Autopsy Round 2, 2023: Western Bulldogs v St.Kilda

[St Neil]

It’d seriously be 20 years since I was this excited by St Kilda’s youth. What a crop of kids they are.

The amazing thing is it seems to have happened very quickly. And quite unexpectedly.

Coaching and development. Greatly underrated.

 

[CaptainRisky]

I can’t work out when/how he hurt it, but he looks sore as buggery.

Stuffed if I know who’d come in for him if he misses though…

We were just near the race where he went off and the look on his face was not good, hope it's not too bad

 

[Munga]

Vibes

 

[CaptainRisky]

I’m too sexy for prison

But you would like it

 

[Munga]

Nas is going a bit underrated simply because you could easily think he’s already played 200 games.

That bullet pass that went 50m but no higher than the navel

 

[George]

Pumps getting serious now

 

[jwikked]

Vibes

He looked very tired during the Press Conference lol

 

[sauce_head]

He's not out of position though.

I think he's always been a forward but Bevo is too ******* cute snorting glass and spinning magnets.

Ruined Cordy playing him back. Ruined Johanissen playing him forward. Brought Schache in, found a role for him at CHB in the VFL and then nuked him playing FF in the seniors. Had a perfectly capable FF in Bruce and an AA level junior defender in Naughton. So who does he throw into the backline?

Bevo is an absolute astronaut who caught the most insane run of luck and form in AFL history and rode it to a flag.

* him.

Mates in the umpiring department help a lot.

 

[Saintos The ITK]

Who cares how many Injuries we get?…. #d#depthWe got it covered..

 

[The Cobra]

Agree - that’s the right attitude & the boys need to believe!

I honestly don’t think right now any other top club could beat a decent team with 15 injuries including 2 best forwards out! How do u think Carlton would go without McKay & Curnow? Incredible effort for the first 2 rounds against supposed top 4 sides.

However the rubber band must be close to breaking.

Surely we are due some injury luck soon?

Both Carlton and us choked away almost exactly the same 8-3 or 9-2 or some s**t dream starts to the season. Two teams in the same season choked similar starts to fall out of finals. Shows it’s possible even with a promising start

Lid firmly on but the signs are good

Fair comment but we are 2-0 against supposed top 4 contenders - also we weren’t 8 -3 with 15 injuries including our 2 best forwards.

We have a mountain to climb but hopefully we can stay competitive and improve when injured players come back

 

[Max the great]

If any supporter has doubts about Ross The Boss after the last two games, I doubt they exist. We are a brand new team and we look GREAT when we are on.

Our first and second year players are truly leading the way. This is so impressive, Pou, Mitchito-san and Caminiti were huge tonight. The injuries we have aren't great, but would these guys be playing if it wasn't for the injuries?

Not only are we playing tough footy, we look good while doing it. We've got a good brand going and I can't believe Ross has got the players to buy into it so quickly, I expected things to take a year.

Caminiti's goal kickstarted our comeback. Love to see it.

I noticed the whole team getting around him after he kicked that goal. I remember last year when we were desperate for a goal and Higgins kicked an absolute ripper of a goal and not one single player went near him to congratulate him. I know it's his first game, but to me that just shows that we're playing fully as a team and that makes us so strong. Even if we're missing 5 or so certain best 22 players, the new guys are filling those gaps.

Love it. Love the Saints and love the footy.

It was a masterstroke, and very brave move to sack a coach a few months after extending them, but clearly it was the right move. Clearly.

Honestly. The amount of rubbish in this forum when the RTB news broke was embarrassing af. Those who sooked will never admit it but deep down they know who they are.

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[Southseas]

Soy sauce and lime on a steak?!?

