Rd 16 Sturt v North

[heater31]

Nah, Clarrie's right, for 5k I'll ban every Sturt supporter from this site.
Anyone?

what do we get if we jump ship to North??????

A smack in the face for wanting to inflict pain upon yourself.

not as much pain as South inflicts on people though

[BPBRB]

Well played Sturt - the scoreboard flattered North in the end and over the whole game Sturt were a 10 goal better side. Maybe Jars should show the North players the tape of the game to show exactly how Sturt did all the things we didn't do.

Sturt ran all day and created space off the ball and manned up, backed up team mates and never really slackened off at any time ove the whole game. When we had the ball Sturt tackled and kept the pressure on which resulted in some poor skill errors but as has been the case for a while North very suspect under pressure.

Sturt's is one of a few teams that have exposed North's lack of leg speed and they had the ability to win most clearances from ball ups despite the fact that our rucks got their hands to the ball on many occasions. North players also have forgotten how to tackle and chase and if you want an example of how to do it all day look at that bloke Crane (I think No. 2?) he is a deadset "goer" and hard at it and with real leg speed and power.

As for Feast - last year looked ready for the pension home but has been re-born and is back to his best from a few years back. His run and marking ability is the equal of any big bloke in the league if not the best.

A couple of cheap shots by Sturt supporters on this topic:

Comments re the crowd numbers - there were plenty of North fans at the game and as for the comment about we don't travel well who ever it was - open your eyes you d*ck.

Purch, your comment about Kaesler was piss poor and if your are referring specifically to that incident in the third quarter where he was "pole axed" and had his head ripped off, jumped on and then pinged for holding he ball then you are a dickhead. That was possibly the worst umpiring decision I have seen in all my long years of going to football. Mind you a couple of other bafflers occured today e.g. at the Southern end when the umpire decided not to ping Wundke for holding the ball that allowed Gill to snap a goal - a shocker!

As for whoever made the comment about Gill - must have been at a different game? He was clearly North's best today and should get his chance with the Crows but I would be happy to keep him at Prospect.

In the end well done Sturt and North the slide out of the not only the top 3 but the top 5 has well and truly started.

[Wedgie]

Well said on all counts BRBRB, couldn't agree more.

Admittedly Allan was out today and he's our most important player, I hate to think of how our season would have panned out so far if we hadn't recruited him. We'd probably be organising spoon day.

[therisingblues]

Nah, Clarrie's right, for 5k I'll ban every Sturt supporter from this site.
Anyone?

what do we get if we jump ship to North??????

A smack in the face for wanting to inflict pain upon yourself.

Are we getting a small glimpse of how you North supporters bond with each other by this quote Wedgie?

Thanks for the write ups everybody. I was out all day so it is good to read the post match analysis from those that were there. Great to have a win against North, a bit of a worry that the Roosters were able to hit back the way that they did towards the end, but the lads have obviously learnt the game plan a little better than they had earlier in the season, and good to get the points this time around.
From what has been written here, it seems that North performed a lot worse than I expected today. 28 points isn't a blow out, but I expected the game to be tight most of the day, and perhaps Sturt would make a break at the end. I don't think North will continue to lose though, their form up until recently has been too good, this is just a hiccup that Jars' should be able to sort out before too long.
GO YOU BLUES!!!!

[rod_rooster]

I don't think North will continue to lose though, their form up until recently has been too good, this is just a hiccup that Jars' should be able to sort out before too long.
GO YOU BLUES!!!!

Should is the most important point.

[Jimmy]

Wedgie, it appears that Sturt fans are the masters of kicking people when they are down, they are setting themselves up for a barrage of replys if/when their roll falters. How things change, last year after with 6 consecutive 90 points+ losses in a row Sturt fans were non existant, suddenly they are the heaviest posters on this site

wtf are you on about mate? one, ONE ******* poster fits that description and sorry mate, but we had plenty of ppl posting last year during our run. stop making yourself look like a tool FFS!!!!

i would think you would have more things to worry about than trolling

[therisingblues]

Yeh, I thought the same thing when I read that Jimmy, and typed up almost exactly the same response as you but finally thought WTF and decided it is probably better just to ignore him completely. I don't know what his problem is, but he has had a real thing about Sturt ever since the Bays defeated us. But just letting you know that you are not alone in your thoughts there Jimmy.
GO YOU BLUES!!!

