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by spert
Sat 01 Jun 2024 8:00am
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: No injuries - No excuses
Replies: 44
Views: 1240

Re: No injuries - No excuses

Collingwood has an injury list nearly as long as Richmond and should have beat Freo at home with 6 players having less than 10 games experience! The excuse-makers and mediocrity-accepters on here and around the club have been using injuries and young players as "the reason" for a pitiful ...
by spert
Fri 31 May 2024 10:12pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: For the "In Ross we Trust" brigade
Replies: 106
Views: 3090

Re: For the "In Ross we Trust" brigade

Of course it's not Ross' job to develop apprentice or specialist coaches, is it. And by the way, be cautious of cause and effect linkages. E.G. do great teams inherently contain chaps that are natural coaches and pursue or ....... Will Fly be credited if Pendlebury becomes a good coach. If it's onl...
by spert
Fri 31 May 2024 4:26pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Fingers crossed🤞 or we’re doomed.
Replies: 7
Views: 299

Re: Fingers crossed🤞 or we’re doomed.

Torrential rain is forecast for Perth late Saturday afternoon. Hopefully it arrives around midday to even up the skill and speed deficiency we have through the middle and down the spine. If there’s fine weather and the noise of affirmation is added….things will be looking gloomy. Usually fumbling a...
by spert
Fri 31 May 2024 3:40pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Membrey
Replies: 26
Views: 717

Re: Membrey

Tim found form at Sandy and clearly is fit and uninjured, probably gained some confidence, so as an experienced player, gets a recall. Must say Butler looked off the pace last week, but clearly the small defensive forward role is failing, like most other things at the moment, and Butler knows how to...
by spert
Fri 31 May 2024 1:35pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Predictions this Round
Replies: 29
Views: 624

Re: Predictions this Round

Max King to coach, and Lyon to play at FF
by spert
Fri 31 May 2024 11:00am
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Predictions this Round
Replies: 29
Views: 624

Re: Predictions this Round

Play a good first quarter as if you have a desire to actually win a game.
by spert
Fri 31 May 2024 8:20am
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Kane Cork Sucker
Replies: 37
Views: 1042

Re: Kane Cork Sucker

He doesn't say St Kilda should trade King, he says for the sake of his own career he should look to move to a club that will utilise his skills. Yes, it is an article designed to be controversial but it is not definitively wrong. King would look better in a team that was more attack focused. Ross's...
by spert
Thu 30 May 2024 9:24pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Team for Saturday
Replies: 45
Views: 1328

Re: Team for Saturday

Should have dropped the entire midfield, they are dragging the team down, and mixed with Lyon's stagnation game, we will go nowhere in a hurry.
by spert
Sun 26 May 2024 8:31pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: No injuries - No excuses
Replies: 44
Views: 1240

Re: No injuries - No excuses

Players seemed to enjoy their footy last season- have a look at the body language this season.
by spert
Sun 26 May 2024 8:29pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Wilke down and out
Replies: 7
Views: 625

Re: Wilke down and out

Seems to be quite a few players who have dropped off the pace this season- we need to look for a common denominator
by spert
Sun 26 May 2024 7:41pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Votes vs Dees
Replies: 38
Views: 1110

Re: Votes

spert wrote: Sun 26 May 2024 7:41pm Nobody deserved a vote after that rubbish
by spert
Sun 26 May 2024 7:41pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Votes vs Dees
Replies: 38
Views: 1110

Re: Votes

Nobody deserved a vote after that rubbish
by spert
Sun 26 May 2024 4:55pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Match Day Demons v Saints
Replies: 284
Views: 4934

Re: Match Day Demons v Saints

I will tell you why Bonner stuffed up because we have no one forward of the ball to kick to. Ross Lyon is a soccer coach who thinks there's an off-side rule in AFL. Horse shyte All he had to do was hit a target Stop talking out your arse Slack kick, sort of hard to hit targets when your teammates a...
by spert
Sun 26 May 2024 11:20am
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Ross Lyon Looks ahead to Narrm - Pressser
Replies: 31
Views: 1206

