Match Thread Saints v Dockers Round 6 2020

[shrodes]

What happened to Steele today, only 2 tackles, well down on his average

[stkfc1]

Well that was as much fun as the Nth game.

how can half of our players just disappear ? Mind you Freo were hitting targets everywhere they played us at our own game but better.

I also question the fitness of our players.

Yes fitness has to be a concern, we just stopped. And now it's becoming a pattern. Last week win we struggled to run out the game and now this. I hope the team get made to watch the replay on the bus trip back. Time to rest a few players.

[SaintPav]

I feel sick.

[Secret Kiel]

It helps if you don't take it too seriously. We were incredibly disadvantaged before the game even started. There were players that weren't happy about what the AFL has done to them. There is absolutely no integrity in this years comp.

[Jacks Back]

It's like we have been sapped of energy

Travelling 2&1/2 hours on a bus will do that to you.

[The Barometer]

Our midfield is still second rate. We have not had an A grade midfielder in years. Jack Steven was the closest we had, and he's gone. I look back to the days when we had Goddard, Hayes, Dal Santo, and Harvey in the same team.

What we would give to have a Hayes like midfielder and LEADER.

[cwrcyn]

Once again Geary toasted us with one of his kicks. Clean possession running straight through the middle of the ground and tumbled the ball to Freo's advantage. He's been doing it his whole career. A brave and dedicated footballer, but I've just seen too much of that from him. All our players pushed forward when he got the ball and he completely coated them with that kick. Free then had number free and were always going to score after that atrocious kick.

[BigD]

well i hope the lads enjoy the long bus ride home. unfortunately they'll be happily playing in the surf by sunday arvo.

Already adopted the Noosa lifestyle.

[CURLY]

AFL use us as pawns. Need a hole filled StKilda gets the s*** gig.

[The_Dud]

It helps if you don't take it too seriously. We were incredibly disadvantaged before the game even started. There were players that weren't happy about what the AFL has done to them. There is absolutely no integrity in this years comp.

100% invented bullsh*t

[Vazelos]

Pathetic!!
Being 250 km away from the ground is amateur hour...
Seriously really disappointing...

[The_Dud]

It's like we have been sapped of energy

Travelling 2&1/2 hours on a bus will do that to you.

How about playing most of the game 2 blokes down?

[Secret Kiel]

AFL use us as pawns. Need a hole filled StKilda gets the s*** gig.

Exactly. Get used to it.

[sunsaint]

well i hope the lads enjoy the long bus ride home. unfortunately they'll be happily playing in the surf by sunday arvo.

Nah no surf at Noosa - but that will suit a bunch of Vic softies
Plenty of expensive latte coffee shops though

[The_Dud]

The excuses trying to be invented to explain us going from a 7 goal quarter to 1 goal in a half is more pathetic than our effort today!

[Secret Kiel]

It helps if you don't take it too seriously. We were incredibly disadvantaged before the game even started. There were players that weren't happy about what the AFL has done to them. There is absolutely no integrity in this years comp.

100% invented bullsh*t

Would it have rated high in the TV ratings?

[Moods]

It helps if you don't take it too seriously. We were incredibly disadvantaged before the game even started. There were players that weren't happy about what the AFL has done to them. There is absolutely no integrity in this years comp.

STFU why don't you. These players are paid a fortune. Incredibly disadvantaged. What a joke. We're playing a crap team who have just spent 5 x wks 1000's of km's away from their base and you want to whine about how disadvantaged we are. We have better training facilities than most in their hub. Talk about a mentally weak effort and ppl like you are enablers for this type of display. If you reckon the season is so compromised and so unworthy, why bother watching it let alone coming on here and commenting.

[The_Dud]

It helps if you don't take it too seriously. We were incredibly disadvantaged before the game even started. There were players that weren't happy about what the AFL has done to them. There is absolutely no integrity in this years comp.

100% invented bullsh*t

Would it have rated high in the TV ratings?

Ratings are up 20%

Did you watch?

[Kate]

Spirit of "whispers" alive and well.

Really?
Are you people deranged?
Can't get hands on the ball for 2 and a half quarters and it's all the AFL and umpires' fault!

Some people can't understand that poor play and dodgy umpiring aren't mutually exclusive conditions. Both situations can indeed be in play AT THE SAME TIME.
Basic IQ tests use these sort of questions to sift out the less mentally agile.

At the end of the day there was one goal in it. Best on ground Dean Margetts and co.

[The_Dud]

It helps if you don't take it too seriously. We were incredibly disadvantaged before the game even started. There were players that weren't happy about what the AFL has done to them. There is absolutely no integrity in this years comp.

STFU why don't you. These players are paid a fortune. Incredibly disadvantaged. What a joke. We're playing a crap team who have just spent 5 x wks 1000's of km's away from their base and you want to whine about how disadvantaged we are. We have better training facilities than most in their hub. Talk about a mentally weak effort and ppl like you are enablers for this type of display. If you reckon the season is so compromised and so unworthy, why bother watching it let alone coming on here and commenting.

Mentally weak people will try project their mental weakness on anyone and everyone they can.

[st.byron]

Well that was farkin disappointing

[CURLY]

It's like we have been sapped of energy

Travelling 2&1/2 hours on a bus will do that to you.

How about playing most of the game 2 blokes down?

Had 2 others in Foote and Margetts

[tonyh]

Well it was a Freo home game, and their no. 2 didn't put a Foot wrong for them.

[Secret Kiel]

It helps if you don't take it too seriously. We were incredibly disadvantaged before the game even started. There were players that weren't happy about what the AFL has done to them. There is absolutely no integrity in this years comp.

100% invented bullsh*t

Would it have rated high in the TV ratings?

Ratings are up 20%

Did you watch?

Nup and I'm richer for the experience.

[Saintmatt]

Our midfield is still second rate. We have not had an A grade midfielder in years. Jack Steven was the closest we had, and he's gone. I look back to the days when we had Goddard, Hayes, Dal Santo, and Harvey in the same team.

What we would give to have a Hayes like midfielder and LEADER.

Correct. Leadership. It’s everything we don’t have. You can stick your solid citizen / good training standards fair up your ar$e because Ross and Geary are diabolical if they don’t have specific roles

Pis$ poor leadership