POST MATCH DISCUSSION - Round 21

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

5 minutes ago, billyblanks29 said:

I would rather see Pies lose. If they beat Port they are in some decent form and pose a threat. 

I was thinking that as well.

[Forest Demon 4,681]

4 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Gus...yes

The others....Nope

Keeping Pederson in was a good move and Hannan saved his game with those two goals but otherwise was ineffective

You are giving Hannan a "nope"??? Well that tells me all I need to know. Not only did he ice the game with 2 fantastic goals, but he was part of a much more even application of pressure that we were able to apply today.

And make no mistake, that is more important in modern footy than a couple of extra touches.

[Drunkn167 5,093]

Wasn't pretty but we got there in the end, good effort from the boys.

If Oscar doesn't get up for next week, and with Frost out of form, does Keilty get a debut against the Lions?

[Mickey 4,731]

Maxy gave the umps a little whack after the game, according to fox footy. Said he gave away free kicks he's never given away in his life, and that they kept blowing the whistle and he didn't know why

[Robot Devil 1,895]

Anyone  else see Oliver absolutely giving it to Gawn in the 3Q?

As they were walking back to the centre circle after a St Kilda goal Clayton was shoving Max in the chest and shouting at him. 

Anyone see the incident that brought that on?

[dl4e 5,851]

I am happy we won. I'm one of these strange people who rate StKilda fairly highly. Again we had one really bad quater (3rd).  Played good in 2nd part of 1st quater and finished off well when they got to within 4 points of us. Gus, Hunt, Jones, Pedo and Gawn played good games. Harmes and ANB good as well.

[leave it to deever 17,517]

Watts should take note of pedos game.

Edited August 13, 2017 by leave it to deever

[Forest Demon 4,681]

Just now, Mickey said:

Maxy gave the umps a little whack after the game, according to fox footy. Said he gave away free kicks he's never given away in his life, and that they kept blowing the whistle and he didn't know why

There were a lot of random "ruck infringements" that went against Gawn in the first 2 or 3 quarters, I was thinking the same.

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

3 minutes ago, Robot Devil said:

Anyone  else see Oliver absolutely giving it to Gawn in the 3Q?

As they were walking back to the centre circle after a St Kilda goal Clayton was shoving Max in the chest and shouting at him. 

Anyone see the incident that brought that on?

Yeah you dont know really....he may have just been trying to fire him up or something...maybe he needed it....they were coming at us.

Edited August 13, 2017 by Wadda We Sing

[Diamond_Jim 12,627]

3 minutes ago, Forest Demon said:

You are giving Hannan a "nope"??? Well that tells me all I need to know. Not only did he ice the game with 2 fantastic goals, but he was part of a much more even application of pressure that we were able to apply today.

And make no mistake, that is more important in modern footy than a couple of extra touches.

Hannan... 5 kicks... 4 hand balls One tackle

As I said the two goals in the last saved his game

Weid and Wagner were woeful

 

[leave it to deever 17,517]

3 minutes ago, Mickey said:

Maxy gave the umps a little whack after the game, according to fox footy. Said he gave away free kicks he's never given away in his life, and that they kept blowing the whistle and he didn't know why

Impacted his confidence in the ruck......held back to not give away frees.

[Robot Devil 1,895]

1 minute ago, Wadda We Sing said:

Yeah you dont know really....he may have just been trying to fire him up or something...

Yeah, he was certainly telling him something forcefully. 

Hopefully he was saying "Drop it in my lap and I'll do the rest!"

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

Just now, Robot Devil said:

Yeah, he was certainly telling him something forcefully. 

Hopefully he was saying "Drop it in my lap and I'll do the rest!"

You would certainly hope so.....:)

 

[Forest Demon 4,681]

Just now, Diamond_Jim said:

Hannan... 5 kicks... 4 hand balls One tackle

As I said the two goals in the last saved his game

Weid and Wagner were woeful

 

Do you think that the immense pressure today, especially in the first half, just came from nowhere? No, you need 22 blokes applying it, and those outs were all about that, not about the number of kicks or handballs a player can get.

Modern footy is all about pressuring the opposition and turning the ball over, or locking it in, dangerous spots.

As much as I rate Salem, and to a lesser extent Watts, Goodwin made a big statement by demanding exactly what I said above, and it paid off.

[—coach— 3,496]

25 minutes ago, Cards13 said:

Would our drop Weid for Lions game? I wouldn't, another game of AFL experience for him. Watts comes in a week later.

No way in hell, his role was to compete and bring the ball to ground which he did well. Plus watts still looked average in the VfL yesterday

[ding 5,126]

I have a confession to make.

I rostered myself off for today but i didnt bother going to the game. (From Shepparton).

My poor daughter was saying to me all the time we were watching the game on TV, "gee it would be good to be down there watching dad"................

I squibbed it after our last 2 games, especially after we lost to Norf for the 27 billionth time. Gave us very little chance, and as i told the family, i didnt wanna get us all ejected from the 'G for abusing our team while we find a way to miss finals again.

