"The midfield got obliterated"
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"The midfield got obliterated"
"In a nutshell we got annihilated at clearances and inside," Lyon said after the match.
"First possession, clearances, hit-outs and hence momentum, and that's the modern game.
"The midfield got obliterated."
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/ ... fault.aspx
Have to agree, Mumford gave the mids first use all day, lucky in a way that Sydney had such poor footskills for a large portion of the game.
Ben just needs support in there, Kosi has been contesting a good 20+ ruck contests in recent weeks....he looked super wrecked out there today
"First possession, clearances, hit-outs and hence momentum, and that's the modern game.
"The midfield got obliterated."
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/ ... fault.aspx
Have to agree, Mumford gave the mids first use all day, lucky in a way that Sydney had such poor footskills for a large portion of the game.
Ben just needs support in there, Kosi has been contesting a good 20+ ruck contests in recent weeks....he looked super wrecked out there today
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This is exactly why we need to go after a good, experianced ruckman (Brisbane's Clark would be a good fit) to help Big Ben out and take us to the next level
Even a mediocre midfield can dominate if they get silver service at the ruck contests
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Even a mediocre midfield can dominate if they get silver service at the ruck contests
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They didn't look interested !
They didn't look interested !
I have just got back from sydney - we were terrible today! No energy it's like the whole list had been struck down with something?
McEvoy got a real lesson and there movement around the contest made us look silly.
It was not just that we lost but it was the worst game of AFL I have ever seen live- neither side will bother anyone in the finals.
I have just got back from sydney - we were terrible today! No energy it's like the whole list had been struck down with something?
McEvoy got a real lesson and there movement around the contest made us look silly.
It was not just that we lost but it was the worst game of AFL I have ever seen live- neither side will bother anyone in the finals.
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Try this mateSainterK wrote:Click on the link, and play the video TefTeflon wrote:where can I see/hear this?jonesy wrote:Nice tantrum from Ross in the conference....
http://www.foxsports.com.au/AFL/039obli ... =FoxSports
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Good to hear.jonesy wrote:Unsure,they showed it on fox tonight. Spat the dummy and walked out with a parting shot about the groundTeflon wrote:where can I see/hear this?jonesy wrote:Nice tantrum from Ross in the conference....
The ground is a farking pathetic disgrace.
If that nutjub Anderscum expects us to play there again I think there should be a riot.
Let's hope King Eddie gets on the bandwagon and says the Royal Pies don't want to play there again either.
Sadly, the Nazi AFL will force us to play there again should we finish 7th and Sydney 6th!!!
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He looks at the journos with complete disdain. It's very funny.saintspremiers wrote:Good to hear.jonesy wrote:Unsure,they showed it on fox tonight. Spat the dummy and walked out with a parting shot about the groundTeflon wrote:where can I see/hear this?jonesy wrote:Nice tantrum from Ross in the conference....
The ground is a farking pathetic disgrace.
If that nutjub Anderscum expects us to play there again I think there should be a riot.
Let's hope King Eddie gets on the bandwagon and says the Royal Pies don't want to play there again either.
Sadly, the Nazi AFL will force us to play there again should we finish 7th and Sydney 6th!!!
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Is it time to put people back to where they play well????
I think we are playing people in the middle more so for defensive match ups and roles rather than trying to win the match with good clearances and natural ability.
We need fisher in defense now more than ever and need to have Dal, Goddard, Jones, monty and the rest in the middle doing what they do best.
I know they rotate through there but what happened to playing them there till they needed a rest. we win games with them playing in the middle
again just an observation. I would like to see St Kilda attack more than be defensive.
I think we are playing people in the middle more so for defensive match ups and roles rather than trying to win the match with good clearances and natural ability.
We need fisher in defense now more than ever and need to have Dal, Goddard, Jones, monty and the rest in the middle doing what they do best.
I know they rotate through there but what happened to playing them there till they needed a rest. we win games with them playing in the middle
again just an observation. I would like to see St Kilda attack more than be defensive.
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The midfield got obliterated because they didn't go in for the hard ball. NDS and Monty went right back to their receiver mode and picked up easy possessions and had poor defensive games, while Steven tried hard as did Armo who are both still developing. Jones put his head in and tried hard, but didn't get much support. Goddard picked up easy possessions in the last quarter, but as a supposed elite player, just got kept out of the game far too easy, two weeks in row. We needed Lenny in there, but to expect a 32yo to solve future midfield problems isn't an option. A rudderless ship yesterday.
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BJ was very disappointing.spert wrote:The midfield got obliterated because they didn't go in for the hard ball. NDS and Monty went right back to their receiver mode and picked up easy possessions and had poor defensive games, while Steven tried hard as did Armo who are both still developing. Jones put his head in and tried hard, but didn't get much support. Goddard picked up easy possessions in the last quarter, but as a supposed elite player, just got kept out of the game far too easy, two weeks in row. We needed Lenny in there, but to expect a 32yo to solve future midfield problems isn't an option. A rudderless ship yesterday.
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TBH our midfield without Hayes has been extremely poor all year. Dal has been very good, Goddard has never been a contested ball winner, neither has Monty (as much as he tries) and Jones is competitive but nothing more.
If anything the loss of Hayes has proved just how much he's carried us in the middle since the departure of guys like Ball and even further back Thompson and Harves.
You look at the stats - Armo was our leading contested ball winner in the first 6 or so weeks and since then Steven has been leading our clearances. Says a lot really.
We desperately need to recruit some gun, hard at it midfielders over the next few years. Can Cripps win his own ball? He seems more like an outside zippy mid, if anything...
If anything the loss of Hayes has proved just how much he's carried us in the middle since the departure of guys like Ball and even further back Thompson and Harves.
You look at the stats - Armo was our leading contested ball winner in the first 6 or so weeks and since then Steven has been leading our clearances. Says a lot really.
We desperately need to recruit some gun, hard at it midfielders over the next few years. Can Cripps win his own ball? He seems more like an outside zippy mid, if anything...
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I like to think of Sunday as an off day, we've been up for about 10 weeks now and were bound to have another poor showing before seasons end, hopefully we have got it out of our system.
Interesting Old Mate what you say about Armo being our leading contested ball winner for the first 6 weeks, only to be taken out of the middle completely ever since. Surely in a game where we are being crucified in the clearances and contested ball it wouldn't hurt to throw him in for some center bounce work?
Interesting Old Mate what you say about Armo being our leading contested ball winner for the first 6 weeks, only to be taken out of the middle completely ever since. Surely in a game where we are being crucified in the clearances and contested ball it wouldn't hurt to throw him in for some center bounce work?
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Perspective,jonesy wrote:Unsure,they showed it on fox tonight. Spat the dummy and walked out with a parting shot about the groundTeflon wrote:where can I see/hear this?jonesy wrote:Nice tantrum from Ross in the conference....
Astonishing that different peple view the same piece of footgae) and come away with dimatrically opposite views of what they sae. (unless there was more footage that was not caontained in the linked clip?)
I saw no tantrum
I saw no dummy spit
I saw him react with disdain to a question from one 'journalist' that he'd answered previously.
He didn't raise his voice at all - he gave measured responses.