We got beaten by a better team on the day

bob__71 · Post: # 835967Post **bob__71** » Mon 28 Sep 2009 5:24pm

I think that is all that has to be remembered. Its percentages the team needs to improve. And they need to be able to go as hard or harder next year.

But lets not forget Geelong are a bloody good team. And on Saturday they only just beat us.

Time for a break then ReLoad, next year will be another chance.

degruch · Post: # 835971Post **degruch** » Mon 28 Sep 2009 5:25pm

Ourselves.

Saints94 · Post: # 835975Post **Saints94** » Mon 28 Sep 2009 5:27pm

We simply kicked ourselves out of the game.

bob__71 · Post: # 835978Post **bob__71** » Mon 28 Sep 2009 5:28pm

degruch wrote:Ourselves.

No Geelong got a higher score, they were better. Hard as it is to admit.

Moccha · Post: # 835982Post **Moccha** » Mon 28 Sep 2009 5:31pm

bob__71 wrote:
degruch wrote:Ourselves.
No Geelong got a higher score, they were better. Hard as it is to admit.

They were better because St Kilda allowed them to be!

BakesFan · Post: # 835985Post **BakesFan** » Mon 28 Sep 2009 5:33pm

Geelong stood up in that frantic 5 mins when it counted... Whilst we didn't crumble, we certainly 'wilted' that 1-2% which was enough for them to capitalise.
We need to be better... Ross can make us better if we're prepared to work!!
Go hard or Go Home, boys!! I'm sick of waiting! I'm sick of being a gracious LOSER!!!!!!!!! We have the talent, we have the skill..If you're gonna play with any less determination than Steven Baker, you can FLOWER off!!

degruch · Post: # 835990Post **degruch** » Mon 28 Sep 2009 5:35pm

bob__71 wrote:
degruch wrote:Ourselves.
No Geelong got a higher score, they were better. Hard as it is to admit.

Geelong were more efficient at converting thatn us, which is one of their great attributes. There's been a lot of cockiness from their supporters, but their team knows they got out of jail free.

saintly_safes · Mon 28 Sep 2009 5:43pm

Granted they are a good side but they outplayed us for 1 quarter , we outplayed them for 3 quarters. We didnt nail our opportunities & ran out of legs in last 10 minutes.If we had of nailed even 2 of those many chances imo we would have won.If you look at the final score line they were the better side but imo we were just as good if not better & with just a little luck we could have easily been holding the premiership cup .

chook23 · Post: # 836001Post **chook23** » Mon 28 Sep 2009 5:45pm

BakesFan wrote:Geelong stood up in that frantic 5 mins when it counted... Whilst we didn't crumble, we certainly 'wilted' that 1-2% which was enough for them to capitalise.We need to be better... Ross can make us better if we're prepared to work!!
Go hard or Go Home, boys!! I'm sick of waiting! I'm sick of being a gracious LOSER!!!!!!!!! We have the talent, we have the skill..If you're gonna play with any less determination than Steven Baker, you can FLOWER off!!

Have not seen it mentioned but talking to Cats mate late Friday.

Roo and Lenny had to have used a % of petrol tank to get us over the line against Bulldogs......

even with the extra days break the physical and mental effort on the team against bullies may take its toll in a tight one.............

I think thats where 1-2% was in the last quarter overall.......

remember we did not kick a goal......

we were having a real crack with what was left in the tank.......the Geelong tank also gained 1 or 2 % from the pain of 2008
when the whips were really cracking in the last quarter

2nd q effiecency came back to haunt as well

bloody hell

widereceiver · Mon 28 Sep 2009 5:49pm

Obviously they won, and congrats to them for that, but better? If you think so.

We had our chances earlier to have iced the game by half time. They certainly never stopped coming at us, so I accept defeat on those terms. They shouldn't have had the opportunity.

bigred · Post: # 836011Post **bigred** » Mon 28 Sep 2009 5:52pm

widereceiver wrote:Obviously they won, and congrats to them for that, but better? If you think so.

We had our chances earlier to have iced the game by half time. They certainly never stopped coming at us, so I accept defeat on those terms. They shouldn't have had the opportunity.

Agreed.

Full credit to Geelong for taking their opportunities and they are worthy winners.

However.

you name the stat and we pretty much won it. **** me, with that many F50 entries, tackles and the hard ball....We blew it.

bozza1980 · Post: # 836073Post **bozza1980** » Mon 28 Sep 2009 7:20pm

They deserve the win because they won.

What hurts is that we were the better team on the day but stuffed it up.

