Match Thread Saints v Swans Round 12 2021
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Swans Round 12 2021
Has been a great pick up, as has Higgins despite his kicking today.
Ii still think we are marking the recruiters hard, they have brought 7 good to very good players into the club in the last 2 years
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Swans Round 12 2021
Yes but Hannebery is their albatross. Unfortunately for Hill, his recruitment, salary and contract has intensified the spotlight.Banger9798 wrote: ↑Sat 05 Jun 2021 8:00pmHas been a great pick up, as has Higgins despite his kicking today.
Ii still think we are marking the recruiters hard, they have brought 7 good to very good players into the club in the last 2 years
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Swans Round 12 2021
Yeah but we thought Hill was a great pick up at the time.
Everyone did.
Everyone did.
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At least Hill has the body and courage to get on the ground. We need to find others with the courage to put their best up against the rest. If we have that now, we are royally...Banger9798 wrote: ↑Sat 05 Jun 2021 9:49pm Yeah but we thought Hill was a great pick up at the time.
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Swans Round 12 2021
As much as I detest Collingwood Elliott when fit is a very handy player
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Swans Round 12 2021
Every AFL player is handy when they play their best footy. The best AFL players are the ones who play close to that more often than not.bangaulegend wrote: ↑Sat 05 Jun 2021 10:00pmAs much as I detest Collingwood Elliott when fit is a very handy player![]()
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Swans Round 12 2021
Fair callGhost Like wrote: ↑Sat 05 Jun 2021 10:03pmEvery AFL player is handy when they play their best footy. The best AFL players are the ones who play close to that more often than not.bangaulegend wrote: ↑Sat 05 Jun 2021 10:00pmAs much as I detest Collingwood Elliott when fit is a very handy player![]()
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Swans Round 12 2021
Marshall CHF / gun ruck
Jones midfield
Gresham forward mid
Paton best shut down small defender
Carlisle. Intercept Mark CHB
All unavailable against a AFL propt up full strength Sydney at the SCG. Great effort to be honest.
Jones midfield
Gresham forward mid
Paton best shut down small defender
Carlisle. Intercept Mark CHB
All unavailable against a AFL propt up full strength Sydney at the SCG. Great effort to be honest.
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Swans Round 12 2021
Missing Carlisle was not our problem. Howard, Wilkie, Webster, Clavarino did enough. Our mids & forwards lost this game.
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Lol, I reckon that one will stick. He’ll never live it down
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Swans Round 12 2021
Ghost Like wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 12:51amMissing Carlisle was not our problem. Howard, Wilkie, Webster, Clavarino did enough. Our mids & forwards lost this game.
Marshall is basically our most important player. CHF that takes the heat of King and Membrey.
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Swans Round 12 2021
Lots of young players for Sydney did very well yesterday, compared to promising players in Byrnes and Clav who had little influence.
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Swans Round 12 2021
Byrnes 13 and two goals while Clav in game two was reasonable. The Swans were at full strength their structure was not effected in any way. A lot easier to play a role.
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Swans Round 12 2021
Sorry Curly, that's too simple and lets too many off the hook. I do agree that Marshall is extremely important but the others need to be better, not reliant on one.CURLY wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 8:40amGhost Like wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 12:51amMissing Carlisle was not our problem. Howard, Wilkie, Webster, Clavarino did enough. Our mids & forwards lost this game.
Marshall is basically our most important player. CHF that takes the heat of King and Membrey.
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Swans Round 12 2021
Ghost Like wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 9:15amSorry Curly, that's too simple and lets too many off the hook. I do agree that Marshall is extremely important but the others need to be better, not reliant on one.CURLY wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 8:40amGhost Like wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 12:51amMissing Carlisle was not our problem. Howard, Wilkie, Webster, Clavarino did enough. Our mids & forwards lost this game.
Marshall is basically our most important player. CHF that takes the heat of King and Membrey.
I’m sure they do have to be better that’s all good. The issue is we are severely depleted due to injury and one of them happens to be our most important structural player.
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So that lets players who should be able to hold their spots on their merit off the hook?
Again, too simplistic for mine. All teams at this stage of a season have injuries to important players, it is the good teams that step up and overcome them that play finals or at least win games.
