Match Thread Saints v Swans Round 23 2019

[mbogo]

f****** Billings! Jesus

[scallopsroe]

And just like that, we throw the game away.

Same old story - I already posted at half time that our third quarters have been abysmal all season - players should have been put on notice, but were they? Oh, no.
Instead allowing Sydney who have struggled to score all year to kick 3 goals in 3 minutes and then a fourth in a row some time later.

Not good enough - and it all starts at selection. Same players doing it all year, same players selected every week. It's a cancer.

Spot on, selection integrity was a real concern with Richardson and hasn’t improved with Ratten

My gut feeling is that Ratten had to win one or both of the last two games to be a certainty for the job. The team selection was very conservative nearly a sign of resignation by the selection committee.

[stkfc1]

This group of players need to be reprogrammed from "strong at the contest" to "efficient by foot". Our effort is there but our skills are amateur hour. We need a kicking and ball transition specialist in the off season. It doesnt matter who our coach is, as the skill level of this group is going to destroy any gameplan that any coach will try to implement. We have too many athletes on our team and not enough footballers. Time to sweep a broom through the list.

[prwilkinson]

Billings!! Chops off Marshall’s goal, then handballs straight to Sydney.

Why so surprised?

[Wayne42]

Steele hacks a kick from the pack and gets a GOAL

[prwilkinson]

This group of players need to be reprogrammed from "strong at the contest" to "efficient by foot". Our effort is there but our skills are amateur hour. We need a kicking and ball transition specialist in the off season. It doesnt matter who our coach is, as the skill level of this group is going to destroy any gameplan that any coach will try to implement. We have too many athletes on our team and not enough footballers. Time to sweep a broom through the list.

+1 it hurts me in my chest sometimes the way this team butchers the footy. A team full of masochists.

[Turbo]

Can't see how we can keep playing Billings and Sinclair in the same team. Hopefully we can get Hill in to replace one of them

[saintbob]

And just like that, we throw the game away.

Same old story - I already posted at half time that our third quarters have been abysmal all season - players should have been put on notice, but were they? Oh, no.
Instead allowing Sydney who have struggled to score all year to kick 3 goals in 3 minutes and then a fourth in a row some time later.

Not good enough - and it all starts at selection. Same players doing it all year, same players selected every week. It's a cancer.

Spot on, selection integrity was a real concern with Richardson and hasn’t improved with Ratten

My gut feeling is that Ratten had to win one or both of the last two games to be a certainty for the job. The team selection was very conservative nearly a sign of resignation by the selection committee.

Yeah, I don’t think he is getting the job

[shrodes]

Carlisle and Savage woeful

[kosifantutti]

Before Buddy free, Blakey just ran right through the mark in front of Wilkie. No 50.

[prwilkinson]

Nice work Sebby

[George27]

This season began with quite a bang (4-1) but ends with a whimper.

[Kate]

And just like that, we throw the game away.

Same old story - I already posted at half time that our third quarters have been abysmal all season - players should have been put on notice, but were they? Oh, no.
Instead allowing Sydney who have struggled to score all year to kick 3 goals in 3 minutes and then a fourth in a row some time later.

Not good enough - and it all starts at selection. Same players doing it all year, same players selected every week. It's a cancer.

Spot on, selection integrity was a real concern with Richardson and hasn’t improved with Ratten

My gut feeling is that Ratten had to win one or both of the last two games to be a certainty for the job. The team selection was very conservative nearly a sign of resignation by the selection committee.

Yeah, I don’t think he is getting the job

Disaster! Scott would mean the death of our club. Lyon, only slightly better.

[desertsaint]

Jeez if you’d instructed the players to throw the game it’d look exactly like this. Billings stops a certainty, savage waits around for the obvious tackle from behind. Seb then gives them another gift. Shocking errors.

[Bruce G McAbee]

You only get a 50 if someone runs beside you about 10 metres away.

[samuraisaint]

Oh McVeigh just got a goal. Goody. Let the celebrations begin.

[Bruce G McAbee]

8.13, once again we are allergic to scoring.

[prwilkinson]

That’s me done. TV off.

[desertsaint]

At least our next coach (no one currently involved at the moment please) will have a bottom six fixture to ease himself into it with a Bang(er)!

[wasoncestkil58]

Pretty sure all the boys are thinking about their holidays

[samuraisaint]

Forwards coaches and goalkicking coaches must go - no ifs or buts. The club won't be able to survive another season like this.

Our reserves coach has to go too. We are getting schooled by a bunch of guys from the NEAFL.

[George27]

Come on boys. We need a goal to draw level with England

[mbogo]

I guess they are organising the sheep and goats for Monday - to see if anyone knows the difference ...

[Bruce G McAbee]

Really great, just walk off the ground now because you're clearly not interested in making an effort and are just embarrassing yourselves.

[Turbo]

Seriously Lonie has to be dropped back to the under 10's. He should not be given another game.
And Ben Dixon can move on also, if he hasn't already.