Shattered-How Did We Lose That

[BushDave]

Well, That was a big test and we came up short again.

We can't afford those loose turnovers that let the opposition kick uncontested goals. We got killed in the middle and except for Kosi, noone stood up to kick goals. Stanley may not be our saviour.

Can't say much more than the fact thtt Scotty needs to stop these easy turnovers and goals whic are making us open to the quick rebound.


Ross is laughing his head off.

[degruch]

Looked like we did quite well in the middle, but no forward penetration, and when we got there, we chose the worst possible options...there was no need to be nervous out there, it's round 4, it's Freo, why the panic?

[ralphsmith]

That was crushing.

CRUSHING!!

- Kosi hospital handpass to Cripps....wtf was that!
- Jack Steven delivery around the ground..poor
- No free kick to milne, freo player all over his neck and shoulders! Disgrace
- Ross Lyon horrible and bitter
- Crushing
- Another clean air fisting of the ball from Blake earning him 0 brownlow votes

I would be so pissed off at losing that one sainters. We had our chances.
We fight and contest so well but cant finish off with the goals and pin point passes around the ground. Painful.

[ShanghaiSaint]

think due to last weeks rollover the dogs I was expecting more of the same, hence the very bitter taste in my mouth.

[BushDave]

To get outplayed on our own home turf is an embarassement.

How can Ross make Freo harder than us in such a short time.

Did our players pay him too much respect and get sucked in to a romantic scenario whilst he's team just did the business and made us look OLD?

[BushDave]

To get outplayed on our own home turf is an embarassement.

How can Ross make Freo harder than us in such a short time.

Did our players pay him too much respect and get sucked in to a romantic scenario whilst he's team just did the business and made us look OLD?

[saintkid]

We sure got killed in the middle. Sad that Lenny again did most of the hard work. Montagna is SO overated he puts more effort in his media work, Armo was poor, Dal gets killed in tags time and time again (well coached Lyon) and Jones has below average disposal at best so he's never going to be damaging. Finally, hate to say it but Goddard is selfish and sooks and whinges too much.

Losing tonight was embarrassing and this team will not challenge again for a Flag for quite some time. Had a bit of hope last week but tonight confirmed that a major rebuild is needed to be a top 4 team again. I'm sick of this midfield expecting so much out of poor Lenny. One year after a reco and at 32 years old, he was miles ahead of anyone else in our midfield again.

[desertsaint]

We were harder than Freo. They were cleaner.

[degruch]

We sure got killed in the middle.

Anyone got stats? I'm sure we got first use ~80% of the time, promptly handballing sideways or dribbling a 30m kick to the feet of someone on the edge of the square.

[jonesy]

One of the hardest to take home and away losses in recent memory

I am f***** putrid at that

The fact that that thieving lyin piece of sh*t and his little snivelling turd players made us look second rate on our ground leaves a bitter taste in the mouth,and simply just rehashes feelings of those 2.5 days in 09/10 again

F*** the footy,I'm going fishing

[mr six o'clock]

How did we lose that ? simple we kicked poorly , we outplayed them in the first half and should have been at least four goals up . then too many turnovers in the second half , led to easy goals for them .
So ken pissed off , another game we let slip .

[jays]

me to fishing sounds good

[BigMart]

We did not get killed in the middle....

Lenny did not have a shut down tag, and played on Michael Barlow who probably led their possession cout and is unaccountable...... Dal was always in for a tough night with a heavy tags and no hit outs....

Armo was playing an unusual role..... And did not do it well

And our backline was very brittle


Won contested ball, tackle count, clearances, inside 50's.....and the had a dominant Ruckman

What did happens as our system and execution was poor....And we were outcoached

[SirDog]

Think of us Western Sainters that have to live with the Freo supporters. We are not going to hear the end of this for a while I suspect

However, my kid is still going to wear his saints stuff for Auskick training tomorrow.

But seriously...gutted.

[jays]

ross played us great did all the right moves

[BushDave]

We did not get killed in the middle....

Lenny did not have a shut down tag, and played on Michael Barlow who probably led their possession cout and is unaccountable...... Dal was always in for a tough night with a heavy tags and no hit outs....

Armo was playing an unusual role..... And did not do it well

And our backline was very brittle


Won contested ball, tackle count, clearances, inside 50's.....and the had a dominant Ruckman

What did happens as our system and execution was poor....And we were outcoached

Yeah, some is true, but most is a load of Sh1T.
Our team payed Ross too much respect and didn't wan't to deliver the killer blow. They then got turned over and dealt with. He knows our soft side and exposed it well.

We need to be mericless and until that happens we will never have what it takes to win a flat.

[8856brother]

Milnes kick to Milera in the last qtr was an absolute joke. Lost us the game. We were on a roll. What is wrong with him. If he hits him on the tit like my 5 year old would have, we win. I am shatterd.

[saintkid]

They were clean through the midfield and they were not that good. We were poor and our midfield is now the equal of a bottom six team's midfield.

[saintkid]

The last two posts are painfully right. You compete to win a Flag and we have some players that are not good enough too soft and past their use by date. No excuses for losing tonight. Woeful performance. If the game was on their home turf we would have been smashed.

[dcstkfc]

We did not get killed in the middle....

Lenny did not have a shut down tag, and played on Michael Barlow who probably led their possession cout and is unaccountable...... Dal was always in for a tough night with a heavy tags and no hit outs....

Armo was playing an unusual role..... And did not do it well

And our backline was very brittle


Won contested ball, tackle count, clearances, inside 50's.....and the had a dominant Ruckman

What did happens as our system and execution was poor....And we were outcoached

Yeah, some is true, but most is a load of Sh1T.
Our team payed Ross too much respect and didn't wan't to deliver the killer blow. They then got turned over and dealt with. He knows our soft side and exposed it well.

We need to be mericless and until that happens we will never have what it takes to win a flat.

Paid Ross too much respect? What does that even mean?

Was Ross out there on the ground.

It's most gut-wrenching because we played tough footy and smashed them in the contested possessions and the clearances, but Ross knew to shut down Dal and Chips, and without our best users of the footy we weren't very effective. Both sides made silly errors near goal, just so happened that our errors were more prominent in the finish.

Credit to Ross, he did it very nicely.

[BushDave]

Jonesy,

I want to go fishing too!

[degruch]

Credit to Ross, he did it very nicely.

What did he do? We would have lost to a freakin' foosball team our there tonight.

[saintspremiers]

Jonesy,

I want to go fishing too!

Likewise.

You may need the Queen Mary in a few
Months more of this!

[BigMart]

Thank you

It was not a WEAK effort by any means..... But as usual we could not use the footy effectively on the break, or inside 50 or importantly in front of goal.....

No surprise, it cost us two flags and has been there since 2007

[BakesFan]

endeavour good......skills lacking....finishing poor....good wake up call..... (still gutted)