Tyson was off the boil this year after his ridiculous return in 2022 but pleasingly for a guy who’s had some commitment and behaviour issues, it didn’t look to me at any stage like it was an effort thing.
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Tyson was off the boil this year after his ridiculous return in 2022 but pleasingly for a guy who’s had some commitment and behaviour issues, it didn’t look to me at any stage like it was an effort thing.
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Mooney‘s comments just then are spot on.
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Saints bossed it! An insipid meek display by the cats. It’s been a whole year thing to be honest. Not good enough in 23!
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Everyone has ups and downs in form and you forgot mate it’s criminal for players to be human and show anything if they lose….
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Can't wait to see the saints play finals
Especially when they get to play home finals
At there indoor stadium ,where they always win
Especially when they get to play home finals
At there indoor stadium ,where they always win
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Basically we got a premiership we’d been working really hard for and a few returned to pre-season with a sigh of relief rather than hunger. They’ve just been that bit off and it’s probably the season they needed to have. That‘s how i heard it and thought it that way for last month or so
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To be honest I think I confused him for someone else
Yes, well it's certainly the worst premiership defence since the 2016 Bulldogs.
Geelong should have been able to win back to back premierships with the list that they had. It's an absolute crime that they stuffed it up.
He needs everything to go his way and play in a winning side.
Which is a bit concerning that he’ll be 33 before next season.
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And the flexibility Jack Henry gives. But, yeah, the issue of ruck, plus Blicavs out ended the season really - at that point, though, it was a season with a huge outside chance and we‘d have had to get on a huge run of form nearly overnight. There’s not a lot that has to be off for you to be average in this league
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Leadership wise he’s up there but our dynamic duo are a lot worse leadership wise.
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I wouldn't say it was hugely unexpected. Oldest team fielded in history and then literally had their mad Monday at an old folks home.
We could have been better for sure, but a lot did not go our way.
Ended Richmond’s era? Now Geelongs? …….. I don’t think so, but what have you to show for it, not much. I’ll keep my eye on the Saints to see how they fair in the coming weeks, i suspect it’ll be very similar to years gone by ……. Not much!!
Yeah just rewound and watched.
He probably makes some fair points. I don’t put as much faith in others in pre-season when it comes to form that arrives later in the year.
I certainly think that either a delayed pre-season or a bad one impacted those first 3 rounds; the Suns loss was inexplicable, but I think after a month of footy you catch up on the conditioning aspect.
I do agree that there’s a bit of truth in that ‘old guys have that relief, young guys get ahead of themselves’ theory.
We’ve had a lot of good players miss a lot of footy this year.
Injuries are part of footy, all clubs deal with it in some capacity so we are no more unlucky than anyone else. But some clubs are better equipped in terms of ‘where they’re at’ to deal with it.
A team that has a lot of good but aging players can ill afford them to be injured.
A team who’s young players are good but not supported by much depth as far as ‘other good young players’ go can also not afford to be injured.
Basically when you have our profile - and I’ll always defend it - you rely more on good luck. If you don’t have it things get tougher
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That’s true but he started a little later and is a supreme athlete. I‘m expecting another couple of high quality years from him. We do have good kids on the list too
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Agree. Injuries affect every team, as we see with Collingwood at the wrong time for them, but I always felt this season was needed to build some players, many outside the 22, but some in, and therefore they relied on a few older guys which was a risk. Nice to risk though when you’ve got a cup in the back pocket. Im looking forward to seeing the slightly changed face of 2023 move a little more in 2024
Nah. I know you’ve been tongue in cheek re us this season (every season
) but we’ve had plenty go wrong compare to last season. We haven’t been good enough to cover..What do you? You’ll probably be drinking Moet tonight I expect. I’ll go for a cheap beers.
Normally I’d have the rent on us for a cheap win at home next week but not at this stage.
Why wouldn't I? Every AFL "expert" tipped Saints to miss finals and Geelong to make it. Saints have never been out of the 8 this year.
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