Where did that 2nd half come from?

[perfectionist]

While we up at half time, I thought the game was very even. Not after half time though, just complete domination. Five more like that and we will be home (I can dream!).

[SainterX]

Dig It, we been dreaming for 45 years, march on, march in St Kilda

[bobmurray]

While we up at half time, I thought the game was very even. Not after half time though, just complete domination. Five more like that and we will be home (I can dream!).

Not the sort of performance we are accustomed to.....if only that was a normal performance we could ALL be optimistic...

[bigcarl]

While we up at half time, I thought the game was very even. Not after half time though, just complete domination. Five more like that and we will be home (I can dream!).

Not the sort of performance we are accustomed to.....if only that was a normal performance we could ALL be optimistic...

It was Collingwood-like domination.

[kalsaint]

While we up at half time, I thought the game was very even. Not after half time though, just complete domination. Five more like that and we will be home (I can dream!).

Not the sort of performance we are accustomed to.....if only that was a normal performance we could ALL be optimistic...

It was standard for the first 15 rounds of 2009.

Unfortunately that now needs to be retained until the last final to bring home the Holy Grail, starting with Caaaarrrllton.

[Moods]

While we up at half time, I thought the game was very even. Not after half time though, just complete domination. Five more like that and we will be home (I can dream!).

Not the sort of performance we are accustomed to.....if only that was a normal performance we could ALL be optimistic...

It was standard for the first 15 rounds of 2009.

Unfortunately that now needs to be retained until the last final to bring home the Holy Grail, starting with Caaaarrrllton.

I gotta be honest - as much as we played great footy, north just completely stopped. I thought it looked like the last 10 minutes of the game instead of the 1st 10 minutes after half time. Couldn't believe how insipid North were. We had 43 tackles to 3/4 time - I just reckon we played really well BUT they played terribly. We should have won by over 100 points. Missed about 10 sitters in the 2nd half.

[BigMart]

2009

Fringe 'role' players lifted

Gram, polo, armitage, steven, peake, dawson, gilbert, kosi......

[Thinline]

Rapt with the win, but I reckon the Kanga's poo-ed their pants when the heat went up round about the time of Armo's goal. Insipid effort thereafter that could well undermine them for quite a while.

We were good, it's true.

But they were cheesecake.

[The Fireman]

The Roos for some inexplicable reason, turned into witches hats.

[saintspremiers]

The Roos for some inexplicable reason, turned into witches hats.

Because they are Shyte. They beat nothing last week remember.

Bring on Carlscum. We are a definite 50/50 shot as they are playing for nothing.

[mr six o'clock]

lets hope we're peaking at the right time , our running of the ball was impressive all night , and we played very little shut down footy.
always amazes me how in games like tonight we have 30+ scoring shots ,yet when we play more shut down footy we're lucky to have 20 , after all you have to be able to score to win most games .

[SainterK]

2009

Fringe 'role' players lifted

Gram, polo, armitage, steven, peake, dawson, gilbert, kosi......

You reckon?

I thought guys like Goddard, Joey and Roo turned the game around.

Gilbert did play well tonight though, and Armo, loved both their games.

[BigMart]

They were playing well early....the guns

Dal, bj led the game in possession in the first half.....roo's goal halfway through the second started it....but he set up the first two also...

[Dan Warna]

Riewoldt.

When your captain leads, the men follow.

BJ is his lieutenant, but lieutenants don't lead IMO.

Harvey was always our best player, but Loewe, burke and hammil were our captains.

[SainterK]

They were playing well early....the guns

Dal, bj led the game in possession in the first half.....roo's goal halfway through the second started it....but he set up the first two also...

In the middle though, something shifted 1/2 way through the second.

[BigMart]

We were actually getting belted in the clearances.....

Armo made an impact in the third.....but our overall intensity through the midfield lift..there's went backwards....weak as piss some of their front running mids...

Young swallow aside

[SaintPav]

The Roos for some inexplicable reason, turned into witches hats.

North wilted when we turned it on. They just gave up. They were pathetic.

[linz]

Great effort apart from Gram. He needs to improve as I find him lazy and unwilling to help the team. Maybe we should trade him to North for Petrie?
Do you reckon they'd be interested?

[AnythingsPossibleSaints]

They were playing well early....the guns

Dal, bj led the game in possession in the first half.....roo's goal halfway through the second started it....but he set up the first two also...

In the middle though, something shifted 1/2 way through the second.

His name is Brendon Goddard.
He was clearly the one who took it up a couple of notches halfway through the 2nd, when he was playing in the middle and from then on we partied like it was early-mid 2009.
He grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck, with a couple of brilliant attacks on the ball (including one where he just charged through a pack) and some other telling touches (before half time) and we never looked back from there. If he keeps going like that in the next few weeks, anythings possible.