All ready for Saturday. I'll be training down this round.
Game over. Too fast, too good. Murphy and Gibbs MIA.
Game over. Too fast, too good. Murphy and Gibbs MIA.
Yeh.....3 pts in it at 1/4 time. Early call!!
2nd half of that 1st qtr, got control with precise kicking, slowed the tempo right down and didn't give the ball back to their speedy types through the middle, allowed us to get some goals on the board and narrow the gap..
Boltons coaching is on show.
Apart from early in the quarter we blocked them using the corridor. Making it a lot harder to spread when taking the ball wide.
Hope our young boys can do it for another 3 quarters
We look ok and have had some great moments. Sammo's fake was just gold!
Our 4 goals in the first - 2 to jack and 1 each to Charlie Curnow and Weitering - good to see the future on display.
Reckon they've still been the better team but if we keep trying like this and go down to a better team I can live with it as part of the rebuild.
Very good quarter from Doc.
Game over. Too fast, too good. Murphy and Gibbs MIA.
Murphy 16 disposals, 2 goals. Not half time yet.
After blowing that chance with Cripps I'm going to cry if we lose by less than a goal now.
Strange game.
St Kilda look too slick on the fast break but are making plenty of mistakes and somehow we're well in it.
Kreuzer and Murphy awesome, Silvagni showing plenty.
We could battle out a win or get beaten by 5 or 6 goals.
SOJ has played a flawless half.
If he can repeat it for the second half could have a 3 peat in the rising star nomination this week. ;D
Samo MIA. too much hype during last week....
The guys on Grandstand AFL (radio) are talking about how impressed they were with the way we changed tactics in the 1st, by realizing that we couldn't keep up with the Saints, so we made greater efforts to slow the play as much as possible. So the Saints are trying to frustrate us with leg and ball speed, and we're trying to frustrate them by slowing things up.
Hi bluebaggers.
We certainly haven't looked too dominant. There's plenty on show from the youngsters. Doc and Jack had a sensational first half. If we continue to grind on and pressure aints to errors, we're a chance.
Go blues
Being outclassed now.
Being outclassed now.
Yes. Not looking good.
Two goals in a minute - near the end of the quarter!
Unheard of for us
GO BLUES
Yeah, a couple of quick goals makes it look better.
Yeah, a couple of quick goals makes it look better.
Yeah 5 points at 3/4 time
Welcome to the big time Willo. Excellent positioning, mark i50, and fabulous first goal in AFL.
Go Blues
How did Zac Dawson get a game before Alex Silvagni???
Obviously had photos!!
How did Zac Dawson get a game before Alex Silvagni???
Obviously had photos!!
It does make you wonder. Loving that ACOS so much.
Nice to see us kicking junk time goals for a change.
Nice to see us kicking straight. That Rocca is some coach.
Up by 2!!!
Cripps goal - his kicking is really improving. Great to see.
Commentators talking about how we're not just bombing it high, but focusing on low spearing kicks.
And ACOS just does another good thing.
Fantastic effort so far.
If we don't win I'll still be happy if we fight it out
'til the end.
Come on Simmo - don't give away a 50.
Bah - no way we can kick 4 goals in a few minutes.
Damn
Game was sealed with that piss-weak 50 metre penalty. Also robbed of a certain goal in the last quarter courtesy of the Saints player clearly throwing the ball right in front of our goal.
Happy with the effort though.
Anyone else see Cripps being grabbed by the throat for about 10 seconds during the melee? Whoever that dirty bastard was needs a whipping.
Who was Billings opponent?
Also robbed of a certain goal in the last quarter courtesy of the Saints player clearly throwing the ball right in front of our goal
38,000 saw it....3 didn't.
Not to hang the young lad, but fisher had a chance to run into goal and kick on his right when we were up by a point, but chose to take them on instead trying to cut back onto his left.
Pretty innocuous error, but turned out to be our last effort to score and the saints kicked three quick ones after that to put the game out of reach.
He'll be better for it later.
Not to hang the young lad, but fisher had a chance to run into goal and kick on his right when we were up by a point, but chose to take them on instead trying to cut back onto his left.
Pretty innocuous error, but turned out to be our last effort to score and the saints kicked three quick ones after that to put the game out of reach.
He'll be better for it later.
Cripps' mistake was worse.
Who was Billings opponent?
There wasn't a single opponent. Billings got 3 of his goals while on the ball and played on Simpson, Docherty and Plowman while up forward. We can't just blame one person