1 minute ago, BDA said:

Far out, some people are never happy.

No, just don't look at a game with rose coloured glasses

Did we 'absorb'? 

Or did St Kilda simply not have the rotations and reach by the end due to the fact they had one rotation for three quarters... 

I wonder.. 

We ain't going far with this form. 

Let's hear the fatigue card explanation again though, can't wait. 

Edited July 8, 20231 yr by JimmyGadson

Steven May. What a beast. And he took out three of their players!

They had 3 players down earlier on the game and could have easily snatched that.

Bit of a meh feeling to be honest but I'll take the win.

 

9 minutes ago, GCDee said:

Geese that win felt a lot like a loss. 

Thank god for May and Trac. 
 

Grundy and Gawn need to take a long hard look at them selves letting Marshall completely dominate that game. 

time for Kozz to head to Casey

Kozzie needs some inspiration at Casey ... Spargo could learn heaps at Casey ... Gawn & Grundy are way down on form. We were stretched as a consequence and it did not need to be so. 

12 minutes ago, gregdemon said:

Kozzie has to be dropped enough is enough. Not far to players trying to get a game.   Brisbane at mcg are poo so confident 

To be fair, ANB, Spargo, McVee, Melksham were quiet as well. A few others got the ball a bit but didn't impact

The rucking combo and the lack of impact around the ground by both is still an issue.  Good conditions for the big-boys too

And the turnovers!  Far too many given the conditions

We are playing like a team 6th - 8th, not a supposed premiership contender

Big test next Friday and only a win will suffice. We've now got a buffer sitting in 4th spot and need to defend that position like a top 4 team should

Any sort of loss will be unacceptable

Edited July 8, 20231 yr by Macca

1 minute ago, JimmyGadson said:

Did we 'absorb'? 

Or did St Kilda simply not have the rotations and reach by the end due to the fact the my had one rotation for three quarters... 

I wonder.. 

We ain't going far with this form. 

Let's hear the fatigue card explanation again though, can't wait. 

It is a win that doesn't really give an accurate read on where we are at.

Got plenty of issues and things to work on, will just take the win and live to fight another day for now. 

Credit to the saints who bought a lot of pressure.

More kicks.

More handballs.

More tackles.

Credit to May and Lever with over twenty marks.

 

 

 

God, Brereton is a tool.

We have some big issues.

The rucks were abysmal. 

Beaten in contested ball.

How bad is Petty?

Disposal of Rivers, Brayshaw, Bowey and others a huge concern.

 

Surely we can fit JVR into this team next week?

1 minute ago, dxwal said:

A good win against a good opponent. Very happy with that performance. Saints forward line is dangerous and their midfield matches ours. Winning against them shows we can beat Collingwood, Brisbane and Port Adelaide in finals if we play like this or better.

Saints forward line is dangerous, hence having them sit on the bench for most of the game freed up May to cause havoc. if he had to mind king there is no way he would played as well. it was a win but sadly we do not look like a premiership winning team. Kozzie needs to sit one out, Ben brown was good on the lead, shame we see so little of it. i dont understand the need to bomb it into the forward line constantly, we have proven that we seldom take the mark and our smalls rarely gather the crumbs. Why do we keep doing something that is so wrong.

When we good, I mean really mouth watering good in the past, our strength was how many players we would get to the contest, tonight we seemed outnumbered in so many occassions. I believe tyhe game plan has changed so dramatically that, the gettting numbers to the contest is no longer a priority.

Steven May take a bow what a great game. 

1 minute ago, JimmyGadson said:

Did we 'absorb'? 

Or did St Kilda simply not have the rotations and reach by the end due to the fact the my had one rotation for three quarters... 

I wonder.. 

We ain't going far with this form. 

Let's hear the fatigue card again though, can't wait. 

To be fair a short break back from Alice in a full 120 minute game in the wet should mean we were fatigued.

The saints had the short break too but the Eagles are a genuine training run.

Credit Goodwin for playing Tracc forward and bringing in 3 fresh runners.

We also allowed the Saints to have a half forward and sat a defender back. In that way we did adsorb and didn’t allow them any easy shots at goal aside from when we coughed it up.