[southee]

Wedgie, it appears that Sturt fans are the masters of kicking people when they are down, they are setting themselves up for a barrage of replys if/when their roll falters. How things change, last year after with 6 consecutive 90 points+ losses in a row Sturt fans were non existant, suddenly they are the heaviest posters on this site

What do you expect LBT? Of course Sturt are going to have more posters as their success continues...It's like attendances for winning teams vs losing teams. Hey, I sure know how cyclical footy is and that things can turn around quite quickly (ask Southee!)...If you don't want any more Sturt posters I'm sure there's something you can do in this wonderful technological age to block them from joining...

BTW, I have over the last few months pondered why there aren't that many Central posters (given their success). Has the computer age not made it past The Old Spot Hotel yet?

Clarrie - joined 28th May 2007
Southee - joined 17th May 2006

Welcome aboard Clarrie, you timed it well!!!
Im still here enjoying a fantastic year so far......

[purch]

Purch, your comment about Kaesler was piss poor and if your are referring specifically to that incident in the third quarter where he was "pole axed" and had his head ripped off, jumped on and then pinged for holding he ball then you are a ********.

That was just one example of it, and whilst I even thought that decision was rubbish I can understand why the umpire interpreted it as such. The lad ducked his head as he was gang tackled...making it look pretty damn bad. Given that, if I was the ump I would have paid it. All I'm saying is that if he hadnt done it twice before (ducked his head) then maybe the ump wouldnt have thoguht he was trying to milk one (again). Funny how umps see things and they stick in theor memory....Sturt gang tackled all day and it was a pleasure to watch.

As for you calling me what I potentially am, all I can say is that you have been known for abusive comments towards other posters in the (recent) past and I guess we can all expect it again..water off a chooks back, so to speak. I commented on one aspect of the method employed by one of norths players. Please lift your game. Funny that one of the mods agreed with your comments "on all counts".

To be sure, regardless of some "barzaar" decisions, they had no great impact on the outcome or the margin.

Play on...

[Grahaml]

Players don't duck to try to milk frees. What free kick would you milk doing that? And the umpire shouldn't be thinking that a player has ducked a couple of times, so deserves it.

[Jimmy]

Yeh, I thought the same thing when I read that Jimmy, and typed up almost exactly the same response as you but finally thought WTF and decided it is probably better just to ignore him completely. I don't know what his problem is, but he has had a real thing about Sturt ever since the Bays defeated us. But just letting you know that you are not alone in your thoughts there Jimmy.
GO YOU BLUES!!!

yeah mate, good work!!!! cant give him too much crap, he does support the bays afterall

[johntheclaret]

Purch, your comment about Kaesler was piss poor and if your are referring specifically to that incident in the third quarter where he was "pole axed" and had his head ripped off, jumped on and then pinged for holding he ball then you are a ********.

That was just one example of it, and whilst I even thought that decision was rubbish I can understand why the umpire interpreted it as such. The lad ducked his head as he was gang tackled...making it look pretty damn bad. Given that, if I was the ump I would have paid it. All I'm saying is that if he hadnt done it twice before (ducked his head) then maybe the ump wouldnt have thoguht he was trying to milk one (again). Funny how umps see things and they stick in theor memory....Sturt gang tackled all day and it was a pleasure to watch.

As for you calling me what I potentially am, all I can say is that you have been known for abusive comments towards other posters in the (recent) past and I guess we can all expect it again..water off a chooks back, so to speak. I commented on one aspect of the method employed by one of norths players. Please lift your game. Funny that one of the mods agreed with your comments "on all counts".

To be sure, regardless of some "barzaar" decisions, they had no great impact on the outcome or the margin.

Play on...

Not that I am speaking on behalf of Wedgie (christ knows he is more than capable of doing that for himself), but I don't think he was referring to the abusive bits, when he made that post Purch, so why don't you stop trying to make something out of nothing mate, by suggesting that Wedgie is condoning or agreeing to BPBRB's abuse.

Not that there is any excuse for one poster abusing another, things are said when emotions are running high and lets face it, nothing gets the old adrenalin flowing quite like the footy, especially when your team has just come off the back of a p1ss poor perfomance.

And yes, before you decide to continue this line, I am a North fan too but if you care to read my posts on the subject of North Adelaide Football club over the last week or so, you will see that I have been critical over numerous aspects of thier game plan, the coach and their performances.

PS. I personally find most of your posts pretty informative and a source of good debate, but please, stop lowering yourself to the level of a troll by continuing this line of supposition suggesting the North mods / admin allow abuse or any other from of perference to another poster just because he / she is a North fan.

Wedgie puts so much into running this site, as everyone on here knows, and he has always (since I have been around at least), shown nothing but a fair hand when it comes to presenting a proffessional approach to it's moderation.