Yeah, im soft.

Even left home during the 3rd QTR to drive to Dan Murphys to get a 1.125 of Jonnie Red to drown my sorrows. Just cant trust the team to finish off like it should.

Yeah, im soft.

We were gone during the 3rd....... GONE. Somehow we answered and answered well. The Saint had as much on the line as we did and it was US who toughed it out in the last QTR.

So to all those who wanna look at the negatives, just remember that we are a BIG shot at playing in September now.

Despite people like me who gave us no chance.

 

(Already had a lot of Red so put me on ignore now or risk reading my rants for the rest of the day)

[censored] GO YOU GOOD THINGS !!!!!!!

 

 

[leave it to deever 17,517]

And a big shout out to all norf fans who were so happy to beat us 2 weeks ago......we are in the 8 and u r miles from it....being thumped by hawthorn.....enjoy your fall from above.

Edited August 13, 2017 by leave it to deever

[pineapple dee 2,892]

54 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

Its not the end of the world for Saints supporters, they have that 1 flag they can console themselves with.

 

1 premiership in 154 years for the Saints. That's an average of 1 flag every...........154 years. St Kilda's future post Riewoldt and Montagna doesn't look too flash. 

[Little Richard 6,265]

Sensational win and really a case of doing it where it counts. Slowly but surely the club has become mentally stronger. I really thought we were going to drop it at one stage but to fight back and wrestle back the momentum was a huge result.

[Bang Bang Bang 5,839]

Not often I get to attend but was there today and mightily impressed with our composure in what was a mini-final. Whilst being at the game is undeniably better than watching on TV, it's not good for the heart AT ALL. I felt physically ill at three quarter time. And the umpiring was [censored] atrocious in the third quarter, Razor Ray seeing things from 100m away the rest of us can't?!? 

I honestly don't understand people who come on here and only point to negatives after a performance like that. Were the last two weeks of misery not enough? Each to their own but... 

My main positives:

- Brayshaw. Brayshaw. Brayshaw. To play like that any week would have been a breakout. To play like that in your return game is downright inspirational. Perfect game.

- Hunt, a heck of a player when he lowers his eyes. He'll never have the ball spinning perfectly like Salem or Watts but his DECISION MAKING today was elite.

- Pedersen, playing like a pro.

- Harmes in the first quarter, Hannan in the last. 

- Jones and Oliver dominating at the coal face.

- Melksham the super boot. What a trade!

- Jordan Lewis dominating the last quarter when we needed our leaders to stand up. 

I [censored] hate the Saints. Their culture, their fans, their players. Even their coach bores me to death every Monday. To end their season and be 2-0 this year after a decade of misery is immensely satisfying. 

 

[Bitter but optimistic 22,246]

7 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Watts should take note of pedos game.

Spot on deever!

Pedo has about 10% of Watt's ability

Watt's has about 10% of Pedo's  determination/heart.

[leave it to deever 17,517]

4 minutes ago, --coach-- said:

No way in hell, his role was to compete and bring the ball to ground which he did well. Plus watts still looked average in the VfL yesterday

And score a couple of goals.Watts's will return. Weid not strong enough.

[SFebes 4,884]

10 minutes ago, Drunkn167 said:

Wasn't pretty but we got there in the end, good effort from the boys.

If Oscar doesn't get up for next week, and with Frost out of form, does Keilty get a debut against the Lions?

Still a rookie? Wouldn't we need a player to go down on LT injury list for him to debut anyway?

[Bravo Oliver, Bravo 182]

5 minutes ago, Sylvia Saint said:

Not often I get to attend but was there today and mightily impressed with our composure in what was a mini-final. Whilst being at the game is undeniably better than watching on TV, it's not good for the heart AT ALL. I felt physically ill at three quarter time. And the umpiring was [censored] atrocious in the third quarter, Razor Ray seeing things from 100m away the rest of us can't?!? 

I honestly don't understand people who come on here and only point to negatives after a performance like that. Were the last two weeks of misery not enough? Each to their own but... 

My main positives:

- Brayshaw. Brayshaw. Brayshaw. To play like that any week would have been a breakout. To play like that in your return game is downright inspirational. Perfect game.

- Hunt, a heck of a player when he lowers his eyes. He'll never have the ball spinning perfectly like Salem or Watts but his DECISION MAKING today was elite.

- Pedersen, playing like a pro.

- Harmes in the first quarter, Hannan in the last. 

- Jones and Oliver dominating at the coal face.

- Melksham the super boot. What a trade!

- Jordan Lewis dominating the last quarter when we needed our leaders to stand up. 

I [censored] hate the Saints. Their culture, their fans, their players. Even their coach bores me to death every Monday. To end their season and be 2-0 this year after a decade of misery is immensely satisfying. 

 

Oh yeah

[pineapple dee 2,892]

6 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Impacted his confidence in the ruck......held back to not give away frees.

Max was strangely umpired out of the ruck contests. After conceding 3 frees in a row at the centre, he looked unwilling to contest the next tap out. Never seen anything like that before.