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Demons 31. Saints 10.
 

The last 10 minutes - Saints 3 goals and ALL THE MOMENTUM.  

They took control.  
 

But seriously Nathan Jones. 15 metres out and you short pass to Steele. It’s is almost career ending for him.  

 

I am sick and tired of our coaches having a game plan built purely around dominating clearances and yet never actually dominating clearances. Fix the game plan because clearly the strategy and the players aren’t a match!!!

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    All started with milkshakes poor kick inside 50 straight to saints player and then all went to [censored] form there. I F U  C  K. I. N.  G. hate that zone 50m rule, Tomlinson immediately ran away from the saint player who took the mark, BAM 50m!

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    Our fwds have really let us down, Pickett, Weid, Hannan and Vanders have 2, 3, 3 and 4 touches. Along with Melk and Spargs with 4 each.

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    8 minutes ago, buck_nekkid said:

    That was terrible by Jones.  He cost us big time.  If he cleared it, we go in more than two goals up.  We now go in two points up.  His kick to Clarry in the middle also was 5 m too long, and cost us a goal.

    His kick to Clarry that cost us a goal earlier was absolutely the right move, and Clarry went one-handed. That goal was totally on Oliver, not on Jones.

    Oliver looks low on confidence tonight.

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    3 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Jack Steele killing us.

    We just fail to lock down on their best player every [censored] game.

     

    James harmes would be perfect for a tag...

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    1 minute ago, Wiseblood said:

    I was ready to talk us up for that first half.

    The slower game style was working really well.  We were taking our chances and we had the game on our terms.

    Then they pay a soft free against Viney and we go to water.  Jones turns it over, then we fail to kill a contest a minute later and it brings them right back into the game.

    We are right in it, though.  Good time to get inside and reset.

    We are getting killed mate, we are just kicking them from everywhere while they are missing easy goals. Our half forwards are killing us and never manage to lock the ball up.

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    Absolutely LOVED the part where we built a 22 point lead and then stopped in our tracks going goalless for 23 minutes and losing the lead.

    Bravo Melbourne!

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    Maybe we coould lay a tackle and we'd probably win the game by 6 goals. If the stats showing 11 tackles in a half is accurate then that is a disgraceful number no matter how the game is flowing.

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    Don’t blame Goodwin! Jones fatal mistake from a guy who has nearly played 300 games - just terrible.

    He is slow and skills not good enough - can’t pick him!!

     

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    1 minute ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Viney 4 disposals so far in the game, Brayshaw 4 disposals and Oliver 0 disposal that quarter. 

    Pull ya [censored] finger out lads!

    They are killing us at ground level all the way up both wings.. Where is our midfield hiding?

    2 minutes ago, praha said:

    Our backline saves this team. May Hibberd Salem even Lever probably filthy some of the goals and entries teams get against us.

    This is true tonight, and has been for a while now.

    May, Salem and Hibberd are our three leading possession getters.

    Their goals are coming from free kicks (not against the defenders) and turnovers up the ground. The last one was a rush of blood and a lot of luck, but the door was opened by Jones. We should have been slowly moving the ball down the wing.

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    All started with milkshakes poor kick inside 50 straight to saints player and then all went to [censored] form there. I F U  C  K. I. N.  G. hate that zone 50m rule, Tomlinson immediately ran away from the saint player who took the mark, BAM 50m!

    How dumb was Melksham and Jones


    Just now, titan_uranus said:

    We dominated the first half of the second quarter for one goal.

    Then we lapsed and let them back in.

    But even then, 47 seconds to go and we had a 14 point lead. And Jones had a free kick. His decision to kick across goal was abysmal. Coach-killing, abysmal football.

    We opened the door and then Jones welcomed them straight through it.

    Too many good players down, again: Viney 4, Brayshaw 4, Oliver 7, Petracca 8. 

    Fitness (and the existential dread of missing finals) will hopefully come to the fore and the midfield will pick up 

    #no excuses (with apologies to @Sir Why You Little)

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    Unbelievable that a so called leader & ex captain would kick across the face of goal is beyond me .. we’re is the leadership decision making...  

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    8 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Viney 4 disposals so far in the game, Brayshaw 4 disposals and Oliver 0 disposal that quarter. 

    Pull ya [censored] finger out lads!

    Absolutely. Thrse bloke are doimg a Tigers postgame celebration.

    6 to 1 cc.

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    1 minute ago, titan_uranus said:

     

    Too many good players down, again: Viney 4, Brayshaw 4, Oliver 7, Petracca 8. 

    Outside of Steele, Saints fans would be saying the same about their players.  It's not a high disposal game at the minute.

    Ross, Z Jones, Butler, Billings etc all in single figure disposals as well.

    Jones has had a great career but he should never play for us again. He is a liability. The biggest worry is I was not surprised by the stupidity of his decision making and his inability to execute. Then Gawn hits it to the open side next clearance and Viney doesn’t defend the back of it. These are allegedly leaders of this club. The last 6 minutes ruined a strong half performance. Time for some players to get angry get back to getting first hands on it and dictating the play. 

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    2 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Jack Steele killing us.

    We just fail to lock down on their best player every [censored] game.

     

    Yep. Looks like Oliver is his direct opponent & Steele is giving him a smashing... barely seen clarry even in and around the contest.

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    1 minute ago, dees-picable said:

    Nothing from Pickett Hannan Spargo VandenBerg and turnovers everywhere. Yep. It’s all going to plan. 

    Same names as usual bar Pickett who just looks tired.

     

    Saints look most dangerous when they have fast ball movement. We need to go back to the first qtr where we controlled the tempo and put massive pressure on them

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    Just now, Cards13 said:

    Our fwds have really let us down, Pickett, Weid, Hannan and Vanders have 2, 3, 3 and 4 touches. Along with Melk and Spargs with 4 each.

    they're not bringing it to ground either 


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