P-man

This is getting fun now

Still 11 minutes to go. Keep going boys - %%%%%

Drinking game for the next match: Take a shot every time Roosy says “talent”. You’ll be legless by halftime.

Fair to say his successor has massive shoes to fill. Thanks PJ you legend.

Pretty sure @praha's question was tongue in cheek mate It's quite nice seeing Saints fans crying into their pillows over McCartin. Imagine passing on both Petracca and Brayshaw. Even watching De Goey would be tough viewing for them. So important to nail those top ten picks.

Jones will return to an outside role when Viney comes back. Viney himself is not exactly slow, although he’s more devastating as a ball winner. Good luck to any team trying to win a clearance with Gawn tapping to Oliver, Viney and Brayshaw. Before we recruit another speedy midfielder or two (which we still need to do imo), I prefer the idea of Hannan in the midfield than Hunt as he’s a much better user by foot. He mentioned in his podcast interview (well worth a listen) that he has an interest in moving to the midfield. The danger with that is robbing Peter to pay Paul, although Fritsch, Spargo, Melksham and when in form, Garlett, is still a very handy small-medium forward brigade. If only Hunt could learn how to kick on the run. When he takes his time he rarely misses a target. Mad Melbourne makes a great point though. Better skill execution which we showed at various steps against the Saints can make a team look twice as fast.

Apparently BT to his credit apologised on Talking Footy for his on air comments. It’s the ones who came out firing in the cold light of day after having a chance to properly review the tape that should be apologising. Are their eyes painted on? How did they not see Carlisle’s second action? Why did they need the goal post footage? I genuinely don’t understand. My eyes are shithouse and I saw him strike the throat when it happened live.

I wonder if any in the media will be big enough to publicly withdraw their OTT criticism. I won’t hold my breath.

The reaction from the media at large was ridiculous yet not in the least surprising. All rushing to condemn Jesse, many of them clearly doing so without having looked closely enough at the incident to notice the second action made by Carlisle. Jesse may have added some dressing but his reaction is within the realms of plausibility. At least the person who matters most (Christian) let common sense prevail, although I would've thought striking someone in the throat is worthy of a reprimand given their crackdown on the dreaded jumper punch.

Fine at most for Hogan, surely. I’m all for cracking down on staging but the fact remains Carlisle whacked him in the throat. Did he ham up the reacfion? Possibly. Anyone who has copped a whack to the throat knows his reaction is not totally fanciful. What’s annoying is I didn’t see a single media commentator even recognise that Carlisle struck Hogan in the throat. In fact I don’t think some even noticed it. They only looked at the contact that came just prior to it, which was minimal.

I get the frustration given it’s been an ongoing theme. The Saints are garbage and should have been properly buried. But granted, it’s not the only noteworthy thing to come out of the game. The individual positives in particular (Brayshaw excelling in the middle where he should be, Lever’s continuing improvement etc) were there for all to see.

Tiffs on Demonland are so often black vs white when there’s a lot of grey in between the two, It’s okay to be happy with the win. Because regardless of the sub-par competiton it was a good, professional win. It’s also okay to temper that by not being happy with the ending. A percentage boost was on offer and it wasn’t taken, We know how costly that can be. Both sides have merit. The namecalling and derogatory stuff is really unnecessary.

6. Oliver 5. Brayshaw 4. Hogan 3. Gawn 2. Jones 1. Lewis HM: Hibberd, Lever, Jetta, T Mac, Tyson

He openly barracked for the Saints today on more than one occasion.

God I love Nev.

Geeze we squander some guilt edged chances to score. Percentage boost is on offer here and we’re not taking it.

T Mac ?

T Mac is so good in the air.

It’s quite amusing. He takes any opportunity to talk us down.

Good chase Nib

Jesus Gus.

Go you good thing ?

“Tyson is a really good kick” Yeah, dunno about that BT.

Umps are protecting Maxy. Good to see.

Nah he was gone. Took the tackler on.