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Has Ross lost the plot???

Post: # 1062793Post saintspremiers »

Stanley and Kosi in the same team. A joke.

Mini selected again. A joke.

No reward for up and coming players - ie. Johnson and Winmar. Another joke.

Hope I'm proved wrong, but very odd selections this week.

Is Ross confused perhaps???


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Post: # 1062797Post Dr Spaceman »

saintspremiers wrote:Is Ross confused perhaps???
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saintspremiers wrote:Stanley and Kosi in the same team. A joke.

Mini selected again. A joke.

No reward for up and coming players - ie. Johnson and Winmar. Another joke.

Hope I'm proved wrong, but very odd selections this week.

Is Ross confused perhaps???
Isnt Johnson injured. Surely playing him injured would be stupid. Mini in the side makes sense after last weeks non tackling performance. I do agree though about Kosi and Stanley. Doesnt make sense to me. Stanley shouldnt play but then people would whinge that we dropped a young guy.


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Post: # 1062805Post perfectionist »

As Jeansey would say, 'We have a bit of height-th in the team, especially up front'.

Probably our best 22 this year. As despondent as I am with the team's performance this year, the one ray of hope is that we have Ross as coach. If at some stage this year, we have to reload for the future, he's the one to do it. Sticking with him long term is our best chance for a cup.


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Post: # 1062807Post Cairnsman »

perfectionist wrote:As Jeansey would say, 'We have a bit of height-th in the team, especially up front'.

Probably our best 22 this year. As despondent as I am with the team's performance this year, the one ray of hope is that we have Ross as coach. If at some stage this year, we have to reload for the future, he's the one to do it. Sticking with him long term is our best chance for a cup.
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Post: # 1062810Post StPeter »

Have to agree....how many chances can Mini have?
And Stanley, who has heaps of potential you would think but shown little, is surely a risk with Kosi and Ben.


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StPeter wrote:Have to agree....how many chances can Mini have?
And Stanley, who has heaps of potential you would think but shown little, is surely a risk with Kosi and Ben.
Well it seems every time we drop Mini our forward pressure drops off with him.

I am worried about the Stanley, Kosi and Mac factor, but in 2009 we won with Kosi, Mac, Gardi and King all in the same 22! :shock:


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StPeter wrote:Have to agree....how many chances can Mini have?
And Stanley, who has heaps of potential you would think but shown little, is surely a risk with Kosi and Ben.
So you enjoyed the way we tackled inside our forward 50 against the Bombers?


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Post: # 1062822Post BigMart »

Mini misses more tackles than he sticks these days..,.applies little, if any fwd pressure.....


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BigMart wrote:Mini misses more tackles than he sticks these days..,.applies little, if any fwd pressure.....
Well lets get your side then. Should be very interesting.


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BigMart wrote:Mini misses more tackles than he sticks these days..,.applies little, if any fwd pressure.....
Well looks like another night of no inside 50 pressure from the Saints.

Why bother with Kosi and Mini at all?

Anything learnt at all from the Bombers debacle?


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Post: # 1062827Post Moccha »

saintspremiers wrote:Stanley and Kosi in the same team. A joke.

Mini selected again. A joke.

No reward for up and coming players - ie. Johnson and Winmar. Another joke.

Hope I'm proved wrong, but very odd selections this week.

Is Ross confused perhaps???
Maybe you're confused?

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Post: # 1062828Post Mr Magic »

Well I'm interested in seeing how Stanley plays with Roo adn Kosi all on teh forward line.
Last year we only saw him play instead of Roo, not with him and Kosi.

Maybe there is a 'plan' on show here to offer 3 tall targets on the forward line?

I would think that Stanley as a 'mobile' tall HFF is something a little different for most backlines to worry about.

They can't just concentrate on Roo now, as long as the Saints players upfield honour Stanley's leads.
The opposition may well have an interesting night trying to combat our marking power up forward.


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Post: # 1062830Post super dooper »

Are we ever in danger of giving our kids some accountability and playing them once in a while?

We know what mini provides, why not try a cripps or winmar against a weak opposition for an easy kill confidence booster...

I bet if we drafted someone like a Darling (like we should have) he would prob rot in the magoos like all our draft picks playing in a low intensity scrappy competition that does not mirror the big league!

And we wonder why our kids haven't come through in the past 5-6 years... Even geelong and collingwood have taken the time to introduce kids who aren't top 10 picks...


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Mr Magic wrote:Well I'm interested in seeing how Stanley plays with Roo adn Kosi all on teh forward line.
Last year we only saw him play instead of Roo, not with him and Kosi.
It happened once- v North in Round 20. Roo kicked 7, Kosi 2 and Rhys 1. 10 goals between them will win us most matches.


