Moments that lost us the game.
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Moments that lost us the game.
1 goal 6 in the second quarter and one complete miss by schnieder. so thats 7 opportunities which at least 5 of which were very get-able goals. if we kick those goals we probably go into the 3rd quarter with a small lead and we would be full of confidence.
start of the 3rd quarter schnieder hits the post and then gets a deliberate out of bounds free kick against him. collingwood get the ball inside their forward 50 and we cant clear and they eventually score. so we go from having the chance to be around 3 goals down but we fail to take it and end up 5 goals down. after this moment collingwood go on and put the game to rest.
there were other occasions where we miss and opportunity and then collingwood got a goal.
long story short goal kicking cost us the 2009 premiership and potentially cost us the 2010 one aswell.
we were not as bad as so many are making out we were. yes we had a terrible 2nd half b ut by then collingwood were unstoppable. but they were only unstoppable because we allowed them to be. we failed to put scoreboard pressure on and they did. if we put scoreboard pressure on when we had the chance we would have given ourselves the chance we needed to be premiers.
start of the 3rd quarter schnieder hits the post and then gets a deliberate out of bounds free kick against him. collingwood get the ball inside their forward 50 and we cant clear and they eventually score. so we go from having the chance to be around 3 goals down but we fail to take it and end up 5 goals down. after this moment collingwood go on and put the game to rest.
there were other occasions where we miss and opportunity and then collingwood got a goal.
long story short goal kicking cost us the 2009 premiership and potentially cost us the 2010 one aswell.
we were not as bad as so many are making out we were. yes we had a terrible 2nd half b ut by then collingwood were unstoppable. but they were only unstoppable because we allowed them to be. we failed to put scoreboard pressure on and they did. if we put scoreboard pressure on when we had the chance we would have given ourselves the chance we needed to be premiers.
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This.Bernard Shakey wrote:Lack of foot skills.
Diabolical.
How about if these highly paid professionals cant hit a target, they at least get taught to kick it into space in front of one of our players when going forward.
Oh, and learning to kick it between the big white sticks even occasionally may prove be advantageous too.
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Some time ago Peter Schwab wrote an article about his visit to Manchester United. He asked Alex Ferguson what they do with players who can't kick. Ferguson's reply was that they don't have any players who can't kick.Bernard Shakey wrote:Lack of foot skills.
This came back to me this morning. We have at least one player who can't get within 10 metres of a target from 40 metres away. We have another couple who can't kick 40 metres. And another who, it seems, would miss running shots for goal all day long.
We've managed to paper over some of these skill cracks for most of the season but under extreme pressure it can all come unstuck, and it did.
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The game was lost at this point....
Saints skipper Nick Riewoldt backed the push.
"There's no show without Punch - so hopefully they (the AFL) will look after the players," he said.
Worrying about his pay cheque, 4 days prior to running out for a Grand Final. Fair dinkum.
Is it any wonder, when he was gifted the ball in the goial square, he pranced in to allow the cameras to get a good shot of him, whilst a bloke who was really switched on and focussed on the task at hand ran him down from behind?
The most overrated player in the comp, by a streak.
I was bordering on embarrassed when he whinged to the crowd at the Grand Final parade about not showing his respect whilst he was talking, and I was disgusted when he couldn't get his hand out quick enough to shake that slug Demetriou's hand immediately after the siren with an instant big smile across his face - then to come out 3 days later asking for more money to represent his club for a second Grand Final in a row was sickening.
Compare his leadership in the circumstances, to Maxwell's.
There's your answer to where it was lost.
All talk.
Saints skipper Nick Riewoldt backed the push.
"There's no show without Punch - so hopefully they (the AFL) will look after the players," he said.
Worrying about his pay cheque, 4 days prior to running out for a Grand Final. Fair dinkum.
Is it any wonder, when he was gifted the ball in the goial square, he pranced in to allow the cameras to get a good shot of him, whilst a bloke who was really switched on and focussed on the task at hand ran him down from behind?
The most overrated player in the comp, by a streak.
