Why was Brown out?

[terry smith rules]

1/ Jake is not a like for like with Brown so that seemed questionable

2/ Brisbane have many young good talls ( who yesterday were pretty much allowed to mark at will). How we longed for Browns big body and experience just to put some body on someone in a contest

3/ Without Brown who was the leader of the backline. How we needed an experienced head who may have been able to give direction when all about seemed lost. With Marsh, Wilkie, Battle with a handful of games between them Savage now completely out of form and McKenzie who was shot after 10 minutes of Charlie and Armo who although experienced is not a natural defender we were rudderless

Yes yes I know Brown is not the future but in an 8 point game that was as good as a final. We needed big bodies and experience
Fqf

[Enrico_Misso]

Totally perplexing.

Even more so when Richo opened with Carlisle in the forward line.

At one centre bounce I had the binocs on our backmen and ALL SIX of them were shorter then their opponents.
Hardly surprising that they outmarked us!

[SaintPav]

A few of us called out these selection mistakes on Thursday night.

It was a colossal f*** up.

[Waltzing St Kilda]

Pretty typical of match committee blunders that have dogged the Richo years.

EXHIBIT A: Jack Newnes.

EXHIBIT B: No, on second thoughts I rest my case.

[Rubyjo]

The St Kilda football club is an illusion.. We live in the matrix.. Life is a flat circle we go round and round making the same mistakes over and over. They who follow the club have no say in it and are destined for repeat experiences. Please disconnect us.

[cwrcyn]

Brown's ability to shut down an opponent is something we've been able to depend on, but what I think the coach has forgotten in this instance is Brown's ability organise the back half. It was seriously missed yesterday . Carlisle may be a a more gifted footballer, but an organiser he ain't. Pointing and moaning after the event is more his go.

[bigcarl]

Brown might not be the future, but he’s been very solid this season in difficult circumstances.

I wouldn’t have dropped him. His leadership down back has been first rate.

As for Carlisle playing ruck/forward, I don’t mind it. If Richo’s going to go down he might as well go down playing a few shots.

Usually he’s ultra conservative, so trying a few things different is a step in the right direction.

Unfortunately our was midfield was smashed comprehensively and Cameron was just too damned quick. A Jimmy Webster or lockdown specialist like Geary would have been very handy.

[Special]

Carlisle shouldn’t have played to start with.

He needed another week to build his base.

AR is desperate and clueless.

[The_President]

Pretty typical of match committee blunders that have dogged the Richo years.

EXHIBIT A: Jack Newnes.

EXHIBIT B: No, on second thoughts I rest my case.

Playing an injured Mav all year and then cutting him?

[bigcarl]

Pretty typical of match committee blunders that have dogged the Richo years.

EXHIBIT A: Jack Newnes.

EXHIBIT B: No, on second thoughts I rest my case.

Surely the coach has the final say.

[ace]

It is because of global warming.
Dan Andrews raised the royalty on brown coal knowing that would force the closure of Hazelwood power station.
But that meant that when the wind did not blow and the sun did not shine there was not enough electricity to go around.

That is why we had Brown Out

St Kilda FC supports the state Labor government because they got a big bribe from them.

[ace]

The St Kilda football club is an illusion.. We live in the matrix.. Life is a flat circle we go round and round making the same mistakes over and over. They who follow the club have no say in it and are destined for repeat experiences. Please disconnect us.

That's ground hog day.

[Joffa Burns]

1/ Jake is not a like for like with Brown so that seemed questionable

2/ Brisbane have many young good talls ( who yesterday were pretty much allowed to mark at will). How we longed for Browns big body and experience just to put some body on someone in a contest

3/ Without Brown who was the leader of the backline. How we needed an experienced head who may have been able to give direction when all about seemed lost. With Marsh, Wilkie, Battle with a handful of games between them Savage now completely out of form and McKenzie who was shot after 10 minutes of Charlie and Armo who although experienced is not a natural defender we were rudderless

Yes yes I know Brown is not the future but in an 8 point game that was as good as a final. We needed big bodies and experience
Fqf

Very good question.

Maybe Richo felt the Lions forwards like Hipwood were too mobile for Brown.

I would have thought Brown the logical choice for McStay.

[skeptic]

His number didn’t come up during bingo

[Saintly66]

Richo had skiddies on his undies and thought Nathan could help with the “brown”.

[The Fireman]

We had a Brown Out .. no doubt about that.

[SaintPav]

Carlisle shouldn’t have played to start with.

He needed another week to build his base.

AR is desperate and clueless.

At least one more. Hanners was probably underdone as well which made it worse.

[Saintmatt]

1/ Jake is not a like for like with Brown so that seemed questionable

2/ Brisbane have many young good talls ( who yesterday were pretty much allowed to mark at will). How we longed for Browns big body and experience just to put some body on someone in a contest

3/ Without Brown who was the leader of the backline. How we needed an experienced head who may have been able to give direction when all about seemed lost. With Marsh, Wilkie, Battle with a handful of games between them Savage now completely out of form and McKenzie who was shot after 10 minutes of Charlie and Armo who although experienced is not a natural defender we were rudderless

Yes yes I know Brown is not the future but in an 8 point game that was as good as a final. We needed big bodies and experience
Fqf

Very good question.

Maybe Richo felt the Lions forwards like Hipwood were too mobile for Brown.

I would have thought Brown the logical choice for McStay.

Which was precisely the dribbling delusional fool’s rationale for the Joyce for Brown change before GWS game. Never find Brown has always played well on Cameron as actually defends him

[HardSaint]

feeding the chooks is what it is
taking us for dummies
dropping Brown to bring in Carlisle and then play him up forward
bringing in Hannebury and hoping
no plan

just like playing Freeman last year

s***s and giggles

[freely]

It's not so much why Brown was out as why, given that Brown was out, Carlisle was played forward.

[repta]

My first idea was that it was Carlisle for Brown.
Then Carlisle played forward ??
Meanwhile Brown had been in our best for the last few weeks.

Maybe there wasnt a match up. MMM... no plenty of available matches ....

Maybe the match committee is purposely sabotarging Richo (not that they have to)

[spert]

Good way to reward one of our better players in recent weeks- drop him!