stevenberlinjohnson.com/. An interesting character

Bet Pay Back!

Mon, 03 Jul 2006 10:59:34 GMT

Wonderful singing by Molly, as payback to our recent bet.

Classic!!!

AFL Podcast - Molly's Monday Machinations - Special Edition - Paying out my Bet with Frank Arrigo

Hi Guys,

In this Special Episode, I come through on payment for my bet with Frank Arrigo, a St. Kilda Saints support. Sorry about the sound quality, recorded it on my iRiver (been rushed the last week or so) and the quality was back to its poor level. Last time I record one like this (well actually I have last weeks in the can and will listen to it before releasing it).

Okay, with out any more time wasting, here it is Frank:

DOWNLOAD SHOW HERE

FOX Footy Channel Program Listings 4th – 11h July 2006 NSW only

Mon, 03 Jul 2006 10:29:56 GMT

The upcoming round sees the Saints meet the Magpies on Sunday 9th at the Dome

I'm going to be in Melbourne that weekend, and we're going to the footy again.

I've got crappy seats up on Level 3 at Telstra Dome, but I don't care. The game will have over 50,000 people in attendance.

The recent record between the two has been interesting

Since 1980	All Games	Last 5 Games	Highest Score	Lowest Score	Biggest Win
St Kilda	14	3	148	28	73
Collingwood	30	2	211	51	104

It would great to score 148 and have the pies score 51. That would be a nice result

Wednesday 05/07/2006

11.30p Round 13 St Kilda v Hawthorn

Friday 07/07/2006

10.30a Last Time They Met 2005 Rnd 17 St Kilda v Collingwood

Sunday 09/07/2006

8.30p Round 14 St Kilda v Collingwood

Monday 10/07/2006

6.30p Classic Quarters 1993 Rd 4 Collingwood v St Kilda

Tuesday 11/07/2006

12.30 Round 14 St Kilda v Collingwood

Footy Tipping Results : Round 13

Sun, 02 Jul 2006 09:36:42 GMT

Round about 3pm today I was feel pretty confident. I was on track for 6 winners and felt that the other two games would go as expected.

Boy, was I wrong.

6 tips for the weekend, I missed out on the last 2 results, which were the 'upsets' of the round.

Week 13
Home	Draw	Away
Kangaroos (14.12 96)		Bombers (13.11 89)
Saints (18.17 125)		Hawks (8.7 55)
Demons (18.12 120)		Power (12.10 82)
Swans (12.19 91)		Dockers (9.4 58)
Lions (8.23 71)		Blues (7.14 56)
Crows (21.21 147)		Cats (8.7 55)
Tigers (13.14 92)		Magpies (6.9 45)
Eagles (8.16 64)		Bulldogs (10.13 73)

67 Correct tips for season. The good news, I am coming 4th in the tipping comp, trailing by 3.

The Saints thumped the Hawks

Sat, 01 Jul 2006 08:37:17 GMT

The Saints thumped the Hawks at the Telstra Dome today.

ST KILDA: 5.7, 10.9, 16.13, 18.17 (125)
HAWTHORN: 0.1, 3.3, 3.6, 8.7 (55)
GOALS - St Kilda: Gehrig 5, Riewoldt 4, Harvey 3, Voss 2, Milne 2, Baker, Fiora
Hawthorn: Dixon 2, Barker, Bateman, Franklin, Croad, Vandenberg, Brennan
BEST - St Kilda: Harvey, Dal Santo, Hudghton, Voss, Maguire, Riewoldt, Gehrig, Milne Hawthorn: Mitchell, Roughead, Hodge, Brown, Birchall, Hodge, Vandenberg
INJURIES - St Kilda: Schwarze (hamstring)
Hawthorn: Guerra (gashed head)
CHANGES: Nil
REPORTS - Guerra (Hawthorn) reported by umpire Ryan for unduly rough play against Dal Santo (St Kilda) in the first quarter
UMPIRES - Margetts, Donlon, Ryan
CROWD - 33,869 at Telstra Dome

A 100+ point thrashing was on the cards, but the Saints took their foot off the pedal in the last 5 minutes which allowed the Hawks to score a few easy goals.

Still a 70 point win is a nice result.

This post on Saintsational sums it all up

Fiora was good. made one blue but played his role well and ran and created.
Harvey a freak.
Riewoldt brilliant
Goddard just keeps on getting better.
Gram, both Fishers, Max and Goose gave us great drive from defence.
Ackers and Rix won the hit outs.
Milne was lively, Voss back in form.
A good day at the office

Molly, I look forward to your rendition of the Saints Theme Song

sportal.com.au

Riewoldt stars in St Kilda AFL win
The Age, Australia - 38 minutes ago
... Hawthorn's lack of a dangerous target up forward made it look directionless, with Saints key defenders ... and defensive pressure applied by St Kilda, which Thomas ...
Saints annihilate hapless Hawks ABC Online
Saints scorch Hawks sportal.com.au
Riewoldt dominates against Hawthorn FOX SPORTS
Border Mail - all 14 related ?

News about Saints v Hawks

Sat, 01 Jul 2006 05:21:52 GMT

Saints model to follow, says Hawk
Border Mail, Australia - 7 hours ago
HAWTHORN’S Alastair Clarkson has the chance to post an overdue win against one of the AFL clubs he holds as a model of rebuilding when the Hawks play St Kilda at Telstra Dome today.

Thomas pins faith in B-grade big men
The Age, Australia - 14 hours ago
WITH shades of his coaching predecessor condemning his ruckman as the most pathetic he had seen, Grant Thomas yesterday damned his ruckmen with faint praise by conceding that today's match would be a battle of the B-grade big men.

Paths emerge from Top End
RealFooty, Australia - 15 hours ago
Nine players from the Northern Territory's 2001 under-18 side are in the AFL, Emma Quayle writes. TEAMS need time, and Kevin Morris did not have much of it.

Thomas pins faith in B-grade big men
RealFooty, Australia - 15 hours ago
WITH shades of his coaching predecessor condemning his ruckman as the most pathetic he had seen, Grant Thomas yesterday damned his ruckmen with faint praise by conceding that today's match would be a battle of the B-grade big men.

Fewer goals, more work for forwards
RealFooty, Australia - 15 hours ago
IN A changing game, we are seeing fewer and fewer bags of goals being kicked. Years ago, every team had a recognised full-forward.

Saints commit to future
sportal.com.au, Australia - 19 hours ago
With St Kilda perched on six wins, six losses and inside the eight by percentage only, coach Grant Thomas is wary of his club's predicament.

A Grade game required
AFL, Australia - 23 hours ago
With St Kilda perched on six wins, six losses and inside the eight by percentage only, coach Grant Thomas is wary of his club's predicament.

Footy Tipping Results : Round 12

Sun, 25 Jun 2006 00:24:03 GMT

This split round has brought my tipping streak to a dramatic halt.

I only picked 2 winners. What was I thinking??

Week 12
Home	Draw	Away
Saints (8.12 60)		Crows (18.15 123)
Dockers (6.16 52)		Cats (18.10 118)
Lions (14.19 103)		Bulldogs (22.13 145)
Power (13.19 97)		Eagles (8.12 60)
Hawks (16.9 105)		Tigers (8.16 64)
Bombers (10.15 75)		Demons (16.15 111)
Kangaroos (18.13 121)		Blues (15.12 102)
Swans (11.16 82)		Magpies (14.11 95)

I've now have 61 correct tips for the season. I have tumbled in my tipping comps. I was challenging for the lead, and now I am back to the middle of the pack

Socceroos Through to the next round

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 22:34:45 GMT

Wonderful result!

2 all draw against Croatia sees the Socceroos advance to the next round of the World Cup.

Finally Harry Kewell shows what he can do

Group F - Match #44 - Final

Croatia			Australia
	(2 Pts)	2	2	(4 Pts)
	Simunic 93 min		Emerton 86 min
	Simic 84 min		Emerton 80 min
	Pletikosa 69 min		Kewell 77 min (Cahill)
	Simunic 61 min		Moore 37 min
	Kovac N 56 min
	Tudor 37 min
	Simic 31 min
	Srna 01 min
Babic, Kovac N, Kranjcar (Leko J 64 min), Olic (Modric 72 min), Pletikosa, Prso, Simic, Simunic, Srna, Tomas (Klasnic 82 min), Tudor			Cahill, Chipperfield (Kennedy 73 min), Culina, Emerton, Grella (Aloisi 62 min), Kalac, Kewell, Moore, Neill, Sterjovski (Bresciano 70 min), Viduka

FOX Footy Channel Program Listings 20th – 26th June 2006 NSW only

Tue, 20 Jun 2006 05:56:54 GMT

Quiet week on the footy front. The Saints have a week off. I think I will avoid the footy for the weekend.

Tuesday 20/06/2006

1.30p Round 12 St Kilda v Adelaide

Wednesday 21/06/2006

11.30 Round 12 St Kilda v Adelaide

Thursday 22/06/2006

10.30 2006 Mid-season Review Rnd 1 WC Eagles v St Kilda

Saints in the News

Sun, 18 Jun 2006 13:53:53 GMT

Those Saints just can't keep out of the news.

