Match Thread Saints v Freo Round 8 2018

[terry smith rules]

Marshall been good
Hickey good
Phillips good great composure

Alan will drop all these next week

Marshall are you kidding

[mullet]

Brave comeback, but fall away in the last 10 minutes.

Rubbish. Brave comeback ffs they didnt turn up. Mentally unfit this team

[bigred]

Steel going onto Fyfe in the third turned the game dick head.


Oh and f*** you Jack Billings.

[shrodes]

Feel bad for Billings, clearly so in his own head about his goalkicking

How often are we going to feel bad for him still? He's been on the list for 5 years now. He needs to show some leadership and a hell of a lot nore heart! Clark, Coffield and Phillips have shown more ticker than him in their first year.

I get it. But he does have talent, we’ve seen it before. Something’s not right upstairs and if he can’t get it right himself (mind you, he is not the only one on the team), then the club must do something about it.

[6621104]

[quote="bigred"]Steel going onto Fyfe in the third turned the game dick head.


Agree- Steel did a great job, better than Acres in the role.

[shrodes]

Marshall been good
Hickey good
Phillips good great composure

Alan will drop all these next week

Marshall are you kidding

Agree, Marshall was poor this week. I like him as a chop out for Hickey but needs to clunk some grabs.

[Teflon]

Marshall been good
Hickey good
Phillips good great composure

Alan will drop all these next week

Marshall are you kidding

I thought he was ok - tried to make something happen and certainly not the worst

[CURLY]

Billings disposal in the 3rd got us into it. I’m stuffed if I know why Richo leaves him one against 3 deep.

[silverhalo]

3 observations from tonight's game:-

Fanastic debut by Ed Phillips
We desperately need to somehow score more goals - forward line is impotent
Armo is cooked - needs to give it away

[Scollop]

Don't blame the players. They do what they are asked to do. Jack Steele's job is to tag and play defensive footy so don't judge his game by how many disposals he gets.

[The_President]

If the club is serious in being competitive, Jack Newnes should not be in this team next week. Pathetic efforts all year.

Out of form in the backline so now he’s playing forward?

Is he immune from getting dropped?

[DJ Higgins]

No real game plan again until the third quarter when we stopped the long bombs into 50. And look what happened.
BiIlings to be dropped after today as should Skunk. If they could kick straight we would have won.
I need a laugh. Deadpool on 7mate

[Scollop]

Billings disposal in the 3rd got us into it. I’m stuffed if I know why Richo leaves him one against 3 deep.

One disposal is not enough to be considered a contributor. I don't care if it's the best pass ever in the history of footy.

[iwantmeseats]

Don’t be fooled.
This team is diabolically rubbish.

[CURLY]

Billings disposal in the 3rd got us into it. I’m stuffed if I know why Richo leaves him one against 3 deep.

One disposal is not enough to be considered a contributor. I don't care if it's the best pass ever in the history of footy.

He gets the ball we are s far better team. Problem is he’s left chasing lose men around our forward line. He opened up the game for us in the third.

[desertsaint]

very good game from ed. good stuff lad.
webster also.
dunstan a one man band in the last, was everywhere, way above in tackles, and contested possies, but woeful disposal.
membrey - very good until the kicking bit - you know - the bit you're employed for. god awful man.

[Saint Seb]

Richo’s team selections really disappointing. Disappointing he’s not playing White, I think he’s a really good player that makes great decisions. Also disappointing he has played Marshall as a forward (not as a ruck as he’s played Gilbert and Acres as second ruck tonight) is also confusing. Why not play Battle??
Newnes needs a break, been very average. As does Geary, Geary turned the ball over tonight at most critical time, not acceptable from captain.
Richo controls team selection and currently it makes not sense to me.

[Teflon]

Richo’s team selections really disappointing. Disappointing he’s not playing White, I think he’s a really good player that makes great decisions. Also disappointing he has played Marshall as a forward (not as a ruck as he’s played Gilbert and Acres as second ruck tonight) is also confusing. Why not play Battle??
Newnes needs a break, been very average. As does Geary, Geary turned the ball over tonight at most critical time, not acceptable from captain.
Richo controls team selection and currently it makes not sense to me.

