Match Thread Saints v Blues Round 20 2021

[SaintDippa]

Wasted year. No improvement in game plan, clearance structures, ball movement, F50 entry strategy, could go on.
We will never win a flag with Ratts. Might do with someone currently available.

[B.M]

17-3 doesn’t help

[silverhalo]

I reckon Hunter's done the jaw again......gutsy to come back so soon but I wouldn't play him again even if he's able now that we're out of finals

[cwrcyn]

Would have been better to leave Hunter our of the team. Another runner would have been more value

[B.M]

Yeah

Hawthorn are flying under the super coach

[skeptic]

Steele looks devastated

Lip reading: he said clearly 'For F... Sake' as he was down on his haunches.
He's gonna have words in the rooms afterwards

I saw that too and I hope so.

[bergsone]

I'd persist with Sharman.....looks promising - well done son

Along with Connolly,Byrnes,Bytel and any youngster we have give em a go

[wally]

Then the final kick out clear view on tv wrong option and another goal

[The_Dud]

I'm amazed winning 99% on the stats sheet more kicks ,marks ,handballs, inside 50's & hit outs 63 to 11 so how the f--- did we get owned ? Doesn't make sense

Because laziness isn’t a stat

[Laurie]

Billings is a marshmellow
Just piss him off.
Absolute spud.
BOOM BOOM

[CURLY]

Hunter 3 touches.

[magnifisaint]

Yep GC can have Dunstan for free

[bigcarl]

I'm amazed winning 99% on the stats sheet more kicks ,marks ,handballs, inside 50's & hit outs 63 to 11 so how the f--- did we get owned ? Doesn't make sense

They took their opportunities. We didn't.

[The_Dud]

Yep GC can have Dunstan for free

29 touches at 65% and a team high 10 clearances.

[saintbob]

13 goals from turnovers and free kicks. Dunstan did not hit a single target for the entire game. Long and Kent barely touched it.

He has days/nights where it looks like he’s never kicked a football before, I don’t think he managed to get one to spin properly tonight.

[CURLY]

Wasted year. No improvement in game plan, clearance structures, ball movement, F50 entry strategy, could go on.
We will never win a flag with Ratts. Might do with someone currently available.

How can you tell?

Never had our best side out on the ground or close to it. Blokes missing large chunks of games. Tonight we had 6 players in their first or second season.

[Wayne42]

Only 3 weeks of this shite left in 2021.

Then over to the recruiters.

Oh Boy !

[SaintJohno]

Dunstan and his manager will be spewing tonight. Just knocked 100K off his next offer.

[WellardSaint]

Then the final kick out clear view on tv wrong option and another goal

It's pure theatre, the way our games go, sometimes.
Giftng an easy goal on the siren to a Blues player, former captain, medical sub, just for old times sake.

Kind of like a fast bowler, final ball of the innings, giving an easy slow bouncer to a batsman on 94 so he can get a 6 for his ton

[silverhalo]

Next season.
Kent, Hunter and Dunstan can’t be there.
Billings can walk and whatever we get is a bonus.
Paton replaces Webster.
Gresham in for Butler.
Coffield has to be a better bet than Long.

Dunstan is a keeper for me despite some dodgy disposal, does plenty of the grunt work
Butler up and down this year but is genuinely classy and when he's on, he's on - need him
I agree with everything else you've said

[B.M]

As an inside mid

If you didn’t get clearances you’d be hopeless

We had 60 hit outs to 10

It’s what you did with them that counted

We scrubbed it from clearances they walked it out

[skeptic]

Am shocked at the criticism directed at Dunstan tonight.

Not his best night and poor disposal but bloody hell he turned up and competed all night which is a hell of a lot more than can be said for Ross who was more than happy to sit in space for a 1/4 and a half.
Got 6-7 touches in the last 10min to lift his numbers from appalling to baseline but no impact on the game, poor effort, no leadership

Give me Dunstan any day of the week. Kid is a competitive beast

[The_Dud]

Next season.
Kent, Hunter and Dunstan can’t be there.
Billings can walk and whatever we get is a bonus.
Paton replaces Webster.
Gresham in for Butler.
Coffield has to be a better bet than Long.

Dunstan is a keeper for me despite some dodgy disposal, does plenty of the grunt work
Butler up and down this year but is genuinely classy and when he's on, he's on - need him
I agree with everything else you've said

Dunstan was better than both Crouch and Ross (again) tonight

[cwrcyn]

Too many injuries all year on the back of what appears to have been an inadequate preparation. Our midfield still lacks sufficient class, run and spread. If we don't find another 198cm defender it'll be hard to seriously challenge

[The_Dud]

Am shocked at the criticism directed at Dunstan tonight.

Not his best night and poor disposal but bloody hell he turned up and competed all night which is a hell of a lot more than can be said for Ross who was more than happy to sit in space for a 1/4 and a half.
Got 6-7 touches in the last 10min to lift his numbers from appalling to baseline but no impact on the game, poor effort, no leadership

Give me Dunstan any day of the week. Kid is a competitive beast

Yep as I just said, better than both Crouch and Ross tonight, team high 10 clearances.

Crouch seams to avoid criticism somehow