Round 1: Saints (match thread)

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  • connolly
    Registered User
    • Aug 2005
    • 2461

    Originally posted by 573v30
    St. Kilda 6.15 51
    Sydney 6.13 49

    Another ugly contest, another close loss and another woeful start to the season for Goodes. Only 7 possessions, ahead of Grundy (6) and Bevan (5). Goal kicking needs to be greatly improved, Hall needs brain surgery and Roos needs a new haircut.
    Classic - a first game write off.
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    • stellation
      scott names the planets
      • Sep 2003
      • 9718

      33-24 free kick count. I'd like to maybe even that up a bit more by adding 1 to us for high contact on Hall right in front of our goals in the first half and subtract the free against Mattner that resulted in the Schneider goal. Can you do that?
      I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
      We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time

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      • Zlatorog
        Senior Player
        • Jan 2006
        • 1748

        Surely, they'll vote this game to be the crappiest of the round.

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        • Yianni1
          On the Rookie List
          • Jun 2007
          • 11

          Another season of poor refereeing ... as if we ever gonna get a fair 50/50 refereeing in Melbourne.. and not to mention the commentators..
          Go the bloods

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          • stellation
            scott names the planets
            • Sep 2003
            • 9718

            Why did Roos bother benching Davis for the last minute?
            I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
            We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time

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            • gossipcom
              Senior Player
              • Aug 2003
              • 2585

              I think it was because he missed the goal towards the end. And they wanted to get Mickey on but then Saints got the free and the possibility was diminished.

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              • TheGrimReaper
                Suspended by the MRP
                • Sep 2007
                • 2203

                Originally posted by Yianni1
                Another season of poor refereeing ... as if we ever gonna get a fair 50/50 refereeing in Melbourne.. and not to mention the commentators..
                Go the bloods
                Umpiring not refereeing.

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                • SCGonasunnyday
                  Warming the Bench
                  • Dec 2007
                  • 323

                  Guess I'm in the minority but I loved that game. It had a bit of everything and ended with the typical swans heart in your mouth finish.

                  I am really excited by this season. We were paying $3.00 to win this game yet came within 2 points. Most people are writing us off. Great. Once Jack, Moore and Bird keep improving...

                  Who will make room for Fosdike, Everitt etc to come back in??

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                  • ugg
                    Can you feel it?
                    Site Admin
                    • Jan 2003
                    • 15968

                    The good
                    -Kennelly back and just looks a class above the rest of the backline running out of defence
                    -Jack had a great game, I loved his (legal) bump in the first quarter.
                    - Moore was good in passages, some great kicks into attack.
                    - LRT's great attack on the footy. That's the way to play.

                    The bad
                    - We are in serious trouble if Bevan is going to play on the opposition's best small forward every week. He has little idea of how to play as a defender.
                    - Is there a money back guarantee on Hall's surgeries? Perhaps we can direct them to some anger management classes.
                    - Ablett clearly not fit, why play him?
                    - Jude MIA.
                    - Poor Bird was clearly overawed early on, and he looked hurt coming off. Not a n auspicious start.

                    The ugly
                    - The club should place a permanent ban on preseason Adam Goodes fluff pieces.
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                    • DeadlyAkkuret
                      Veterans List
                      • Oct 2006
                      • 4547

                      Any chance we're just dusting off the cobwebs? And what's with Goodes? If we have to wait 'til round 11 for him to be brilliant, I'll just about give up.

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                      • stellation
                        scott names the planets
                        • Sep 2003
                        • 9718

                        Originally posted by gossipcom
                        I think it was because he missed the goal towards the end. And they wanted to get Mickey on but then Saints got the free and the possibility was diminished.
                        You can't pull a guy for missing from that far out.
                        I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
                        We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time

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                        • gossipcom
                          Senior Player
                          • Aug 2003
                          • 2585

                          You can't pull a guy for missing from that far out.
                          I wouldn't have pulled him, but out of Magic and Davis, Magic was trying to at least do something in the midfield (when the flooding occurred). So that could have been a factor.

                          Who will make room for Fosdike, Everitt etc to come back in??
                          I'd say Spider will come in for Teddy. Not sure who Fossie will come in for.. personally I'd put him in for Jude, but that's just me.

                          ETA: Actually as someone said above about NOG if he's restrained his knee, since he was struggling he might be the other possibility to replace Fossie.
                          Last edited by gossipcom; 22 March 2008, 08:52 PM.

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                          • Jeffers1984
                            Veterans List
                            • Jan 2003
                            • 4564

                            surprise surprise, we lose another close one.

                            How many hours do they practice on their kick ins? I bet it's minutes not hours. The same amount of time they work on their kicking skills.
                            Official Driver Of The "Who Gives A @@@@ As The Player Will Get Delisted Anyway" Bandwagon.

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                            • ugg
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                              Site Admin
                              • Jan 2003
                              • 15968

                              Spida for Grundy, and Teddy as a swingman. Poor Reg is just too one dimensional for me. He can get away with it easily in Canberra, but not at this level. Just doesn't do enough off the ball.
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                              • ugg
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                                • Jan 2003
                                • 15968

                                Originally posted by Jeffers1984
                                surprise surprise, we lose another close one.

                                How many hours do they practice on their kick ins? I bet it's minutes not hours. The same amount of time they work on their kicking skills.
                                We had Leo and Ted take kickins today. I'm going to need to grow my fingernails.
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