BARRACKING for St Kilda has never been easy — and this year has been tougher than most.

That’s when you know who the true supporters are.

You know you’re a St Kilda fan when ...

media_camera Jason Blake scores a last quarter goal.

1. You knew exactly what it meant when Jason Blake kicked that goal in the final round of 2013.

media_camera The draw.

2. You know that if the AFL allowed extra-time in Grand Finals instead of taking the extra money from a replay the Saints would have had their second flag in 2010.

media_camera Ross Lyon. Picture: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

3. You hate Ross Lyon for leaving the club with an unbalanced list and untested youth, but in your heart you know that if we’d won one of those three Grand Finals he would be a legend.

media_camera The good old days.

4. You know that Moorabbin will always be St Kilda’s spiritual home.

media_camera Unfairly picked on: Nick Riewoldt.

5. You will never understand why so many people have a crack at Nick Riewoldt when he is the hardest-working player in the AFL.

media_camera Nine weeks? No, no, no.

6. You knew that Steven Baker was a scapegoat for the tribunal system. Nine weeks? Seriously! #stillbitter

media_camera That was a while ago.

7. You are eternally grateful to the team of 1966.

media_camera Max Hudghton.

8. You knew that Max Hudghton deserved to play in the 2009 Grand Final ahead of Zac Dawson, and you were more than happy to see Dawson follow Ross Lyon to Freo.

media_camera Smashed.

9. You resent Geelong’s continued success while we pick up the wooden spoon during our rebuild.

media_camera St Kilda players embrace before the ill-fated 2010 Grand Final.

10. You know that greatness isn’t just measured in premierships and that the 2009-10 era was a magnificent time for our club with a team that gave it all they had.