Review R1: The Good, Bad and Ugly vs. St Kilda

[Kane McGoodwin]

We are short an elite ball user coming out of D 50. Muz and Keane should not be distributing from there.

Today reaffirmed one thing:

NMW is exactly what we need.

He was a class above the rest of the Saints.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Lol

Wasn’t too far off

 

[Mutineer]

Both tall defenders were good.

But honestly, so was ROB. He did exactly what he needed to.

People shitting on him are just doing it out of habit.

Yep all were good and did all you could expect.

 

[Redline]

Hamish and Reidy have gone from duds that can’t build an elite midfield to geniuses almost overnight it would seem

We are a really good midfield but we are still a bit off the best like GWS, Brisbane, Swans ect.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Hilarious to read folks here wanting to shit on the win because St Kilda had 7 players out.

Seven?

It was Phillippou and Max King. Michito Owens is okay but went backwards last year. Then who? Dan Butler? Liam Henry? None of the players they had out matter.

They were underdone. But that's also just what their side is. All you can do is beat who's in front of you, and we did that well.

Also need to factor in preparation eg Rowan Marshall played but his prep was so poor he could barely even go into ruck and he just struggled to get around the ground as a forward

We’ve had a very smooth pre season with all our guys doing most sessions and they have not

 

[Mostyn]

LOL

47 hitouts to 32

8 clearances to 3

22 disposals to 14.

8 marks to 2.

They're more important stats than a few hitouts, surely.

 

[Pugsley]

Good call subbing Tex and not Curtin

We know Murray called that.

 

[Mostyn]

Hard to make an error with a few 15m sideways kicks.

Yeah, fair enough. Would like to see him use those a bit more attackingly next week

 

[cmndstab]

Curtin's second half was perfectly fine. At the level required. It was just his first half that was disappointing. Glad he was afforded the chance to work his way into the game.

Laird and Crouch were both great in their roles. Yes, they get a lot of little handballs etc, but that's what they're best at, and they have players all around them who have great legs but less ability to accumulate the ball than Laird or Crouch. It's absolutely their role to win the ball and dish out short passes - backwards if needed - to better users. I was happy with both today.

 

[Mostyn]

Wasn’t too far off

There were 5+ players ahead of him, maybe more. Great player, but was only okay today and made a few errors.

 

[Mostyn]

Also need to factor in preparation eg Rowan Marshall played but his prep was so poor he could barely even go into ruck and he just struggled to get around the ground as a forward

We’ve had a very smooth pre season with all our guys doing most sessions and they have not

Yeah, underdone for Marshall and Sinclair.

But to say there were seven important players not out there just isn't true. What they dished up is pretty much what they are

 

[Soligogo]

That was just an enjoyable game to watch. After last year’s start… I’ll take this every day of the week.

Thoroughly enjoyed everything Woz did, Sog just gets better and better and it was great to see Rash with assists and goal.

Happy days (and way better than sitting through Carlton on Thursday - my husband is a diehard)


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[Jeffcrowe]

There were 5+ players ahead of him, maybe more. Great player, but was only okay today and made a few errors.

Errors are more acceptable than you think

He was given a licence to get the saints going and be aggressive with his ball use

The margin might have been huge if he wasn’t playing

Can see why we are heavily into him

 

[Mutineer]

22 disposals to 14.

8 marks to 2.

They're more important stats than a few hitouts, surely.

8 clearances to 3 and hit outs 47 to 32. thems ruckmen stats.

Neither got a magarey medal vote Mitch O'Neill 3 votes, Matt Ling 2 votes, Billy Cootee 1 vote.

 

[1970crow]

Didn’t like his game ?

I think we'd be improved playing Bond to shut down or Nank to shut down, intercept and run off. If the role is to maximise disposals whilst minimising positive impact, then Laird is first choice across the entire league.

 

[cmndstab]

How nice is it to see a new player come in, and the club immediately says "he's a clearance midfielder" and just plays him there. No getting thrust into the half-forward graveyard, no rotating through half back, no getting 1-2 CBAs per game. Draper was born to impact on stoppages and thankfully, our coaching staff seem to realise it.

 

[1970crow]

Our forward entries were far far cleaner though.

And a fair bit more talent in that area too.

 

[Redleg Crow]

Milera was fine. Did all he needed to, and was pretty much error free.

He kicked it 6 times and gaines 78 metres. I really hope that is not all he needed to do

 

[119others]

We are a really good midfield but we are still a bit off the best like GWS, Brisbane, Swans ect.

That’s fair

 

[Pugsley]

Who gets 3 brownlow votes

P. Cripps.

 

[119others]

He kicked it 6 times and gaines 78 metres. I really hope that is not all he needed to do

Out of interest - and I genuinely don’t know the answer to this - as a defender how many goals did his opponent kick today?

 

[Redleg Crow]

How nice is it to see a new player come in, and the club immediately says "he's a clearance midfielder" and just plays him there. No getting thrust into the half-forward graveyard, no rotating through half back, no getting 1-2 CBAs per game. Draper was born to impact on stoppages and thankfully, our coaching staff seem to realise it.

100% natural.

Bit like Max. Ready from Day 1.

 

[Redleg Crow]

Out of interest - and I genuinely don’t know the answer to this - as a defender how many goals did his opponent kick today?

tbh no idea who he was playing on.

 

[MrBarry]

Not worried about Curtin at all. He does some super classy things. Keep playing and if they think about dropping him they should stop thinking that and just keep playing him.

Yeah similar thoughts here, did some things where you can clearly see a high calibre player. Has to be fast tracked this year and leaving him on and not subbing him is a good sign.

 

[119others]

Hilarious to read folks here wanting to shit on the win because St Kilda had 7 players out.

Seven?

It was Phillippou and Max King. Michito Owens is okay but went backwards last year. Then who? Dan Butler? Liam Henry? None of the players they had out matter.

They were underdone. But that's also just what their side is. All you can do is beat who's in front of you, and we did that well.

We ticked every box I could have possibly asked for.

I am not going to sit here and try and find a reason to whinge if none exist