A feeling Geelong supporters must have felt 12 months ago.

saint75 · Post: # 836084Post **saint75** » Mon 28 Sep 2009 7:30pm

degruch wrote:
bob__71 wrote: Geelong were more efficient at converting thatn us, which is one of their great attributes.

Did you not see the grand final last year?

Sainternist · Mon 28 Sep 2009 7:38pm

Not quite as bad as the Cousins thread, but it definitely SUCKS!

bob_71 - if you like it or not, the game will always be remembered, by st.kilda supporters, as the one which got away due to INACCURATE KICKING FOR GOAL.

YOU WILL NOT CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE.

saintsRrising · Mon 28 Sep 2009 10:56pm

Geelong are a good team yes.

But make no mistake...we lost the game.

Probably should have been over by half-time...but we failed to get the golas when we were dominating despite ample scoring opportunities.

SydneySainter · Tue 29 Sep 2009 7:55am

They were good enough to convert from their minimal opportunities and weren't good enough to convert from our many - on the day that is.

So on the day that makes them deserving winners!

I think the old debate of generating more goals from our mids will be dusted off and become a hot topic of observation come pre-season.

degruch · Post: # 836880Post **degruch** » Tue 29 Sep 2009 4:01pm

saint75 wrote:
degruch wrote:
bob__71 wrote: Geelong were more efficient at converting thatn us, which is one of their great attributes.
Did you not see the grand final last year?

Yes, what relevance does it have to this year, other than the fact that the character of Geelong is being played by St Kilda?

yipper · Post: # 836886Post **yipper** » Tue 29 Sep 2009 4:04pm

It was a great game. An epic. They are a great side, so are we. We failed to take our chances, they did. It was a classic. But credit to them, no-one else would have beaten us on the day - only Geelong were capable of staying with us.

bob__71 · Post: # 836909Post **bob__71** » Tue 29 Sep 2009 4:20pm

Thanks yipper thats pretty much all I was trying to say.

saint75 · Post: # 836910Post **saint75** » Tue 29 Sep 2009 4:22pm

degruch wrote:
saint75 wrote:
degruch wrote:
bob__71 wrote: Geelong were more efficient at converting thatn us, which is one of their great attributes.
Did you not see the grand final last year?
Yes, what relevance does it have to this year, other than the fact that the character of Geelong is being played by St Kilda?

A reference was made to one of their renowned attributes was their efficiency at converting and I was highlighting their GF last year contradicts this point. Actually, it has been an issue for them for the last 12 months. Mooney and Co in the forward line have been copping a lot of heat for their 'yipps'.

degruch · Post: # 836917Post **degruch** » Tue 29 Sep 2009 4:26pm

saint75 wrote:
degruch wrote:
saint75 wrote:
degruch wrote:
bob__71 wrote: Geelong were more efficient at converting thatn us, which is one of their great attributes.
Did you not see the grand final last year?
Yes, what relevance does it have to this year, other than the fact that the character of Geelong is being played by St Kilda?
A reference was made to one of their renowned attributes was their efficiency at converting and I was highlighting their GF last year contradicts this point. Actually, it has been an issue for them for the last 12 months. Mooney and Co in the forward line have been copping a lot of heat for their 'yipps'.

Regardless, I think you'll find they converted very efficiently, and we didn't. Hence, it was an overriding factor, and probably the only stat the Cats won for the day.

saint75 · Post: # 836931Post **saint75** » Tue 29 Sep 2009 4:36pm

degruch wrote:
Regardless, I think you'll find they converted very efficiently, and we didn't. Hence, it was an overriding factor, and probably the only stat the Cats won for the day.

On Grand Final day, yes. Only stat we didn't win by the looks of it. You won't get an argument on that from me.

spert · Post: # 836957Post **spert** » Tue 29 Sep 2009 5:00pm

Of course we should have won, but didn't. If we look at the cold hard stats, that's where the story is told. Geelong beat us in contested balls and efficiency in the forward line. We were totally inefficient in the forward line, and Geelong's workrate lifted just a couple of percent in the last part of the final quarter. They are faults which RL will identify and work on over summer- something he is good at.

Winmarvellous · Tue 29 Sep 2009 5:37pm

We blew it, plain and simple. The Premiership that got away. Now I know how Geelong supporters felt last year, although they at least had one from the year before. We choked again. The game should've been ours at halftime, but certain players crumbled in front of goal on the biggest stage of all. And they cost themselves a premiership. Try to spin it as you will, but we lost this one off our own bat.