Matchday Thread -Saints V Brisbane

[Scollop]

I reckon Hill isn’t fully fit.

I reckon he's a bit sore... from hysterical laughter after St Kilda gave him 3 year deal

[SaintPav]

Worst performance of the season.

You must have a short memory.

Adelaide, Bulldogs and Hawthorn losses were worse, on account of them being against worse teams.

My memory is a lot better than your posting.

[shrodes]

Shocker from Dow

[bobmurray]

Dow showing us his ball handling skills. A fumble from him results in a Brisbane goal.

[bobmurray]

Marshall has now kicked 2 goals.

[Devilhead]

Dirty dirty dirty day

But solid tank

[skeptic]

Alas Dow has had a rough year. Not nearly the revelation we hoped for.

Would have 12 months to turn it around I reckon

[shrodes]

Must be an absurd scores from turnover count

[bobmurray]

Final Score,

Saints 5-9-39 v Lions 19-10-124.

Glad that one's over.

[The Fireman]

Not a lot of positives

[samoht]

Good poorform-ance.

[saintbob]

WOW, that last goal summed up our day!

[skeptic]

Games like this are club killers

[shrodes]

Games like this are club killers

Ehh, par for the course really. We played very poorly but it was also a clearly top 4 side vs a clearly bottom 10 side (being generous)

Still a long way off the Lions and why wouldn’t we be. They were flag runners up last year and will be flag favourites now

[saintkev]

Games like this are club killers

Mmm… I’m a little unsure why we re-signed Hill. Was it his hardness at the ball, willingness to tackle hard and put his body on the line and lead by example?

[chook23]

Caminiti Sharmen Butler Higgins

Had their pants pulled down

[samoht]

Dow, Hill, Butler, Caminiti, Higgins ... poor games.

Higgins was too small for Starcevich ... poor match up.

[Devilhead]

Clearances - Brions 48 to us 27
Contested possessions - Brions 138 to us 97

An arse reaming of epic proportions

[cwrcyn]

Our clearance work was non existent. Like witches hats at the centre bounces. How is it possible to be that bad at the centre clearances? McInerney destroyed Marshall in the ruck. We all love Ro, but tap work is not his forte. We desperately need decent midfielders.

[SaintDippa]

Plenty of other problems tonight but like above comments got ripped a new one at clearance. Hindsight great but why not play Campbell against Oscar - and other dinosaur rucks - per the first meeting? Their elite mids has a field day with first use.

[The Fireman]

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger

Big wake up call and lots to learn from that game right across the board

[chook23]

Our clearance work was non existent. Like witches hats at the centre bounces. How is it possible to be that bad at the centre clearances? McInerney destroyed Marshall in the ruck. We all love Ro, but tap work is not his forte. We desperately need decent midfielders.

A real BIG Tap Ruckman

[CURLY]

Dow, Hill, Butler, Caminiti, Higgins ... poor games.

Higgins was too small for Starcevich ... poor match up.

Very good match up as Fagan put him on Higgins

[Yorkeys]

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger

Big wake up call and lots to learn from that game right across the board

A week is a long time in football
And
Things are never as bad as they seem.

(hope that helps).

[The_Dud]

Another gun mid (or two) would have been very useful!