SA Footy

RICHMOND: 3.2, 6.4, 10.7, 11.11 (77)
ST KILDA: 4.1, 9.4, 11.6, 13.10 (88)

GOALS – Richmond: P.Bowden 3, Pettifer 3, Jackson 2, Tivendale, Richardson, Simmonds St Kilda: Gehrig 3, Riewoldt 3, Dal Santo, Goddard, X.Clarke, Fiora, Montagna, Harvey, Hayes
BEST – Richmond: J.Bowden, Simmonds, P.Bowden, Hyde, Raines, Coughlan St Kilda: Riewoldt, Hayes, Hamill, Hudghton, Montagna, Harvey
INJURIES – Richmond: Thursfield (knee), Schulz (concussion)
St Kilda: Nil
CHANGES – Richmond: Stafford in selected side by Jackson
St Kilda: Ball (abdominal strain) in selected side by Peckett
REPORTS - Nil
UMPIRES - Margetts, McLaren, McInerney
CROWD - 40,740 at Telstra Dome

Actually was a pretty good game.

Good Game good contest

for me, the saints will need to do some work to be top 4.

They lack a genuine ruckman, even when Kosi comes back Im not sure whether he is the rucking answer there looking for, also there defence is very thin, and suspect.....

Good midfield but if Lenny or Dal Santo have a bad day, they could be in trouble

Obviously Ball to come back in, but for me they are very reliant on their top 6 players and if they don't fire the saints don't fire, they need more evenness across the side

Blistering third quarter from the Bullies today.

Bet I won't see anything remotely like that tomorrow at the SCG...

I'm 5 from 5 so far this round.

Some way for us to unfurl the flag

Down by 38 points at half time

sydney-dog wrote:Good Game good contest

for me, the saints will need to do some work to be top 4.

They lack a genuine ruckman, even when Kosi comes back Im not sure whether he is the rucking answer there looking for, also there defence is very thin, and suspect.....

Good midfield but if Lenny or Dal Santo have a bad day, they could be in trouble

Obviously Ball to come back in, but for me they are very reliant on their top 6 players and if they don't fire the saints don't fire, they need more evenness across the side

thats why I give us MASSIVE chance

We showed a massive improvement - our yougsters proved they are up to AFL, Browny & Power found their form last night, Bradshaw, Charman and Sherman were top three best on ground AND Leppa got some invaluable game time (back injuries are a bugger to get over) I hope we have a true ruckman to back Jamie up - we were only unsettled and conseded goalslast game when he came off and Hille had a raw youngster to deal with.

Saints are not playing as well as they would like - the lost to WC and scraped home against Richmond.

Plus we have a score to settle!

GO LIONS!

Need to get Aker playing better footabll.

yeah - somthings amiss there

however - i dont think anyone can stop brown and brashaw (30 marks and 7 goals between them) on their day.

the imprvement in our youngsters such Hooper, Rischitelli, Mills, Clark, Attard,. Sherman(2nd season) and Brennan(finally getting over those injuries) were the best part. Wood is developing nicely and Merrit kicked a lazy ten in the reserves this week.

I love how Rischitelli goes at the footy - hard and fair...great tackler and goes at the contested football at a million miles an hour.

Face it, Brisbane have had their run at the top, it's over. They've still got a classy unit, but it's now an old classy unit. They'll still win games, but they're just another side now.

I gotta agree with LG here, from what I've seen of the Brissy kids, namely Clark, Hooper, Harding and Rischitelli they have made a very large step toward creating their next generation of frontline players ... I was very impressed with what I saw of Wood in the pre-season ... Problem is whether they will have enough to replace guys like Voss, Lappin, Aker, Leppitsch, Scott's etc who will start to disappear possibly as early as next season onward ...

These are the younger guys that are missing in the team

adcock
drummond
selwood
corrie
merrett
wood
hadley

We will miss Hadley - he was suppose to be earmarked for the midfeild till he got injured again.

Leppa needs time to find touch after his back injury - and Browny looks to be fully recovered after his OP injury

Hadley Sherman and Riska will be our future midfeild IMHO and Mills was so important at CHB as he lets braddy go down foward & leppa to play off the bench and get match fitness. Hooper is the answer to our crumbing problems up foward too. Harding and Drummond are also options to take over from the 2 Scotts.

Merritt has alot of to potential to be a FF - . only experiance will make Merritt better as a foward - smoe of the things he does reminds me of Lynchy. Id like to see him go down back a bit and learn what defenders try to do to fowards and that will help learn about playing foward.

I think that Brisbane will still be a decent side in the next few years to come. Akermanis will be around for a while yet, as will Black, maybe as long as another 4 years. The key to Brisbane's success over the next few years will be Jonathan Brown. If he can stay fit and firing they will go OK.

LionsGalSA wrote:These are the younger guys that are missing in the team

adcock
drummond
selwood
corrie
merrett
wood
hadley

We will miss Hadley - he was suppose to be earmarked for the midfeild till he got injured again.

Leppa needs time to find touch after his back injury - and Browny looks to be fully recovered after his OP injury

Hadley Sherman and Riska will be our future midfeild IMHO and Mills was so important at CHB as he lets braddy go down foward & leppa to play off the bench and get match fitness. Hooper is the answer to our crumbing problems up foward too. Harding and Drummond are also options to take over from the 2 Scotts.

Merritt has alot of to potential to be a FF - . only experiance will make Merritt better as a foward - smoe of the things he does reminds me of Lynchy. Id like to see him go down back a bit and learn what defenders try to do to fowards and that will help learn about playing foward.

A more than optimistic view there Lions Gal. Some of the players mentioned will not be consistently good at league level for many years - if ever...

Hadley - two recons already and has played bugger all football. For him to relieve the old four he would need at least two seasons of solid running in the midfield rotation. Can't see this happening.

Corrie - his technique is simply terrible. Tries to kick off one step all the time. I can't recall an indigenous player with less balance.

Drummond - shows poise but appears to have weak shoulders even at this early stage of his career.

Rischettili - I could catch this guy. You need skills a la Greg Williams to get away with his lack of pace.

Merrett -Like him. Big stong lad who looks the goods but will take time to develop into a gun forward. Why was he left out of the side? Plenty of forwards will have a dirty day at Geelong this season.

Mills - Another one who is literally miles off it. Merrett in the Forward line and Bradshaw at CHB is Lethal's preference.

Adcock - No way. I'll be amazed if he is still on your list in three years. A bit harsh maybe but didn't see anything special in his game.

Apologies for being so harsh Lions Gal but as a Cat fan I know just how long it takes for a bunch of youngsters who come into the system within 18 months of each other to raise themselves up to being consistent at league level. You are in for a bit of a shock because it takes at least two to four seasons or 40-70 games. In that time your core is going to age and lose impact along the way. The only way the Lions can avoid pain in respect to ladder position is to offload an Akermanis or Leppa to try and get an experienced player to the club who might have more miles on the tank.

regards,

REB