Today it's all about Kosi collapsing and player injuries

Melbourne Herald Sun

St Kilda waits on Ball scans
RealFooty, Australia - 23 hours ago
ST KILDA, already facing three weeks without champion midfielder Robert Harvey, will sweat on results of scans that will determine whether captain Luke Ball's osteitis pubis has recurred.
Harvey out three, Hudghton clear Melbourne Herald Sun
all 3 related »

Melbourne Herald Sun

St Kilda's Harvey to miss next 3 games
The Age, Australia - 16 Jun 2006
Veteran St Kilda star Robert Harvey will miss the next three weeks with a hamstring injury. Harvey suffered the left leg injury during the Saints' demoralising loss to Adelaide at Telstra Dome.
Crows catch Saints in vice Advertiser Adelaide
Crows throw down gauntlet The Australian
Ruthless Crows destroy Saints The Age
Advertiser Adelaide - The Age - all 34 related »

The Age

Koschitzke collapses during interview
ABC Online, Australia - 12 hours ago
Injured St Kilda footballer Justin Koschitzke collapsed this morning while filming a live television spot for Channel Seven program Sportsworld.
Koschitzke collapses on-air SportsAustralia.com
AFL star collapses in TV studio NEWS.com.au
all 18 related »

Saints' 1966 win taught a child a vital lesson
RealFooty, Australia - 23 hours ago
FRIENDS scoff at my ardour for Aussie football, I'm afraid. They seem to think that, as a psychologist, I should seek out a psychologically sophisticated pastime rather than barracking for the St Kilda Football Club.

Over The Hedge

Sun, 18 Jun 2006 06:57:09 GMT

I took Bricey to an advance screening of Over The Hedge. Emma didn't want to come. She wants to see it when it's officially released for some reason.

Cute movie. Kinda like a Looney Toon. Talking animals, my favorite genre ;)

The soundtrack was by Ben Folds, which was a nice touch - featuring "Rocking The Suburbs" in the end credits, with different lyrics!

I find it really curious that all these computer rendered movies make the animals, creatures, objects all look so good, and yet they can't get the people to look anything but cartoony.

Moviehole

Over the Hedge
Moviehole, Australia
... In Dreamworks’ case, “Over the Hedge” is going to make money, regardless of how many man-hours were put in, so they just decided to not to put their ...

Sydney Morning Herald

Over the Hedge
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
... depelted". In Over the Hedge, the new animated feature from Dreamworks, the hedge appears with the alarming suddenness of a Berlin Wall. ...
'Over The Hedge' over the top Jamaica Gleaner
all 2 related »

Mid Season report

Sat, 17 Jun 2006 11:26:14 GMT

We've passed the midway mark of the season. 12 rounds in, the Saints have a 6 win 6 loss record.

Middle of the road result.

Hopeful that we will make the finals, but we need to string together a bunch of wins.

Let's look at the data of the past 12 results, thanks to the guys from FinalSiren

2006 Wins

Round 8	v Carlton	18.18 (126)	to	4.10 (34)	by	92	points at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Round 3	v Brisbane Lions	19.10 (124)	to	12.15 (87)	by	37	points at Telstra Dome
Round 9	v Kangaroos	10.14 (74)	to	8.9 (57)	by	17	points at Telstra Dome
Round 6	v Western Bulldogs	14.8 (92)	to	12.6 (78)	by	14	points at Telstra Dome
Round 2	v Richmond	13.10 (88)	to	11.11 (77)	by	11	points at Telstra Dome
Round 11	v Sydney	7.10 (52)	to	7.8 (50)	by	2	points at Sydney Cricket Ground

Average margin: 28.83

2006 Losses

Round 12	v Adelaide	8.12 (60)	to	18.15 (123)	by	63	points at Telstra Dome
Round 1	v West Coast	9.12 (66)	to	11.18 (84)	by	18	points at Subiaco
Round 7	v Geelong	9.10 (64)	to	12.10 (82)	by	18	points at Telstra Dome
Round 10	v Melbourne	13.12 (90)	to	15.13 (103)	by	13	points at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Round 4	v Port Adelaide	18.10 (118)	to	19.8 (122)	by	4	points at AAMI Stadium
Round 5	v Fremantle	13.15 (93)	to	14.10 (94)	by	1	points at Aurora Stadium

Average margin: 19.50

2006 Quarter Stats

Quarter	W	D	L	For	Against	%
1^st	7	0	5	41.41 (287)	37.26 (248)	115.73
2^nd	4	1	7	35.36 (246)	41.38 (284)	86.62
3^rd	6	0	6	41.33 (279)	36.30 (246)	113.41
4^th	8	1	3	34.31 (235)	29.39 (213)	110.33
Total	25	2	21	151.141 (1047)	143.133 (991)	105.65

Ah - we're not having good 2nd quarters.

Thoughts on Corporate Entertainment in Sport

Sat, 17 Jun 2006 10:59:47 GMT

I got to go to an official AFL function on Friday night. I sat in in a room full of men in suits. Who goes to the footy in suits, FFS.

At my table, I was sat with a people that supported other teams (Not St Kilda or Adelaide who were playing), or werent even interested in the game. Some even told me that they couldn't bear AFL and prefer a good game of Rugby League. I couldn't get any conversation going about the game. They were more interested in the kind of beer being served than the result of the game,

There were speeches from different folks. Round 12 is "Welcome to the AFL" round, part of a broader multicultural football program run by the AFL. We had the multicultural ambassadors interviewed by the host, Stephen Phillips. He spoke to two good wog boys Angelo Lekkas and Steven Alessio. Lots of blah blah blah and not much else

Then there was a guest speaker from the AFL, who was responsible for the new media rights discussions. The guy knew nothing about technology and he is the one who will be negotiating the new media rights. It was embarassing listening to him stumble over acronyms and describe how they are going to get so much more money for new media.

Harrumph. Fix the broadcast fiasco in New South Wales, so I can watch my team live, or nearly live. Not at midnight.

Later I went out to watch the game, most of the folks from the function stayed indoor. They didn't venture out and sit amongst the fans., They stayed in the room. There were literally rows and rows of empty seats. The tickets were sitting on tables and the folks who had them werent using them.

Huh? What were they all doing here. It was a game of footy. An important game in the overall scheme of things. And these folks didn't really care. They were there to smooze, to network, to have a drink. Want to smooze - go to Spearmint Rhino, or one of the other establishments in King St and elsewhere. Let the fans get the tickets to the games.

Is this the future of sport? A corporate shindig? Of course it is. Listening to that AFL dude you could tell that it is all about the money. It's no longer about the game. I know this is the case, I just hadn't experienced this.

The room next door was the St Kilda Social Club. Everyone was dressed in the team colors. They were talking about the game. There was passion everywhere. That's where I would have liked to have been. At least I would have had some other folks to commisserate over the result.

Saints Destroyed by Crows

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 13:00:36 GMT

The Saints had their biggest loss of the season tonight. The crows were just too good. The crows were a machine - well drilled, well executed. The Saints were a shambles.

And I was there live to witness this carnage.

I felt good going to the game. It had been 2 seasons since I had witnessed a loss.

I'm going to be miserable for a while. My tipping is going to suck this week too.

ST KILDA: 2.1, 3.7, 5.10, 8.12 (60)
ADELAIDE: 5.3, 10.7, 13.12, 18.15 (123)
GOALS – St Kilda: Riewoldt 2, Milne 2, Goddard, Gehrig, McQualter, Ackland
Adelaide: Hentschel 3, Ricciuto 2, Thompson 2, McGregor 2, Biglands 2, Reilly 2, Bode, Goodwin, Stevens, McLeod, Shirley
BEST – St Kilda: Goddard, Baker, Ball, Peckett, S Fisher
Adelaide: Goodwin, Massie, Edwards, Stevens, McLeod, Mattner, Johncock, Shirley, Reilly
INJURIES – St Kilda: Harvey (hamstring), Hudghton (knee) Adelaide: Nil
CHANGES - Adelaide: Burton (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Vince
REPORTS - Nil
UMPIRES - Vozzo, Meredith, McInerney
CROWD - 34,170 at Telstra Dome

Ruthless Crows destroy Saints
FOX SPORTS, Australia
ADELAIDE clinically steam-rolled St Kilda by 63 points at Telstra Dome tonight, leaving the Saints barely hanging in the top eight, let alone looking like premiership contenders.
Crows crush Saints sportal.com.au
McLeod wait-and-see on surgery Advertiser Adelaide
Crows destroy Saints by 63 points Sydney Morning Herald
all 6 related »

Stories in the lead up to the R12 game between the Saints and the Crows

Thu, 15 Jun 2006 11:25:24 GMT

Saints v Crows
sportal.com.au, Australia
... The Crows' Telstra Dome record stands at a respectable five wins from their last six games, but the Saints better that with nine from 10. ...
Ball cleared to play sportal.com.au
all 3 related »

Saints regain X-Man
AFL, Australia
... the sidelines for St Kilda's match against the Crows at Telstra Dome on Friday night. Clarke and Andrew McQualter are the inclusions for the Saints, in place ...

St Kilda's Koschitzke on track to return
The Age, Australia
... St Kilda is currently seventh on the ladder and one win outside the top-four ... week's hard-fought win over Sydney by beating premiership fancy Adelaide at Telstra ...
Saints' skipper deemed fit to play ABC Online
St Kilda skipper Luke Ball ... fit to play. (Getty) ABC Regional Online
all 10 related »

Crows to pit Stevens against Riewoldt
The Age, Australia
... Adelaide's analysis of St Kilda has taken in more from those games, and from the Saints' meeting with Melbourne a fortnight ago, than from last week's St Kilda ...
McLeod wait-and-see on surgery Advertiser Adelaide
Crows defenders primed: Craig AFL
Crows back to the front Advertiser Adelaide
all 8 related »

Crows to challenge Saints in healing powers
Border Mail, Australia
On Saturday night the Crows shrugged off a concerted effort by the Brisbane Lions at a soggy Gabba, while the Saints gained some revenge for their 2005 ...
Strength in depth Advertiser Adelaide
all 3 related »

Victory Room, Telstra Dome : Afl Round 12 : Saints V Crow

Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:04:03 GMT

I am feeling very fortunate today.

I have a pass to a function at the Telstra Dome for the Round 12 game between the Saints and the Crows.

It's going to be a tough match, but I'm hopeful for a win.

