Match Thread Saints v Tigers Round 3 2022

[terry smith rules]

Boy can we run a team into form

Obviously I meant St K FC

[SunnyErnie]

Have we ever won a Maddie's match ... before?

Cmon….
2017???????????

PS I love Wilkie…

92 to 10 at half time.

[Premium89]

Have we ever won a Maddie's match ... before?

Cmon….
2017???????????

PS I love Wilkie…

92 to 10 at half time.

Oh what a match!!

[Impatient Sainter]

What a great win! I was worried at half time but we found a way to turn up the pressure in the 3rd quarter. Continued the pressure in the last and they buckled. Its the first time Ive seen our blokes go for throat in the last quarter for sometime. Hopefully they can maintain that pressure game moving forward.

[darylcowie]

King

Bear in the square = ineffective

On the move

Unstoppable

I think King is better suited to CHF and snagging them from the arc.
I'm not sure that Jack Hayes is mobile enough to cut it at this level, despite his first round heroics, but he is handy marking depth up forward.
We should rotate our rucks through FF as both are mobile enough to contest and bring the ball to ground where Butler, Higgins and Long can go to work.
I think Long and Higgins are playing for the same spot, so it will be interesting to see how Long goes next week for a full game.

[Scollop]

NWM looks like silk...work on his tackling but is picking up the pace of the game and that vision is elite

Loved his beautiful bullet pass over 45 metres. He is going to be a weapon at Marvel with the dry conditions there

[seano1]

watching on tv....cotchin ,nankervis and 2 other tigers were laughing like they thought they had us ...cockie pricks

[cwrcyn]

Seb Ross in the third quarter was enormous. Mason Wood. Who had been quiet really lift in the last 45 minutes of the game. As for Paddy Ryder.......just brilliant in the centre bounces

[Devilhead]

Blistering comeback ... Crouch is a beast ... he Steele and Gresh just upped the ante around the contest and we started running

King could have had 6 or 7 in the last

Hopefully this builds belief .... well done Sainters!!

[SuperDuper]

King

Bear in the square = ineffective

On the move

Unstoppable

I think King is better suited to CHF and snagging them from the arc.
I'm not sure that Jack Hayes is mobile enough to cut it at this level, despite his first round heroics, but he is handy marking depth up forward.
We should rotate our rucks through FF as both are mobile enough to contest and bring the ball to ground where Butler, Higgins and Long can go to work.
I think Long and Higgins are playing for the same spot, so it will be interesting to see how Long goes next week for a full game.

Higgins miles ahead of Long by my reckoning.
Hope Long can contribute again if Higgins misses next week. 2 goals to Long from tackles. good effort

[The_Dud]

Had a run of 64-0… crazy!

[Ghost Like]

I think we need to let Hayes settle in our forward line. He competed, scrapped and presented without much reward but was dangerous. We seem to be very quick to write our players off, whether it's a quarter, a half or a game.

If our match committee was of the same mind, all of Paton, King, Hayes, Higgins, Butler, Howard, Ross, McKenzie, Wood, Lienert and Long would have been playing at Sandy today.

As a collective they did us proud today, we in the cheap seats can only thank them for their effort today.

[Impatient Sainter]

King

Bear in the square = ineffective

On the move

Unstoppable

I think King is better suited to CHF and snagging them from the arc.
I'm not sure that Jack Hayes is mobile enough to cut it at this level, despite his first round heroics, but he is handy marking depth up forward.
We should rotate our rucks through FF as both are mobile enough to contest and bring the ball to ground where Butler, Higgins and Long can go to work.
I think Long and Higgins are playing for the same spot, so it will be interesting to see how Long goes next week for a full game.

Higgins miles ahead of Long by my reckoning.
Hope Long can contribute again if Higgins misses next week. 2 goals to Long from tackles. good effort

Higgins unfortunately has to miss 10 days with the concussion protocols.

[Impatient Sainter]

I think we need to let Hayes settle in our forward line. He competed, scrapped and presented without much reward but was dangerous. We seem to be very quick to write our players off, whether it's a quarter, a half or a game.

If our match committee was of the same mind, all of Paton, King, Hayes, Higgins, Butler, Howard, Ross, McKenzie, Wood, Lienert and Long would have been playing at Sandy today.

As a collective they did us proud today, we in the cheap seats can only thank them for their effort today.