I was bordering on embarrassed when he whinged to the crowd at the Grand Final parade about not showing his respect whilst he was talking, and I was disgusted when he couldn't get his hand out quick enough to shake that slug Demetriou's hand immediately after the siren with an instant big smile across his face - then to come out 3 days later asking for more money to represent his club for a second Grand Final in a row was sickening.
Compare his leadership in the circumstances, to Maxwell's.
There's your answer to where it was lost.
All talk.
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Why are people surprised that dud players, have dud skills?markp wrote:This.Bernard Shakey wrote:Lack of foot skills.
Diabolical.
How about if these highly paid professionals cant hit a target, they at least get taught to kick it into space in front of one of our players when going forward.
Oh, and learning to kick it between the big white sticks even occasionally may prove be advantageous too.
We recruit the guys, then act all surprised when they play to their ability.
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Interesting call!rodgerfox wrote:The game was lost at this point....
Saints skipper Nick Riewoldt backed the push.
"There's no show without Punch - so hopefully they (the AFL) will look after the players," he said.
Worrying about his pay cheque, 4 days prior to running out for a Grand Final. Fair dinkum.
Is it any wonder, when he was gifted the ball in the goial square, he pranced in to allow the cameras to get a good shot of him, whilst a bloke who was really switched on and focussed on the task at hand ran him down from behind?
The most overrated player in the comp, by a streak.
I was bordering on embarrassed when he whinged to the crowd at the Grand Final parade about not showing his respect whilst he was talking, and I was disgusted when he couldn't get his hand out quick enough to shake that slug Demetriou's hand immediately after the siren with an instant big smile across his face - then to come out 3 days later asking for more money to represent his club for a second Grand Final in a row was sickening.
Compare his leadership in the circumstances, to Maxwell's.
There's your answer to where it was lost.
All talk.
Where's the popcorn?
DO THE MATHS AND THE SQUARES ARE ALL ROOTED.
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You conveniently forget about the group of filth players who were on Twitter whining about not getting enough tickets to the replay...rodgerfox wrote:Why are people surprised that dud players, have dud skills?markp wrote:This.Bernard Shakey wrote:Lack of foot skills.
Diabolical.
How about if these highly paid professionals cant hit a target, they at least get taught to kick it into space in front of one of our players when going forward.
Oh, and learning to kick it between the big white sticks even occasionally may prove be advantageous too.
We recruit the guys, then act all surprised when they play to their ability.
Strange how they managed to still perform when their minds were not on the job.
moments that cost us the game
How can anyone Blame Roo In hind site he should have gone back and kicked the goal but a lot of players would have played on.Roo is up there as one of our greatest players and played a great grand final last week in the last quarter
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Nah the game was lost when the ball just wouldn't bounce for us, with the ball always bouncing the wrong way we never had a chance.spert wrote:I've seen some of the best players over the years get caught unawares like Roo did in front of goal on Sat, so big deal, it's just footy. The game was lost when RL went defensive too early in the game.
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Twice, arguably.SaintPav wrote:You could in in the firts one.....spert wrote:Can't blame the bounce of the ball for losing a Grand Final
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I think the moment we lost this game was when Grant Thomas selected Ball ahead of Judd when Butterss was trying to persuade him to take Judd ahead of Ball!rodgerfox wrote: Why are people surprised that dud players, have dud skills?
We recruit the guys, then act all surprised when they play to their ability.
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History is history B4.barks4eva wrote:I think the moment we lost this game was when Grant Thomas selected Ball ahead of Judd when Butterss was trying to persuade him to take Judd ahead of Ball!rodgerfox wrote: Why are people surprised that dud players, have dud skills?
We recruit the guys, then act all surprised when they play to their ability.
We are talking about this game.
Undoubtedly Roo playing on in the goal square and getting the shot spoilt.
Did incredible things for their confidence and SFA for ours.
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Absolutely...showed we were panicking and they had gotten into the head of the captain of the team, and potentially the most influential player on the ground. You can raffle any number of stuff ups after that...isn't reliving the experience great fun!?!GrumpyOne wrote: Undoubtedly Roo playing on in the goal square and getting the shot spoilt.
Did incredible things for their confidence and SFA for ours.