Game Day Saints versus Hawks, Bounce @ 2:10pm

[Sippa]

What hurt us the most though was the turnovers .. We def had our chances

Also lee after his early mistake I thought was very very good. Made some brave kicks too

Acres also had some gutsy plays

 

[Saintos The ITK]

Two observations
If we hadn't gifted them multiple goals we would have won. We'll learn from that.
When Paddy took that mark I saw the number one draft pick in his very early days.
Lee deserves a run next week .
That's three.

 

[ERMAHGERD]

We should have won that game!

Didnt get help from the umpires and we shot ourselves in the foot way too many times.

Cant do that against a quality side as they'll make you pay.

Theres so much to like about this side. Our young fellas are starting to come through.

Unlucky Sainters, pick yourself up and dust yourself off.
Gws next week.

We are building.

 

[SilentHunter_]

Yep as other supporters have come here and said, well played and I certainly think you guys were robbed. But the team is certainly on the way up!

 

[TheEnsign]

Yeah this one burns a bit. TBH the Cyril one annoyed me most of all. Just good, hard play and cos he got smashed it was a free.

Still, despite it all Paddy had the chance to kick a hero goal at the end to win it. It's the thought of him and Bruce together in the forward line for the next four years that makes it palatable.

 

[TheBalls]

I am so proud of our boys.

Plenty time to digest this game and feel a bit hard done by but for now.

PROUD TO BE A SAINTER!!!

The future is bright.

 

[NarklesHelmet]

Shattered

 

[Barrels]

As much as this hurts, how good is that it does, and isn't just a ho-hum honourable loss or "well we expected that" thumping?

Be excited Sainters, we're on our way, the last two weeks show that. Now the hysteria of the Bulldogs game is exposed for the rubbish it was. We're definitely heading places.

Hold on to this feeling lads and lasses, savour it; its the moment we turned the corner and headed back to the summit!

COME ON SAINTERS!!!!

 

[Impatient Saint]

Should have won that game, unlucky Saints!

That 15 y/o umpire in the last quarter did everything but cheer the Hawks across the line, with two disgraceful decisions. That was the difference in the game at the end disgraceful umpiring.....

Well played Saints ...

 

[Mat Mann]

On the whole the umps weren't bad but those few bad calls gifting them goals in the last killed us.....

But so proud of our boys, take heart that our boys fought and fought and fought.
F50 entries & foot skills were the biggest differences between the 2 sides today, Ross Newnes and Acres (in the last), gee they look good. McCartin & Bruce up fwd, Lee wasn't to bad against the comp's best. Minch just knows where to go to snag a goal, Billings all class, Lonie is a such a scrapper, real fight.

Hawks were just a tad to clean at the end, our f50 entries in the 3rd cost us more than the umps in the 4th. Still proud, still a momentum building game

 

[ST_Maaaate]

Steven's aggression while being tackled today was massive. He's got a real strong core and is getting a Harvey like swivel of the hips going.

 

[Pike13]

The joke umpiring once again gets the Hawks across the line...

Well done Saints on a great effort & clearly on the way up!

 

[CanadianSaint]

Well... Screw the umpiring, there were some good moments and some great plays but we could have won that despite the umpiring. No one to blame, we let them have to much run in that last quarter and got hemmed in our half... Thats happened twice now - and the composure will come - but I really like were we are going! Well done SAINTS!

 

[Mowman]

Paddy is getting better and better and I can't wait for him to make Dermie look the fool

Dermie doesn't need any help with that

 

[Diehard Saint]

The most annoying thing is Richo will be the bigger man go on about how we had our chances and we blew them eg Paddy and yes it's true but The non calls including many holding the ball decisions as well as those 20 meter kicks cost us the game just as much and I'd just wish we'd cop the fine once and just spray the umpires

I'll contribute to the fine

 

[gringo2011]

Two observations
If we hadn't gifted them multiple goals we would have won. We'll learn from that.
When Paddy took that mark I saw the number one draft pick in his very early days.
Lee deserves a run next week .
That's three.

Yeah big Tommy Lee had 19 possessions from a back pocket, a couple of rookie mistakes but heaps to work with. Paddy is getting 25% better every week. He's going to be a good player possibly even a special one.

 

[dct66]

Brilliant effort by us today. Keep taking them on, sure we'll make heaps of mistakes and give opposition easy turnover goals but you're not going to get really good always taking the safe option. Learning to play on under extreme pressure is the only way forward.

 

[Gangnam Saint]

Wasn't the umpires. We had our chances and just fell short.
That has to be our benchmark.
As we learn to execute a little better we will capitalise on the opposition mistakes we generate from our own pressure.
Bloody good signs. Gutted we lost but very optimistic.

Thought Paddy was gonna nail it for us and write his own little piece of history.
He will be special for us over the journey.

 

[aussierulesrules]

I think the thread title needs to be changed to Saints versus Hawks and friends, or something along those lines. Maybe the review thread as well.

 

[bird_man]

How good would the next week have been if big Paddy had gone back and slotted that goal after that monster mark?

 

[Ekomaira]

Fox Sports will have a please explain during the week too

cut the game off before the umpires could sing the Hawks song

 

[Keg on legs]

they better because theres no excuse for calling a kick that travels 10metres wider than the goals, from the goal square less than 15

And the umpiring department will come out with the age old "yeah he may have gotten that one wrong"

No consolation

 

[35Saints35]

Well done today saints .

 

[Loyal Sainter]

To think we had 5 players in the team that started on the rookie list as well. (Gears, Sincs, Temps, Weller and Meatball) We're developing real depth. So bloody proud of our boys. But that loss has cut deep.
We are building something very special.

 

[busso_mick]

As much as this hurts, how good is that it does, and isn't just a ho-hum honourable loss or "well we expected that" thumping?

Be excited Sainters, we're on our way, the last two weeks show that. Now the hysteria of the Bulldogs game is exposed for the rubbish it was. We're definitely heading places.

Hold on to this feeling lads and lasses, savour it; its the moment we turned the corner and headed back to the summit!

COME ON SAINTERS!!!!

We have reached our nadir, now it's back to the zenith! There is a lot to like about the potential we have at the Saints. Go boys!