One thing stands out to me. When we are getting soundly beaten, we turn the game into a combo of rugby union and Auskick. Rolling mauls. We strangle and smother the free-flow of the game for a stalemate until we can get the ball out the back for Higgo and others to run into a vacant fwd line. We can...

B.M wrote: ↑Fri 19 Apr 2024 5:52pm 170 points for Bailey Dale

Fair to say he gave Owens a bath

170 AF points?

Our club will help someone get a Brownlow.
It used to be a mids' award, for the first time in a long time, it'll go to a HB.
Thanks Saints

So was it the unlucky bounce in 2009 or more this unfortunate game plan? It needs to be asked at some stage. Shaw, Thomas, O'Brien etc. kept rebounding everything at will in 2010 .. we made them superstars. Enright, Kelly and Milburn destroyed us in 2009 ... we gave them too much latitude. Martin 4...

I don't like commentators but they made fun of our guys guarding grass and not oppo.

You look at the disposals for Doggies and it was 100 more than us.
Pathetic

Based on what we've seen so far, Here's my tips for worrying games where our poor midfield and fwd line will see us get touched up badly. You might call me a fool, but look at the style that had us beat Pies, Tigers; and get close to Cats n Giants. We devolved into rugby scrums, like Auskick. Becaus...

saintkid wrote: ↑Fri 19 Apr 2024 11:46pm True but some of his selection decisions this season have me perplexed to be honest.

'His' selection decisions?

Is he Kim Jong-Un?

They sit around a table.
Batchelor, Goddard, Harvey, Boris, maybe Lenny gets an equal say as Dev Coach.

They ALL have input

AFL site has him ranked pretty low on AF points.
I think he took 4 marks and got 11 disposals for the game.

One of his worst games in RW &B.

5 Windhager
4 Hill
3 Wilson
2+1 Nobody
Wilkie was soundly beaten whenever Naughton and him were close together. His dump kicks outta defence were to nobody.
Sinclair got under 20 touches and I don't know him anymore.
NAS was fumbly and flustered.

RTB said last yr, after a crappy game, it was a 'mulligan'.
I'm worried he thinks the same about tonight.
Presser- he said 'it's not us' as if it were another mulligan.

It needs to be examined, identified, and fixed

They said Sharman's goal post-siren puts this train wreck at 2nd biggest loss under RTB

bigcarl wrote: ↑Thu 18 Apr 2024 11:52pm Nearly his worst loss in ??151 games?? as Saints coach. We will get there, not not this season barring miracles

Commentator reckons his biggest loss as Saints coach is about 66 pts in 2009 or 2008.

The club should NOT ask us on Twitter/X to vote on the 'Sainter of the Day'.

That's like awarding a prize to a child for just turning up

saintkid wrote: ↑Thu 18 Apr 2024 9:03pm Incredibly embarrassing to watch this.
Many look flat footed and way too reactive.
Sorry to say but Membrey has had his time and Jones should be playing for Sandringham if this team is fair dinkum about improving for the future.

I said last week that Membrey is past his best, you all bagged me

The Dogs aren't even that good- we're making them look top 4

Butler should be the sub.
Garcia, the teenager, did a lot more in limited time.

I've never been a fan of Butler, far too showy and tries all the trick shots

Jamarra out, is great for us.
He's potentially a 3-4 goal guy, and can set up others.

We hold the AFL to a higher standard than they do themselves.

Broadcasters prob told them to find wriggle room to get Charlie off

My changes would be
In: Jones (not as sub), Garcia to bench
Outs: Butler, Sharman (Cooper was good in the Pies game but otherwise ineffective)

It means we lose height but Sharman wasn't giving much presence in the air anyway

Geez...
I would've dropped Butler before Jones.

Only 2 games, small sample size, but
Avg disp 8.5
Turnovers 3.0

His cheeky goal was a silly party trick that worked, but no other team will let him do that again

I'll add to my comments by saying his value in dropping back to take saving marks, which he could be relied upon to do when needed, is still there, but he is being negated by being a bit shorter than most oppo mids who are at least 6-10 cm taller. I still have him as best 23, but eventually he'll be...

Skunk is now one of those guys who has lost too much skill and touch.
Up until the covid era, he could be relied on to have very good games at the rate of 5-6 decent games per 10 games.
His clean touch and skill are gone for good

RTB would be worried about the post match presser, when our PR team warns him he'll get probed by reporters

I don't know how to attach a link... Prior to the game, RTB was talking about Collard. 'I love Lance so much, I let him have my car for 2 months' 😳 RTB recently lost too many demerit points over a 3 yr period so licence suspended for 2 mths. ''He got it cleaned, left it with a full tank" lol J...

Ground balls Awareness, which may get better as he picks up tempo and pressure of AFL Decision making 2 Tigers were about to pounce on a ground ball in our D50. Darcy had fallen over in the contest- but refused to give up, punched the ball outta their reach and straight to a Sainter in the clear. T...

samuraisaint wrote: ↑Sun 07 Apr 2024 10:39pm We match up well against GWS. I am more confident against them than I am of us versing Cats, Essendon or Port or the Crows if I'm being honest.

VERSUS

'Versing' isn't a damn word