Jack Billings' last qtr reminded me a little of Darren Jarman in the 1997 GF
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I don't want to be reminded!
One mark inside 50 is worth two between the arcs...
Matthew Richardson is not great because he played on the wing... For one season
He was great because he kicked 800 plus goals
Midfielders are a dime a dozen .... There are over 30 gun mids in the AFL less than 10 gun KFs.
In a great team, he wouldn't have had to go through the middle and find the ball
Whilst I agree we should get upfield... When needed... He should still do what he does best...
Matthew Richardson is not great because he played on the wing... For one season
He was great because he kicked 800 plus goals
Midfielders are a dime a dozen .... There are over 30 gun mids in the AFL less than 10 gun KFs.
In a great team, he wouldn't have had to go through the middle and find the ball
Whilst I agree we should get upfield... When needed... He should still do what he does best...
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Well played to the saints for their awesome comeback yesterday. All day Armitage was to good for us and Billings last qtr was something special (bit like the bont last year v Dees). Then there were the other 6 jack's who were to quick for us in the last 20mims.
Obviously your team will take a lot of belief from the last two weeks. Good luck for the rest of the season.
Obviously your team will take a lot of belief from the last two weeks. Good luck for the rest of the season.
Just watched the replay. This game had a bit of "rumble in the jungle" about it. The fave threw everything at us and we absorbed the punishment... and when they tired, we came out and knocked them out.
Great to see we have some kids who can kck. Billings on the arc of 1 step... BANG!
Great to see we have some kids who can kck. Billings on the arc of 1 step... BANG!
My biggest concern with Roo started when GT put him at CHF. Hopefully he can now just play without the physical pressure and hits that come with being CHF. He's copped some serious punishment over the years. A lazy 20 is fine by me. And if needed the switch back can always be made.
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Billings, Lonie and Sinclair brings skill and decision making around our forward 50. It's good having genuine footy players with footy smarts around goal.
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It is indeed and if he's out of the forward 50 it will mean the likes of Bruce will take more in there and I think it's a pretty safe bet that Nick would still take plenty of marks inside 50 if he was playing on the wing. Most of them in 1-on-1 contests, against someone shorter than him, rather than being double or triple teamed.
Richo still kicked 48 goals 30 in the year he played wing. I'm pretty sure most of them would have been from marks inside the 50. It was only 5 less goals than he kicked from two more games the previous year, so his goal average was basically exactly the same, yet around the ground he had much more influence and he got 16 more Brownlow votes from two less games.
No shit Sherlock, but Richo was incredible that season and I still remember the roar of the crowd every time he went for a mark. He was just dominating games of footy and if he'd played that role and that well his whole career then he'd have had a much better career than he ended up having mostly up forward, IMO.
What does a great team have to do with us? Last time I checked we're a rebuilding team and as such it's more about the future and in this instance it would be largely about letting the likes of Bruce, Hickey and Membrey/McCartin develop in that role that Roo would otherwise be keeping one of them out of.
Again, I think in the short term it could make us better anyway though, as it did yesterday, so I'd certainly like to see us give it more of a go going forward, as Roo obviously did when he kept on telling Alan Richardson he wanted to play midfield the preseason before last.
One way to find out though and we could argue this till we're blue in the face and they would still just be opinions.
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I'm not really fussed about how Roo plays on the wing I'd just like him out of the forward line. Out out out.
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Well done guys
Think they will use Rooey where he will do the most damage. Flexibility is the current Richo buzzword. Sounds good. We don't want to be predictable.
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Only got 5 Jacks ......
.... but it must have seemed like there were 7.
The Jack Pack isn't a six pack then I guess? Hopefully we can draft another one this year.
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Remind me who do we know is coming and who is tanking?
Have now watched the game after I had got back home. Was in Germany on Saturday morning and have now added to the strange places i have followed or found out Saints scores. I woke up in the hotel room at about 6 and checked the score. Pretty even at about quarter time. The hotel wi-fi was very iffy and eventually I found the only place it worked properly was in the bathroom.
