Game Day Round 5, 2024: GWS v St.Kilda - Manuka Oval, Saturday 13 April, 1:45pm AEST

[Hubnester]

Autopsy - Round 5, 2024: GWS v St.Kilda

https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/5935 A fast finish but our slow start and fumbly skills proved to be costly in the end. Can't fault the effort to fight until the end. Congratulations to Garcia on a very promising debut as well, we might have found another one with him! Back at it again in...

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[beside the seaside]

King was great in the first three games but since getting suspended he's been awful.

 

[Plugger35]

King looking proppy.

Hopefully he isn't injured, I don't think we are any chance of winning this now, we just need to limit the damage with no more injuries.

 

[Sheepey]

Starting to think Max may not be Him

 

[Teflon]

King looks a shell of himself.

To be fair delivery into 50 isn’t silver service
Marshall only mid capable winning clearance then it’s a long bomb dump to 50
We kick to packs all day
Giants hit up 15 metre short kicks into 50
We need a genuine forward coach - Harvey was a mid
The connection still won’t improve till we get better ball users up ground
But King stands ..doesn’t lead up at the ball carrier either

 

[XhazzafootyX]

Seb Ross 10 disposals

 

[Nomis2933]

Phillipou needs to go back to Sandy and dominate a game of footy. There is no shame in it. He is losing confidence every week.

 

[LeonardHayes87]

I mean, have a look at both teams…. GWS literally have a top 10 pick playing in every position on the field, we’ve got maybe 3… the top end talent differential between the squads is enormous and it shows in the skill level

 

[SteeleSaints]

Shocking in every sense, the Giants havent been great but we have been terrible. Until our forward 50 entries and goal kicking improves we are a bottom 6 side.

Lyon & Misson can stick their heads as far as they like up each others backsides, but our injuries and suspensions will cost us any chance of playing finals this year.

To think we have a 5 day turn around, how bad is that game going to be.

 

[Teflon]

Phillipou needs to go back to Sandy and dominate a game of footy. There is no shame in it. He is losing confidence every week.

He looks slow let’s just be honest

 

[StFly]

Q3 in a canter
Saints got away with a quick start and threatened to actually hit the front, however, it didn't eventuate and Butler who had entrenched the thumb by this point got ejected for the tenacious Hugo Garcia, who promptly started showing people how to tackle properly in midfield. Sadly, this had the effect of the defense hanging back a little and with the transition still a bit shit, they started taking I50 marks to extend the lead back out and increase it to 29pts.

Giants 10.10.70 lead Saints 6.5.41

 

[Hubnester]

Yep feels like we've lost it in the midfield. Not giving our forwards any kind of quality or opportunity to be effective

 

[70s sainter]

Set shot kicking . We can all set it and we all know it’s costing us games . So why don’t they dedicate a plan to actually do something the **** about it !!!!!
Caminiti, owens , king and pou. 4 forwards who have no idea how to master their craft

 

[Veer Right]

Harvey?

Our current forwards play like headless chooks.

Harvey (the i never played forward ever) needs to go.

Riewoldt please.

 

[Joffaboy]

Every free against GWS there's dissent, throwing their arms up, comments towards the umpire.
Nothing, but one thing said in front of goal with 10 seconds to go, they give a free.

Really with this draw which is ridiculous, these stupid rules, the casual way umpires apply them from week to week, synthetic clubs like GWS and GC still getting academy kids nobody else can get etc, losing interest.
Went and mowed the lawn for 2nd and 3rd qtr.
We should realise we will never win a flag, the AFL stacking it against us.


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[Speck]

Shocking in every sense, the Giants havent been great but we have been terrible. Until our forward 50 entries and goal kicking improves we are a bottom 6 side.

Lyon & Misson can stick their heads as far as they like up each others backsides, but our injuries and suspensions will cost us any chance of playing finals this year.

To think we have a 5 day turn around, how bad is that game going to be.

5 day break against Collingwood didn't look bad after a tough Geelong trip

 

[mad-saint-guy]

Simply don't ******* go to ground. There was no need for it.

The rule was introduced to stop players from sliding in with the knees and hitting player who was already first to the ball. Byrnes got there first and committed. The other guy was second, spectated and got rewarded

 

[Diehard Saint]

Byrnes goes hard to get a ground ball and gets pinged for it.

That rule is an absolute joke.

Absolute rubbish rule.
Because one player had his leg broken once.
Can anyone tell me what Ronnie was supposed to have done to get that ball considering he got there first?

And Max, when you get the ball
You line up for a shot. The worst is it doesn’t go through but at least you give it a go rather than try give it off to someone in a worse position.

 

[Plugger35]

King was great in the first three games but since getting suspended he's been awful.

I traded him into my Supercoach team a couple of weeks ago and the last two games he has been awful.

I will be trading him out next week even if he isn't injured.

 

[MrFoster]

We are just having a fumbly, skill error start to the season. Dunno how you fix that.

Players need space and also clean skills (from other teammate) to execute good skills, we have neither.. fix the space issue, stop the ultra flood, and train the players to take the game on, break tackles, kick to leads under pressure, handball to team mates streaming forwards.

But most importantly, invest in the midfield, you see how Brad Crouch helped us last 2 seasons,at least break even there. we give ourselves a chance. Apart from Dow, if we also brought in a genuine tap ruckman, then a Wines or Matt Crouch, it would have moved the needle, add on our developing young players.

No point having speed or players with skills if you can’t get win the ball CLEANLY and can give it to an outside players to execute cleanly.. We just rely on hack kicks and rushed handball to win clearances, no wonder the subsequent chain of kicks or handballs are filled with fumbles, hospital handballs.

 

[The Cobra]

I think Cuddly Ross is about to become extinct.

Reckon he is at the end of his tether

 

[pebblesofsand]

Garcia - 5 possessions and 5 tackles in his 1st qtr of AFL

 

[StFly]

Tackle count to Q3
Seb leads the way with 6.
Windy, Steele, Garcia with 5.
Sharman, Hill, Byrnes, battle with 3.

It can be done, but sadly, too far gone most likely.

 

[MrFoster]

Sounds like what's been said for the last 5 years.

Try the last 10 years

 

[Kain26Toad]

Nah, that's it. I'm done.

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

How many handballs that we have missed killed us for goals