The_Dud wrote: ↑Thu 15 Apr 2021 9:33pm Gave up 3 shots at goal in just the first quarter...

One was a free kick, he was too close to that Tiger Fwd

He had his one good game last week, that's it for him for a while

So why is it on a Thursday night?

Battle is one of my favourites in the current squad. He's a much classier version of Jason Blake, with better finishing. Just hope he can avoid the head knocks. My enduring memory of him is against Dees in 2018 or 2019, he competed in the air with 2 Dees, ball spilled towards boundary, he charged af...

Check Pressure Acts on AFL site. PA highest numbers were Steele, Crouch, Higgins, Butler, Lonie. So Butler does defend according to raw data. But if what one guy above says is true, then the short kick to a pocket then down the line, isn't Butler's job- oppo always look for a tall option. Last week ...

I don't expect a similar level of pressure will be sustained against the Tigers. They might do it for the first half, but fatigue may set in. At half time, Hardwick will change things up and Dustt will do some of his trademark freaky goals. But we'll learn from the WCE game that we *can* bring it, s...

I think Higgins is ginger even tho he doesn’t have to bright red hair. Typically you’ll find Ginger athletes don’t have that true muscle definition you’ll see on others (there are some exceptions) but typically they’ll look less defined, almost chubby...even tho they are super fit and strong with t...

There's a large % of people who are supremely talented in their chosen field, but they still worry about measuring up. Steele has respect from pretty much every Saints fan. I can picture him climbing the dais in the middle of the MCG to collect his premiership medal, the crowd noise would be heard o...

I think Long will be the medical sub

I've watched the game 4 times, and I think half way thru the third, we seemed to be setting up differently. The guys were much closer to the ball carrier than earlier, and therefore giving the WCE less time to kick or handball. Maybe they were reading the play better. They were still letting guys li...

Ross has done the job on him before, through the middle, but Martin spends 90% of the time forward nowadays- and not as a starting point either! Martin would expose Seb forward He would also drag Wilkie out of his comfort zone and put himself around the footy Needs an opponent that is equally at ho...

At 29 years old he still has at least 2 years left in him at the top level. We are now in the premiership window so a player like Sav could be very valuable. I can see why they did what the did but I would have rather they paid out McKenzie and kept Sav. He couldnt make the best players in bush foo...

I am torn, I think Butler and Crouch set fire to our guys, or did our coach change something? I heard Crouch got most of his 12 tackles in the first half, then in the 3rd, he started hunting his own ball, maybe he turned it. Or did things start going well for Butler, he was 3rd ranked in pressure ac...

Hill got 26 touches, 13 kicks, 13 Hballs.

I woulda put him in place of King, but only just

Liam Ryan running too far.
Bad kick to McGovern, letting DMack crunch him.
Nic Nat running into a team-mate, forcing a fumble.

3 that stand out to me.
Richo used to bang on about pressure but was weak on tactics, strategy and player development.

Ratts got the mix right last yr, hope it continues

They have Victorian rego cars? Some could be hire cars. The rest belong to folks born in WA who haved moved to Melb.
Like I moved from Melb to Perth and have WA plates, but support a Victorian team

Dunstan can provide more than Lonie- and we've possibly found a Dunstan replacement who can get in n under and actually has a bit of speed and awareness.
Had 23 Pressure Acts vs Bombers, highest Saint.
Yesterday he'll be in coaches' votes, I reckon.

Crouch. Early days, but he's a keeper

I grew up in Melbourne, but moved to Perth for various reasons a few years ago. I can confirm that the comments from Trev From The Bush are quite relatable, as folks who are Perth-born behave just like that. They are arrogant, nasty, opinionated, self-obssessed, have poor social skills, not just in ...

DMac, let's talk about him. He is so disliked on the socials, but he is well respected at the club. I know many internet warriors think he wasn't deserving of his last contract offer and link their hatred for him with their hatred for Richo, subconsciously or otherwise but I really hope he can prov...

AFL app says 'Crowd TBC'

Anyone guess the attendance?

And...Higgins post-goal reaction was one of the best.
Mirrored the crowd's feelings too

McKenzie tackle

Crouch has 11 tackles, they reckon.
He's havin a crack

Who's on Petrucelle?

Howard with 3.7 intercept marks. This is a team stat, because Wilkie n Coff are in the pack, putting body into the oppo fwds, so they can't jump. Dougal comes in over the back. It's not Howard's skill as much as a tactic rehearsed hundreds of times in training. The 19 disposals- they're NOT earned m...