Votes v Swans

[George27]

No faulting the endeavour all day.

5. Jack Steele . There is a danger in taking for granted how good this bloke is. A real leader.

3. Tim Membrey . Great at both ends . Always gives an option.

2. Brad Crouch . Superb inside .

2. Jack Higgins. Wonderful endeavour . Almost a super super game, but 1.6 ..

1. Brad Hill. Much better .

1. Callum Wilkie . Such a steady influence down back.

1. Paddy Ryder. I love this bloke.

[CURLY]

Steele
Crouch
Hill
Webster killed Papuley
Wilkie

Sorry Higgins your there to kick goals.

[shanegrambeau]

I agree with George. Plus one.

[Ghost Like]

5 Steele
4 Crouch
3 Ryder
2 Membrey
1 Higgins (would have got 10 if he kicked 6.1)

[spert]

Thought Steel did Ok, but got beaten early, like the rest of the midfield.

5. Wilke
4. Higgins
3. Membrey
2. Steele
1. Ryder

[IluvHarvey]

5 Crouch
4 Steele
3 Membrey
2 Wilkie
1 Howard

No way Higgins gets in the best with 1.6 shocking outcome for a forward.

[avid]

5 Steele
4 Crouch
3 Higgins
2 Membrey
1 Ryder

Hill (545m gained) + Webster (stopped Papley) + Howard (contained Franklin) deserved a vote too.

[sks023]

5 Steele
4 Crouch
3 Sinclair
2 Ryder
1 Hill
Would have loved to have given Higgins the 5 votes

[Banger9798]

5. Steele
4. Membrey
3. Higgins
2. Crouch
1. Ryder

Clavarino and Byrnes developing well.

[desertsaint]

steele
membrey
ryder
crouch
wilkie
sorry higgins. good game bar the most important part of the job.

[bangaulegend]

4. Crouch (has been a really good pick up)
4.Steele (typical Steele game)
2.Higgins (apart from the goal kicking great game)
2. Membrey ( just keeps working hard)
1. Hill ( great response to all the critics)
1. Wilkie (Mr Reliable)
1. Ryder ( just love this bloke)
Appologies to Webster & Howard

[Scollop]

Steele
Crouch
Membrey
Sinclair
Ryder

[B.M]

Crouch
Steele
Membrey
Sinclair
Higgins

Thought Ryder was probably beaten by Tom
A few other players had decent games

Too many passengers

[The_Dud]

5. Crouch
4. Steele
3. Membrey
2. Wilkie
1. Ryder

[kosifantutti]

Steele
Membrey
Crouch
Higgins
Byrnes

[skeptic]

5. Crouch
4. Steele
3. Membrey
1. Wilkes
1. Ryder
1. Higgins

[saintbob]

5 Steele
3 Crouch
3 Webster
2 Higgins
1 Ryder
1 Membrey

[saynta]

4. Steele,
4. Crouch,
3. Membrey.
2. Hill,
1. Sinclair,
1. Ryder.

[Sanctorum]

5. Tim Membrey - played his heart out and saved a couple of goals down back, incredibly versatile and reads the play superbly
3. Jack Steele
3. Brad Crouch
1. Paddy Ryder
1. Missy Higgins
1. Jimmy Webster
1. Callum Wilkie

[older saint]

5. Steele
4. Membrey
3. Crouch
2. Higgins
1. Ryder

[Scollop]

5 Steele
4 Crouch
3 Higgins
2 Membrey
1 Ryder

Hill (545m gained) + Webster (stopped Papley) + Howard (contained Franklin) deserved a vote too.

How many metres gained for Sinclair?

Both Sincs and Hill are considered outside players

By the way, of his 25 possessions Hill had only 1 contested and obviously zero clearances. Sinclair from his 29 touches managed to get 8 contested and 2 clearances.

Hill got credited with 2 tackles but not sure whether they were effective. I often see (and it happened again against the Swans) Hill tries to tackle with his hands and arms. He doesn’t want to burrow in and drive his shoulder and his body into his opponent. One particularly poor effort cost us a goal at a crucial time in the game.

[MCG-Unit]

4 - Steele
4 - Crouch
3 - Membrey
1 - Higgins
1 - Wilkie
1 - Ryder
1 - Dunstan

[B.M]

Do we understand what we got when we recruited Hill?!

He’s not Lenny Hayes!!!

He’s not an inside mid

He is the epitome of an outside player, he’s not even someone who could go inside for periods, he’s entirely outside! which is fine, because you need outside run and class

Which is why recruited him
We have Steele, Ross, Crouch, Dunstan, Bytel, Hannebery, Jones and Gresham to play inside.

We have Billings, Hill, Sinclair and maybe Clark who can receive, run, carry and deliver.

I think we expect him to be something he’s not, he’s an elite runner with skill that’s it.

[bangaulegend]

Do we understand what we got when we recruited Hill?!

He’s not Lenny Hayes!!!

He’s not an inside mid

He is the epitome of an outside player, he’s not even someone who could go inside for periods, he’s entirely outside! which is fine, because you need outside run and class

Which is why recruited him
We have Steele, Ross, Crouch, Dunstan, Bytel, Hannebery, Jones and Gresham to play inside.

We have Billings, Hill, Sinclair and maybe Clark who can receive, run, carry and deliver.

I think we expect him to be something he’s not, he’s an elite runner with skill that’s it.

Yeah I pretty much expected him to be what we recruited him for an elite outside runner with silky skills . Unfortunately for Brad opposition teams recognise this as well & put a hard tag on him & he struggles to cope with it. In a better team he would get a chop out but at the Saints he doesn't so makes his job a lot harder hence he has struggled to live up to the expectation . I don't blame Brad but I think his contract was poorly handled by the club too much money for too long but IMO anyway

[The_Dud]

Do we understand what we got when we recruited Hill?!

He’s not Lenny Hayes!!!

He’s not an inside mid

He is the epitome of an outside player, he’s not even someone who could go inside for periods, he’s entirely outside! which is fine, because you need outside run and class

Which is why recruited him
We have Steele, Ross, Crouch, Dunstan, Bytel, Hannebery, Jones and Gresham to play inside.

We have Billings, Hill, Sinclair and maybe Clark who can receive, run, carry and deliver.

I think we expect him to be something he’s not, he’s an elite runner with skill that’s it.

Then why are we playing him off the back flank?

If you’re playing in the backline you have to be able to defend and win one-on-ones occasionally, both things he is hopeless at.