Go Saints!!!

Socceroos Beat Japan: 3 to 1

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:57:11 GMT

Been watching the Socceroos tonight play Japan

It looked all over at the 82 minute mark. Japan lead 1 - Nil, and that goal was questionable.

But, the Socceroos scored 3 goals in 8 minutes to win the game!!!!

Awesome result.

Group F - Match #12 - 90 min

Australia			Japan
	(0 Pts)	3	1	(0 Pts)
	Grella 33 min		Miyamoto 30 min
	Moore 57 min		Takahara 39 min
	Cahill 68 min		Nakamura 25 min
	Aloisi 77 min
	Cahill 83 min
	Cahill 88 min (Aloisi)
	Aloisi 91 min (Aloisi)
Bresciano (Cahill 51 min), Chipperfield, Culina, Emerton, Grella, Kewell, Moore (Kennedy 60 min), Neill, Schwarzer, Viduka, Wilkshire (Aloisi 74 min)			Alex, Fukunishi, Kawaguchi, Komano, Miyamoto, Nakamura, Nakata, Nakazawa, Takahara, Tsuboi, Yanagisawa (Ono 78 min

FOX Footy Channel Program Listings 13th – 19th June 2006 NSW only

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 08:03:21 GMT

We've crossed the halfway point of the season, and the Saints are sitting at 6 wins and 5 losses.

The upcoming round is the split round. The Saints face Adelaide in Melbourne and then they have a week off.

The record against Adelaide since 1991 favours the Crows, but we beat Adelaide last year in the 1st Qualifying Final at AAMI Stadium

Since 1991	All Games	Last 5 Games	Highest Score	Lowest Score	Biggest Win
St Kilda	9	3	162	26	131
Adelaide	16	2	156	31	97

I'm heading down to see the boys play at the Telstra Dome on Friday night.

Tuesday 13/06/2006

4.00p Round 11 Sydney v St Kilda

Thursday 15/06/2006

2.00a Round 11 Sydney v St Kilda

Friday 16/06/2006

1.00p Last Time They Met 2005 1st QF Adelaide v St Kilda
9.30p Round 12 St Kilda v Adelaide

Saturday 17/06/2006

12.30a Round 12 St Kilda v Adelaide
6.30a Round 12 St Kilda v Adelaide
9.30a Round 12 St Kilda v Adelaide

Monday 19/06/2006

8.30a Round 12 St Kilda v Adelaide

Footy Tipping Results : Round 11

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 07:38:02 GMT

I was heading to a perfect round, until Ben's Demons stuffed it for me. That'll teach me for picking the Magpies - what was I thinking??

Week 11
Home	Draw	Away
Cats (20.10 130)		Bombers (13.10 88)
Tigers (15.12 102)		Kangaroos (9.13 67)
Swans (7.8 50)		Saints (7.10 52)
Lions (8.12 60)		Crows (10.15 75)
Power (22.13 145)		Hawks (7.7 49)
Bulldogs (15.10 100)		Dockers (12.14 86)
Eagles (16.15 111)		Blues (15.11 101)
Demons (22.9 141)		Magpies (14.10 94)

I've now got 59 correct tips this season. But it could have been 60!!

Cars go Brmmm

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 01:45:30 GMT

I went with the kids to see Cars on Saturday morning. We went to the first session at Hornsby, to beat the rush.

I really liked the movie. Typical story arc of The Hero's Journey, featuring talking cars. Owen Wilson who voiced the fast talking hero Lightning McQueen, just played his usual character.

What was amazing about the film was the look of it all. The realism of the scenery and the shiny appearance of the cars. The racing scenes were just unreal. It was hard to believe this whole movie had been rendered on computers.

Brice sat through the whole movie (again) which is a hilight for me, and he even waited through all the credits for the little fun things that Pixar always do

The movie is having mixed reviews from critics, but I reckon it's going to be a block buster

CNN

"Cars" marks Disney-Pixar's third biggest opening
Reuters - 1 hour ago
By Lisa Baertlein. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Cars," the latest animated feature from newly merged Walt Disney Co. and Pixar Animation ...
'Cars' races to top but box office misses forecasts MSNBC
Disney-Pixar creation 'Cars' grosses $62 mln MarketWatch
"Cars" Goes Vroom! E! Online
San Jose Mercury News - USA Today - all 189 related »

"Cars" races to top of North American box office
People's Daily Online, China - 1 hour ago
Pixar's animated comedy "Cars" raced to the top of box office in North America over the weekend, bringing in an estimated 62.8 million dollars, according to ...

Comingsoon.net

Pixar's Cars Takes Checkered Flag!
Comingsoon.net - 8 hours ago
The big release this weekend was Pixar Animation Studios' seventh computer animated movie, Cars, featuring the voices of Owen Wilson, Paul Newman and Larry the ...

WNYT

"Cars": A beautiful film
EiTB, Spain - 11 hours ago
... Cars rolls along like an animated, automotive version of that 1991 Michael J. Fox gem, from its basic plot points to its feel-good conclusion. ...
Cars, Latest Pixar’s Creation, Well Received By Media And ... Playfuls.com
Movie Review: Cars TexasGigs
Route 66 comes alive in Cars movie Toronto Star
Voice of America - Ukiah Daily Journal - all 209 related »

Off to the SCG

Sat, 10 Jun 2006 05:20:57 GMT

Heading out to the S.C.G

I'll be going to the Saints Pre Match Function first, and then Sydney Swans vs. St Kilda at S.C.G.

Go Saints!!!

Heaps of news this week about the Saints

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 12:51:36 GMT

Rix on debut as St Kilda goes tall
The Age, Australia
ST KILDA has bitten the bullet and gone with three ruckmen for its SCG clash against Sydney tomorrow night, selecting Michael Rix to make his AFL debut. ...
Saints stocks thin on ground FOX SPORTS
Saints belong in top group: coach The Age
Swans v Saints sportal.com.au
all 12 related »

RealFooty

Football and the dollar divide
The Age, Australia
... next highest spender, Sydney ($888,000). In 2005, the Lions spent nearly three times that of the Kangaroos ($453,000) on fitness/medical. ¦St Kilda ran the ...
Roos wants less lethargy from Swans The Age
all 9 related »

What the papers say...
AFL, Australia
... Age hasn't stopped St Kilda ruckman Michael Rix, who will make his debut for the Saints against Sydney at the SCG on Saturday night. ...

RealFooty

Missing pieces in Saints' puzzle
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
... a lukewarm 5-5 record, and drawn to play top-four teams Sydney, Adelaide and ... Part of the critical analysis of St Kilda is that they have struggled in the ruck. ...
Injured Kosi says bump should stay Sydney Morning Herald
all 16 related »

FIFA World Cup 2006

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 12:22:25 GMT

The 2006 FIFA World Cup kicks off tonight. Wondering who the past winners were, I went to my favorite information source, Wikipedia

The Last 10 Series

Year	Winner	Runner Up	Score
2002	Brazil	Germany	2 - 0
1998	France	Brazil	3 - 0
1994	Brazil	Italy	3 - 2
1990	West Germany	Argentina	1 - 0
1986	Argentina	West Germany	3 - 2
1982	Italy	West Germany	3 - 1
1978	Argentina	Netherlands	3 - 1
1974	West Germany	Netherlands	2 - 1
1970	Brazil	Italy	4 - 1
1966	England	West Germany	4 - 2

World Cup summaries & Successful national teams

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Puns aplently thanks to Cars

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 08:16:40 GMT

Jason Kotte muses Media races to make the perfect Cars pun.

It's so true - just look at this effort from The SMH - Pixar's latest movie puts wheel emotion into its cutting-edge animation.

What a punny pun. Wheel Emotion! LOL

Here's a bunch more:

Christian Science Monitor

Start your engines: ‘Cars’ races past silly script to an ...
Boston Herald, United States - 3 hours ago
... flat-footed or, more correctly, flat-tired than such Pixar triumphs as “Finding Nemo,” “The Incredibles” and “Monsters, Inc.,” “Cars” isn’ta ...
Pixar's joy ride finally stalls with 'Cars' Christian Science Monitor
all 7 related »

East Valley Tribune

Classic 'Cars' finds the soul in the machines
USA Today - 4 hours ago
By Claudia Puig, USA TODAY. Cars lionizes the lure of the open road and the appeal of a simpler time in a way that is both technically impressive and touching. ...
These Cars run on puns Toronto Star
Top Off the Fun Tank With Cars Wired News
Hot wheels Pixar fuels its delightful "Cars" with lots of ... Seattle Times
Boston Globe - Chicago Tribune - all 147 related »

Metro Toronto

'Cars' is a joyous ride
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 7 hours ago
And the buzz in the weeks since an advance trailer underwhelmed the ShoWest Convention has been that the studio's summer '06 offering, "Cars," might be the one ...
"Cars" to box office also-rans: Eat my dust Reuters
Auto fan Lasseter puts his passion into 'Cars' Indianapolis Star
'Cars' to also-rans: Eat my dust Hollywood Reporter
Forbes - Inside Bay Area - all 26 related »

We're all off to see the movie this weekend

news in the leadup for Swans V Saints

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 10:45:59 GMT

Sydney Morning Herald

Saints belong in top group: coach
The Age, Australia - 36 minutes ago
... a 5-5 ledger but must beat reigning premier Sydney, at full ... best, despite their plight, against the Swans, who won ... All of June will test the Saints' mettle, as ...
Swans v Saints sportal.com.au
Swans coach holds no grudges Daily Telegraph
Hall, Maguire battle of strength Brisbane Courier Mail
AFL - Sydney Morning Herald - all 13 related »

Demons knock off the Saints

Sun, 04 Jun 2006 07:34:37 GMT

Well, the Demons defeated the Saints this afternoon at the MCG.

