After watching the replay and on reflection....

SainterK · Post: # 823937Post **SainterK** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 9:20am

Feel free to add any....

We have two players very worthy of being captain
Our crumbers never seemed at the bottom of a klunk
I know it was hard fought, but I a slightly concerned that we were so tired

matrix · Post: # 823939Post **matrix** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 9:21am

just about to see if i set the recorder correctly

*oh please god,*

mullet · Post: # 823943Post **mullet** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 9:23am

matrixcutter wrote:just about to see if i set the recorder correctly

*oh please god,*

Its on again at 12 if you have foxtel dont know what time that is in Adelaide time, I cant believe you are home already did you drive back straight after the game

Thinline · Post: # 823944Post **Thinline** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 9:25am

We were harder at it. I'll watch again later to confirm this, but I reckon we won pretty much every crucial 50 50 ball simply by being harder at it. I have clear memories of Fisher, Hayes (of course), Gilbert, Ball, Dal Santo, Montgana and Raph Clarke all going when it was their turn.

St DAC · Post: # 823946Post **St DAC** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 9:29am

Statistics wise we lost pretty much every indicator except the scoreboard. We certainly lost contested possessions, hardball gets, looseball gets. I'm puzzled how you can say we were harder at it than them, when the stats say otherwise.

In fact both sides were hard at it; it came down to Roo's heroics and Lenny's will in the end.

mullet · Post: # 823950Post **mullet** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 9:30am

Thinline wrote:We were harder at it. I'll watch again later to confirm this, but I reckon we won pretty much every crucial 50 50 ball simply by being harder at it. I have clear memories of Fisher, Hayes (of course), Gilbert, Ball, Dal Santo, Montgana and Raph Clarke all going when it was their turn.

and watch cj's game he was fantastic

matrix · Post: # 823952Post **matrix** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 9:34am

yeah mullet
straight home
ill try to stay up for the cats v pies game, after i watch our replay twice but i cant see it happening
although i kinda got a second wind going now

joffaboy · Post: # 823955Post **joffaboy** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 9:37am

matrixcutter wrote:yeah mullet
straight home
ill try to stay up for the cats v pies game, after i watch our replay twice but i cant see it happening
although i kinda got a second wind going now

Awesome effort matrix.

Hope it was an enjoyable trip home.

matrix · Post: # 823958Post **matrix** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 9:40am

thank god thats the last time i have to do that...its hellish but it has to be done
next week im staying for a few days

Thinline · Post: # 823962Post **Thinline** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 9:42am

St DAC wrote:Statistics wise we lost pretty much every indicator except the scoreboard. We certainly lost contested possessions, hardball gets, looseball gets. I'm puzzled how you can say we were harder at it than them, when the stats say otherwise.

In fact both sides were hard at it; it came down to Roo's heroics and Lenny's will in the end.

Every CRUCIAL 50-50 I said - ie the crunch ones in difficult to defend parts of the ground that required people to absolutely smash in.

And I didn't say WB's weren't hard at it.

I said we were harder when it really, really mattered.

mullet · Post: # 823966Post **mullet** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 9:42am

matrixcutter wrote:yeah mullet
straight home
ill try to stay up for the cats v pies game, after i watch our replay twice but i cant see it happening
although i kinda got a second wind going now

Glad you made it safely, unbelievable effort, perhaps you should be nominated as the greatest supporter

Sorry Jiggstar

bergholt · Post: # 823975Post **bergholt** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 9:46am

Thinline wrote:We were harder at it. I'll watch again later to confirm this, but I reckon we won pretty much every crucial 50 50 ball simply by being harder at it.

In the first quarter I reckon we lost every 50-50 and clearance, and the second quarter wasn't a lot better. Even the start of the last was worse than even for us. I agree that everyone did go when it was their turn, but for a lot of the night they lacked that last 10% of aggression required (except Hayes and Jones).

