Match Thread Saints v Eagles Round 16 2023

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Re: Match Thread Saints v Eagles Round 16 2023

Post: # 2017549Post portosaint »

Scollop wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:32pm Pavlich in commentary made a profound statement.

He said Simpson knows how Ross Lyon teams like to play.

That's the problem with Lyon. Too conservative. Too predictable

Don't be fooled by the early talk about the assistant coaches. This is a Ross Lyon team playing a Ross Lyon game plan
This.

This club will lose players and quality assistants if this continues. No one except Ross could possibly be enjoying their job at the moment. And it shows.

His pure stubbornness and reluctance to change is painful.


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Re: Match Thread Saints v Eagles Round 16 2023

Post: # 2017550Post Teflon »

Scollop wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:57pm
Laurie wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:46pm Some of our guys are so overrated .
I hate to say it but watching us today we are not a top 8 side.
A clean out is what we need the sooner the better
Hard decisions need to be made.
BOOM BOOM
Remind me again what the president and Lethlean said to justify sacking Ratten?

What was the point when all along they just had to realise we needed to reassess the list and rebuild
FFS are you really saying we shoulda kept Brett ???
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Eagles Round 16 2023

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Billings - who has been pigeonholed as a small forward by Ross
Getting absolutely wasted as a forward pocket in the VFL

Zac Jones

Bytel should be playing today!!!!

Not sure how the fk Phillipou is getting a game?


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Re: Match Thread Saints v Eagles Round 16 2023

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We know Ross has his favourites- and it’s obvious who they are


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Re: Match Thread Saints v Eagles Round 16 2023

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The_Dud wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:54pm
desertsaint wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:53pm
The_Dud wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:49pm
desertsaint wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:48pm god, all the fans who take a perverse pleasure in our losses are enjoying the spoils right now.
it's footy. game isnt even halfway theough.
No matter what happens from here this game is a failure.
haha. very revealing. cheer up!
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Eagles Round 16 2023

Post: # 2017556Post Teflon »

portosaint wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:57pm
Scollop wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:32pm Pavlich in commentary made a profound statement.

He said Simpson knows how Ross Lyon teams like to play.

That's the problem with Lyon. Too conservative. Too predictable

Don't be fooled by the early talk about the assistant coaches. This is a Ross Lyon team playing a Ross Lyon game plan
This.

This club will lose players and quality assistants if this continues. No one except Ross could possibly be enjoying their job at the moment. And it shows.

His pure stubbornness and reluctance to change is painful.
How did that work the first 6 weeks????
Do you really think Lyon is coaching them to lose contested ball and stoppages??
It’s time this club put the blame fair and squarely in the shoulders of overrated players
Stop
Making
Excuses
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Eagles Round 16 2023

Post: # 2017557Post WellardSaint »

1/2 time stats
Scores from Stoppages
WC 37
Us 25

Scores from inside 50
WCE 43%
Us 25%

Damning stats

Lendog was a Hall of Fame midfielder.
Is the man a rubbish coach or are our mids rubbish?
Or a combination?
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Eagles Round 16 2023

Post: # 2017558Post The Fireman »

Well …… so far our boys have been spectators. Watching blokes that are fair dinkum to right wrongs .. to call it embarrassing would be an understatement

If Ross doesn’t have an absolute freak out on these guys I would be flabbergasted

At the end of the day and no matter what happens from here on out …and finally I have to concede….we now need to consider playing for picks


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Re: Match Thread Saints v Eagles Round 16 2023

Post: # 2017559Post axcellence »

Wow… I was right not to tune in. Some players have checked out like fair weather supporters like me.

I’ll come back in 2036 now to check the place out.


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Re: Match Thread Saints v Eagles Round 16 2023

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Teflon

Has the change of coach made one iota of difference

This is as low as it gets
Fkn embarrassing


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Re: Match Thread Saints v Eagles Round 16 2023

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Teflon wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:58pm
Scollop wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:57pm
Laurie wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:46pm Some of our guys are so overrated .
I hate to say it but watching us today we are not a top 8 side.
A clean out is what we need the sooner the better
Hard decisions need to be made.
BOOM BOOM
Remind me again what the president and Lethlean said to justify sacking Ratten?