Re: Ross Lyon Looks ahead to Narrm - Pressser

Loved Ratts I didn't have a problem with him, he had the same problem Lyon is having with regards to access to his first choice players. It's always been a really hard club to coach for one reason and one reason alone, lack of talent. It's perpetually frustrating that most of our fans don't get tha...
by spert
Sat 25 May 2024 3:22pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Ross Lyon Looks ahead to Narrm - Pressser
Replies: 31
Views: 1206

Re: Ross Lyon Looks ahead to Narrm - Pressser

If Lyon wasn't our coach, there is no way we play finals last year with the injuries we had for the first half of the season. No chance! A few weeks ago, we would have beaten by twice as much against the Dogs if he wasn't coaching. RTB can clearly coach, and I am certainly a lot more confident in o...
by spert
Sat 25 May 2024 7:12am
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Phillipou
Replies: 26
Views: 1479

Re: Phillipou

Otiman wrote: Fri 24 May 2024 10:29pm
Rocket wrote: Fri 24 May 2024 9:16pm His leg speed is a worry .. runs in gumboots
I think it's that he doesn't hit the contest with speed, always gets the ball flat footed. Will learn that soon enough.
I don't think he has that speed and run naturally that you need as a midfielder..from a runner's point of view anyway.
by spert
Fri 24 May 2024 12:30pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Team Saints V Melbourne
Replies: 83
Views: 2880

Re: Team Saints V Melbourne

This is a game we can win by playing attacking, positive football, exploiting Melbourne's lack of real leg speed. That's what West Coast did, apparently ... I didn't watch the game. If Lyon allows the game to open up, by shelving his negative lame plan, we should win on the MCG. You know Lyon will ...
by spert
Fri 24 May 2024 8:26am
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Team Saints V Melbourne
Replies: 83
Views: 2880

Re: Team Saints V Melbourne

Byrnes = Robert Eddy Bonner = Brett Peake (?) :cry: :cry: :cry: When is Keeler going to get a go?? If we’re going to score 50 points and lose every game, at least give us something to look forward to . Needs to dominate a bit more in Sandy games over four quarters, not just do a few speccy things h...
by spert
Thu 23 May 2024 4:04pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Zebras v Tigers
Replies: 30
Views: 1730

Re: Zebras v Tigers

I reckon my old granddad would have snagged a couple of goals against the Richmond 4ths.
by spert
Thu 23 May 2024 2:16pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Jon Ralph is a tool.
Replies: 21
Views: 944

Re: Jon Ralph is a tool.

All he is saying is that our good performance last year (which surprised everyone, noting the year of experimentation and the injuries we had particularly early) resulted in the bar being set too high for this year. He is under the pump because he isn't living up to last year when in reality with o...
by spert
Thu 23 May 2024 12:12pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Ye old Cordy
Replies: 26
Views: 1221

Re: Ye old Cordy

Wasn't Cordy CHF in the Dogs premiership? If so, why not play him there- we need a bit of grunt on the HF line.
by spert
Thu 23 May 2024 10:57am
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Sack Lyon
Replies: 189
Views: 5808

Re: Sack Lyon

Can't see Lyon hanging around for the long term
by spert
Thu 23 May 2024 8:23am
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Innovate or perish. Part 2
Replies: 55
Views: 1879

Re: Innovate or perish. Part 2

A few things from that Collingwood game we won- the midfield were much more attacking, Windy played a more attacking game and got the ball out, and since his suspension, seems to have gone into his shell a bit and is now just defending and nullifying. Nas got a lot of the ball and set up a lot of pl...
by spert
Wed 22 May 2024 8:08pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Good kicks taking short kicks
Replies: 15
Views: 520

Re: Good kicks taking short kicks

I'm always bemused by the way we take so long to bring the ball in from a kick out, often just to kick it 15m. Yet our opponents almost always bring it straight in, often with kicks of 30-50m. Watched a game a few days ago, the kick-in went a long way towards the wing to 2 guys who were well in the...
by spert
Wed 22 May 2024 6:27pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Sack Lyon
Replies: 189
Views: 5808

Re: Sack Lyon

With all due respect, Battle at his height can get away with playing a CHB (nominally) But it is another matter playing as a key forward at that size where you have an opponent focused on spoiling (at least) And Owen is 191cm, so smaller again In regards Ratts and defence, during the season in Quee...