Round 12 – St. Kilda v Carlton: On A Sunny Sunday Winter’s Day The Saints Overcome Their Travelling Blues

Braham Dabscheck watched the Saints game against Carlton flow from a Comedy of Errors to Great Expectations.

Round 10 – St. Kilda v Fremantle: A Game Of Two Halves; Or Really Bits And Pieces Of One Quarter, A Half And Another Quarter

Braham Dabscheck writes about the Saints win over Fremantle, a game with more twists and turns than an Agatha Christie murder mystery.

Round 9 – St. Kilda v Essendon: Saints Alive; Well, After Half Time!

The Saints forward setup impressed Braham Dabscheck especially when the win over Essendon was without Riewoldt kicking goals.

Round 8 – West Coast v St Kilda: Double Rainbow In The West But No Pot Of Gold For The Saints

There was no pot of gold at the end of this rainbow for Braham Dabscheck. But he is sure that the Saints will not again play as poorly.

Round 7 – St. Kilda v North Melbourne: Saints Lose In An Arm Wrestle On Mothers’ Day

For Saints fan Braham Dabscheck, Petrie’s 300th was a top game with a sad result for the Saints and while the signs are good, a win would be nicer.

Round 6 – Melbourne v St. Kilda: Saints’ Halo Lassoes Demons For A Lucky 13th Time

Braham Dabscheck writes that life is nothing more or less than a battle between good and evil, goodness has won out again with the Saints prevailing over the Demons.

Round 5 – St. Kilda v Greater Western Sydney: For The Saints A Tragedy Of Shakespearean Proportions

Shall I compare thee to a Saints day? Braham draws analogies between Shakespeare’s tragedies and Saints effort against GWS.

Round 4 – Hawthorn v St. Kilda: For The Saints, This Is One That Got Away

A game the Saints should have won, according to Braham Dabscheck

Round 3 – St. Kilda v Collingwood: Saints Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of 1966 Premiership With A Gutsy Win

Fifty years on from their solitary flag win over the Pies, the Saints play Collingwood: the result is the same, but the margin greater. Braham Dabscheck reports.

Round 2 – St. Kilda v Western Bulldogs: Dogs Reign On St. Nick’s Parade

The Saints hosted the Dogs for Nick Riewoldt his 300th game. Where does he stand when compared to other St Kilda greats?

Round 1 – Port Adelaide v St Kilda: Saints Look Good But Run Out Of Puff In Last Quarter

Braham Dabscheck’s tiring Saints were competitive and on the improve.

A New Season

In the week before Round 1, we published this: “Braham Dabschek reflects on the start of another season; autumnal optimism and the comforting familiarity of the footy world cranking back into gear.” What are your thoughts in the wash up? Expectations met? Surprises?

Round 21 – St. Kilda v Geelong: Chicago Cub Helps Saints Draw Cats’ Claws

Braham Dabscheck presents the St Kilda perspective to Saturday night’s thrilling draw between the Saints and the Geelong Cats. As if the seasons of McCartin, Bruce, Membrey and co. wasn’t enough to have St Kilda fans looking forward to 2016 and beyond, the debut of Jason Holmes was also a shining light for the faithful.

Round 19 – St. Kilda v Fremantle: Wounded Saints Never Lost Their Halos

Despite losing to premiership contender Fremantle, Braham Dabscheck believes St Kilda can cause North Melbourne, Sydney and the Eagles more than a few headaches in their runs to September.

Round 17 – Melbourne v St. Kilda: Saints Out Tackle Demons Inside 50 (46 Points Actually!)

Not so much the Carl Ditterich Cup, but a “[fight] for the coveted 13th spot on the ladder…” (Braham Dabscheck’s words, not ours!) On a day for the footy purists, St Kilda’s continued development takes another step forward at the ‘G.

Round 16 – St.Kilda v Richmond: Maddie’s Match, Two Games of Two Halves

It’s been about as emotional a season in the AFL as anyone can remember. With the Crows and Power memorialising Phil Walsh with their Showdown in Adelaide, the Saints and Richmond honoured Maddie Riewoldt’s fight against Aplastic Anaemia at the Docklands and launched ‘Maddie’s Vision’; a fundraising foundation set up in her name.

Bulldogs’ Perfect Bark on Bastille Day: Be Loud, Be Fair

Bob Murphy and the Bulldogs’ ‘Be Loud, Be Fair’ campaign gives Braham Dabscheck cause to reflect on the role of footy in the wider community.

Round 15 – Greater Western Sydney v St. Kilda: Saints fall short against Giants in patchy display at Spotless Stadium

After last week’s smashing of the Bombers, the Saints faced a much sterner task against the Giants at Spotless Stadium. Braham Dabscheck analyses how the Saints fared against one of the competition’s rising stars.

Round 14 – Essendon v St. Kilda: Saints achieve perfection against defused Bombers

Saints supporter Braham Dabscheck praises the Saints for a perfect game, while remembering Phil Walsh and the tributes that the players and coaches have given to him after every game this Round.

Round 11 – St. Kilda v Melbourne: Joe Frazier’s revenge; Saints win a thrilla but it wasn’t in Manila

Braham Dabscheck finds parallels between St Kilda’s thrilling win over the Dees’ and Ali and Frazier’s 1975 classic; The Thrilla in Manilla.