What was the point when all along they just had to realise we needed to reassess the list and rebuild
FFS are you really saying we shoulda kept Brett ???
Get off the weed it’s done your head in
Ratten was the worse coach this club has ever had.


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Re: Match Thread Saints v Eagles Round 16 2023

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B.M wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:59pm Billings - who has been pigeonholed as a small forward by Ross
Getting absolutely wasted as a forward pocket in the VFL

Zac Jones

Bytel should be playing today!!!!

Not sure how the fk Phillipou is getting a game?
Billings is being saved from straining his pinky toe and missing a few weeks. No one will trade for him then


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Re: Match Thread Saints v Eagles Round 16 2023

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The_Dud wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:54pm
desertsaint wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:53pm
The_Dud wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:49pm
desertsaint wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:48pm god, all the fans who take a perverse pleasure in our losses are enjoying the spoils right now.
it's footy. game isnt even halfway theough.
No matter what happens from here this game is a failure.
haha. very revealing. cheer up!
Some people encourage mediocrity, some demand a little more.
this from the umpires apologist? turn it up. you just enjoy a good whinge at your betters. a twisted tall poppy syndrome.


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Re: Match Thread Saints v Eagles Round 16 2023

Post: # 2017564Post Devilhead »

CQ SAINT wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:51pm
Devilhead wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:46pm
CQ SAINT wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:44pm Umpoor just letting West Coast ruck maul Marshall while Marshall goes for the ball
Marshall has been pathetic

Out muscled

Out positioned

Out played

We have been screaming for another support ruck
Equal in hit outs 12 disposals 3 clearances. Open your eyes d**khead
Nope sorry ... he gets man handled in the ruck contest

He isn't strong enough and always worried about his opposition ruck ..... hardly ever jumps ..... just tries to grab it and kick it ..... worst tap ruckman in the comp

He is having zero influence


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Re: Match Thread Saints v Eagles Round 16 2023

Post: # 2017565Post bigcarl »

Teflon wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:56pm
bigcarl wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:40pm Season over. Play the kids.
We are
You’re looking at the best we got
Yes, unfortunately you are correct.

He needs to do something about our pedestrian midfield. It just lacks star quality and is full of solid, unspectacular plodders. Bite the bullet and give Owens a run on the ball for the rest of the match. Maybe get Gresham and Sinclair in there to try to get a bit of run going.
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Eagles Round 16 2023

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We have no energy around the stoppages. Completely reactive. There hasn't been any synergy between our midfielders since round 5. Watching the opposition continually run out the front of the stoppages. Honestly, we have Hayes and Harvey in our coaching team. There is a clear failure in our stoppage set up

No wonder we've been leaking goals.


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Re: Match Thread Saints v Eagles Round 16 2023

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B.M wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:59pm Billings - who has been pigeonholed as a small forward by Ross
Getting absolutely wasted as a forward pocket in the VFL

Zac Jones

Bytel should be playing today!!!!

Not sure how the fk Phillipou is getting a game?
All did squat in vfl
You’re talking rubbish again
Favourites my ass
It’s called selection integrity
Billibgs can’t run out 4 vfl quarters ffs


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Re: Match Thread Saints v Eagles Round 16 2023

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Devilhead wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 7:01pm
CQ SAINT wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:51pm
Devilhead wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:46pm
CQ SAINT wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:44pm Umpoor just letting West Coast ruck maul Marshall while Marshall goes for the ball
Marshall has been pathetic

Out muscled

Out positioned

Out played

We have been screaming for another support ruck
Equal in hit outs 12 disposals 3 clearances. Open your eyes d**khead
Nope sorry ... he gets man handled in the ruck contest

He isn't strong enough and always worried about his opposition ruck ..... hardly ever jumps ..... just tries to grab it and kick it ..... worst tap ruckman in the comp

He is having zero influence
You're a cockhead.


