The bottom three, statistically, for the Saints also included: McCartin 7 possessions 6 kicks 1 handball 3 marks 0 tackles 0 spoils 3 critical unforced errors & 69 minutes game time Brown 7 possessions 5 Kicks 2 handballs 5 marks 2 tackles 6 spoils 1 critical unforced error & 91 minutes game...

Play him in the backline. Bob Murray struggled up forward and became a champion full-back.

Having watched the game three times, I'm staggered nobody has commented on the elephant in the room. Billy Longer cost us the game. All he needed to do was contest that last ruck contest. He didn't. We lost! Statistics for the game would indicate that you're right, Bernard! Ryder had 15 possessions...

Defensively, we're as fast as treacle flowing uphill and in attacking mode just as predictable. Is Gilbee the right fit as reserves coach? There appears to be no-one putting pressure on players in the firsts. Mediocrity isn't being challenged.

Con Gorozidis wrote:Going well.
The new Jason Blake imo.
Has been a revelation this year in his new role.

Blake was a better kick, though.

ran out of legs? No chasing, tackling, or precise kicking pressure on North in the last quarter. Can the Saints up the ante against quality sides in weeks to come?

Enrico_Misso wrote:We can't travel

.....to Etihad as well judging by recent performances.

CLUELESS, pretty well sums up the attitude and aptitude of the last few weeks.

Too frightened to take the game on....

Too frightened to take the game on....

Montagna's not he only one. There are a few younger, supposedly harder, players that are soft in the solar plexus. If we're gonna get thumped Richardson should at least pick a team of blokes ready to have a decent crack a bit of defensive pace.

saintsRrising wrote:And Longer is probably the worst of the lot. There is never any thinking on handballi to advantage by him.

Can Longer kick the bloody ball? Coz he sure as hell can't handball. His attempted handballs are telegraphed to the opposition.

The tone was set when the pathetic, attempted, roughing up of Sloane was exposed by the team's timid attack at the ball (and the Adelaide ball-carriers). The pressure was on then to deliver and we couldn't. Instead the Saints played like self-centred scaredy cats. Seb Ross and his laughable attempt ...

I wouldn't think the umpires caned us....poor coaching and player attitude caned us.
What was dished up by the Saints tonight was dreadful, slow and inept!!!

it doesn't look great for the Saints when the firsts get flogged by Footscray and the reserves get slaughtered by the Scraggers.

Secondly,if the umpiring department refuse to pay holding the ball/incorrect disposal like they did today,then we might as well not even tackle. That was the worst umpiring performance in adjudicating that rule of all time today. Just don't tackle anymore,pointless I'd argue that the GF last year w...

loris wrote:Baaroose why wasn't he playing when Roo couldn't play???

because like the rest of them he couldn't get a kick in a stampede and plays like a marshmallow.

[quote="Johnny Member"]I'm almost prepared to declare that we're the worst coached team in the comp too.[/quote Dreadful, insipid performance. I totally agree. Shocking skills, out-coached, lazy, terrible decision making. Wholesale changes needed. Starting with Longer. If he can't kick, wh...

We were victimised, but not "Because we're St Kilda and losers and everybody's against us." We were victimised because it's a juicier headline with a villain (us) and we don't have a high-profile Prez like a Eddie that bites back. Plus we added to it with an unnecessary, grovelling apology.

Here we go, armchair (probable fat arsed) experts, whom I'm guessing have never played sport at more than a social level, if ever, writing Paddy off again. K Stevens, DMac, Roberton, Geary, Montagna, Longer, Sinclair, Dunstan & Weller. All of these players had worse games than Paddy. Riewoldt &...

Does this bloke read his own articles before posting them on the St Kilda website??

"Webster praised the influence of key defenders Nathan Brown and Jake Carlisle after the pair limited the impact of Greater Western Sydney stars Jonathon Patton and Jake Carlisle."

Forgot Alan Morrow. What about Ian Synman, Des Kennedy, Gary Colling, Barry Pascoe and Travis Payze....

John Bonney. Crunched Leigh Matthews on the wing in the 71 GF. Add in Jimmy Reed back in the 60s at Moorabbin got 12 weeks, I think, for cleaning up Barry Davis.

DOCKERS NOT TALKING ON FYFE SAINTS DEAL Monday, 1 May 2017 A Perth radio station has claimed Brownlow medallist Nat Fyfe has agreed a multi-million dollar deal to play with St Kilda from next AFL season. The Dockers have declined to comment on the veracity of the claim, attributed to a loose-lipped ...

He looks and plays a lot like a young Travis Payze. If he has half of Payze' ability, we've done ok.