Steven Baker - still a must pick every week!

Sam23 · Post: # 1088161Post **Sam23** » Fri 10 Jun 2011 11:24pm

Higgins 21 touches in the first half - he is everywhere, chopping us off half back.

Baker goes to him as a forward tag, Higgins has 5 handballs and 1 kick in the second half and Baker kicks a goal.

Still a very good stopper.

bigcarl · Post: # 1088162Post **bigcarl** » Fri 10 Jun 2011 11:33pm

can kick goals, too. make him full forward

Middo · Post: # 1088164Post **Middo** » Fri 10 Jun 2011 11:48pm

Na ....

Thinline · Post: # 1088166Post **Thinline** » Fri 10 Jun 2011 11:55pm

Excellent game from Baker I thought.

Reckon he kicked it forward more times tonight than he ever has

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Dr Spaceman · Sat 11 Jun 2011 12:02am

Thinline wrote:Excellent game from Baker I thought.

Reckon he kicked it forward more times tonight than he ever has .

+1

I have doubts beyond 2011 but well played tonight.

desertsaint · Sat 11 Jun 2011 12:23am

his gaol saved the night for me - what a crap game.
but bakes scoring agoal - special!

savatage · Post: # 1088305Post **savatage** » Sat 11 Jun 2011 3:40am

He has been written off every week for the last 3 years on Saintsational yet he just keeps on keeping on.

AnythingsPossibleSaints · Sat 11 Jun 2011 4:14am

desertsaint wrote:his gaol saved the night for me - what a crap game.
but bakes scoring agoal - special!

He did well to nail it in the end, because they put him on a much more acute angle than he was supposed to be on.
The free kick occurred near the point of the goalsquare, yet the mark ended up being almost beside the goalpost, with Bakes on a very acute angle. It was the worst setting of a mark I can remember seeing and by a long way.
Go Bakes!

Johnny Member · Sat 11 Jun 2011 8:38am

Pretty close to the most underrated player ever to grace the field!

I reckon Ross Lyon has his number sewn onto his dufflecoat. He must be the best bloke in the world to coach.

perfectionist · Sat 11 Jun 2011 9:20am

AnythingsPossibleSaints wrote:...He did well to nail it in the end, because they put him on a much more acute angle than he was supposed to be on.
The free kick occurred near the point of the goalsquare, yet the mark ended up being almost beside the goalpost, with Bakes on a very acute angle. It was the worst setting of a mark I can remember seeing and by a long way.

Yep. dead right. He was actually set twice. The first umpire was going to pay it on less of an angle but further out. The second umpire came in and I thought (erroneously) that he was going to correct it.

Thinline wrote:Reckon he kicked it forward more times tonight than he ever has

Agree, except for one late in the third which went sideways rather than up the line and cost us.

SainterK · Post: # 1088567Post **SainterK** » Sat 11 Jun 2011 1:57pm

I agree he gives you everthing out there, however Bakes just one thing.

Please, kick the ball forwards!

I felt on at least two occasions last night he broke the momentum in kicking backwards, and it actually resulted in a Dogs goal as he caught our players off guard in disrupting the flow on footy.

At least he got one back

However I think it's fair enough to point it out, is it because he has a purely defensive mindset, or he doesn't trust his kicking?

desertsaint · Sat 11 Jun 2011 2:02pm

or there was no forward option - pretty sure that is the directive.

SainterK · Post: # 1088592Post **SainterK** » Sat 11 Jun 2011 2:11pm

desertsaint wrote:or there was no forward option - pretty sure that is the directive.

Disagree, his hesitation in those situations would ensure there was no forward option.

It just stands out, because he is one of the only remaining guys playing that way.

Steven Baker - still a must pick every week!

Steven Baker - still a must pick every week!

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