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Re: Match Thread Saints v Eagles Round 16 2023

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CQ SAINT wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:59pm
The_Dud wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:54pm
desertsaint wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:53pm
The_Dud wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:49pm
desertsaint wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:48pm god, all the fans who take a perverse pleasure in our losses are enjoying the spoils right now.
it's footy. game isnt even halfway theough.
No matter what happens from here this game is a failure.
haha. very revealing. cheer up!
Some people encourage mediocrity, some demand a little more.
Leave your partner out of this. It's not their fault.
:lol: :lol:


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Re: Match Thread Saints v Eagles Round 16 2023

Post: # 2017570Post Scollop »

Teflon wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:56pm
Scollop wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:47pm
seano1 wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:42pm Looks like we lost by 100 last week not the other way round ….again shows our lists needs a lot of changes with fa in Sandy to come up and after seeing Ben King play the other night we shouldn’t bother with him
How many changes at selection this week?. We just lost 2 games in a row

That's making excuses for the match committee and the senior coach

You'd think we've been on winning streak with the amount of charges made. Team selection has been poor to say the least. Reactionary at best
Who you bringing in muscles ? Sandy got spanked btw
Werribee are top 4 and Sandy is bottom 2 skinny

I'd have had the balls to take advantage of our good start and I'd have mixed it up when the opportunity was there in rounds 7-11.

5 day breaks, interstate games, players underdone, not rewarding Windy after he got 35 touches and 3 goals. All those sort of things mean that half the team don't give a s***

They know their spot in the team is assured. They know Ross is conservative with team selection


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Re: Match Thread Saints v Eagles Round 16 2023

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Teflon wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 7:00pm
portosaint wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:57pm
Scollop wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:32pm Pavlich in commentary made a profound statement.

He said Simpson knows how Ross Lyon teams like to play.

That's the problem with Lyon. Too conservative. Too predictable

Don't be fooled by the early talk about the assistant coaches. This is a Ross Lyon team playing a Ross Lyon game plan
This.

This club will lose players and quality assistants if this continues. No one except Ross could possibly be enjoying their job at the moment. And it shows.

His pure stubbornness and reluctance to change is painful.
How did that work the first 6 weeks????
Do you really Lyon is coaching them to lose congested ball and stoppages??
It’s time this club out the blame fair and squarely in the shoulders of overrated players
Stop
Making
Excuses
Go and watch the replays and make your own mind up.

It was the same players then.
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Eagles Round 16 2023

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I’m calling it.

SEASON OVER


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Re: Match Thread Saints v Eagles Round 16 2023

Post: # 2017573Post Devilhead »

Teflon wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:54pm Let’s go through the Saints pretenders ..

Mason Wood - ?
Dan Butler?
Ryan Byrnes -
Jack Higgins
Jade Gresham
Mateus Philipou
Brad Hill
Seb Ross

If anyone spots these players call Crime Stoppers as all are missing.

Flakey bunch down hill skiers
Absolutely spot on

Soft & unaccountable ..... getting smashed by the worst team in the last 20 years of football
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Re: Match Thread Saints v Eagles Round 16 2023

Post: # 2017574Post Scollop »

Teflon wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 7:02pm
B.M wrote: Sun 02 Jul 2023 6:59pm Billings - who has been pigeonholed as a small forward by Ross
Getting absolutely wasted as a forward pocket in the VFL

Zac Jones

Bytel should be playing today!!!!

Not sure how the fk Phillipou is getting a game?
All did squat in vfl
You’re talking rubbish again
Favourites my ass
It’s called selection integrity
Billibgs can’t run out 4 vfl quarters ffs
Selection integrity is a brain fart. It's not real


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Re: Match Thread Saints v Eagles Round 16 2023

Post: # 2017575Post perfectionist »

Last week and for most of the year, WC's skills were pathetic with turnovers galore. No so today. We seem to be down a couple of players as well due to injury.


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