POST MATCH DISCUSSION - Round 11

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

On a positive note...welcome Jimmy Toumpas

[titan_uranus 25,019]

Paul Roos should have relayed the message earlier that if we get in front we flood back.

Don't need to wait until after it happens to do it.

Come on, it's basic coaching.

It is, but in the heat of the last 40 seconds there's only so much Roos can do.

There is no excuse, none at all, for Jones, Vince, Cross, Lumumba and Dunn not screaming at the others to get back behind the play.

Can you imagine Selwood, Ablett, Pendlebury, Fyfe etc. not being in that last bounce? You don't need the coach to tell you, just get in there Jones.

[Canplay 634]

Out coached again - game played on saints terms - they dominated last quarter.

Selections dubious. Why the need to rush in ANB, with stretch, Reilly and Mitchie. Too much change, inexperience and too many passengers - Mitchie 3 possessions for two turnovers!

Positives - vince, hogan, viney, toumpas. Thought Jetta did a lot of good things too.

Love to hear Roos excuses for last 41 seconds. Dumb footballers or poor coaching?

[Mickey 4,684]

After Howe kicked that goal I stopped watching, because I just knew we would [censored] it up

[Fork 'em 6,983]

St Kilda deserved to win. And how about next time we hit the lead with 40 seconds left, we wait til after the game to get around and start dry rooting each other.

We've done that since the 90's.

[Nasher 33,616]

Fuming.

[Ethan Tremblay 30,861]

Bunch of [censored] flogs. Can't wait to watch Hogan win the Coleman at a good team.

Where was the leadership today? Jones did nothing after the first quarter, Dunn was shocking and H was well beaten. At least Cross puts his body on the line for the team.

Really can't be bothered with this anymore.

Can't be bothered either. No improvement and so sign of it. We needed to beat St Kilda, that's all.

[Ted Lasso 19,518]

What a pathetic finish

3 wins for the year it looks like now.

NO LEADERSHIP AT ALL

Spot on.

The game should have be won, the fact it was lost is not because of Paul Roos, he didn't have time to relay a message, this is a dismal failure of the onfield leaders to read and react to the situation, for starters, gawn should have dropped the ball at his feet so we could lock it up in the middle, second all of the forwards but one should have built a wall across the backline making it impossible to get the ball in cleanly, thirdly someone should have been defensive side of the ball then to stop joey doing exactly what he did.

absolutely zero system in a critical moment of the game is embarrassing.

Lynden Dunn, Nathan Jones, Bernie Vince, Daniel Cross, should all be very dissapointed this was allowed to happen.

Positives though

Jesse Hogan... wow

Jack Viney seems to be building

Jimmy Toumpas, best game for the club by a mile, 8 tackles.

[Samael 560]

Silver lining Toumpas' game was terrific. Hogan and Brayshaw were real quality and Bernie, despite some brain fades was at it all day.

But 40 seconds....

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

I think we had the better of the umpires too.

[olisik 4,060]

Roos is making questionable decisions every week.

Personally I beleive he is a great teacher and player developer but when it comes to strategies and game plans he lacks. Every other coach seems to have the better of him with game day tactics

[Yossarian 1,820]

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[deeflog 679]

What the [censored] was max thinking with that second last hit out?

[whatwhat say what 22,756]

One of the worst games of football I've seen in the flesh.

I've seen some almighty maulings over the last 8 years in particular, but it's pretty rare for, in perfect conditions, to see two shocking sides battling away to see who could stuff up the least.

[Pates 9,660]

While Howe kicked the goal to put us in front one thing should've been happening. The runner should've been sprinting to every play to tell them how long left and to flood if it went through. I want to know was that message going out there, and if not, why the hell not!!!!

Edited June 14, 2015 by Pates

[Sir Why You Little 37,036]

Do not blame Roos

This one is on the players

Flood back and defend

No leadership at all

[Ted Lasso 19,518]

Really felt we missed Vanders and Garland today. both would have been very handy

[ding 5,126]

How's the Saints reaction after the siren though....

YOU BEAT MELBOURNE YOU FLOGS, ........ NOBODY CELEBRATES THAT.

Wankerz.

[titan_uranus 25,019]

Only St Kilda could have dominated the fourth quarter like that and find themselves losing with 40 seconds to go.

But only Melbourne could lose despite going ahead with 40 seconds to go.

[leucopogon 1,519]

Obviously if it wasn't for Hogan we wouldn't be in the game but why is it a guy that size and that strong can't kick 50 meters?

Agreed, this is hogans biggest weakness for sure.

[dazzledavey36 54,938]

While I am angry and [censored] off Picket Fence can go and eat a bag of dicks now!!

Toumpas just gave you the biggest [censored] you!

[deefrag 277]

Overpaid! Not up to AFL standard!

[Guest]

Anyone but that little [censored] turd Montagna.

[Ted Lasso 19,518]

On field leaders guys.. it's not all Roos.. Nathan Jones and Lynden dunn should have worked out what to do, every viewer of that game was thinking the same thing.

[Gorgoroth 12,950]

The irony is the only time we actually had players forward of the ball in the last quarter was when we needed to flood back.

So true, the set up in the last was pathetic and we had 28 minutes to get it right.

Roosy was yelling into the phone to get them back. Why would he even need to?

U10s stuff

Wouldn't the midfielders in the centre play defensive side and not move more than 1mm from them?

Just stop the centre clearance until we can get more numbers around.

What a pathetic finish

3 wins for the year it looks like now.

NO LEADERSHIP AT ALL

No leaders, no leadership, this is why the had Treeners and Grimes, nothing has changed.