Match Thread Saints v Port Round 8 2020

[roskilde]

Love the enthusiasm between Ratten and the players.

Go Saints!

[st.byron]

That is awesome!!!!

[ralphsmith]

Too awesome actually. Such a good side!!!!

[perfectionist]

Smash them in the ruck and and around the packs. They had better height around the ground - not much we can do about that. And, we had our usual accuracy. Isn't Dan this best pick up of the decade?

[Jacks Back]

Full time
Saints 12.1.73 v Port 6.8.44

Go Saints!!

[shrodes]

Best win since that come from behind vs the Bulldogs all those years ago for mine. Winning twice in Adelaide, beating the top team, and getting into the top 4. Well done lads, love your work.

[supersaints2]

Great win.... if we didn't let the games slip against Norf and the dickers ... we would just about be sitting on top

[Sainter_Dad]

Thank you to:

Jack Billings
Dan Butler
Jake Carlisle
Hunter Clark
Nick Coffield
Jarryn Geary
Jade Gresham
Bradley Hill
Nick Hind
Dougal Howard
Zak Jones
Dean Kent
Max King
Rowan Marshall
Tim Membrey
Matthew Parker
Ben Paton
Sebastian Ross
Paddy Ryder
Jack Sinclair
Jack Steele
Callum Wilkie

[perfectionist]

Game over

I tipped this!

[Trev from the Bush]

Bronze statues of our entire backline to be unveiled at Moorabbin, please. The back six were magnificent, talk about courage under fire!

Our most important win since heaven knows when.

[George27]

12 goals ONE!!

And the one behind was a pretty fair effort by Butler from the pocket that hit the post !

[CURLY]

How good was Gears and Wilkie just smashed two very dangerous opponents.

[supersaints2]

The most impressive thing IMO is that all the young players are playing so maturely , years beyond their ages and experience
We won everywhere ... all over the ground

[Trev from the Bush]

Best win since that come from behind vs the Bulldogs all those years ago for mine. Winning twice in Adelaide, beating the top team, and getting into the top 4. Well done lads, love your work.

Yeah, the Bulldogs win in 2015 was a ripper. Tonight, however, was more important as far as the season goes.

[shrodes]

How good was Gears and Wilkie just smashed two very dangerous opponents.

Gears and Wilkie both very understated players... rarely sighted themselves but almost never see their opponent go off the chain either.

[Sainter_Dad]

12 goals ONE!!

And the one behind was a pretty fair effort by Butler from the pocket that hit the post !

Any other ground, or any other time of day, that would have curved through - the dew on the ground made it skid through

[st.byron]

Round 2 - 14.4
Round 4 - 15.3
Round 8 - 12.1

If you like a random stat or two, that ladies and gentlemen equals 41 goals 8.

[stkfc1]

This is a massive night for the club. We played finals type footy against the top team in their own backyard and smashed them in the end. The confidence this will bring this group will be immense. Ratts has his players singing from the hymn book. Great win.
Go Saints!!!

[The Fireman]

Port fell over the line against the cheats.

Keep a lid on it.

[Devilhead]

Huge win - what a turnaround from 2 weeks ago

That said we are somewhat lucky that Port didn't kick straighter and hit the scoreboard in the first half of the third quarter

Either way it should be a gigantic confidence builder and shows what can happen when you stick to the task - the last quarter was absolutely dominant

[Devilhead]

We need to back it up though over the next 4 weeks - can't expect to win all but 3 wins should be expected and it would set us up for finals

[The_Dud]

Missed the game tonight, tho can’t wait to catch the replay

[skeptic]

Missed the game tonight, tho can’t wait to catch the replay

Be interested to get your thoughts on Ross’ game

[stevie]

Fantastic, boys! I only saw a few minutes of the game plus 7 minutes of highlights but it looked like a highly skilled, fast game almost finals like. Was it the best game so far this season?

[Enrico_Misso]

Was it the best game so far this season?

Most definitely.
The effort was a 4 quarter effort and we had good contributors all over the field.
3rd quarter when we were bombarded relentlessly by Port but we stood up and held them out was fantastic and left them deflated mentally and physically.
Then we got our rewards in the fantastic last quarter.

Hopefully we will look back on this game as THE turning point.