Again, too simplistic for mine. All teams at this stage of a season have injuries to important players, it is the good teams that step up and overcome them that play finals or at least win games.
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Swans Round 12 2021
Not all teams have injuries to key personal which is our issue as we have a second year forward to make matters worse. If King was out and Marshall was playing the structure would be far more sustainable.Ghost Like wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 9:37am So that lets players who should be able to hold their spots on their merit off the hook?
Again, too simplistic for mine. All teams at this stage of a season have injuries to important players, it is the good teams that step up and overcome them that play finals or at least win games.
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Swans Round 12 2021
Such a cop out for those selected. Sydney are on a par with us, we came up short. Collingwood are on a par with Adelaide and were missing some genuine talent, yet won. Do not give those who played and lost yesterday an easy out.CURLY wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 9:55amNot all teams have injuries to key personal which is our issue as we have a second year forward to make matters worse. If King was out and Marshall was playing the structure would be far more sustainable.Ghost Like wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 9:37am So that lets players who should be able to hold their spots on their merit off the hook?
Again, too simplistic for mine. All teams at this stage of a season have injuries to important players, it is the good teams that step up and overcome them that play finals or at least win games.
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Swans Round 12 2021
Ghost Like wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 10:01amSuch a cop out for those selected. Sydney are on a par with us, we came up short. Collingwood are on a par with Adelaide and were missing some genuine talent, yet won. Do not give those who played and lost yesterday an easy out.CURLY wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 9:55amNot all teams have injuries to key personal which is our issue as we have a second year forward to make matters worse. If King was out and Marshall was playing the structure would be far more sustainable.Ghost Like wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 9:37am So that lets players who should be able to hold their spots on their merit off the hook?
Again, too simplistic for mine. All teams at this stage of a season have injuries to important players, it is the good teams that step up and overcome them that play finals or at least win games.
Yes that happens what’s your point. Collingwood won on the back of a 28 year old. Our equivalent is 21 in Higgins. Collingwoods starting forward line was complete. They also didn’t lose a player in the first quarter.
Also Sydney were at full strength.
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If you cannot work out my point then stop replying. Grundy??? Adams??? Howe??? All missing. Adelaide at full strength. Yet Collingwood persevered and won. That is about the players who pulled on the jumper yesterday and played winning football, unlike those who pulled on the St Kilda jumper. They need to be better, not have better excuses.CURLY wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 10:10amGhost Like wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 10:01amSuch a cop out for those selected. Sydney are on a par with us, we came up short. Collingwood are on a par with Adelaide and were missing some genuine talent, yet won. Do not give those who played and lost yesterday an easy out.CURLY wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 9:55amNot all teams have injuries to key personal which is our issue as we have a second year forward to make matters worse. If King was out and Marshall was playing the structure would be far more sustainable.Ghost Like wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 9:37am So that lets players who should be able to hold their spots on their merit off the hook?
Again, too simplistic for mine. All teams at this stage of a season have injuries to important players, it is the good teams that step up and overcome them that play finals or at least win games.
Yes that happens what’s your point. Collingwood won on the back of a 28 year old. Our equivalent is 21 in Higgins. Collingwoods starting forward line was complete. They also didn’t lose a player in the first quarter.
Also Sydney were at full strength.
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Ghost Like wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 10:19amIf you cannot work out my point then stop replying. Grundy??? Adams??? Howe??? All missing. Adelaide at full strength. Yet Collingwood persevered and won. That is about the players who pulled on the jumper yesterday and played winning football, unlike those who pulled on the St Kilda jumper. They need to be better, not have better excuses.CURLY wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 10:10amGhost Like wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 10:01amSuch a cop out for those selected. Sydney are on a par with us, we came up short. Collingwood are on a par with Adelaide and were missing some genuine talent, yet won. Do not give those who played and lost yesterday an easy out.CURLY wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 9:55amNot all teams have injuries to key personal which is our issue as we have a second year forward to make matters worse. If King was out and Marshall was playing the structure would be far more sustainable.Ghost Like wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 9:37am So that lets players who should be able to hold their spots on their merit off the hook?
Again, too simplistic for mine. All teams at this stage of a season have injuries to important players, it is the good teams that step up and overcome them that play finals or at least win games.
