Game Day Round 7, 2023: St.Kilda v Port Adelaide *WOOD 100TH*

[mad-saint-guy]

Hopefully they flick the switch in the third quarter like last week. That was easily our worst quarter of the season

 

[NoisyMinor]

Just got home and am watching now.

That means we win. Bookmark it.

 

[MightySaint]

Oh, and NWM looked like he wasn't able to put any weight on the knee. I'd be surprised if he hasn't done something

 

[PandaG]

Maybe, just maybe he needed a rest after all? Hmmm

He most certainly looks like it

 

[Premium]

Need goals , hopefully Higgins , Owens and Butler will get it done.

 

[Dard Ball Get]

No mention by the Fox HT commentators about us coming off the 5 day break and that we look out of gas

Good, why bring up pissweak excuses

 

[sauce_head]

Pou with a shot 30 dead in front to go 4 goals up and he goes round the corner

Port then run us off our legs and don't look like stopping

I don't think we can win this ... coming off a 5 day break and we aren't going to get any quicker this next half

I made a similar observation half way through the first quarter. Or stuffing around with it cost us a couple of goals and you know in that situation port is going to come back. The signs were there even when we had the momentum.

Hopefully Ross puts a rocket up us a half time and we click back into gear.

 

[Yawkey way]

What would be really nice is a bit of clean ball handling, the fumbling that’s gone on in the first half is absolutely appalling.

 

[bird_man]

We were beaten in the midfield last week but we didn't allow this easy ball movement

Port are a much faster side than Carlton but we need to tighten up the screws

 

[Joffaboy]

Should have rested Pou and brought the hard man Billings in.

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[Saintos The ITK]

Don’t know why Pou went round the body. Too good for that s**t

Did the same last week. Trying to boot the cover off the ball and replicate his big goal from a few weeks ago.
Needs to dial back the Hollywood.

 

[_Maximus_12]

Players shouldn’t be so precious.
Carry on like a tool, get treated like a tool.
Clubs shouldn’t have to call it out.

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Oh, and NWM looked like he wasn't able to put any weight on the knee. I'd be surprised if he hasn't done something

Yeah took him a while to get up after he took the kick. Must have been in a bit of pain

 

[Jade Buddha]

Forward line is the dysfunctional line. Leave Owens there.
Butler is having one of his invisible games.

 

[Saint Shags]

Hardly. We looked up to it in the first and then they get a run. Hardly caught drinking our own bath water.

We are being way too cute with the ball. Look at Pou with his shot at goal. And he isn't alone.
That's thinking we can do anything and win. That's drinking your own bathwater.

Time to go back to basics.
100% effort 100% of the time.

 

[Plugger35]

Phillipou needs a big 2nd half to make up for that round the corner kick blunder.

Billings waiting in the wings, you can't afford stuff ups like that.

 

[Saintbloke]

Can't keep winning with a flogged midfield, it will catch up with us.

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Good, why bring up pissweak excuses

Damn right. Just ****ing win

 

[Diehard Saint]

5 day break is going to get us.
If we’re chasing in the fourth it’ll be a bridge too far.

 

[SteeleSaints]

I we come back and win this tonight after looking so tardy in the 2nd quarter, will be a huge effort?

 

[cartel]

Higgins did look to shrug the shoulder, calls like that can go either way.
I don't think that there's any difference in umpiring quality with 4 rather than 3.

 

[Saintos The ITK]

We’re not playing on as much and we’re going the long bomb. Pull it back boys and use your shirt game.
Members is an anchor still.

 

[Dard Ball Get]

 

[MrFoster]

1. Horn Francis, Boak are killing us on clearances.. Crouch, Steele needs to lift, maybe get Sinclair in there.

2. Port is handballing quickly to get through our pressure so harder to stick tackles. Do not over commit extra man to contests, trust your teammates to apply pressure

3. Because we’re not getting turnovers in midfield (which normally means easy goals), our poor forward entries are being exposed. Unless we can force more turnovers, unlikely to improve in the 2nd half

 

[Murraj1966]

I don’t see us winning this one but I’m a pessimist