Post Match. Saints punish Pies . All comments.

[daics aka the ruckman]

It was only a 15 point loss. We stayed in the game despite the shocking turnovers we produce and our sloppy skills. Previous losses were 32 and 33.
Good game from another youngster in Reef. Many others showed some improvement from last week.
I don't understand why Finn only got a quarter. Maybe its all in the fitness and conditioning ?? But he must play a full game next week.

Sidebottom is producing more mistakes and has little influence each week. Time for him to be managed.

[Pete 70]

Think it was a good presser. He seemed angry. We seem a bit unconfident at the moment and I think that impacts things. Few random observations:

1 Funny how the officials picked up that Howe didn’t run in a straight line so it was a ball up in our back 50 rather than allowing the kick to proceed. And yet missed Higgins. Also can we do away with goal review if we don’t use the tech.
2 Don’t really care about the free kick count actually- whatever but heartbroken for the non-Jordy hold which becomes holding the ball. FFS. It’s the bloody momentum killers.
3 Think we are a way off, and in some respects not too far. Really think it’s confidence. People will say I’m misguided (probably am) but I liked some of the fight at the end of the second and then half way through the last.
4 St Kilda aren’t a dud team. Other than the eagles no one really is. And we are hunted.
5 Yep we’ve got holes all over our list, and are best was good enough last year. I’m not calling this season yet.
6 I l loved Fly’s response to the free kick count.
7 Stood in the Members and had a great chat to a Collingwood supporter who like me had been at Vicky Park in the 80’s. Love the solidarity of this club.
8 I checked this morning they still only have one flag down at Moorabin.

[Mr Miyagi]

Howe did not run off his line

[Jezza]

Easier said than done but we have to find a way to reduce the opposition from scoring on turnover.
It's killed us in the first three weeks. Maybe that's one of the "fundamentals" that Fly speaks of.

[think positive]

[Harrysz]

Yes the effort against St Kilda was better than against GWS and Sydney but those two sides are better than St Kilda.

JDG clearly should have got that free and Higgins was over the boundary line, but, (and I've said this a few times) as Tommy Hafey once said after a loss, "we should never have been in a position where bad umpiring decisions could cost us the game."

The reality is that our skill level in the last three games is way below that of 2023 and 2024. Dropped marks, fumbling, missing tackles, unforced errors - it's all there. We can all theorise about what's causing this but at present our skill level is as a bottom 4 team. Blaming umpires is ridiculous.

[Jezza]

[David]

I thought these players stood up last night: McCreery, Elliott, Cameron, McInnes, Frampton (despite a couple of bad mistakes), Josh Daicos, Lipinski, Maynard, Quaynor. Schultz and Markov were quiet but had a few impressive one percenters, and Hill at least got a couple of late goals. Cox was okay.

Missing in action: Pendlebury, Nick Daicos, Moore, De Goey, Howe. Sidebottom wasn't much of a factor. Macrae didn't have much opportunity to make any impact.

I think McRae needs to make a statement at the selection table next week, and it needs to start with giving some of the veterans a spell: Pendlebury, Howe if we can find someone to cover him, and maybe Sidey. Time to try something different.

[stui magpie]

Positives were the performance of Reef and Frampton. Both did well.

Not happy with the loss but players don't lose their ability overnight, it's clearly a mental thing, they're operating a couple of percent below where they were last year and that makes all the difference when you're the hunted and the hunters are good teams in their own right.

[Collingwouldn't]

[Gerry Cooper]

[Boot]

That was another very frustrating game to watch with dumb inept turnovers being the fundamental reason why we lost but I felt the teams desperation was about to lift then that horrid umpiring decision against DeGoey and the Higgin's goal from the 2nd row of the members seats!
The players who are really down on form are;
1. Jack Crisp - constantly trying to burst through tackles and poor disposal that puts his teamates under pressure. Has to be dropped for WHE next week.
2. Steele Sidebottom - he's getting to the ball and his positioning on the field is good but fumbling and disposal is weak at the moment.
3. Darcy Moore - is personally killing momentum and team mojo with drop dead turnovers that the under 15 reserves team would be horrified with.
4. Tom Mitchell - is failing to impact the game and needs to have some time in the VFL or retired. Unfortunately Tom has the rest of this year and next still contracted to the club. Fin Macrae is faster and more skillful at this stage of their careers.
5. Jeremy Howe - has lost his zip and judgement for intercepting the high ball coming into the defensive 50 meter area.

I doubt that Fly McRae will drop any of the above this week but once it is clear that the season is truely shot then its time to give serious AFL time to the likes of Macrae, Harrison, Allan, Carmichael, Ryan, Sullivan and Begg.

I hope for next week the following team is picked;
B:Maynard, Frampton, Howe
HB: Quaynor, Moore, Noble
C:JDaicos, Pendlebury, Lipinski
HF: McCreery, Mihocek, Hill
F:Elliot, McInnes, Shultz
R:Cameron, DeGoey, NDaicos
IC: Hoskin-Elliot, Macrae, Cox, Harrison
Emerg: Allan, Ryan, Carmichael
Out: Crisp, Sidebottom, Mitchell, Markov
In:Macrae, Hoskin-Elliot, Harrison, Noble

[shawthing]

[David]

[inxs88]