Yes that happens what’s your point. Collingwood won on the back of a 28 year old. Our equivalent is 21 in Higgins. Collingwoods starting forward line was complete. They also didn’t lose a player in the first quarter.
Also Sydney were at full strength.
Adelaide missing Milera Brown Talia Crouch. Plus Walker had a shocker in front of goal.
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So??? Is that an excuse? Does that let them off the hook? I could have named all of Collingwood's missing but the point was to name Grundy, surely a more structurally important player to Collingwood than Marshall is to us but they found a way to win. We didn’t and we should have. Yesterday's loss is the hardest to take of all our losses this year.CURLY wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 10:24amGhost Like wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 10:19amIf you cannot work out my point then stop replying. Grundy??? Adams??? Howe??? All missing. Adelaide at full strength. Yet Collingwood persevered and won. That is about the players who pulled on the jumper yesterday and played winning football, unlike those who pulled on the St Kilda jumper. They need to be better, not have better excuses.CURLY wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 10:10amGhost Like wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 10:01amSuch a cop out for those selected. Sydney are on a par with us, we came up short. Collingwood are on a par with Adelaide and were missing some genuine talent, yet won. Do not give those who played and lost yesterday an easy out.CURLY wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 9:55amNot all teams have injuries to key personal which is our issue as we have a second year forward to make matters worse. If King was out and Marshall was playing the structure would be far more sustainable.Ghost Like wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 9:37am So that lets players who should be able to hold their spots on their merit off the hook?
Again, too simplistic for mine. All teams at this stage of a season have injuries to important players, it is the good teams that step up and overcome them that play finals or at least win games.
Yes that happens what’s your point. Collingwood won on the back of a 28 year old. Our equivalent is 21 in Higgins. Collingwoods starting forward line was complete. They also didn’t lose a player in the first quarter.
Also Sydney were at full strength.
Adelaide missing Milera Brown Talia Crouch. Plus Walker had a shocker in front of goal.
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Swans Round 12 2021
Why is Grundy more important than Marshall? Marshall plays CHF then rucks I’d say that’s important.Ghost Like wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 10:34amSo??? Is that an excuse? Does that let them off the hook? I could have named all of Collingwood's missing but the point was to name Grundy, surely a more structurally important player to Collingwood than Marshall is to us but they found a way to win. We didn’t and we should have. Yesterday's loss is the hardest to take of all our losses this year.CURLY wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 10:24amGhost Like wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 10:19amIf you cannot work out my point then stop replying. Grundy??? Adams??? Howe??? All missing. Adelaide at full strength. Yet Collingwood persevered and won. That is about the players who pulled on the jumper yesterday and played winning football, unlike those who pulled on the St Kilda jumper. They need to be better, not have better excuses.CURLY wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 10:10amGhost Like wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 10:01amSuch a cop out for those selected. Sydney are on a par with us, we came up short. Collingwood are on a par with Adelaide and were missing some genuine talent, yet won. Do not give those who played and lost yesterday an easy out.CURLY wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 9:55amNot all teams have injuries to key personal which is our issue as we have a second year forward to make matters worse. If King was out and Marshall was playing the structure would be far more sustainable.Ghost Like wrote: ↑Sun 06 Jun 2021 9:37am So that lets players who should be able to hold their spots on their merit off the hook?
Again, too simplistic for mine. All teams at this stage of a season have injuries to important players, it is the good teams that step up and overcome them that play finals or at least win games.
Yes that happens what’s your point. Collingwood won on the back of a 28 year old. Our equivalent is 21 in Higgins. Collingwoods starting forward line was complete. They also didn’t lose a player in the first quarter.
Also Sydney were at full strength.
Adelaide missing Milera Brown Talia Crouch. Plus Walker had a shocker in front of goal.
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OK Curly, you're right. Grundy is dispensable. Whilst St Kilda doesn't have Marshall, all our players get a free pass and we should not expect to win a game.
Good plan, our coaches, our recruiters and our players will be so relieved that the pressure is off whilst Marshall doesn't play.
Good plan, our coaches, our recruiters and our players will be so relieved that the pressure is off whilst Marshall doesn't play.