11 hours ago, deanox said:

The Saints have:

- Had a hard fight in the last to win;

- One day less recovery;

- Return travel; and

- They ran a combined 294.8 km vs our 275 km (nearly 1 km per player extra).

 

I'm not sure how much this matters in round 1. Are the players fresh so it doesn't matter? Or is the first hit out tough to recover from?

 

 

Combined km is an interesting metric, I'd not thought of that. It's probably important who runs the distance eh?

Eg my main man Ed Langdon running 21km is probably just a light run for him, but Viney running 21km?

16 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

BTW Freo missed several easy ones

As did we though. Jackson et al.

7 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

Is that a joke?

membrey is the least of our concerns

I would say Membrey is the most of our concerns.

Was near BOG yesterday with 3 goals and has forever kicked bags of goals against us.

11 minutes ago, Kent said:

tell me please who will stop Tim Membry?

Steven May

6 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

Is that a joke?

membrey is the least of our concerns

Did you even watch the game lmao?  Membrey was really good for the Saints, marked nearly everything that came his way, also his kicking was good.

So dismissive of a player who had a great game, and usually kicks at least a few against us at the least.

It’ll boil down to slotting our set-shots. The saint were very good in this department yesterday considering the conditions.

Trac has a critical role to play. He beat the saints last year. They don’t match up on him well so he could snag a 5-goal haul. Fritsch and TMac to contribute also. I feel we’ll need to kick 15-8 or similar to win.

11 minutes ago, Better days ahead said:

Steven May

I think May takes Max King. Was fantastic on him last year.

Tomlinson probably takes Membrey which is a slight concern.

You would think Ratten was up there with Norm, Jock McHale etc given some of the talk on here. Saints are an average team.

We beat them last year and will do it again this week.

St Kilda's best line is their forwards and our best is our defenders. If we can get on top in the middle playing mostly in our half and limit their opportunities we'll be in it up to our eyeballs. 

I’m strangely confident.

What’s the opposite of MFCSS?

St Kilda is a game we should win if we are to make the 8, let alone top 4. They are in the 7 or 8 middle list sides just like us.This is exactly the sort of game we have a habit of dropping under Goodwin, apart from 2018. Be an interesting indicator of whether anything has changed this year. I fear it hasn’t.....

13 minutes ago, Better days ahead said:

I’m strangely confident.

What’s the opposite of MFCSS?

SSCFM   Super Successful Club Footballs Megastars

19 minutes ago, Better days ahead said:

I’m strangely confident.

What’s the opposite of MFCSS?

It's still MFCSS, just change the last word to 'stupidity'...........(sorry!)

I hope the "why we beat x team' thread continues weekly.... it's a positive place for positive people.

4 minutes ago, Deeoldfart said:

sorry!

apology accepted.

10 minutes ago, Engorged Onion said:

I hope the "why we beat x team' thread continues weekly.... it's a positive place for positive people.

Don't get too comfortable, next time we lose there'll be a "why we'll never win another game" thread

Edited March 21, 20215 yr by ArtificialWisdom

11 hours ago, Win4theAges said:

They will be heavy legged after today's slogfest with BWS, we have had an extra day and a half to recover, slept in their own beds. 

Something on your mind mate? Lockdown been tough on us all. ?
I hear Dan Murphy was BoG

21 minutes ago, Engorged Onion said:

I hope the "why we beat x team' thread continues weekly.... it's a positive place for positive people.

You’ve tempted fate there EO. Expect the “Why we lose to St. Kilda” thread to appear any minute now.

1 hour ago, NeveroddoreveN said:

Did you even watch the game lmao?  Membrey was really good for the Saints, marked nearly everything that came his way, also his kicking was good.

So dismissive of a player who had a great game, and usually kicks at least a few against us at the least.

I think its quite evident that old mate Roost it doesn't watch saints games or has any idea that in the past Tim Membrey has absolutely owned us.

Don't take him serious.

56 minutes ago, Better days ahead said:

I’m strangely confident.

What’s the opposite of MFCSS?

Stupidity! 

41 minutes ago, ManDee said:

SSCFM   Super Successful Club Footballs Megastars

Well if nothing else it gave me a laugh. 

Two things important for us to do well if we want to win:

1. Defensive spread from our midfielders. Freo waltzed around us in numbers through the middle of the ground and they achieved 50+ inside 50's. However, at one point we had Jordon, Sparrow and Bradshaw at some centre bounces which didn't help. Viney in is a massive bonus if he is fit.

2. If we hit our targets inside 50, we win. On Saturday, our delivery into 50 and set shot goal kicking was embarrassing.

Who is going to stop their midget, speedy forwards?

8 minutes ago, david_neitz_is_my_dad said:

Who is going to stop their midget, speedy forwards?

This is why Hunt needs to stay in the side. While he had a disappointing game, he's the only one who can keep up with their smalls when they slingshot out the back.

Jetta just needs to lock down on Higgins or Lonie and don't worry about getting a touch. He's got the smarts to use his body positioning and strength to at least keep up with them around the contests.

Nick Smith who played at the Swans was a back pocket specialist who u had huge respect for. Played on the games best forwards in Betts, Rioli, Didak and would just completely shut them out of the game just due to his discipline style and body positioning. Wasn't quick either, but did the job.

31 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

I think its quite evident that old mate Roost it doesn't watch saints games or has any idea that in the past Tim Membrey has absolutely owned us.

Don't take him serious.

Whilst I agree Membrey is a key to the Saints I’m confident we have the defence to nullify him. We just need to match them on the outside and the games ours