St Kilda match day thread

[BillyRayCypress]

I picked up a vege curry with flatbread from the ethiopian spot at the markets next door, that was nice too!

Much better than a flathead Ethiopian from the Vege Curry spot. Strange man that one was.

Well the classic commentary of the day had to go to our own "Air between my ears" Luff when at the start of the game he said " I don't know what they are doing starting Hannerbury off the bench".

To which the other two guys in unison said: "They always start him on the bench!!"

Luff: silence...pause.....then moved on.

Watching that last quarter was like watching a 15 foot putt as it left your Club and was heading towards the cup. First this way then that way.

It was frustrating watching the Swans kick outs in that last bit and everytime it came back. I thought we were gone several times.

Only a few years ago, there was always talk of teams losing after they came back from Perth. This year no one has really mentioned it, but I imagine that the physicality and emotion of last weeks game would have used up alot of energy.

Jetta certainly showed a bit of toughness about him today. Watch out West Coast cheer squad next time.

Very important win especially after Eddiewood and West Coast lost. They were saying it nearly guarrantees at top 4 finish. Maybe too early but atleast we're on the right side of the ledger.

Bring on the sun tan next week.

Primmy I hope the seats were to your approval and if Wardy was there, she didn't upset that Lady who sits to my left.

Its hard having to run the Cypress Junior AFL League especially when it clashes with Swans games.

[Beerman]

I thought McVeigh was fantastic, particularly in the first quarter when he seemed to be the only Swan concentrating and making an effort.

Don't under-rate the Saints. They have some issues (thankfully for us Goddard is in shocking form) but they are still a good side.

[aardvark]

I picked up a vege curry with flatbread from the ethiopian spot at the markets next door, that was nice too!

I hope its as much fun on the way out as it was on the way in!

[giant]

Builder's Workers Union has stipulated that they will only pick up 4 balls a qtr.

Nice work. Actually, I think with the grand-stand down the wind must certainly have been providing some issues at that end today - certainly both teams struggled to kick goals down there.

[Sandridge]

Again we were challenged by a team with finals aspirations and again we triumphed. Not our best match for the year, sure, but a 5 goal win that put us back on top of the ladder and - even better - it was against St.Kilda!!!

Go Bloods!

[BillyRayCypress]

Nice work. Actually, I think with the grand-stand down the wind must certainly have been providing some issues at that end today

That and Stella after the curry

Now you know the real reason they were missing shots on goal !!!

[barry]

Good teams win the games that have to be won. This is what we did.

Saints fielded a full strength team, and gave it a real crack. We did enough after backing up from Perth to win. All good.

Time now to rest anyone not in top shape against the gold coast, before our tough run home.

Hope and pray Mummy is ok.

[mcs]

Result = excellent

Performance = not so excellent.

But at this time of the year, 4 points is all you need to keep collecting wherever possible, and that is what we did today. Job done, and whilst we are a long way off securing a top 2 spot, we are now very nicely placed to finish top 4, even with a very tough run in.

[BillyRayCypress]

Hope and pray Mummy is ok.

Unlike LRT last week, the injury wasn't to his head.

Sang Club song and looked in happy mood.

[wolftone57]

I thought our early inability to score kept them in it. When we finally got it together in the last 5 minutes it was sublime!!! Will Lenny go for the fist to the face?

I saw some things I liked and none of them have anything to do with the seniors. I saw some really great ruck work by a junior called Sam Naismith today and two players knew how to play to him, Lukie Parker & Tom Mitchell. WoW I would love this kid at 200cm plus and natural footballer to be drafted as a rookie!!! Both Lukie & Tom were having a ball because of the kid's ruck work!

I wasn't exactly over the moon with the performance of the Seniors today but it was ok given they had to come back from Perth last week! I am a bit worried about a mind set that says FLOOD if things are not going your way. In the end we didn't win by flooding we won by running the ball. So much of the last quarter was spent in their half because we had nobody to kick to if we got the ball because Longmire had them all flooding back!!! BAD OLD TACTIC JONNIE!!! GET RID OF IT!!!! When we spread and ran and had people forward of the ball we won the game!!!!

[Wardy]

Honestly I reckon you would pick the eyes out of us winning a grand final Wolfy!!! As I said before it wasn't pretty but we won it comfortably in the end - isn't that all that matters? Geez give the having a go at Longmire a break it is becoming very tiresome. He can't be doing too bad seeing as we are the top of the table.

[AnnieH]

Heart attack footy at its best.
Winners.
Top of the ladder.
That's the main thing.

Joey's got to be a hot contender for the Brownlow.

[CJK]

How good were those Italian beers at the Taphouse? Fantastic.

Game was a bit of a blur though.

[Mr Magoo]

Great effort against a full strength team that arent all that bad.

We didnt look as clean as last week but funnily enough I felt at the ground that we were always on top after the first quarter burst. Even though Saints stayed in touch (mostly due to our bad kicking early) we always had an extra gear . The tv coverage seemed much more focused on how unlucky the saints were but at the game i thought that after quarter time they were lucky to actualy be so close as to threaten. They may have had a lot of inside fities but they were useless inside fifties and having loose players along half back may have allowed them to get it in but it didnt help them score.

Our last few minutes was reminiscent of when we used to play Geelong a few years back when they were at their best and we would stay in touch and then all of a sudden we were down by thirty points. Wonderful effort after a tough week with the road trip. Considering that arguably our best player is not back in form yet we still have upside and we are still on top. Go swans

[Doctor]

Phew, what a relief! I found that game incredibly nerve wracking to watch and found it impossible to relax - was a pretty scrappy contest with lots of mistakes from both sides, honestly our surge in the last bit of the last quarter was really the difference, the Swans really lifted a gear in the middle when I was not sure if they had it in them. Kennedy back to his best and I don't think we could have done it without Jack. At half-time with Mumford injured I had almost marked this down as the loss we had to have after being up for six weeks, but Pyke stood up in the ruck (can hear Roosy pumping him up in my head as I type this!) and as a result we find ourselves back on top, but deservingly. Can really consolidate a top 4 spot over the next couple of weeks, and then comes the blockbuster against Collingwood. Can't wait!

(PS: I know we play a lot of night matches, but how good was it to have Sunday afternoon footy back at the SCG? I don't mind the occasional 4:30 starts, but day games still provide the better spectacle IMHO. The crowd was awesome today)

Great post, about the game and the crowd. I was really happy to see such a big crowd there yesterday even with the slightly iffy weather. Well done to the supporters for getting out there.