Positives

[cannavaro17]

Ross- thought his clearance work was good. 28 touches...wasnt everyone saying he was done 4 weeks ago like lee this week?
Longer-thought he attacked the ball well and took some good marks around the ground...hes a fighter.
Murdoch- solid for game number 10 or so
Armitage- showed why we need him...attacks the ball like a warrior. We cant trade him as we are thin on midfielders like him

[jonesy]

Two

Ross was decent enough to find some footy

Weller good. Selwood 11 touches

[Bunk_Moreland]

The umpiring was good....

I wasn't at the ground...

any more?

Oh Lee was dragged before halftime

[stinger]

Ross- thought his clearance work was good. 28 touches...wasnt everyone saying he was done 4 weeks ago like lee this week?
Longer-thought he attacked the ball well and took some good marks around the ground...hes a fighter.
Murdoch- solid for game number 10 or so
Armitage- showed why we need him...attacks the ball like a warrior. We cant trade him as we are thin on midfielders like him

Not me...I have always been a Ross fan...as has anyone who knows a footballer when they see one.....he was our best player today.....

[plugger66]

The unpiring was good....

I wasn't at the ground...

any more?

Oh Lee was dragged before halftime

Comedy not bad either.

[whiskers3614]

Only 9 more to go!

[BringBackMadDog]

Longer: 3 disposal, 2 marks. Not nearly enough for mine.
From what I saw at sandy yesterday I would bring both pierce and Stanley in for Lee and longer

[plugger66]

Only 9 more to go!

9 what?

[Bunk_Moreland]

Ross- thought his clearance work was good. 28 touches...wasnt everyone saying he was done 4 weeks ago like lee this week?
Longer-thought he attacked the ball well and took some good marks around the ground...hes a fighter.
Murdoch- solid for game number 10 or so
Armitage- showed why we need him...attacks the ball like a warrior. We cant trade him as we are thin on midfielders like him

Not me...I have always been a Ross fan...as has anyone who knows a footballer when they see one.....he was our best player today.....

I thought Ross didn't look like an AFL player who ran up and down on the spot and was one paced.

Happy to see him prove me wrong.

Really hope he continues on his path.

I also hope Lee proves me wrong as well. Have no problems with a Saint player whom I though was not going to make it, do so.

[whiskers3614]

Games

[plugger66]

Games

Sadly its 10 plus our finals.

[whiskers3614]

We don't have another bye?

[plugger66]

We don't have another bye?

Yep we do.

[Bunk_Moreland]

We don't have another bye?

All the other teams who play us each week have the bye.

[BigMart]

Hi Joffa

Positives
Ross
Weller
Armitage cracked in hard, ok for his first game back in 7 weeks

Shenton and Bruce both show something

That's about it?

Negatives
I thought our older players looked like old players, led poorly and had defeatist look (well perhaps not Len, but he looked tired)
Coaching .... Team structure, was horrible... No system.
We were beaten by talent and tactics

[whiskers3614]

CJ last minute reprieve not positive?

[stinger]

how many more games like that willit take before posters start turning on the pelican and the coach....?

[BigMart]

Coach has a minimum of two years... Like SW

Pelican. Piss him off... Love to know what positive influence he's been since he arrived in 2011?

Unless his legacy will be like Watson... Making us that bad, that we benefit from being terrible.
Problem is, right know is not the time in history to bottom out!

[BackFromUSA]

I disagree that this is a bad time to bottom out.

Uncompromised draft from here on in.

Free agency available as a tool when suited.

Can leverage bottom position to shake free a few disatisfied Suns and Giants not getting game time.

I acknowledge that the Suns and GWS will have super lists until the 20s ... but the list we build now will peak after their peak and we will get out chance.

[saintsRrising]

Uncompromised draft from here on in.

.

How can you say that when there are still extra picks from previous years? ie Suns get a an extra pick this year based on where the Cats finish, as they get the first pick after them, and so hence an extra pick before our second pick.

[kosifantutti]

TV and phone both still working despite attempt to throw one at the other.

[plugger66]

TV and phone both still working despite attempt to throw one at the other.

Ive thrown something at the TV before but ive never thrown a TV at a phone.

[kosifantutti]

TV and phone both still working despite attempt to throw one at the other.

Ive thrown something at the TV before but ive never thrown a TV at a phone.

[BigMart]

What BFUSA?

Are we talking 7+ years?

That is an eon in AFL terms.... 97-2004... We were Runners up, last, second last, third... Over such a period.

I think any view longer than 4 years from being competitive is a concern

Long term views should always be considered

[Bluthy]

It doesn't get any harder than Geelong at Geelong - weird shaped long ground with weird pockets and hard to judge the wind for visitors, crowd influencing the umpires, a team determined to boost its percentage and beat up on an arch enemy. Again we play two shocking quarters then cracked in a bit harder in the third. Part of our growth is learning to how turn that momentum when its against us. Today was yet another harsh lesson. There will be more. But every time our hopelessly undermanned team learn just a little bit more.