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Post: # 1062832Post SaintWodonga »

Mini has had too many chances.

Essendon showed us up for pace and we have done nothing about it in selection, the team lacks imagination.

Only positive was that retained some kids in the team.

If Ross keeps picking his favs, the club will drop.


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Post: # 1062836Post joffaboy »

super dooper wrote:Are we ever in danger of giving our kids some accountability and playing them once in a while?
So Steven, Armitage, Stanley, Smith, and Winmar not enough for you?

Anyway it isn't the kids thats the probelm.

Our ruck is the problem, shown up even more without Gardiner and Lenny.


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super dooper wrote:Are we ever in danger of giving our kids some accountability and playing them once in a while?

We know what mini provides, why not try a cripps or winmar against a weak opposition for an easy kill confidence booster...

I bet if we drafted someone like a Darling (like we should have) he would prob rot in the magoos like all our draft picks playing in a low intensity scrappy competition that does not mirror the big league!

And we wonder why our kids haven't come through in the past 5-6 years... Even geelong and collingwood have taken the time to introduce kids who aren't top 10 picks...
Who should have played this week and why? We have 3 guys with under 15 games. Should be have 5 or 6. How many do Geelong and the Pies have playing at the moment?


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super dooper wrote:Are we ever in danger of giving our kids some accountability and playing them once in a while?

We know what mini provides, why not try a cripps or winmar against a weak opposition for an easy kill confidence booster...

I bet if we drafted someone like a Darling (like we should have) he would prob rot in the magoos like all our draft picks playing in a low intensity scrappy competition that does not mirror the big league!

And we wonder why our kids haven't come through in the past 5-6 years... Even geelong and collingwood have taken the time to introduce kids who aren't top 10 picks...
yawn.
Last time i looked Stanley, Steven, Smith and McEvoy were all young.


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SaintWodonga wrote:Mini has had too many chances.

Essendon showed us up for pace and we have done nothing about it in selection, the team lacks imagination.

Only positive was that retained some kids in the team.

If Ross keeps picking his favs, the club will drop.
Who in the ressies has got pace?

peake has pace and is dropped, cj has pace and is way down.

Stanley has pace. Only other in the club is Cripps.

We weren't shown up for pace, we were shown up for desire, intensity, attack on the ball and skills against Essendon.

Add the fact that we were hammered around the stoppages and thats why we looked so pathetic.


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plugger66 wrote:
saintspremiers wrote:Stanley and Kosi in the same team. A joke.

Mini selected again. A joke.

No reward for up and coming players - ie. Johnson and Winmar. Another joke.

Hope I'm proved wrong, but very odd selections this week.

Is Ross confused perhaps???
Isnt Johnson injured. Surely playing him injured would be stupid. Mini in the side makes sense after last weeks non tackling performance. I do agree though about Kosi and Stanley. Doesnt make sense to me. Stanley shouldnt play but then people would whinge that we dropped a young guy.
Maybe Stanley to defence??!!

Or more likely, Kosi to the Ruck and Stanley forward.


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Post: # 1062844Post defacto »

or kozi will be sub'd after a half of football


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defacto wrote:or kozi will be sub'd after a half of football
More likely in the ruck and resting up forward.

Our stoppage work relying alone on McEvoy last game was appalling.


Lance or James??

There comes a point in every man's life when he has to say, "Enough is enough." For me, that time is now. I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in <redacted>. Over the past three years, I have been subjected to a <redacted>investigation followed by <redacted> witch hunt. The toll this has taken on my family, and my work for <redacted>and on me leads me to where I am today – finished with this nonsense. (Oops just got a spontaneous errection <unredacted>)
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Post: # 1062846Post SainterK »

We have threads were people want youth....

We have Smith, Steven and Stanley retained in the team this week. Coupled with Ben and Armo pretty much consistent selections, which they weren't last year.

We have threads were people want tackles....

We bring in Baker and Mini who never lack in this department.

I just don't get the angst (shrugs)


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Post: # 1062851Post super dooper »

Besides McEvoy these "kids" play nothing roles.

I think back to 09 when malthouse threw sidebottom head to head with our midfield in a final...

It's one thing playing them it's another what they're instructed to do.

Players like Stanley are merely back up and play a decoy role for roo. The problem is that 16 clubs have cottoned onto the fact we'll go to roo anyway...

Last week we put smith and Steven in the mids in the last qt when the game was shot in junk time against the bombers. What do they gain there?

We're on the slide unfortunately, why don't we actually see what our kids have got instead of playing an armchair role as part of the "bottom 6" players...

Sorry if I have been too real for some people...


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