Now if you want to make any other ascertions because I am a North fan, then all I can say is that you are not the poster I thought you were. Up to you mate.

[sturt1]

It was a game that had alot of tackling and bumping. Very good intensity from both teams. Well done to the roosters for giving the Blues a hard game. I do admit we dont have alot of injuries at the moment and it definately would have hurt norf losing ladhams and allen before the game. The third quarter was the one that won it for us. We gave it everything there and even though norf came back in the last we did enough earlier. I noticed Thompson did not play for the powder yesterday so maybe next week he will be back in for us which is very handy.

I felt a bit sorry for tate kaesler yesterday, he got a couple of descisions that really were not fair. Even though we won in the seniors we were beaten well in all other grades so well done roosters.

[Ian]

28 points isn't a blow out,

No it's not, but it was very flattering to North, Sturt were at least a 10 goal better side today.

[zipzap]

Yeh, I thought the same thing when I read that Jimmy, and typed up almost exactly the same response as you but finally thought WTF and decided it is probably better just to ignore him completely. I don't know what his problem is, but he has had a real thing about Sturt ever since the Bays defeated us. But just letting you know that you are not alone in your thoughts there Jimmy.
GO YOU BLUES!!!

Heh heh, I even had a 'Don't Feed the Troll' pic loaded in and ready to go but canned it because a reaction is all he wanted. Silly comment.

[BPBRB]

Well Purch I think your assessment of Kaesler - probably based on the fact that he is an ex-Sturt player was way off beam and uncalled for. You team won easily, I haven't read anything but praise from North people about how Sturt went but you still had to show your true colours are and have a pathetic crack at Kaesler, maybe that was the only thing you could find to have a crack at North about but if so it shows you were looking with rose coloured glasses on.

Is it Tate's fault he is the shortest player in league footy and plays low to the ground - after all that is his job to get in and under. He should not be penalised for other players inability to tackle him properly. He got tackled high about 4 or five times yesterday and as evidenced by the stats - he received 1 free kick and gave away 7 most of which were just blatantly bad umpiring decisions to reward players for not tackling correctly. That doesn't include many of the tackles he received that were ball ups and not paid either way? If not he must be the biggest sniper and most undisciplined player in the SANFL based on those stats?

Purch, your entitled to your comments and so am I and maybe my wording calling you what I did was out of order but I will say it was an idiotic comment you made but don't get on here all high and mighty and tell people to lift their games - how about you lift yours and not make stupid statements like you did re Kaesler.

[BPBRB]

Whilst on the game, the Stats make intersting reading (according to the 'tiser who are generally a little off) and often hide the real issues - certainly in North's case:

Hit outs 32-23 North's favour but hardly got a clearance all day?

Tackles 37 each! Given Jars comments and what we all saw - how the hell did we manage to hang onto 37 tackles - it looked all day as if Sturt players were able to break far too many North tackles???

[Wedgie]

Funny that one of the mods agreed with your comments "on all counts"

OK, I meant on all counts except for the abuse Mr Pedant, condisering I'd already deleted one of BRBRPBs posts I didn't think I had to make that point obvious. FFS.

[Aerie]

Are Sturt going to be able to reproduce this form on the bigger ovals?

They beat Port at Alberton early in the year. West at Richmond and South at Noarlunga. The rest of their wins have come on the postage stamp grounds and they have losses to North at Prospect, Eagles at Woodville and Glenelg at Adelaide Oval.

Playing football on Unley Oval and then Adelaide Oval or Footy Park is like playing Rugby League one week and Rugby Union the next.

They've answered every other question thrown at them this year, so no reason they won't answer this one as well. But, still remains to be seen.

[Cambridge Clarrie]

Are Sturt going to be able to reproduce this form on the bigger ovals?

They beat Port at Alberton early in the year. West at Richmond and South at Noarlunga. The rest of their wins have come on the postage stamp grounds and they have losses to North at Prospect, Eagles at Woodville and Glenelg at Adelaide Oval.

Playing football on Unley Oval and then Adelaide Oval or Footy Park is like playing Rugby League one week and Rugby Union the next.

They've answered every other question thrown at them this year, so no reason they won't answer this one as well. But, still remains to be seen.

Good question Aerie. I have also wondered this. In theory I believe their game style should be suited to the larger ovals. I think Sturt will prove they can prior to finals time... Rounds 19 & 23. The early losses to Eagles and North aren't a concern to me as I feel we were stil geling as a team. The loss to the Bays was a bit more of a worry but I'll put that down as a blip!