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My two Canberra based Sainters fan mates came up and shouted me to the match at the SCG last night. I was a Sainter for the night.
After our debacle last week it was interesting watching a bottom 8 side really take it up to the Saints. Arguably the Swans had their chances and deserved to win.
On the Saints side i saw no real weak links except Blake in defence who wasn't real flash. Despite the odd call from me
Ray was impressive - he never played like that for us. For all their flooding forward or zoning, they usually left a gun tall like Kosi or Riewoldt forward to provide a target as they broke out of defence.
Dunno the stats, but the Swans seemed to kill them in clearances and they had their own good forward set-up with Goodes at CHF offering a good target and White and Micky O playing deep. While the Saints forwards were pretty good defensively Shaw had a cracker of game - they had real problems stopping his fast rebound and mounting their zone.
A wit might say that it was the Swans playing better Swans but both were well drilled and followed their own system. Having a target like Goodes really helped the Swans counter attack.
It was an exciting finish but the strangest part of the night happened in the street outside the ground. The Saints fans who mostly looked like criminals or real slappers were signing and carrying on as if they'd won the flag.
Very odd.
Midnight passed and I reverted back to my true calling as a Dog. Some Saints prick gave me lip in a seedy bar and I gave it to him about his 26 wooden spoons.
After our debacle last week it was interesting watching a bottom 8 side really take it up to the Saints. Arguably the Swans had their chances and deserved to win.
On the Saints side i saw no real weak links except Blake in defence who wasn't real flash. Despite the odd call from me
Ray was impressive - he never played like that for us. For all their flooding forward or zoning, they usually left a gun tall like Kosi or Riewoldt forward to provide a target as they broke out of defence.Dunno the stats, but the Swans seemed to kill them in clearances and they had their own good forward set-up with Goodes at CHF offering a good target and White and Micky O playing deep. While the Saints forwards were pretty good defensively Shaw had a cracker of game - they had real problems stopping his fast rebound and mounting their zone.
A wit might say that it was the Swans playing better Swans but both were well drilled and followed their own system. Having a target like Goodes really helped the Swans counter attack.
It was an exciting finish but the strangest part of the night happened in the street outside the ground. The Saints fans who mostly looked like criminals or real slappers were signing and carrying on as if they'd won the flag.
Very odd.
Midnight passed and I reverted back to my true calling as a Dog. Some Saints prick gave me lip in a seedy bar and I gave it to him about his 26 wooden spoons.
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