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- Sat 25 May 2024 3:22pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Ross Lyon Looks ahead to Narrm - Pressser
- Replies: 26
- Views: 693
Re: Ross Lyon Looks ahead to Narrm - Pressser
If Lyon wasn't our coach, there is no way we play finals last year with the injuries we had for the first half of the season. No chance! A few weeks ago, we would have beaten by twice as much against the Dogs if he wasn't coaching. RTB can clearly coach, and I am certainly a lot more confident in o...
- Sat 25 May 2024 7:12am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Phillipou
- Replies: 17
- Views: 610
Re: Phillipou
I don't think he has that speed and run naturally that you need as a midfielder..from a runner's point of view anyway.
- Fri 24 May 2024 12:30pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Team Saints V Melbourne
- Replies: 80
- Views: 2164
Re: Team Saints V Melbourne
This is a game we can win by playing attacking, positive football, exploiting Melbourne's lack of real leg speed. That's what West Coast did, apparently ... I didn't watch the game. If Lyon allows the game to open up, by shelving his negative lame plan, we should win on the MCG. You know Lyon will ...
- Fri 24 May 2024 8:26am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Team Saints V Melbourne
- Replies: 80
- Views: 2164
Re: Team Saints V Melbourne
Byrnes = Robert Eddy Bonner = Brett Peake (?) :cry: :cry: :cry: When is Keeler going to get a go?? If we’re going to score 50 points and lose every game, at least give us something to look forward to . Needs to dominate a bit more in Sandy games over four quarters, not just do a few speccy things h...
- Thu 23 May 2024 4:04pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Zebras v Tigers
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1577
Re: Zebras v Tigers
I reckon my old granddad would have snagged a couple of goals against the Richmond 4ths.
- Thu 23 May 2024 2:16pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Jon Ralph is a tool.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 799
Re: Jon Ralph is a tool.
All he is saying is that our good performance last year (which surprised everyone, noting the year of experimentation and the injuries we had particularly early) resulted in the bar being set too high for this year. He is under the pump because he isn't living up to last year when in reality with o...
- Thu 23 May 2024 12:12pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Ye old Cordy
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1026
Re: Ye old Cordy
Wasn't Cordy CHF in the Dogs premiership? If so, why not play him there- we need a bit of grunt on the HF line.
- Thu 23 May 2024 10:57am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Sack Lyon
- Replies: 189
- Views: 4989
Re: Sack Lyon
Can't see Lyon hanging around for the long term
- Thu 23 May 2024 8:23am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Innovate or perish. Part 2
- Replies: 50
- Views: 1309
Re: Innovate or perish. Part 2
A few things from that Collingwood game we won- the midfield were much more attacking, Windy played a more attacking game and got the ball out, and since his suspension, seems to have gone into his shell a bit and is now just defending and nullifying. Nas got a lot of the ball and set up a lot of pl...
- Wed 22 May 2024 8:08pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Good kicks taking short kicks
- Replies: 15
- Views: 443
Re: Good kicks taking short kicks
I'm always bemused by the way we take so long to bring the ball in from a kick out, often just to kick it 15m. Yet our opponents almost always bring it straight in, often with kicks of 30-50m. Watched a game a few days ago, the kick-in went a long way towards the wing to 2 guys who were well in the...
- Wed 22 May 2024 6:27pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Sack Lyon
- Replies: 189
- Views: 4989
Re: Sack Lyon
With all due respect, Battle at his height can get away with playing a CHB (nominally) But it is another matter playing as a key forward at that size where you have an opponent focused on spoiling (at least) And Owen is 191cm, so smaller again In regards Ratts and defence, during the season in Quee...
- Wed 22 May 2024 3:30pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Sack Lyon
- Replies: 189
- Views: 4989
Re: Sack Lyon
I think it is time for Battle to be put in the forward half- he came to us as a forward anyway. All the talk about Owens should be in the midfield is just pie in the sky, I would like to see him developed as a CHB as I think he would perfect in that role. Battle is more skilful than Owens and has be...
- Wed 22 May 2024 8:35am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Play the kids etc.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 545
Re: Play the kids etc.
I’m the other way I think we’ve gifted games, which I’m not a fan of Nothing wrong with learning in the VFL - especially with more significant roles I agree- we can't just gift games to those who are not really busting their guts at VFL level. I was a bit crook on Collard getting a senior game afte...