Totally agree, particularly if its a dry day at the MCG next week. The more he plays with Membrey, King & Marshall the better they will become. Although if its wet I would consider bringing in Windhager or Byrnes.

[silverhalo]

Not sure if this has been mentioned but I was super impressed with Lienert today, thought he played a ripper game!

[The_Dud]

I also think Ryder back makes a huge difference, even if it doesn’t appear so on the stat sheet

[Ghost Like]

Yep, Ryder gives our midfield a fighting chance. He's arguably our most important player by a fair margin.

[Impatient Sainter]

Not sure if this has been mentioned but I was super impressed with Lienert today, thought he played a ripper game!

Particularly when moved onto the wing he shut down Picketts influence.

What a lot of us are missing is how well Ratts coached today.

Our defence was under the pump early because of the midfield, he rotated Sinclair through the middle at the right times. Then moved Hill forward and McKenzie to a HBF who both lifted. He backed Ross, Steele & Crouch to lead from the front. Leinert onto Pickett worked as did the ball movement into the F50 and our forward line clicked in the last. Wood had a huge last 45 minutes.

A slight downer Ratts said Billings had a set back with his hamstring on Thursday and will be another 2 or 3 weeks.

[ace]

King

Bear in the square = ineffective

On the move

Unstoppable

I think King is better suited to CHF and snagging them from the arc.
I'm not sure that Jack Hayes is mobile enough to cut it at this level, despite his first round heroics, but he is handy marking depth up forward.
We should rotate our rucks through FF as both are mobile enough to contest and bring the ball to ground where Butler, Higgins and Long can go to work.
I think Long and Higgins are playing for the same spot, so it will be interesting to see how Long goes next week for a full game.

Higgins miles ahead of Long by my reckoning.
Hope Long can contribute again if Higgins misses next week. 2 goals to Long from tackles. good effort

Higgins unfortunately has to miss 10 days with the concussion protocols.

That is 12 days now.
But In practice normally equates to one round.
There is a high probability that in the future that could be increased to two or more rounds.

[axcellence]

Good win.

Riewoldt and Dusty are a big factor in Richmond’s ordinary showing.

Still on 23 vs 23.. it was a Saints win.

[Ghost Like]

Not sure if this has been mentioned but I was super impressed with Lienert today, thought he played a ripper game!

Particularly when moved onto the wing he shut down Picketts influence.

What a lot of us are missing is how well Ratts coached today.

Our defence was under the pump early because of the midfield, he rotated Sinclair through the middle at the right times. Then moved Hill forward and McKenzie to a HBF who both lifted. He backed Ross, Steele & Crouch to lead from the front. Leinert onto Pickett worked as did the ball movement into the F50 and our forward line clicked in the last. Wood had a huge last 45 minutes.

Good call. Add Webster and Paton shutting down their smalls, Bolton & Castagna were ineffective after half time. Plus Howard, Battle & Wilkie worked so hard for each other. Ratts did a great job rearranging the deck chairs in the 2nd half. Credit where it's due.

[Scollop]

After the goal to Long, we were still 5 points down 73 - 78, which was late in the 3rd quarter and there was 4:00 minutes left on the clock plus time on.

What a brilliant defensive effort and great fighting spirit by our boys to hold them off in the third quarter. This was key. If we can’t defend then we won’t games

We finished the quarter at 74 - 78. Just 4 point down. We had the momentum at that stage with double the inside 50’s and all the scoring shots for the last ten minutes of that 3rd quarter

The other thing I noticed about half way through the third quarter was that Ratts made a change.

He took Brad Hill out of the half back line

[Freebird]

What’s the go with the umpires?

Fortunately the ump combo like us more than tigers...not too many combos that roll well for us but most roll for dogs

[BadRossco]

Great win from nowhere, skills let us down early but effort was first class. I also watched all the Sandy game and we appear to have a few waiting in the wings at last. Windy and Owens were very strong in poor conditions and will certainly be good at AFL level, Campbell will be handy if Paddy or RoMo are unavailable and both Highmore and Connolly are very reliable. Kyle didn’t get a lot of it but is all class and the blistering pace of Peris will be a weapon if his football skills develop.

[saintbob]

Can I ask exactly WTF happened there, how can we go from a side that can’t hit the side of a barn by hand or foot to kicking ten goals to one and barely allowing them to touch the ball.

Wowee!!

We play tired football better than any other team. We just play it from the opening bounce and wait for them to come back to us.