NAB 3 Match Thread v Demons

[tony74]

I know it must be hard to believe but the clubs pretty happy about the game. Got the required minutes into them. Only a couple of mishaps with Roo and Shinna but both at this early stage look ok.
Remember Melbourne have pretty well gone in with a full strength team in all three games. We obviously have had a compromised preparation so the plan and the minutes for each player was pretty well pre planned. The reason Brucey spent a lot of time on the bench and Billings spent more time in the midfield than up front. Please remember it's called a practice match for a reason.

[saint-stu]

What's the story with Sinclair, tony74?

[tony74]

Needs to work on the defensive side of his game. His opponents run off him.

[BigMart]

Why didn't he play at Sandy to do that?

[Devilhead]

Needs to work on the defensive side of his game. His opponents run off him.

I would agree with this

We shouldn't let a few sublime handballs and some matrix like skills bamboozle us - the kid still has a lot of work to do - especially on his tank

[saintbrat]

Richo post game

http://www.afl.com.au/video/2016-03-13/postmatch-demons

[CURLY]

Those that think missing a practise match will have no effect take a look at yesterday. Clearly lacked a run and are going to be struggling to make up ground.

[Bluthy]

Those that think missing a practise match will have no effect take a look at yesterday. Clearly lacked a run and are going to be struggling to make up ground.

Nothing compares to a full on game for both fitness and sharpness of skills, particularly executing skills under AFL level pressure and Melbourne put on a lot of pressure. You could see they were all just a bit off the pace yesterday with reactions and rubbery legs. Look at Hawks loss and then turned it on against North. That good run yesterday should sharpen us up a fair bit for Port. The season is a marathon, not a sprint.

[Bluthy]

Highlights (and rusty-lights) http://www.saints.com.au/video/2016-03- ... ints-nab-3

[samuraisaint]

Nick seems to have a calf strain. His 300th might be a few more weeks away. Jason Holmes has been OK. But I can't see us beating too many teams. I fear that the nadir is yet to come.

2016 should be - and must be - our last year in the bottom four - 2017 will be the season that we see improvement and movement into the middle rungs on the ladder.

[samuraisaint]

Weller's skills today were pretty poor. Early days but Melb had good team structure compared to us and should have won by more.

Weller will be a good 'depth' player IMO. It was good to see the team stick to their game and not throw the towel in when they so easily could have. I thought we persevered well against North too, considering we fielded a young side and North being a top 4 team ATM.