Defensively: 8/10 for coaching, selection, execution.

The ball movement all over the ground: 4/10 at best given the Saints surely would’ve been blowing from half time 

5 minutes ago, pitmaster said:

Never before have I worried much about the commentary but Luke Darcy's barracking for the "brave Saints" was so damn irritating it drove me to the mute button.

Yes, if they'd won against the injury gods it would have been historic but wait until it happens FGS. 

And don't comment on any of the dodgy umpiring at any cost. Since when was an over the head handpass penalised as a throw? As in, almost never, until Spargo fired one off tonight. Elsewhere I've moaned about the non-free to Grundy directly in front of goal when he appeared manhandled by a bouncer.

Some good stuff in there - Sparrow has grown these last few weeks, young Woey showed promise, May, Lever, Petty and Salem were brilliant and Trac should have gained confidence from that. Brown was better and threatened. Glass half full.

Fully agree re the commentary. It happens every week. I was ready to throw something at the TV.

Just now, layzie said:

It is a win that doesn't really give an accurate read on where we are at.

Got plenty of issues and things to work on, will just take the win and live to fight another day for now. 

Doesn't give an accurate read on where we're at? 

We've played consistently bad football for over a month now!

Tonight was absolutely an accurate representation of where we're at! 

5 minutes ago, JimmyGadson said:

Did we 'absorb'? 

Or did St Kilda simply not have the rotations and reach by the end due to the fact they had one rotation for three quarters... 

I wonder.. 

We ain't going far with this form. 

Let's hear the fatigue card explanation again though, can't wait. 

Despite their inability to rotate, they had more possessions and tackles than in the fourth quarter.

I'm confident someone will say we were fatigued.

5 minutes ago, pitmaster said:

Never before have I worried much about the commentary but Luke Darcy's barracking for the "brave Saints" was so damn irritating it drove me to the mute button.

Yes, if they'd won against the injury gods it would have been historic but wait until it happens FGS. 

And don't comment on any of the dodgy umpiring at any cost. Since when was an over the head handpass penalised as a throw? As in, almost never, until Spargo fired one off tonight. Elsewhere I've moaned about the non-free to Grundy directly in front of goal when he appeared manhandled by a bouncer.

Some good stuff in there - Sparrow has grown these last few weeks, young Woey showed promise, May, Lever, Petty and Salem were brilliant and Trac should have gained confidence from that. Brown was better and threatened. Glass half full.

I agree I had to mute the game it was embarrassingly one sided commentary. 

4 minutes ago, Macca said:

To be fair, ANB, Spargo, McVee, Melksham were quiet as well. 

No they weren't. They all played yhe their role. Melksham did well, and McVee won most contests.

Edited July 8, 20231 yr by praha

gee, my MFCSS was super high this game

 

having said that, we'll smash Brisbane by 7 goals next week.

 

Go Dees

Just now, titan_uranus said:

Despite their inability to rotate, they had more possessions and tackles than in the fourth quarter.

I'm confident someone will say we were fatigued.

Loading.....lmfao

Just now, DemonOX said:

Steven May take a bow what a great game. 

Sensational

10 minutes ago, dxwal said:

A good win against a good opponent. Very happy with that performance. Saints forward line is dangerous and their midfield matches ours. Winning against them shows we can beat Collingwood, Brisbane and Port Adelaide in finals if we play like this or better.

Saints forward line is dangerous, hence having them sit on the bench for most of the game freed up May to cause havoc. if he had to mind king there is no way he would played as well. it was a win but sadly we do not look like a premiership winning team. Kozzie needs to sit one out, Ben brown was good on the lead, shame we see so little of it. i dont understand the need to bomb it into the forward line constantly, we have proven that we seldom take the mark and our smalls rarely gather the crumbs. Why do we keep doing something that is so wrong.

4 minutes ago, Macca said:

To be fair, ANB, Spargo, McVee, Melksham were quiet as well. A few others got the ball a bit but didn't impact

There’s quiet and then there’s Kosi.

He looked scared to get the ball tonight, super fumbly.

Which is such a let down after last week when he got his hands on it for the first time in a while and butchered it