Votes Preliminary Final vs. Bulldogs

[goodie23]

Surprised no-one's done this yet. I'll get the ball rolling

3. Riewoldt (duh)
2. Hayes
1. S. Fisher

 

[stats]

3 Hayes
2 Roo
1 NDS

 

[StFly]

3. Hayes
2. Rooey
1. Nicky Dal

 

[Cuz2Plugger]

Hayes Roo Fish

 

[LordJimmy]

1. Lenny Hayes
2. Nick Riewoldt
3. Nick Dal Santo

 

[Kildonan]

3 N Riewoldt
2 L Hayes
1 N Dal Santo

This was a real dour affair. The Saints were carried over the line by their All Australian players. Even though everyone was fatigued at the end of the match we carried several passengers tonight. We can do a lot better than this.

Lenny and Riewoldt were fantastic. They were the best two players on the ground.

Dal Santo, Clint Jones and Fisher were all very good

Goddard and Raph Clarke were good

Gardiner dominated the ruck and Zac Dawson did some nice things

Baker shut down Acker and he rounds off my top 10 St Kilda players

There were a number of players who played only a fair match and it is difficult at this time to assess how much was due to their opponent stopping them, if they had a task that wasn't obvious to me or how much was due to not being up to it. I list Blake, Ball, McQualter, Montagna, Gilbert, and Ray as all doing OK but all can do better.

Disappointing were: Gram, Kosi, Milne, King, Schneider and Eddy. If we are to drop a player, I would expect it to be from this group. These guys also represent our area of greatest improvement too - because all of them are going to have to lift and produce in order for us to win a Grand Final.

Kosi had Lake who was one of the best for the Dogs, Milne was tagged by Hargrave and had few opportunities, King made 5 tackles but looked very slow and could only manage 9 hit outs. Schneider was matched up with Harbrow who cut us to pieces early. Schneider could only manage 1 pt from 9 touches. Eddy was not up to it - he ran around a lot without actually laying his hands on the ball much (if at all) + 1 tackle. Gram had a role on Higgins - so he may have done his job, but his turnovers were very telling and he failed to provide the drive we needed out of defence.

 

[Plugger35]

3.Hayes
2.Fisher
1.Riewoldt

Those three guys showed why they are all champions. Dal Santo did too but I couldn't quite squeeze him in. Zac and Raph were unlikely heroes.

 

[Rough_Edges]

3- Riewoldt
2 - Lenny Hayes
1 - Sammy Fisher

Sam Fisher and Dal for the last vote was toss of the coin

 

[TheStinger]

3 - Sir Lenny Hayes (he needs to be knighted for his effort tonight)
2 - Saint Nick Reiwoldt (he is a God among men)
1 - Sam the Fisher King (ummmm....he is awesome)

A few guys like NDS and Gardiner did massive jobs as well and there was a period in the thrid quarter where everything that came into our backline was being sucked into the vortex created by Cougar.

A few guys were down but awesome effort to win in a particularly rugged affair.

 

[SaintsManMat]

3. Hayes
2. Rooey
1. Clint Jones (was clearly our best for the first half)

Unlucky Dal Santo

 

[Armitage2Riewoldt]

3. Lenny
2. Roo
1. Dal

Raph, Zac, Jones unlucky.

 

[Falchoon]

3 Hayes
2 Riewoldt
1 Jones

 

[Surkin]

3. Hayes
2. Dal Santo
1. Riewoldt

 

[SaintsSeptember]

3 Lenny
2 Fisher Held it together at the start when they were struggling.
1 Riewoldt

 

[HoldenMCaulfield]

3 L Hayes
2 N Riewoldt
1 N Dal Santo

Fisher, Clarke, Jones, Gardiner, Baker and Dawson were also very good.

 

[stkildathunda]

3. Hayes
2. Riewoldt
1. R.Clarke

 

[IllBeTheJudge]

3. Hayes
2. Dal Santo
1. Riewoldt

Thought Jones was terrific too, and kept Cooney's influence to a minimum
Fisher was good after a nervous start
Clarke was good after halftime especially, last quarter took some telling defensive marks and had some run out of the back 50

 

[SammyFish25]

3. Riewoldt
2. Hayes
1. Fisher

Mentions to: Baker, Clarke, Dal Santo, Blake and Jones

 

[iamfredsavage]

3. Roo
2. Hayes
1. Dal Santo

Roo - It wasn't until the end of the 2nd quarter that Roo was getting any clean possession and it showed in our score and the way that the Dogs were dominating. After half time he came back and led from the front! His woes in the first half were due to poor (or lack of) supply, but boy did he turn it around!

Hayes - Again quiet early, but then went off and kept chugging away in the final quarter with some BIG clearances! Best midfielder of the night.

Dally - Was there all night, silky smooth and scored an early goal, I think he played an awesome game, and shows he is a big game player

Other honourable mentions to Clint Jones (most consistent all night) who was amazing! and Fisher and Raph who were the stand out defenders.

Raph may make some crazy decisions during the H&A season but boy does he loves the finals!!! Keep it up son

 

[paul of tuval]

1. Lenny
2. Dal
3. Roo
Who said that Dal Santo disappears in big games?

 

[TassieSaint]

3 Hayes
2 Dal Santo
1 Riewoldt

 

[handlspencer]

3. Hayes
2. Rooey
1. Clint Jones (was clearly our best for the first half)

Unlucky Dal Santo

3Lenny
2Dal Santo
3Rooey
4Jones
Goddard

 

[Squizz]

3: Hayes (9)
2: Dal Santo (8)
1: Riewoldt (7)
Fisher (6)
Gardiner (5)
Baker (4)
Blake (3)
Jones (2)
Dawson (1)

Monty had a few touches despite a hard tag and Raph was good.

 

[Look2Me4Guidance]

3 - Hayes

2 - Jones

1 - Riewoldt

If CJ backed himself to kick the ball more often, he would be the most damaging 2 way midfielder in the game.

 

[bubblegoose]

3 Lenny
2 Dal
1 Roo