Match Thread Saints v Power Round 18 2021

[Jacks Back]

1/2 time
Saints 3.5.23 v Power 4.6.30

No free kick against Wilkie (his jumper was being held) and no free against King for "high contact" f****** cheating maggots!!!!!!

[CURLY]

King needs to be able to hold his ground

McKenzie is undersized

Just not strong enough in the contest

Try standing under the ball and get shoved fair in the back as the ball arrives.

[Teflon]

We're getting smashed around the packs.

Yep this
Do r blame defence Ports game plan is clear: bomb clean ball into a tall forwards
In qtr1 we put pressure on them around the pa me snd win contested ball
That qtr we fell away badly so the movement in is far easier
FFS we need our mids abs rucks to start winning contested ball and to get it going our way

[Scollop]

We got smashed in contested footy that quarter and they beat us on the spread. The stats don’t lie

Forget about the umpires. Port are working harder at the moment.

[The_Dud]

Umpires have Zero to do with it

Don’t see an issue with one decision so far

You’re in the wrong place, every free against St Kilda is wrong no matter how blatant, duh

[skeptic]

This is why I like the idea of the other Crouch brother

In the past, we’ve had no answer for getting smashed in stoppages... let’s bring in someone that rarely loses them

[The_Dud]

We got smashed in contested footy that quarter and they beat us on the spread. The stats don’t lie

Forget about the umpires. Port are working harder at the moment.

Some people just need excuses.

St Kilda need to look in the mirror to see the problem.

[Banger9798]

Barely spotted Sinclair, missing his run and creativity from backline today

[skeptic]

What’s happened to Zac Jones - AFL app says injured.

Not watching as yet

[The_Dud]

Barely spotted Sinclair, missing his run and creativity from backline today

A lot of players down, seems like zero intensity out there.

[Jacks Back]

What’s happened to Zac Jones - AFL app says injured.

Not watching as yet

8 possessions only not injured
Connelly has had 3 possessions

[The_Dud]

What’s happened to Zac Jones - AFL app says injured.

Not watching as yet

He got up rubbing the back of his neck after a contest at the end of that quarter, didn’t look bad tho?

[Jacks Back]

Barely spotted Sinclair, missing his run and creativity from backline today

Sinclair 4 possessions

Need a lift from a lot of players this second half. Really letting themselves (and us) down

[perfectionist]

What’s happened to Zac Jones - AFL app says injured.

Not watching as yet

Hurt his neck.

[Ghost Like]

Beaten in the middle, beaten at stoppages. Port with a tall forward line have somehow stunted our run out of defence and through the middle.

To start / stop, no running in waves and no taking chances. Makes things easy for Ports defence.

Summed up that our only goal that quarter was a crumbed goal by our ruckman.

[silverhalo]

We wilted against Adelaide when Hunter Clark got poleaxed, hope we don't do the same now that DMac has gone down - if anything it should fire them up

[silverhalo]

Barely spotted Sinclair, missing his run and creativity from backline today

Sinclair 4 possessions

Need a lift from a lot of players this second half. Really letting themselves (and us) down

Sincs has had a great year but very ordinary so far today - hope for a big second half!

[SaintPav]

Seems like season could be suspended or be called off any day.

[perfectionist]

I dunno whether it is just the matchups but we seem to be outsized, in height and strength, at most contests around the ground. On ball we are OK, thanks to the Captain, but most of the rest are being pushed aside. Strength is their strong point so to speak. Can't beat them that way. Movement, run and carry is the only way.

[silverhalo]

I dunno whether it is just the matchups but we seem to be outsized, in height and strength, at most contests around the ground. On ball we are OK, thanks to the Captain, but most of the rest are being pushed aside. Strength is their strong point so to speak. Can't beat them that way. Movement, run and carry is the only way.

Yep, need to be more daring - run, run, run and use the corridor as much as possible

[Devilhead]

Bytel will hopefully give us more grunt around the packs

[Teflon]

I dunno whether it is just the matchups but we seem to be outsized, in height and strength, at most contests around the ground. On ball we are OK, thanks to the Captain, but most of the rest are being pushed aside. Strength is their strong point so to speak. Can't beat them that way. Movement, run and carry is the only way.

We are outsized especially down back their talls is their strength
That won’t mean squat if we get smashed in contested ball
+7 qtr 1 we dominate
~19 qtr 2 we get killed

[B.M]

McKenzie stronger than King
Jonas stronger than Membrey
Aliir bigger than Long/Kent
Dixon stronger than Howard
Georgiadis stronger than Highmore
Ladhams bigger than Wilkie

[silverhalo]

Max King being totally outbodied by McKenzie - need to look at other options when kicking into F50

[The_Dud]

I dunno whether it is just the matchups but we seem to be outsized, in height and strength, at most contests around the ground. On ball we are OK, thanks to the Captain, but most of the rest are being pushed aside. Strength is their strong point so to speak. Can't beat them that way. Movement, run and carry is the only way.

Yep, need to be more daring - run, run, run and use the corridor as much as possible

It’s baffling when we have a mark on the edge of the centre square, and the player turns more than 90 degrees and kicks it to the boundary, where we are then hemmed in and can’t do anything.