Birss Out

ytw · Post: # 636601Post **ytw** » Fri 05 Sep 2008 6:35pm

.. in my mind birss should be in the side ahead of eddy at this stage of his career.

matrix · Post: # 636605Post **matrix** » Fri 05 Sep 2008 6:37pm

wtf is this?

u think he should be out?
or he is out?

howlinwolf · Post: # 636606Post **howlinwolf** » Fri 05 Sep 2008 6:38pm

Birss is out according to SEN

ytw · Post: # 636607Post **ytw** » Fri 05 Sep 2008 6:39pm

matrix. birss is officially out of the side. x and mcqualter in.

matrix · Post: # 636608Post **matrix** » Fri 05 Sep 2008 6:41pm

ok thank u....

bit more in the OP would have been better

hmmm, he was dropped as a rotation or it was an injury/niggle?

S.A Saint · Post: # 636609Post **S.A Saint** » Fri 05 Sep 2008 6:42pm

i would have personally preferred birss over mini as he can uses the ball better and kick the odd goal.

howlinwolf · Post: # 636610Post **howlinwolf** » Fri 05 Sep 2008 6:44pm

Mcqualter will be in to try and tag Ablett I think.
Huge task but could be the making of the man.
Finals footy is the chance to make a serious name for yourself.

We don't really have the ideal replacement for Dempster so McQ could be the key if he can tag and negate midfield pressure and thus relieving pressure in our backline.

Hopefully he'll be as cool in a crisis as Steve McQ in Bullitt

ytw · Post: # 636611Post **ytw** » Fri 05 Sep 2008 6:44pm

I would take birss over mcqualter aswell as he is stronger and can break the lines more often.

But then again there could have been room for both of them as they are both defensive and with the loss of demps and bringing x in we r lacking about of the defensive tagger type players.

SaintBot · Post: # 636612Post **SaintBot** » Fri 05 Sep 2008 6:45pm

A brave game from McQualter will no longer be acceptable. He will actually have to genuinely nullify one of their midfielders/forwards to hold his place.

Would much rather have Birss in the side over a couple who are in. I'm not sure he has the full support of the team. Noticed one of his kicks inside 50 which was knocked out of bounds on the weekend was howled down by Riewoldt and others in the forward line.

rogerwa · Post: # 636614Post **rogerwa** » Fri 05 Sep 2008 6:46pm

can be one of 2 reasons

1/he's ok when he has the footy but poor defensivly when they have it
2/got caught having it off with ross lyons missus

strange call

saintspremiers · Fri 05 Sep 2008 6:49pm

rogerwa wrote:can be one of 2 reasons

1/he's ok when he has the footy but poor defensivly when they have it
2/got caught having it off with ross lyons missus

strange call

not strange, farken ridiculous.

Must be option 2.

Bernard Shakey · Fri 05 Sep 2008 6:51pm

Mini and X are good ins.

Birss' defensive side not as good as either.

For mine X will get Steve Johnson, Mini one of the mids.

stinger · Post: # 636619Post **stinger** » Fri 05 Sep 2008 6:52pm

rogerwa wrote:can be one of 2 reasons

1/he's ok when he has the footy but poor defensivly when they have it
2/got caught having it off with ross lyons missus

strange call

no...not at all.....birss was a last minute replacement for mini when mini took ill....mini is no longer ill...

meher baba · Post: # 636625Post **meher baba** » Fri 05 Sep 2008 6:55pm

Gawd, and some people think I'm too hard on Ross Lyon.....

X is clearly fit enough now, and he is so in our top 22.

Mini was one of the key contributors to our turn around in form mid-season. He missed two games through illness and is now better.

This is a completely justifiable decision on the part of Lyon and the selectors.

People should get over it.

St Fidelius · Fri 05 Sep 2008 6:55pm

Bernard Shakey wrote:Mini and X are good ins.

Birss' defensive side not as good as either.

For mine X will get Steve Johnson, Mini one of the mids.

Strange call, seeing how he smashed Van Berlo in a defensive roll, a couple of weeks ago...

howlinwolf · Post: # 636641Post **howlinwolf** » Fri 05 Sep 2008 7:05pm

St Fid was that you talking to KB earlier this week on SEN ?

stinger · Post: # 636642Post **stinger** » Fri 05 Sep 2008 7:05pm

meher baba wrote:Gawd, and some people think I'm too hard on Ross Lyon.....

X is clearly fit enough now, and he is so in our top 22.

Mini was one of the key contributors to our turn around in form mid-season. He missed two games through illness and is now better.

This is a completely justifiable decision on the part of Lyon and the selectors.

People should get over it.

exactly.............glad someone hasn't got their head firmly up their arse..........

Solar · Post: # 636645Post **Solar** » Fri 05 Sep 2008 7:09pm

mini is more a hard tagger while birss looks to run with and hurt on the other way.

Mini has shown he can shut down fast skilled midfielders of the ilk of brent harvey so I back him to shut ablett down.

plugger66 · Post: # 636649Post **plugger66** » Fri 05 Sep 2008 7:11pm

We clearly know more than RL because we obviously know who everyone is playing on.

Solar · Post: # 636651Post **Solar** » Fri 05 Sep 2008 7:12pm

plugger66 wrote:We clearly know more than RL because we obviously know who everyone is playing on.

never stopped flogs from you pretending to be experts

plugger66 · Post: # 636653Post **plugger66** » Fri 05 Sep 2008 7:12pm

Solar wrote:
plugger66 wrote:We clearly know more than RL because we obviously know who everyone is playing on.
never stopped flogs from you pretending to be experts

Thanks for that.

Solar · Post: # 636655Post **Solar** » Fri 05 Sep 2008 7:13pm

plugger66 wrote:
Solar wrote:
plugger66 wrote:We clearly know more than RL because we obviously know who everyone is playing on.
never stopped flogs from you pretending to be experts
Thanks for that.

pleasure

Saints Premiers 2008 · Fri 05 Sep 2008 7:15pm

Bernard Shakey wrote:Mini and X are good ins.

Birss' defensive side not as good as either.

For mine X will get Steve Johnson, Mini one of the mids.

perfer blake go to johnson...he doesnt have to do much to sj to put him off his game, continuously push/shove him an away we go

Dis Believer · Fri 05 Sep 2008 7:17pm

plugger66 wrote:We clearly know more than RL because we obviously know who everyone is playing on.

What are you people doing to me. I am now down to having to quote and support Plunger

This isn't about rating one player against another and who you think is better, it's about who is best suited to the role the coach has in mind for the strategy and structure he wants to employ.

As we are not privvy to this information, then we are hardly in the position to criticise his choices, are we?? Unless some of you recently coached a team to a place on the AFL ladder higher than 4th?

St Fidelius · Fri 05 Sep 2008 7:19pm

howlinwolf wrote:St Fid was that you talking to KB earlier this week on SEN ?

No mate...

Don't listen to the radio