Match Thread Saints v Blues Round 21 2023

[SaintPav]

Good on Acres. Happy for him. Smart, well-run clubs don't give up players like that. Compare his game to Hill's and the cost to our salary cap.

Irresponsible trading.

Club should have been prepared to walk away from that deal.

[cwrcyn]

Once again the midfield got worked over. We were obliterated at clearances. Some of the kicks into our forward line in the 3rd quarter were a disgrace and went a long way to costing us the game.

Byrnes got destroyed on his wing by Hollands. Wood was good on his but kicked badly today.

Every loose ball in the last quarter went into the arms of a Carlton player. They were all over us.

[Banger9798]

Hunter Clark just disappears in last quarters, not fit enough still.
They all look very tired.

Wood , Hill and Sincs about the only ones still running on the last quarter

[CURLY]

Umpires riding Carlton

14-12 our way again.

Get the tissues out Curly

Blatant 50’s ignored

Free for a throw the whole world saw ignored would have put us 27 up.

Cripps getting gifted frees out of the middle

Our forwards engaged miles off the ball ifnored

[Banger9798]

Hunter Clark just disappears in last quarters, not fit enough still.
They all look very tired.

Wood , Hill and Sincs about the only ones still running on the last quarter

[TheGreatZacsby]

Do you know where it all went down hill. When Butler wasn’t rewarded the holding the ball free on Holllands. If we got that we kicked that goal go 60-22 into half time with the feeling that umps are rewarding us for the effort. Blatant f****** cheating. The non 50 metre penalty against us, all the Patrick Cripps holdings, the no bounce in the middle from Razor.

[The Fireman]

Pathetic.

Can’t even beat a undermanned Carlton in a season defining game.

Not sure where to from here..

Carlton are top 4 on current form, we are bottom 4.

Surprised it was so close for so long.

we are not bottom 4, silly thing to say

[shrodes]

Do you know where it all went down hill. When Butler wasn’t rewarded the holding the ball free on Holllands. If we got that we kicked that goal go 60-22 into half time with the feeling that umps are rewarding us for the effort. Blatant f****** cheating. The non 50 metre penalty against us, all the Patrick Cripps holdings, the no bounce in the middle from Razor.

Half time’s the big reset. That non free ended up meaning nothing. It all went downhill when we came out after halftime playing chip chip tempo footy instead of moving the ball like we did in the first half

[B.M]

With a struggling midfield

Why at least don’t we use Windhager inside to nullify their best?

He has no idea across hb

How the hell we can justify some of the Gumby’s in the team ahead of proven AFL players is beyond me?

[The_Dud]

Pathetic.

Can’t even beat a undermanned Carlton in a season defining game.

Not sure where to from here..

Carlton are top 4 on current form, we are bottom 4.

Surprised it was so close for so long.

we are not bottom 4, silly thing to say

Which teams do you think we are currently better than?

[B.M]

On form we are bottom 4 imo

[bigcarl]

Beaten by the form side of the competition.

Regrettably, I think they can actually do some damage in the finals if they get a few back.

We wouldn’t, even if we made it. We’ve got a way to go.

Our midfield and forward line was not competitive after half time. One goal in a half of footy highlights where we are at.

[Scollop]

Sorry but Byrnes is s***

It's a team game. Our team kicked 1-4 in 2 quarters of football

Byrnes ran and made leads and should have earnt at least a couple of free kicks that weren't rewarded.

Sorry but your opinion is wrong... Basically a Sh!!tt comment regarding a young player who's played bugger all AFL games

[Vortex]

would have been nice if Sharman got a few stats.

[cwrcyn]

Until we get a couple more midfielders we will continue to be an 'almost' team.

[1966]

Had a crack but not good enough.
Crouch needs more support.
Forward line needs some polish.
1 goal in a half.
Caminiti not ready and Sharman not good enough

[bobmurray]

Score wise today, Caminiti and Sharman = Donuts.

[Scollop]

With a struggling midfield

Why at least don’t we use Windhager inside to nullify their best?

He has no idea across hb

How the hell we can justify some of the Gumby’s in the team ahead of proven AFL players is beyond me?

If you're talking about Billings, he wouldn't have been able to handle the heat. He'd fumble and turn it over.

He's too soft to rely on for a match like this

[saintbob]

The only thing that pissed me off more than losing, was the biased commentary

[Scollop]

Steele had done the job on Cripps in the first half.

After half time, Lyon should have changed things up

Should have let Steele loose and told him to hunt the footy. We tried to defend a four goal lead for 60 minutes of football

[The Fireman]

Pathetic.

Can’t even beat a undermanned Carlton in a season defining game.

Not sure where to from here..

Carlton are top 4 on current form, we are bottom 4.

Surprised it was so close for so long.

we are not bottom 4, silly thing to say

Which teams do you think we are currently better than?

on tonights effort we would have beaten

WC
NTH
Sydney
Ess
GWS
Hawks
The Suns
the rest maybes

[D.B.Cooper]

Umpires riding Carlton

14-12 our way again.

Get the tissues out Curly

Blatant 50’s ignored

Free for a throw the whole world saw ignored would have put us 27 up.

Cripps getting gifted frees out of the middle

Our forwards engaged miles off the ball ifnored

Hey Curly, do you just copy and paste your moronic, half wit, imbecilic posts game after game, week after week, year after year, decade after decade?

The umpires killed us, the AFL sanction their cheating because they want us to lose, <insert player name> (currently Byrnes) is a liability and these are the reasons we lost.

If X + Y + Z we’re available, we win = simple.

Yes you’re stupid and irrational and semi literate, but I’ll give you an A+ for consistency in stupidity.

[perfectionist]

Beaten in the air and around the packs after half time. Our duds were shown up - Sharman, Gresham, Byrne and Windhager. All too small for their respective positions. RoMa ran out of puff and so did we. We need another good ruckman or someone who can mark around the ground. I'd be surprised if we win any of the remaining games and we will finish 13th or 14th as I predicted when we lost to Hawthorn in Round 11. That will leave us with 11 wins and 12 losses, one loss more than last year.

[The_Dud]

Steele had done the job on Cripps in the first half.

After half time, Lyon should have changed things up

Should have let Steele loose and told him to hunt the footy. We tried to defend a four goal lead for 60 minutes of football

Cripps had 14 touches and 6 clearances to half time, if Steele was ‘doing a job’ on him in the first half then it was a sh*t job!

No excuse for zero touches in the last quarter from the captain and best (maybe not anymore?) player.

[The_Dud]

Pathetic.

Can’t even beat a undermanned Carlton in a season defining game.

Not sure where to from here..

Carlton are top 4 on current form, we are bottom 4.

Surprised it was so close for so long.

we are not bottom 4, silly thing to say

Which teams do you think we are currently better than?

on tonights effort we would have beaten

WC
NTH
Sydney
Ess
GWS
Hawks
The Suns
the rest maybes

All I can say is I think you’re very optimistic!