Mike Sheahan- 8 Set in Stone- Round 9

dcstkfc · Post: # 627250Post **dcstkfc** » Sun 24 Aug 2008 9:24pm

Always a big risk so early in the season, and we've now squeezed out Brisbane from his predicted 8 at that stage.

i_luv_nick_riewoldt · Sun 24 Aug 2008 9:26pm

yep he sure is eating humble pie now!

Saints Premiers 2008 · Sun 24 Aug 2008 9:41pm

brisbane, top 4

honestly anyone with an inch of intelligence would see that they are nowhere near anything...and not talking about last night either

vacuous space · Sun 24 Aug 2008 9:44pm

To be fair, Sheehan acknowledged a couple of weeks later that he jumped the gun on that one. But he really does need to learn not to be so reactive game-to-game.

iwantmeseats · Sun 24 Aug 2008 9:45pm

Sheehan went WAY too early with that, I thought at the time. What was he thinking? Probably struggling for some copy.

St DAC · Post: # 627328Post **St DAC** » Sun 24 Aug 2008 9:48pm

It sells papers ...

Armoooo · Post: # 627342Post **Armoooo** » Sun 24 Aug 2008 9:53pm

Brisbane, Adelaide and Sydney were always going to drop in the second half of the season, they had a very easy start and have started playing the good sides since the break...

evertonfc · Post: # 627364Post **evertonfc** » Sun 24 Aug 2008 10:07pm

I'd have picked Brisbane to make it instead of us at that point as well.

We looked awful.

Brisbane have a big few years coming up, but they must hold onto JB.

Life Long Saint · Sun 24 Aug 2008 10:20pm

St DAC wrote:It sells papers ...

It didn't make me buy it.

my les foote · Sun 24 Aug 2008 10:49pm

His in depth analysis on us at that time was "How can a team that has won four out of nine, expect to win eight of their last thirteen?"

Did it with a week to spare. Thanks for that analysis Mike.

dascman · Post: # 627451Post **dascman** » Sun 24 Aug 2008 10:53pm

evertonfc wrote:I'd have picked Brisbane to make it instead of us at that point as well.

We looked awful.

Brisbane have a big few years coming up, but they must hold onto JB.

I'm not so sure anymore on that last point.

Their young players have been quite disappointing this year, and their incapacity to run out games is a major concern. If it happens once, twice, then it's bad enough. But they've shown a propensity to stop playing at 3/4 time far too often this year. It will never happen, but I think it's time for Leigh Matthews to start facing some scrutiny. His coaching is not what it used to be.

And yes, keeping Brown goes without saying.

Saints Premiers 2008 · Sun 24 Aug 2008 10:54pm

evertonfc wrote:I'd have picked Brisbane to make it instead of us at that point as well.

We looked awful.

Brisbane have a big few years coming up, but they must hold onto JB.

really disagree with that one, i dont see brisbane as a threat to anything in the next few years

their kids are pretty ordinary or have fallen off the bandwagon as black and power continue to maintain big roles, not even against poor sides when the game is dead and victory is assured they still paly front and center

not a young kid to be seen...