Ben, I'm sure you were in the long room with a beer and some 85 yr old octogenarians yelling

This was a really important game for the Saints, but they came up short. They are now 5-5 after 10 games, and need to win 10 of the next 12 to get a top 4 slot. A tough ask, but they did it last year.

	Qtr Time	Half Time	3 Qtr Time	Final
Melbourne	4. 4 (28)	10. 9 (69)	12.10 (82)	15.13. 103
St Kilda	2. 2 (14)	5. 3 (33)	10.08 (68)	13.12. 090
Melbourne: Goals: - D.Neitz 8, R.Robertson, C.Bruce, M.Whelan, B.McLean, L.Dunn, B.Pickett. Best: - D.Neitz, C.Bruce, J.McDonald, B.McLean, A.Yze, J.White, J.Rivers, C.Bartram, N.Carroll. St Kilda: Goals: - N.Dal Santo 3, F.Gehrig 2, T.Schwarze 2, N.Riewoldt 2, L.Montagna, L.Ball, J.Blake, B.Voss. Best: - N.Dal Santo, J.Gram, S.Baker, L.Ball. Injuries - Melbourne: nil. St Kilda: Thompson. Reports - Melbourne: nil. St Kilda: Goddard (St Kilda) reported by field umpire McLaren for striking McDonald (Melbourne) in the second quarter. Umpires - S.McLaren, S.Meredith, S.Wenn. @ the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Crowd: 41,665.

news about upcoming Saints V Demons

Thu, 01 Jun 2006 10:16:04 GMT

The Age

Saints still strong: Daniher
sportal.com.au, Australia - 30 May 2006
Melbourne coach Neale Daniher expects the Saints to be as hard and competitive as ever ... It was a bad loss with Lenny (Hayes) out, but … St Kilda probably haven ...
Hayes absence won't derail title bid, vows Thomas Sydney Morning Herald
Hayes knee blow heads heavy toll Australian
all 17 related »

FOX Footy Channel Program Listings 30th May ? 5th June 2006 NSW only

Mon, 29 May 2006 12:11:52 GMT

Let's forget about the bad news today and look ahead to the next round, when the Saints meet the Demons at the MCG on Sunday. That's 3 sunday games in a row.

Sorry BB, but your boys are going down this week! (and I'm open to a wager too)

The coverage on the telly is poor again. I've gotta wait until Sunday evening for the replay, so I'll turn to the live radio stream (unfortunately 3AW is covering the game!)

Tuesday 30/05/2006

12.30a Round 9 St Kilda v Kangaroos
1.30p Round 9 St Kilda v Kangaroos

Friday 02/06/2006

1.00p Last Time They Met 2005 Rnd 18 Melbourne v St Kilda

Sunday 04/06/2006

8.30p Round 10 Melbourne v St Kilda

Tuesday 06/06/2006

3.00a Round 10 Melbourne v St Kilda

Saints lose Hayes for AFL season

Mon, 29 May 2006 10:58:01 GMT

Terrible news today regarding a season ending injury to Saint's star midfielder Lenny Hayes. The forum on Saintsational has been abuzz

RealFooty

Saints lose Hayes for AFL season
The Age, Australia -
St Kilda coach Grant Thomas says the Saints have not given up on their premiership aspirations, despite the shock loss of star midfielder Lenny Hayes for the ...
Injury ends Hayes' season The Age
Hayes out for season sportal.com.au
Hayes 'shocked' by injury AFL
AFL - AFL - all 32 related ?

Footy Tipping Results : Round 9

Sun, 28 May 2006 11:27:14 GMT

I tipped 7 winners again this week. I was hoping for an upset against the swans but it wasn't to be!

Week 9
Home	Draw	Away
Magpies (21.13 139)		Bulldogs (16.9 105)
Cats (12.18 90)		Tigers (17.8 110)
Crows (18.16 124)		Blues (9.6 60)
Hawks (7.12 54)		Swans (19.5 119)
Bombers (9.15 69)		Power (20.9 129)
Lions (21.15 141)		Dockers (10.13 73)
Saints (10.14 74)		Kangaroos (8.9 57)
Eagles (13.19 97)		Demons (11.9 75)

46 correct tips for the season!

Ugly Saints hold off the Roos

Sun, 28 May 2006 11:24:22 GMT

The Saints won ugly againsts the Roos. A win's a win. Next week - Melbourne!

	Qtr Time	Half Time	3 Qtr Time	Final
St Kilda	4. 4 (28)	6. 7 (43)	8.11 (59)	10.13. 73
Kangaroos	1. 3 (9)	5. 8 (38)	6._8 (44)	8._9. 57
St Kilda: Goals: - N.Dal Santo 2, N.Riewoldt 2, F.Gehrig 2, L.Ball, M.McGough, R.Harvey, T.Schwarze. Best: - L.Fisher, S.Fisher, N.Dal Santo, L.Ball, L.Montagna, R.Harvey, N.Riewoldt. Kangaroos: Goals: - T.Makepeace 2, S.Grant 2, N.Thompson, K.Green, Co.Jones, H.McIntosh. Best: - G.Archer, A.Simpson, S.Grant, D.Harris, D.Pratt. Injuries - St Kilda: nil. Kangaroos: nil. Reports - St Kilda: F.Gehrig (striking). Kangaroos: nil. Umpires - M.Vozzo, M.Stevic, C.Hendrie. @ Telstra Dome, Melbourne. Crowd: 30,904.

Saints grind out tough AFL win over Roos
The Age, Australia
... they had learnt the lessons of their losses this AFL season to Fremantle and Geelong, the Saints ground out a 17-point win over the Kangaroos at Telstra Dome. ...
Saints beat Kangaroos The Age
Saints edging Kangaroos at half-time ABC Online
Saints too strong for struggling Kangaroos ABC Online
FOX SPORTS - all 16 related »

news in the leadup to the Saints v Kangaroos game

Sat, 27 May 2006 08:33:14 GMT

Saints pair a danger for AFL's Kangaroos
The Age, Australia - 27 May 2006
... That run has given the Saints four wins from the past five clashes between the ... the 92-point win over the Blues should be too much for the struggling Kangaroos. ...

Sunday's line-ups
AFL, Australia - 26 May 2006
The Saints left out youngster Sam Gilbert for Sunday's match against the Kangaroos at Telstra Dome and named McGough on the interchange bench with Justin ...

Saints v Kangaroos
sportal.com.au, Australia - 24 May 2006
... Nick Riewoldt kicked nine for the Saints last week while Lenny Hayes managed 34 possessions and Jason Gram 27. For the Kangaroos, Daniel Pratt, Daniel Wells ...

Tips Central
Ninemsn, Australia - 24 May 2006
... After last week's win over Carlton most think the Saints are back on track but they're just as likely this week to lose to the struggling Kangaroos. ...

Saints still marching
sportal.com.au, Australia - 21 May 2006
... Gehrig expects a tough encounter with a desperate Kangaroos side on Sunday, but is hopeful that a win can keep the Saints heading in the right direction ...

Saints step in right direction
FOX SPORTS, Australia - 22 May 2006
... Gehrig said he was wary of the Kangaroos, the Saints' next opponent, their intensity, and the work-rate of players such as Glenn Archer and Adam Simpson. ...

Saints Lifetime Win/Loss Record

Fri, 26 May 2006 02:44:00 GMT

This weeks game against the Kangaroos has an interesting back story.

The Saints have played against the Kangaroos 140 times and the record stands as St Kilda 69 wins , Kangaroos 69 wins , Drawn 2.

Pefectly balanced!

The winner will have positive win/loss ratio.

It got me thinking - what's the Saints records against all teams.

Well, here it is:

V's	Played	Won	Lost	Draw	Win
ADELAIDE	25	9	15	1	38.00%
BRISBANE	33	15	18	0	45.45%
CARLTON	200	42	156	2	21.50%
COLLINGWOOD	199	52	146	1	26.38%
ESSENDON	196	59	133	4	31.12%
FITZROY	183	77	105	1	42.35%
FREMANTLE	16	7	9	0	43.75%
GEELONG	197	78	119	0	39.59%
HAWTHORN	140	67	72	1	48.21%
KANGAROOS	140	69	69	2	50.00%
MELBOURNE	194	77	116	1	39.95%
PORT ADELAIDE	14	5	9	0	35.71%
RICHMOND	166	62	102	2	37.95%
SYDNEY	196	70	123	3	36.48%
UNIVERSITY	14	8	6	0	57.14%
WEST COAST	30	12	17	1	41.67%
WESTERN BULLDOGS	139	69	68	2	50.36%
TOTAL	2,082	778	1,283	21	37.37%

Injured Saints Head Up North

Thu, 25 May 2006 02:52:42 GMT

I read a distrubing report regarding the injured Justin Koschitzke. Poor guy. Hope the queensland sun makes him feel better - but he better stay away from the Gold Coast.

RealFooty

Hamill heads for sun in recovery bid
The Age, Australia
ST KILDA forward Aaron Hamill is poised to join teammate Justin Koschitzke in Queensland on an endorsed sabbatical that the Saints hope will help them through ...
Collision leaves Kosi with hearing loss RealFooty
all 3 related »

FOX Footy Channel Program Listings 23rd – 29th May 2006 NSW only

Tue, 23 May 2006 05:05:55 GMT

Big win last week to the Saints. But it's not all rosy yet. In Round 9, they will meet an underperforming Kangaroo team this week

Crappy TV coverage for this game. Big delayed telecast. I;m going to be following the game online this weekend.

