New year, same crap when we play the Saints. 

Same old.

 

The more things change , the more they remain the same.

 

 

We're struggling, and it's down in part to the pressure the Saints are applying and how they are setting up so well behind the ball.  Their spare man is picking everything off.

Our midfield needs to lift as well.  Viney, Petracca, Brayshaw, Salem etc. are not giving us much right now and it's hurting.  Weideman has coughed up a few chances and, as so many have mentioned, our backline, in particular Oscar Mac, are struggling big time.

There is a long way to go though, and we're lucky to only by 23 points down at quarter time.

I reckon we get better from here as it's the only place we can go.

This will be 50+. 

Sigh.

 

Terrible by the Milkman.

This is laughable. All optimism sucked dry in one quarter of football.

We crumble under pressure and nothing has changed. 

Very dissapointing. 

This is gross, our two best key backs are probably the two most unskillful players in the comp. won't win a flag with that being the case

We will be bottom of the ladder after this round

Sounds like we've again learned nothing from how the Saints beat us last year.

For F Sake....

Awesome start boys. 

FMD. 

Some things never change.  

And yet we still don't man up the extra in defence

We look like we have been sucking down ether compared to the sainters.

absolute poor, why do we let them have a spare man in defense, our extra man around the ball or where ever he is, is giving us nothing so damn well man up

 

Saints run and pressure is far superior to ours. Saints are playing much better but the umpires are hurting us as well. We look like a rabble.

i feel sick 

Smith was looking really good, moving well. Those McDonald lads haven't had a great start. Our skills across the board have been terrible.

To anyone who still thinks we have "plenty" or "enough" of those inside mid "types" think again.

It would be nice to win some center clearances and more contested possession. Saint kill us time and time again in the engine room. The defense can't keep up.

 

8 frees to 2 again we are getting sucked into giving away frees

 

10 goal loss by the look of it. Extremely dysfunctional around the ground and off the bench. Players running off then told to go back on. Happened maybe 10 times. Fumbles. Can't react fast enough to pressure. Forwards are flat footed. Backs are fumbling. 

Umps [censored] us over as usual

I wonder if we'll do anything to counter the spare man back this time. Seems to always cause a mind explosion in a Melbourne coaches box.

Only upside from here. Need as if lift from our mids

Brain fades all over the ground. saints showing what happens when you apply manic pressure to a young team. Hannan way out of his depth, as us Weed, and Oscar