Match day thread Sainters vs Tigez

[bigred]

Seriously. We are playing two teams tonight.

And another downfield.

[Scollop]

I think the neighbourhood will be knocking at my door asking me to quit the loud swearing...

Cannot believe that decision...that ump has no **** idea...

[BigMart]

The free kick to J. Riewoldt was a game changer

Have you ever seen a softer free kick in a tight and tough contest

That umpire has stood on the mark a lot when Richmond have kicked at goal

[Verdun66]

Finally!!! C'Mon boys use it!

[mullet]

4 free kicks to j riewoldt, 4 to cotchin 3 to king, nearly the whole total of frees to our team.

Disgrace.

oh yeah and may be lame to blame umpires but even lamer to not say something when it changes the game

[Old Mate]

Umpires won it for the tigers no doubt on my mind

[desertsaint]

Hard luck saints. Used up all in their tank.
Had the fixture and the umpiring against us, but fought it out.

[gringo]

Armo cant get a free for a kick in the face

[Old Mate]

Armo cant get a free for a kick in the face

They white maggots dont pay frees to st kilda inside their 50

[matrix]

i better going and put some popcorn in the microwave

[gringo]

The umpires are taking money on games they influence too many for coincidence. It will come out over the next few years for sure. Bizarre decisions one way so often.

[Verdun66]

Gut wrenching....

[bobmurray]

Saw enough to be convinced we won't finish bottom 4

[BigMart]

Armitage just had his head kicked off... Nothing

Vickery incidental contact kick a big goal

Interesting?

Some players from Richmond in umpires super coach teams
Cotchin, King... Must be in one umpires

[BelfastSaint]

Saw enough to be convinced we won't finish bottom 4

Me too ... Was expecting to get thumped tonight but thought with a few breaks (umpires etc ) we could maybe have snatched this one ...

[Scollop]

Bobmurray;
Not saying you're wrong, but if we finish 11 or 12 and you are right is that good?

We're a proud team and that was a bloody gutsy effort...I don't rate the Tigers..saw them fade out last week and if we had a 7 day break we would have won

[mullet]

Think it goes deeper than dream team....sadly. Disgraceful decisons. J Riewoldt kicked 7 2 from 3 marks and 4 free kicks. says it all

[BigMart]

We will lose confidence if we keep losing and realisation sets in.

I am not so sure?
I had us 8-12

Now after pre season and 2
13-16

[evertonfc]

Same old issues. Really, really poor with our skills and execution. We're probably not going to make the eight - in fact, almost certainly.

That's NOT pessimism. That's reality.

We're 0-2 and we lack in all the key metrics.

We're a "hanging" team - we'll challenge all the good teams this year, as we did last year, but due to distinct lack of proper quality, we'll have a really tough time getting near the eight. I just can't see us winning 13 of our next 20 games.

It's not a case of "throw in the towel". It's a case of how best do we use 2012 to advance the case for NEXT premiership. Everything else is white noise.

We need to have a ruthless approach towards getting more game time into our younger players and developing them.

Right now, I'm actually concerned we're in a toxic place. Our reliance on canny old players remains extremely high, and while they deliver good/average performances, it almost makes the development of younger players harder because we get "so close".

Close might feel good in the short term - but I do worry about where we're going to be in 2-4 years time. We already look both dreadfully slow and unskilled.

[OneEyedSainter77]

Saw enough to be convinced we won't finish bottom 4

I agree.

Reckon we have a shot at ninth again if we get a run on.

We're not in any need to tank yet but god almighty we need to win a close one!! Two seventeen point losses in a row this season.

[gringo]

Saw enough to be convinced we won't finish bottom 4

We were actually ok and it's the kids leading improvement. Stanley grew bigger by the quarter, Armo and steven are going to be guns, Milera was showing some very exciting ability, saad picked up, Newnes did enough to see the future.

Gilbert and jones showed why they are in the team.

Schnides is still a beauty especially as a sub.

Dempster and Fisher looked rusty but did well

Lenny and Milney didn't have their best games but tried hard.

Joey went quiet.

[gringo]

Armitage just had his head kicked off... Nothing

Vickery incidental contact kick a big goal

Interesting?

Some players from Richmond in umpires super coach teams
Cotchin, King... Must be in one umpires

At least 2 obvious throws in Richmonds backline for no frees.

[saintbob]

Good effort from the Saints tonight!!


On the plus side
Newnes - showed a bit, but needs to make sure of his disposal. Still not adjusted to the tempo

Stanley - looks a lot better down back, some goods marks and spoils in the 2nd half

Shneider - brought back into the game when dubbed on, disposal and decision making was fantastic. 13 disposals

McEvoy - great game, his work around the ground was fantastic.

Roo - Much better tonight

Monty- good to have him back

Roberton - did his job again tonight, provided run early and then locked down on McGuane

Negatives:

Milne - 2nd ordinary game from Nilney, might find himself back with Kosi

Dal - needs to lift

Watters - needed to a bit more proactive and not so reactive

And the f****** umpiring was DISGRACEFUL, I counted 7 goals gifted to the Tigers by s*** decision!!!

[saintbob]

Good effort from the Saints tonight!!


On the plus side
Newnes - showed a bit, but needs to make sure of his disposal. Still not adjusted to the tempo

Stanley - looks a lot better down back, some goods marks and spoils in the 2nd half

Shnieder - brought back into the game when dubbed on, disposal and decision making was fantastic. 13 disposals

McEvoy - great game, his work around the ground was fantastic.

Roo - Much better tonight

Monty- good to have him back

Roberton - did his job again tonight, provided run early and then locked down on McGuane

Negatives:

Milne - 2nd ordinary game from Milney, might find himself back with Kosi

Dal - needs to lift

Watters - needed to a bit more proactive and not so reactive

And the f****** umpiring was DISGRACEFUL, I counted 7 goals gifted to the Tigers by s*** decision!!!

[saintbob]

Gilbo's best game for 2 yrs, was another positive