Match Thread Saints v Lions Round 13 2020

[The_Dud]

Billings looked tired last few weeks ....needs a break

Had a big 4th quarter though.

Yep, nearly did it all himself in the last quarter

[Teflon]

Coffield is about to go bananas ...last few weeks he has worked out that he belongs....he is fast strong and bloody good...

Yeah he impressed under pressure
I thought Sinclair stepped up late
Jones tried hard
Steele just has to be captain
Geary is finished

[longtimesaint]

Gresham Clark or Hannebery would have made a difference.
They had no injuries and with the exception of Stefan Martin full strength.

[SaintPav]

Billings got us back into it. Kicked a very hard goal too.

He needs to do better though.

[terry smith rules]

Senior player my arse Ross. Please go. Forever

how about you go and not slag every player

[footyhead]

It would have been a steal but we went inside 1 more time and that non score in the first I think would be hard to ever do again. Not much went out way today apart from Brisbane’s kicking.

[terry smith rules]

Gresham Clark or Hannebery would have made a difference.
They had no injuries and with the exception of Stefan Martin full strength.

Daniel Rich is a critical player for them

[Rocket]

Should have won in the end. Had all the momentum last 10 minutes. Needed a snap to go in and/or King to hold a mark. Just a bit of luck. Had a lot of passengers for a good chunk of the game.

[Teflon]

Billings got us back into it. Kicked a very hard goal too.

He needs to do better though.

For a guy in his prime drafted 2013 that’s simply not enough
Trade fodder for mine
Why keep a guy who can inconsistently only play half forward FFs?
We need midfield class he ain’t up to it when you need him
Carlyle too
We can’t stand still now have to go forward and time to be ruthless

[Sainter_Dad]

Disposals - 271 v 271
Inside 50's - 39 v 38
Free Kicks - 11 v 11
Contested Possessions 110 v 108

We matched them except in one stat - and this killed us:
Their disposal efficiency I50 - 55.3%
Our disposal efficiency I50 - 43.6%

A team that kicked 6.14 had a 20% better disposal efficiency than us.

Talk about kick it to a defender!

[bigcarl]

Coffield is about to go bananas ...last few weeks he has worked out that he belongs....he is fast strong and bloody good...

Maybe he and/or Clark go into the middle to help out Steele and Jones. That’s where you have to control the ball. Half back flankers are a lot easier to find than A-grade midfielders and I think both could become that.

[The_Dud]

Billings got us back into it. Kicked a very hard goal too.

He needs to do better though.

For a guy in his prime drafted 2013 that’s simply not enough
Trade fodder for mine
Why keep a guy who can inconsistently only play half forward FFs?
We need midfield class he ain’t up to it when you need him
Carlyle too
We can’t stand still now have to go forward and time to be ruthless

I would say he’s in our top 5 players so far this year. Had a shocking first half and still ended up equal 4th most touches for us and a goal.

[BigD]

Zac Jones when it matters = whiffed a goal in front from pretty close to win it and kicked it out on the full. Not good enough.

Membersy missed a gettable one as well.

[saintkev]

Soft and abysmal effort for three quarters. A carryover from last week’s second half against Essendon.

[saintbob]

Billings got us back into it. Kicked a very hard goal too.

He needs to do better though.

For a guy in his prime drafted 2013 that’s simply not enough
Trade fodder for mine
Why keep a guy who can inconsistently only play half forward FFs?
We need midfield class he ain’t up to it when you need him
Carlyle too
We can’t stand still now have to go forward and time to be ruthless

I would say he’s in our top 5 players so far this year. Had a shocking first half and still ended up equal 4th most touches for us and a goal.

Just couldn’t get into the game, but to his credit he kept trying and he nearly stole it for us in the end.

More influential than Lachie Neal for them and Brad “Bruise Free” Hill

[Saintmatt]

Gresham Clark or Hannebery would have made a difference.
They had no injuries and with the exception of Stefan Martin full strength.

Not true. Daniel Rich says hi

[terry smith rules]

Geary is finished

Clearly in our best 8 players so yeah.... no

[stkfc1]

Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda. Lions should have won by more. We werent good enough on the day but close. Thats ok. We learn, we move on. We're good enough to compete with the best teams but not quite there. Good match.

[Saintmatt]

Senior player my arse Ross. Please go. Forever

how about you go and not slag every player

Good one douchebag. Go and look at my praise of his magnificent centre clearance that hit Max on a lead in the 3rd. But when it counts under pressure - he’s awful.

Seriously - don’t be a bell end.

[fugazi]

Billings looked tired last few weeks ....needs a break

Rest him up hope he plays a blinder leading finals up the trade value get a gun mid

Don't agree.
He continues to improve and is absolute class. No way do we let him go.

[roskilde]

Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda. Lions should have won by more. We werent good enough on the day but close. Thats ok. We learn, we move on. We're good enough to compete with the best teams but not quite there. Good match.

Sums it up very nicely.

[saintbob]

Billings looked tired last few weeks ....needs a break

Rest him up hope he plays a blinder leading finals up the trade value get a gun mid

Don't agree.
He continues to improve and is absolute class. No way do we let him go.

Absolutely spot on, I’d be more inclined to put Hill and Carlisle back on the market.

[SaintPav]

Billings got us back into it. Kicked a very hard goal too.

He needs to do better though.

For a guy in his prime drafted 2013 that’s simply not enough
Trade fodder for mine
Why keep a guy who can inconsistently only play half forward FFs?
We need midfield class he ain’t up to it when you need him
Carlyle too
We can’t stand still now have to go forward and time to be ruthless

I thought he plays wing.

I think you're being a bit harsh. Having said that, I take your point; he’s tradeble for the right price but I think most of the list is apart from a few.

[takeaway]

Billings got us back into it. Kicked a very hard goal too.

He needs to do better though.

For a guy in his prime drafted 2013 that’s simply not enough
Trade fodder for mine
Why keep a guy who can inconsistently only play half forward FFs?
We need midfield class he ain’t up to it when you need him
Carlyle too
We can’t stand still now have to go forward and time to be ruthless

I thought he plays wing.

I think you're being a bit harsh. Having said that, I take your point; he’s tradeble for the right price but I think most of the list is apart from a few.

Billings does normally play wing, but for some reason was shifted half forward, and didn't get near it. Went back to wing/HF after half time and did much better. Absolute class, something we have very little of, and essential for the next few years.

[Otiman]

Regardless of how close that was, we had no business winning that game. This effort wouldn't have beaten any team in the comp let alone a top 4 competitor. Brisbane were actually bad, and we were worse.