Английская Википедия:2008 St Kilda Football Club season

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The St Kilda Football Club's 2008 season was its 112th season in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Summary

NAB Cup

The season began well with the club winning the preseason competition, the 2008 NAB Cup.

The club had wins over Richmond in the round of 16, Geelong in the quarter-finals, Essendon in the semi-finals and won the final against the Adelaide Crows by five points at Football Park (AAMI stadium) 2-7-9-(69) to 0-9-10-(64) - St Kilda's third preseason cup win in the AFL. Jason Gram won the Michael Tuck medal for the player judged best on ground during the final.

Regular season

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St Kilda defeated Essendon (Round 22) 31/8/08 - (Click to expand)

Despite the promising start, the Saints went on to have a mixed first half of the season with a five-win, six-loss record. After this their fortunes vastly improved and they gained a place in the finals series.

This mixed season drew both criticism and praise at differing times towards Lyon from supporters and the media. His game plan has been described as one championing accountability, similar to the Sydney Swans model by Paul Roos. Lyon's surprise move to drop midfielder Nick Dal Santo (as well as Stephen Milne) from the side was due to them not meeting these "benchmarks". Arguably, it was a turning point in the Saints' season, as they went on to win the next four games following this bold move.

In a very competitive 2008 premiership season St Kilda Football Club qualified for the 2008 premiership season finals series, finishing the home and away rounds in the top four, in fourth position, with 13 wins.

Finals series

In the 2008 finals series, St Kilda played Geelong in the qualifying finals. St Kilda 8.13 (61) lost to Geelong 17.17 (119) in front of 71,653 at the MCG. In the semi finals St Kilda 17.4 (106) defeated Collingwood 9.18 (72) in front 76,707. In the preliminary finals St Kilda 9.10 (64) lost to Hawthorn 18.10 (118) by 54 points in front of 77,002 at the MCG, being eliminated from the finals. St Kilda was eliminated by Hawthorn in the preliminary final. This was the third preliminary final lost to an eventual premier (after Sydney in 2005 and Шаблон:AFL Por in 2004) in five years.

Fixtures

Regular season

Round	St Kilda Saints	Opposition	Their Score		Margin	Home Attendance
1. (H)	6.15 (51)	Sydney	6.13 (49)	Win	2	36,614
2. (H)	19.11 (125)	Carlton	12.13 (85)	Win	40	43,396
3. (A)	13.9 (87)	Western	19.11 (125)	Loss	38	–
4. (H)	13.16 (94)	Geelong	21.10 (136)	Loss	42	44,368
5. (H)	18.15 (123)	Essendon	14.3 (87)	Win	36	46,792
6. (A)	9.7 (61)	Port Adelaide	12.10 (82)	Loss	21	–
7. (A)	17.8 (110)	Richmond	16.11 (107)	Win	3	–
8. (H)	14.10 (94)	Collingwood	16.7 (103)	Loss	9	48,417
9. (A)	14.11 (95)	Brisbane	21.15 (141)	Loss	46	–
10. (H)	19.15 (129)	Melbourne	7.8 (50)	Win	79	27,854
11. (H)	11.13 (79)	Western	15.16 (106)	Loss	27	38,914
12. (A)	9.13 (67)	Sydney	14.18 (102)	Loss	35	–
13. (H)	10.5 (65)	Fremantle	8.9 (57)	Win	8	22,440
14. (A)	12.12 (84)	North Melbourne	9.15 (69)	Win	15	–
15. (A)	18.11 (119)	Carlton	12.15 (87)	Win	32	-
16. (H)	18.11 (119)	Hawthorn	13.11 (89)	Win	30	41,886
17. (A)	12.14 (86)	West Coast	15.13 (103)	Loss	17	-
18. (H)	14.17 (101)	Port Adelaide	14.9 (93)	Win	8	22,878
19. (A)	12.11 (83)	Collingwood	14.13 (97)	Loss	14	-
20. (A)	17.10 (112)	Fremantle	9.15 (69)	Win	43	-
21. (H)	13.17 (95)	Adelaide	6.11 (47)	Win	48	33,811
22. (A)	21.21 (147)	Essendon	5.9 (39)	Win	108	46,161

Finals series

Finals	St Kilda	Opposition	Their Score			Attendance	Stadium	Date
Qualifying Final	8.13 (61)	Geelong	17.17 (119)	Loss	58	71,653	MCG	7/9/2008
Semi Final	17.4 (106)	Collingwood	9.18 (72)	Win	34	76,707	MCG	13/9/2008
Preliminary Final	9.10 (64)	Hawthorn	18.10 (118)	Loss	54	77,002	MCG	20/9/2008

Ladder

2008 AFL season