- Tue 21 May 2024 12:43pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Sack Lyon
- Replies: 189
- Views: 4989
Re: Sack Lyon
So Teffers Are you saying he inherited a bad list Ipso facto Ratten had a poor list Meaning it wasn’t his coaching - it was the list then too… right?! Ratten's defensive systems were s*** and he didn't know where our List was at. So it had a bit to do with his coaching. In hindsight Richo was a bet...
- Tue 21 May 2024 12:23pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: For the "In Ross we Trust" brigade
- Replies: 83
- Views: 2063
Re: For the "In Ross we Trust" brigade
Jack Stevens played 30 games before Ross showed his true colours and ran off to Freo for the cash. So if you claim he developed him he didn't develop Fyfe who already had 40 games before he arrived. Sean Darcy played 26 games only under Ross. You haven't really helped your own argument by showing h...
- Tue 21 May 2024 10:52am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: RoMa in the ruck
- Replies: 56
- Views: 1467
Re: RoMa in the ruck
Can't really knock Marshall- he is doing a great job, but I feel his actions of grabbing the ball at centre bounces and booting it, are almost a message to our midfield to get into it. Our mids are static at ball ups and stoppages, no running, no spreading, just blocking, playing behind and playing ...
- Tue 21 May 2024 7:44am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Changes for Dees game
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1482
Re: Changes for Dees game
Drop every midfielder that got beaten in the last two games, tell the senior players to stop fumbling and dropping marks that they should be taking..that includes Max.
- Mon 20 May 2024 12:09pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: The Blame game
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1006
Re: The Blame game
A handful of times at best, until he had been moved up the ground to play in other positions in most matches.
- Mon 20 May 2024 10:48am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: The Blame game
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1006
Re: The Blame game
Ok, we can use a lot more class in our team- like most teams, but we are playing a terrible style of football as a TEAM. We can point the finger at a few player's form, but what I see is a team who are not working together, lost confidence, look confused, and you don't necessarily need elite skills ...
- Mon 20 May 2024 8:55am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Sack Lyon
- Replies: 189
- Views: 4989
Re: Sack Lyon
People who can’t see why the club move both Richo and Ratten on are clueless 6 years Richo 3 more shyte years of Brett Both telling the Board we were top 4 - horse shyte That’s coaches saving their arse Both involved in decisions to top up with Jones, Howard’s, Hannerbury etc at the expense of draf...
- Mon 20 May 2024 7:38am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Bonner to Hill, Freo goal
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1160
Re: Bonner to Hill, Freo goal
Mmmm...this to me is a classic chicken or egg delima. Yes in the breadbasket would have been easier to mark But that was a dropped regulation catch at the elite level by a highly skilled player. Hill stuffed that up for mine. Hill should have grabbed that mark easily, it was a good kick to him in t...
- Sun 19 May 2024 5:12pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Votes v Freo
- Replies: 21
- Views: 764
Re: Votes v Freo
5. Marshall
4. Sincs
3. Battle
2. Bonner
1. Owens (needs to string 4 quarters together)
4. Sincs
3. Battle
2. Bonner
1. Owens (needs to string 4 quarters together)
- Sun 19 May 2024 4:23pm
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Is it the midfield, or our forwards?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 447
Re: Is it the midfield, or our forwards?
As far as I can tell our midfield is setup to try and negate rather than do anything constructive I get that our midfield is not flash but they need to play with some freedom and dare Coaches need to stepup and make proper use of what we have That's a real problem, but I don't think with Lyon's sys...
- Sun 19 May 2024 11:59am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: Is it the midfield, or our forwards?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 447
Re: Is it the midfield, or our forwards?
It's not like we have a great forward line waiting for a good midfield to come along and help them out- both are sh*thouse. I think the votes for the best players in the comp this season are mostly midfielders. Our forwards don't seem to know each other, and the mids are just static when the ball is...
- Sun 19 May 2024 9:58am
- Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
- Topic: For the "In Ross we Trust" brigade
- Replies: 83
- Views: 2063
Re: For the "In Ross we Trust" brigade
To the players and coach- you give us something to smile about, and we'll smile back at you. I don't think they give a stuff about usThe Fireman wrote: ↑Sun 19 May 2024 9:52am THE MAIN PROBLEM IS THE SUPPORTERS
THE NEGATIVITY IS CREEPING RIGHT THROUGH TO THE PLAYERS.
sorry had the caps on.