Match Thread

[Teflon]

Yeah we had our chances in first qtr to put pressure on them
Membrey gets one lace out on chest drops it....
Jones very gettable goal miss
How many handballs in forward line to a player under pressure????
Zero composure

[JR23]

why isnt Carlisle playing . Its that simple but we are too blind. Keep light and fast no matter what the opposition. Poor poor selection criteria

[The_Dud]

Stop bombing the ball out of D50, stop bombing the ball inside F50.

Run the ball quickly, lower your eyes, hit up leads, and bloody kick straight!

[perfectionist]

One of the great myths is that wet conditions bring teams with different skill levels closer together. In fact, the wet weather accentuates any skill problem. Hopefully, it will fine up.

[SaintPav]

This will be hard to turn around too. I'm not holding my breath.

West Coast could go on with it.

[SaintPav]

This will be hard to turn around too. I'm not holding my breath.

West Coast could go on with it.

[sunsaint]

24 forward 50 tackles no free kicks.

Can you post the link to this stat please
I could use these in depth stats to learn more

[stkfc1]

We're ball watching. Midfield is too busy watching Nic Nat and not their opponents. Ross is having a shocker. Steele bro g left to do it all on his own. Jones has the fumbles. Alot. Get Sincs in there. Even Battle or Long. Need to rough them up. Mc Lovin out helps but we need to take advantage. Wake up boys!!

[st.byron]

Does make me question Ratten asa coach when the bomb it long strategy continues to fail yet continues to happen. It’s been weeks now. Same crap.
And why do we persist with half baked not even GOP’s. Kent ain’t a quality player. Flashes of doing something but disappears for long periods. We just don’t have the cattle at the moment. That’s how it’s shaping up.

[Teflon]

why isnt Carlisle playing . Its that simple but we are too blind. Keep light and fast no matter what the opposition. Poor poor selection criteria

You gotta stop the ball from the middle and we are falling down badly there
You get centre clearance you can at least play the game in your half
Kelly and co giving them lace out delivery
Zero midfield pressure and our moves forward are just rushed trash
Once again too many passengers
Some idiots decided we can handball our way out of trouble and we over use it to the death

[Superboot]

When umpires don’t reward tackling this is the result. Countless frees missed in our forward half now the WC players just hold the ball until the feel like releasing.

And some mystifying frees paid to WC

[portosaint]

Look, the umpiring is s***. It is most weeks. But If anyone honestly thinks that is costing us tonight, they are deluded.

I think we've fared pretty well at the moment. Let's just admit our system needs work. And quite a bit of it

[The_Dud]

When umpires don’t reward tackling this is the result. Countless frees missed in our forward half now the WC players just hold the ball until the feel like releasing.

Start watching the game
Didn't go in our forward line that quarter

24 forward 50 tackles no free kicks.

We’ve had 24 tackles in total, all in forward 50 you say?

[st.byron]

Yeah we had our chances in first qtr to put pressure on them
Membrey gets one lace out on chest drops it....
Jones very gettable goal miss
How many handballs in forward line to a player under pressure????
Zero composure

Membrey is having a poor year. Hasn’t gone on to become the influential second forward target I had hoped he would.

[saintkid]

It's a mental thing for us ..... not sure if we believe we are good enough

Currently a bunch of soft front runners not willing to get stuck in and with substandard handling skills

Kudos to Battle though for at least putting his body on the line twice

Very true. Too many soft front runners and it's annoying to see the same culprits week after week.

Battle has typified what is needed tonight and Steele and Jones have been left to do too much themselves without support again.

[bigcarl]

We are a tall short. It’s not rocket science .. Eagles win games in the air !!! No Carlisle or even Roberton

That was always going to be a worry. I missed the first half. Where is Battle playing?

[The_Dud]

We’ve had to turn our best mid into a tagger because Seb is too much of a plodder to even stand next to someone

[mickey]

I agree with everyone.. Darling actually playing a good game = no Carlisle. Kelly = Sacrifice Steele & tag him. Holding the ball so many times = great tackle but how about getting the ball first. A lot of players have been so quiet (apologies ryder & sinclair) so Lift!! Does Ratten give them a spray... They need one.

[Teflon]

Jones simply can’t kick

[DJ Higgins]

we are losing simply because we have kicked 3.8. that and Kent has zero touches

[perfectionist]

Catching up with behinds.

[The_Dud]

STOP BOMBING INSIDE 50!

[saintkid]

Jones simply can’t kick

Yeah but is the second hardest midfielder after Steele. It's daylight after that.

[bangaulegend]

They might have a few out but their skill level is still way above our's just shows how far we have to go. I was really hoping we could make the finals just to celebrate a pretty good year but nah we aren't ready yet

[portosaint]

STOP BOMBING INSIDE 50!

Its the game plan.

But SK will tell us its the forward lines fault