Ratts looking ahead to Freo game

[samuraisaint]

We have the folowing mids out - Clarke, Bilings, Hannebery, and Jones. Then add our #1 ruckman to that, Ryder. That's our engine room right there.
It doesn't look as though Hannebery will be back in the firsts anytime soon, so we just have to hope that Ryder and Jones can return next week and bolster us in the centre, because that is where our improvement is going to come from.
As for tomorrow we really have to hope that Hayes can repeat his performance from last week, and that Marshall can find his best form, because IF Darcy plays for them tomorrow he is a bit of a Max Gawn type, kicks goals,etc. We need to put scoreboard pressure on them early, and that will mean that he will have to be more accountable than if we fall behind early on.

You count Hanners ????
And Billing’s ain’t a mid

https://www.saints.com.au/players/723/jack-billings

[The Fireman]

The players need not look any further than the Hawks playing the Power in Adelaide last night.
They started off well, they had a steely resolve, and went on with it.
Our players need to play as a team and for each other, rather than as individual players giving off lazy handballs which miss their mark, or holding the ball up for so long that our forwards are swamped with opposition defenders.
We look best when we move the ball quickly and when we attack our opponent with the ball in numbers.
Fremantle have a better midfield than us, but they donlt have Fyfe today and don't have Cerra anymore, so that gives us a real chance. Mundy is out too, and Walters isn't the player he was three years ago anymore. They don't look to have the run and carry and ability to break lines they had even last year.
If Darcy doesn't play we'll win for sure, I think. Marshall will have a field day.
We beat them by ten goals last season at a neutral venue, so despite the fact that I believe they are a more skillful ouitft than us at full strength, that gives me a lot of confidence.
Fremantle don't defend well when the opposition has it, so this means we need to run and carry and lower our eyes.

power dont have a forward line

[SunnyErnie]

The players need not look any further than the Hawks playing the Power in Adelaide last night.
They started off well, they had a steely resolve, and went on with it.
Our players need to play as a team and for each other, rather than as individual players giving off lazy handballs which miss their mark, or holding the ball up for so long that our forwards are swamped with opposition defenders.
We look best when we move the ball quickly and when we attack our opponent with the ball in numbers.
Fremantle have a better midfield than us, but they donlt have Fyfe today and don't have Cerra anymore, so that gives us a real chance. Mundy is out too, and Walters isn't the player he was three years ago anymore. They don't look to have the run and carry and ability to break lines they had even last year.
If Darcy doesn't play we'll win for sure, I think. Marshall will have a field day.
We beat them by ten goals last season at a neutral venue, so despite the fact that I believe they are a more skillful ouitft than us at full strength, that gives me a lot of confidence.
Fremantle don't defend well when the opposition has it, so this means we need to run and carry and lower our eyes.

power dont have a forward line

Why would we lower our eyes? We haven't done that since 2010!!!

[samuraisaint]

The players need not look any further than the Hawks playing the Power in Adelaide last night.
They started off well, they had a steely resolve, and went on with it.
Our players need to play as a team and for each other, rather than as individual players giving off lazy handballs which miss their mark, or holding the ball up for so long that our forwards are swamped with opposition defenders.
We look best when we move the ball quickly and when we attack our opponent with the ball in numbers.
Fremantle have a better midfield than us, but they donlt have Fyfe today and don't have Cerra anymore, so that gives us a real chance. Mundy is out too, and Walters isn't the player he was three years ago anymore. They don't look to have the run and carry and ability to break lines they had even last year.
If Darcy doesn't play we'll win for sure, I think. Marshall will have a field day.
We beat them by ten goals last season at a neutral venue, so despite the fact that I believe they are a more skillful ouitft than us at full strength, that gives me a lot of confidence.
Fremantle don't defend well when the opposition has it, so this means we need to run and carry and lower our eyes.

power dont have a forward line

and neither do Fremantle to be fair

[Teflon]

We have the folowing mids out - Clarke, Bilings, Hannebery, and Jones. Then add our #1 ruckman to that, Ryder. That's our engine room right there.
It doesn't look as though Hannebery will be back in the firsts anytime soon, so we just have to hope that Ryder and Jones can return next week and bolster us in the centre, because that is where our improvement is going to come from.
As for tomorrow we really have to hope that Hayes can repeat his performance from last week, and that Marshall can find his best form, because IF Darcy plays for them tomorrow he is a bit of a Max Gawn type, kicks goals,etc. We need to put scoreboard pressure on them early, and that will mean that he will have to be more accountable than if we fall behind early on.

You count Hanners ????
And Billing’s ain’t a mid

https://www.saints.com.au/players/723/jack-billings

Really? You count JB as a midfielder??
Why not bring up his clearance stats?????
I suspect anything written on website
Reality is he’s been playing HF with the coach this year supposedly setting him for mid to win his own ball
Time will tell

[Gershwin]

I just want to say that if they don''t show absolute commitment and desperation then Ratts has lost them.

[Scollop]

People will come out and criticise and look for a scapegoat, but Ratts isn’t the problem. He’s part of the solution

We are gunna get the job done today.

[Gershwin]

People will come out and criticise and look for a scapegoat, but Ratts isn’t the problem. He’s part of the solution

We are gunna get the job done today.

Luv ya Scollop.