7 minutes ago, Chook said:

For one, because it makes our win against them last week that much better.

Who cares? It's a lose/lose. If they win tonight people will say they didn't turn up last week. We'll get no credit. The ladder is the most important factor here.

1 minute ago, A F said:

Really? They're going to be one of our major competitors for the eight. Why the heck would you want them to win this?

Uhm West Coast... F em! 

At the end of day anyone in the 8 will be tough competition Saints aren't our 1 and only. 

Tough tough call on Bruce then.

6 minutes ago, Cards13 said:

Uhm West Coast... F em! 

At the end of day anyone in the 8 will be tough competition Saints aren't our 1 and only. 

Tough tough call on Bruce then.

They're not our only competition, but they're one of them.

And yes, tough call on Bruce. West Coast have had a pretty good go of it.

It does feel like our game last year against them, as someone else said.

3 minutes ago, A F said:

Who cares? It's a lose/lose. If they win tonight people will say they didn't turn up last week. We'll get no credit. The ladder is the most important factor here.

Fine, then rejoice in the fact that one of our rivals for the top four (West Coast) may lose a game they would’ve pencilled in.

I don’t care about “credit”. I only care that we didn’t just beat up on a ratshit team last week.

6 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

shame we didnt get the saints game on free to air instead of the other game. 

Seven never pass up an opportunity to broadcast a game with Essendon, Collingwood, Richmond, Hawthorn, Carlton or Geelong playing.

Interstate clubs and smaller Vic clubs are like lepers to Seven.

Looks like the Saints have let this one slip. Best possible result for us, really. Shows we didn’t just beat a crap team, but also stops one of our Final 8 competitors getting the 4 points.

Edited April 1, 20178 yr by Chook

I think there has to be real questions asked of St Kilda's gameplan. Is it sustainable over four quarters? Yes, they've got some young players in there, but they fall away quickly when they don't bring 100%. In some ways I think they've fallen behind us in terms of development, having been ahead arguably last season. This probably has a lot to do with our greater level of talent now starting to show.

Edited April 1, 20178 yr by A F

Just now, Chook said:

Looks like the Saints have let this one slip.

Bad kicking killed them...

Just now, Chook said:

Looks like the Saints have let this one slip.

McCartin has no game sense/gets over excited/needs to boost fitness.

WCE won't go far again this year, they will struggle over east ie finals time. 

8 minutes ago, Chook said:

Looks like the Saints have let this one slip. Best possible result for us, really. Shows we didn’t just beat a crap team, but also stops one of our Final 8 competitors getting the 4 points.

We're on the same page, mate.

Edited April 1, 20178 yr by A F

7 minutes ago, Cards13 said:

McCartin has no game sense/gets over excited/needs to boost fitness.

WCE won't go far again this year, they will struggle over east ie finals time.

Let's hope so.

I'd also like to question the St Kilda leadership here too. I love this.

Edited April 1, 20178 yr by A F

Another lop-sided free kick count for the WCE....23 to 8 this time. 

8 minutes ago, A F said:

Let's hope so.

Why? I thought the Saints were our biggest worry?

7 minutes ago, Cards13 said:

Why? I thought the Saints were our biggest worry?

 I hate West Coast too. But we needed them to win tonight over one of our major competitors.

Saints season off to a shocker, but my goodness meth coke just got every soft one. Pretty extraordinary.

Fagan is doing good things for Brisbane.

Saints should have won easily, kicked themselves out of it and then a combination of running themselves into the ground and a disgracefully pathetic umpiring display conspired against them. I take away from this game the fact that the Saints are the real deal.

Nathan Brown had 0 kicks for the game.. just the 6 handballs.

Saints just needed a Petracca game breaker type. 

 

To me the saints were the better team, the eagles can just score so quickly if you give them a sniff. 

The more games the saints lose the better I reckon

2 points- first we beat a genuine up and coming team last week, to play like that at Subi vs the Eagles is not something a middle of the road team can do. Secondly, I hope we don't get the Eagles in a final over here because we'll be versing the umpires as well.

time for full time afl umpires

If the saints had Riewoldt they probably would have hung on. Fair effort to play like that without him. Unfortunately bad kicking catches up with you. 

24 minutes ago, george_on_the_outer said:

Another lop-sided free kick count for the WCE....23 to 8 this time. 

Only if you aren't a WCE supporter George. Been on the right side of that count for decades now

23-8 is disgusting, no matter the excuses.