Match Thread Rd 1 vs the Filth

[st.byron]

After all the pre season optimising and cuddliness from Ratten - we look depressingly familiar with the same mediocre midfield and bomb it long game plan.

[sainter104]

Well done saints we are a joke as usual

[cwrcyn]

Leo Connolly should play ahead of Kent.

[st.byron]

Give Owens the benefit of being on debut. Kent schment. More of the same from him. Give Battle more time.

I agree re Owens. Way out of it early, but I thought he showed a bit in the last quarter . Far more likely than Byrnes .

Yep. He did contribute in the last quarter. First game, very green....give him a go. Kent on the other hand - it's like continuing to bang your head on a brick wall coz you're convinced it's going to stop hurting.

[sainter104]

Well done saints we are a joke as usual

[saintkid]

Pretty embarrassing when a team relies on a newbie like Hayes to bring them back into the game.
Another disheartening Friday night game.
The glaring truth is we have too many players on our list that wouldn't come close to getting a game at a top 4 club and continue to not make an improvement in their game.

[CURLY]

25-18

2 50’s to zero

Jack Hayes head punched off play on
Then Wood pinned for holding it.

Just Razor caught up in the big club

[therabbitinthehat]

i think owens will be better for having played that game. gave him an idea of what the big time is like and he can't just keep doing what he did in the juniors

[bigcarl]

Give Owens the benefit of being on debut. Kent schment. More of the same from him. Give Battle more time.

I agree re Owens. Way out of it early, but I thought he showed a bit in the last quarter . Far more likely than Byrnes .

Yep. He did contribute in the last quarter. First game, very green....give him a go. Kent on the other hand - it's like continuing to bang your head on a brick wall coz you're convinced it's going to stop hurting.

Give him a go, fine, but not in the starting midfield. And certainly not when you have players like Gresham twiddling their thumbs in the forward line.

[Vortex]

I want Ratts to completely lose his s*** in his presser tonight and just start kicking s*** over and have a physical swing at as many journos as he can and hopefully this deranged and unhinged outburst will be enough of a distraction to paper over the cracks of this complete deck of cards.

i want to see him abuse the reporters

me too but only the ones we have photographic evidence of in compromising roles like shagging goats.

[The Barometer]

Higgins and King 1.7 between them. Kent non existent.
Seriously BM you choose Brynes and Owens as your first call outs? Young better players who will be better for the experience, hardly expected to be match winners.

[st.byron]

Higgins and King 1.7 between them. Kent non existent.
Seriously BM you choose Brynes and Owens as your first call outs? Young better players who will be better for the experience, hardly expected to be match winners.

Yep agree. Higgins, Kent, King......

[Banger9798]

Shocker from Higgins....

[desertsaint]

bottom line is our coach is simply unable to get us to play anything resembling a suitable game plan. unable to get us to put in a four quarter effort, and unable to get us to play with any real self belief, i actually think our list is better than the coach. not by much, but better. nice fella. make him a runner or move him on.

[B.M]

Owens and Byrnes were out of their depth

Not into gifting games to kids if they aren’t up to it

Kent is hopeless

[cwrcyn]

The decision to play Mason Wood on a wing is dumb. They tried it with Battle and it didn't work. It shows our lack of depth in relation to runners. Wood is one-paced.

[st.byron]

bottom line is our coach is simply unable to get us to play anything resembling a suitable game plan. unable to get us to put in a four quarter effort, and unable to get us to play with any real self belief, i actually think our list is better than the coach. not by much, but better. nice fella. make him a runner or move him on.

Yes his cuddliness grates on me when we continue to dish up dross. Where the f*** is our hard edge.

[IluvHarvey]

Time for King to start living up to the hype

[The Fireman]

bottom line is our coach is simply unable to get us to play anything resembling a suitable game plan. unable to get us to put in a four quarter effort, and unable to get us to play with any real self belief, i actually think our list is better than the coach. not by much, but better. nice fella. make him a runner or move him on.

Yes his cuddliness grates on me when we continue to dish up dross. Where the f*** is our hard edge.

Long didnt play

[terry smith rules]

Shocker from Higgins....

I thought butler was worse. Played like a millionaire except ….

[st.byron]

bottom line is our coach is simply unable to get us to play anything resembling a suitable game plan. unable to get us to put in a four quarter effort, and unable to get us to play with any real self belief, i actually think our list is better than the coach. not by much, but better. nice fella. make him a runner or move him on.

Yes his cuddliness grates on me when we continue to dish up dross. Where the f*** is our hard edge.

Long didnt play

I mean across the team. Much as I hate them, Carlton looked hungry. We look the same as last year

[Ghost Like]

The decision to play Mason Wood on a wing is dumb. They tried it with Battle and it didn't work. It shows our lack of depth in relation to runners. Wood is one-paced.

Yep, Wood is not a Langdon. He's better off taking any spot that may give Kent another game.

[CarlD]

All the issues that have been flagged for some time (slow midfield, bombing into the forward line, lack of spacing, poor structure etc etc) were on full display yet again tonight.

Moore is a good player and dumping the ball on King's head just made it too easy for Moore.

Very disappointed that time has moved on but nothing has changed.

[The Fireman]

bottom line is our coach is simply unable to get us to play anything resembling a suitable game plan. unable to get us to put in a four quarter effort, and unable to get us to play with any real self belief, i actually think our list is better than the coach. not by much, but better. nice fella. make him a runner or move him on.

Yes his cuddliness grates on me when we continue to dish up dross. Where the f*** is our hard edge.

Long didnt play

I mean across the team. Much as I hate them, Carlton looked hungry. We look the same as last year

carlton looked quick and slick...with a game plan and yes you are right..we look the same.

[The Barometer]

Owens and Byrnes were out of their depth

Not into gifting games to kids if they aren’t up to it

Kent is hopeless

Lol it’s called development. I we can’t blood and develop new players how will we improve? Keep playing players like Kent? We should have been able to carry Byrnes and Owens and had a win.