Autopsy Round 4, 2025 - Saints upset Port in Adelaide!

[dudeintheswamp]

DBJ given a week for the hit on Byrnes...

MATCH REVIEW: Dog, Power defender hit with bans, fines galore for melee

The Match Review findings for Sunday's round four games are in

www.afl.com.au

 

[Ricmel]

B: Webster - Howard - Wilkie
HB: Sinclair - Caminiti - Wang.-Mil.
C: Hill - Windhager - Wood
HF: Phillipou - Sharman - Henry
F: Owens - King - Higgins
Foll: Marshall - Macrae - Steele

Int: Garcia Hall Wilson Stocker
Sub: Jones
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Give or take some differences of opinion.

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I’m loath to drop Hall or Collard though, in all honesty… and what about Clark, for example?

Good problems to have, and a world away from where we were post-Round 1.

Don't think Clark or Butler are best 22 now. Hard to argue with your team as best 22. Maybe Collard is ahead of Hall but it is a flip of the coin.

 

[sammm]

View attachment 2275672has he signed the extension yet?

thats all we care about

 

[Saintbloke]

DBJ given a week for the hit on Byrnes...

MATCH REVIEW: Dog, Power defender hit with bans, fines galore for melee

The Match Review findings for Sunday's round four games are in

www.afl.com.au

I wonder if the ump who paid holding the ball against Jones when he was tackled around the head, will get demoted- he should.

 

[Hubnester]

Horn Francis was not fined for staging? I thought the AFL was getting serious about that, and this was as blatant as they come...

 

[jumperfan]

Horn Francis was not fined for staging? I thought the AFL was getting serious about that, and this was as blatant as they come...

Doesn't play for St Kilda - can't make an example out of him

 

[Saintos The ITK]

Horn Francis was not fined for staging? I thought the AFL was getting serious about that, and this was as blatant as they come...

He’s been through enough.
Being selected at pick one by North and then having to throw tantrums to be traded to Port, then being booed.
Have some empathy.

 

[whattagun07]

thank you for your service

 

[akaifu]

If we bring back Howard, King, Phillipou, and Henry, plus the skipper, then, using this week’s side as the base;

B: Webster - Caminiti - Stocker
HB: Sinclair - Wilkie - Wang.Mil
C: Hill - Windhager - Wood
HF: Hall - Sharman - Wilson
F: Owens - Keeler - Higgins
Foll: Marshall - Macrae - Garcia

Int: Jones Byrnes Travaglia Collard
Sub: Hastie​

Probably becomes something more like…

In: King Howard Henry Phillipou Steele
Out: Hastie Travaglia Byrnes Collard Keeler

B: Webster - Howard - Wilkie
HB: Sinclair - Caminiti - Wang.-Mil.
C: Hill - Windhager - Wood
HF: Phillipou - Sharman - Henry
F: Owens - King - Higgins
Foll: Marshall - Macrae - Steele

Int: Garcia Hall Wilson Stocker
Sub: Jones
​

Give or take some differences of opinion.

​

I’m loath to drop Hall or Collard though, in all honesty… and what about Clark, for example?

Good problems to have, and a world away from where we were post-Round 1.

Collard stays in ahead of Hall imo. We’ll always need at least one of Collard or Butler as the pressure fwd. Henry takes the Hall role as the more up-field fwd role

Howard makes our defence look so much more assured

 

[Tommy Wigs]

Surprisingly good at coming up with the play. Had decent MG distance. He’s working quite hard, I thought he’d always be the type to coast along and do 10 minutes of magic a game. His work ethic and defensive stuff is well above what I thought it would be

Same

 

[The Punter]

Collard stays in ahead of Hall imo. We’ll always need at least one of Collard or Butler as the pressure fwd. Henry takes the Hall role as the more up-field fwd role

Howard makes our defence look so much more assured

Hall would be plenty stiff

 

[Barrels]

Collard stays in ahead of Hall imo. We’ll always need at least one of Collard or Butler as the pressure fwd. Henry takes the Hall role as the more up-field fwd role

Howard makes our defence look so much more assured

“Give or take some differences of opinion.”

 

[akaifu]

Hall would be plenty stiff

That's the reality of a good side. Plenty of good players will be in the twos and competition for spots will be fierce

 

[MOLTEN GANGLANDS]

That's the reality of a good side. Plenty of good players will be in the twos and competition for spots will be fierce

agreed, he's a great user but he's no cyril rioli, needs to get it more than 8 times a match

 

[PlayerNumber9]

Not sure anyone had us beat Geelong and the Power (in Adelaide!).

Have to go on with it now.

I have a level of confidence that we will go on with it now, based on our coach.

In the past I would be hoping we could go on with it, but fearing that a drop off would come.

I know that Ross will push really hard to make sure that doesn't happen.

 

[CursingFijian]

We often pine for opposition players like Rozee.

Then NAS cruising away from him to give and get and kick a 3 step goal from 45m. It just just underlined his class.

We have an absolute beauty. A once in a generation talent I think.

And Collard showing signs that he could be equally enthralling.

So good.

 

[Saints TV]

Jake, Ari and Sammy bask in the glory after a statement win over Port Adelaide, finally putting an end to a five-year hoodoo and soaking up every bit of the moment.

This week's episode is now up on YouTube

 

[Hayes4PM]

We often pine for opposition players like Rozee.

Then NAS cruising away from him to give and get and kick a 3 step goal from 45m. It just just underlined his class.

We have an absolute beauty. A once in a generation talent I think.

And Collard showing signs that he could be equally enthralling.

So good.

Not just class, as Ross mentioned in a few pressers, the team has been hungry and working hard. There were a few times in that game Rozee refused to run hard defensively when we rebounded, then you compare to Nas, Hill, Collard, Higgins, Garcia, Stocker and co who run hard both ways even lifting again in that last quarter.

Our talent is there and starting to develop, but the effort and work rate was better from our players than Port. Compare us (clarity around Ross and multiple experienced assistant coaches) and them (experienced senior coach who has already been given the ass, an assistant waiting in the wings trying to apply his own coaching and tactics from the back seat), no wonder the "buy in" and effort is there for us at the minute.

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

And nice boy Nas is turning into a protective older brother too. Runs into the fray. He’s not the shy kid who looked like he was hating the spotlight any more.

I think NAS knows at this stage that he is a gun and now their is ownership that this side is his side, its Windhagers side, its Owen's side ect.

I reckon we have a pretty good culture going right now.

 

[kosifantutti]

Our drafting of Naz still not getting the attention it deserves.

RIP Chris Toce.

We could have taken Josh Sinn who was the guy beaten hopelessly in a marking contest against Collard with the match still on the line.

 

[CursingFijian]

95% of our posters did as well

Last year I tipped Collard and Garcia to be best 22 by the end of 2024.

I only missed by the length of a preseason.

 

[D2D3]

Don't think Clark or Butler are best 22 now. Hard to argue with your team as best 22. Maybe Collard is ahead of Hall but it is a flip of the coin.

I’m not even sure I want to see Clark ahead of Hastie and Trav right now. Which frankly is a little sad.

 

[D2D3]

Our drafting of Naz still not getting the attention it deserves.

RIP Chris Toce.

I admit I wasn’t happy when we drafted Nas. He’s now my favorite player

 

[CHBench]

We could have taken Josh Sinn who was the guy beaten hopelessly in a marking contest against Collard with the match still on the line.

If i remember correctly, some had a melt because we passed on the Bayside boy Sinn for the twig from SA

 

[Dard Ball Get]

If i remember correctly, some had a melt because we passed on the Bayside boy Sinn for the twig from SA

And Hobbs lol