On the plus side, I find myself at home this afternoon, so I can watch the replay of Sunday's game

Tuesday 23/05/2006

1.30p Round 8 Carlton v St Kilda

Friday 26/05/2006

10.30a Last Time They Met 2005 Rnd 20 Kangaroos v St Kilda

Sunday 28/05/2006

8.30p Round 9 St Kilda v Kangaroos

Tuesday 30/05/2006

12.30a Round 9 St Kilda v Kangaroos

Footy Tipping Results : Round 8

Sun, 21 May 2006 07:29:39 GMT

Almost a perfect round this week. I picked 7 winners. Just missed out due to the upset win to the Tigers

Week 8
Home	Draw	Away
Hawks (9.7 61)		Demons (20.16 136)
Tigers (10.9 69)		Crows (9.12 66)
Dockers (13.6 84)		Kangaroos (6.13 49)
Bulldogs (14.6 90)		Swans (17.14 116)
Magpies (22.14 146)		Cats (6.8 44)
Power (10.18 78)		Lions (22.15 147)
Bombers (14.8 92)		Eagles (16.17 113)
Blues (4.10 34)		Saints (18.18 126)

39 correct tips for the season

Saints flog the Blues

Sun, 21 May 2006 07:28:32 GMT

Big win to the Saints!!!!

	Qtr Time	Half Time	3 Qtr Time	Final
St Kilda	7. 7 (49)	9.13 (67)	14.15 (99)	18.18. 126
Carlton	1. 2 (8)	1.05 (11)	2. 6 (18)	4.10. 034
St Kilda: Goals: - N.Riewoldt 9, F.Gehrig 3, S.Milne 2, S.Baker 2, J.Peckett, B.Voss. Best: - N.Riewoldt, B.Goddard, J.Gram, L.Hayes, S.Baker, N.Dal Santo, S.Milne, L.Montagna. Carlton: Goals: - B.Fevola 4. Best: - B.Fevola, H.Scotland, S.Wiggins. Injuries - St Kilda: nil. Carlton: J.Waite (knee). Reports - St Kilda: nil. Carlton: nil. Umpires - B.Allen, M.Nicholls, K.Nicholls. @ the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Crowd: 39,908.

The Age

Saints destroy shameful Blues
sportal.com.au, Australia - 36 minutes ago
... St Kilda has now won its past seven matches against the Blues by an average margin of 64 points - its greatest ever winning run against Carlton in more than a ...
Saints cruising against Blues ABC Online
Saints flog the Blues The Age
Snaps Thomas used to 'win it for Banger' The Age
all 4 related »

Saints dispose of dismal Carlton
SportsAustralia.com, Australia - 18 minutes ago
A Nick Riewoldt inspired St Kilda has clinically disposed of a dismal Carlton outfit to the tune of 92 points on a gloomy Sunday afternoon at the MCG. ...

Round 7 Ponderings from AFL.COM.AU

Tue, 16 May 2006 09:12:58 GMT

Man, the folks at AFL.COM.AU like to bag the saints. Look at their recent ponderings from Round 7

2. Worrying times for Saints

For the past couple of years it has almost been assumed that it was only a matter of time before the Saints made a grand final and won a premiership given the talent at its disposal after years of shrewd drafting.

But in light of another disappointing loss on Friday night, at the hands of Geelong, the question that has to be asked is “Is the Saints’ window of opportunity to win a premiership beginning to slip away?”

After two years of bowing out in the preliminary final, the Saints have actually lost more games than they have won after seven rounds of the season and are not even in the top eight with nearly a third of the season gone – yet alone in the top four where they surely need to finish if they are to win a premiership.

The Saints clearly have their problems and chief amongst them is their lack of quality ruckmen – a problem which has been exposed even more by the continued injury problems that have beset star big man Justin Koschitzke.

While the commitment of Cain Ackland and Jason Blake cannot be questioned, they lack the height, strength and class to match it with the league’s best ruckmen – as was brutally exposed by Geelong pair Steven King and Brad Ottens on Friday night.

The loss of Aaron Hamill for up to six weeks with a knee injury, coming on top of the loss already of Koschitzke for a similar amount of time with a fractured skull, will put even more pressure on Nick Riewoldt in attack and it’s a burden he may not be able to handle because of his poor kicking for goal (see below).

That in turn puts even more pressure on Fraser Gehrig to kick goals but Gehrig is in the latter stages of his career and remains one of the AFL’s more unpredictable players.

Similarly in midfield the Saints appear to lack pace and the injury problems afflicting new skipper Luke Ball have hardly helped and it was a worrying sight seeing the gallant young midfielder barely able to get to his feet in the rooms after the game on Friday night due to the extent of his groin problems.

With Ball struggling, it has robbed the Saints of much of their hardness in midfield and again puts too much pressure on a veteran player in 34-year-old Robert Harvey, whose days of carrying the Saints’ midfield should be over.

It all adds up to worrying times for long-suffering Saints’ fans and if the club cannot recover and get its premiership ambitions back on track this season, it may be that the club’s best chance of a first premiership since 1966 will have come to an end – particularly with the irreplaceable Harvey expected to retire at season’s end.

But Wait, There's More

Villain of the week: NICK RIEWOLDT (St Kilda)

Riewoldt is increasingly starting to look like a flawed genius as it becomes increasingly evident that he has problems converting set shot goals under pressure.

The star Saint, one of the best marks in the AFL, just undoes too much of his good work through poor kicking for goal and last year he actually kicked more behinds (36) than goals (33) for the season.

And on Friday night his inability to convert set shots under pressure may have cost St Kilda victory when he marked just 20 metres from goal with the Saints having closed to within 14 points of a Cats side that was vulnerable considering it had lost four games in a row.

With about 10 minutes still to go, a goal would have put the Saints only eight points down and with the momentum they had, Grant Thomas’ side could well have steamrolled over the top of the Cats.

But Riewoldt’s miss immediately lifted the pressure off the Cats, who then went down the other end to seal victory through a Kane Tenace goal and it was of little consolation to the Saints that Riewoldt’s next shot at goal went straight through the middle from a set shot after the final siren had sounded and the pressure was off.

The sad news is that I can't really argue with these comments

FOX Footy Channel Program Listings 16th – 22nd May 2006 NSW only

Mon, 15 May 2006 12:02:16 GMT

Disappointing result on the weekend. Let's look forward.

I am so delighted - I have a LIVE game this Sunday, when the Saints meet the Blues. I have many memories of being slaughtered by the Blues in the 80s. I hope the Saints continue the winning run against them

Thanks Fox Footy

Wednesday 17/05/2006

1.00p Round 7 St Kilda v Geelong

Friday 19/05/2006

12.30a Round 7 St Kilda v Geelong
10.30a Last Time They Met 2005 Rnd 15 St Kilda v Carlton

Sunday 21/05/2006

2.00p Round 8 Carlton v St Kilda LIVE

Monday 22/05/2006

2.30a Round 8 Carlton v St Kilda

Tuesday 23/05/2006

12.30a Round 8 Carlton v St Kilda

Cats snap losing streak with win over Saints

Fri, 12 May 2006 13:54:25 GMT

Melbourne Herald Sun

Cats snap losing streak with win over Saints
ABC Online, Australia - 33 minutes ago
... Despite outscoring the Cats three goals to two in the final period, the Saints could not do enough to bridge the gap, and raised further questions as to their ...
Cats hold slight lead over Saints ABC Online
Cats snap losing streak The Age
Cats spoil Harvey milestone SportsAustralia.com
FOX SPORTS - all 36 related »

Cats spoil Harvey milestone

Fri, 12 May 2006 12:45:33 GMT

Grrrrrrrrr - Terrible result

	Qtr Time	Half Time	3 Qtr Time	Final
Geelong	2. 4 (16)	6. 5 (41)	10. 7 (67)	12.10. 82
St Kilda	1. 4 (10)	3. 8 (26)	6. 8 (44)	9.10. 64
Geelong: Goals: - P.Chapman 3, S.Johnson 3, J.Rooke, J.Kelly, H.Playfair, D.Johnson, C.Ling, K.Tenace. Best: - P.Chapman, D.Milburn, S.Johnson, J.Kelly, J.Corey, C.Ling, J.Bartel. St Kilda: Goals: - N.Riewoldt 3, T.Schwarze, F.Gehrig, C.Ackland, J.Gram, M.Maguire, B.Goddard. Best: - B.Goddard, N.Dal Santo, J.Gram, L.Hayes, L.Ball, B.Voss. Injuries - Geelong: nil. St Kilda: nil. Reports - Geelong: nil. St Kilda: nil. Umpires - R.Chamberlain, S.Ryan, D.Goldspink. @ the Telstra Dome, Melbourne. Crowd: 48,313.

Saints go all out to mark Harvey's milestone

Fri, 12 May 2006 11:59:50 GMT

Melbourne Herald Sun

Saints go all out to mark Harvey's milestone
The Age, Australia - 21 hours ago
... The 34-year-old midfielder overtakes Nathan Burke's 323 games when the club meets Geelong at the Docklands, and the Saints will wear special guernseys with a ...
Harvey still driven as retirement looms The Age
Thomas expects no special effort AFL
Harvey retains winning drive FOX SPORTS
Melbourne Herald Sun - all 20 related »

Saints win over Bulldogs

Sat, 06 May 2006 08:29:22 GMT

The Saints won their game against the Western Bulldogs. It was a real arm wrestle

Again, there was controversy when poor Justin Koschitzke was knocked out in the third quarter

Saints are now sitting with 3 wins and 3 losses after 6 rounds.

