Autopsy Round 13, 2023: Sydney v St.Kilda *PRIDE GAME*

[saintbill]

Seb Ross isn't a bad career for an uninspiring player. His overhead marking looked very good tonight.

Nothing wrong with that, Seb has had a great career. Would be a great result for Windy if he carves out something similar.

However, I get nervous when Windy is thrown around as an example of our exciting young talent. Literally every club has at least a couple of Windy level talent type players.

 

[bird_man]

Don't expect him to dominate, in fact I expect very little given his draft position and young age. I am just pointing out that he is getting a lot of unnecessary hype.

It's getting to Sipposs/Tom Ledger levels on here. Doesn't make sense to me, given he has no obvious elite traits.

He's got plenty of elite traits. They just don't always come out at AFL level when you are 19 years old and a dozen or so games in.

I'll continue to be excited about what he can offer going forward.

 

[bergholt]

With that one in the bag we really just need to win one of the next two weeks - Tiges at the G then Bears at the Dome. Then we have the bye in WA, Dees, then a bunch of winnable games. If we could sneak to 13 wins by August then we'll be well-placed for the last three which could all be tough.

 

[gringo2011]

Don't expect him to dominate, in fact I expect very little given his draft position and young age. I am just pointing out that he is getting a lot of unnecessary hype.

It's getting to Sipposs/Tom Ledger levels on here. Doesn't make sense to me, given he has no obvious elite traits.

Neither does Sam Walsh or plenty of other mids. Might as well just sit back and hope that he's something good.

 

[D2D3]

We got quite a few our way too fortunately but it's hard to watch the game with the officiating this year.

50s are pretty much rubbish 50% of the time. Feels good to be on the receiving end though

 

[El HOSS]

Incredible win. Just not a win we have under Ratten. He responds when things aren't going our way and for the most part, gets the boys to respond.

Funny, Crouch really is our barometer. He fires, we win.

Steele looks cooked. Hope he gets back to his 2020-21 weight...looks gaunt these days.

Kids just look so good, let gresh go if we get a 1st compo....need more high end talent to surround them.

 

[gringo2011]

Mitch Owens is undeniable

If he played for a different team the media would be fawning over him.

I don’t even care about results anymore I just want more Mitch.

They already were on to him. I reckon his couple of weeks without playing probably made him slip people's minds.

 

[Max the great]

Nothing wrong with that, Seb has had a great career. Would be a great result for Windy if he carves out something similar.

However, I get nervous when Windy is thrown around as an example of our exciting young talent. Literally every club has at least a couple of Windy level talent type players.

No other club has an Owens level type talent. So less focus on your obsession with your Windy assessment and more focus on Owens.

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[The_Snake26]

Very noticeable shift in intensity this week with our defending. Ross didnt have a heap of footy but his pressure was fantastic - 10 tackles. Pou looked like he had a bit more effort chasing and harassing. Hammer laid 7 tackles which is huge for big bloke.

Thought Howard was very good tonight. Frustrating player at times but tonight was very positive.

Owens is our barometer. What a star! Marks balls he doesn’t look like he’s going to. Rucks. Tackles. Kicks goals. Absolute bull

NAS has turned into an absolute weapon

Thought Ronnie was pretty good too. Should stick to kicking on his left. It’s a lot more reliable than his right.

Wilkie
Felt he had a couple of starstruck moments in the 2nd but his second half was fantastic

Stocker has been an absolute steal

 

[Atomboy]

Sharman (34) had more AFL Fantasy points than Buddy(33).

If we extrapolate that over 3.5 more quarters then he hits 240 points.

Brownlow incoming.

 

[bird_man]

Incredible win. Just not a win we have under Ratten. He responds when things aren't going our way and for the most part, gets the boys to respond.

Funny, Crouch really is our barometer. He fires, we win.

Steele looks cooked. Hope he gets back to his 2020-21 weight...looks gaunt these days.