Happens time and again at critical pressure moments - BIG moments you just can't trust players like Geary (Gilbert too) or Newnes as they just can not execute under pressure. Not their fault they just don't have the skill and we've often carried to many of these type

[mad saint guy]

Richo’s team selections really disappointing. Disappointing he’s not playing White, I think he’s a really good player that makes great decisions. Also disappointing he has played Marshall as a forward (not as a ruck as he’s played Gilbert and Acres as second ruck tonight) is also confusing. Why not play Battle??
Newnes needs a break, been very average. As does Geary, Geary turned the ball over tonight at most critical time, not acceptable from captain.
Richo controls team selection and currently it makes not sense to me.

Agree that is was absolutely baffling that we finally have a genuine second ruck option in the side yet he keeps playing Gilbert and Acres in there. White was dropped two weeks after being one of our best players in our only decent performance for the year. And yep Geary was absolute garbage tonight, his defensive work was down and his poor disposal was very costly several times.

[saintkid]

Billings disposal in the 3rd got us into it. I’m stuffed if I know why Richo leaves him one against 3 deep.

One disposal is not enough to be considered a contributor. I don't care if it's the best pass ever in the history of footy.

Thank goodness for this post. I thought I had a brain fade or was watching another game. The pass in space is all I saw in the 3rd too. Seriously, when this season has Billings made an impact? He has perfected the role of a soft, outside player, just what the team neeeded from him.

[SaintPav]

Richo’s team selections really disappointing. Disappointing he’s not playing White, I think he’s a really good player that makes great decisions. Also disappointing he has played Marshall as a forward (not as a ruck as he’s played Gilbert and Acres as second ruck tonight) is also confusing. Why not play Battle??
Newnes needs a break, been very average. As does Geary, Geary turned the ball over tonight at most critical time, not acceptable from captain.
Richo controls team selection and currently it makes not sense to me.

White was lame against Hawthorn. Very poor defensively

[SaintPav]

Richo’s team selections really disappointing. Disappointing he’s not playing White, I think he’s a really good player that makes great decisions. Also disappointing he has played Marshall as a forward (not as a ruck as he’s played Gilbert and Acres as second ruck tonight) is also confusing. Why not play Battle??
Newnes needs a break, been very average. As does Geary, Geary turned the ball over tonight at most critical time, not acceptable from captain.
Richo controls team selection and currently it makes not sense to me.

Agree that is was absolutely baffling that we finally have a genuine second ruck option in the side yet he keeps playing Gilbert and Acres in there. White was dropped two weeks after being one of our best players in our only decent performance for the year. And yep Geary was absolute garbage tonight, his defensive work was down and his poor disposal was very costly several times.

We’re not going anywhere with Geary.

It needs to be said.

[saintkid]

Don’t be fooled.
This team is diabolically rubbish.

Yep, played a team that got humiliated by Richmond last week and for the greater part of the game never looked like making it a contest.

[bigred]

Richo’s team selections really disappointing. Disappointing he’s not playing White, I think he’s a really good player that makes great decisions. Also disappointing he has played Marshall as a forward (not as a ruck as he’s played Gilbert and Acres as second ruck tonight) is also confusing. Why not play Battle??
Newnes needs a break, been very average. As does Geary, Geary turned the ball over tonight at most critical time, not acceptable from captain.
Richo controls team selection and currently it makes not sense to me.

Happens time and again at critical pressure moments - BIG moments you just can't trust players like Geary (Gilbert too) or Newnes as they just can not execute under pressure. Not their fault they just don't have the skill and we've often carried to many of these type

I gotta agree on Geary here.

His disposal in the third pretty much just takes the cake. What a horrendous kick to disadvantage two players.

The resulting opposition goal was just terrible.

[Teflon]

And now we've made another poor decision and made him captain guaranteeing him a game each week
Just not good enough