Match Thread Saints v Lions Round 24 2023

[perfectionist]

Midfielders

Steele and Clark
7 disposals each
Not good enough

Cooper Sharman 3 disposals
Phillipou 3 disposals
Higgins 2 disposals

Perhaps they are all saving themselves for a big second half.

[Jacks Back]

Midfielders

Steele and Clark
7 disposals each
Not good enough

Cooper Sharman 3 disposals
Phillipou 3 disposals
Higgins 2 disposals

Membrey 1
Hayes 3

[B.M]

David King is a moron

Never had a job at a footy club after playing

No fkn idea

[shrodes]

Can’t see Hunter becoming the Ross replacement we’re searching for.

Midfield always seems to miss him when he’s injured and no replacement, doesn’t seem like they’re keen on Windy in the guts

[Brunswicksainter]

Brisbanes decision making in fwd 50 is terrible. We deserve to be in this game.

Ours is worse, kicking straight to them constantly, no connection with forwards

Don't agree at all. Almost all of their behinds have come from taking brain dead set shots taken from unkickable positions. All credit to our defence who have been enormous.

I’d kill to have even half of the shots they’ve had. Agree our defence has been a rock (as is most weeks)

I just don't see how you can say that. They've kicked 7 behinds from 55m + that is simply brain dead football. We can absolutely win this game if we just marginally improve our transition.

[amusingname]

David King is a moron

Never had a job at a footy club after playing

No fkn idea

I don’t really rate him either, relies on stats too much to shape his opinions, then will change that opinion very quickly when it suits something else.

He was briefly an assistant at Richmond after retiring though.

[B.M]

Forwards not getting a kick because it’s only been in there 15 times in a half!!!!

Cannot get the ball from front to back

Hill and Phillipou have been poor
Midfield poor
No bounce off HB

The few times we’ve gone i50 with a good look the last kick has been woeful

Gresham has been good
Wilkie good
Marshall pretty good
Wood ok

But not many winners

[B.M]

Must’ve been brief

[meher baba]

We're dreadful. Lyon is actually being outcoached at his own game by Fagan: they have been fantastic at strangling the life out of us when we have the ball.

Only poor decision making and execution by the Lions when in attack has prevented us from being 50 points behind.

And the only shock trooper we have to shake things up in the second half is...Ryan Byrnes.

Oh and I suppose Jack Hayes: he's been almost invisible so far, so perhaps he can deliver a little bit in the second half.

[Teflon]

Umps starting to pay them everything now

[desertsaint]

well done fellas.

[George27]

Greetings from a laundromat in Copenhagen!

Surely there can’t have been a realistic expectation we would win this one - so hopefully the floodgates don’t open and we don’t get injuries.

I am following the game only via the score updated on AFL website and the wonderfully insightful ( and some inciteful ) comments on this forum. Hopefully someone has the energy to start the voting thread .

Cheers everyone

[bobmurray]

Scores are level, who would have thought after that 1st Quarter.

[desertsaint]

there we go.

[shrodes]

Scoreboard nourishment

[Bruce G McAbee]

Well done guys, Brisbane have become a little arrogant.

[SaintPav]

Just snuck it through?

Is Howard blind?

[bobmurray]

Saints in front.
Bris 4-11-35 v Saints 6-5-41.

[desertsaint]

all over them.

[Mr Magic]

We're dreadful. Lyon is actually being outcoached at his own game by Fagan: they have been fantastic at strangling the life out of us when we have the ball.

Only poor decision making and execution by the Lions when in attack has prevented us from being 50 points behind.

And the only shock trooper we have to shake things up in the second half is...Ryan Byrnes.

Oh and I suppose Jack Hayes: he's been almost invisible so far, so perhaps he can deliver a little bit in the second half.

So is Lyon now outcoaching Fagan?

[The Fireman]

RTB has made a few changes and bang

[SaintPav]

Tear them a new one

[perfectionist]

Webster fell over.

[Mr Magic]

Jimmy’s gonna get a bath if they keep kicking it to Cameron

[Trev from the Bush]

Grizzle grizzle grizzle.

Halfway through the 3rd and scores are level.