Dan Warna · Post: # 823991Post **Dan Warna** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 9:58am

i wonder if players were saving their bodies for the GF?

of course lenny and roo and a couple of others don't know how to switch off, thank goodness.

just a thought.

mullet · Post: # 823992Post **mullet** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 10:01am

Dan Warna wrote:i wonder if players were saving their bodies for the GF?

of course lenny and roo and a couple of others don't know how to switch off, thank goodness.

just a thought.

I dont think any of the players were saving themselves, Dont think one single player had much left after the game. I cant remember who said it, maybe Finey on SEN, but we just couldnt click into gear, I reckon we will be clicking next week

SuperSaint · Sat 19 Sep 2009 10:05am

Dan Warna wrote:i wonder if players were saving their bodies for the GF?

of course lenny and roo and a couple of others don't know how to switch off, thank goodness.

just a thought.

Dan, in a knockout final such high stakes, why would players want to "save their bodies for GF". Got to get there first. For some strange reason many payers were down last night and they can mainly thank Lenny and Roo for not ending their season prematurely.

SainterK · Post: # 823998Post **SainterK** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 10:06am

mullet wrote:
Dan Warna wrote:i wonder if players were saving their bodies for the GF?

of course lenny and roo and a couple of others don't know how to switch off, thank goodness.

just a thought.
I dont think any of the players were saving themselves, Dont think one single player had much left after the game. I cant remember who said it, maybe Finey on SEN, but we just couldnt click into gear, I reckon we will be clicking next week

Couldn't click into gear, or under enormous pressure?

St DAC · Post: # 824061Post **St DAC** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 10:55am

Thinline wrote:Every CRUCIAL 50-50 I said - ie the crunch ones in difficult to defend parts of the ground that required people to absolutely smash in.

They are all crucial.

Anyway, we won, so it's all good.

fonz_#15 · Post: # 824064Post **fonz_#15** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 10:57am

nick dal santo is a big game player

samoht · Post: # 824086Post **samoht** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 11:17am

Roo, Fisher, Hayes. Dal Santo and Jones were at their best.

Goddard, Montagna, Gram were solid but below par

Schneider Milne (he tried) were well below par

so there is room for improvement and there needs to be to match the Cats midfield (assuming the Pies don't win today).

We lost the contested ball.

we had 40 inside 50's vs 57 to the Dogs

we made the most of our forward opportunities and we had Riewoldt to thank for that and a small element of luck (at long last in the finals).

oh when · Post: # 824102Post **oh when** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 11:32am

I feel we took control of the game at the 20 mins mark in the second qtr.
by closing down the dogs forward play and making sure we were within striking distance at half time.

WinnersOnly · Sat 19 Sep 2009 12:00pm

We looked really nervous early ! I think we had a severe case of the nerves as the expectation to make the GF was huge on the team. I think they were a bit overwhelmed and took some time to clear their heads and find their feet.

It amazing how much that nervous energy can engross you, affect you ability to concentrate and apply yourself.

The major positive out of all this is that wall of nerves we faced tonight will now be behind them. They will be anxious leading into GF but it is like being released from a burden of worry. The SAINTS will play a much more confident attackign game in the GF and look for a better start and effort across the board.

sax · Post: # 824134Post **sax** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 12:00pm

Both sides were hard at it.
One concern is we were down in contested possesion count again.
But there was a massive amount of contested footy. Dogs 147, Saints 130.
This really is an extremely high contested possesion count.
Very hard tough game of footy. Credit to both teams, but at least the right one came out on top!

35...LEGEND · Sat 19 Sep 2009 12:42pm

oh when wrote:I feel we took control of the game at the 20 mins mark in the second qtr.
by closing down the dogs forward play and making sure we were within striking distance at half time.

Exactly what I said to my Bro.........you just got the feeling we were starting to take control,but them dog's fought it right and and credit to them.

Beej · Post: # 824337Post **Beej** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 1:57pm

I really felt for Griffen and Gilbee after the game.

They were distraught as all the Dogs were, but I remembered they both unfortunately lost their dads recently.

After watching the replay and on reflection....

After watching the replay and on reflection....

Control of the game

We looked really nervous early !

Re: Control of the game