Autopsy Round 4, 2019: St.Kilda v Hawthorn *BLUE RIBBON CUP*

[Sully111]

Great win by the boys. Their effort this year is great to see. Ross was great today, and i'm starting to see Billings show some good signs. He was level headed and reliable today. Marshall is having a solid year so far.

Kent needs to improve to keep his spot

 

[Greg1853]

I concur with all the comments about our obvious good players.

On a different subject, we partly beat Hawthorn doing what they did several years ago, and that was having a whole host of left footers. Great to see us using Wilkie, Webster, Billings and Ross together to release the ball down the left hand flank/wing.

Was so sick of hearing Hodge talk about Hawthorn players, but in the last qtr he mentioned that players from sides that had played us had been speaking about how we are playing as a team.

Just need to keep developing together, but the young nucleus of our side is stepping forward. Clark will continue to be a part of that as well. Great experience today getting battered in tight. Wasn't one of our best, but battled away, and this game was as good as several games of development.

By the way, shut the door on the way out Kent - nothing personal.

 

[Quixote]

Hodge was great today considering how long he played at the Hawks.

The way he analyses the game is scarily good, definitely a Hawks bias but not nearly as bad as it could be, I'm begrudgingly a fan of the campaigner

 

[FQFjt]

Lonie 3 votes. Just absolutely awesome today.
Lonie was as Strong In The Contest as it gets and hopefully Richo mentions it.

Billings was great, he might have made a wise choice waiting until his performance improves before signing a new contract.
Ross. Being captain suited him. He was huge.

Sinclair did a lot of good things. Long - great having him back. Has an X factor we've been lacking for quite a while.
Parker showed again why he deserves to be in the side. Some big tackles and just has enormous pressure.

The not so good:
Membrey might as well have had the day off. Bruce didn't do much. Gresham wasn't there, Brown had a shocker and Kent needs to be dropped.


All things considered - that was a huge win.

Great analysis. I’d just add that Acres played his best game in quite a while. Has a weird knack of pulling off the impossible and certain makes our midfield more dynamic than Dunstan does.


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[StFly]

Mmk.

AFL can EAD.
Umpiring can EAD.
Hawthorn can E many AD and emulate Carlton some more.

I said it during the thread, the parallels between our game and the GCS v Carlton game was eerie, there you had a team, trying their best to score but onyl managing to score a few times and not really lead by much so the other mob always had a chance to come back and hey presto, we both did.

That game was rather shit, some good highlights, some players stood up, but if that is where we ant to be and where we are headed as a game it's a shit experience.

Membrey had a mare despite having a couple of moments, Kent can piss off to Ireland, I'm liking that Billings has some confidence to actually take the game on and by more physical, Lonie is probably our smartest forward and I'm still banking on Ross being a decent mid with Steele that we can wrap silk around. Roma continues to grow and impress but similarly was very worried about Battle this match.

We need to get much better, we need to continue to grow and we need to find someone like Parker who takes that leap into the goal square, rises 3 high and clunks that mark or kicks that bag or we will get nowhere and do nothing.

 

[Mikka84]

Clark didn’t have huge numbers but his possessions were all hard fought and he showed some great strength in the Clinches.

Copped a big hit early as well. Could have gone to water, but roughed it out.

 

[Saintos The ITK]

We’re actually literally hurting the opposition and we haven’t done that for a long time.
Whoever plays our opposition the week after us just get it that wee bit easier.
And Kent will not get dropped next week and neither should he.

 

[Quixote]

And finally, I'd just like to add --

All Hail Lone Dog

All Hail

 

[CursingFijian]

Acres never has been, or ever will be, a flanker. Hope this ******* cements it.

Yep. Definitely second ruck!

 

[eppo67]

Great win by the boys. Their effort this year is great to see. Ross was great today, and i'm starting to see Billings show some good signs. He was level headed and reliable today. Marshall is having a solid year so far.

Kent needs to improve to keep his spot

Billings is going to be a star just be patient.

 

[Vdubs]

Awesome win guys. Your team is seriously building. Your 3-1 is based on the right ingredients to do really well this year, not other teams being below par.

 

[The Boar]

Mighty Mouse!

King Lonie. What a man.

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[Cairnsman]

Such a young team, heaps of our best 22 on the sidelines and we haven't put a good game together yet. It's going to click soon. Oh and the selection and coaching has been good too.

 

[Human Person]

He plays like a cool, unassuming accountant should. Once again kudos to our recruiting staff, they have uncovered a gem in Wilkie.

He screams Corey Enright to me. He makes me feel more secure when the ball heads long into our backline. Your heart always relaxes when he gets to the contest.

 

[The Boar]

Could Gallagher be our new gun selector?
Agree with Wilkie, made some huge plays!

Wilkie is the most composed defender we have ever had. He's seriously unbelievable for a fourth game player.

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[crasha301]

Sex is good but have you ever watched St kilda come back from 26 points down in the 3rd against the hawks with Jack lonie kicking the match winner?

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[VDS66]

3-1 where's all the Richo haters now,?

Runs away as fast he can...

Great game.

 

[ERMAHGERD]

Geeeez, what a game!
This is what we as supporters have been waiting for.
The emergence of our younger players to become consistent contributors each week.
Take a bow
Jack Lonie, Jack Billings, Rowan Marshall, Blake Acres, Jack Sinclair, Callum Wilkie and Jade Greshem.
These lads were huge.
The belief is there. I thought we were out on our feet in that last quarter but we found a way to win. Great persistence.
Bravo St kilda

 

[FQFjt]

And what about Marshall... our best ruckman since Michael Gardiner.


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[Saint Shags]

Currently at the Imperial Hotel missed the 1st 3 quarters but the last one made up for it!

 

[plugger66]

3-1 where's all the Richo haters now,?

Runs away as fast he can...

Great game.

Richo has only coached against Freo.

 

[Coconut_twirl]

Wilkie has been enormous in the absence of Carlisle and Roberton.

What a finddddd we have in him, just does what he needs to do every week, undersized, inexperienced, was absolutely massive today.

He may never have played a single game with those two available. Talk about grabbing your opportunity and making it count!

 

[Saintos The ITK]

3-1 where's all the Richo haters now,?

Runs away as fast he can...

Great game.

We love CHOEYYYYYYY

 

[eppo67]

Mmk.

AFL can EAD.
Umpiring can EAD.
Hawthorn can E many AD and emulate Carlton some more.

I said it during the thread, the parallels between our game and the GCS v Carlton game was eerie, there you had a team, trying their best to score but onyl managing to score a few times and not really lead by much so the other mob always had a chance to come back and hey presto, we both did.

That game was rather shit, some good highlights, some players stood up, but if that is where we ant to be and where we are headed as a game it's a shit experience.

Membrey had a mare despite having a couple of moments, Kent can piss off to Ireland, I'm liking that Billings has some confidence to actually take the game on and by more physical, Lonie is probably our smartest forward and I'm still banking on Ross being a decent mid with Steele that we can wrap silk around. Roma continues to grow and impress but similarly was very worried about Battle this match.

We need to get much better, we need to continue to grow and we need to find someone like Parker who takes that leap into the goal square, rises 3 high and clunks that mark or kicks that bag or we will get nowhere and do nothing.

Spot on. I'm loving my teams playing team football 1st 2nd and 3rd it's fantastic.

 

[Verdun66]

Rowan Marshall. What a pick up. Very tough assignment today. Did really well. Just going to get better and better. We can complain about our recruiting and development, but there is one we got right!