Re: Team for Saints (CC) : Wed May 11, 2022 9:20 am  

Egg Chasing wrote:

We did the same on Good Friday, but then Paasi ruined us. Get our rotation right and handle him better and we won't be far off.

Agreed Paasi came on and changed the momentum of the game in the semi.

We put a lot of effort into nullifying Walmsley but need to manage it when he leaves the field better if we are to beat them again later in the year.

Re: Team for Saints (CC) : Wed May 11, 2022 10:20 am  

nikos wrote:

I thought we did a good job on Walmsley - he had very little impact on the game

And Morgan (the bestest player in Superleague by a country mile) Knowles,did he even play?

Re: Team for Saints (CC) : Wed May 11, 2022 3:51 pm  

This from James Graham is interesting:
“The likes of Percival, Roby, Lomax and young Lewis Dodd are super-talented players. Walmsley, the list goes on. So if you are ever in an environment with that talent that you can marry in with hard-working individuals like Morgan Knowles, the results can be pretty spectacular.

Pretty much what I've always said about Knowles. A grafter but not a superstar in the Sculthorpe, Farrell, O'Loughlin class. He's being way over-hyped in my opinion.

Re: Team for Saints (CC) : Wed May 11, 2022 4:51 pm  

Phuzzy wrote:

This from James Graham is interesting:
“The likes of Percival, Roby, Lomax and young Lewis Dodd are super-talented players. Walmsley, the list goes on. So if you are ever in an environment with that talent that you can marry in with hard-working individuals like Morgan Knowles, the results can be pretty spectacular.

Pretty much what I've always said about Knowles. A grafter but not a superstar in the Sculthorpe, Farrell, O'Loughlin class. He's being way over-hyped in my opinion.

He'd walk in to your team

Re: Team for Saints (CC) : Wed May 11, 2022 4:55 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

We turned up for just 14 seconds of that 2nd half the Red Vee TV lads said. It’s funny they say that and blame their errors for the defeat but ignore how comfortable we actually looked at the start of the second half, until Marshall knocked on. The Saints spell started on the back of an error and until that error I felt they looked a bit beaten. It was only 5 or 6 minutes worth of action but respect the ball, don’t make the error and get through another 5-10 minutes and I think we take it home quite comfortably.

Who knows? But Saints are hanging their hats on it being totally their fault they didn’t play in the first half and are pointing to a 15 minute spell of dominance, on the back of our error, as proof next time will be different. We’ll have to play extremely well to beat them next time and the time after that and so on but I think we can do it again.

As i've said before best team won on the day them.two are are just bad losers incapable of giving other teams any credit

Re: Team for Saints (CC) : Wed May 11, 2022 5:01 pm  

thesaint62 wrote:

He'd walk in to your team

He would indeed but I don’t think it’s the point he’s making. It goes back to Wilkins comments saying he thinks he’s gone past O’Loughlins best level already. That’s absolutely not the case, even though I personally do rate Knowles very highly and have him down as one the leagues best players.

Re: Team for Saints (CC) : Wed May 11, 2022 5:03 pm  

thesaint62 wrote:

He'd walk in to your team

That's debatable for me - Smithies is a few years younger and outplayed him on Saturday. No way I would want to swap him atm with the progress he's made this year.

Re: Team for Saints (CC) : Wed May 11, 2022 5:04 pm  

thesaint62 wrote:

As i've said before best team won on the day them.two are are just bad losers incapable of giving other teams any credit

I wouldn’t limit it to just the chuckle brothers saying we were second best for the ‘whole’ second half or that we only won due to a Saints error though, as I’ve seen similar comments across various platforms.

Re: Team for Saints (CC) : Wed May 11, 2022 5:05 pm  

MadDogg wrote:

That's debatable for me - Smithies is a few years younger and outplayed him on Saturday. No way I would want to swap him atm with the progress he's made this year.

As things stand right now he’d get in. In a couple of years maybe, maybe not, we’ll have to see how it plays out.

Re: Team for Saints (CC) : Wed May 11, 2022 5:40 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

I wouldn’t limit it to just the chuckle brothers saying we were second best for the ‘whole’ second half or that we only won due to a Saints error though, as I’ve seen similar comments across various platforms.

The chuckle brothers I like it