Match Thread Saints v Kangaroos Round 11 2022

[SunnyErnie]

We need more from Jones and Long. Hardly sighted.

[The Fireman]

Membreyyyyyy

We will demolish them!

You said you weren’t going to post for a month

[The_Dud]

Hopefully keep this up for 4 quarters. A 20 goal to 8 win would be nice.

[skeptic]

As with last month dominated at clearance in the early stages. We cant stick our heads in the sand as much as we want but its very evident this Ryder/midfield partnership is not working and hasn't for some time.

Unsure whether that's Ryders fault or just poor reading of play by the midfielders.

That seems like a peculiar observation to me

[The_Dud]

Great play from one end to the other

[The Fireman]

Once we get our delivery into our forward 50 sorted.

[skeptic]

4 missed shots so far

[The_Dud]

Could have really put them away

[skeptic]

Disappointing entry from Paton
Had free men everywhere

[skeptic]

Sharman

Bank it
Put the house on it

[desertsaint]

Coops!

[skeptic]

Love this kid

What a goal

[SunnyErnie]

Sharman....we needed that badly just for our confidence!

[CURLY]

Paton has been terrible

[Teflon]

Once we get our delivery into our forward 50 sorted.

Yep that’s an issue to be solved
Had plenty looks
Too King conscious
Patton coming forward just looks for King when outnumbered
Need to look at other options
Owens needs to crack in he’s trying and you can see with confidence he’ll get there but big step up from sandy
I do think our forward pressure could better but like Sharman in there …

[The Fireman]

Once we get our delivery into our forward 50 sorted.

Yep that’s an issue to be solved
Had plenty looks
Too King conscious

Kicking to 3 on 1

[terry smith rules]

Seriously Paton should not be allowed to kick inside 50. Terrible decision making at least twice

Know your limitations

[The_Dud]

Poor kicking made that an ordinary quarter.

Looks like we’re relying on a big second half as usual!

[perfectionist]

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Kicking to 3 on 1

I actually think Ben Paton is legally blind. He doesn't seem to recognise Saints jumpers at all.

[Brunswicksainter]

Centre clearances to half time
Ryder (1-6) - 5 direct scoring opportunities for north (2 goals)
Marshall (2-0) - 1 goal for st kilda

[Teflon]

How long has delivery into forward 50 been an issue???
I mean we are lucky Nora are as bad but against good sides we’ll pay a price for wasteful entry and it just rebounding straight out
This has to be a Ratten priority to fix
If you genuinely want to be a top 4 contender this must be cleaned up
Been going way too long
Agree Patton isn’t someone I’d like the ball in the hands off into 50
Woods done nothing
Maybe this is why they like Amon???
It’s why I like Connolly- good ball user combined with hood decision makers really hurt you
We need to keep loading up on them

[spert]

Great to see the young guys all getting involved, but probably just not quite there yet in quality. Need to kick better and smarter going forward. North heavily tagging Crouch and Gresch

[The_Dud]

I actually think we’re missing Steele more than I thought we would. We’re currently getting away with it against a poor team, but I think a good team would be punishing us right now.

[Impatient Sainter]

Well that 1/4 was akin to our 2019 game 1st round game v North. Two poorly skilled sides making far too many errors. Gresham is lucky we have a bye next week he simply doesnt work hard enough when playing through the midfield. We need a lift from basically all our flankers Webster, Long, Sharman, Windhager, Owens and Wood including Gresham.

I know North were trying to stop the damage , but our midfielders are simply not working hard or smart enough. The amount of stoppage clearances they've had without any pressure is simply not good enough for a side wanting to be a top 4 side. Hopefully we step it up in the 2nd half and start icing our shots on goal.

[meher baba]

As I predicted earlier, our defence is performing well yet again. Wilkie, Battle and Howard all terrific.

I demanded a good performance from NWM, Long and Sharman and NWM has really delivered. Sharman has chipped in with a goal, but really needs to do a bit more than this. As for Long, he's looking at a game for the Zebras very soon.

The rest are mostly going ok in general play, but our goalkicking is shameful and our entries into the forward 50 variable in quality.