 

[CaptainRisky]

Never mind ross had a big last quarter finished with 2 direct goal asissts and 6 score involvements overall

Ross is so underrated on here , I think his last 2 years have been better than when he won the B&F's easily best 22

 

[westernsainter]

I feel like I didn't really notice Brad Crouch

5

Brad Crouch

Age

31

Ht

186cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

26.1

5star

K

12.1

4star

HB

14.0

5star

M

2.7

3star

T

5.5

5star

CL

5.0

5star

D

20.3

5star

K

11.1

4star

HB

9.1

5star

M

1.5

2star

T

3.9

5star

CL

4.6

5star

D

21.6

5star

K

10.0

4star

HB

11.6

5star

M

3.4

4star

T

4.2

5star

CL

2.6

5star

out there tonight but he posted a very respectable game on the stat sheet:

26 disposals, 6 marks, 14 contested possessions, 6 clearances & 9 tackles.

Solid.

 

[Munga]

He looked very tired during the Press Conference lol

Yeah he looked ready for bedtime haha

 

[Daniels2Heatley]

"no magic, just a commitment of bodies and minds"
RTB - round 2, 2023

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Ross is so underrated on here , I think his last 2 years have been better than when he won the B&F's easily best 22

I say it often but I think he has a role to play even as he goes into his 30s. We’ve gone so young and you see all the good teams have one old dude who just hangs around doing the role player stuff. Seb is a foot soldier ross Lyon will back him to do whatever he needs on game day.

 

[CaptainRisky]

I say it often but I think he has a role to play even as he goes into his 30s. We’ve gone so young and you see all the good teams have one old dude who just hangs around doing the role player stuff. Seb is a foot soldier ross Lyon will back him to do whatever he needs on game day.

Seb has earned love from me , he didn't in the two BF wins as we were just crap but I love how he still busts his guts for the club and is a better player now

 

[George]

Video

Senior Coach Ross Lyon dissects an impressive win over the Bulldogs.

www.saints.com.au

 

[Barrels]

Watching the replay… about 3.20 to go in the match and it closes in on Eric Bana who is shaking his head and clearly says “This is so f***ing good. So f***ing good.”

Gem.

 

[George]

Honestly. The amount of rubbish in this forum when the RTB news broke was embarrassing af. Those who sooked will never admit it but deep down they know who they are.

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Rubbish? I think a majority of supporters who were concerned over the decision to appoint Ross wanted to see it in action, there were a lot of unknowns going into the season. I was always of the opinion that no matter how much people said it was a great appointment, I needed to see it as a lot of my questions weren't going to be answered until we played, other than I knew he would bring standards and we would at the very least improve - by how much was the question. And last week, I did mention that I will happily put my hand up and admit I got it wrong IF this form continues. I am sure that any reasonable supporter of this club would do the same. You'd have to be brain-dead to want us to fail so you could say you got it right.

A bit of perspective would be good though, instead of the "I told you so" comments after 2 games. Remember we were 8-3 at the bye last year. We need a body of work greater than 2 games to determine how good of a side we are. So far it has been extremely impressive, but the issue with this group for several years has been inconsistency so I'd like us to demonstrate this style of play and effort for more than 2 weeks lol

 

[malevu]

Teams have really gone to town on that leaked audio.

Media wan.kers, try your best. I'm sure you can find something else to bag us about.

 

[jwikked]

that no matter how much people said it was a great appointment, I needed to see it as a lot of my questions weren't going to be answered until we played

How many times has the club done something over the last decade and stuffed it up?
No shame in not immediately backing the club on their choices, when they've made plenty of boners over the last 10 years.

 

[Dard Ball Get]

Settled in with the freshest kebab ever prepared, first qtr just beginning - oh Pou has just kicked one

 

[jh38]

Steele out will be a blow but under Lyon's game plan it doesn't matter too much if we have someone who can come in and fit into the game plan.

We didn't miss Webster much tonight.

Melbourne are like that, someone gets injured in defence, midfield and forward they have someone ready to go and they don't lose out too much.

The problem for them last night is that they lost May, Gawn and Pickett all at the same time.

Hopefully both Bytel and Windy come back in next week.