Autopsy Match Simulation, 2024: St.Kilda v Essendon

[SteeleSaints]

Found some stats from the game -

 

[True Believer]

I thought it was a bit against the spirit of a practice game but it was really great to see. Our blokes were switched on and ready to go while the Injectors looked like they'd all had a snooze on the bus.

What? You mean the injectors didn't fly down?

So confused........

 

[goodie23]

We really should have left a fruit basket waiting for the Bombers as thanks for not picking Phillipou

 

[CursingFijian]

Rewatching the replay Windhager checks his left hand at around 45 seconds in after laying a strong tackle on Merrett. Plays on for at least another 10 minutes until we see him in the hands of the trainer at the 14 minute mark.

He’s clearly as tough as they come. He was setting the tone physically in the opening minutes of the match sim.

 

[saintmike65]

Watto would have been late to the presentation and probably fell asleep half way through

Sad but true…his reputation proceeds him!!

 

[SteeleSaints]

Rewatching the replay Windhager checks his left hand at around 45 seconds in after laying a strong tackle on Merrett. Plays on for at least another 10 minutes until we see him in the hands of the trainer at the 14 minute mark.

He’s clearly as tough as they come. He was setting the tone physically in the opening minutes of the match sim.

Agree I thought he was looking really sharp, its a shame he was injured. It would have been nice to see how he went with a full game in the midfield.

 

[Saint Watto]

Cheers Watto. Would you care to share some of the points you heard?

ScrappyDo........a lot of what he said was along the lines of:

Identifying the strengths and weakness's of players........physically and emotionally and then having programs to assist that player where required.

The strength of the welfare systems within the club.

The absolute value of having every player employed or some level of study....Uni etc.

The bonus of having guys like Mason Wood and Tom Campbell mentoring certain younger players and the mentoring occurring within the whole playing group.

There's heaps of finer points that I can't remember..........I was kicking myself afterwards that I didn't take a pad .......

We're in very good hands.

 

[Armitage2Riewoldt]

We can't have helped the situation by making our nickname the 'saints'

Snt Kilda Saints.

Definitely not

Saint Kilda saints

But maybe

Snt Kilda Snts?

 

[Joffaboy]

We really should have left a fruit basket waiting for the Bombers as thanks for not picking Phillipou

Tsatsas has no left foot at all. He bananna'ed a ball from the left half forward flank to centre it inside 50 with is right.
Looked awkward AF, and he won't get away with it in senior footy.

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[Saint Watto]

Watto would have been late to the presentation and probably fell asleep half way through

Good morning tony74.

Who pressed your button ????????

 

[Saint Watto]

Sad but true…his reputation proceeds him!!

Good morning saintmike65...........button.......pressed......

 

[beside the seaside]

A pretty meaningless stat IMO. It's just a reflection of the modern game.

You're probably right. Teams are so clean nowadays and can cut you up on the rebound. Hopefully that can become a trademark for us, it may mean we only need to slightly improve the stoppage work to be right up there.

 

[akaifu]

Rewatching the replay Windhager checks his left hand at around 45 seconds in after laying a strong tackle on Merrett. Plays on for at least another 10 minutes until we see him in the hands of the trainer at the 14 minute mark.

He’s clearly as tough as they come. He was setting the tone physically in the opening minutes of the match sim.

The incident in the first 45 seconds was a wrist problem when an opponent bumped it and looked like it hyperextended inward (if that's a thing). Then he goes for a tackle at 11 minutes and breaks his finger. Pretty sure they are separate incidents and that the first one is unrelated to the finger

 

[Joffaboy]

Mentioned on the feed on Friday that the Garcia household went off like a bucket of prawns in the sun when he was selected @ 50 in the draft, so I went looking for it. Couldn't find that clip but this popped up on the feed.
It was SoS talking about our draft and Shoemakers in particular. Put into context what they were looking for in him and it was the way he bounced back from adversity and how he matured. Well I will let you listen to SoS and put it in the context of how he bounced back from the 10 week ban.

Puts into perspective how he reacted to his 'modified' fitness program, how he got fit, and the reported eye catching performance in the VFL match. Maybe we have got a young bloke a bit immature who actually bounces back well when he is faced with difficulties. Gives me a bit of confidence that Arie is on the right track and has a good head on his shoulders, but needs to keep working at it.

Anyway have a listen to SoS

 

[tristenlvm]

Tsatsas has no left foot at all. He bananna'ed a ball from the left half forward flank to centre it inside 50 with is right.
Looked awkward AF, and he won't get away with it in senior footy.

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Every time he kicked the ball I winced at the butchering of it, and jumped at the same time for joy because of the fortune of the pou coming to us. Even under minimal pressure he's just lopping it on the boot. Early days for him but not very encouraging.

 

[CursingFijian]

The incident in the first 45 seconds was a wrist problem when an opponent bumped it and looked like it hyperextended inward (if that's a thing). Then he goes for a tackle at 11 minutes and breaks his finger. Pretty sure they are separate incidents and that the first one is unrelated to the finger

I’m happy to stand corrected.

Hoping Windy gets a good run at it from here as I think he will help tighten us up around centre bounce a little.

On a different note how about Laverde trying to rough up Wilson, and then getting absolutely torched by him on the mark.

Pretty disrespectful from Wilson.

 

[Diehard Saint]

…historically thought it was named after a saint and thus pronouncing it that way is perfectly acceptable.

Nope. It is not acceptable.

I doubt one person in the whole of Melbourne says Saint Kilda or East Saint Kilda when referring to the suburbs.
So maybe I’m being pedantic (!) but I think the club should notify every media outlet and commentator to tell them to get it correct.

It‘s like people referring to the city of Melbourne as Melborn.

It’s shouldn’t be that hard for professional commentators FFS.

 

[Diehard Saint]

Well you run it George.

You know what they say…fish rots at the head…

 

[George]

FMD… the football club is “Snt” Kilda… the suburb is “Snt” Kilda…

The only people who pronounce the suburb “Saint” are backpackers and morons. You put yourself in the boat with BT and Der-Wayne Russell; is that who you want to be?!

However some inbred Gaels back in the day pronounced it is by the by… this is how it IS.

Get on board or shut up.

Here’s a helper…

Been sucked in hook line and sinker my rotund friend. Thought you were better than this

 

[saintmike65]

Every time he kicked the ball I winced at the butchering of it, and jumped at the same time for joy because of the fortune of the pou coming to us. Even under minimal pressure he's just lopping it on the boot. Early days for him but not very encouraging.

That was the knock on Tsatas, his kicking!

 

[Barrels]

Been sucked in hook line and sinker my rotund friend. Thought you were better than this

I’m really not. Not even a little bit.

 

[sunny3193]

I’m happy to stand corrected.

Logically then, would you be unhappy to be corrected if you were seated??

#sunnyisheretohelp

 

[jwikked]

I’m gonna keep pronouncing it saint kilda.

Sint isn’t a word, and calling them street Kilda is out of the question

 

[akaifu]

A little bit disappointed we didn't get to see Henry run through a few centre bounces, would've been interesting to see how he'd fair through there in a competitive environment

 

[Remboy]

Tsatsas has no left foot at all. He bananna'ed a ball from the left half forward flank to centre it inside 50 with is right.
Looked awkward AF, and he won't get away with it in senior footy.

On SM-S908E using BigFooty.com mobile app

Don’t worry, they’ll get Gresham to give him some specialist kicking sessions. Should sort him out in no time.