Port v Sandy elimination final

[saintspremiers]

Handy point. 37 up

[saintspremiers]

Port goal. We are up by 31 with 13 minutes in

[saintspremiers]

50 to Eli who will goal

[Bluthy]

Eli just showing off now. Do you remember this guy Richo?

[saintspremiers]

Another goal to Eli. 43 up 16 minutes down. Piss off Port

[Bluthy]

Pierce finally in the ruck. Longer has been huge to take the contested ball advantage away from Port which was meant to be their strength.

[saintspremiers]

Pammy five goals! Yeehaar!

[Bluthy]

TOMMY LEE GOAL OF THE YEAR - THIS AINT NO MOTLEY CREW OUT THERE TODAY - HOW FAR CAN THEY GO??

[saintspremiers]

Sinclair crunched and hurt. Just winded

[Con Gorozidis]

TOMMY LEE GOAL OF THE YEAR - THIS AINT NO MOTLEY CREW OUT THERE TODAY - HOW FAR CAN THEY GO??

[Bluthy]

NOK pure class. Can't wait to see what he can do next year. We have some really neat ball users - Sinclair, NOK, GResham - hope they can really show it next year in the big show

[Con Gorozidis]

133 to 78. Shellacking.

[Sainternist]

Tom Lee looks incredible at this level.

Wow, margin has really blown out in this last quarter.

[Bluthy]

getting ugly now. Save some for next week lads

[Bluthy]

Classic Eli poor kick. REally needs to work on that decision making. Gets plenty of it but if you don't use it well you shoot your team in the foot.

[Bluthy]

Billy is taking marks today!!! Its amazing what confidence does. The reports of his demise are greatly exaggerated

[Sainternist]

No way Longer ever be our #1 ruckman. Hickey has far superior skills. We'd be mad to trade Hickey, as suggested by Citywest.

[Sainternist]

Gary Ayres looking a bit like Lee Marvin these days.

[Bluthy]

No way Longer ever be our #1 ruckman. Hickey has far superior skills. We'd be mad to trade Hickey, as suggested by Citywest.

I'm just pointing out that finals is who other footy world - bash and crash ruckmen tend to thrive in that environment who can open up space for the onballers and hurt the oppo ones - the more technical ones may not. It's another element to the ruck jigsaw to consider. Lets see if Hicks can get through another year without injury. I like having the different options.

[Bluthy]

45 point win to Sandy. By the far the best team all day although it tightens up a bit in the 3rd qtr. Well done lads. Next week is Willy so will need to play at least at that level if not better. Great experience for the likes of Rice, Sincs, NOK etc. to play these finals games.

[Sainternist]

No way Longer ever be our #1 ruckman. Hickey has far superior skills. We'd be mad to trade Hickey, as suggested by Citywest.

I'm just pointing out that finals is who other footy world - bash and crash ruckmen tend to thrive in that environment who can open up space for the onballers and hurt the oppo ones - the more technical ones may not. It's another element to the ruck jigsaw to consider. Lets see if Hicks can get through another year without injury. I like having the different options.

I won't dispute that Billy can still offer tremendous value. He'll be very handy as a second-tier ruckman. Hickey just had a coming-of-age season. He really looks set to develop into an outstanding ruckman. At this stage, trading him would seem insane. Quality rucks are like gold.

[BigMart]

It depends as to whether he is happy enough to play VFL and wait for an injury to the #1 ruckman?

[saintbrat]

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/loca ... 31b63725a3

Port Melbourne 1.1 6.2 11.5 15.10 (100)

Sandringham 4.5 10.8 13.11 22.13 (145)

GOALS:

Port Melbourne: Mihocek 3 Rivett 3 Arnot 2 Osborne 2 Iaccarino Lange Clarke Golby Lisle

Sandringham: Lee 5 Shenton 4 Dennis-Lane 4 Templeton 2 Wilkins 2 Answerth Sinclair Grace Fisscher Pierce

BEST:

Port Melbourne: Tynan Cain Arnot Mihocek Rivett Lange

Sandringham: Longer Noone Curren Lee Cook Shenton

[saintbrat]

Photos from today
http://www.davesavell.com/p1056177128

[Con Gorozidis]

Does anyone know the eligibility rules and whether any Saints listed players will play next week?