P.S. Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
P.P.S. It just seemed as though everything went their way and everyone was riding them throughout the whole damn week
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Yeah, steroids could help but do we really want to cheat like Geelong?saint75 wrote:A bald head?
Good, rational post. I agree. Especially on the last point, we had a great game plan this year and we really did need to win the cup this year for that reason... by next year other teams will have "figured us out", so there needs to be some changes to ensure we are still ahead of the pack.kalsaint wrote:1 Maintain the fitness department from 2009 and rely on sustained health of our playing group
2 Have all our key players available at the right time of the year in good health and fitness.
3 Set a lower bar for injury management so that young players can be blooded into the team when injury clouds occur over 2009 senior players.
4 Continue to develop the ability to play 4 quarters of football - this declined in teh second half of this year.
5 Sustain the wonderful pressure game that has evolved this year.
6 Blood some younger players to the team during the season for future development and greater long term performance. I think more than 30 players need to be used over the year to ensure protection and selection of older required ley position players.
7 Return to the success of using small forwards at the fall of forward marking contests. Ths has declined over the year with small forwards moving further up the ground and not having the legs to be at the contest when needed (like today). We weren't potent enough in the second half of 2009.
8 Get the younger sprinter from today into the game at a higher level gradually.
9 Start to develop some more "in and under" type players to take up responsibility from Lenny and Bally. Armo comes to mind. The season is too long to rely on 2 key go getters in the clinches all year.
10 Develop a new leading forward to support Kosi and Roo so the load can be better shared.
11 Identify the up and coming leaders for the club and try to increase their load in the team.
12 Get the new centre completed for the betterment of team fitness in the longer term.
13 Last but not least. Look at opportunity to be more creative in both individual exchanges and in the game plan. Other clubs have and will continue to close the gap on the 2009 Saints game plan. One way to make this change is to blood new younger players.
Lack of shots on goal by our small forwards was not the problem. They had ample opportunity to score.kalsaint wrote:
7 Return to the success of using small forwards at the fall of forward marking contests. Ths has declined over the year with small forwards moving further up the ground and not having the legs to be at the contest when needed (like today). We weren't potent enough in the second half of 2009.
You know what. If we did that, we may just be celebrating instead of reviewing the year. 7 behinds in front at 3/4 time. I'm starting to look at stats and the like after 24 hours of avoiding analysis.ralphsmith wrote:Need to kick straight.
to many missed opportunities especially in the 2nd quarter we had all the play great preasure and we couldnt put the score on the board.milne and schneider and mcqaulter .dempster in the last quater also missed a relatvely easy snap . cant miss that many shots and expect to win.we cant blame anybody or anything else on the loss.i reckon we need to keep this group of players together and go again next year and if we get here again really grab our chance and bury the opposition.Sainternist wrote:A: Suck a lot of c*ck like the Geelong FC have done.
P.S. Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
P.P.S. It just seemed as though everything went their way and everyone was riding them throughout the whole damn week