Kids just look so good, let gresh go if we get a 1st compo....need more high end talent to surround them.

I thought Steele was very good in the 2nd half

Just can't seem to put 4 qtrs together at the moment

The fact he is showing he can do it for parts of the game suggests it's not injury holding him back

 

[Daniels2Heatley]

Good win in the end.
Second half is the template for the way we want to play.
The slinging/dangerous tackle rule is going to ruin the game.
Owens, Nas and King are the future, and reason enough to stay positive no matter what happens for the rest of this season.
Go saints

 

[moirae42]

Agree the 50s were a little lucky. Bloody harsh penalty.

Both of the fifties that we got were 100% legitimate, must pay, plain as day penalties.

The joker on the mark for the Owens fifty was three meters ahead of the actual mark and with the NAS one, you cannot approach the mark from behind the player unless immediately after the contest. That bloke just wandered in ten seconds later.

 

[Ads734]

Agree the 50s were a little lucky. Bloody harsh penalty.

Not at all before the Goulden one
they missed about three where Sydney players just stood in the protected zone. Also that high against Nas was dreadful.

 

[gringo2011]

Agree the 50s were a little lucky. Bloody harsh penalty.

Won the free kick count interstate too. I'm not used to it.

 

[Munga]

I don't blame the umpire for paying the Blakey free. It was right in front of the umpire, clear head knock, the umpire would be out of a job if he didn't pay that. A year or so ago and it's fine. But it shouldn't even be looked at for suspension. Does anyone know where Christian lives?? Asking for a friend.

 

[bird_man]

Mitch Owens is undeniable

If he played for a different team the media would be fawning over him.

I don’t even care about results anymore I just want more Mitch.

The media have been fawning about him for some time

 

[Red White Black]

Chito becoming our most important player

 

[gringo2011]

Both of the fifties that we got were 100% legitimate, must pay, plain as day penalties.

The joker on the mark for the Owens fifty was three meters ahead of the actual mark and with the NAS one, you cannot approach the mark from behind the player unless immediately after the contest. That bloke just wandered in ten seconds later.

Collingwood, Port, Sydney all crab over the mark to stop players playing on and allow time to set up ahead. Umpires waited until the game was in the balance to officiate it. They should pay it every time.

 

[StPiper]

At least Phil Davis told them ( in not so many words) that they were talking rubbish.

Some putrid umpiring calls tonight.

Didn’t mind Phil Davis tonight. Found most of his player insights quite interesting.

 

[GTrains Mullet]

Lo
Honestly after his first year I thought
his cieling was limitless.

I was his advocate early on, so was a fan too. Although he’s really found his feet at the level and is a true A grader.

 

[gringo2011]

Chito becoming our most important player

He's probably in our top 6 or so in impact in his second year. Can't remember the last player that came on that quick. We seem to have the slowest development of any club.

 

[Veer Right]

I think I've given votes to Nas in five of the last six matches... holy sh*t he's having a very very solid season.

I thought he was good and would make it at a higher level but not this quickly. He's playing at a level beyond his years.

Thank fk he signed on the dotted line as his value is going through the roof.

How good is it to have genuine young stars in King, Owens and NAS to build a side around. Haven't felt this since early 2000s.

 

[Joffaboy]

Sad that after that win someone has to come on here and bag the crap.out of Windy.
He jumped ahead of Mitch last year and was playing good football before breaking his hand.
He has struggled a little with defensive systems and wrnt back and got a tonne of possessions in the VFL.
First full game back for months and he gets compared to Tom Ledger

Tom Ledger

Age

32

Ht

178cm

Wt

79kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.9

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

6.1

4star

M

2.1

2star

T

1.8

4star

CL

1.5

4star

No current season stats available

D

11.8

3star

K

6.4

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

1.6

2star

T

1.2

3star

CL

1.4

4star

. Yeah righto. Always some to be Debbie downers.

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[Saints43]

Dougal really good.