So 12th on the ladder and a % of 85 makes you a 'good team'?kosifantutti wrote:Good teams win when they're playing poorly.
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So 12th on the ladder and a % of 85 makes you a 'good team'?kosifantutti wrote:Good teams win when they're playing poorly.
To the top wrote: Geary is a liability.
But that's the rub...We concede way too much every week from turnovers.Legendary wrote:We conceded 7.11 from turnovers - halve that number and we win the game by 40 points.
Your being very odd, nobody says Geary is a champion.To the top wrote:To those who insist the likes of McKenzie, Minchington, Geary et al are "stars" or "stars in the making", they are not and their presence in the St Kilda 22 are the reason for the Club being where it is at.
Geary is an honest trier at the very best, and has courage but every player at AFL level must have courage, to go when it is their turn to go.
His absence of leg speed was once again highlighted v Essendon with his opponents those running amok including higher up the ground to further expose his weaknesses (good coaching by Essendon).
That absence of leg speed means he can not feature in the spread from defence - and that is before you get to his up and under disposal which allows space his target has created to be closed down and opportunity closed down further afield.
Sides are very happy to see the ball in Geary's hands.
We saw how (even) Essendon ran the ball from defence, switching and catching us out freeing up the next player in the chain.
Where does Geary EVER feature in such a transition from defence?
And then the young aboriginal, as his direct opponent for significant of the game (until the performance of Geary forced the move of McKenzie onto him!!!!) left Geary in his wake as he did.
Yes Geary took 2 "stretch marks" which were vital (and if he had not held on, he would have been on the ground as our last line defender with Essendon running into an open goal because in both instances his opponent was clear behind him having made space from Geary, so it was poor Essendon disposal to even give Geary those opportunities - a foot more elevation and curtains) and he got a hand on a lunging spoil in the last - but 3 such acts balanced against the negatives on full display does not make the "champion" some on here think he is.
Geary is a liability.
Our "small defenders" need to be able to negate the likes of the young aboriginal lad Essendon are promoting - and contribute to the spread and rebound to have them expending energy on the chase.
In terms of Montagna, he had his jacket on when on the bench in the lead up to 3 quarter time and was worked on before and during that break indicating he may have had a leg issue.
And that brings me to another beef. We play Montagna as a defender to provide cover for Geary and ball use and options from defence.
THAT is not the answer.
The answer is to address the crux of the problem not the symptoms
So dream on re Geary (and Minchington, Mc Kenzie, Savage) because you are dreaming if you are of the opinion they are the future of St Kilda and a premiership.
I can't recall saying that.Con Gorozidis wrote:So 12th on the ladder and a % of 85 makes you a 'good team'?kosifantutti wrote:Good teams win when they're playing poorly.
Life Long Saint wrote:I love fantastic, meaningless stats...samuraisaint wrote:And we're 6 from 6 against fellow foundation clubs this season so far.
That is a pearler!
Do we class Sydney (South Melbourne) and Brisbane (Fitzroy) as foundation clubs?
I don't know about our worst performance. The losses to the Eagles and the Crows were horrific to watch. At least we came away with 4 points from Sunday's game.Bernard Shakey wrote:Worst performance of the year, even though Hickey, Ross, Membry and Steven were brilliant!
I call bulls***. No need for hyperbole. I hope you have calmed down, taken a Bex and had a good lie down.BigMart wrote:I don't care if we win
This is the worst, most embarrassing performance in my time watching stk
Including the 80s
Shameful
Solid 8 out 10 performance yesterday. Shame I missed it. Looking at the replay andthejiggingsaint wrote:Anyone who was pleased by the performance yesterday V Melbourne is .............ME!![]()
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Bombers almost knocked off Richmond, and we won easily. Essendon have improved.Legendary wrote:Actually, the Bombers have played some better footy in patches in the last month.
The game yesterday was quite similar to the GWS v Bombers gave which I had the misfortune of attending a few weeks ago - the Giants just got up in the last quarter after a solo effort from Toby Greene, with the Bombers having led for most of the day.
I wouldn't read too much into it - yes we played poorly, but we still found a way to win.
We conceded 7.11 from turnovers - halve that number and we win the game by 40 points.
Onward and upward.
Should be its on threadmagnifisaint wrote:About time Richardson played a backup ruckman. Doesn't do Bruce any good. Pierce should be played.