ST KILDA 3.4 8.4 9.8 14.8 (92)
WESTERN BULLDOGS 3.0 4.1 8.4 12.6 (78)
Goals: St Kilda: F Gehrig 6 R Harvey 3 A Hamill N Riewoldt M Maguire T Schwarze S Milne. Western Bulldogs: M Hahn 3 D Giansiracusa 2 C Grant 2 B Johnson 2 R Smith S West A Cooney.
Best: St Kilda: N Dal Santo R Harvey N Riewoldt F Gehrig B Goddard L Ball. Western Bulldogs: P Street M Hahn C Grant B Johnson.
Injuries: St Kilda: J Koschitzke (concussion). Western Bulldogs: C Wight (ankle) W Skipper (foot) replaced in selected side by C Wight.
Reports: B Montgomery (Western Bulldogs) reported by field umpire M Head for striking T Schwarze (St Kilda) in the second quarter.
Umpires: S McBurney M Head S Wenn.
Crowd: 42,760 at Telstra Dome.

Saints hold on for crucial win over Dogs
ABC Online, Australia
Six goals to Fraser Gehrig and a superb display from Nick Dal Santo around the ground lifted St Kilda to a tight 14-point win over the Western Bulldogs in the ...

Saints win the battle
sportal.com.au, Australia
St Kilda has recorded a crucial 14-point victory over the Western Bulldogs in a largely lacklustre clash at Telstra Dome, improving the Saints to a 3-3 record. ...

Saints win another
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia
CONTROVERSY dogged a St Kilda game again today, but this time the Saints scored a vital 14-point AFL win at the Western Bulldogs' expense. ...

Saints back on winners list
SportsAustralia.com, Australia
St Kilda have returned to the winners circle, registering a 14-point win over a fast finishing Western Bulldogs side that struggled to penetrate the wall of St ...

The result of the Saints v Dockers game

Thu, 04 May 2006 03:21:43 GMT

The big decision was made last night in relation the the Saints V Dockers game

The AFL ruled that it was a win to the Dockers and Saints rule out appeal

Time to move onto the next game

Final Score : St Kilda 13. 15. (93) def. by Fremantle 14. 10. (94)

Here's just some of the news on this ruling:

Pandora's box prized open: Saints
FOX SPORTS - Australia
A STUNNED St Kilda and several other AFL clubs fear last night's shock decision to award Sunday's match to Fremantle has opened a Pandora's box and will only ...
See all stories on this topic
St Kilda sounds warning siren
FOX SPORTS - Australia
ST KILDA fears that the AFL commission's decision to reverse the club's farcical draw against Fremantle last Sunday and give the match to the Dockers will ...
See all stories on this topic

Dockers' win creates betting quandary
AFL - Australia
... biggest betting agency, TAB Sportsbet has confirmed it will not pay out on a Fremantle win in last Sunday's Launceston clash against St Kilda following the ...
See all stories on this topic
Roos backs Saint coach
Advertiser Adelaide - Adelaide,South Australia,Australia
SWANS coach Paul Roos yesterday defended St Kilda coach Grant Thomas's decision not to immediately hand over the two premiership points to Fremantle. ...
See all stories on this topic

The St Kilda reaction
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
ST KILDA believed the weight of history and the law was on its side but will decide today whether to press a case through the courts to overturn the AFL ...
See all stories on this topic
Ball is again up for grabs
Tasmania Examiner - Launceston,Tasmania,Australia
... up for grabs. The Examiner is auctioning off the Sherrin involved in the St Kilda, Fremantle `draw' at Aurora Stadium. "This is ...
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AFL Awards Fremantle Win Over St Kilda After Siren Debacle
Bloomberg - USA
May 3 (Bloomberg) -- The Australian Football League awarded Fremantle victory over St Kilda after the result of their drawn match three days ago was protested ...
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TAB defends non-payout on Freo win
Ninemsn - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
TAB Sportsbet has defended its decision to pay out only on the original drawn result of the St Kilda-Fremantle match rather than the Dockers victory ruled by ...
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Eade tips Saints to be just as strong
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Western Bulldogs coach Rodney Eade expects St Kilda to be unaffected by the Aurora Stadium debacle when the siren sounds to start their important AFL clash at ...
See all stories on this topic

Freo v St Kilda
Crikey - Templestowe,Australia
Everyone has an opinion on whether Fremantle should be granted the win over St Kilda in the tense closing moments of the match being played at AFL House today. ...
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FOX Footy Channel Program Listings 2nd – 8th May 2006 NSW only

Thu, 04 May 2006 03:10:55 GMT

What an eventful week!!

Here's the FOX Footy guide for the week. The Saints play the Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon, for the first time this season! The game will be live on Channel 10 this time. Last year, the Saints really slammed the doggies.

Tuesday 02/05/2006

11.00a Round 5 St Kilda v Fremantle

Wednesday 03/05/2006

2.00a Round 5 St Kilda v Fremantle

Thursday 04/05/2006

8.00a Last Time They Met 2005 Rnd 14 Western Bulldogs v St Kilda

Sunday 07/05/2006

1.00a Round 6 St Kilda v Western Bulldogs
11.30a Round 6 St Kilda v Western Bulldogs
5.00p Round 6 St Kilda v Western Bulldogs

Monday 08/05/2006

11.00a Round 6 St Kilda v Western Bulldogs

Saints, Dockers stage climatic draw

Sun, 30 Apr 2006 09:49:57 GMT

This story will go on all week!

Dockers filthy over draw with Saints
ABC Online, Australia -
Fremantle coach Chris Connolly says the Dockers will lobby the AFL to be awarded four competition points following Sunday's controversial draw with St Kilda in ...
Dockers appeal drawn game against Saints Ninemsn
Saints, Dockers in controversial tie The Age
Dockers on top of Saints ABC Online
ABC Regional Online - SportsAustralia.com - all 22 related ?

Saints, Dockers stage climatic draw
ABC Regional Online, Australia
St Kilda launched a fourth-quarter fight-back to share a thrilling draw with Fremantle in their round five AFL encounter in Launceston today. ...
Saints escape with draw against Dockers SportsAustralia.com
Dockers on top of Saints ABC Online
AFL, clubs donate to mine disaster fund Ninemsn
Ninemsn - The Age - all 17 related ?

Saints and Dockers in a Draw

Sun, 30 Apr 2006 07:12:22 GMT

Crazy end to a game this afternoon - watch the last few minutes

Saints trailing by a point.
The ball in the Saints forward line.
It appears that there is a second on the clock.
Umpire blows a whistle for a ball up
Freo players waving arms around
Ball goes out to Steven Baker who kicks a point and ties the scores.
Fremantle officialis come onto the ground
Baker gets a free kick, but kicks another point
Scores are level and it is a draw.
Fremantle dudes claim they won by a point.
Ugly end to an ugly game!

	Qtr Time	Half Time	3 Qtr Time	Final
St Kilda	2. 5 (17)	6. 7 (43)	9. 9 (63)	13.16. 94
Fremantle	5. 2 (32)	10. 5 (65)	12. 7 (79)	14.10. 94
St Kilda: Goals: - F.Gehrig 3, J.Blake 2, B.Voss 2, S.Milne 2, N.Dal Santo, N.Riewoldt, L.Montagna, A.Murray. Best: - N.Dal Santo, L.Hayes, J.Blake, L.Ball, B.Voss. Fremantle: Goals: - M.Pavlich 6, J.Farmer 3, L.McPharlin 2, D.Headland, M.Johnson, D.Gilmore. Best: - M.Pavlich, P.Bell, J.Carr, D.Headland, A.Sandilands, B.Schammer. Injuries - St Kilda: M.Hudghton (hand). Fremantle: nil. Reports - St Kilda: nil. Fremantle: nil. Umpires - M.Vozzo, H.Kennedy, M.Nicholls. @ Aurora Stadium, Launceston. Crowd: 15,282.

Saints secure controversial draw
FOX SPORTS, Australia
... The Saints lost Aaron Hamill before the game with a back injury, while Dockers player Justin Longmuire also pulled out because of soreness.

Saints, Dockers in controversial tie
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
... Gehrig, who also lost his temper at this ground against the Dockers two years ... Saints onballer Lenny Hayes will come under video scrutiny for an incident in the ...

Saints escape with draw against Dockers
SportsAustralia.com, Australia
... Although the Saints reduced the deficit to as little as two points mid-way ... the match, surrendered three successive 50-metre penalties as the Dockers booted the ...

FOX Footy Channel Program Listings 25th April – 1st May 2006 NSW only

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 11:11:15 GMT

For the first time this season, the Saints are playing on a weekend, during the day. It's been a weird start to the season

This is reflected on the poor replay options on Fox Footy this week

Tuesday 25/04/2006

1.30pm Round 4 Port Adelaide v St Kilda

Friday 28/04/2006

8.00am Last Time They Met 2005 Rnd 21 Fremantle v St Kilda

Sunday 30/04/2006

11.00pm Round 5 St Kilda v Fremantle

The good news - I finally get a live game.

The bad news - it's on Channel 9 on Sunday at 1pm

Power hold off the Saints

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 07:40:52 GMT

Not only did I have to stay up to 11:30pm to watch the game, Saints lost as well.

I've been grumpy all day. It was a fast paced, high scoring game - but the Saints didnt look like winning. Defence was loose and the forwards missed some changes. Grrrr

PORT ADELAIDE 6.2 12.5 17.6 19.8 (122)
ST KILDA 4.2 8.5 14.9 18.10 (118)
Goals: Port Adelaide: J Mahoney 6 S Dew 4 P Burgoyne 3 W Tredrea 2 M Pettigrew B Ebert N Lonie D Motlop. St Kilda: A Hamill 4 N Riewoldt 3 T Schwarze 3 S Milne 2 L Ball 2 A McQualter S Baker B Voss X Clarke.
Best: Port Adelaide: B Lade C Cornes J Mahoney P Burgoyne P Walsh S Dew B Symes K Cornes. St Kilda: N Dal Santo N Riewoldt L Ball A Hamill S Fisher X Clarke.
Injuries: Port Adelaide: D Brogan (broken ribs, collapsed lung). St Kilda: J Koschitzke (corked leg).
Reports: Nil.
Umpires: S McLaren S Grun M Avon.
Crowd: 32,188 at AAMI Stadium.

