Match Thread Saints v Swans Round 17 2024

[Nick DalSanto Claus]

There is something seriously wrong with the leadership, or rather lack of it, with this side. The stats for the last 10 minutes are telling.

Missed tackles, poor goal line defense and lack of numbers around the footy. These have nothing to do with talent or skill.

It has everything to do with application. If they are deliberately tanking they're doing a bang up job.

[bobmurray]

St Kilda has missed 14 tackles, Sydney has missed 4.

That stat shows tackling is ANOTHER issue the Saints have.
The backline is as ordinary as the rest of the team this week.

[B.M]

Here’s a few moves

Byrnes to Gulden - tag
Windhager to Warner tag
Steele head to head with Heeney
Clarke to HB - just not productive enough as a mid - slow


Campbell should be playing

[CURLY]

14 tackles by StKilda considered broken. I guess when you can spin and hold onto it while tackled it’s easy

[CURLY]

Here’s a few moves

Byrnes to Gulden - tag
Windhager to Warner tag
Steele head to head with Heeney
Clarke to HB - just not productive enough as a mid - slow


Campbell should be playing

Clarke is going well ridiculous call.

Byrnes started on Gouldin

Heeney and Steele are head to head

[CURLY]

St Kilda has missed 14 tackles, Sydney has missed 4.

That stat shows tackling is ANOTHER issue the Saints have.
The backline is as ordinary as the rest of the team this week.

Issue is that tackle where Warner clearly dropped it counts as broken.
Similar with McCartjns.

[SaintPav]

St Kilda has missed 14 tackles, Sydney has missed 4.

That stat shows tackling is ANOTHER issue the Saints have.
The backline is as ordinary as the rest of the team this week.

Issue is that tackle where Warner clearly dropped it counts as broken.
Similar with McCartjns.

Thought so too but couldn’t tell from that angle for certain.

Can’t use umpires today as any type of a lame excuse. We dropped off completely in the second half of that quarter.

We were terrible

[B.M]

Clark

11 possessions in a half at 34% efficiency

Yeah, he’s not getting chopped up

[Jacks Back]

Hmmm, not looking good.

[The_Dud]

Our tackling has been very poor for a while, opp teams know they can walk thru them most of the time.

[CURLY]

Clark

11 possessions in a half at 34% efficiency

Yeah, he’s not getting chopped up

Guldens going at 51%

[loris]

Curly I asked you politely earlier would you please not spam this thread this week with umpire bashing. OK if they make a glaring error give constructive criticism. However, for the rest of your crap disputing umpiring decisions , just STFU. Can I be any blunter as obviously polite requests mean nothing to you, you midget minded individual. Even disputing a goal review, when it showed daylight between the Saints player’s hand & the ball. - now that’s DUMB, DUMB, DUMB

[Teflon]

There is something seriously wrong with the leadership, or rather lack of it, with this side. The stats for the last 10 minutes are telling.

Missed tackles, poor goal line defense and lack of numbers around the footy. These have nothing to do with talent or skill.

It has everything to do with application. If they are deliberately tanking they're doing a bang up job.

Oh no…,it’s all just down to game plan …
Nothing to do with a lack of mental toughness or on field leadership…
Mids are treacle slow ….Swans go outside …we gone
14 missed tackles ….where our ferocious skipper ??? (who can’t hit a target it must be said)
Trade bait for mine

[CURLY]

Our tackling has been very poor for a while, opp teams know they can walk thru them most of the time.

Know they won’t get pinned

[B.M]

Curly
He’s had 19 until HT

[Jacks Back]

A few players need to lift to get back, at least, to their averages. Hill has the most for us at 13 (only 3 in the second qtr).

[Nick DalSanto Claus]

Is it just me, or does Nick Blakey have the weirdest physique ever seen on an AFL footballer? He's got a torso like a cylinder of meat.

He reminds me of one of those inflatable, arm-waving tube guys you see out the front of used car yards.

Not knocking his play. The guy can obviously run and kick. Maybe he's the next paradigm shift in AFL players' body shapes. Maybe he's so quick because of a lack of wind resistance. I wonder what his drag co-efficent is? Any engineers on here?

[Teflon]

Kellie Underwood has a cheese grater for a voice …terrible sound ….

[CURLY]

Curly I asked you politely earlier would you please not spam this thread this week with umpire bashing. OK if they make a glaring error give constructive criticism. However, for the rest of your crap disputing umpiring decisions , just STFU. Can I be any blunter as obviously polite requests mean nothing to you, you midget minded individual. Even disputing a goal review, when it showed daylight between the Saints player’s hand & the ball. - now that’s DUMB, DUMB, DUMB

Thank you Loris but I’ve pointed out some glaring mistakes 3 of which resulted in Sydney goals the other cost us a simple goal to Wood.

[CURLY]

Curly
He’s had 19 until HT

Going at 51%

[CURLY]

Free to Grundy on que

[shrodes]

Who’s winning their matchup?

Marshall > Grundy
Howard > Mclean
Wilkie > Amartey

Not too many others I would suggest

[The_Dud]

Curly I asked you politely earlier would you please not spam this thread this week with umpire bashing. OK if they make a glaring error give constructive criticism. However, for the rest of your crap disputing umpiring decisions , just STFU. Can I be any blunter as obviously polite requests mean nothing to you, you midget minded individual. Even disputing a goal review, when it showed daylight between the Saints player’s hand & the ball. - now that’s DUMB, DUMB, DUMB

Thank you Loris but I’ve pointed out some glaring mistakes 3 of which resulted in Sydney goals the other cost us a simple goal to Wood.

Just plain lies.

Do you not realise we’re all watching the same vision?

You’re worse than Trump!

[The_Dud]

Free to Grundy on que

[The_Dud]

Webster just perfectly highlighted half our issues right there, missed a simple zero pressure kick.