leigh matthews on last week's game

bigcarl · Post: # 948542Post **bigcarl** » Mon 28 Jun 2010 1:46pm

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/ ... ewsid/9699

clawed cats will live again. interesting analysis

jays · Post: # 948545Post **jays** » Mon 28 Jun 2010 1:52pm

not a bad article good read

InkerSaint · Post: # 948547Post **InkerSaint** » Mon 28 Jun 2010 1:53pm

I read as far as "The Saints won because their small forwards crumbed a few opportunistic goals and every Geelong forward had a bad night" and stopped.

Any analysis piece drawing that long a bow isn't worth reading.

Thinline · Post: # 948550Post **Thinline** » Mon 28 Jun 2010 2:02pm

InkerSaint wrote:I read as far as "The Saints won because their small forwards crumbed a few opportunistic goals and every Geelong forward had a bad night" and stopped.

Any analysis piece drawing that long a bow isn't worth reading.

Me too.

Ablett's two goals weren't opportunistic? His snap was flukier than the Schneidermans...

Every geelong had a bad night becasue our mids did better than broke even and our backmen are and were the cream of the crop.

stinger · Post: # 948557Post **stinger** » Mon 28 Jun 2010 2:14pm

in one of those goals, the ball appears to change course or deflect as it passes the goal post

wasoncestkil58 · Mon 28 Jun 2010 2:33pm

Leigh is just helping Bomber out 'cos he was nowhere near it on Friday. Haha

InkerSaint · Post: # 948582Post **InkerSaint** » Mon 28 Jun 2010 3:38pm

OK so I went back and read the rest of the article. It lived up to expectations.

I heard and read plenty on the weekend about Saints players' bad behaviour during the match and nothing at all about a 192cm 31yo so-called "fullback of the century" being outmarked in front of goal by a 180cm 20yo opponent, who he then proceeded to rough up while standing over him.

degruch · Post: # 948593Post **degruch** » Mon 28 Jun 2010 4:11pm

Funny article, he seemed far more complimentary in his commentary Friday night. Certainly, brushing us off with comments like "The Saints won because their small forwards crumbed a few opportunistic goals and every Geelong forward had a bad night" sounds a lot like an excuse he came up with afterwards...there was barely a word from the entire commentary team at the end of the third as they were all in shock.

StSteven · Post: # 948598Post **StSteven** » Mon 28 Jun 2010 4:32pm

Hope their flu stays with them and none of our guys were coughed on........

SaintPav · Post: # 948601Post **SaintPav** » Mon 28 Jun 2010 4:36pm

For crying out loud we kept this great Geelong team goaless for the second half, scorless for the third term and kept them to their lowest score since 1956. Sure they had a bad night but it was maybe becasue of defensive srtucture is so superb. Credit where credit is due.

Note: we have kepth the rest of the top six to similar low scores so it ain't no fluke but I guess they just had bad nights too, hey Leigh.

saint75 · Post: # 948606Post **saint75** » Mon 28 Jun 2010 4:43pm

We are THE BEST team in the AFL and have been since the beginning of last year. We just did not come away with the premiership cup at the end of 2009. It just was not meant to be. Won't be the same story this year!!!