So I sat in there watching the scores and stats with mounting disappointment. We had to pack and get to the airport, but I kept seeing another Saints goal on my phone when I checked. Down at breakfast we had to be sociable with some other people, but the Wi-Fi worked out better down there, so I slipped away into a corner and got into the Live game site. I watched the last 5 min live in a slight state of shock.
My English non-AFL loving wife was calling me to the taxi which was all loaded up out the front. But we got to the final siren and we had it.
Wife calling me again. 'Just have to watch the song and I'll be there'. Her face was a picture. Only a Saints fan would understand!
Anyway, great days for all us Sainters, and I'm going to watch the good bits again later!
So I sat in there watching the scores and stats with mounting disappointment. We had to pack and get to the airport, but I kept seeing another Saints goal on my phone when I checked. Down at breakfast we had to be sociable with some other people, but the Wi-Fi worked out better down there, so I slipped away into a corner and got into the Live game site. I watched the last 5 min live in a slight state of shock.
My English non-AFL loving wife was calling me to the taxi which was all loaded up out the front. But we got to the final siren and we had it.
Wife calling me again. 'Just have to watch the song and I'll be there'. Her face was a picture. Only a Saints fan would understand!
Anyway, great days for all us Sainters, and I'm going to watch the good bits again later!
There is no need to change Roo's position. He has always played high up the ground and seems to be playing even less deep this season.
And in the 3 games he has played this year both Roo and Bruce have played well, we have won 2, Bruce has kicked 9.6 in those games. Why change anything?
And in the 3 games he has played this year both Roo and Bruce have played well, we have won 2, Bruce has kicked 9.6 in those games. Why change anything?
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Great stuff. There IS NO BIT THAT IS NOT GOOD! I watched it again today and the beauty of the firstchalf is hearing the commentators fall over themselves to praise (correctly) the dogs when you know full well what is about to unfold!
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I reckon Nick will line up at CHF next week. And from the presser, AR tends to agree that Nick can play alongside Josh and higher up the ground. In our win vs GC they caused Mayhem i50 as Roo did last year with Stanley when he was an AA CHF and took 30 more marks than any other forward with worse supply.
You also realise that it's no different taking games of Membrey fwd as it is taking minutes off Acres, McKenzie, Templeton and Co on the Wing
Nick can of course play wing
Like The above mentioned... Newnes, Joey, Gilbert, Savage, Webster, Billings, Ray, Shenton
And get 20 touches consistently
How many guys do we have who can take 10 marks as a key fwd consistently?
It will be done
There will be no famous Richo style move (he spent time i50 in 08 also)
Into the midfield... When we are struggling fwd... He will assist the other Fwds when required.
I reckon Nick will line up at CHF next week. And from the presser, AR tends to agree that Nick can play alongside Josh and higher up the ground. In our win vs GC they caused Mayhem i50 as Roo did last year with Stanley when he was an AA CHF and took 30 more marks than any other forward with worse supply.
You also realise that it's no different taking games of Membrey fwd as it is taking minutes off Acres, McKenzie, Templeton and Co on the Wing
Nick can of course play wing
Like The above mentioned... Newnes, Joey, Gilbert, Savage, Webster, Billings, Ray, Shenton
And get 20 touches consistently
How many guys do we have who can take 10 marks as a key fwd consistently?
It will be done
There will be no famous Richo style move (he spent time i50 in 08 also)
Into the midfield... When we are struggling fwd... He will assist the other Fwds when required.
if it aint broke dont fix it.
I would prefer not to absorb in future. 55 points down is never a place you want to be ever!
I see the reference though
No, but unlike some opinion out there I don't think they weren't trying.
It was frenetic, it forced errors, they were overwhelmed...
Not sure I buy that they weren't caring.
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