Big win, big loss
Advertiser Adelaide - Adelaide,South Australia,Australia
PORT Adelaide once again found the on switch in its erratic post-premiership form with an enthralling four-point win against St Kilda at AAMI Stadium last night ...
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Mahoney's six of the best seal stunning Port victory
Australian - Sydney,Australia
PORT ADELAIDE maintained its recent dominance of St Kilda with a morale-boosting four-point win in front of its home fans last night. ...
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Port hold on for victory over Saints
ABC Online - Australia
Port Adelaide posted a narrow four-point win over St Kilda in their round four AFL match at Football Park on Monday night. Greater ...
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Port Adelaide defies Saints
Australian - Sydney,Australia
INSPIRED by the return of captain Warren Tredrea, Port Adelaide defied St Kilda and its own patchy recent form to stun the Saints with an entertaining four ...

Saints feel the heat with Power back on
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... St Kilda: Hamill 4, Riewoldt 3, Schwarze 3, Milne 2, Ball 2, McQualter, Baker, Voss, X Clarke. ... St Kilda: Dal Santo, Riewoldt, Ball, Hamill, Fisher, X Clarke. ...

RealFooty Power's delight punctured
FOX SPORTS - 10 hours ago
PORT Adelaide's ninth consecutive triumph over St Kilda came at a cost with premiership ruckman Dean Brogan in Wakefield Hospital last night with a suspected punctured lung and certainly cracked ribs.
Angry Grant Thomas points the finger Melbourne Herald Sun
Lade earns Choco's praise Advertiser Adelaide
sportal.com.au - ABC Online - The Age - Sydney Morning Herald - all 48 related »

Aussies prevail over Bangladesh in 1st Test

Thu, 13 Apr 2006 07:12:21 GMT

After getting a huge shock in the first test against Banglasdesh, the Aussie team have won by 3 wickets! Talk about a great escape

Scorecard

Test no. 1797

Australia in Bangladesh Test Series - 1st Test
Bangladesh v Australia

2005/06 season

Played at Narayanganj Osmani Stadium, Fatullah, on 9,10,11,12,13 April 2006 (5-day match)

Result Australia won by 3 wickets


Bangladesh 1st innings			R	B	4s	6s	SR
	Javed Omar	lbw b Gillespie	27	40	6	0	67.50
	Shahriar Nafees	b MacGill	138	189	19	0	73.01
	Habibul Bashar	c Lee b MacGill	76	113	11	0	67.25
	Rajin Saleh	c sub b MacGill	67	203	6	0	33.00
	Mohammad Ashraful	lbw b Gillespie	29	28	4	0	103.57
	Aftab Ahmed	c Hayden b MacGill	29	54	3	0	53.70
	Khaled Mashud	st Gilchrist b MacGill	17	63	0	0	26.98
	Mohammad Rafique	b MacGill	6	25	0	0	24.00
	Mashrafe Mortaza	lbw b MacGill	6	23	0	0	26.08
	Shahadat Hossain	not out	3	9	0	0	33.33
	Enamul Haque jnr	c Hayden b MacGill	0	5	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(lb 16, w 2, nb 11)	29

	Total	(all out; 123.3 overs)	427

Fall of wickets 1-51 (Javed Omar, 10.5 ov), 2-238 (Habibul Bashar, 50.4 ov), 3-265 (Shahriar Nafees, 60.2 ov), 4-295 (Mohammad Ashraful, 66.3 ov), 5-351 (Aftab Ahmed, 85.2 ov), 6-398 (Khaled Mashud, 107.5 ov), 7-416 (Mohammad Rafique, 117.2 ov), 8-417 (Rajin Saleh, 117.6 ov), 9-424 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 121.6 ov), 10-427 (Enamul Haque, 123.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	19	5	68	0	3.57	(7nb)
SR Clark	25	4	69	0	2.75	(3nb, 1w)
JN Gillespie	23	7	47	2	2.04	(1nb)
SK Warne	20	1	112	0	5.59
SCG MacGill	33.3	2	108	8	3.22	(1w)
MJ Clarke	3	0	7	0	2.33


Australia 1st innings			R	B	4s	6s	SR
	ML Hayden	lbw b Mashrafe Mortaza	6	12	0	0	50.00
	MEK Hussey	b Mohammad Rafique	23	65	2	0	35.38
	RT Ponting	lbw b Shahadat Hossain	21	32	3	0	65.62
	DR Martyn	b Mohammad Rafique	4	11	1	0	36.36
	MJ Clarke	b Enamul Haque	19	50	2	0	38.00
	AC Gilchrist	c Shahadat Hossain b Mohammad Rafique	144	212	14	6	67.92
	SK Warne	c Khaled Mashud b Enamul Haque	6	29	0	0	20.68
	B Lee	lbw b Mashrafe Mortaza	15	50	2	0	30.00
	JN Gillespie	b Mohammad Rafique	26	88	2	0	29.54
	SR Clark	lbw b Mohammad Rafique	0	20	0	0	0.00
	SCG MacGill	not out	0	5	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(lb 4, nb 1)	5

	Total	(all out; 95.2 overs)	269

Fall of wickets 1-6 (Hayden, 2.2 ov), 2-43 (Ponting, 11.3 ov), 3-50 (Martyn, 14.4 ov), 4-61 (Hussey, 24.2 ov), 5-79 (Clarke, 31.2 ov), 6-93 (Warne, 37.6 ov), 7-156 (Lee, 56.3 ov), 8-229 (Gillespie, 83.2 ov), 9-268 (Clark, 93.3 ov), 10-269 (Gilchrist, 95.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mashrafe Mortaza	22	3	56	2	2.54
Shahadat Hossain	14	2	48	1	3.42
Mohammad Rafique	32.2	9	62	5	1.91
Enamul Haque jnr	25	4	83	2	3.31	(1nb)
Mohammad Ashraful	1	0	11	0	11.00
Rajin Saleh	1	0	5	0	5.00


Bangladesh 2nd innings			R	B	4s	6s	SR
	Javed Omar	c Gilchrist b Gillespie	18	21	2	0	85.71
	Shahriar Nafees	b Lee	33	38	7	0	86.84
	Habibul Bashar	run out (Clarke)	7	17	1	0	41.17
	Rajin Saleh	c Hayden b Gillespie	33	118	2	0	27.96
	Mohammad Ashraful	lbw b Clark	4	14	0	0	28.57
	Aftab Ahmed	lbw b MacGill	17	56	2	0	30.35
	Khaled Mashud	b Gillespie	0	11	0	0	0.00
	Mohammad Rafique	lbw b Warne	14	18	3	0	77.77
	Enamul Haque jnr	lbw b Warne	0	3	0	0	0.00
	Mashrafe Mortaza	b Warne	0	1	0	0	0.00
	Shahadat Hossain	not out	1	8	0	0	12.50
	Extras	(b 10, lb 7, nb 4)	21

	Total	(all out; 50 overs)	148

Fall of wickets 1-48 (Shahriar Nafees, 8.6 ov), 2-58 (Javed Omar, 11.1 ov), 3-67 (Habibul Bashar, 14.2 ov), 4-77 (Mohammad Ashraful, 18.6 ov), 5-124 (Aftab Ahmed, 38.2 ov), 6-128 (Khaled Mashud, 42.1 ov), 7-147 (Mohammad Rafique, 47.2 ov), 8-147 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 47.3 ov), 9-147 (Rajin Saleh, 48.4 ov), 10-148 (Enamul Haque, 49.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	8	0	48	1	6.00	(2nb)
JN Gillespie	11	4	18	3	1.63	(1nb)
SCG MacGill	13	4	29	1	2.23
SR Clark	4	2	8	1	2.00	(1nb)
SK Warne	13	4	28	3	2.15
MJ Clarke	1	1	0	0	0.00


Australia 2nd innings (target: 307 runs)			R	B	4s	6s	SR
	ML Hayden	run out (Enamul Haque)	72	152	8	1	47.36
	MEK Hussey	b Enamul Haque	37	79	4	0	46.83
	RT Ponting	not out	118	253	13	0	46.64
	DR Martyn	b Mohammad Rafique	7	19	0	0	36.84
	MJ Clarke	c Khaled Mashud b Mohammad Rafique	9	17	2	0	52.94
	AC Gilchrist	b Mohammad Rafique	12	18	1	0	66.66
	SK Warne	lbw b Mohammad Rafique	5	14	0	0	35.71
	B Lee	c Khaled Mashud b Mashrafe Mortaza	29	74	3	1	39.18
	JN Gillespie	not out	4	18	0	0	22.22
	Extras	(b 4, lb 7, w 1, nb 2)	14

	Total	(7 wickets; 107 overs)	307

To bat SR Clark, SCG MacGill

Fall of wickets 1-64 (Hussey, 25.1 ov), 2-173 (Hayden, 58.5 ov), 3-183 (Martyn, 65.5 ov), 4-205 (Clarke, 71.4 ov), 5-225 (Gilchrist, 77.5 ov), 6-231 (Warne, 81.2 ov), 7-277 (Lee, 99.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mashrafe Mortaza	22	7	51	1	2.31
Shahadat Hossain	20	5	67	0	3.35	(1w)
Mohammad Rafique	38	6	98	4	2.57
Enamul Haque jnr	27	5	80	1	2.96	(2nb)

Main Scoreboard and Commentary

Toss Bangladesh, who chose to bat first

Player of the match tba

Umpires Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pakistan)
TV umpire AFM Akhtaruddin
Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire Nadir Shah

Close of play
day 1 - Bangladesh 1st innings 355/5 (Rajin Saleh 35*, Khaled Mashud 2*, 88 ov)
day 1 - Australia 1st innings 145/6 (AC Gilchrist 51*, B Lee 13*, 52 ov)
day 2 - Bangladesh 2nd innings 124/5 (Rajin Saleh 29*, Khaled Mashud 0*, 41 ov)
day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 212/4 (RT Ponting 72*, AC Gilchrist 6*, 74 ov)

When Coil Packs Go Bad

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:33:29 GMT

I was driving to work this morning in my Audi and it felt really really rough.

