Match Thread Saints v Blues Round 20 2021
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Blues Round 20 2021
I'm going early but I have seen enough of Cooper Sharman to suggest he will be a really good player. He obviously has to add some size, but I can see him surpassing Wood/Battle and playing that 3rd tall role for us.
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Blues Round 20 2021
Seriously, there's no room in the modern game for guys who can't kick. Turnovers cost goals and it was evident tonight.
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Blues Round 20 2021
Crouch and Dunstan both put in
We’re largely ineffective
As inside Mids they got an armchair ride and couldn’t turn that into advantage. Both players scrubbed it forward.
We’re largely ineffective
As inside Mids they got an armchair ride and couldn’t turn that into advantage. Both players scrubbed it forward.
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Blues Round 20 2021
Yeah fair call. Probably a bit emotional with my criticism. There definitely were others that should be in the headlights.skeptic wrote: ↑Fri 30 Jul 2021 11:42pm Am shocked at the criticism directed at Dunstan tonight.
Not his best night and poor disposal but bloody hell he turned up and competed all night which is a hell of a lot more than can be said for Ross who was more than happy to sit in space for a 1/4 and a half.
Got 6-7 touches in the last 10min to lift his numbers from appalling to baseline but no impact on the game, poor effort, no leadership
Give me Dunstan any day of the week. Kid is a competitive beast
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Blues Round 20 2021
It’s not an either or situation and Crouch has some creditsThe_Dud wrote: ↑Fri 30 Jul 2021 11:44pmYep as I just said, better than both Crouch and Ross tonight, team high 10 clearances.skeptic wrote: ↑Fri 30 Jul 2021 11:42pm Am shocked at the criticism directed at Dunstan tonight.
Not his best night and poor disposal but bloody hell he turned up and competed all night which is a hell of a lot more than can be said for Ross who was more than happy to sit in space for a 1/4 and a half.
Got 6-7 touches in the last 10min to lift his numbers from appalling to baseline but no impact on the game, poor effort, no leadership
Give me Dunstan any day of the week. Kid is a competitive beast
Crouch seams to avoid criticism somehow
Regardless I’m with you on Dunstan
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Blues Round 20 2021
Oh yeah... I remember those guysImpatient Sainter wrote: ↑Fri 30 Jul 2021 11:46pm I'm going early but I have seen enough of Cooper Sharman to suggest he will be a really good player. He obviously has to add some size, but I can see him surpassing Wood/Battle and playing that 3rd tall role for us.
Very impressive debut (though technically it was his second game)
2 goals, got away on a lead three times
Not short of confidence
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Blues Round 20 2021
This
Tonight do we take more solace in the look on Captain Jack's face - or that of players laughing and chatting.
Some snacks are in for a whacking in the change rooms when Jack gets there!
He [and a couple of others] avoid Sackcloth and ashes - the rest should suffer the humility.
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Blues Round 20 2021
Get rid of Billings. My abiding memory of him is the number of times we’ve had a sniff and Billings has snuffed it our!
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Blues Round 20 2021
God that hurt - not once - but twice!!!!!!1965 Saint wrote: ↑Sat 31 Jul 2021 12:05am Get rid of Billings. My abiding memory of him is the number of times we’ve had a sniff and Billings has snuffed it our!
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Blues Round 20 2021
Lazy, ham fisted effort.
I expected to lose, based on empirical data. We lose to Carlton by plenty, late in the season, each season, when Carlton have been lambasted in the press and are about to sack their coach.
So congrats St Kilda.
I expected to lose, based on empirical data. We lose to Carlton by plenty, late in the season, each season, when Carlton have been lambasted in the press and are about to sack their coach.
So congrats St Kilda.
You're quite brilliant Shane, yeah..terrific!
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Blues Round 20 2021
Now you put that way doesn't make it any easier to swallow but at least it's an excuseshanegrambeau wrote: ↑Sat 31 Jul 2021 12:13am Lazy, ham fisted effort.
I expected to lose, based on empirical data. We lose to Carlton by plenty, late in the season, each season, when Carlton have been lambasted in the press and are about to sack their coach.
So congrats St Kilda.
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Blues Round 20 2021
When he lead and marked that first kick at goal , I turned to the mate I was watching with and said :Impatient Sainter wrote: ↑Fri 30 Jul 2021 11:46pm I'm going early but I have seen enough of Cooper Sharman to suggest he will be a really good player. He obviously has to add some size, but I can see him surpassing Wood/Battle and playing that 3rd tall role for us.
"See that instinctive lead and mark, watch them coach it out of him"
He looks like a natural forward.
Kent should never play again.
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Blues Round 20 2021
Zak Jones thinks that he is so much better than he really is.
In his mind he’s on level pegging with Steele but in reality when we’re fully healthy he’s probably like 4th-5th in line.
Always wants to do the fancy instead of the steady.
In his mind he’s on level pegging with Steele but in reality when we’re fully healthy he’s probably like 4th-5th in line.
Always wants to do the fancy instead of the steady.
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Blues Round 20 2021
It wasnt his fault we lost but he is such a deflating figure when shooting for goal, he simply has the go!!!!!1965 Saint wrote: ↑Sat 31 Jul 2021 12:05am Get rid of Billings. My abiding memory of him is the number of times we’ve had a sniff and Billings has snuffed it our!
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Blues Round 20 2021
Do we have a leadership group, I understand other clubs do.
If so they need arm bands and possibly red clown noses to be identified/separated - from the other clowns in stripes sometimes described as professional footballers for StKFC.
Watching it seemed like quite an egalitarian group of nongs looking for a leader. Other than Steely of course who was quite authoritative when his early kick for goal sailed oob. His F it was quite forceful, even though a bit under his breath.
If so they need arm bands and possibly red clown noses to be identified/separated - from the other clowns in stripes sometimes described as professional footballers for StKFC.
Watching it seemed like quite an egalitarian group of nongs looking for a leader. Other than Steely of course who was quite authoritative when his early kick for goal sailed oob. His F it was quite forceful, even though a bit under his breath.
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Blues Round 20 2021
+1Sainter_Dad wrote: ↑Sat 31 Jul 2021 12:04amThis
Tonight do we take more solace in the look on Captain Jack's face - or that of players laughing and chatting.
Some snacks are in for a whacking in the change rooms when Jack gets there!
He [and a couple of others] avoid Sackcloth and ashes - the rest should suffer the humility.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/diction ... nd%20ashes
That's a brilliant new avatar SD
We will only get close and become contenders if every player on the list strives for excellence (like our captain)
Last week was probably a bit flattering. I don't think West Coast are that good. Whoever plays them this week will probably beat them
Last week there were periods when plenty went missing and there were signs that a few were tired and leg weary
I still expected us to win against Carlton, but I think the best lesson from losses such as this will be that our coaches cannot trust certain individuals to back up week after week.
They need to rotate responsibilities and give others a turn in the middle. They need to get fitter next preseason and they need to drop a couple of senior players from time to time because they repeatedly let us down
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Blues Round 20 2021
Interesting to see West Coast get smashed by Collingwood.
Posting 20 years of holey crap!