The car made weird noises, it vibrated as I was driving, it had a horrible idle, it laboured as I accelerated. It just didn't feel right.

I called the good people at Scotts Audi and described the symptoms. The dude seemed like he had seen this problem before and told me to take the car into the Service Center asap.

I dropped the car off. The guy said that it was "misfiring". Hmmm, something to do with the spark plugs maybe?

The dude had also mentioned Coil Packs. Hmmm - what's that? I did a search and found the following

What are coil packs? A coil pack sits on top of each cylinder of the engine and serves as the ignition coil to fire the cylinder. Coil packs have been used for a number of years and by a number of different manufacturers.

Makes sense. Definitly related to the spark plugs.

Reading the info on that site was a bit of a worry. I spent the morning fretting about my little 4 wheeled friend..

The guys called me back a bit after midday with good news. It indeed was a failed Coil Pack and now it's fixed.

Cost to Frank = $0

w00t! Gotta love warranty work!

LinkedIn April Update

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 06:51:40 GMT

A semi regular post showing my LinkedIn Network stats. Last time I did this was back in February

My Network of Trusted Professionals

You are at the center of your network. Your connections can introduce you to 1,205,500+ professionals - here’s how your network breaks down:

Your Connections
Your trusted friends and colleagues 184

Two degrees away
Friends of friends; each connected to one of your connections 46,600+

Three degrees away
Reach these users through a friend and one of their friends 1,158,700+

Total users you can contact through an Introduction 1,205,500+

18,959 new people in your network since April 4

Ice Age 2 : The Meltdown

Sun, 09 Apr 2006 06:44:47 GMT

It's movie weekend.

I took the little ones to see Ice Age 2 : The Meltdown this morning.

The best time to see a kids movie is 10am on a Sunday - the car park is empty, there's no one around, and the theatre is practically empty. bliss

The kids sat throught it all and left happy (maybe it was the toys that kept them happy).

We reckon this movie was just as good as the first. Even the SMH agrees.

There was even a message about Global Warming, which even Bricey understood.

V for Vendetta is E for Excellent

Sat, 08 Apr 2006 10:34:00 GMT

I took the boys to see V for Vendetta today. It's excellent and The SMH says "The most astonishing movie to come from a major studio in a long time"

This entry in wikipedia sums the movie up:

V for Vendetta is a 2006 film set in a futuristic London, and follows V, a freedom fighter, who uses terrorist tactics in pursuit of both a personal vendetta and sociopolitical change in a dystopian future Britain.

We're just suckers for a dystopian themed movie!

There's so much to the movie, but the thing that stuck in my mind is it's really clever. Check out this piece of dialog:

"Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V." -- V's introduction to Evey

Wow!

And Natalie Portman gets her head shaved

Back from Seattle

Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:35:41 GMT

My week in Seattle is over. It was good to be back there, but boy, it was COLD. Brrrrrr

I drove 200 miles during my time there, which is pretty surprising.

I bought a bunch of DVDS, some old, some new

The trip is over, I got home Sunday and I am feeling a bit tired today.

Movies on the plane

Sat, 25 Feb 2006 09:45:17 GMT

I'm over in Seattle at the moment, attending a bunch of meetings. I'm based at The Willows Lodge

The trip over was long and tiring.

On the Sydney to Los Angeles leg (14.5 hours), I got to watch 3 movies:

40 Year Old Virgin
I really enjoyed this movie. Sure, the language was crude but it felt authentic. Steve Carell was great, and I find Catherine Keener really hot. I've had a thing for her since Being John Malkovich. Don't know why.
Capote
All I can say is "WOW". This is a pretty intense movie. Philip Seymour Hoffman *WAS* Truman Capote. By co-incidence, this also had Catherine Keener in the movie playing Nelle Harper Lee, the author of "To Kill A Mockingbird", one of my all time favourite book & movie.
Walk The Line
Another BioPic, and another "WOW". Joaquin Phoenix *WAS* Johnny Cash. The music was wonderful. I really got into that Johnny Cash vibe. It's inspired me to go and find the soundtrack

Time to rest....

VB Series Final 3 : Australia v Sri Lanka

Tue, 14 Feb 2006 12:00:09 GMT

Great 3rd final of the VB Series.

Sri Lanka played well and set a good score of 256/9 after 50 overs.

The Aussies reply wsa simply amazing, 267/1 (45.3 ov), led by Adam Gilchrist's incredible inninga of 122 in 91 balls.

Just look at the scoring chart. Very entertaining cricket

Full Scorecard

VB Series Game 11 : Australia v South Africa

Sun, 05 Feb 2006 12:10:39 GMT

Australia hit a record score of 6-344 in tonight's match against South Africa at the SCG, with Man of the Match Adam Gilchrist smashing 88 in 66 balls. He is back in form!

Australia's total was their highest against South Africa and the second-highest at the SCG in one-day internationals.

South Africa was never really in the race, as the graph below shows, however, their final score of 6-287 was the highest ever losing score at the SCG in one-day internationals.

Complete Scorecard

elvis costello rocks the sydney opera house

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:36:05 GMT

We went to see Elvis Costello play with the Sydney Symphony at the Sydney Opera House.

Again, he rocked.

I am always amazed by the Sydney Opera House whenever I go there. it is a truly amazing piece of architecture. We are so lucky to have this beautiful building in our own back yard.

Anyways, the concert was great. the first part was a performance from Il Sogno, which was was written for the Italian Dance Company, Aterballetto, for their adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The second part Elvis performs compositions that he has arranged for orchestra, together with songs arranged by Burt Bacharach, Bill Frisell, Steve Nieve and Vince Mendoza. It was amazing.

	Your Connections Your trusted friends and colleagues	159
	Two degrees away Friends of friends; each is connected to one of your connections	42,000+
	Three degrees away Reach these users through a friend and one of their friends	1,031,800+
Total users you can contact through an Introduction:		1,074,100+

You are at the center of your network. Your connections can introduce you to 1,205,500+ professionals - here’s how your network breaks down:
Your Connections Your trusted friends and colleagues	184
Two degrees away Friends of friends; each connected to one of your connections	46,600+
Three degrees away Reach these users through a friend and one of their friends	1,158,700+
Total users you can contact through an Introduction	1,205,500+

Frank Arrigo: Interests

Amazon Delivers Again

Monster House 3D

Footy Tipping Results : Round 22

Saints outclass Lions; First Win at the Gabba for 15 years

Yumm, Cannoli

Snakes on a Plane - Do as I say and you'll live!

Saints dominate the Dogs 142-92

Happy Birthday Madonna

FOX Footy Channel Program Listings 8th – 14th August 2006 NSW only

Footy Tipping Results : Round 18

Latest Amazon Order

National Tree Day : July 30

The Chaser’s War on Everything – now available everywhere

Animaniacs soon on DVD

Book : Everything Bad is Good for You

Bet Pay Back!

AFL Podcast - Molly's Monday Machinations - Special Edition - Paying out my Bet with Frank Arrigo

FOX Footy Channel Program Listings 4th – 11h July 2006 NSW only

Footy Tipping Results : Round 13

The Saints thumped the Hawks

News about Saints v Hawks

Footy Tipping Results : Round 12

Socceroos Through to the next round

FOX Footy Channel Program Listings 20th – 26th June 2006 NSW only

Saints in the News

Over The Hedge

Mid Season report

2006 Wins

2006 Losses

2006 Quarter Stats

Thoughts on Corporate Entertainment in Sport

Saints Destroyed by Crows

Stories in the lead up to the R12 game between the Saints and the Crows

Victory Room, Telstra Dome : Afl Round 12 : Saints V Crow

Socceroos Beat Japan: 3 to 1

FOX Footy Channel Program Listings 13th – 19th June 2006 NSW only

Footy Tipping Results : Round 11

Cars go Brmmm

Off to the SCG

Heaps of news this week about the Saints

FIFA World Cup 2006

Overview

Puns aplently thanks to Cars

news in the leadup for Swans V Saints

Demons knock off the Saints

news about upcoming Saints V Demons

FOX Footy Channel Program Listings 30th May ? 5th June 2006 NSW only

Saints lose Hayes for AFL season

Footy Tipping Results : Round 9

Ugly Saints hold off the Roos

news in the leadup to the Saints v Kangaroos game

Saints Lifetime Win/Loss Record

Injured Saints Head Up North

FOX Footy Channel Program Listings 23rd – 29th May 2006 NSW only

Footy Tipping Results : Round 8

Saints flog the Blues

Round 7 Ponderings from AFL.COM.AU

FOX Footy Channel Program Listings 16th – 22nd May 2006 NSW only

Cats snap losing streak with win over Saints

Cats spoil Harvey milestone

Saints go all out to mark Harvey's milestone

Saints win over Bulldogs

The result of the Saints v Dockers game

FOX Footy Channel Program Listings 2nd – 8th May 2006 NSW only

Saints, Dockers stage climatic draw

Saints and Dockers in a Draw

FOX Footy Channel Program Listings 25th April – 1st May 2006 NSW only

Power hold off the Saints

Aussies prevail over Bangladesh in 1st Test

When Coil Packs Go Bad

LinkedIn April Update

My Network of Trusted Professionals

Ice Age 2 : The Meltdown

V for Vendetta is E for Excellent

Back from Seattle

Movies on the plane

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